Teri & James (Jim) Leinbach
Children: 3; Cassie , Alex, Chelsea
Grand children, Kaira, Alannah
Residence: Kingsport, TN
It’s a long road to the top.
Providing years of exceptional services, Leinbach Services President, James Leinbach, and his wife Teri, Secretary Treasurer of Leinbach Services, have the exceptional business experience to run a well-known building maintenance services corporation.
Experience
Teri and Jim began their successful business careers in 1978. Jim held the position of Store Manager and Teri as Supervisor of a Galesburg, IL, McDonald’s restaurant where in 1984, it was awarded “Outstanding Store.” Jim was one of 10% receiving the award of “Outstanding Store Manager” of more than 12,000 managers in 1985.
Changing avenues from food service to the furniture sales industry, Jim traveled nationally executing high impact liquidation sales for eight years.
Before leaving the liquidation sales business, Teri and Jim started what is now the successful business, Leinbach Services. In November 1994, a professional janitorial business was started out of the trunk of a two door, Delta 88 Oldsmobile with a mop, bucket and vacuum cleaner. Now, Leinbach Services offers professional handyman, HVAC, electrical and plumbing services.
Majority owner of Leinbach Services, Teri, also manages a Country Décor booth in Kingsport and works with Country at Heart in Johnson City.
Throughout the Community
Together, Teri, Jim and Leinbach Services have built a strong foundation and good reputation in the local business community.
Aside from Leinbach Services, in 2009, Jim co-founded the Strategic Marketing Group-Kingsport (a business networking collaboration to increase business revenue throughout different service industries via internet marketing).
Jim serves as an active member of the Chamber of Commerce in Bristol (2008), Johnson City (1997) and Kingsport (2004).
As an organization, Leinbach Services is a member of the Business Networking International (BNI) chapters of Johnson City (2003), Kingsport (2005) and Bristol (2010).
Partnering with the Hope House in Kigsport, Abuse Alternative in Bristol and Safe House in Johnson City in 2008, Teri founded “Pajama Jam,” collecting pajamas for women and children.
High school sweethearts married in 1973, Teri and Jim relocated from Illinois to Nashville, TN, in 1987, and finally to Colonial Heights in 1997 purchasing a “fixer-up” ranch that to this day, the two love recreating.
Through it all, faith has played a large role in the lives of Teri and Jim Leinbach. Members of several *faith organizations, they offer their time and energy where Jim serves as a chaplain to help those affected by tragedy and natural disasters. Jim also takes part in Behold Your God, part of Jews for Jesus Evangelistic practice.
Chaplain Membership
Raceway Ministries – Bristol Motor Speedway
Indian Path and Wellmont Hospitals
International Federation of Chaplains – Senior Chaplain
Billy Graham Rapid Response Team
West Virginia Mine explosion - 2010
Northwestern University shooting – 2008
Virginia Tech College Shooting - 2007
Hurricane Katrina - Jefferson Parish and New Orleans - 2005
Behold Our God
Washington DC inauguration of George Bush – 2001
New York City – 2001
Tampa Bay Florida Gasparilla Parade - 2002
We include these services:
- Electrical Services including those of licensed elctrical contractors
- Plumbing Services including those of licensed plumbers
- Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) licensed contractors
- Janitorial and Custodial Services including clean-up and restoration from fires and natural disasters
- Handyman Services for the not-too-small jobs around the house
