About Us

• What I really do: Be the grit in the oyster, help others make the pearls.
• Favorite industry reads: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
• Loves: Basketball, hiking in cool wilderness areas, reading, asking questions
• Top of Bucket List: To write a screenplay or novel
• Ask me about: Anything!
• Greatest achievement: Raising 3 outstanding young adult children with my wife, Rhonda

• What I really do:  Get the heck out of everybody else’s way!
• Favorite industry read:  I’m a bit of a news junky who reads a number of industry and analyst publications and reports, but my favorite is US and world events, which I mostly catch up on through The Economist.
• Loves:  Family, fitness, that new-house smell, and horsepower, especially when it comes to performance boating and sports cars.
• Top of bucket list:  Trip with the family from the Potomac River down the Intracoastal waterway to Key West on a performance cruiser.
• Ask me about:  Boats, cars, fitness.  Or ask me to help solve a problem.  I may not always have an answer, but if I don’t I’ll find someone who does!
• Greatest achievement:  Leading a tremendous team of talent to build homes for families, who when I run into them in the grocery store, tell me how happy they are with their home and their experience with us.  This gives me a tremendous sense of pride!

• What I really do:  Help those around me
• Favorite industry read:  The Bible and The Business of Happiness
• Loves:  Jesus
• Top of Bucket List:  Learn to play the drums
• Ask me about:  Orphans in Africa
• Greatest achievement:  Teaching my children how to raise and lower the toilet seat

• What I really do:  Assist and oversee the best production team in the country
• Favorite industry read:  Sprinkles by Chip Bell
• Loves:  my Ginger family, my friends, powersports (motorcycles, ATV, dirtbikes), target shooting, and my dog, Big Mack
• Top of Bucket List:  to own a Z06 Corvette
• Ask me about:  the Nationals
• Greatest achievement:  yet to come

• What I really do:  The greatest job in the world … the world!
• Favorite industry read:  Who Moved My Cheese?
• Loves:  the Hokies, the A-Team, fishing for smallies
• Top of Bucket List:  to fill out a bio for the website
• Ask me about:  grilling meat
• Greatest achievement:  raising 3 lovely ladies with my gorgeous wife

• What I really do:  strengthen relationships with our trade partners and suppliers
• Favorite industry read:  My Big Book of Trucks and Diggers by Caterpillar and From Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Loves:  sports, reading, and my family
• Top of Bucket List:  returning to Rome, Italy
• Ask me about:  Anything, I love to give my opinion!
• Greatest achievement:  being a Dad

• What I really do:  Manage all of the Atlantic Builders processes – especially permitting, settlements and warranty
• Favorite industry read:  currently, I’m reading Scaling Up.  I have a few others to read, not sure which one will be my favorite yet.
• Loves:  my husband and two boys, sewing/crafting, and the theater
• Top of Bucket List:  to take a family trip to Italy, Germany and Thailand
• Ask me about:  my Atlantic Builders home!
• Greatest achievement:  My family. Raising my boys and being a working mom.

• What I really do:  Throw parties and spend money AKA market new home communities
• Current Favorite personal read:   I read “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Cheryl Strayed this summer and LOVED it as it’s a true story about a woman dealing with the death of her mother as well as other life setbacks and coming out of the journey with a renewed sense of purpose and self-love. 
• Loves:  The 5 P’s:  Pittsburgh, Penn State, Pinot, Pasta & Pizza
• Top of Bucket List:  To live abroad for a year (or longer) and write a novel about it like “Under the Tuscan Sun”
• Ask me about:  Penn State Football #WEARE
• Greatest achievement:  Being a working mom my entire adult life and raising two amazing, fun, successful and lively young adults with my husband of 20+ years.

• What I really do:   Have fun with excel spreadsheets all day!
• Favorite industry read:  Staying up to date with new accounting pronouncements
• Loves: Travelling, snow skiing, playing tennis, shopping, good food, and wine
• Top of bucket list:  To travel to Europe with my family
• Ask me about:  UCF Football – Go Knights!
• Greatest achievement: Becoming a wife and mom to our two young children

• What I really do: Support our team!
• Current Favorite industry read: Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Loves: Beach, Family, Reading, Estate Sales
• Top of Bucket List: I don’t have a bucket list.  Every day is a gift and adventure.
• Ask me about: Antiques
• Greatest achievement: I don’t think I have one great achievement.  I have many small accomplishments.
• Fun Fact: I make signs from old boards and drift wood. 

