08/26/2026
This round of Team Tuesday, we are featuring the incomparable Don Umbarger. Don is second-generation in this industry. His father and family helped found Bema in its earliest days, and since he was a kid, he has been a substantial part of everything we have built to this day.
There are few professionals in our Alaskan restoration industry who have not collaborated with him over the last 40 years. Due to his extensive experience providing mitigation and restoration expertise for so many decades, Don is rightfully considered one of the leading authorities on advanced structural drying, psychometrics, and complex restorative scopes specific to our unique climate and location. He is one of those rare experts—an expert’s expert in our unique trade.
Every day, he meets with new Bema clients and helps develop plans for restoring their homes and businesses to a pre-loss condition. It would not be an understatement to say that Don has worked in excess of ten thousand homes in our community. Add to this the direct training and support of hundreds of water and fire technicians over the years. His consistency, professionalism, and knowledge set the standard.
Don lives in the Mat-Su, where he raised his family, and now he’s enjoying a new era with grandchildren. Beyond all this, he still finds time to be a rabid fan of all Detroit-based sports teams, despite their consistently abysmal performance.
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