David grew up around construction, working his teen years in the summer for the contracting business his father started in 1950. But, instead of heading for a construction job-site following high school he spent the next five years traveling the Northwest playing bass in a rock ‘n’ roll band. Realizing rock ‘n’ roll stardom wasn’t his calling; he enrolled at Oregon State University in the Construction Engineering Management Program (CEM). After graduating from OSU in 1980, he joined Andersen Construction full time. At that time Andersen was mainly an industrial and retail contractor. After becoming President in 1988, the business expanded into healthcare, high-tech, and multi-family housing markets, and today leads Andersen Construction as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

As the grandson of Andersen’s founder, Joel Andersen has grown up with construction throughout his entire life. Joel’s passion and energy are contagious in his role as President. Inspired by the possible, he loves the process of construction because it elicits the very best of what a team can do working together. He respects the ability to take an empty site or abandoned building and transform a neighborhood or community, turning someone’s dream into reality in the process.

With over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, Travis is a builder at heart and is most fulfilled by building relationships. Travis is passionate about Andersen’s people and our clients and strives for Andersen to deliver best-in-class projects every time, such that our clients would choose us again and again. Travis began his career with Andersen in 1999 and has served in several operations roles before becoming the Regional Vice President in Oregon in 2012. His current focus includes leading the Oregon business unit and developing long term organizational strategies that keep Andersen moving and growing in the right direction. Travis graduated from George Fox University in Newberg, OR with a B.A. in Business and holds a MBA in Management & Organizational Leadership.

Joel is driven to create high performing teams and is a passionate leader. His motivation comes from the feeling of a TEAM win or success. His 25 years in construction management has provided him the needed expertise to lead Andersen’s Washington Region while attending to core markets of healthcare, higher-education, hi-tech and housing. Since joining Andersen in 2010, he has been instrumental in client relations, business development as well as business strategy implementation cross regionally. He has been leading the Washington region of Andersen since 2012. Challenging the Status Quo and finding smarter, faster ways to achieve company and performance related goals, is what he is known for.