Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
In 1972, Larry A. Mizel founded M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (MDC). Building under the name Richmond American Homes, the company is one of today's largest national homebuilders. In 1984, MDC reached a significant milestone with its listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Mizel continues to serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MDC as the company celebrates 35 years of building homes.
Mr. Mizel was a founder, and until 1996, Chairman of the Board of Asset Investors Corporation (AIC), a New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment trust, and of Commercial Assets Inc. (CAX), a real estate investment trust that traded on the American Stock Exchange. In addition, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of OMNIBANCORP, a multibank holding company, until its sale to KeyCorp in 1995.
Mr. Mizel is actively involved in many charitable, religious and community causes. He is one of the founders and was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. With more than 400,000 members worldwide, this international human rights organization is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Center maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Jerusalem, Paris and Buenos Aires. He also is an integral part in the financing and construction of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in the heart of Jerusalem, which is expected to attract more than one million people each year.
Additionally, Mr. Mizel and his wife Carol were the prime benefactors in the establishment of the Mizel Museum—an institution dedicated to teaching awareness and respect of human diversity in a multicultural and artistic environment.
In May 2001, Mr. Mizel received the distinguished Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his contribution and support of diversity in American life.
Mr. Mizel graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1964, and with a JD from the University of Denver College of Law in 1967.
Larry Mizel and his wife Carol reside in Denver and have two grown children.
David D. Mandarich
President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director
David D. Mandarich was elected President of the Company in July 1999, Chief Operating Officer of the Company in March 1996, Co-Chief Operating Officer in September 1994 and Executive Vice President-Real Estate in April 1993. He was appointed a Director of the Company in March 1994. In April 1990, Mr. Mandarich was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Richmond American Homes. Mr. Mandarich also was a Director of the Company from September 1980 until April 1989.
Michael A. Berman
Director
Mr. Berman is the Chairman of Applied Capital Management, a private investment management firm located in Scottsdale, Arizona. He also serves as CEO of First Ascent Capital, a start-up financial services firm located in New York. From January 1990 until March 1999, Mr. Berman was employed by The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) group of companies, where he held several executive positions, including that of President and CEO of Nomura Holding America Inc. and Chairman of Capital America, Nomura's commercial real estate lending subsidiary. Prior to joining Nomura, Mr. Berman was employed at Merrill Lynch from 1987 until 1989, where he held the title of Director, and at Kidder Peabody & Co., Inc. from 1980 until 1987, where he held several executive positions. Mr. Berman received a BA in Economics with honors from San Francisco State University. He was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors in April 2006.
David Blackford has been president, chairman and chief executive officer
of California Bank & Trust (CB&T), a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation,
since May 2001. Blackford joined CB&T in 1998 and has been a member of
the bank's Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Senior Loan
Committee since that time. Prior to this appointment, he was managing
director of Real Estate Finance and executive vice president of the
Orange County Division.
In addition to his CEO duties, Blackford retains responsibility for
overseeing the branch and commercial banking operations of the Orange
County Division, covering retail, middle market and corporate banking
activities. Blackford has been instrumental in propelling CB&T to a
highly regarded position in the field of commercial real estate lending
and continues to build CB&T's overall strength in the California
marketplace.
A graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts, he has 27 years of
high-level banking experience, including serving as executive vice
president and manager at Bank One, Southwestern Region.
Herbert T. Buchwald has been a principal in the law firm of Herbert T. Buchwald, P.A. and president and chairman of the board of directors of BPR Management Corporation, a property management company located in Denver, Colorado, for more than the past five years. Mr. Buchwald has been a practicing Certified Public Accountant and served as principal financial officer of a publicly held homebuilder in Florida. He is an attorney admitted to practice before federal and state trial and appellate courts in Florida and Colorado. In addition, Mr. Buchwald has been engaged for over 30 years in the real estate development of residential and commercial properties in Florida, New Jersey and Colorado, serving as chief executive officer of various entities. Mr. Buchwald was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors in March 1994 and is a member of the Audit, Compensation, Legal and Corporate Governance/Nominating Committees. He also is a director of M.D.C. Land Corporation ("MDC Land"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Buchwald currently serves as the Board's Lead Director.
William B. Kemper has been engaged in private real estate investments, real estate development and property management since May 1982. Prior to May 1982, he was president of Gold Crown, Inc., a real estate development company. He also is a director of HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation ("HomeAmerican"), the Company's wholly-owned mortgage lending subsidiary. Mr. Kemper has been a Director since January 1972. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance/Nominating Committees.
Steven J. Borick was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Superior Industries International, Inc. effective January 1, 2004. Mr. Borick had been named President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2003 and, prior to that date, he served as Executive Vice President of that company. Mr. Borick has been a director of that company since 1981. Superior Industries International, Inc. is a NYSElisted manufacturer of automobile wheels and suspension parts. Mr. Borick has been President of Texakota, Inc., an oil and gas exploration and development company, and general partner in Texakota Oil Company, a private oil and gas partnership, for the last eight years. Mr. Borick has been a Director since April 1987 and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee. He was a member of the Audit Committee, having left that committee effective February 20, 2006.
Mr. Siegel is a partner in the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP and leads the firm's securities litigation practice. Mr. Siegel was the firm's Managing Partner for two three-year terms, the maximum tenure. Mr. Siegel's law practice is concentrated on the defense of securities class actions and investor claims against corporations, directors and officers. Mr. Siegel has chaired and is a frequent speaker at various seminars concerning securities litigations, class actions, and trial techniques. He has been named by his peers as one of the "Best Lawyers in Commercial Litigation" in The Best Lawyers in America guide. Mr. Siegel received a J.D. degree in 1981 from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, where he was valedictorian, a member of the Order of the Coif and the Thurson Legal Honor Society and Articles Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. He was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors in June 2009.
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