Jeff Blandford

Jeff Blandford, CEO of Blandford Homes, a Gilbert-based organization, has been selected and will be recognized as Man of the Year. The award-winning Arizona builder has won numerous professional awards including 2014 Home Builder of the Year. Although his professional achievements are astounding, he was selected for his extraordinary commitment to families in the communities we serve.

He has long been a major donor to Child Crisis Arizona, Sunshine Acres Children’s Home, Habitat for Humanity, Mesa Senior Services, United Food Bank and U.S. Troops. As one example of his charitable leadership, he assumed architectural and construction management of the Sunshine Acres campus, which has resulted in over a million dollars in savings to the organization, which has been redirected to services for the children.

A friend of Jeff’s, Ronald Sandler, says “Jeff is a very humble and quiet man who flies under the radar in terms of his philanthropy, but the results are truly dramatic to the organizations receiving his largesse.”

Terry Lent, a sales manager at Blandford Homes, has known Jeff for more than 25 years. “Jeff has made a huge difference in our community, volunteering time and donating funds to change the lives of the abused, neglected and needy.” Terry, who has served on the board for Child Crisis Arizona, reports that Jeff helped build their current facility in Mesa and has been a substantial donor for over 35 years. “Jeff supports organizations providing children a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, creating strong and successful families.” His colleague Terry summarizes, “Jeff defines all that is good. He’s humble, honest, a man of integrity and character, who leads by example.”

Jeff has ongoing plans to continue to give back to the community through direct resources of time and capital as well as leveraging resources of others to assist in positive outcomes for those organizations that contribute much-needed services to the community.