Sam Grace

Sam was previously incarcerated for about 15 years. In jail for drugs, assault, illegal firearms possession, violence, terroristic threatening and auto theft, etc. Sam has done things people only see in movies.

Sam has lived his life on the wrong side of the law for most of his life. Now through our sister company Next Step Roofing & Contracting LLC. He has become not only a contributing member to his team mates success, but also a contributing factor to the success of the company. He went from just coming in and asking what he had to do, and now is learning his new role of Operations manager. He currently leads a crew of 9 young men who have also been previously incarcerated and is working with them to give them a chance at changing their lives as he has changed his. Sam was a sledge hammer in his past life and continues to be a sledge hammer now. Only difference is with his new found love for life and his walk with God, it has opened up his focus on loving others in a way that embodies who we want to be as a company at Next Step Roofing & Contracting. He literally went form smashing people to loving people and that who we really want to strive to be as a company. In so many of my previous jobs, we hear punchlines like the client is always right, or put the client first, but I have found that few really live by that and go the extra mile. Most people even the good ones, just are nice to people and call it a day. Sam truly cares. For example we had a client who got a stomach infection and was an older gentleman, and was hospitalized for a few days. As soon as Sam found out, he communicated with his superviosrs to see what we could do as a company for him. He was racking his brain to figure out what would be a kind gesture, he asked should we send him flowers, a food basket, fruit, a card, what? It was cool to see how much he cared and his desire to do something that made that client know he cares. He ended up scheduling a meeting with the client and the supervisor when he was released from the hospital and the gave him a card signed by most of the office and had his fiancé cook him a soup to aid in his recovery. We are proud to have someone like Sam loving on our clients and our crewmen. But while he loves he still maintains a high level of discipline.