• The Demo King

    It’s all in a day’s work for the Demo King of Washington, D.C. And that “day’s work” might look like dismantling an unused bomb shelter, gutting the interior of a former hospital or razing an old home to make way for the new.   read more...

  • All Systems Go

    The makings of a successful business aren’t found on the profit and loss statement alone. Most businesses that have a long and prosperous life have a set of values outside of simply making money—from paying employees a respectable wage to paying it forward into the community.   read more...

  • A Heart for Hospitality

    Lorena Goodfellow, President of Goodfellow Construction, grew up in the construction and design world in her native Colombia. Her father was an architect, and her mother was an artist who loved interior design. Lorena studied accounting and finance at University of Maryland and became a CPA, working in public accounting. But since her heart remained in construction and design, Lorena and her husband, Parker Goodfellow, founded Goodfellow Construction in 2012.   read more...

  • 70 Years of Success

    Victor “Vic” Anzelone started Anzelone Electric Company, LLC as a sole proprietorship in 1950 when he was just 25 years old. Seventy years later, it has become his legacy to his family and his community.   read more...

  • Intention and Impact

    “Picture a pond that is smooth and clear. There’s a big blue sky, a sun and white clouds. You’re standing there in that perfect moment of silence. You take a pebble and throw it out in the middle of the pond. You see those little waves going in every direction around the pond back to your feet.”   read more...

  • Innovative Products, Smart Solutions

    TuffWrap® started out as a clever product solution to a roofing contractor’s problem, and 20 years on, the clever solutions haven’t stopped coming. The innovative approach that company Owner and President Dave Campbell used to create his first suspended cover system in 1999 became the start of many more products born out of customers’ needs and TuffWrap innovations.   read more...

  • Adapt and Thrive

    Elias Garcia claims not to be a superhero, but he does have a superpower: adaptability. Each step of Garcia’s career path has required him to adapt and learn something new, starting right after college when the civil engineering graduate found himself working a construction job. He was fascinated by the work, which began his journey into construction.   read more...

  • HM Brandt, LLC 
Is Back for a Second Act

    Mike Brandt, Vice President of Operations at HM Brandt, LLC, can hardly remember a time when his son, Austin wasn’t working by his side, learning some aspect of the business.   read more...

  • Taking the Long View

    If you’ve been around the San Francisco Bay Area long enough, you’re probably familiar with the fleet of Ford Falcon Rancheros employed by Just Leaks Inc. As the business grew from a commercial roofing service company to a full-service commercial roofer, the Rancheros were replaced with service vans. But now, as Just Leaks Inc. has grown to be a solar-system installer as well, the Rancheros are coming back in a reimagined form. We’ll get to that part of the story, but first, let’s look at Just Leaks Inc.’s beginnings.   read more...

  • Fantastic with Flagships

    Aaron Rectenwald’s timeline for success has been in a steep, steady upward trend. When he was 16, he went to buy his first car and ended up meeting his future wife, Hilary. They now have two children.   read more...

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