Luke was raised in Missouri and his family’s roots in this country go all the way back to the 1600’s. He was born on the family farm, so he was basically born into construction & engineering. After graduating from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), he moved to California and got started in residential and commercial construction. Luke holds three California state contractor licenses (A, B, Haz) and is certified in both OSHA 30 & Hazwoper 40. He ran his own construction; real estate company for 20 years before joining PESG, as a project manager, in 2023.