Passion. Energy. Pride.

The success we have achieved at Echelon is a direct result of the amazing group of people that make up the Echelon Team. Echelon's organizational structure is highly unconventional and is fundamental to our unique approach towards our business. We view ourselves more as an athletic team where our performance is measured by the happiness of our customers, rather than merely a business where profit is the bottom line.

Although the members of Team Echelon have different skills
and specialties, we all share one trait: we truly love to design and build awe-inspiring custom homes. This common passion is the glue that holds our team together and has made the pursuit of our passion so exciting and rewarding.

Echelon has a very unique and special culture that is not easily put into words. From the moment you first meet an Echelon team member, you'll realize that something is different about our people and our company. The passion we have for building custom homes is extremely evident and creates an air of excitement and enthusiasm around everything we do. We find this passion to be infectious, allowing our customers to become part of the fun and thrill of the entire building experience.

Our team motto, although short and simple, best describes the remarkable group of people that make up Team Echelon: Passion. Energy. Pride.

Our Team

Chris Schell
Echelon Custom Homes was founded by Chris Schell, a California native.

Lance Manlove
Lance is a native of Sussex County, growing up in Seaford.

Christina Wagamon
Christina serves as executive assistant to Chris Schell and Marketing Coordinator for both Schell Brothers and Echelon Custom Homes.

Ivana Biela
Ivana hails from behind the Iron Curtain — Slovakia, former Czechoslovakia.

Tim Tice
Tim first fell in love with design in high school.

Wes Fruehauf
Wes has two sons named after famous cowboys and a beautiful wife that truly keeps it all together.

Dan Matta
Dan Matta joined the Echelon team as a Project Manager in January of 2008.

Mike Criswell
Mike is married to his beautiful wife Holly and has two energetic children Evelyn and Andrew.

Matty Adler
Matt Adler was born and raised outside Providence, Rhode Island.

Tim Green
Tim Green joined the Echelon team in 2008 after working as a project manager in Ocean Atlantic’s Land Development Division.

Joni Hitchens
Joni spends her free time enjoying her children, really good cheese, the beach and loves to travel.

Greg Alberta
Greg got married to his amazing wife Kat on the island of Kaui. They have a beautiful daughter Ava.

Tony Wesley
With an excellent knowledge of home maintenance and great people skills Tony is meant for Customer Service.

Rebecca Fluharty