Joseph F. “Joe” Landers

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Joseph F. “Joe” Landers, Director of Operations, is the former Chief Executive Officer and founder of Customized Structures Inc., a custom manufacturer of single-family, multi-family and commercial modular and panelized structures which began operations in 1984. Joe has been involved in the building industry, both site-built and factory-built, since 1973 and has worked in all phases of construction from development through design and production including on site management and sales. In January of 2009, after providing consulting services to Wallace Prefab Corp., Joe joined the Wallace to run the non-production aspects of the company.

Joe attended Northeastern University and St. Anselm’s College graduating with a B.S. in 1972. Joe has been a member of the National Association of Home Builders since 1974. He is past-president of two local Home Builders Associations and has served two terms as President of the State of NH Home Builders Association. He is also a past president of the Modular Building Systems Council of the NAHB, has been Chairman of the National Building Systems Council (BSC) and has served five terms as a Trustee of the BSC.

In 1989, Joe received the National Pacesetter Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership and contribution to the housing industry and in 1991 was awarded the title of Builder of the Year by the Home Builders Association of N.H. In 1992 he was appointed by the Governor to the NH Board of Fire Control within the Department of Safety and since then has been reappointed three times. He has served as a member on the State of New Hampshire Building Code Review Board and was recently appointed by the Governor of NH to the Shore Land Protection Commission.

Joe was selected to receive the 2000 S. A. Walters Chairman's Award, the premier award in the U.S. Systems Built Housing Industry and most recently was named to the New Hampshire Housing Hall of Fame for his significant and lasting contributions to the housing industry in the State of New Hampshire. He is a Senior Life Director of the National Association of Home Builders; is serving his fifth term on the NAHB Budget & Finance Committee, and has served as Chairman of the Resolutions Committee, the International Housing Committee and the Building Products Issues Committee of NAHB. In 2001 Joe was elected an Area Vice President of the National Association of Home Builders representing builders throughout the northeast.

Joe is active in his community having served as finance chairmen of his church, is a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows, and has served on multiple boards and committees on a volunteer basis. Joe and his wife, Denise, reside in Meredith, NH, while their daughter pursues a career in Cambridge, MA and their son pursues his career in musical theater in Manhattan.