Rob Yagid

Rob Yagid is the founder of the award-winning Keep Craft Alive program, where he also currently serves as executive director. He is also the former editorial director at Fine Homebuilding and Green Building Advisor, and the current digital media coordinator at Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. He has an extensive background as a journalist, photographer, and editor in the magazine industry, plus a unique perspective on residential construction, having grown up in a family of builders.

Keep Craft Alive: Josh Salinger, Construction Business Owner

After scaling up and feeling disconnected from the process, a Portland, Oregon, builder refocuses his company with a commitment to building better homes and better relationships.
Keep Craft Alive: Travis Brungardt, Builder

With a commitment to resilient, high-performance building, this business owner goes above and beyond to share his knowledge and connect with others in the trades.
Keep Craft Alive: Ace McArleton, General Manager

A commitment to inclusion and respect inspired this home builder to create a different kind of construction company.
Keep Craft Alive: Catherine Autio, Master Carpenter

This carpenter proves that business ownership and project management are not the only career paths for skilled builders.
Schoolhouse Reimagined

A builder shares lessons in small-home design for downsizing and living well with less.
Keep Craft Alive: Nick Schiffer, Builder and Business Owner

This builder's committed focus on craftsmanship and quality leads to work of the highest standards.
Keep Craft Alive: Ben Bogie, Building Production Manager

A second-generation builder addresses the skills gap and the need for the construction industry to compete with other fields.
Keep Craft Alive: Maria Klemperer-Johnson, Builder and Instructor

Founder of a school of carpentry for women, this builder and teacher is working to shift the perceptions of a changing industry.
Keep Craft Alive: Michael Burrey, Preservation-Carpentry Instructor

Educated in early colonial architecture and period-appropriate design, this instructor of preservation carpentry at the North Bennet Street School is teaching a new generation of craftspeople how to stabilize endangered buildings and recreate historical details.
Keep Craft Alive: Clay Chapman, Mason

This mason leverages traditional techniques to build sustainable, affordable brick homes that provide a solution to today's modern building challenges.

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