Officers & Executive Committee
Board of Directors
Peter Barnhart
President
Caldwell Companies
Todd Burrer
Vice President – Texas MUDs
Inframark
Tim Buscha
President & CEO
IDS Engineering
David Hightower
Executive Vice President
Midway Companies
Zach Hodges
NW Campus President
Houston Community College
Kyle Lippman
Partner
NewQuest
Dick Phillips
Associate Vice Provost
University of Houston
Steve Sams
Senior VP – MPC Residential
Howard Hughes Corporation
DeKecha Shepherd
Chief Operating Officer
Costello, Inc.
Carolyn Wolff Dorros
Executive Vice President
Wolff Companies
Advisory Board
Andrea French, Scenic Houston
Deborah January-Beavers, Houston Wilderness
Richard Johnson, Rice University
Mary Anne Piacentini, Coastal Prairie Conservancy
Dietrich von Biedenfeld, University of Houston – Downtown
Tim Early, Texas A&M University
Emeritus Directors
Joe B. Allen, Allen, Boone, Humphries, Robinson LLP
Jim Boone, Allen, Boone, Humphries, Robinson LLP
Fred Caldwell, Caldwell Companies
Bradley Freels, Midway Companies
Ned Holmes, Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc
Peter Houghton, Rooted Development*
Jim Jard, MetroNational*
Bob Jones, Jones Engineering Solutions
Jack Linville, PGAL
Walt Mischer, Jr., Mischer Investments
David Ramsey, NewQuest Properties
David Wolff, Wolff Companies*
* Past Board Chair
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors
2022 – Current 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)