Meet the NurtureSource Team
It takes a team to bring a beautiful house to market at the right time and in the right way. We’re deeply committed to being a collaborative and guiding part of the process.
OUR STORY
With vision and a mastery of the art of staging a home, Gary Faber founded NurtureSource in 2003. A few short years later, Alexander Jones joined the team amidst the 2008 recession as Operations Manager. Together, they heard countless stories of agents and sellers seeking guidance and direction on how to create the most value for the homes they were bringing to market. They sought direction from experts not only fluent in design and renovation, but true industry veterans that could advise on what to do in an unpredictable and ever-changing market. Gary and Alexander rose to the occasion and created the foundation for what NurtureSource is today.
Now 20+ years later, NurtureSource has been a part of preparing over 1,800 beautiful homes. Along the way, the team has grown to include Benjamin Kimmich as a General Contractor partner in 2020, who brought deep renovation expertise to the company. Throughout that time they have refined a network of respected experts in design, real estate sales, project management, and photography.
An integral part of our identity is in the strong relationships we have nurtured with some of the best listing agents in the Bay Area. Our proprietary project management system allows us to renovate up to 20 homes concurrently while completing homes in fewer than four to eight weeks.
Today, NurtureSource looks much different than it did in 2003.
We’ve expanded into further-reaching geographies around the Bay Areas, and intentionally grown our services to include buyers and investors as well as sellers, and a 100% financing program. Our vision has never wavered: use the power of design to create real value.
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Our Team
NurtureSource is nothing if not the great talent that approaches each project with grounded expertise, imaginative creativity, and sharp organization.
Ariel Campbell
Staging Lead
After living in Los Angeles as an artist for a decade, Ariel found her home in the Bay Area. Her interest in interior design came out of her work as a fine artist and set director. Her primary influences are mid-century modern design and color palettes taken from the natural world. Ariel believes that the healing power of the home and the right space can create great clarity and focus for the benefit of a better tomorrow.
Alexander Jones
Partner
Alexander Jones has been with Nurture Source for the last 12 years helping build the company we have today. With an Entrepreneurship degree he has worked in many different aspects of the company: Carpenter, Project Manager, Contract Writer, Business Development, Accounts Manager and Operations in order to better serve our clients. When Jones is not working, he enjoys spending time skiing/snowboarding and riding motorcycles both on and off the road.
Alex Peck
Senior Project Manager
Alex joined NSD in 2015, and has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry in both commercial and residential project management. Alex specialized in managing various construction and design projects simultaneously, ensuring deliverables are met, but his personal and human approach to connecting with clients and colleagues to ensure that expectations are heard and met is what makes him excel at NSD. When Alex isn’t slaying deadlines at NSD, he spends his time off tinkering with motorcycles and adventuring with his wife and three teenage sons.
Benjamin Kimmich
Partner/CEO
With over 12 years of experience as a general contractor, Benjamin Kimmich has managed over $40 million in construction projects in his career. He loves working with teams to solve customers’ problems and create elegantly built environments. When he is not working, he enjoys traveling to tropical destinations and working in his garden.
Cameron Behling
Lead Designer
Cameron was born and raised in Palo Alto. He relocated to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in his 20s, where he attended Northern Michigan University and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Furniture Design. Cameron’s designs focus on highlighting the natural beauty of wood, but also on being functional, pragmatic, and utilitarian. He is influenced by Alvar Aalto, George Nakashima, and Frank Lloyd Wright. When not drafting in front of a computer, he enjoys walks around Jack London Square with his Irish Wolfhound, Arwen.
Emilie Clarke
Assistant Project Manager
Prior to joining Nurture Source, Emilie worked as the Director of Operations for EatLocal.farm in Santa Cruz. Having studied Horticulture with a focus in Organic Crop Production, she specialized in Agricultural Management for over ten years. With her passion for strengthening the relationship between Mexican-American farm workers and the community, she traveled throughout the Bay Area working with local business owners, farmers’ market associations, and organic standards boards to increase food education and accessibility throughout California. Emilie grew up in San Francisco and has a particular passion for Victorian homes, historic restoration and antiques. After work hours she enjoys hiking, gardening and finding the next best estate sale.
