From Inman News Features
The National Association of Home Builders elected C. Kent Conine as its 2003 president during the association’s annual convention in Las Vegas last month.
Conine, a home and apartment builder from Dallas, is president of Conine Residential Group, which specializes in single-family building and development as well as multifamily development.
Conine replaces F. Gary Garczynski, who will become immediate past president of the association. He holds a degree in finance from Texas Tech University and has been an NAHB member for more than 20 years.
Conine has served as president of his local and state home builders associations and chaired a variety of NAHB committees. As president, he said he will lead the association to enact a new homeownership tax credit in Congress; support the creation of a secondary market for acquisition, development and construction loans; and push for a resolution to the liability insurance crisis.
NAHB also reported a number of other executive appointments during the convention.
Bobby Rayburn was installed as first vice president of the association. Rayburn is the president of Rayburn and Associates in Jackson, Miss., and has more than 30 years of building and development experience.
David F. Wilson, president of Wilson Construction LLC in Ketchum, Idaho, was installed as NAHB vice president/treasurer. Wilson is a single-family builder with 25 years of experience in the building industry.
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, and Jerry Howard was re-appointed executive vice president and chief executive officer.
Washington, D.C.-based NAHB is a trade association representing more than 205,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction.