Our Leadership team
The secret of our success is simple. Despite the precision of our processes or the refinement of our products, nothing affords us continual excellence without beginning first with great people. We are comprised of licensed and accredited experts in various market segments. Through this notable cohesion of professionals, our communication has awarded us a reputation for exemplary service and personal availability to our clients.
Jeff mickler
▫ Chief Executive officer
As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jacob White Construction, Jeff Mickler has been delivering a product with outstanding service that no other contracting firm could convey since 1992. As a native Texan and true believer in the American Dream, Jeff’s passion for construction started at a young age while working with his hands to master the art of carpentry and design. He expanded that interest to build the foundation for what Jacob White has become today.
In addition to serving on the board of numerous financial institutions and non-profits, Jeff has spent his professional career developing medical offices and corporate properties across the state of Texas, and building some of the largest green roofs in the country in an effort to create a cleaner, healthier working environment. A firm believer that every customer should truly feel like they are the only customer, Jeff has carried this mindset to Jacob White, ensuring that each construction experience leaves a positive impression beyond the life of the project. Jeff resides in Friendswood, Texas with his wife Holly, where he enjoys woodworking and the challenge and travel associated with private aviation.
sean mickler
▫ President
As President of Jacob White Construction, Sean Mickler has dedicated over fifteen years of his career growing his industry expertise as an Assistant Site Foreman, Superintendent, Project Manager, and Operating Officer before becoming president. Holding a management degree from Purdue University, Sean’s passion resides in a long-time desire to be on-site watching both man and machine turn concepts into reality.
Since the inception of his career, Sean has run some of Jacob White’s most complex projects including numerous mid-rise medical office buildings, surgical centers, marinas, and corporate aviation terminals throughout the United States. Sean is driven by the goal of ensuring that Jacob White and his team of construction professionals consistently delivers projects that exceed all client expectations. Sean holds a FAA Airline Transport Pilot Rating with Pilot in Command privileges on Cessna Citation series aircraft, as well as a Certified Flight Instructor rating, and resides in Friendswood, Texas with his wife, Katie, and their two children.
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LUKE KOPF
▫ Chief Financial Officer
With over a decade of experience in both public and private accounting, Luke’s leadership reflects a client-focused approach and a commitment to delivering results, meeting deadlines, and recommending best practices. A Master’s degree in accounting from The University of Rhode Island led him through various senior accounting roles, where his experience in auditing has equipped him with irreplaceable skills and knowledge as part of the Jacob White team.
When he isn’t fulfilling duties as a member of the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the AICPA, you can find Luke at the park with his wife and two-year-old son, traveling or watching the New England Patriots! In his younger days, Luke was a college pitcher and lobsterman on his father’s boat, the F/V Spartan out of Pt. Judith, Rhode Island
Chris White
▫ Executive Vice President
As Executive Vice President of Jacob White Construction, Christopher White brings 15 years of experience to the firm. A graduate of Rice University’s architecture program and a mentor with Rice’s Architecture Mentorship Program, Chris contributes a fine-tuned designer’s eye to each construction project. Chris is high-energy and results driven, and has the unique ability to walk in clients’ shoes throughout the course of each project in order to deliver success.
An architect by trade, Chris has held titles including Project Manager, Vice President, Vice President of Business Development, and EVP in the healthcare, retail, and office industries. Each of these positions has prepared Chris to support Jacob White’s dedication to producing incredible design that transforms spaces to be their very best, ultimately changing the construction industry one job at a time. When he’s not crossing a project’s finish line with a happy client, Chris is running, playing tennis, and spending time outside with his wife and two kids.
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
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