JELD-WEN is shining the spotlight on builders in 2019. Our first featured Champion Builder is Jonathan Smith, owner of Brush Arbor Home Construction, which builds custom homes in Virginia. Jonathan loves giving back — in 2012, he started the Buy One, Build One program that, for each home his company builds in America, builds a home in Africa or Central or South America for people in need. In this Q&A, Jonathan discusses the fulfillment he receives from using his construction knowledge to give back and why he prefers JELD-WEN for his customers and projects. What are some elements that contribute to your success as a builder? Just being a good builder doesn’t make you successful. You have to be good at dealing with people — customers, employees, subcontractors, all of them. With employees and subcontractors, you need to know how to motivate them and make them understand you care about…