• What I really do: Ask a lot of questions and learn something new every day from the best homebuilding team in the nation!
• Current Favorite industry read: Excel spreadsheets (and The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg)
• Loves: My family and my friends. Relationships with others are the centerpiece of my life.
• Top of Bucket List: To travel to Europe with my sister and my mom
• Ask me about: The time I studied abroad in South Africa
• Greatest achievement: Making it out the door with my keys and phone in hand
• Fun Fact: I have wanted to work in the homebuilding industry since I was a kid, so every day I wake up grateful to be working in my dream career.

• What I really do: Hold myself accountable to the best sales team in our industry!
• Loves: My family and friends, My horses and cats, my dog  and my unbelievably blessed life
• Top of Bucket List: To spend the night watching the Northern Lights from Iceland
• Ask Me About: The Hootenanny
• Greatest Achievement: Raising 2 kind, smart, funny boys with my husband Ryan
• Nickname: “Mama”, “Bruh”, “What’s for Dinner”, “Where’s my…..”, #BoyMom

• What I really do:  eat a lot of Chick fil A and drink my coffee with about fifty sugar packets
• Loves:  My amazing family, my Bros, sweet Toyotas, smallmouth bass, loud concerts, and Cleo (the best Westie in existence) 
• Ask me about:  my gorgeous wife
• Top of my bucket list:  Salt Water Fly fishing off of a sandbar at Christmas Island
• Greatest Achievement:  Acquiring two pictures of my rival son and daughter holding hands to show all their friends when they’re teenagers

• What I really do:  hold myself and others accountable every day to get the job done right
• Favorite industry read:  Eat the Frog
• Loves:  food, drink, dogs, turkeys, ducks, and family
• Top of Bucket List:  to cross the finish line at a full-out sprint on my hundredth birthday
• Ask me about:  my new bulldog, puppy!
• Greatest achievement:  34 years of marriage

• What I really do:  work with numbers to provide the best deals possible
• Favorite industry read:  Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Lechter
• Loves:  Western Civilization, DC sports, fantasy football, and basketball
• Top of Bucket List:  living long enough and being successful enough to retire and hold a future grandchild
• Ask me about:  ancient/medieval history or religion – but only if you have a lot of time to talk!
• Greatest achievement:  marrying my awesome wife

• What I really do:  keep my coworkers scratching their heads over my non sequiturs
• Favorite industry read:  The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Loves:  coffee, reading, true crime shows and podcasts, Weezer, and the Denver Broncos
• Top of Bucket List:  to become a beekeeper
• Ask me about:  My kids!  They are hilarious.
• Greatest achievement:  Getting out of bed this morning. Seriously. My bed is very comfortable.

• What I really do:  Build every home like it was mine.
• Current Favorite Personal Read:  Anything funny but prefer my Fidelity statement.
• Loves:  Spending quality family time boating on the lake .
• Top Bucket List:  Playing Amateur Worlds in Disk Golf.
• Ask me about: Disk golf, softball, wakeboarding, and my never-ending honey-do List. 
• Greatest Achievement: My wife of 28 years and seeing our daughter graduate JMU debt free.
• Nickname:  Wedge

• What I really do:  navigate through the Danger Zone to keep the flow of building permits coming in which keeps the Project Managers and homeowners happy
• Favorite read: Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream by Neil Young 
• Loves:  playing my guitar, Wonder Woman, laughing
• Top of Bucket List:  to take a trip to California
• Ask me about:  the do’s and don’ts of putting together permit packages
• Greatest achievement:  taking charge of the direction of my career

• What I really do:  spend millions of dollars a month!
• Favorite industry read:  From Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Loves:  my family, my dogs, Cape Cod, and cheese
• Top of Bucket List:  To climb Croagh Patrick with my sister, Patricia
• Ask me about:  the Stafford County Fair!
• Greatest achievement:  running the Dublin, Ireland, marathon with Team Diabetes!

• What I really do:  I assist with all things involving office operations and home warranty.
• Favorite industry read: The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
• Loves: Shopping, weekend trips, food, music, and spending time with my family.
• Top of Bucket List: To travel the world and become a food critic.
• Ask me About:  Your path to Homeownership with Atlantic Builders!
• Greatest Achievement: My well-rounded son and daughter!

• What I really do:  make the dream of homeownership a reality
• Favorite industry read:  Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins and Platform by Michael Hyatt
• Loves:  my wife and twin daughters, the gym, and reading
• Top of Bucket List:  writing a bestselling business book, and traveling the world with my wife to promote it
• Ask me about:  my favorite Ted talks
• Greatest achievement:  being a father, being a Marine, and working at the White House.

