Ted Lynch, Ph.D.

As Executive Chairman of Southland Industries, Ted Lynch chairs the Board of Directors, on which he has served since 2006. He supports CEO Jim Meacham on culture, strategic relationships, acquisitions, governance, and long-term strategy. 

Ted started with Southland as an intern in 1993. He went on to hold project, division, and regional leadership roles and served as Southland's president before becoming CEO in 2011. As CEO, he set the vision and strategic direction that guided Southland's significant growth in scale, capabilities, and geographic reach through organic expansion and major regional acquisitions. Throughout that growth, he strengthened an integrated, one-company culture grounded in Southland's self-perform design-build approach. 

Ted holds bachelor's and doctoral degrees in architectural engineering from Penn State University.