Lary Coppola has been named executive officer of the North Peninsula Building Association, taking over for FaLeana Wech, who took the position of Communications and Public Relations director for the Building Industry Association of Washington, based in Olympia.

A longtime member and board member of the Home Builders Association of Kitsap County, Coppola also served as state director for BIAW from Kitsap County, as 2013 vice chairman of the Washington Affordable Housing Council and as mayor of Port Orchard.