Building on an Ethical Foundation

Alaina is the founder and CEO of Garman Homes and creator of Fresh Paint by Garman Homes. Alaina was employee #3 at Garman Homes and managed both the sales and construction teams before ultimately serving as Division President until 2017.

Known for her award winning blog, Build Like a Girl, Alaina is passionate about the role of women and BIPOC in homebuilding. In 2015, Alaina was named to Professional Builder Magazine’s list of 40 Under 40. Alaina has also been named Builder of the Year twice - in 2015 by the Home Builders Association of Durham Orange Chatham County and in 2017 as the first female recipient of the award by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake. Most recently, Garman Homes was awarded Homebuilding Company of the year by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake for 2020, a challenging year to be sure.

Alaina is a frequent speaker and podcast guest who is known for sharing deeply personal stories of struggle and triumph in the hopes of inspiring and making space for others.

This is part of the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center noon talks. Alaina will be in-person. Attend @ SICTR or via Zoom. For details, go to https://sictr.iastate.edu/