2026 First Quarter Newsletter and New Members Spotlight

January:

January 14^th: The first General membership Meeting was held on January 14^th at Duck Woods. New officers and Board of Directors were installed.

Outgoing BOD members recognized were: Blair Meads (Reliant Construction LLC), Joey Austin (Atlantic Elevators), David Whitehurst (Kellogg supply Co) and Shay DeLuca (State Farm insurance).

2025 Associate of the Year: Ned Lawrence (BlueLinx)

2025 Builder of the Year: Brian Smith (Smith Contracting NCLLC)

2025 Presidents Award: Grant Smith (SimpleSide Construction)

2026 Officers & Board of Directors

Officers:

President: Jennifer Adams-Falconer, jadams@excelcontractingllc.com, 252-207-8701

1st VP: Jay Overton, jayo@albemarleassociates.com, 252-202-2340

2nd VP: Brian Smith, brian@smithcontractingnc.com, 252-202-6602

Associate VP: Jonathan Daniels, obxfulltilt@gmail.com, 252-202-8200

Treasurer: Grant Smith, grant@simplesideobx.com, 252-564-8307

Secretary: Kim James, kjames@icrsaga.com, 757-438-4472

Past President: David Buchanan, david@compassedge.com, 252-202-4217

Directors at Large:

Mark Martin, mark@outerbanksbuilders.com, 252-202-3808

Alex Wright, awright@fhmtg.com, 252-256-1050

Phillip Lenz, lenzhomesnc@gmail.com, 252-202-2637

Matt Neal, matt@nealcontracting.com, 252-599-6232

Jaden Jennings, jennings_construction@yahoo.com, 252-267-6503

JJ Allen, jallen@guyclee.com, 252-564-2581

Ryan Macko, ryan@mackoconstruction.com, 252-489-7296

Mike Gandy, Michael.gandy@kempsvillebuilding.com, 252-216-9170

The Parade of Homes (POH) & Trade Expo Committee met January 13^th.

The Board of Directors (BOD) met January 27^th.

February:

The NCHBA 1^st Quarter meetings scheduled for February 3^rd were cancelled due to winter weather. However, several meetings were done via Zoom.

The POH & Trade Expo Committee met February 10^th.

The Legislative Committee met February 12^th.

IBS was held in Orlando February 17^th-19^th.

The BOD met February 24^th.

The first Happy Hour was held February 20^th and hosted by FullTilt Blinds & Shutters.

March:

First Flight High School Job Fair was held on March 4^th.

First Flight High School Tech School & Trade Expo was held on March 10^th.

Thanks to a wonderful sponsor, the Family Fun Bowling night was held at the OBX Bowling Center on March 13^th! The kids love it!

The 2026 Trade Expo was held at Jolly Rodgers on March 14^th from 10am-2pm. Thank you to all who came and all who participated.

The NCHBA Region 2 meeting was held on March 23^rd at Bluewater Grill & Raw Bar. The OBX was very well represented as well as HB members from the Inner Banks HBA and the HBA of Northeastern NC. Jake Overton is the Region 2 Vice-President.

On March 26th the 2nd General Membership meeting was held at Jolly Rogers, James "Jimbo" Ward was our guest speaker, and spoke on the start of the Outer Banks HBA in 1979. Mr. Jimbo was the Outer Banks HBA President 1979-1980.

Frank Wiesner with the NC Dept. of Labor visited the OBHBA office on March 31^st to explain what the Consultative Services program with the Department has to offer.

The POH/Trade Expo Committee met March 10^th.

The Legislative Committee met March 24^th

The BOD met March 24^th.

New Members for the First Quarter:

• North River Properties, Gary Woodson, gwoodson@obhoa.com-Builder
• Atlantic Coastal Shutters LLC, Richard Miller, office@atlanticcoastalshuttersobx.com-Associate
• Cipriano Group LLC. Miller Cipriano, theciprianogroup@gmail.com-Builder
• Dan Osman Construction, Daniel Osman, osmandanny@gmail.com-Builder
• OBBR LLC, David Meggs, obbrllc@gmail.com-Builder
• The Wausau Supply Company, Elijah Geise, elijah.geise@dksiding.com-Associate
• Walston Family Home Builders LLC, Zachary Walston, wbhomebuilders@outlook.com-Builder
• Woodgrain Distribution, Steven Scott, sscott@woodgrain.com-Associate
• AquaDoc Pool & Spa Services Inc, Mike Kerlin, obxaquadoc@charter.net-Associate
• Envision Outdoor Living Products, Christopher Taylor, CTaylor@envisionoutdoorliving.com-Associate
• R&J Mechanical Holdings LLC, Cameron Reidy, cameron@airosmithobx.com-Builder
• Ripple Fiber, Angie Gleason, angie@ripplefiber.com-Associate
• The Cedar House Collective, Nicki Kuhar, info@thecedarhousecollective.com-Associate

Phyllis Hobbs, Executive Officer

Outer Banks HBA

office@obhomebuilders.org

www.obhomebuilders.org

252-449-8232