TRI POINTE HOMES - Key Persons


Carol Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact
  • MEDIA RELATIONS

Charlie Chastain

Job Titles:
  • Builder Superintendent of the Year

Constance B. Moore

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Member of Our Board of Directors
Ms. Moore serves as a member of our Board of Directors. She has served as a director of Civeo Corporation (NYSE: CVEO) since June 2014 and as a director of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE: HR) since March 2022. She served as a director of Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) from November 2017 until it was acquired in December 2021 (including as chair of its board of directors since December 2020), and served as a director of Strive Communities, a private company, from January 2019 until it was acquired in April 2021. Ms. Moore served as a Director of BRE Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BRE) from September 2002 until BRE was acquired in April 2014. Ms. Moore served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BRE from January 2005 until April 2014, served as President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2004 until December 2004 and served as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer from September 2002 to December 2003. Ms. Moore has more than 40 years of experience in the real estate industry. Prior to joining BRE in 2002, she was a managing director of Security Capital Group & Affiliates. From 1993 to 2002, Ms. Moore held several executive positions with Security Capital Group, including co-chairman and chief operating officer of Archstone Communities Trust. Ms. Moore holds an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University. In 2009, she served as chair of the NAREIT. Currently, she is the chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Policy Advisory Board at University of California, Berkeley, a Governor and a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, serves on the board of the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, serves on the board of the Tower Foundation at San Jose State University, and serves as Vice Chair of the board at BRIDGE Housing Corporation.

David C. Lee - Chief Legal Officer, VP

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Vice President
David C. Lee is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Tri Pointe Homes. Prior to joining Tri Pointe Homes, he served as a partner in K&L Gates' Orange County and Los Angeles offices where he focused on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and securities matters. David previously served as special counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and as counsel to an SEC commissioner. David received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Riverside, his MBA from Loyola Marymount University, and his law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Doug Bauer - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
Doug Bauer serves as the Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors. He has 25+ years of experience in the real estate finance, development and homebuilding industry. Doug is active in legislative efforts and community enhancement programs through the California Building Industry Association and HomeAid Orange County. Doug received his B.A. from the University of Oregon and his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. Douglas (Doug) Bauer serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to forming Tri Pointe Homes, Doug was the President and Chief Operating Officer for William Lyon Homes where he also served as Chief Financial Officer and President of its Northern California Division. He is actively involved in both legislative efforts and community enhancement programs through the California Building Industry Association and HomeAid Orange County, a charitable organization that builds shelters for the temporarily homeless. After receiving his B.A. from the University of Oregon, Doug went on to finish his M.B.A. at the University of Southern California. When he's not working on Tri Pointe, Doug likes to work on bettering his triathlon times for both exercise and pleasure.

Douglas (Doug) Bauer - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Douglas F. Bauer - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
Douglas (Doug) Bauer serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to forming Tri Pointe Homes, Doug was the President and Chief Operating Officer for William Lyon Homes where he also served as Chief Financial Officer and President of its Northern California Division. He is actively involved in both legislative efforts and community enhancement programs through the California Building Industry Association and HomeAid Orange County, a charitable organization that builds shelters for the temporarily homeless. After receiving his B.A. from the University of Oregon, Doug went on to finish his M.B.A. at the University of Southern California. When he's not working on Tri Pointe, Doug likes to work on bettering his triathlon times for both exercise and pleasure. Doug Bauer serves as the Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors. He has 25+ years of experience in the real estate finance, development and homebuilding industry. Doug is active in legislative efforts and community enhancement programs through the California Building Industry Association and HomeAid Orange County. Doug received his B.A. from the University of Oregon and his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Glenn J. Keeler - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Chief Accounting Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer
Glenn Keeler serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Tri Pointe Homes. He joined Tri Pointe Homes in February 2013 as Corporate Controller before becoming Chief Accounting Officer. Previously, he served as Corporate Controller of STEC, Inc., a publicly traded, global provider of enterprise-class solid-state drives, and as Director of Finance and Controller of Lantronix, Inc., a publicly traded designer, developer, marketer and seller of networking and communications products. He spent six years at Ernst & Young, LLP, serving clients in the real estate, technology and manufacturing industries. Glenn is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in California and has a B.A. from California State University Dominguez Hills.

Heather H. Breidenthal - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
Heather Breidenthal is the Chief Human Resources Officer. Heather's expertise includes strategic planning and implementation, total rewards and benefit program design, M&A activities, workforce/succession planning, leadership and talent development, organizational health, and talent acquisition. Prior to joining Tri Pointe Homes, Heather served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for CalAtlantic Group and Standard Pacific Homes, where she oversaw all facets of the HR organization for over 17 years. She is a former advisory board member for Chapman University's Leadership Services and Extended Education division, and an active member of the National Human Resources Association. Heather received her B.S. in Business Administration from California State University Long Beach.

