Board room with the chairman of the board standing looking fromm the window

Board of Directors

Vision, integrity, and experience are qualities that each board member brings to our group.

Their unwavering commitment to excellence and unsurpassed client satisfaction drives the entire Genesis team to achieve extraordinary results.

Custom bullet icon inspired by genesis logo design Bradley Baker | Executive Chairman and Director
Mr. Baker is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Codding Investments, Inc., a California based investment holding company that owns and controls over two million square feet of commercial real estate, a commercial construction company, and investments in green building products, alternative energy and sustainable communities. Mr. Baker is the individual behind Sonoma Mountain Village, an award winning environmentally-conscious redevelopment in Northern California. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of American Biodiesel, Inc., a leading producer of high quality biodiesel in the United States.

Custom bullet icon inspired by genesis logo design Richard Pope | Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Pope is the Chief Executive Officer of Codding Steel Frame Solutions. Mr. Pope brings over 20 years of experience in the construction and residential real estate industry. From 1971 to mid-2001, Mr. Pope held various positions with the Taylor Woodrow Group of Companies, a large UK based construction company. In mid-2001, Mr. Pope formed a new residential land development and homebuilding company, St. James Properties, which focuses its core business on developing new home communities in California. Mr. Pope is currently directing the design, entitlement, and implementation of the Sonoma Mountain Village redevelopment. He studied civil engineering and technical design at West London College, Northwood Technical College and Southall College of Building and Engineering. Mr. Pope is a member of the Building Industry Association, the National Association of Homebuilders and the Sales and Marketing Council.

Custom bullet icon inspired by genesis logo design Richard Black | Non-Executive Director and Lead Independent Director
Mr. Black is a venture capitalist with 16 years of experience in senior roles with Helix Investments (Canada) Inc., RBC Capital Partners Inc. and The Walsingham Fund. Mr. Black joined Helix Investments in 1991 and focused on acquiring significant equity interests in emerging private companies. Over the course of the next seven years, Mr. Black led investments in companies including: Open Text Corporation, Architel Systems Inc., LogicVision Inc., CRS Robotics Corporation and Syndesis Limited. In 2001, Mr. Black joined RBC Capital Partners to lead its technology investments team. In 2004, Mr. Black founded The Walsingham Fund, which provides expansion and growth capital to companies. The Walsingham Fund currently has six portfolio investments. Mr. Black graduated on the Dean's List with an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Custom bullet icon inspired by genesis logo design Predrag Isakov | Non-Executive Director
Mr. Isakov is a structural engineer (M.Eng, P.Eng) with over 20 years of experience in structural engineering and project management. He has been involved as a leader and a member of numerous teams that designed and constructed landmark projects on five different continents. He is presently a managing partner of Bormac Engineering, an innovative company that services the entire cold-formed steel framing industry in Ontario, Canada. Prior to that, over a ten year period, Mr. Isakov rose to the position of Vice-President of Construction for KML Engineered Homes Ltd., a manufacturer of light steel building solutions. He joined KML after a very successful consulting career with leading companies in Toronto, such as NORR Partnership and Giffels Engineering, as a Chief Engineer. He is one of the founding members of Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association based in Washington, D.C., and a regular contributor to other industry bodies and associations.

Custom bullet icon inspired by genesis logo design Paul D. Phipps | Non-Executive Director
Mr. Phipps has over 35 years experience in land and planning matters, and housing and land development in various geographic markets including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and Spain. He has worked in senior management positions at Taylor Woodrow, Alfred McAlpine Homes and the Wates Group and currently is the managing director of Whiteacre Ltd., a private company which focuses on land development, housing and also provides consulting services.


Green Globe with transparent background