- October 31, 2024
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Lisa Stewart of Southern Title was installed as the Flagler Home Builders Association’s president for 2024, according to a press release. The Flagler HBA also installed its Executive Committee and Board of Directors at its annual gala on Jan. 25 at the Hammock Dunes Club. The gala had an ’80s theme.
Stewart has served on the board since 2022 and has been a Flagler HBA member since 2019.
The new Executive Committee includes: Vice President Jaclyn Centofanti (Hulbert Homes), Secretary Robbie Barrick (RBI Homes), Vice President of Committees Wendy Barbosa (Fifth Third Bank), Treasurer Donald O’Brien (Hayward Brown), immediate past President Brad M. Thomas (Thomas Consulting & Construction) and past Vice President of Committees Kaleigh Rickard (SmartGuard Shutters).
The 2024 Board of Directors includes: Builder Directors Sam Bond (Ascent Homes), Tali DeJesus (1621 Building & Remodeling), Walker Douglas (Douglas Property & Development), Scott Sowers (Cline Construction), Frank Whalen (East Coast Building Corp.), and Associate Directors Rue Beane (Allied Restoration & Construction), Richard Collins, (Goosehead Insurance), Michelle James (Space Coast Credit Union), Anjanette Stevens (Southern Title) and Joseph Wright (Quantum Electrical Contractors). Life Directors serving on the Board include Tony Amaral Jr., Jim Gonce, Sandra McDermott, Luis Medeiros, Eric Phillips, Robbie Richmond, Charles Rinek, Budd Severino, Brad M. Thomas, Roy Waldhauer and Frank Whalen.
In addition to the installation of the leadership team, the HBA presented three awards:
Builder of the Year: Robbie Richmond, Intracoastal Construction. Richmond has been in the building industry for over 25 years. He has been the owner of Intracoastal Construction for almost four years.
Richmond is a certified Master Builder, and a certified Green Building Professional. He has served as chair of the Flagler County Affordable Housing Committee for one year, the president of the Flagler HBA for two terms and is a Life Director with the Flagler HBA. In his spare time, Richmond loves watching his boys play football, having daddy/daughter dates, taking excellent care of his wife and he enjoys four wheeling in the mountains.
Associate of the Year: Wendy Barbosa, Fifth Third Bank. Wendy has been with Fifth Third Bank for over 10 years and has worked in the mortgage industry for over 24 years. She has been an active Flagler HBA member since 2017.
In her free time, Barbosa loves to go to the beach, biking, spending time with family and friends and going to church. She speaks fluent Spanish and has a passion for educating people about steps to homeownership, mortgages and the construction process.
2024 Good Government Award: Robert Martin, chief building inspector of Palm Coast. Martin has been the chief building inspector for four years and has worked for the City of Palm Coast for nine years.
Prior to his time at the city, Martin worked at a local electrical contractor’s shop for 14 years as a union journeyman electrician. When he is not at work you can find him spending time with his wife and three boys, hunting and offshore fishing.