Scott R. Thompson, CFO / V.P.
Scott received a BS degree in Construction Management from Brigham Young University and a Masters in Business Administration from Marylhurst University. Work experience includes 9 years with a national commercial bank (NYSE:MTB) as a commercial lender specializing in
construction and developments loans. In addition, Scott has run a successful consulting business to homebuilding and developing companies. Clients include companies with annual revenues ranging from $1MM to over $50MM.

Edika S. Cope, IT Director
Edika received a BS degree in Management Information Systems from the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University. She worked in Seattle as a programmer analyst for a Fortune 500 company and in Utah as a software engineer for a cutting-edge technology company. Edika has extensive experience in project management and supervises the information systems for AEM.

Jeremy P. Gartz, Project Management
Jeremy recently graduated from California State University at Long Beach with a BS degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Marketing. Jeremy founded and operated an adventure tour company in the Vava’u Islands in the Kingdom of Tonga and has traveled extensively throughout the South Pacific. Jeremy brings a wealth of marketing experience to AEM. Jeremy was recently married in Tonga, and he and his wife now live in Rogersville, Missouri with three children.

David A. Cope, General Contractor
Dave has extensive experience and expertise in the homebuilding industry. He has worked as a foreman at the Robert Redford Sundance Resort and has worked on several Hollywood sets for commercial and movie productions. Dave grew up in the industry with his father in construction and has been
actively building homes in the Springfield area for the past five years with price ranges of $150,000 to $750,000. Dave’s experience has helped AEM’s homebuilding edition, American Homes, grow and expand.
Rick McGee, Broker
Rick has been a real estate agent and broker for the past 17 years in the Springfield market. Rick has a large network of associates and realtors in which he has developed several key relationships with the major commercial and residential brokers in the greater Springfield area. He has sold over 100 million in real estate and was the former owner of Springfield area's Assist 2 Sell where he started the company in 1995 and sold it in 2005. Rick lives in Springfield with his 3 children.

Penny Jackson, Office Manager
Penny received a BS degree in Business Management from Missouri State University. She plays an integral part in the daily operations of AEM's office. She has extensive experience in real estate and assists in all functions of the AEM group of companies.