Meet Our Team
Aaron Richards is the Owner of Barden Home Builders. His main focus is managing day to day operations and coordinating the field crews.
Aaron has served on the Board of Directors for 6 years at the Northern Arizona Building Association and was the president in 2020. He is also the Chairman of his 20 Club Group through the National Association of Home Builders. He is active in funding raising for local charity and food banks.
Aaron has been a resident of Northern Arizona since 1990. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys skiing, hunting, camping, golfing, and boating in the western United States.
Lauren is Principle Designer at Barden Home Builders. She has over 20 years of experience building personal, trusting relationships with clients. Lauren enjoys designing beautiful and functional interiors from conceptual development, space planning and material research to finish selection and coordination as well as thinking through the practicalities of design. Lauren strives to design unique interiors that will have a positive impact on her clients’ lives, she possesses an innate desire to create and design interiors that exceed clients’ expectations.
Lauren earned her Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from Northern Arizona University. She worked in commercial interior design for 4 years before making the transition to residential interiors joining BHB in 2020. She loves living and working in Northern Arizona and endeavors to support local vendors and businesses whenever possible.
She enjoys spending time by the lake, family ski days and traveling.
Randy is a Project Manager at Barden Home Builders. He has over 30 years of experience in residential construction. Randy has worked with BHB for many years as a licensed subcontractor and, fortunately for us, made the move to a full-time position on our team! Randy is skilled in all aspects of construction and brings an optimistic, “get-in-done” attitude to each project. With his years of experience, he has an eye for quality from start to finish.
Randy has lived in Flagstaff since 1994. He enjoys hiking with his wife and dog, boating, camping and all things horse power!
Jess is the General Manager at Barden Home Builders. She’s been in the finance and accounting fields for over 15 years. She enjoys building and maintaining relationships with her coworkers, subcontractors, vendors and clients. With an eye for accuracy and attention to detail, she is committed to delivering the best possible experience for everyone she interacts with.
Jess is an NAU alumni. In her free time, she loves cooking, traveling, boating, laughing with family & friends, and hiking with her dog Wesley.
Jessica is an Assistant Project Manager and Interior Designer for Barden Home Builders. She graduated from NAU in spring 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design with a minor in Business. She is working toward the requirements to achieve NCIDQ certification.
Jessica joined the Barden team in early 2023. She enjoys taking a project from the conceptual phase through the design process, all the way to a finished project. She has discovered a love for digging into the smallest details of each design to bring the clients’ visions to life.
In her free time, she enjoys all things handcrafting, from crochet to jewelry-making to painting. She reads often and enjoys watching movies and TV shows.
Jessie is an Assistant Project Manager and Interior Designer at Barden Home Builders. She grew up in Phoenix Arizona, but after moving up North to attend NAU, fell in love with the mountains and moved to Flagstaff full time. She graduated with an Interior Design degree in 2016 with a Certificate in Event Management.
Jessie loves to create beautiful, functional spaces and spread the power of design to her clients. She is passionate about sustainability, flow of space and efficiency in design. She enjoys conversing with everyone she meets and finds it inspiring to enhance a space to fit the clients’ specific needs.
In her free time, she enjoys dancing, playing piano, painting, and hanging with her husband Tod, and yorkie, Ivy.
