Mehrdad Moayedi has been a fixture in the construction and development business for more than 40 years, observing the real estate and market trends of North Texas to consistently drive business success. In 1990, he established Centurion American Custom Homes and has taken on executive duties as president and CEO of Centurion American Development Group.

Centurion works closely with cities, investors, community members and key stakeholders to engage in real estate projects covering all areas of development spanning residential master-planned communities, commercial properties, mixed-use projects, and hospitality assets. More than 200,000 lots have been developed spanning approximately 75,000 acres in more than 300 premier developments since its inception. Under Moayedi’s leadership, Centurion American was recently awarded “Best Real Estate Deal of 2024” by the Dallas Business Journal for the company’s largest development to date, Legacy Hills in Celina, TX. A host of other local, regional, and national accolades have been given over the years for notable

projects, community involvement and leadership in the industry. Moayedi himself has received the John Harbin Visionary Award for his dedication and impact in Tarrant and Denton counties.

A few notable current developments are:

· City Point in North Richland Hills, TX

· Legacy Hills in Celina, TX

· Collin Creek Mall re-development in Plano, TX

· Platinum Ranch in Gunter, TX

· The Statler Hotel and residences in downtown Dallas, TX

In addition to his achievements, Moayedi is very active in giving back, underwriting several local

charities that touch lives and benefit our communities. Over the years, he’s been a proud supporter of many community partners and associations across the state of Texas.

Andrew Pieper, Senior Vice President of Hillwood Communities, has over 16 years of experience in residential real estate development. He manages the Landmark project, a 3,200-acre master-planned community in Denton, TX. Previously, he oversaw Pecan Square in Northlake, TX, a 3,000-home community named DFW Masterplan Community of the Year and People’s Choice Community of the Year in 2021 and 2023 and National Masterplan Community of the year in 2025. A Southern Methodist University finance graduate, Andrew serves on SMU’s Folsom School of Real Estate associate board and the Dallas Builders Association's Board of Directors, where he was president in 2022.

Robert Kembel graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Finance Degree and began his career in Banking in 1986. In 1997, Bob began his career in developing master-planned communities and homebuilding in Colorado, when he joined McStain Enterprises as Chief Operating Officer and then joined John Laing Homes as President of the Denver Metro area until the company was sold. In 2004, after returning to Texas, Bob was hired as President of Huffines Management Partners and VP of Huffines Advisory Services. Bob successfully converted an entrepreneurial land brokerage and development operation into an institutional platform for master-planned community development and multifamily development. Most notably one of the largest public/private partnerships in the DFW Metroplex was negotiated over a 5 year period called Viridian. In addition, the first Transit Oriented Development in North DFW with the introduction of light rail into Lewisville was negotiated by the company with first phase successfully completed in 2011. In August 2012, Bob joined JCKPL, LLC as partner and president. The company was merged into The Nehemiah Company in 2015. The company is the developer of the Viridian community in Arlington, along with Arlington Commons, an award-winning multi-family community. Bob has been a member of the Congress for New Urbanism and ULI along with various trade and builder organizations. Bob was a regular speaker at the Lee Evans conferences on builder risk throughout the 90s and he has been a member of the C12 Group for the past 11 years. Bob is a past board member of the Brent Eley Foundation in Denver, Colorado and the Cotton Bowl board, Arlington Chamber of Commerce Board; Chairman in 2015/2016 and continues to serve on the Executive Committee, River Legacy Park foundation board, and is a Board member of Mission Metroplex/Arlington. He is Associate Teaching Pastor and Elder at The Gathering Church. Bob is an accomplished glider pilot and private pilot. He loves backpacking in the Rockies and fly fishing. Bob’s passion is organizational development and creating environments where individuals can grow professionally and spiritually. Bob has three children and has been married to Keri Kembel for 31 years.

Katie Ward, Region President for West, leads a team of experts to deliver unmatched service and support to the communities and properties we serve in these high-growth markets.

Katie has had an accomplished career in residential association management, marked by decades of progressive impact and responsibility. Most recently, Katie served as President of the Texas region, where her dynamic leadership and strategic vision were instrumental in fostering the region's expansion and reinforcing a culture dedicated to service excellence and associate empowerment.

Before her role in Texas, Katie honed her expertise in California, fulfilling pivotal positions that shaped her comprehensive understanding of the industry. As the Executive Vice President of Community Management in California, she demonstrated an unwavering commitment to client satisfaction and operational excellence. Her tenure as President of FirstService Association Consulting drove proficiency in forward planning and budget consultancy, further solidifying her status as a thought leader in the field.

Katie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine, and is a longtime member of the Urban Land Institute. Katie serves as co-chair of our Women's Leadership Network and of our Master-Planned and Lifestyle Council. She also advises on development strategies as part of our FirstService Development Advisors group.

