Jerry Meek

About Jerry Meek

Jerry Meek is a luxury home builder, renowned people and team leader, and author. The carpentry business he started with his dad as a young man is now Desert Star Construction — the iconic building company that grew to of work in progress. Beyond construction, Jerry has a deep desire to help overwhelmed Christian business leaders rediscover their eternal purpose and find unending joy in their life and leadership. Leveraging his personal and professional hardship and real-world experiences, Jerry brings fresh perspective to leading people and organizations as he serves as a wise shepherd and mentor to today’s Christian business and ministry leaders alike.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Desert Star Construction

   Feb 1978 — Present · Scottsdale, AZ, US

   As Founder and CEO of Desert Star Construction, Jerry is honored to lead what has been defined as “the best team in the luxury home business.” He is known for building great teams and constructing the most complicated custom luxury projects by putting people before profits. The combined sales revenue of DSC clients’ companies exceeds $3.6 trillion and continues to grow.Desert Star Construction was founded with a focus on excellence and integrity, advancing from construction and remodel jobs “no one else wanted” to an award-winning, landmark brand that regularly completes Arizona’s most prestigious Personal Resorts®. The last decade has focused on the continuous growth and expansion of the DSC brand, culminating in the creation of Desert Star Concierge® in 2015, a proactive maintenance company for DSC-built projects and homes built by others. Today’s DSC has grown from its foundation, starting with a Skil-Saw and a cord, to having $170mm of work in progress. In the process, DSC\'s results have been published in more than 30 magazines and have earned honors including multiple Gold Nugget Awards, Phoenix Home & Garden Home of the Year, Southwest Contractor, and NAHB Custom Home of the Year. In 2017, Jerry was the first-ever luxury custom home builder to receive Phoenix Home & Garden\'s Master of the Southwest, an award program in its 27th year that recognizes the best in design and craftsmanship.What means the most to Jerry is the relationships he has built with his clients and teams. Community involvement has been a wonderful byproduct of these relationships, with great opportunities to assist others. One such rewarding accomplishment was being the founding president of the Phoenix Dream Center Foundation. In this role, Team DSC® received the Heart of Business Award and Community Spirit Award for building a new commercial kitchen that has since served over 5.5 million meals to individuals in addiction recovery, human trafficking, and foster care programs.

Skills

• Kitchen & Bath Design
• Leed Ap
• Pre-Construction
• Millwork
• Budgets
• Carpet
• Leed
• Custom Homes
• Residential Design
• Residential Homes
• Subcontracting
• Design Research
• Building Codes
• Roofers
• Bathrooms
• Construction
• Mixed-Use
• Homebuilding
• Submittals
• Construction Drawings
• Leed Accredited
• Project Bidding
• Architectural Design
• Decks
• Sustainable Design
• Process Scheduler
• Finish
• House
• Construction Management
• Green Building
• Cabinetry
• Tenant Improvement
• Countertops
• Value Engineering
• Change Orders
• Entitlements
• Green
• Builders
• Design-Build
• Tiles