Lakeside Services and our North Carolina based sister company ShoreShapers Inc. are owned by Pete and Deborah Cox, who co-founded Lakeside Services with another family in 2004. Pete was a cadet at Texas A&M University, and graduated in 1992. He previously worked in project management for Chemonics International, an international development company working under contract for the US Agency for International Development. Deborah graduated from the University of Virginia in 1991, and previously worked for The Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC. They reside in Hurt, Virginia with their three children.