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Senior Leadership Team
Pillar To Post has one of the most experienced leadership teams in the industry with firsthand experienced home inspectors and decades of business and franchise leadership experience within the team. This team leads the strategic vision for Pillar To Post and helps ensure our franchisees have the tools and support they need to successfully deliver the Pillar To Post brand experience and build their franchises to achieve their goals and dreams.

Dan Steward
President & CEO

Charles Furlough
Senior Vice President, Operations

Chuck Gravely
Vice President, Technical Standards & Development

John Verndon
Vice President, Marketing

Jeff Sholdice
Vice President, Finance & Internal Operations

Guy Dewar
Vice President, Information Technology

Kimberley Baker
Director, Training & Communications
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Dan Steward
Dan utilizes decades of both franchise and non-franchise service based business experience to strategically drive Pillar To Post and continue helping our franchisees succeed in their businesses.

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Charles Furlough
Charles owned a Pillar To Post franchise in North Carolina from 1998-2007, with his business completing over 10,000 home inspections. In 2007 he joined the Home Office team as a Director, and now SVP of Operations.

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Chuck Gravely
Chuck has been in the home inspection industry for more than 23 years, both as a home inspector as well as a technical trainer. Since 2004, he has helped our franchisees succeed with the highest quality training and technical standards.

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John Verndon
John brings 20 years of marketing leadership to the team including 5 years as the VP Marketing of a franchise-based restaurant chain. John and the marketing team are dedicated to helping franchisees reach their goals.

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Jeff Sholdice
Jeff brings years of experience as a franchisee of Great Clips as well as over 20 years as a finance executive with multiple global manufacturing organizations, including Ford Motor Company. He brings data and technology together to help Pillar To Post franchisees meet their business goals. Jeff holds an MBA and CPA designation which he uses in a teaching role as a part-time Professor of Finance and Accounting at a leading Canadian College.

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Guy Dewar
Guy has a passion for pragmatic approaches for IT, specializing in systems design, strategic planning and project management. Guy has been successful in a number of highly decentralized businesses including supporting a network of 850+ stores and restaurants across 100+ airport locations. He is skilled at building strategic technology road maps and operating user-focused help desks and support systems.

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Kimberley Baker
Kimberley has been involved in franchise training for more than 16 years, and as part of the Pillar To Post team since 2006. She uses her experience to continuously enhance the development and implementation of our in-house and online training.

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Franchise Advisory Council
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

Paul Ferguson
FAC Member

Jeff Schroeder
FAC Member

Fred Larsen
FAC Member

Bradley George
FAC Member

Bill Barry
FAC Member

Chad Casper
FAC Member

Jon Garnsey
FAC Member

Steven Peterson
FAC Member

Mike McLendon
FAC Member

Michael Lawson
FAC Member
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Paul Ferguson
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Jeff Schroeder
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Fred Larsen
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Bradley George
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Bill Barry
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Chad Casper
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Jon Garnsey
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Steven Peterson
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Mike McLendon
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

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Michael Lawson
The FAC are a group of current Pillar To Post Franchisees located throughout North America. They are elected by their peer franchisees and volunteer their time to provide a voice for franchisees and input to the Home Office with a goal of improving the brand and franchise system.

Recruiting Team
This is the group of people that will help you learn about the Pillar To Post franchise opportunity, and help you assess if it is the right franchise for you. At the same time, they will learn about your skills and core strengths to assess your potential of being successful with a Pillar To Post franchise. We look for long-term, win-win relationships and the recruitment team are great guides to help you toward owning your own business.

Eric Steward
Director of Franchise Recruiting

Giselle Chaddock
Recruiting Coordinator

Brenda Gemmell
Franchise Recruiting Director

Sarah Kangas
Franchise Recruiting Specialist

Nathan Baker
Franchise Recruiting Director

Daniel Meyer
Franchise Recruiting Director
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Eric Steward
Eric first joined the franchise world in 2009 as a franchisee providing window cleaning services and later joined Pillar To Post in 2013. He now leads the Franchise Recruiting Team whose goal is to help franchise candidates asses the Pillar To Post franchise opportunity and its ability to help those candidates reach their goals. His passion is seeing the positive impact owning a business has on the lives of our franchisees as they gain the ability to spend more time with their family and achieve their dream of business ownership.

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Giselle Chaddock
Giselle has been with the Pillar to Post family since 2018 and is a key part of the franchise recruiting team. She actively coordinates franchise services and development from a ground level for all.

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Brenda Gemmell
After working in high tech for many years, Brenda entered the franchise world owning her first franchise in 2010. She has helped over 200 people find the right franchise to join and enjoys helping share the experience of business ownership.

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Sarah Kangas
Since 2009, Sarah has enjoyed many roles that focused heavily on delivering one-to-one customer service experiences that rose above expectations. In 2018, she joined Pillar To Post as our Franchise Specialist, and the first point of contact for those interested in learning more about the Pillar To Post Franchise Opportunity. Sarah is dedicated to ensuring that you not only receive the information you need, but that you also have a great experience with Pillar To Post.

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Nathan Baker
Nathan began his journey in the franchise world in 2016 when he purchased a Pillar To Post franchise in Oahu Hawaii. He had great success in his first year as he earned Rookie of the Year for 2017. He joined the recruiting team here at Pillar To Post in 2020 and is excited to help candidates reach their goals of business ownership.