Kristi E. Stotts is a shareholder in Winstead's Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group. Kristi’s practice is focused on real estate development, with an emphasis on structuring and administering residential, mixed-use, and office condominiums, and residential and mixed-use communities. Kristi represents developers in their administration of property owner associations. Kristi also has experience in a variety of commercial real estate transactions including drafting acquisition and disposition contracts, easements, and license agreements.

Douglas Gilliland is President of Taurus of Texas Holdings which is a partnership between Triwest Group and Taurus Investment Holdings. the Managing Director of land development activities for Taurus of Texas Holdings with regional offices in Austin, Texas. Over his 40-year career, Douglas has developed

almost 4,000 SF and MF units in 31 master-planned, mixed-use, and niche developments in Central Texas, North Texas, Colorado, and Kansas City MO.

As part of Taurus Investment Holdings, an international investor, operator, and developer of mixed-use, residential and commercial properties across the globe, Douglas brings vast experience, resources, and a global perspective on real estate development. Headquartered in Boston MA, Taurus is currently active in regional markets in North America, South America, Europe, and India and is committed to developing sustainable commercial and residential communities.

Joining PRA in 2015, Rylan has grown the company’s land development and residential subdivision efforts. Prior to that, he began his career with Deloitte focusing on corporate real estate consulting projects. Rylan oversees all facets of Provident’s MPC development projects including site selection and acquisition, zoning and entitlements, creation and management of special districts, debt/equity relationships, home builder contracts, project marketing, HOA supervision, community design and the overall successful delivery of residential lots across thousands of acres PRA has purchased in municipalities and markets across Texas, Tennessee, and Denver.

William (Will) Gladbach, PE, PEng, PMP, returned home to the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as DE Corp’s North

Texas Division Manager after spending the previous 14 years in the “Valley of the Sun,” Phoenix, Arizona. He has

over 26 years of experience in civil engineering, planning, designing, permitting, and construction associated with

roadway, light rail/bus rapid transit, public & franchise utilities, and O&G pipeline related projects throughout

North America for public and private clients. Will holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the

University of Texas and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

Will’s studies were in business, architecture, and civil engineering, and has a fond saying that he crammed four

years of college into six. However, he did break this in two by spending four years in the United States Navy

onboard the USS Trenton participating in expeditions off the coasts of Iran, Panama, Somalia, and Iraq. After

graduating from the University of Texas, Will spent the first half of his career in Dallas and Fort Worth with the

Texas firms of Turner, Collie & Braden and Carter & Burgess providing Land Development engineering

consultation. Carter & Burgess was acquired by Jacobs Engineering Company which afforded an opportunity to

lead mass transit/light rail PM/CM Operations in Los Angeles and then built an E/P/C Infrastructure Group in

Alberta, Canada supporting the provincial and local governments, as well as the oil and gas industry. His time with

Jacobs included working on special projects for schools and hospitals located on U.S. military bases in Japan and

small airport designs in France and Spain. Most recently, Will led the rebuild/growth efforts of the western U.S.

for a Chicago-based engineering company focused on residential, commercial, and industrial developments in

Arizona, California, Nevada, and Colorado. Recently, he took the opportunity to return home to north Texas.

Will has served the North Texas community in various capacities, on the executive committee for the March of

Dimes and previously on the ‘Race for the Cure’ committee for the American Diabetes Association. Through the

Christ Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona, he volunteered with 1Mission to build homes in northern Mexico.

Will enjoys supporting his beloved Longhorns, golfing, and catching a show of members of one of his favorite

bands, the Grateful Dead. He is married to an artistically talented wife, Sonjia and is the proud father of two

daughters: a recent nursing graduate at the University of Arizona, Anna, and a freshman at Northern Arizona

University, Greta, who mirrors his nomadic soul.

Managing Principal, CEO, Overseas Acquisition & Development activities for Ladera Active Adult.

Integrity was formed in 2008 to assemble both its Residential and Commercial businesses under one organization. In 2011 Integrity, under the Ladera Active Adult brand, started its first For Sale Community in DFW. The project, selling 115 homes in 26 months, demonstrated Integrity’s unique ability to identify niche marketplace demands and pursue such. Integrity has completed 4 Ladera Communities and is actively engaged in 7 other Ladera Active Adult communities across the Metroplex. Today the Ladera Active Adult brand in DFW represents the most communities and options for the single-family, active adult community market. Integrity manages every aspect of the Ladera processes from acquisition, financing, development, vertical construction, and warranty. John has spent the last 15 years transforming Integrity Group from a small, family-owned company, into a full-service real estate development and building company with an active pipeline of over $500 million dollars in projects. As a lifelong resident of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, John has over 35 years of extensive knowledge and development experience working in the DFW and surrounding markets. He and his wife reside north of Justin, TX and he serves on the boards of Sower of Seeds Ministries International and the Metroport Chamber of Commerce.