• What I really do:  make phone calls all day
• Favorite industry read:  Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish
• Loves:  football, James Madison University, cooking the perfect brisket, and Atlantic Builders!
• Top of Bucket List:  to see a game at Cowboys Stadium
• Ask me about:  how to get a toddler to sleep through the night
• Greatest achievement:  convincing my wife to marry me!

• What I really do:  get all sappy and sentimental at our company meeting.  I love my job and I love my coworkers.  Sometimes they need to hear it!
• Favorite industry read:  Professional Builder and Remodeler magazine
• Loves:  God, family, music, and laughter
• Top of Bucket List:  to hear one of my songs playing on the radio
• Ask me about:  Anything!  I love to talk.
• Greatest achievement:  being able to have smaller achievements that make me who I am today and being a Dad!

• Favorite industry read:  Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
• Loves:  family gatherings and holidays
• Top of Bucket List:  to travel to Iceland to see the Northern Lights
• Ask me about:  my career and achievements in the home building industry
• Greatest achievement:  the success of my grown children and grandchildren

• What I really do:  provide excellent customer service
• Favorite industry read:  Scaling Up
• Loves:  softball, fishing, baseball, football, hockey
• Top of Bucket List:  to go to the Superbowl
• Ask me about:  why I love what I do!
• Greatest achievement:  putting my first child through college!

• What I really do:  Put on my running shoes every morning and try to keep up with Karen and Debbie!
• Favorite Industry Read:  How To Be A Bawse: A Guide To Conquering Life by Lilly Singh
• Loves:  my family and friends, my menagerie (a horse, a dog, and 3 cats), and reading as many books as I can get my hands on! 
• Top of Bucket List:  showing my horse, Odessa, at Dressage at Devon. 
• Ask me about:  Dressage
• Greatest Achievement:  Not settling for anything less than living a happy life. It’s a work in progress.

• What I really do: Constantly restock all the snacks and drinks in the Design Studio. Just kidding! ;)
• Loves: Traveling, concerts, the beach & lake, dogs, and Chick-fil-a
• Top of bucket list: Start a family and travel the world
• Ask me about: Browsing our Design Studio!
• Greatest achievement: Building a home at 22 years old with my high school sweetheart

• What I really do:  fix my co-workers computers
• Favorite industry read:  Sprinkles by Chip Bell
• Loves:  technology and playing drums
• Top of Bucket List:  to learn to surf
• Greatest Achievements:  being a drummer in a church band for a decade and leading a men’s group

• What I really do:  Maintain financial records and work in excel all day
• Current Favorite read: Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Loves:  My kids, food, traveling and coffee
• Top of Bucket List: To travel to Greece
• Ask me about:  My experience building a home with Atlantic Builders
• Greatest achievement: Becoming a wife and mother of two

• What I really do:  Ask a thousand questions, listen to all the answers, and help our homeowners love their home!
• Current Favorite Personal Read:   But What if We’re Wrong?
• Loves: Scuba diving, kayaking, white water rafting, basically anything with a river, lake, or ocean.
• Top of Bucket List:  Going to Bali and Polynesia

• What I really do:  Continually spend money every second of the work day
• Favorite industry read:  Who Moved my Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
• Loves:  my family, my dog and cat, scrapbooking, and cruising
• Top of Bucket List:  to travel out west and visit Yellowstone National Park, Mt. Rushmore, Devils Tower, and the Black Hills.
• Ask me about:  being a River Rat on the St. Lawrence River
• Greatest achievement:  Obtaining all I have in life by being happy, compassionate, hardworking and persistent.

• AKA:  Sprinkles
• What I Really Do:  build wonderful homes and manage the path for my homebuyers’ experience
• Loves:  fishing, camping, and spending time with my wife of 23 years and our children and grandchildren
• Top of Bucket List:  to take a cross country trip to the west coast, visit the Grand Canyon, and drive old Route 66 through the Arizona desert
• Ask me about:  My favorite Atlantic Builders house plan!
• Greatest achievement:  Building a Habitat for Humanity Home was a great experience and to help give such a wonderful gift to such a worthy family was incredible!  I’m also very proud to work for Atlantic Builders – we are building a Home for Hope to benefit Germanna, which is an amazing way to give back to the community.

What I really do:  Meet and talk to people all day every day!

Loves:  Reading and watching mysteries

Top of my bucket list:  Becoming a Grandparent!