Gareth Ellis
Project Manager
Gareth Ellis leverages his degree in Industrial Design and over a decade of real estate and marketing experience to excel as an innovative project leader. Experienced in construction, building sustainability, and property development, Gareth is dedicated and adaptable to his client’s needs ensuring project success and future profitability. In keeping with his Canadian background, his free time is often occupied exploring the great outdoors and continuing his lifelong passion for skiing the highest peaks.
Gary Faber
Founding Partner, Business Development
Gary Faber has an MBA in real estate and finance. He founded the company in 2003. Born with good taste and an ability to nurture relationships, Gary brought together designers, real estate agents and renovation professionals to create the alchemy that NurtureSource delivers today. Outside of work, Gary has been practicing non-dual meditation since 1971 and is an avid mountain biking enthusiast.
Jesse Bond
Purchasing Agent
Jesse James Bond is a Waldorf graduate with over 10 years in the guest service industry.
With a knack for optimization, he approaches every project with a very organized mindset and an undeniable efficiency to match. Jesse loves spending time at home playing the piano or making a nice pizza pie from scratch.
Jessica Streib
Project Manager
Jessica had been working in the food service industry for over 10 years when the opportunity popped up to join a small construction company in Berkeley, and she found her niche in project management. Her strong work ethic and background in customer service made it easy for her to shine in this position. Her fundamental knowledge of construction continues to improve as she asks questions and takes on projects of her own. She strives to meet the needs and expectations of both clients and team members. In her spare time, Jessica loves to spend time with friends and family. She also loves her weekend couch naps and playing with her cats.
Joshua Kimmich
Partner/Project Manager
Josh has 18 years of experience in project management and system building across the construction and low-voltage industries. He excels at value-design engineering and has built sophisticated systems to manage projects from the ground up. Communication is a very important component of any successful project, and Josh takes great pride in building the process at NurtureSource. Outside of work, he enjoys doing social justice work in the local community and takes time to relax at the local paintball field.
Rich Quinones
Carpenter
Rodell Balbin
Estimator
With a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and nearly a decade in sales and customer service, Rodell has leveraged his passion for real estate and construction to become NurtureSource's cost estimator and contract writer. He takes pride in his work and always looks for opportunities to learn, grow, and spread joy. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, reading books, and connecting with loved ones
Shoshana Miller
Operations Admin
Shoshana brings over 30 years of administrative experience to Nurture Source as a dedicated collaborator to the Operations team. She thrives working behind the scenes where she can maneuver between dynamic needs while providing essential support. Shoshana is the proud mother of a brilliant young adult, and she loves to immerse herself in sci-fi fantasy worlds by reading, writing and playing video games.
Susan Parcaut
Staging Supervisor
Susan Parcaut is an experienced lead facilitator with a detailed eye for design and the ability to navigate through an array of home styles and layouts to meet the needs of the clients. With over a decade of managerial skills, along with her experience in home design, she is consistently providing an uplifting experience for the clients and those she works around. In her personal life, she enjoys sewing at her studio after work and taking photos while being out and about.
Uri Haro
Purchasing/Procurement
Uri joined NurtureSource in 2021 as a logistics coordinator. He enjoys the fast-paced environment that comes with working at a construction and renovation company. His favorite part about the entire experience is watching the transformation unfold. In his spare time, Uri plays soccer, hangs out with his dog Rex, and runs or hikes the trails around the bay.
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Questions?
What main services do you offer?
Simply, we prepare soon-to-be-sold and recently purchased homes to be brighter and better for the next owners. We do this though renovation—both cosmetic and transformational—centered on the updates that drive the most value. We also partner with sellers and agents on the go-to-market sale, helping them stage spaces and capture beautiful imagery.
Are you licensed?
Yes! Did you know that not everyone in the home renovation game is fully licensed and insured? We make sure we are covering all of our bases to fully reduce liability for listing agents, sellers, and even future buyers. We are committed to doing it right.
Do you have a way to predict Return On Investment?
Yes and no. What we can’t do is tell you exactly how much money can be made on a renovation investment. We are confident in our ability to intricately know the market and the current home-buying demographic to strategically recommend plans that drive value. For example: even if there’s an ugly bathroom in the basement, if a $8,000 upgrade will only increase the home value an estimated $5,000, we strongly advise to steer clear.
Why NurtureSource?
We are proud to be known as leaders in the industry; we know when to take the work off of your plate and when to let you step in and shine. After nearly two decades of experience, our process perfectly centers beautiful design that works—we know how to drive value and do it in a way that’s high-quality, easy, quick, and safe.