About Toll Brothers

When I first graduated from college, I took a job with another national builder in a construction management training program, spending time as a superintendent and as a purchasing agent. I learned a lot, but I also knew that I didn't want to limit my career to any one facet of the business. I wanted to learn the entire business.

Toll Brothers gave me the opportunity that I sought. Almost immediately after I started with the company as an assistant project manager, I found myself working with Sales, Marketing, Construction, Architecture, Land Development, Land Acquisition, Accounting, etc. As I progressed in my career, I had input in and eventually responsibility for managing people and running communities. I have worked on everything from small 60-lot single-family subdivisions to mid-rise condominiums to 1000-lot master-plan communities. The diversity of the projects exposed me to new things and made my job both educational and interesting.

Looking back, I'm thankful I applied to join the management training program. Working with Toll Brothers has allowed me to grow personally and professionally. I'm proud to work for Toll Brothers, and it has been a great place to build my career.

I was hired in 2005 to be the first project manager within Toll's recently-formed New York City urban division. With four projects already underway when I started, I was more than a little overwhelmed by all that I had to learn and the work ahead of our new team. However, I was fortunate to be given the irreplaceable opportunity to be involved in almost every aspect of the development process. The management team I worked with placed trust in my abilities, which allowed me to grow, test, and hone my project management skills. Through those experiences with the NY Urban team, I developed the confidence to know that I could undertake any new project or responsibility that came my way. One of my proudest accomplishments while working in this division was to serve as the project manager of Toll Brothers' first high-rise building in Manhattan - One Ten Third.

After relocating to Virginia, I was thrilled to join Toll Brothers’ local teams, where I could further develop my expertise and contribute to the company’s success. Over the past several years, I collaborated with the DC Metro Land Acquisition team to identify new opportunities, partnered with division leadership to develop, and implement strategic initiatives, and led the Community Planning Team.

As Division President, I now oversee all aspects of operations, including Land Acquisition, Community Planning, Production, Purchasing, and Sales. I am honored to lead a team of exceptional professionals who are dedicated to creating communities that exemplify Toll Brothers’ commitment to quality, innovation, and excellence.

I've been a Toll Brothers employee since early 2004, when I started as an assistant project manager. Since then, I've worked my way up to Executive Vice President of the West. The management training program afforded me an opportunity to get exposure to all facets of the development process and gave me time to hone my skills before I was asked to manage a community. Once I graduated from the program, I was excited to serve as the project manager of a community and found it easy to invest my time and effort into seeing that community succeed. I felt that I was learning something new every day and was also given the platform to implement my training immediately. As a Project Manager, I experienced a level of autonomy that was fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding. The success of my team were celebrated and Toll rewarded me with more responsibility and opportunity.

While at Toll Brothers, I've had the chance to work on joint ventures with other public builders, worked through a large-scale builder acquisition, and have also been a part of developing Toll's high-end design studios on the West Coast. Each opportunity was uniquely challenging and highly educational. Just by being part of such a great company, my skillset in homebuilding has been developed, challenged, and refined. Without exposure to projects like these, I wouldn't have had the chance to grow like I have with Toll Brothers.

There's an old adage that says "Make hay while the sun shines." In real estate, the sun shines more often than not. However, there are times in this industry when the rain clouds gather. Around 2007, those clouds formed over the entire industry and the economy went into a deep recession. Working for Toll Brothers during this time gave me hope because of its financial stability and opportunistic outlook. Instead of retreating, the company looked beyond the bad news and took great strides in setting the table for future success. Through a number of calculated acquisitions, Toll Brothers put itself on the course to grow when others were still licking their wounds. Toll Brothers' sound financial standing almost always permits the company to be opportunistic when others simply can't.

The growth opportunities at Toll Brothers are what you would expect from a successful Fortune 500 company. I joined the company as a studio associate and I am now an Architectural Assistant Director. My mentors have been very supportive, so I expect to further advance my career here.

I love that the studio environment at Toll Architecture allows us to be involved in various stages of a project. It has been a great experience to see projects evolve from hand-drawn sketches to mock-up models. I look forward to what the future holds for me and my talented team.

I was hired in 2004 by Toll Brothers to start its New York City urban division. I was given a title, director of acquisition and development, a cell phone and a laptop computer and told to find space for my office and sites for development. Fortunately, the market was in an up-cycle at this time, and I was able to purchase a couple of good sites that only got better when we were in pre-development. I began hiring people to work on these sites, and as the division grew, I became a vice president, a senior vice president, then a division president, and now president.

While each of our projects is exciting and rewarding in its own way, Pierhouse stands out as one that it is truly unique. This hotel and condominium project in Brooklyn Bridge Park represents the first hotel development in our company's history. The building was designed such that each condominium unit has tremendous views of the park, East River, and the iconic Manhattan skyline. Many units also enjoy views of the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.

We have been successful in New York City because of a combination of being given the autonomy needed to adapt our product to the local market and the strong support that we have received from Toll headquarters. This support includes the foresight that Bob Toll provided with his decision to enter the urban market, the strong guidance that senior management has provided, and the assistance given by the legal, marketing, finance, accounting and human resource departments. Without this combination of autonomy and support, we would not have been able to achieve the success that we have experienced.