Our Leadership

Known collectively as the Senior Officers of the Board, they are elected annually by the Board of Directors at the National Association of Home Builders meeting of the members. NAHB Members can click here to view Senior Officer contact information.

Bob Jones

 

Robert R. Jones
Chairman of the Board

Bob Jones, a home builder in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is NAHB's Chairman of the Board. He specializes in land development and the design and construction of single-family luxury homes. 

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Bob Nielsen

 

Robert F. Nielsen
First Vice Chairman of the Board

Bob Nielsen, President of Shelter Properties, Inc., from Reno, Nevada is NAHB’s First Vice Chairman of the Board.  He owns and operates a building and development company headquartered in Northern Nevada, and has built and developed properties in Washoe, Lyon, and Clark Counties, as well as numerous communities within California.

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Barry Rutenberg

 

Barry Rutenberg
Second Vice Chairman of the Board

Barry Rutenberg is NAHB’s Second Vice Chairman of the Board. He is a third-generation builder in Gainesville, Florida who has built over 1,000 homes during a 35-year career, and earned a reputation for quality construction and exceptional customer satisfaction.

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Rick Judson
 

Rick Judson
Third Vice Chairman of the Board

Rick Judson, a builder and developer from Charlotte, North Carolina is NAHB’s Third Vice Chairman of the Board.  He is owner of Evergreen Development. He has founded and successfully operated several businesses including entities which have developed land for and built numerous single-family, multifamily, and commercial projects.

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Joe Robson
Immediate Past Chairman of the Board

Joe Robson, a builder and developer from Tulsa, Oklahoma is NAHB's Immediate Past Chairman of the Board.  He is the founder and President of The Robson Companies, Inc.; developers of residential communites and commercial properties.

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Jerry Howard

 

Gerald M. Howard
Chief Executive Officer

With more than 17 years of lobbying and association experience in Washington, DC, Jerry Howard is NAHB's President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he was the Senior Staff Vice President of NAHB's Government Affairs Division.

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2010 National Area Chairmen
NAHB's National Area Chairmen are elected by the Board of Directors to represent the interests and concerns of members from their area and the interests of Associate members. They work closely with the Senior Officers of the Board, forming a vital communications link between NAHB and the leaders and members in each area as well as Associate members.

Andrew Chaban
Area 1

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Bruce Boncke
Area 2
New Jersey, New York

Kevin Kelly
Area 3

Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia

Jerry Konter
Area 4
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

Ivar Pietri
Area 5

Florida, Puerto Rico
Randy Strauss
Area 6
Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia
Bill Deloney
Area 7

Alabama, Tennessee
Randy Noel
Area 8
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
Ed Brady
Area 9

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
Wayne Foster
Area 10
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

John Moffitt
Area 11

Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Granger MacDonald
Area 12
Texas
Wayne Knight
Area 13

Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
Ben Anderson
Area 14
California, Hawaii
Jack Hebert
Area 15

Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington

Michael Kurpiel
National Associate Chairman


2010 State Representatives
The State Representatives serve as the primary representative from each state to NAHB’s Executive Board. They provide service and information on issues of NAHB policy to the affiliated associations within their respective states and represent the views of those associations on the NAHB Executive Board.

AK - Clairborne Porter
AL - Sonny Richardson
AR - Emily Rucker
AZ - Steve Canatsey
CA - Horace Hogan
CO - Skip Howes
CT - Gregory Ugalde
DE - Steven Bomberger
FL - Chuck Fowke
GA - Tim Williams
HI - Alan Shintani
IA - Keith Butz
ID - Kent Mortensen
IL - Sam McCann
IN - Michael Bell
KS - Carl Harris
KY - Joedy Sharpe
LA - Jerry Passman
MA - Lawrence Kady
MD - Charles Ellison
ME - Ashley Richards
MI - Joanne Theunissen
MN - Mike Gohman
MO - Robert Frost
MS - Eddie Duran
MT - Richard Smith

 

NC - Frank Wiesner
ND - Ralph Applegren
NE - Kevin Woodward
NH - Everett Lounder
NJ - Lenny Sendelsky
NM - Peter Merrill
NV - Mike Holmes
NY - Rosemarie Pelatti
OH - J. Stuart Cowan
OK - Philip Rhees
OR - Tom Skaar
PA - Stephen Black
PR - Rafael Rojo
RI - Barbara Gallison
SC - Keith Smith
SD - Duane Bickett
TN - David Parsons
TX - Edward Martin
UT - Ross Ford
VA - John Stokely
VT - Patrick O'Brien
WA - John Piazza
WI - Ronald Derrick
WV - John Brumley
WY - Frank Cole


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