About Nexstar Network
- Practices That Produce. Coaches Who Inspire.
- Mission, Vision, Leadership
- Developing the Trades
- Strategic Partnerships
With a solution to every business problem, Nexstar is a member-owned organization that drives business growth and development through continued education and the sharing of ideas.
Nexstar empowers its members to be industry leaders through comprehensive business training, proven business systems, and dedicated business coaching. Nexstar is so much more than tools and resources for business strategy and sustained success. It’s a membership designed to build connections and lasting relationships. Nexstar Network is a membership for an intentional life.
By the Numbers:
1992 – Contractors 2000 is launched by Frank Blau, George Brazil, and a pioneering group of contractors as a member-owned organization dedicated to education and sharing within the residential service industry.
2004 – Contractors 2000 becomes Nexstar Network, offering comprehensive customer service, leadership training, and proven business systems.
2005 – Explore The Trades is founded to prepare the next generation of residential service industry owners and employees.
2018 – NexTech Academy, an online technical training program, is developed to help members build their own workforce from the ground up.
2021 – Nexstar grows to a team of more than 75 employees, serving more than 800 members across the United States, Canada, and Australia.
“Members first.”
That’s Nexstar’s foundational principle. This principle sets the tenor of our mission:
To turn the World’s Best Tradespeople into the World’s Best Businesspeople.
Together, we strengthen the industry. Your success is what we describe in our vision:
We will advance the careers of 250,000 member employees through direct training and coaching by 2027.
Learn more about our current mission and vision by watching a video from our Nexstar President and CEO, Julian Scadden, here.
Nexstar Network is member-owned and led by a talented team and board of directors who have in-depth industry knowledge and a genuine commitment to helping members thrive. They operate based on an industry-setting Code of Ethics. They have the skills, talents, and commitment to member success that has resulted in Nexstar Network’s consistent retention rate of 95%.
Leadership
Julian Scadden
President & CEOCarrie Fraser
Vice President of OperationsRobyn DeLoss Henkler
Director of Finance & AccountingAnna Rasmussen
Director of EventsChristian Oleson
Director of Marketing & Creative ServicesRachel Whitman
Director of DevelopmentsJamie Robinson
Director of CoachingLucas McAlpin
Director of TrainingKim Nowak
Director of Employee ExperienceAllie Storti
Director of Sales & EngagementIlse Larsen
Strategic Partner ManagerBoard of Directors
Jamie Gerdsen, Chairman
Apollo Home, Cincinnati, OHMember Since 5/2014
Geno Caccia, Vice Chairman
James Caccia Plumbing, Inc., San Mateo, CAMember Since 11/2013
Lewis Williams, Secretary
Mike Williams Plumbing, Heating and A/C, Springfield, ILMember Since 2/1996
Amanda Zink, Treasurer
Air Control Air Conditioning, Inc, Lake Havasu City, AZMember Since 2/2021
Ted Fox, Director
Fox Plumbing - Heating - Cooling - Electrical, Vernon, BCMember Since 12/2016
Claire Ferrara, Director
Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, MNMember Since 8/2019
Mark Paup, Director
Golden Rule Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, & Electrical, Grimes, IAMember Since 9/2010
Chris Hoffmann, Director
Hoffmann Brothers Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Electric, Brentwood, MOMember Since 11/2015
Brady Jolly, Director
Jolly Plumbing Drains Heating Air, Newport, KYMember Since 2/2019
Founded by Nexstar Network in 2005, the nonprofit organization Explore The Trades is committed to developing the next generation of a skilled workforce by changing the perception of the trades.
The organization creates awareness of the trades through key industry statistics, career resources, and connections with successful residential service companies throughout North America.
To further its mission, Explore The Trades leverages one of Nexstar’s newest innovations, NexTech Academy, to make pre-apprenticeship curriculum available to instructors of students in grades 9-12 throughout the U.S. and Canada. Known as the “Ready, Set, Skilled” initiative, this program gives students access to interactive, industry-leading training to prepare them for a career in the trades following high school.
Growing a business isn’t easy, but with help from our Strategic Partners, we show our members a better way forward.
Participation in the Strategic Partner vendor program saves Nexstar members time and money on services, products, and equipment. More than 60% of the Nexstar membership pays their dues with rebates earned through the vendor program.
Here are just a few of our trusted partners:
