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JAMES BRANN
OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE PORCH FACTORY
Born and raised in Wilmington, Massachusetts,
Brann graduated from Shawsheen Valley Regional
Vocational High School. He moved to Florida in
1990 and attended Indian River State College night
classes for business while working for a local heating
and airconditioning company in the early 90s.
He is owner and operator of The Porch Factory, which manufactures
and installs custom screen rooms and pool enclosures across
the Treasure Coast. A past president of the Treasure Coast Builders
Association, Brann is chairman of the Skilled Trades Task force. He has
two daughters, Andrea, 26, and Samantha, 24.
Whom on the Treasure Coast do you most admire and why?
I admire Jeff Braun from Coastal Building Contractors. Jeff runs a
successful business in a selfless way… takes care of his employees,
quietly supports the community in many ways, fully supports his local
and state builders association for the better of others.
What was the first leadership role you can remember being in
and how has the experience shaped how you lead today?
I was a service manager at a local air conditioning business at the
age of 25, working with three other managers older and more experienced
than I was. My young ego had to learn to sit back so that the rest
of me could listen and learn from the experience in front of me! A few
hard knocks at the beginning shaped that process.
If you could choose one song to play every time you walked into a
room for the rest of your life, what song would you choose and why?
Queen – We are the Champions – it’s about determination and perseverance,
fighting through battles to reach a goal.
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