Mick Pattinson grew up in a close-knit family in a working-class section of England. Despite years of hard work, his parents could never afford to buy a home. This left a lasting impression on Mick and fueled his passion to make a difference in the home building industry. In 1976, Pattinson began his career at the Barratt Group in Great Britain, where he quickly rose as a salesperson and group sales director. Just eight years later he became a division president for Barratt American. A protégé of the company's founder Sir Lawrie Barratt, Pattinson shares his mentor's passion for helping people achieve home ownership, especially first-time buyers. In 1991, Pattinson was named president and CEO of Barratt American. In his leadership role, he extols the benefits of home ownership as a stable, attractive place to raise a family and a valuable investment to parlay into future homes. He is also a tireless champion for the home building industry. It is no surprise that Pattinson was elected to the California Building Industry Hall of Fame in 2003

As an attorney, Mike Armstrong is committed to upholding the legal system. Therefore, he is deeply concerned by an increasing trend: misusing regulations simply to block the building of new houses. As general counsel for Barratt American, Armstrong helps spearhead the company's leading role in legislative, environmental and litigation reform. He's proud to be part of Barratt American's success in changing construction defect litigation for condominiums. The result is that many new condominium projects are now being green-lighted for Southern California - a market that's starved for affordable housing. And while Armstrong is a strong advocate for the home building industry, he also seeks win-win solutions such as protecting wildlife while making affordable housing more plentiful. Like most Barratt executives, Armstrong has been part of the Barratt family for years. Prior to joining the company in 1981, Armstrong worked for one of the firms purchased by Barratt American and was previously in private practice.

Bob was born and raised in San Diego and received his undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD in 1981. After graduation, he became a Naval Flight Officer, flying the carrier based S-3 Viking jet, serving in the Navy for 9 years. After his active duty military service, he received his MBA from the University of San Diego and worked as a project manager for Patrick Development for 5 years.

He joined K. Hovnanian Homes in 1995 as a project manager and subsequently became the Senior Community Manager, Director of Land Acquisition and was San Diego Area President for the last three years prior to joining Barratt American. He is the 2010 Chairman of the San Diego Building Industry Association and serves on the California Building Industry Association Board of Directors.

Peter Nedley’s knowledge of the construction trade combined with his ability to negotiate effectively during the planning and engineering project stage make him an indispensable part of the Barratt team. Mr. Nedley is a hard-hitting development industry professional, focused on entitlement, forward planning, design, purchasing, contracting operations, and management. Mr. Nedley is also a skilled, ethical contract negotiator and is not afraid to make tough decisions. Mr. Nedley’s professional experience all-encompassing and extends from the oil fields in the Persian Gulf to managing the construction of multi-million dollar homes in Southern California.  

As an integral part of Barratt’s success over the years, Joe Barbano has proved himself time and again as an architect that is not only creative, but is conscious of costs in the building trade. Mr. Barbano is skilled at providing cost savings, efficiencies and design solutions. His work underscores a passion for the highest design standards through attention to detail and coordination. Mr. Barbano manages design efforts for all company projects to converge diverse factors and requirements, thereby attaining the goals of a superior product and environment for each home-buyer and overall community design.  

John La Raia is on the front lines of all property acquisitions and dispositions. His ability to source a near- or long-term development opportunity, quickly underwrite the financial feasibility, and create a relationship with the seller and the key players from the governing jurisdiction is critical to the company’s continued success. Mr. La Raia excels at seeing the value in a piece of property and can set the table for the team to make the acquisition a financial success. Mr. La Raia’s experience as a US Navy budget analyst provided him the skills needed to diligently underwrite each potential opportunity Barratt explores. His government relations and negotiating skills have been honed through working on multiple development opportunities throughout Southern California.