Ask me about:  All four of my amazing kids and their spouses.

Greatest Achievement:  Raising the most loving, caring and compassionate four kids on the planet. 

• What I really do:  Eat a lot of salad
• Loves:  my family, the beach, and Disney movies
• Top of my bucket list:  to travel to Italy
• Ask me about:  My girls!
• Greatest Achievement:  Raising two incredible daughters with my husband of 26 years
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• What I really do:  strive to go above and beyond to help our Sales Managers
• Favorite industry read:  To Sell is Human
• Loves:  baseball, football, golf, and cooking
• Top of Bucket List:  to go to a World Series game at Fenway Park
• Ask me about:  Anything, I’ll talk your ear off.
• Greatest achievement:  receiving two Conference Championship Rings for College Baseball

• What I really do:  ensure customers have an amazing home building experience
• Favorite read:  Tiger Woods
• Loves:  fishing, bowling, and golfing
• Top of Bucket List:  playing golf at Augusta
• Ask me about:  sports
• Greatest achievement:  marrying my beautiful wife and raising my daughter

 What I really do:  I notice and I fix.

Loves:  Traveling, Live Music and doting on my niece and nephew.

Current Favorite Personal or Industry Read: Women Who Run with the Wolves

Top of my bucket list:  Travel to Australia & New Zealand

Ask me about:  Anything! 

Greatest Achievement:  I hope to have too many to count by the end.

Nickname:  The Fixer

• What I really do: Provide excellent customer service 
•  Loves: Spending time with my family, baseball, coaching, camping, and fishing.
•  Top of bucket list: To see all MLB stadiums
•  Ask me about:  Anything
•  Greatest Achievement: Raising 3 crazy kids with my beautiful wife

• Favorite industry read: Scaling Up
• Loves: Music, family and friends
• Top of Bucket List: Record an album
• Ask me about: Music and fitness
• Greatest achievement: The privilege of raising 3 beautiful children

• What I really do: Think outside the box!
• Current Favorite personal read: “The one Minute Manager” 
• Loves: God, family, music, and the smell of sawdust in the morning. 
• Top of Bucket List: Play guitar in Nashville! 
• Ask me about: Anything…I’ll probably make you laugh!  
• Greatest achievement: Recording “Let us be” with Virginia Man. 
• Nickname: MacGyver

• What I Really Do: Focus on elevating customer Delight and the WOW factor
• Loves: All about spending time with my family
• Top Bucket List: Bear hunt and halibut trip to Alaska
• Ask Me About: Family adventure day
• Greatest Achievement: My beautiful girls
• Nickname: “Fred”

• What I really do: Keep people up with the Joneses
• Current Favorite personal read: Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen, The Harry Potter Series, anything scary
• Loves: My Family & Friends, Halloween, Cooking, The Beatles, Video Games, & New Homes!
• Top of Bucket List: Winning the Lotto
• Ask me about: Anything; I love to share stories!
• Greatest achievement: Raising a toddler, working full time, and holding it all together during a global pandemic!
• Fun Fact: I once saved a purple Camaro on fire at a gas station. Also, I met Rodney Dangerfield on a train to NY and he played cards with me!

• What I really do: Say hello to everyone on the job site and call a LOT of people
• Favorite industry read: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Loves: Loves- Helping others, reading, and the Hokies
• Top of bucket list: Restore a classic muscle car to original factory condition
• Ask me about: History, board games, and anything Star Wars-related
• Greatest achievement: Proposing to my awesome fiancée!

• What I really do:  teach my coworkers how to pick crabs
• Favorite industry read:  Mastering the Rockefeller Habits
• Loves:  boating, fishing, football, and metal detecting
• Top of Bucket List:  to go to Australia
• Ask me about:   my family
• Greatest achievement:  learning how to operate Punchlist Manager

• What I really do: I am really a man with many different hats; husband, chef, barber to name a few. If a human being can do it so can I!
• Current Favorite personal read: “A Promised Land”
• Loves: Overcoming challenges in life through the use of positive thinking.
• Top of Bucket List: I would love to have ALL my loved ones under the same roof for a weekend of food and fun.
• Ask me about: Ask me about whatever matters the most to you.
• Greatest achievement: My greatest achievement is my marriage.
• Nickname:  “Lanky” or “LC”

