Team

Santa Cruz Green Builders has an excellent in-house team with a wide variety of skills between us. All the members of our team are, first and foremost, good people, that we want to work with day in and day out. We have a positive attitude, we take our work seriously, and we love to build.

 

Bios

Taylor Darling's passion for building began at a young age. As a kid growing up in the Hawaiian jungle, he spent years building elaborate tree houses, and along the way, he learned the basics of building. At UCSC, he did his senior thesis on the environmental impacts of conventional building in the US. What he learned was shocking, but inspired him to pursue a career in green building. After working with a general contractor for several years in Santa Cruz, Taylor and Spencer started their own company with the principles of green building at its core.

Spencer Keenan graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.S. in Industrial Design. The courses there gave him the knowledge to take a design from conceptualization to finish and helped develop his ability to find solutions to problems that arise along the way.  These skills, the beauty of California’s central coast, and Spencer's passion to create, resulted in his decision to become a green builder in Santa Cruz.

 

Spencer Keenan
Owner

Ariela Najman
Interior Designer

Claire Darling
Office Manager

Nico Bridges
Lead Carpenter

Kim Midstokke
Project Manager

Erik Philips
Project Manager

Juan Villalobos
Painter

Taylor Darling
Owner

Aaron Blyth
Project Manager

Lorenzo Hernandez
Carpenter

Jay Vicar
Foreman

Pedro Vasquez
Tile Setter

Rogelio Villalobos
Painter

Cody Work
Designer + Product Sales

Alexa Thornstrong
Bookkeeper

Genevieve Absey
Interior Designer

Nikolara Dunbar Jansons
Bookkeeper

Connor Vanzant
Lead Carpenter

Dustin Wilber
Foreman

Brian White
Project Manager

Robert Esposito
Plumber

Seth Hannemann
Carpenter

Pedro Gonzalez
Carpenter

Luke Rivas
Carpenter

William Escobar
Tile setter and Carpenter

Christopher Uribe Maldonado
Carpenter

Josh Alvarado
Lead Carpenter

Amy Rawlings
Bookkeeper

Casy Meikle
Carpenter

Colby Mackay
Carpenter

Julian Olvera
Apprentice Carpenter

Amber Nelsen
Estimator

Zeke Samarripa
Lead Carpenter

Ellis Darling
Aspiring Tractor Driver

Rodrigo Villalobos
Painter

 

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