Charles E. Millard, Inc.

A graduate of the Portsmouth Priory (now Abbey) School and Columbia University, Chuck served in the United States Marine Corps before pursuing postgraduate studies in American History at Brown University. With a young family to support, he took a leave of absence and began working as a carpenter. Chuck soon realized he preferred the hands-on work of restoring and preserving old homes to delivering lectures about them. He founded Charles E. Millard, Inc. in 1977, and has spent the past thirty-five years pursuing one goal: providing his clients with the same standard of excellence he would expect for his own home.

Before moving to the East Coast in 1989, Dean worked as a ski patrolman, EMT, and Forest Service firefighter while studying architecture in his home state of California. At the University of New Hampshire he received a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in geography, and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. After several years with The National Geographic Society, working as a cartographer and researcher in the book and television divisions at their Washington, DC headquarters, Dean joined Charles E, Millard, Inc. in 1996. Since then, as the project coordinator, he has been guiding homeowners through the labyrinth of home construction from design to the final detail.  

With over twenty-five years of experience under his belt, Jim is an industrial artisan whose skills, problem solving abilities, and attention to detail are unmatched in the trade. As senior foreman, Jim works on-site, overseeing a highly experienced crew as they execute each and every project, large or small, with the care and attention that our clients have learned to expect.