Bakersfield - Our Team

DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen of Bakersfield

PROUDLY SERVING KERN COUNTY

Our website is our invitation to you to explore and discover who we are as individuals and as a company. It is our desire to introduce you to our business in a way that is comfortable for you in the privacy or your own home or office and to inspire you to take the next step in transforming your home. We specialize in kitchen, bath, cabinets, countertops, home office spaces, accessibility, home entertainment centers, structural changes and more.

Patty Gray

Franchise Founder

Patty Gray, Franchise Founder of DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen and now a newly elected City Councilmember, counts her blessings every day in every way including her new role to serve her city.  “Bakersfield is our home! Protecting our streets, stewarding our tax-payers hard-earned dollars, and seeing new job opportunities open up in our city are my top priorities.” Patty represents Ward 6, Southwest Bakersfield.

Everett Gray

Franchise Founder

Everett, an accomplished carpenter and contractor, has been in the business of residential remodeling and construction since 1972 and has four years of architectural drawing to enhance his training. When the opportunity of establishing a kitchen and bath design/build company in Bakersfield came along, he was thrilled to take his company to the next level and focus on the two most challenging rooms of the home. His 40 years of experience in construction, understanding of architectural drawing, and creative eye for design has been the foundation of DreamMaker. His clients, fellow team members, and trade partners enjoy Everett’s wit and personal touch as he interacts with them throughout the process.

Erica Cadena

Office Manager

Erica was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA. Prior to joining the DreamMaker Team, she worked as a legal secretary for 8 years for a local attorney. Finding DreamMaker was the right fit for her and the team.

Erica is a team player, works very well with the public, is well organized, thinks ahead of the owners and is self-motivated. Erica says, “I enjoy everything about my job from interacting with clients and the rest of the team, to doing accounting, lead management, some marketing duties, and most of all I love our work environment.”

Stevie Shaw

Sales & Design

Stevie was born and raised on the Central Coast of California and graduated from Pacific Beach High School.  In 2011 she started working in the home improvement industry and found that she had a passion for working with homeowners and talking with them about their home improvement projects.  She learned kitchen and bath design according to NKBA standards.  She later moved to Portland, Oregon where she designed projects for very old homes which presented new challenges and learning experiences with every project.  Her growth in the industry grew exponentially.  She loved seeing her client’s houses being turned into their dream homes as she designed their kitchens and helped them make choices in appliances and flooring.  Stevie became a top salesperson and designer for one of the largest cabinet companies in the country, she truly found her passion.

Coming back to her home state in 2018, she began to look for a company and a culture that would appreciate her talent and help her take her career to the next level of professionalism. Stevie’s strengths include her attention to detail, being extremely well-organized, patient and willing to take all the time that is necessary to make sure her clients receive exactly what they are looking for in their design.

Sharlene Souers

Sharlene Souers, Interior Designer, refers to her role at DreamMaker as her “Dream” job. She has been given the privilege to help each client coordinate their design selections from cabinets, countertops and backsplashes to flooring and paint.
In college, she began pursuing her aspiration to be an Interior Designer but after marriage and three children, she chose to be a full time mom. Her love for interior and exterior design never dimmed as she continually found a way to use her creativity in every aspect of her life – whether it be in her own home and garden or sharing her talent with those would come to her for creative design help.

Now working with DreamMaker, Sharlene is able to fulfill her undying passion to utilize the creativity that burns in her in a professional setting. Working with her client’s individual tastes, her desire is to help each family see the kitchen or bath of their dreams come to life. “When the project is done and my clients are happy with the end result, I feel rewarded. Our tagline, “Enhacing Lives. Improving Homes.” energizes me because I believe it is true when I hear the comments of what a difference the remodel made for their family and friendship gatherings. Our client’s are enjoying their homes again.”
In her free time you will find Sharlene enjoying her husband, Kenny, and family, (which now includes 9 grandchildren), serving in her local church, gardening, and baking. She is extremely thankful for all of the blessings she has been given including her position at DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen.

Travis Moody

Production Manager

Travis began his career in remodeling/construction with DreamMaker in 2011. Starting as an apprentice, his ability and eagerness to learn quickly propelled him into a new position as a lead carpenter. He worked as a lead carpenter for DreamMaker until the summer of 2016, when he moved to Northern California.

While living in the Bay Area, Travis worked as the head of installation for a world-renowned custom woodworking company, broadening his skill set and passion for woodwork and carpentry. 

His clients also appreciate his role. The Elliott family described his as this, “Travis listened to our needs during production. He became family to us and was pleasant to work with throughout the construction. Communication was great and everything got taken care of in a timely manner.” 

Kenny Bishop

Lead Carpenter

Kenny Bishop has been working in the construction/remodeling industry since 1976. He started with a trade certificate but in a short amount of time, with his willingness to learn, he adapted to multiple trades and found that he enjoyed working in the construction industry. Once he became adept at finish carpentry, he worked in Las Vegas doing beautiful finish work in casinos and later custom homes.

Kenny is a  well-rounded Lead Carpenter able to do plumbing, electrical, framing, finish work and install custom cabinets. He takes pride in his work and takes delivering superior customer service very seriously. Mrs. Spear said this about Kenny, “Kenny is precise, detailed, and pleasant to work with.”

Chadler Valdez

Carpenter’s Apprentice

Chadler has had an interest in learning the trades for years but was finally given the opportunity to learn and thrive at DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen.  Prior to his hire, he was doing commercial diving in the Gulf of Mexico and then later when he moved to Bakersfield, he went to work at a local veterinarian hospital in the emergency care ward.  Through that job, he met the Production Manager for DMBK and shared his interest to learn the trades. He was hired on and immediately the team saw that he was a hard worker, eager to learn and loves a new challenge.