Board of Directors

Brandon Lawrence

Chairman

My wife and I currently reside in Lake Stevens Washington with our three sons. We moved to Washington in 2008 to help start a new regional office within my company.

I have been in construction for close to 25 years now having started out as a carpenter in my teens, owned two construction companies and eventually moving on to be a Senior Project Superintendent managing a variety of large-scale projects/teams, the work is fast paced and high pressure, so it was only fitting to find my balance with hand tool woodworking and the quiet solitude it brings.

My admiration for individuals with a keen eye for detail brought me to the small owner/maker tool shops and the products they produce, this is how I found Union and the tools that they are producing. Collecting tools put together with pride and heart by their manufacturers is far more satisfying than mass produced products, and quite addicting for the inherent collector in me.

Robert Porter

Vice Chairman

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Eva Porter

Secretary

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Sean O’Donnell

Director of Technology & Commerce

Sean has led teams developing web based software for over 20 years. Past experience includes one of the webs pioneering video websites, building back end services for Activision, powering games like Call of Duty, Head Technical Architect of financial services firm RapidRatings, and building systems for large scale internet marketing for HubSpot.

When not pushing bits about, Sean like to tinker with vintage hand tools in his compact yet pleasant workshop. An admiration for the classic aesthetics of vintage tools inevitably led him to Union.

Ted Whitmer

Treasurer

Enlisted July 1988. Graduated Naval Nuclear Power pipeline February 1990 as Nuclear trained Machinist Mate Submarines.

Ship’s served aboard: USS Jefferson City (SSN759), USS Rhode Island (SSBN740), USS Kamehameha (SSN642), USS Alabama (SSBN731), USS Henry M Jackson (SSBN730), USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN705), USS Houston (SSN713), USS Buffalo (SSN715)

Shore Duty: Nuclear Field Machinist Mate “A” School, Submarine Squadron Fifteen Staff (Guam), Submarine Group Seven (Yokosuka, Japan)

Retired 2018 as Machinist Mate Nuclear Master Chief (30 years total service)

LifeCycle Engineering Training Manager 2018-2020

SUBMEPP Maintenance Manager 2020-present

Ted has been doing some form of woodworking or carpentry on and off for the last 25 years. With retirement from the Navy, he has gotten into vintage hand tools and enjoys the restoration with traditional finishes (Japanning). He is working at build a set of hand tools for each of his young sons (3 and 5) and looks forward to making things with them.

Carl Ciesla

Director of Manufacturing