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Daniel Meyer
Daniel Meyer joins us with deep franchise experience, both as a franchisee and as a recruiter. Daniel started his life as a franchisee with an in-home tutoring company. As a franchisee, Daniel consistently ranked as one of the Top 5 franchises. After selling his franchise in May 2013, he joined the Franchise Recruiting Team with the same Brand and was their Director of Sales and Marketing until 2014. From 2014 until now, Daniel was a doing Franchise Development for a successful travel-oriented Franchise. He is excited to be a part of the Pillar to Post recruitment team. He is passionate about meeting new people and helping them explore and realize their dreams of business ownership leveraging this successful and proven system.

Partner with Pillar To Post
- Our brand name is internationally recognized
- Partnerships and affiliations all over North America
- Industry leading marketing teams who help you find your clients
- Regional business coaches and supportive franchise owners
- Proprietary technology that makes home inspections easier
Pillar To Post is the #1 North American Home Inspection Franchise with more than 550+ locations in North America.
That’s the type of company that you want backing you up.
Startup & Training Team
This team combines technical expertise with adult-learning know-how to ensure all of our new franchisees understand what it takes to do a great home inspection and run a great business. The team includes former Pillar To Post franchisees and home inspectors as part of this team as well as subject matter experts to cover all areas to successfully run your business. The start-up team members are your real-world coaches dedicated to your start-up and successful first year of business operations.

Jeff Campbell
Director – New Franchisee Start Up

Randy Weaver
Start-Up Director

Jay Gregg
Director, Franchise Development

Stephanie Bowling
Director, Marketing

Graham Clarke
Technical Trainer

Trevor Welby-Solomon
Technical Trainer
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Jeff Campbell
Jeff is a driven leader, focused on the results of the teams and people he works with. With his unrelenting dedication to start up and operations, marketing, strategic decision making, and a keen awareness of brand identity and alignment he aims for success

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Randy Weaver
Randy brings 23+ years of experience in coaching, training, and support to new franchisees. With a strong background in startup and performance coaching, he has helped launch over 200 new franchisees.

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Jay Gregg
In May 2005, Jay joined Pillar To Post as a franchisee and has inspected more than 2,000 homes. In 2011, he sold his franchise and joined Home Office as Director of Marketing. Jay now trains new franchisees on how to run their own successful franchise.

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Stephanie Bowling
Stephanie brings 25+ years of franchise experience in the restaurant industry and has worn many hats including training, operations and of course marketing. She will ensure you have all the marketing tools and know-how to help you reach your business goals from start-up and beyond. This is the exciting and fun stuff and Stephanie is ready to share it!

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Graham Clarke
Graham entered the home inspection industry in 1989 and managed a large multi-inspector company for many years. He is the President of the Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors and a Technical Instructor with Pillar To Post.

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Trevor Welby-Solomon
Trevor became a Certified Home Inspector in 1994 and joined Pillar To Post in 1999 as VP of Technical & Training until 2014. Trevor is now involved as a Technical Instructor, sharing his experience with our new franchisees.

Field Operations Team
Our Field Support team are your in-the-field coaches who work with you once you are up-and-running. They help and coach you to achieve your goals and will support your dreams in building your Pillar To Post business. This team mixes business ownership experience with coaching and goal-setting expertise to help our franchisees meet their goals and deliver a great Pillar To Post brand experience in a world of ever-changing circumstances and opportunities.

Stephanie Fisher
Regional Director

Melissa Schmitt
Regional Director

Jefferson Livingston
Regional Director

Kevin Lovejoy
Regional Director

Deron Ellis
Regional Director

Ken Peter
Regional Director
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Stephanie Fisher
Stephanie brings 13+ years of operations experience helping franchisees create growth in their business. In addition, Stephanie was a franchisee with Merry Maids for over 8 years. While with Merry Maids, Stephanie was responsible for every facet of the business.

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Melissa Schmitt
Melissa has spent the past 25 years in franchising including time as a multi-unit franchise owner and served in multiple field support capacities. She focuses on operations and helping franchisees become profitable and enjoy their businesses.

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Jefferson Livingston
Jefferson did his first inspection in 1997 and then went on to earn his degree and teach for a few years. In 2003 he came back to the home inspection industry, starting his own Pillar To Post franchise in Washington state. After completing more than 15,000 inspections Jefferson joined the Home Office team in 2018. His desire is to help the franchisees in his region see their visions become reality.

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Kevin Lovejoy
Kevin is a 20 year franchise veteran with a varied background. He has a passion for helping business owners reach their goals. Kevin is committed to assisting franchisees in delivering a consistent and excellent brand experience.

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Deron Ellis
Deron brings a wealth of experience to Pillar To Post and a desire to help our franchisees set and reach their goals within the Pillar To Post system. Deron has a long history of working with large companies such as Proctor and Gamble as well as Hasbro. Later he founded, operated, and sold two franchised service businesses that he built and operated for nearly 10 years before selling them to new ownership in Rhode Island. He was named Rookie of the Year in both businesses. After that, Deron worked as a coach and business consultant for a large number of franchisees in the Sport Clips franchise system–a large system with 2000 unit franchisees.

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Ken Peter
Ken opened his Pillar To Post franchise in 1998 and has been a Regional Director for many years. Prior to starting his home inspection business, Ken also owned a pizza business. Small business ownership is engrained in Ken. After selling his multi-inspector business in 2020, he now uses his ownership and inspection experience to help our franchisees grow their business to achieve their goals.
