Since when has Joel D. Rhoades served as Chief Executive Officer of Epcon Communities, LLC?
Epcon_Communities Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
December 31, 2019).
Chief Executive Officer: Joel D. Rhoades
Since January 2023, Mr. Rhoades has served as Chief Executive Officer of ECFL. From January 2020 through December 2022, Mr. Rhoades served as Director and Vice President of ECFL. From January 2020 to February 2021, Mr. Rhoades served as General Counsel of ECFL. Mr. Rhoades has served as Chief Executive Officer of Epcon Communities, LLC since January 1, 2023 and served as its Director from
March 2006 through December 2022 and as Regional President from October 2017 through December 2022. He served as Epcon Communities, LLC's General Counsel from March 2003 to February 2021. Since January 2023, Mr. Rhoades has served as Chief Executive Officer of EC Franchising, LLC, EC Holdings Ohio, Inc., EC Holdings Carolinas, LLC, Epcon Communities Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Georgia, LLC, EC New Vision Indiana, LLC, EC New Vision Ohio, LLC, and EC New Vision Tennessee, LLC. From December 2007 through December 2022, Mr. Rhoades has served as Vice President of Epcon Communities Carolinas, LLC. Mr. Rhoades served as the Vice President of EC Franchising, LLC from March 2021 through December 2022, as the Regional President of EC Holdings Ohio, Inc., EC Holdings Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Ohio, LLC, and EC New Vision Carolinas, LLC from June 2018 through December 2022, as the Vice President of EC New Vision Indiana, LLC from December 2019 through December 2022, as the Vice President of EC New Vision Georgia, LLC from April 2022 through December 2022, and as the Vice President of EC New Vision Tennessee, LLC from June 2021 through December 2022. The location for each of Mr. Rhoades' current and former positions is Dublin, Ohio.
President of Franchising: Paul W. Hanson
Mr. Hanson has served as President of Franchising of ECFL since January 2020, as President of the Raleigh Division of ECNV Carolinas since February 2025 and as Trustee of Epcon Communities Marketing Program, Inc., since December 2018. Mr.
Source: Item 2 — BUSINESS EXPERIENCE (FDD pages 11–13)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Epcon Communities' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Joel D. Rhoades has served as Chief Executive Officer of Epcon Communities, LLC since January 1, 2023. Before this role, Mr. Rhoades held various positions within ECFL (Epcon Communities Franchising, LLC) including Director and Vice President from January 2020 through December 2022, and General Counsel from January 2020 to February 2021.
Prior to January 1, 2023, Mr. Rhoades served as Director of Epcon Communities, LLC from March 2006 through December 2022 and as Regional President from October 2017 through December 2022. He also served as Epcon Communities, LLC's General Counsel from March 2003 to February 2021.
Since January 2023, Mr. Rhoades has also taken on the role of Chief Executive Officer for several affiliated entities including EC Franchising, LLC, EC Holdings Ohio, Inc., EC Holdings Carolinas, LLC, Epcon Communities Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Georgia, LLC, EC New Vision, LLC, EC New Vision Ohio, LLC, and EC New Vision Tennessee, LLC. He also held Vice President positions in many of these entities before December 2022. All of Mr. Rhoades' positions are based in Dublin, Ohio.