Dee is a Principal with CLA’s Real Estate Group, is the Real Estate Leader for Texas, and the Dallas Office Tax Leader. Dee has more than 18 years of experience providing tax and consulting services to privately held businesses and their owners. Dee focuses primarily on serving real estate developers and operators, private equity funds, construction contractors and their families.

Dee graduated from Baylor University in 2003 and started her career in public accounting at a small local CPA firm, CPWR, LLP, which had a client focus in construction. For the next 13 years she gained a wide range of valuable experience in assurance, tax, general ledger management and consulting. Dee now focuses her practice as a tax specialist.

In 2016, CPWR, LLP joined CLA and Dee and her team became a part of the CLA family. Dee has worked with many of her clients for her entire 18 year career.

Dustin Davidson was the Managing Director on the Hines Land Development platform for over 7 years since starting with Hines in 2012. Dustin was overseeing the Lot and Single-Family Rental ("SFR") Development Business in Dallas-Fort Worth ("DFW") and Central Texas. Under his leadership starting in 2018, Hines' DFW land platform, from new acquisitions and existing assets, grew from ~900 lots to over 20,000 in under five years. Dustin successfully oversaw one of the largest master planned community transactions when Hines sold 11 communities to Starwood land in April 2025.

Jocelyn Ansley is involved in all day-to-day activities of Caravel, including sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, portfolio management of existing opportunities, and maintaining relationships with current and prospective sponsors. Prior to joining Caravel, Jocelyn spent over 15 years in the banking industry, focused exclusively on the single-family real estate industry. During this time, she helped launch the Specialized Residential Real Estate division at Texas Capital Bank that grew to ~$3.5B in loans, which generated strong returns and always maintained sound credit quality for the bank. Jocelyn obtained a BA from The University of Texas at Austin and MBA from Rice University

Prior to founding PMB, Taylor spent 6 years at J.P. Morgan where he was most recently a Vice President in the Corporate & Investment Bank. While at J.P. Morgan, Taylor worked in the firm’s Consumer & Retail coverage group in Dallas where he worked on a broad range of transactions advising large Fortune 500 consumer and retail companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising alternatives. As a Vice President Taylor’s responsibilities included acting as project manager for live transactions and client relationship development. During his tenure at J.P. Morgan, Taylor worked on over 50 M&A, debt and equity capital transactions representing $30+ billion for companies such as 7-Eleven, Inc., WhiteWave Foods, Dollar General, Service Corporation Int’l, Bass Pro Shops, J.C. Penney, Advance Auto Parts, Toys ‘R’ Us, Signet Jewelers, Lowe’s and Rent-A-Center, among others.

John Hutchinson is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Global Head of Origination of Trez Capital. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s commercial real estate financing business, both debt and equity, across North America. In his former role, John led the Central & Southwestern U.S region. Under his leadership, Trez Capital’s Dallas team has financed more than $5 billion in real estate projects in the U.S. since 2012.

Prior to joining Trez Capital, John spent nearly 20 years in the home building business. For the majority of that time, he served as President of the Dallas Division of The Ryland Group, Inc., a large developer, builder and marketer of residential housing in the United States. While at Ryland, John oversaw the construction of more than 11,000 homes and the development of more than 5,000 residential lots.

Before entering the home building business, John was engaged in the full-time practice of law in the Hughes & Luce, LLP law firm in Dallas, which subsequently merged into the national law firm of K&L Gates, LLP, and today is the Dykema Law Firm.

Scott Davis is the President of Location Strategy, LLC, a real estate strategy and consulting company. Previously, Scott introduced Zonda to the Texas markets for Meyers Research, and was the Houston Regional Director for Metrostudy. Scott was a top producer locally and regionally CBRE, received the “Land Deal of the Year” award from the Houston Business Journal, and has written two books on how the Millennial generation changed the workplace and faith communities. Scott is a graduate of the University of Texas and is a licensed Texas real estate broker. He has two daughters in high school and volunteers as an assistant debate coach at St. Agnes Academy in Houston.

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Mark Meyer is a Principal in TBG’s Dallas office and has more than 20 years’ professional experience encompassing all aspects of landscape architecture and planning. He serves as Chairman of TBG’s Board of Directors, providing strategic guidance to continuously elevate all aspects of TBG’s practice and corporate culture. Mark also greatly values the charrette process and the power of hands-on, multidisciplinary teamwork to deliver extraordinary project solutions. He is an experienced facilitator at guiding large stakeholder groups toward a shared vision and he frequently leads multi day creative planning workshops to jumpstart the design process. Mark is an advocate for walkable development and over his career has helped lead these types of developments that include a mixture of connected and walkable developments including Windsong Ranch, Painted Tree, Grand Canals and Pecan Square. Mark sits on the City of Dallas Urban Design Review Panel and the Texas A&M Professional Advisory Board for Landscape Architecture.