Chief Administrative Officer, Evp, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Austin, Texas
Member of the senior leadership team responsible for spin-off, start-up, and executive management of Forestar as a publicly-traded company (NYSE: FOR). At year-end 2016, Forestar was principally a real estate development company with over 50 projects included within its ownership of over 75,000 acres in 11 states and 15 markets. The company also had 1.5 million acres of water interests. I managed the development and implementation of the company's legal, compliance, human resources, internal audit, environmental, health & safety, and project management functions, with personnel and budgetary oversight for each of these areas. Areas of key responsibility also included SEC and stock exchange reporting & compliance, executive compensation, corporate governance, employee benefits, information systems & technology, and facilities.In addition, I worked extensively with the Board of Directors to craft meeting agendas and materials, and to implement best governance practices. I also provided legal advice to the Board.I retired in April 2017 when the company signed an agreement to be sold. Forestar is now a subsidiary of D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI), America's largest homebuilder.