The Spike Club.
Membership is what gives this industry a voice. Spikes are the members who go out and build it.
Our membership champions.
The National Association of Home Builders created the Spike Club in 1953 to recognize the members who recruit, involve and retain other members. More than 16,600 members hold Spike status across the country.
A Spike is a member, or an employee of a member company, who has earned six or more Spike credits. Credits come from bringing new companies into the association and from keeping the ones already here. Below six credits you are a Spike Candidate, which means you are already on the board.
Just as a nail is essential to the strength of a building, the members who recruit and retain are what hold an association together. Every name on the Spike list is a company that stayed in this industry’s corner because somebody asked.
Every CBIA Spike, by level.
53 members hold Spike status today. Listed highest first within each level, with their current credit total from NAHB.
All-Time Big Spike
250+ credits10
- Patty Wedge-LudwigMerchant Insurance Solutions1618.00
- Terry KellySurety Construction Company529.50
- Steve LawsonAdvantage Plastering & Finish Carpentry, Inc.492.00
- Ryan BensonA Vernon Allen Builder471.50
- Walter CrawfordHeatherwood Construction Company314.75
- Thomas X LykosThe Lykos Group, Inc.313.25
- Cali ClardyRefined Builders311.25
- Dave DunnavantPeninsula Construction & Engineering308.00
- Ray AllainBUILD LLC253.75
- Gary CarlsonCarlson-Harris General Contractors252.00
Grand Spike
200 credits3
- Matt SellickStock Development244.00
- Greg UlrichKGT Builders226.50
- David T. AldrichAldrich Development Company, LLC207.50
Statesman Spike
150 credits3
- Tom WegwertKGT Builders192.50
- Kevin WoodwardHarWood Homeworks184.50
- Michele E HarrisonJohn R. Wood Properties177.00
Super Spike
100 credits6
- Patti DeckerAction Title Services146.50
- Michael BoneD.R. Horton132.00
- Jeff MaddoxMaddox Construction Company130.50
- Ron LabbeNaples Lumber & Supply Company126.75
- Drew KowalczykPulteGroup119.25
- William VarianWilliam J. Varian Const. Co, Inc.114.25
Royal Spike
75 credits5
- Dave ArterGallagher Insurance97.50
- Gail SpectorLennar Homes, LLC94.50
- Jenny Malone Wiseman2-10 Home Buyers Warranty92.00
- Norm GentryBUILD LLC91.50
- Randy KurtzKurtz Homes80.00
Red Spike
50 credits3
- Tatiana GustMangrove Coastal Construction LLC71.00
- Mark MonastieroUMI Stone59.50
- Robyn BonaquistB2 Advertising, Inc.54.75
Green Spike
25 credits4
- Heather HenningHenning Group, The48.25
- Blanca VasquezVCC Contracting, LLC42.50
- Claudine Leger-WetzelStock Development39.25
- Christopher O. Wright, P.E.RWA, Inc.36.50
Blue Spike
6 credits19
- Lenny MaenzaCORE Construction Services of Florida, LLC24.00
- Susi HustyAlliance Financial Group19.50
- Judith WalkerJudith’s Cleaning Services Inc.17.50
- Kathy MillerThe Ronto Group14.50
- Kevin J DeardorffCeiba CPAs and Consultants LLC14.25
- Nick RadickKnauf-Koenig Group13.25
- Erica MeileBCB Homes, Inc.12.50
- Violeta CordovaCordova Cleaning Services Inc.11.00
- Shelley HobbsFlorida Weekly11.00
- Mark A. SlackWoods, Weidenmiller, Michetti & Rudnick10.25
- Dino LongoLongo Construction & Development9.50
- Justin ThibautLSI Companies, Inc.9.50
- Lindsay FrenchBalance Staffing Services7.50
- Sean MortonMorton & Wasmer Builders, LLC7.50
- Mark WoodwardWoodward, Pires & Lombardo7.50
- William Allen OckendenWAO Builders Inc7.25
- Peggy WilsonWilson Creative Group6.50
- Emilio SadezInternational Design Source6.00
- Kathy SmartPBS Contractors6.00
Credit totals as recorded in the NAHB Web Management System, retrieved 4 September 2026. NAHB posts local activity on its own cycle, so the most recent recruiting and renewals may not be reflected yet. Spike Candidates, members with 0.5 to 5.5 credits, are not listed here but are on their way.
Nine levels, and where CBIA stands.
Spike status is cumulative and it never resets. Here is the full ladder, including the 81 Spike Candidates working toward their first six credits.
| Level | Credits required | At CBIA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Candidate | 0.5 to 5.5 credits | 81members | |
| Blue Spike | 6 credits | 19members | |
| Green Spike | 25 credits | 4members | |
| Red Spike | 50 credits | 3members | |
| Royal Spike | 75 credits | 5members | |
| Super Spike | 100 credits | 6members | |
| Statesman Spike | 150 credits | 3members | |
| Grand Spike | 200 credits | 3members | |
| All-Time Big Spike | 250+ credits | 10members |
CBIA counts from NAHB records retrieved 4 September 2026 · Level thresholds per the NAHB Spike Club Guide
Recruit, and then keep them.
Credits are awarded to the sponsor named on the application. Retention counts as much as recruitment, which is why the ladder rewards both.
- A new Builder or Associate member you sponsor
- That member’s first-year renewal
- A new council member
- A council renewal
- A new Affiliate membership
- An Affiliate renewal
- A Builder or Associate renewal from year two onward
One detail worth knowing: if a member renews during the reinstatement window, 31 to 120 days past due, the retention credit still goes to the sponsor. Following up on a lapsed member counts.
8,038 credits. Not one of them came from a marketing budget.
134 CBIA members have earned Spike credits. Between them they hold 8,038.75. Ten have passed 250 and two have passed 500. Our highest Spike is Patty Wedge-Ludwig of Merchant Insurance Solutions, at 1,618 credits.
Every one of those credits started the same way. Someone brought a colleague to a mixer. Someone put their name on an application as the sponsor. Someone picked up the phone about a renewal that was about to lapse.
That is the whole machine. The advocacy, the education, the scholarships and the Toy Drive all run on a membership that somebody went out and built. To every Spike and every Spike Candidate on that list: thank you.
- Spike pins and level recognition as you move up the ladder
- Recognition at the annual Installation Banquet
- Access to the Spike Lounge at the FHBA Southeast Building Conference
- Recognition in CBIA member communications and at the national level through NAHB
The first credit is the easy one.
Think of one company that belongs in this room and is not in it yet. Send them the application, and make sure your name goes in as the sponsor. That is the entire process, and that is how the credit reaches you.
Want to know where you stand? Call the office and we will pull your current credit total.