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Texas Builder C. Kent Conine Becomes NAHB President
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01/16/2005
C. Kent Conine, a home and apartment builder from Dallas, Texas, was elected as 2003 president of the 205,000- member National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during the association's 59th Annual Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas today.
Conine is president of Conine Residential Group, which specializes in single-family building, single-family subdivision development and multifamily development. Since 1981, he has been responsible for the construction, management and development of more than 3,000 apartment units and the development of several residential communities with a total of more than 1,000 single-family lots.
"Together We Build the American Dream," which will serve as the central theme of Conine's presidency, expresses the NAHB federation's collective efforts to expand homeownership, housing affordability and rental housing opportunities through advocacy on Capitol Hill, in the courts, and in the regulatory arena. The theme also characterizes NAHB's function as the Voice of the Housing Industry, a business sector that plays a critical role in the U.S. economy and employs more than eight million workers nationwide.
"Most importantly, the housing industry will continue to be a driving force in the nation's economy in 2003, and we will work to safeguard this crucial role in order to ensure that the American dream is realizable for every family that seeks it," Conine said.
"NAHB has set a number of important goals to help promote homeownership, housing affordability and rental housing opportunities in 2003. Among other items, we will work to enact a new homeownership tax credit in Congress; support creation of a secondary market for acquisition, development and construction loans in the financing arena; continue pushing for state legislation that can help resolve the liability insurance crisis; and expand our communications channels both within and beyond our federation."
A licensed real estate broker and a building industry representative appointed by former Governor George W. Bush to the board of the Texas housing finance agency, Conine holds a degree in finance from Texas Tech University. He has been an NAHB member for more than 20 years and has served as president of his local and state home builders associations and chaired a variety of NAHB committees.
Bobby Rayburn was also installed as first vice president of NAHB. The president of Rayburn and Associates in Jackson, Miss., Rayburn has more than 30 years experience in building and developing single-family and multifamily homes. He has spearheaded many public/private partnerships to build affordable housing across his home state, and has held numerous leadership positions in home builder associations at the local, state and national level.
David F. Wilson, president of Wilson Construction, LLC in Ketchum, Idaho, was installed as NAHB vice president/treasurer. A single-family builder with 25 years of experience in the building industry, he has an extensive record of involvement in various leadership roles at all levels of the association.
David Pressly, president of Pressly Development Co. Inc. in Statesville, N.C., was elected NAHB vice president/secretary by the association's board of directors. A home builder with more than 25 years experience, Pressly has an extensive record of involvement in various leadership roles at all levels of the association, including most recently his post as Resolutions Committee chairman.
F. Gary Garczynski, 2002 president of NAHB and president of National Capital Land and Development Co. in northern Virginia, becomes the association's immediate past president.
Rounding out NAHB's leadership roster is Jerry Howard in the post of executive vice president and chief executive officer. Howard joined NAHB as tax counsel in 1988 and previously served as Senior Staff Vice President for Federal Government Affairs.
Source: National Association of Home Builders
CONTACT: Paul Lopez of the National Association of Home Builders, +1-202-266-8409
