First row left to right - Sue Shepherd, Sam Leveto, Kathryn Zumbrum
Top row left to right - Amy Smiga, Jack O'Hanlon, Matthew Smiga, John Mankin

 

Sam Leveto (President): Sam is the owner-president of the Lifestyle family of companies. Sam started the business in 1969 and is still active in its day-to-day operations. While Sam attended Georgia State University, where he majored in real estate, he worked for several real estate companies whose work included real estate appraising and mortgage loan originations. After graduation, Sam worked as a real estate agent until 1969 when he formed S. L. Leveto Co., Inc. specializing in land acquisitions for development and investments. In 1976, S.L. Leveto Co., Inc. changes names to Lifestyle Communities, Inc. to reflect Sam's expansion into development and building. Since then, Lifestyle and its related companies have developed land for over 5,000 homes and has purchased many investment properties throughout North Atlanta.

John Mankin (Development V.P.): John has worked for Lifestyle Communities for over 13 years. He has over 25 years experience in land planning, design, development, and project management. He has worked with Watts and Browning Engineers and Gaskins and Assoc. in design and project management for companies such as Arvida Corp., Cousins properties, John Wieland Homes, Homeland Communities and many others. John's broad background in design and construction provides Lifestyle with the adaptability to work well with many different contractors throughout the development and building process.

Sue Shepherd (Office & Financial V.P.): Sue serves as Business Manager / Controller for Lifestyle Communities, as well as various other lifestyle subsidiaries. She is an Ohio native who began her career with Lifestyle shortly after moving to Atlanta in 1983. Sue has seen the company grow from land development to constructing single family homes and onto multi-family homes. Before joining Lifestyle, Sue was employed with the Industrial Management Council in upstate New York. She has attended school in Ohio, New York and Georgia. Sue is married with two children and three grandchildren. Because of her support skills and overall knowledge, Sue is a key component to the overall success of the company.

Jack O'Hanlon (Engineer & County Coordinator): Jack is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a registered civil engineer in both Georgia and South Carolina. He has over 18 years of experience in land development design and project management. Jack has also served as the City Engineer for Hilton Head Island and was previously the Development Review Manager for Cobb County, Georgia. His extensive background in land planning, zoning and permitting provides Lifestyle with the expertise to move development projects through the labyrinth of challenging political landscapes and complex regulatory requirements.

Amy Smiga (Sales & Marketing V.P.): Since she began at Lifestyle in 1996, Amy has been involved in all stages of our multi-family construction from design input and working with contractors, to contract negotiation, closing and customer service. Currently, Amy oversees the sales and marketing department for our multi-family communities. She works to identify our target market and works directly with our realtor companies to ensure the marketing effort drives positive sales volume. As a native Atlantan, Amy has seen the growth our city has enjoyed over the past few decades. She holds a bachelor degree in Finance from Georgia State University. She is married and the mother of three boys.

Kathryn Zumbrum (Warranty and Purchase Orders): Kathryn has been involved with construction and home building for the past 20 years and is an accountant graduate from Kennesaw State University. She spent 8 years working in accounting and as an office manager for Rose Homes, a company owned by Sam and Greg Leveto. Today, Kathryn is working for Lifestyle overseeing the warranty and service division for Lifestyle Communities, Inc. With her accounting background, she also assists in all phases of Purchase Orders and Cost Budgeting for the building of homes.

Randy Stewart (On Site Construction Manager): Randy Stewart has been with Lifestyle for over 10 years as our lead Construction Supervisor. Randy oversees the on site management of the entire construction process from the foundation stage through the walk throughs and warranty.

Greg Stewart (On Site Construction Manager): Greg Stewart has been one of our on-site construction managers for over 2 years now. He currently oversees our Orchard Park Condominium project from foundation through warranty.

 

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