Although Kirsten Meehan and Lindsey Uselding currently partly own Ungerman, their father, Ted Brinkman, had a significant role in establishing the company and getting them into the restoration business. Uselding told HGTV, "Our dad was the first employee with Ungerman in 1977. He really has been in the business his whole career, and we've been going to job sites with him since we were little." Brinkman worked his way up and became an owner of Ungerman. Now, he's the company's CEO and stars alongside his daughters in "Renovation 911." Per Ungerman's website, Meehan joined the family business back in 1998.
Meehan, a University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate, began working as a project manager for the company in 2004. Brinkman later decided to sell Ungerman to his daughters. Meehan explained the progression of her career to HTGV. She said, "I worked in the field during high school and college summers doing demos and painting, however I never thought I'd own a construction company until Lindsey came on board."
With that said, Uselding did not start working for Ungerman until 2013. She told CBS News how this came to be, explaining, "My dad had an opening and he's like, 'Would you ever come to this side, into small business?'"
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