The oldest and most handsome of the three brothers, Geoff was born in 1949, attended local public schools and then entered the University of Virginia in the fall of 1967. He married Judi in 1971 and was a Team Coordinator at Arlington House Psychiatric Hospital when they opened their doors in 1972. He remained there for four years and then started a one-man contracting business in July, 1976 working under the name "Ace Contracting." The rest is history.
Geoff is the president of the corporation. After many years in the field he gradually began spending more and more time in the office doing most of the estimating, designing, contract negotiating, billing and related administrative tasks.
He & Judi live in northern Albemarle in a home they designed featuring heart pine cabinetry, exposed posts and beams and lots of stone. They have 3 children and 3 beautiful grandsons.
John
John, a classic middle child, was born in 1952 with a birthmark in the shape of an arrowhead. At Albemarle High he held the school record in the high jump as well as excelling at varsity basketball. He then attended East Carolina University where he earned a degree in Psychology. During his summers there he worked as a carpenter, eventually starting his own business as a framing sub contractor. He returned to Charlottesville in 1980 where he joined forces with his brothers and they changed Ace from a sole proprietorship to a corporation. His wife, Myriam, and their two daughters have just moved into a beautiful new home dramatically perched on Piney Mountain just north of the Airport.
Jim
Jim (sometimes known as "the milkman's son") was born in 1956. He met Pat, his future wife, in grade school and remained her most faithful suitor until she relented and married him some years later. Jim was Ace's first employee even while pursuing his academic career at Virginia Tech. Under Geoff's mentorship, he became one of Ace's most capable carpenters and anglers. Like John, he is a field supervisor who is given prime responsibility for one or more projects which he oversees including lining up sub contractors, scheduling, meeting with Owner and/or Architect, etc. He and Pat have two sons who will hopefully become surgeons and not take over the family business.
Judi
While perhaps not technically a brother, no mention of the Ace bureaucracy would be complete without including Judi. Sometimes known as "the power behind the throne", she has been Ace's bookkeeper/office manager since long before there was an office to manage. Every day she has to put up with a "boss" who is an obtuse tyrant and who, among many other serious crimes, always has the office thermostat set either too high or too low. In addition to the demanding task of keeping Ace on an even keel despite her husband and brothers-in-law, she has a second job as Administrator of Wiseman House, a project of the Aids Support Group.
