ANN-MARIE GODDARD, Designer/Co-Owner

“One of our favorite things to do is drive around where we live and show our family the houses we designed and built for other families to live, love, and grow within. In many ways our children have grown up on what were job sites that became someone else’s home. That’s a point of pride,” says Ann-Marie Goddard. She’s referring to the business she founded with husband Chris, EXODUS CONSTRUCTION and EXODUS DESIGN GROUP. “We live in the community we work in and we care about clients and building relationships.”

Ann-Marie has a background in design, having earned a degree from LA’s Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising along with degrees in other disciplines from the University of San Diego. The industrious pair fell in love on a construction job and have been together working and living almost every day since. Fast-forward and they have a 15 year-old daughter, and their own business turned 18.

Ann-Marie loves the interaction with clients and building relationships that

last. Her favorite part of her job is de- signing custom homes and best skill set is attention to detail, choosing finishes, and sourcing materials for flooring, cab- inetry, tile, lighting, plumbing, and more. Designing and building custom homes has been a team effort for almost two decades for this power couple and will be for many more years to come.

Exodus has earned Best of Houzz ev- ery year since 2016. Ann-Marie received a Congressional Merit award in 2008 from our then-President, George Bush, as well as Woman of the Year award 2010/2011 from National Association for Professional Women.

“Running the two Exodus companies can be challenging work with grueling hours, but the people we meet and work with are all so diverse and interesting! I love working with my husband – the col- laboration and teamwork is exhilarating. We are working to build a family legacy for our children and grandchildren and we love what we do while we are doing that!”