Our Team
Marty Grunder
Marty Grunder founded Grunder Landscaping Co. in 1984. Equipped with a mower bought at a garage sale and committed to doing every job well, the list of satisfied Grunder customers grew quickly. After college, Marty built Grunder Landscaping; one of the most respected full-service landscaping companies in the Midwest. Even though the scope of the business has changed, our way of doing business has not. It is still rooted in the desire to do quality work, provide exceptional value and serve our clients with integrity.
Grunder Landscaping has always supported many great organizations in and surrounding Dayton. Frustrated by a perceived lack of attention paid to all the successful companies and organizations that make up Dayton, Marty came up with Good News in Dayton.
Brent Kress
Wagner Paving, Inc., founded in 1970, is a fully integrated, ODOT approved paving contractor. The company started with just six employees, an asphalt spreader box, one roller, two dump trucks and a backhoe. Wagner Paving has grown into the company it is today by using honesty, integrity, hard work and the main rule, “treat every customer’s project as if you were doing it for yourself.”
Brent grew up outside of West Milton on a farm, which his family has lived and worked for six generations. He graduated from Wright State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business. He worked at Broadway Companies in Dayton for 19 years, starting at the bottom and working his way up to Plant Manager before joining Wagner Paving in 2004. He takes pride in being part of a great team of employees at Wagner Paving. In his free time Brent enjoys flying, craft beer and trying new restaurants.
Joe Eckley
Established in 1945, Day Air Credit Union is the largest financial institution headquartered in Montgomery County and proudly serves businesses and residents of the Miami Valley in southwest Ohio. Day Air is a not-for-profit, full-service financial cooperative. Credit Union members have access to over 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs, and more than 5,900 shared branches nationwide. Membership is open to people living, working, worshiping, or attending school in the Miami Valley.
Joe is a lifelong resident of the Miami Valley, growing up in Kettering and graduating from Wright State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business. He believes in the credit union motto of “people helping people” and is proud to work for an organization headquartered and committed to driving economic prosperity in the region.