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Our People |
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Our team is led by Jeffrey Howe who started the company before his first
year at VA Tech in 1989. He later graduated with a BS in Horticulture
from in 1993 while successfully establishing and maintaining a client
base in the Charlottesville area. Many of those clients are still with
us today. Jeff now completes estimates and coordinates job installation.
Jeff spends the spring coaching little league baseball in Nelson County.
In the fall and winter he plays hockey and oversees the ski club for his
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In 1993 Andy Guercio partnered with Jeff to bring his landscape
construction experience. Andy holds the Class A License and is the Vice
President of Windridge and Project Superintendent. He is responsible for
managing landscaping and hardscaping projects. Andy, his wife Becky, son
Truman and daughter Lily own and operate Trulily Horse Farm in Free
Union. Andy graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore,
MD and earned a B.A. in English at the University of New Hampshire. |
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Jeffrey Walter Thompson was born September 26, 1975 in Chicago. "Barbone"
is, therefore a huge Blackhawks hockey fan. He and his wife Savannah are
the proud parents of son Sean, born in October, 2004. Jeff holds a CDL
and pesticide license. He is also certified in segmental wall
installation and has led the charge on Redi-rock wall jobs. Jeff's
recent projects include The Avemore Apts. in Charlottesville and White
Gables in Ivy. He has been handling commercial installation jobs since
1998. Jeff is fluent in Spanish and went to Mexico to help Windridge
Landscaping Co. with last years H2B program. He loves to ski and
frequently escapes to Wintergreen for a few runs. |
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Christy Howe joined the Windridge staff as Office Manager in 1994 shortly after moving to Charlottesville. She has a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire and spent five years in Washington DC first as a Congressional intern and subsequently as an educational meeting planner for the Association of American Medical Colleges. Christy has been a leading force in structuring Windridge into an organized, successful company. She handles all aspects of the company’s financial management as well as overseeing the H2B guest worker program. Christy is married to Jeffrey and they live in Afton with their two children. |
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Jennifer (“The Jen”) Lynn Hughes was born January 19th, 1982 and was
raised among the redwoods of Muir Woods National Monument. She moved
with her family to Virginia in 1992. Jen has worked in the park as a
seasonal ranger, and a volunteer member of the trail crew which was
tasked with restoration of damage from hurricane Isabelle. She completed
the BRCC Arboriculture program in 2004. She has worked at tree pruning
and cabling, and heavy equipment operation. Long associated with
environmental work, as a teenager she worked in nurseries to make extra
cash. She joined Windridge in the summer of 2005 and says, "I could not
be happier. My whole life has been filled with nature; my forté -trees."
Without doubt a happy and vital personality, Jen may be found doing
anything and everything at Windridge, from bidding a job to grinding a
stump. |
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Robert "Bobby" Pugh (aka "BP") is a native of Covesville and as such may be the only Kansas City Chiefs fan in Virginia, but he lives and dies Cavalier orange. A family man, his wife Trish and daughter Jewell are everything to Bobby. When he is not hunting or fishing he spends time with his father, "Pee Wee." Bobby holds his CDL and pesticide license, and heads up the hardscape, hydro seeding and maintenance operations as well as other “specialty crews.” Recent work includes the UVA dining hall project for Branch & Associates and the Ryan School Apartments. |
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Windridge project managers have a combined 30+ years experience in landscaping and over half of that with our company. |
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