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Nucor Appoints Pair to HR Roles

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Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, N.C., has promoted Thomas J. Batterbee to executive vice president of human resources and talent and Elizabeth Bledsoe to the newly created position of president of human resources and talent. Both appointments are effective May 11.

In these roles, Batterbee and Bledsoe will focus on Nucor's enterprise talent development and human resources strategy.

Batterbee began his Nucor career in 1989 at Nucor Building Systems Indiana and has held a variety of positions since then. He had been serving as president of the Vulcraft/Verco Group since 2023.

Bledsoe most recently served as senior vice president of human resources and chief people officer for MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., a distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations products and services. 

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