The best homes are designed with the future in mind. So are the companies built to create them.
Yankee Barn Homes is now 100% employee-owned, giving the people who design, engineer, craft, and support our homes a meaningful stake in the company they’ve helped build.
And as Yankee Barn Homes enters this new era, there’s continuity at the helm. Kerri Post, who has been with Yankee Barn Homes since 2014 and has served as Chief Operating Officer for the past four years, is now President and CEO.
For our clients, those two developments share an important theme: the future of Yankee Barn Homes is staying with people who already know the company, understand what makes it special, and care deeply about the experience we provide.
For the past 15 years, owners Paul Marinelli and Jeffrey Rosen have worked to strengthen Yankee Barn Homes while protecting the qualities that have defined it for generations.
When they began thinking about what should come next, the question wasn’t simply who could buy the company. It was how to preserve its independence, culture, craftsmanship, and long-term vision.
Employee ownership became the answer.
“This company exists because of the people who show up every day, solve problems, and care about our customers,” Marinelli said. “Selling to an ESOP is the best way we knew to honor that.”
Through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP, Yankee Barn Homes employees become beneficial owners of the company at no cost to them. Over time, the program can also provide employees with a valuable retirement benefit.
But the significance goes beyond the financial structure.
The people closest to the work now have an even greater connection to the long-term success of the company.
The people behind Yankee Barn Homes are now the people who own its future.
Familiar Leadership for the Next Chapter
That sense of continuity extends to Yankee Barn Homes’ leadership.
Kerri Post has spent the past four years as Chief Operating Officer, working closely with the teams responsible for bringing each Yankee Barn Home from an idea on paper to a thoughtfully designed and precisely manufactured home package.
Now, as President and CEO, she’ll lead a company owned by the employees working alongside her.
“I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve built together, and it’s an honor to lead Yankee Barn Homes into this next chapter,” Post said. “I know how much the people here care about this company, our customers, and each other. To know that the people who work so hard every day to make Yankee Barn Homes successful have the opportunity to share in its future is deeply rewarding.”
For clients who already know Kerri and the Yankee Barn Homes team, that familiarity matters. For those just beginning to explore building with us, it means the company’s future is being led from within rather than handed to an outside organization unfamiliar with the business.
What Changes for Yankee Barn Homes Clients?
Very little about the experience our clients know today.
The transition doesn’t change our day-to-day operations or our approach to designing and producing custom homes. Clients will continue working with the same teams, following the same processes, and benefiting from the standards of design, craftsmanship, and service that have shaped Yankee Barn Homes for more than 55 years.
That continuity was a major reason Marinelli and Rosen chose employee ownership.
“We wanted to make sure the values we built this company on, integrity, accountability, and respect for people, would continue long after we stepped back,” Rosen said. “An ESOP keeps the company in the hands of people who understand it best.”
Those values are particularly important in custom homebuilding.
Creating a home is deeply personal. It takes close collaboration among homeowners, designers, engineers, craftspeople, builders, and many others. The experience depends on people who listen carefully, think ahead, solve problems, and care about getting the details right.
Those are the same people who now share ownership of Yankee Barn Homes.
Built for What Comes Next
Yankee Barn Homes has been evolving since Emil Hanslin founded the company in 1969.
Architectural styles have changed. Building technology has advanced. The way people use their homes has changed considerably. Through it all, Yankee Barn Homes has continued to pair the warmth and character of timber frame architecture with thoughtful design, precision manufacturing, and a highly personal approach to building.
Becoming employee-owned is another evolution, but one designed to protect what shouldn’t change.
“For us, success hasn’t just been measured in revenue,” Marinelli and Rosen said. “It has been measured in positioning the company to be stronger 10, 20, 30 years from now. Employee ownership gives us confidence that it will be.”
We spend our days helping clients create homes they hope their families will enjoy for generations.
It feels fitting that Yankee Barn Homes is planning for generations, too.
Ready to Start Your Own Next Chapter?
Designing and building your dream home starts with research. There are many factors to consider, and we’re here to help. Speak to our team by calling 800-258-9786 or complete our online form.
