Officers & Executive Committee
Chairman of the Board
David Hightower
Executive Vice President
Midway Companies
Vice Chairman
Harry Masterson
Managing Principal
EMBER Real Estate Investment and Development
Treasurer
Lee Lennard
President & CEO
BGE
Secretary
Alia Vinson
Partner
ABHR
At-Large Member
Zach Hodges
Northwest Campuses President
Houston Community College
At-Large Member 
Mark Kilkenny
Vice President of Development
Twinwood
At-Large Member
Jack P. Miller
CEO
R.G. Miller Engineers|DCCM
At-Large Member 
Jim Russ
Senior Principal
EHRA Engineering
Board of Directors
William Papadopoulos Joe B. Allen, Allen, Boone, Humphries, Robinson LLP Peter Houghton, Rooted Development* * Past Board Chair 2024 – Current David Hightower, Midway Companies
Todd Burrer
Vice President of Texas MUDs
Inframark
Tim Buscha
President & CEO
IDS Engineering
Lisa Clark
Senior Vice President
W Land Development
Melanie Folkert
Vice President of Land Acquisitions
Smith Douglas Homes
Principal
Delta Troy Interests 
Steve Sams
Senior Vice President of MPC Residential
Howard Hughes Corporation
DeKecha Shepherd
Senior Vice President
Pape-Dawson Engineers
Matt Stoops
Vice President of Planning
LJA Engineering
Brett Walker
President
Parkside Capital
Elizabeth York
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Johnson Development Corp.
Emeritus Directors
Jim Boone, Allen, Boone, Humphries, Robinson LLP
Fred Caldwell, Caldwell Companies
Bradley Freels, Midway Companies
Ned Holmes, Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc
Jim Jard, MetroNational*
Bob Jones, Jones Engineering Solutions
Walt Mischer, Jr., Mischer Investments
David Wolff, Wolff Companies*
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors
2022 – 2023 Marlene Gafrick, MetroNational
2019 – 2021 Heath Melton, Howard Hughes Corporation
2016 – 2018 John S. Moody Sr., Parkside Capital
2013 – 2015 Peter Houghton, Howard Hughes Corporation
2012 Joel Marshal, Marshall Investments LLC
2009 – 2011 David Hightower, Wolff Companies
2006 – 2008 Mark Kilkenny, Mischer Investments
2003 – 2005 Ted Nelson, Newland Communities
2001 – 2002 Lynn Grafing, Conoco Phillips
1997 – 2000 C. Harold Wallace, Consultant
1993 – 1996 Jim Jard, MetroNational
1989 – 1992 Guy Harrel, Savoy Group
1986 – 1989 Billy Burge, Ayrshire Corporation
1979 – 1985 David Wolff, Wolff Companies (Founding Director)
