About Rick

Rick’s lifelong passion for the wood industry brought him to the Woodwright team in 2006. Today, Rick is Vice President of Business Development, the Dallas Market A+D Consultant and he trains and mentors our growing sales team as Sales Manager.

Rick also wears the hat of Woodwright’s Sustainability Leader, where he has been instrumental in expanding our Sustainable Initiatives critical to the commercial construction industry. First, obtaining our company’s FSC & FloorScore certifications and recently adding an HPD (Health Product Declaration) to the majority of the custom finished products that Woodwright manufactures.

Rick is a respected Wood Specialist with extensive knowledge of hardwood flooring, lumber, plywood, veneers, etc. and actively involved in IIDA, USGBC and the NWFA (National Wood Flooring Association).

When Rick is not collaborating with his clients to bring their visions to life, you can find him in his workshop (shocker), fishing for that elusive BIG ONE or creating memories with his family.

“Abundant to all the needs of man, how poor the world would be without wood.”  – Everard Hinrichs

About Brianna

Brianna is a native Texan who was raised in a small town in Central Texas. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX with a major in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Sciences and a minor in Business. With over 7 years of customer service and sales experience, she is a proactive team player who brings a creative approach to sales and marketing initiatives. A strong believer in the power of positive thinking, she regularly applies this to both her professional and personal life. Outside of work, Brianna enjoys a good Netflix binge but can also be found on long hike trails with her dog, Lola.

“No one is you, and that is your power”

About Gretchen

Gretchen Kliafas is the newest member of our A/D Team here at Woodright. She isn’t a native Texan, but “got here as soon as she could!” She resides in Houston as an empty nester with her husband. Gretchen brings 17 yrs of experience throughout Texas supporting Architects, GCs and other decision makers as an architectural project representative. Her biggest goals in life are in helping others achieve theirs. In work, play, prayer and life. She comes to us with a team player attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit. Gretchen is excited to take on Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Oklahoma. When she isn’t working or studying to get her CDT, she enjoys cheering on the Cowboys and the Rangers, cooking for family and taking long road trips with her husband and two labradoodles, Finn & Lilly.

“The dictionary is the only place success comes before hard work!” -Vince Lombardi

About Richard

Richard started working at Woodwright in 1995 as an install helper. After leaving the metroplex in 2005, he returned to Woodwright in 2016 as a Project Manager and Field Supervisor. While not at the office, Richard enjoys woodworking and spending time with his family.

"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates