Ben Richter has earned top salesperson at Beisser Lumber for the last five of six years; in 2021, he achieved the highest sales volume in the company’s 68-year history; sits on the board of directors for the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines and was the chapter’s Associate of the Year in 2019 and Member of the Year in 2020; as membership chair of the HBA’s Remodelers Council, increased membership by 280%, making it one of the five largest Remodelers Councils in the country; named the chapter’s Associate Remodeler of the Year in 2015, 2019, and 2020; represented Beisser Lumber at 2021 Lumber and Building Materials National Strategies conference; has raised more than $60,000 for nonprofit JDRF, the leading global organization funding Type 1 diabetes research.