Housing Renovation
OUR OFFICE
4087 Brockton Drive SE
Kentwood, MI 49512
BUSINESS HOURS
Monday–Friday: 8 am–5 pm
4087 Brockton Drive SE
Kentwood, MI 49512
Monday–Friday: 8 am–5 pm
Vice President / Project Manager
Mr. Eldred has been working in the construction industry since 2000. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Building Construction Management from Ferris State University, Geoff accepted a position with one of the largest homebuilders in the United States and supervised the construction of single-family housing in the Detroit area. In the 3 years he worked in this growing market he supervised the construction of over 300 homes. Mr. Eldred eventually transferred to the West Michigan division of the same homebuilder and remained there until that division closed in 2005.
Mr. Eldred joined Rohde Construction in 2005 as a project manager. Because of his dedication and skills, he became a shareholder and board member of Rohde in 2014 and a vice president in 2019.
In his 15 years at Rohde Construction, Mr. Eldred has managed new construction and renovation projects of all sizes all over the state of Michigan from Detroit to Marquette. Geoff is a LEED Accredited Professional and holds a Michigan Residential Builder’s License.
Senior Vice President / Project Manager
Mr. VanNoord gained his initial experience in multifamily housing and commercial construction in the 1980’s. At that time, he was responsible for all aspects of construction including bidding, budgeting, scheduling, and contract documents. Mr. VanNoord also expanded his abilities by becoming a real estate broker with significant obtaining financing of condominiums and homes. In 1988, Mr. VanNoord joined a large Grand Rapids area housing developer as a Construction Manager. This allowed him to gain experience in the total scope of development, construction, and financing of multiple housing, single-family, and commercial construction.
Mr. VanNoord joined Rohde in 1997 and has distinguished himself by taking complete control of numerous multiple housing and commercial projects. As a result of his continued success, Mr. VanNoord became a partner/shareholder, and is now Senior Vice President of Rohde Construction.
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Rohde received a degree in architecture and continued in graduate school in civil engineering at the University of Illinois. After becoming a Michigan Professional Engineer in 1973, Mr. Rohde joined an established general contractor, located in the Grand Rapids area, which specialized in multiple housing in Michigan and the Upper Midwest. In the 20 years Mr. Rohde was with this firm, he rose to vice president/chief operating officer. During this time, he was responsible for the construction and design assistance for over 10,000 multiple housing units, as well as a number of larger commercial buildings.
In late 1992, Mr. Rohde formed Rohde Construction, with a large core of highly experienced field/office employees from his previous company. From its inception, Rohde specialized in all aspects of multiple construction. Because of its well-known capability in this field, grew very quickly and became one of the largest general contractors in Kent County, MI by 2002. At this time, it was also highly ranked nationally in multiple-based construction. Rohde Construction continues to operate in Michigan and the Upper Midwest.
In Mr. Rohde’s five decades of construction experience in has been involved as a general contractor on well over 20,000 units of multiple construction.
Project Manager
Kevin started in the construction industry in 2004 gaining field experience in both the single-family home and commercial construction industries before joining Rohde Construction in 2016 as a Project Engineer. Kevin earned his BBA in Real Estate Development & Finance from The University of Texas at San Antonio and is a licensed Michigan Builder.
Project Manager
Mr. Shepherd initially pursued a Degree in Architecture, before deciding to work in the construction industry for a number of years. He then completed a degree in Construction Management a Ferris State University and was employed by Rockford Construction of Grand Rapids, MI. as a project superintendent. In that capacity, he constructed a number of projects throughout the United States before rising to become a Project Manager for Rockford. In that capacity, he managed a number of commercial and multiple housing projects in Michigan. In 2012, Mr. Sheperd accepted a position as a project manager with Grand Rapids-based Orion Construction and managed projects including a historic theater renovation and restaurant.
Because of his previous experience in a number of the construction specialties for which Rohde Construction is known, Rohde lobbied Mr. Shepherd to join Rohde Construction in 2015 as the company expanded its operations.
President / Project Manager
In 2006 Chad became a member of the Rohde Construction team, subsequently becoming a shareholder and company executive. He began in the commercial construction industry in 1990 and has been focused on multi-family construction for more than the last 20 years of his career, during which time he has been responsible for estimating and managing the new construction, adaptive reuse and renovation of thousands of multi-family and condo units, which have included market rate, HUD and LIHTC projects.
Office Manager
Carolyn has over 25 years of office experience in the construction industry. As Office Manager and Compliance Coordinator, Carolyn’s responsibilities include issuing construction documents such as subcontractor purchase orders and work orders and submittal of compliance documents such EEO, Section 3 and other MSHDA plans for up coming projects. She is responsible for prevailing wage reporting and works closely with our subcontractors to ensure submittal of all reports and compliance with contract documents and required reporting. In addition to these daily responsibilities, Carolyn supports office staff as needed to create an efficient and effective office environment.
Chief Financial Officer
In the last decade, Rohde Construction has expanded its area of operations and the types of construction in which Rohde now specializes. This added expertise includes adaptive reuse of buildings, historic building restorations, and renovation of existing multiple housing projects. These new specialties are in addition to Rohde’s traditional expertise in multifamily housing, student housing, senior housing, hotels, and national retail outlets.
Looking to 2015 and beyond, Rohde wished to expand the capabilities and strengths of its accounting department and make it even more responsive to the needs of Rohde’s clients. Rohde also wished to explore alternative financing of construction, pursue potential design/build, and expand outreach to agencies and organizations which are integral with its business.
To lead this expansion of capability, Rohde has added Anita Rathbun MBA as its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary/Treasurer. Ms. Rathbun was CFO of Triangle Associates Inc. of Grand Rapids, MI for 10 years before joining Rohde in 2015. Triangle is a 4th generation general contractor with an average annual construction volume of $100 Million.
Ms. Rathbun has significant previous experience with government financing of construction, tax credit programs, Section 3 regulations, prevailing wage reporting, cost certifications, and other typical accounting issues associated with Rohde’s core business. The added experience Ms. Rathbun brings to Rohde is in the highlighted box above. Her current outreach expertise in the box below will soon be augmented by Rohde’s increased presence in the Michigan Housing Council and other entities which serve and assist Rohde’s clients and future business opportunities.
Controller
Traci has over 25 years of experience in accounting and finance in the property management and construction industry. As Controller, Traci’s responsibilities at Rohde Construction include day to day activities such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, employee benefits, job cost accounting and month end close. Traci also works closely with the accounting personnel of our subcontractors to ensure compliance with insurance and waiver requirements, timely processing of monthly billings and general processes and procedures within the construction industry.
Chief Financial Officer
Anita Rathbun MBA joined the Rohde team in 2015 as its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary/Treasurer. Ms. Rathbun was CFO of Triangle Associates Inc. of Grand Rapids, MI for 10 years before prior to Rohde. Ms. Rathbun has significant previous experience with government financing of construction, tax credit programs, Section 3 regulations, prevailing wage reporting, cost certifications and other typical accounting issues associated with Rohde’s core business. Ms. Rathbun’s areas of expertise include strategic planning, risk management, contract review and negotiation, licensing and registration compliance and cost accounting.