Uniontown, OH – Wayne Homes is proud to announce that Director of Marketing, Emily Studenmund, has been named one of Pro Builder’s 2025 Young Guns & Legends — a national recognition honoring leaders and innovators shaping the future of the U.S. housing industry. Selected from a pool of 105 nominations, this year’s honorees represent a diverse group of professionals making meaningful contributions to the field through creativity, leadership, and long-term impact.
Emily, who has been with Wayne Homes for nearly eight years, began her career as a Design Consultant at the Delaware Model Center before moving into sales leadership and ultimately joining the marketing team. Her path reflects a deep understanding of both the customer experience and the operational needs of the business, a perspective she brings forward in her current role leading the company’s marketing strategy.
“Emily is a positive, committed, and responsible leader who gives her team members the freedom to be creative and take responsibility for their work,” said Paula Huggett, partner at Bokka Group. “She has curated a marketing team that works well together, is flexible, and is dedicated to getting results.”
Her nomination was also supported by the Wayne Homes Senior Leadership Team, with Senior Vice President of Sales Jen Collinsworth sharing, “Emily has consistently demonstrated a rare combination of creativity, strategic thinking, and people-focused leadership. From her earliest days with us, it was clear she had the talent and drive to help shape the future of our company. She approaches every challenge with curiosity, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to our customers. Emily has already made a significant impact on our team, our industry, and our community, and her influence will only continue to grow.”
To hear more about what this recognition means to Emily, as well as her work at Wayne Homes, she shares additional insight here.
Wayne Homes congratulates Emily on this well-deserved recognition and celebrates the leadership, creativity, and commitment she brings to the company every day.
About Pro Builder Young Guns & Legends
Pro Builder’s annual Young Guns & Legends recognition program profiles leaders and innovators in the U.S. housing industry, both up-and-comers and those who have made career contributions through years of service. Those honored this year were selected from 105 nominations by a panel of four judges and Pro Builder’s Head of Content, Rich Binsacca. The 2025 class of Young Guns & Legends was profiled in the November/December 2025 issue of Pro Builder and online at probuilder.com/young-guns-legends.
About Pro Builder
Pro Builder is the nation’s leading source of news, trends, and best business practices for the U.S. housing industry and is the official media partner of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Published independently by EndeavorB2B, Pro Builder provides award-winning content across print, online, e-newsletters, social media, and in-person channels for home builders, developers, design professionals, and other housing industry stakeholders.
About Wayne Homes
Wayne Homes didn’t invent custom, on-your-lot homebuilding. But for more than 50 years, we’ve been working hard to reinvent it — to make it more customer-oriented, more affordable, and more flexible, with practically unlimited customizable choices. Our customer satisfaction rating is among the best in the industry, and we’re one of a handful of builders in the country to win the National Housing Quality Award.
