With a BA in History and Secondary Education, David Rust started his career as an AmeriCorps volunteer building homes for families in need … and brings this same caring spirit to his projects at Artis. Away from work, he enjoys the great outdoors with his two daughters in a ‘83 vintage Shasta camper.

Tim Sites is one of the lucky ones. After a 20-year Washington, DC career in corporate marketing, Tim hung up his Hugo Boss suits to pursue his real passion: building. He’d long been remodeling houses on the side, but after his renovation of a dilapidated farmhouse in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains generated a bidding war, his second career took off. Others began tapping his creativity and aesthetic eye to realize their dreams.

From historic log cabins to 5,000-square-foot custom homes, Tim’s construction experience is broad, and his eye for buildings with unrealized potential is spot-on. Like his adopted hometown, Tim reveres historic buildings, and this is the basis of Artis. As the company’s co-founder and head of client relationships and business development, Tim has created an ideal home where his communication skills, gregarious nature and his love for building all can thrive.

Graduate of St. John’s University
Major: English Literature & Philosophy