Development Excellence For the future of North Central Texas














Steering Committee:

The Development Excellence Steering Committee is composed of public- and private-sector leaders, including:

Fernando Costa (Steering Committee Chair), Planning Director, City of Fort Worth

Paula Baucum, Councilmember, City of Midlothian

Euline Brock, Mayor, City of Denton

Paul Cauduro; Director of Government Relations, Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas

Peter Coughlin, Development Coordinator, Southside on Lamar

Wendy Davis, Councilmember, City of Fort Worth

Jim DesRoches, Councilmember, City of Decatur

Wayne Gent, County Judge, Kaufman County

Bob Herchert, Chairman of the Board, Freese & Nichols, Inc.

Jill Jordan, P.E., Asst. City Manager, City of Dallas

Gary Martin, Greater Dallas Planning Council

Fran McCarthy, Daedalus Development Corp.

Neil Montgomery, Managing Director of Development Services, City of Garland

Jeff Newberry, Councilmember, City of Mansfield

James M. Oliver, General Manager, Tarrant Regional Water District

Lucilo Peña, President, Billingsley Development Company

Alan Plummer, President, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.

Phillip Poole, Partner, Poole 2 Design and Development

Dan Quinto, Executive Manager, Hometown North Richland Hills

Paris Rutherford, Vice President, Director, RTKL Associates, Inc.

Terry Ryan, Texas Bank

Kathy Seei, President SEEI3

Robert Shaw, Amicus Partners

Gary Sheffield, President, Sheffield Development Co., Inc.

Mike Simpson, Mayor, City of Frisco

Neil Sleeper, President, CityPlace Company

David Southern, Mayor, City of Granbury

Karen Walz, Executive Director, The Dallas Plan

Don Waters, Commercial Loan Officer, Summit Community Bank

Ron Whitehead, City Manager, Town of Addison