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SENIOR MANAGEMENT

JOHN RAYMOND SOFARELLI, OWNER / PRESIDENT

A

S OUR

P

RESIDENT

,

J

OHN SETS THE TONE FOR OUR COMPANY

.

H

E CREATES THE VISION

AND DIRECTION

,

LAYS OUT THE PATH OF EXPECTATION

,

AND KNOWS HE CAN COUNT ON

HIS TEAM TO FOLLOW THAT PATH

.

I

N ADDITION TO THE STRONG PERSONAL ETHICS THAT DRIVE

J

OHN

,

HE HAS A

COMPELLING BACKGROUND AND LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS

.

H

E GRADUATED FROM THE

U

NIVERSITY OF

F

LORIDA WITH A

B

ACHELOR

S OF

S

CIENCE

DEGREE FROM THE

C

OLLEGE OF

A

RCHITECTURE

, S

CHOOL OF

B

UILDING

C

ONSTRUCTION

IN

1981.

H

E IS A

4

TH GENERATION CONTRACTOR WITH OVER

20

YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

.

H

E IS A

C

ERTIFIED

G

ENERAL

C

ONTRACTOR

,

AND HOLDS A

S

TATE OF

F

LORIDA

R

EAL

E

STATE

L

ICENSE

.

H

E WAS AWARDED THE

2002 D

ISTINGUISHED

A

LUMNUS

A

WARD FROM THE

U

NIVERSITY OF

F

LORIDA

C

OLLEGE OF

D

ESIGN

,

C

ONSTRUCTION AND

P

LANNING

.

H

E BECAME

V

ICE

P

RESIDENT OF

T

RIBBLE

& S

TEPHENS

C

OMPANY AFTER ONLY

5

YEARS

,

AND MANAGED OVER

2

MILLION

SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL

,

OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL WORK

.

H

E FORMED

J. R

AYMOND

& A

SSOCIATES

,

I

NC

.

IN

1988.

J

OHN CONTINUES TO SET AN EXAMPLE WITH HIS UNCEASING DEDICATION TO BOTH THE COMPANY AND ITS CLIENTS

,

WHILE

STILL MAINTAINING A ROBUST AND ACTIVE PERSONAL LIFE THAT INCLUDES BOTH HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY

.

H

E IS

GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND GETS SATISFACTION FROM HELPING THOSE IN NEED

.

A

CCORDING TO

J

OHN

,

THE BLEND OF

BUSINESS AND PERSONAL COMMITMENTS WORK HAND

-

IN

-

HAND

.

J. RUSSELL SUDDETH, OWNER / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

A

S OUR

S

ENIOR

V

ICE

P

RESIDENT

, R

USS FOCUSES ON THE DAY

-

TO DAY ISSUES THAT KEEP

THE COMPANY ON TRACK TO PERFORM WITHIN THE VISION THAT HE AND

J

OHN HAVE

CREATED

.

R

USS IS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN EACH COMPANY PROJECT FROM BEGINNING

TO END

,

AND APPLIES THE EXPERIENCE HIS HAS ACHIEVED THROUGH HIS SIGNIFICANT

QUALIFICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

.

H

E IS A

S

TATE OF

F

LORIDA

G

ENERAL

C

ONTRACTOR

.

H

E GRADUATED FROM THE

U

NIVERSITY OF

F

LORIDA WITH A

B

ACHELOR OF

B

UILDING

C

ONSTRUCTION DEGREE FROM THE

C

OLLEGE OF

A

RCHITECTURE

, S

CHOOL OF

B

UILDING

C

ONSTRUCTION AT THE

U

NIVERSITY OF

F

LORIDAY

,

AS WELL AS ACHIEVING SEVERAL

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE

R

INKER

C

OMPANIES

F

OUNDATION AND

T

HE

G

AINESVILLE

H

OME

B

UILDERS

A

SSOCIATION

.

H

E WAS AWARDED

“P

ROJECT

M

ANAGER OF THE

Y

EAR

AFTER JOINING

T

RIBBLE AND

S

TEPHENS

C

OMPANY

,

JUST

3

YEARS

AFTER GRADUATION

.

H

E PARTNERED WITH

J

OHN AT

J. R

AYMOND IN

1989.

R

USS CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDES STRONG

,

UNWAVERING LEADERSHIP TO THE COMPANY

,

TO HIS FAMILY AND TO THE

COMMUNITY BY GENEROUSLY OFFERING HIS TIME AND TALENTS WHEREVER HE FINDS NEED

.