• What I really do:  make sure we have four walls and a roof
• Favorite industry read:  The Bloodline: Birth of the Vampir by Shaun McGinnis (The author comes highly recommended)
• Loves:  my wife, my family, travelling, writing, collecting football and baseball cards, and dogs
• Top of Bucket List:  to see my stories on the big screen
• Ask me about:  literally anything and I will talk your ear off
• Greatest achievement:  marrying my wife, raising my daughter, designing homes that aired on the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition TV Show, and becoming a published author

• What I really do: Determine potential risk vs reward of new communities by playing in Excel spreadsheets all day ?? (I am also the on-site Excel Support!)
• Loves: The gym, hiking, a warm cup of coffee in the morning, the feeling of fall, my friends, family, and dog (Olly)
• Top of Bucket List: Hike the Appalachian trail and travel to Italy
• Ask Me About: The time I hiked my first 14’er (Mount Princeton)
• Greatest Achievement: Being the first in my family to not only graduate high school w/ honors, but also attend and graduate from College despite the challenges of being a first-generation college student.
• Current Personal Read: The Ideal Team Player, Grinding It Out, The Well-Watered Woman

• What I really do: Love life and live life each and every day.
• Favorite read: Holy Bible, Power Moves by Sarah Jakes Roberts, The Shack by William P. Young
• Loves: Spending precious time with my husband, Mom, my family and church family, close friends & making new ones daily, playing with my 3 chihuahua’s, (Phin, Pearl & Biscuit), going to the movies and riding swings.
• Ask me about: The life lessons I’ve learned, thus far, and am still learning.
• Top of Bucket List: Completing/earning my seminary degree; Finishing a book I started writing; Travel more enjoying the marvels of the world; Attending a “Women Evolve” conference by Sarah Jakes Roberts; Completing/earning my CDL in memory of my brother.
• Greatest achievement: Too many to list, but … (1) Giving birth-twice; (2) Witnessing my husband survive a health crisis 20+ years ago; and (3) Providing end-of-life caregiving to my Dad, and my Brother.

What I really do: Build and nurture relationships while putting together the puzzle pieces of finding land to develop.

Current Favorite Personal Read: The Power of Intention

LOVES: My grandkids, gardening, and exploring small towns

Top of Bucket List: An extended cross country train ride

Ask me about: Research

Greatest Achievement: Watching my children mature into wonderful humans. The gift of grandchildren.

What I really do:  Preparing documents, submitting permits, and making sure everything runs smoothly from the first document all the way to permit in hand.

Loves:  Spending time with my family, being outside hiking, mountain biking, golfing, disc golf, whitewater rafting, etc.

Current Favorite Personal or Industry Read: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. For personal books I loved TOG, ACOTAR and Fourth Wing Series.

Top of my bucket list:  Travel to England, and most of Europe. Just get out and see the world more.

Ask me about:  The Wisconsin Hall of Fame.

Greatest Achievement:  Becoming a mom, winning state for girls basketball and finishing college!

• What I really do: Bring some levity to the world’s crazy & sell “the dream”
• Favorite Industry Read: The One Thing
• Loves: All things friends & family (w/ or w/o fur); downhill skiing, on/off road biking, travel, foodie & fitness, fast cars
• Top of Bucket List: Hiking part of the Camino de Santiago (Norte)  and the Great Wall of China, learning to para-ski
• Ask me about: Traveling the world
• Greatest achievement: Saving my fur family from the unknown

• What I really do: Talk to potential buyers and realtors, sharing Atlantic Builders and scheduling onsite community appointments
• Loves: Traveling and spending time with my family
• Current Favorite Personal or Industry Read: I like books that are made into movies
• Top of my bucket list: Scuba Diving with a whale shark in Maldives
• Ask me about: My grandbaby, Ivory Lynn
• Greatest Achievement: Being a Military Spouse for 25+ years, a Mom of 4 and having a successful career
• Nickname: Some family call me Shellie

• What I really do: I’m a New-home hype girl and a New-home matchmaker. Get to work with the best team in the world!
• Loves:  My family, spreading joy, smiling/laughing, shopping, the color pink, elephants, trying new restaurants, exploring/traveling, the beach, comedy movies/shows, good food with good company and Atlantic Builders.. Duh lol!  
• Current Favorite Personal or Industry Read: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• Top of my bucket list:  Visiting the elephant sanctuary in Thailand, going on a cruise to a different country, buying a Torrey 😄 
• Ask me about:  Real estate or home decor
• Greatest Achievement:  Being a mom to my awesome boys 💙
• Nickname:  Mom, mama, mum, ma’, bruh #boymom – but my friends call me Steph