# Ronnie Hoffman Retires After 50 Years With SEI

- **Published:** 2026-10-29
- **Edition:** Northeast
- **Source:** Construction Equipment Guide
- **Authors:** SEI
- **URL:** https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/ronnie-hoffman-retires-after-50-years-with-sei/72656
- **Tags:** Anniversary, paving, Stephenson Equipment, Inc.

## Summary
After 50 remarkable years with Stephenson Equipment, Ronnie Hoffman is retiring.

## Article

After 50 remarkable years with [Stephenson Equipment](https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/dealers/stephenson-equipment-inc/82), Ronnie Hoffman is retiring — and taking with him a lifetime of expertise in asphalt paving and paving equipment that has helped shape not only the paving industry, but Stephenson's team.

Hoffman has served countless customers with his knowledge and willingness to help when help is needed.

“If you know Ronnie Hoffman, then you are blessed,” said Bryce Davis Jr., vice president of Sales, LeeBoy “He is for sure a legend of our industry, and a friend to everyone he's ever met.”

“Ronnie is always laughing and having fun, he has always had a smile and provided very helpful information wherever the job has taken him over the past 50 years,” said SEI's leadership team. “Congratulations, Ronnie — you'll always be a pillar of the SEI family.”

## Photos

![At Ronnie Hoffman’s retirement gathering, (L-R) are Bob Criste, SEI chairman; Charlie Walsh, president and CEO; Ronnie Hoffman; Dennis Heller, former president and CEO (retired); and Mike Haas, vice president, parts operations and Harrisburg, Pa., branch manager.](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-72656-N-SEI-HOFFMAN-RET-1-71e55789d98af98c31ad919e1989bec7.jpg)
*Photo credit: SEI photo*

![Ronnie Hoffman shares some of his daily paver maintenance tips with paving contractors at one of Stephenson’s paving workshops.](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-72656-N-SEI-HOFFMAN-RET-2-2261f50612429b31302ea82b96b50544.jpg)
*Photo credit: SEI photo*

![Ronnie Hoffman poses with his “retirement rocker” that LeeBoy presented to him for his tremendous service to SEI, LeeBoy and the paving industry over his 50 years at Stephenson Equipment.](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-72656-N-SEI-HOFFMAN-RET-3-07b7e62f6d09791633f85d452ac1959a.jpg)
*Photo credit: SEI photo*

![SEI’s legend Ronnie Hoffman’s retirement banner.](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-72656-N-SEI-HOFFMAN-RET-4-b06c060347f04b03de5f69acc725bf00.jpg)
*Photo credit: SEI photo*