Leadership Team
Larry J. Sundquist – President
Larry Sundquist directs all areas of the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies operations and provides the organizational knowledge and industry insight which helps assure steady growth. Larry takes a common sense approach to solving problems and is able to anticipate the difficulties to which others can only react. As a leader in state and local builder and business groups, he stays on top of trends and specific changes in local government policies and ordinances.
Larry is a lifetime resident of the Shoreline and South Snohomish County areas in which we build and develop. He spent nearly five years in residential sales and land negotiations before helping to organize Sundquist Homes In 1974. His continuing interest in the home building industry and business community is evidenced by the following list of groups he has served:
Building Industry Association of Washington
Board of Directors, 1980-1993
Legislative Chairman, 1987-1990
Master Builders of King and Snohomish County
Board of Directors, 1980-1989, 1993
President, 1988
Snohomish County Council Vice President, 1981-1982
Builder of the Year, 1985
Home Builder Hall of Fame, inducted 2007
Affordable Housing Council
Board of Directors, 1980-1995
President, 1983-1985, 1990-1992
Association of Washington Businesses
Board of Directors, 1989-1996
Chairman’s Award, 1991
Snohomish County Government
Member, 1980-1996
Snohomish County Building Codes Advisory Committee Chairman, 1990-1996
Citizens Advisory Committee, 2004-2006
Homeless Advisory Committee, 2007-2008
Robert P. Vick – Senior Vice President
Robert (Bob) Vick’s primary responsibilities include coordination of land acquisition, marketing teams, product design, system and organizational planning. His long term involvement in these activities helps give us a strong position in our marketplace.
Bob has been associated with the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies for over 20 years providing varied marketing expertise, including plan implementation, product design, market segmentation, demand analysis, and team management. Bob formally joined Sundquist Homes in 1997 as General Manager. Prior to that Bob had enjoyed a long association with Sundquist Homes as their Builder Account Manager with MacPherson Builder Services. He brings with him a broad understanding of the building/development industry with over 31 years of market wisdom and a strong commitment to genuine service.
Bob is recognized in the industry for his leadership skills through service to the Master Builders Associationís Sales & Marketing Council, Affordable Housing Council, and task committee work. He has received numerous team and individual management awards, as well as local and national marketing recognition. In 1991 Bob was nominated “Associate of the Year” with the Master Builders Association.
Kristina M. Sundquist – Sales and Marketing Director
Kristi Sundquist joined the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies in 2002. Initially, she worked in sales and as an assistant to our attorneys on condominium litigation. She then spent several years assisting in land acquisition. The past seven years she has managed marketing, taking control of all product selection, color selection, marketing planning, design, and implementation. Most recently, she has taken on the management of the sales team.
Her approach to the sales and marketing philosophy at Sundquist is collaborative, leveraging the combined experience, guidance, and regular participation of the management team and the salespeople. From community conceptualization, to product selection, to sales and marketing plans, their active involvement is the key to Sundquist’s proven sales and marketing strategies.
The whole team meets weekly to both set sales goals and create accountability. Salespeople are licensed with John L. Scott but operate in house, balancing the motivation of commissions with the security of salaried positions. This also provides a vital connection to all stages of the development process. Community planning and positioning is completed well in advance of construction, assuring that both the product and the sales and marketing approach are well-matched to the marketplace.
Kristi is a founding member of the New Home Council, a Sales and Marketing Council with the Building Industry Association of Washington, and is a member and former co-chair of the Sales and Marketing Council of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County.
Karen J. Skorupa – Office Manager & Assistant to Larry J. Sundquist
Karen Skorupa joined the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies in June of 1992. During this time she has been responsible for the efficient flow of paperwork, meeting target dates, and delegation of job duties for all administrative support staff. She also oversees the administration of the IT department. Additionally, she managed the relocation and setup of the current Sundquist Homes offices.
Karen’s duties include the formation and implementation of Sundquist Policies and Procedures, Job Descriptions, and company documents relating to Purchase and Sale Agreements for acquired land and home sales. She is the personal assistant to Larry J. Sundquist and an integral member of the Senior Management Team.
Prior to joining Sundquist Homes, Karen had over 10 years experience in office management, including initial setup of three professional offices. Her personal qualities of excellent organizational and leadership skills have proven to be key in the successful retention of high quality office personnel who have remained in the employ of the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies for many years.
Loree B. Quade – Project Manager-Land
Loree Quade has been a part of the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies’ team since 1991 and is our lead land development Project Manager. Prior to joining Sundquist Homes, Loree got her start in the land development industry by working for 10 years as an administrative assistant for Group Four, a civil engineering and surveying firm located in Bothell, Washington. With her years of experience, Loree successfully manages all phases of a project, its budget and project team; beginning with feasibility and site design and continuing through the complex entitlement process, engineering design, site construction, plat recording, building permit entitlements and acquisition of project security bond releases.
Loree is recognized for her high level of integrity and has built a strong working relationship with the agencies and public utilities involved in our projects, most notably with Snohomish County Planning and Development Services (PDS). Loree is highly respected by PDS supervisors and staff and is routinely asked to take an active part in PDS workgroups, which are formed to redesign PDS processes and re-write portions of County code. She currently participates in two workgroups; one to design an electronic permit submittal process and the second to re-write that portion of County code related to project bonding requirements.
Wes K. Tanigawa – Business Manager
Wes Tanigawa joined the Sundquist Homes Family of Companies in February of 1998. His primary responsibilities include management of all accounting/human resource functions, procuring of all insurance policies, lender relationships, preparation of corporate budgets and forecasting models, preparation of feasibility/project financial analysis, review of in-house prepared financial statements, coordination with CPA on all corporate tax returns and annual reviewed consolidated financial statements. He also plays a key role in helping to translate economic data into forecasting models, brainstorming and coming up with ideas and solutions to some of the challenges we face in not only the good times but the bad times.
Wes brings over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. His prior background includes manufacturing environment in the timber industry and the service industry at a mid-size law firm in Seattle. His computer application background provides the expertise to implement system infrastructure to transfer and gather data from different programs and applications for use at all levels in our organization.