Jeffrey (Jeff) Lake

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Architecture

Jeffrey A. Lake

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Architecture and Design
Jeffrey (Jeff) Lake is the Vice President of Architecture and Design. With nearly 30 years of architecture and design experience, Jeff previously served as the National Vice President of Architecture for CalAtlantic Homes and Standard Pacific Homes where he was responsible for all new community design nationally. Before that, he was Senior Principal at Bassenian Lagoni Architects and, prior to the Weyerhauser (WRECO) merger, Vice President of Architecture at Pardee Homes. He is registered with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and is a Registered Architect in the States of California and Utah. Jeff received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He went on to graduate from the Ecole de Beaux Art Architecture program in Fontainebleau, France.

Kevin W. Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Operations
  • National Vice President of Operations
  • National Vice President of Strategic Sourcing and Sustainability
Kevin Wilson is the National Vice President of Operations with over 20 years of experience in national purchasing and supply chain management with Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO) and David Weekley Homes as well as fostering the expansion into Denver for Neumann Homes of Chicago. He participates in several Leading Builders of America councils and currently leads Tri Pointe's Think Tanks for Construction & Purchasing. Kevin's also active in local charities including HomeAid and RAIN communities. He received his B.A. from Brigham Young University in Construction Management, and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. In his free time, Kevin loves to shoot, cycle and golf.

Lawrence B. Burrows

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Member of Our Board of Directors
LAWRENCE B. BURROWS has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 7, 2014. Mr. Burrows served as an executive officer of the Weyerhaeuser Company from 2008 through 2013, when he retired after 25 years with the company. He was Senior Vice President of Wood Products for Weyerhaeuser Company from 2010 through 2013. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Burrows was President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company ("WRECO"). Prior to becoming WRECO's President and Chief Executive Officer, he served as President of Winchester Homes, a WRECO subsidiary, from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Burrows serves on two non-profit boards: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County and the Dean's Advisory Board of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Previously he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair of Conner Industries, a privately-held industrial wood and packaging solutions company, and as an officer and Treasurer of the Chesapeake Multi-Cultural Resource Center. Before joining Weyerhaeuser Company and WRECO, Mr. Burrows was a real estate consultant and developer. Mr. Burrows served on the Board of Habitat for Humanity, Seattle/King County, and HomeAid of Northern Virginia. Mr. Burrows earned a B.A. from Rutgers University, a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business Advanced Management Program. He is the author of Growth Management: Issues, Techniques and Policy Implications, published by the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University.

Linda H. Mamet - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
Linda Mamet is the Chief Marketing Officer at Tri Pointe Homes. She has over 15 years of homebuilding experience in a variety of sales and marketing roles with Pulte Group Inc (NYSE: PHM) across various brands. She also served as Corporate Vice President of Sales and Marketing with John Laing Homes. She is a California Real Estate Broker, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Programing Committee Co-chair of the Pacific Coast Builder's Conference (PCBC). Linda received her Bachelor of Management Studies Degree with 1st class honors from the University of Waikato in her native New Zealand.

Marc Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Firm
  • Partner / Ernst & Young LLP

Mark T. Sherman

Job Titles:
  • National Vice President of Land Development and Construction
Mark Sherman is the National Vice President of Land Development and Construction for Tri Pointe Homes. He has more than 30 years of homebuilder operations experience. Before joining Tri Pointe Homes, Mark served in a VP of Operations role at Tri Pointe Homes Orange County-Los Angeles, most recently as Senior Vice President of Operations. In his role at Tri Pointe Homes, Mark focuses on land development schedule execution, construction cycle times and overall margin enhancement. Sherman's more than three decades of homebuilding operations experience are a resource toward Tri Pointe Homes' growth and operational excellence initiatives.

R. Kent Grahl

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Member of Our Board of Directors
Mr. Grahl serves as a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Grahl served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Resmark Equity Partners, LLC from 1999 to 2019, where he originated, underwrote, managed and directed over $3.4 billion in equity investments that resulted in the delivery of over 27,000 residential for-sale homes, for-rent homes and lots. During his tenure, Mr. Grahl focused on delivering positive risk-adjusted returns for Resmark's institutional investors and advised its Board of Directors on corporate initiatives and investment strategy. Prior to joining Resmark, Mr. Grahl served as lead consultant to Bankers Trust regarding its CalPERS-related residential investment program from 1998 to 1999, and from 1992 to 1998, served as Senior Vice President with Prudential Home Building Investors, where he was responsible for all investment originations and operations nationwide regarding its CalPERS-related residential investment program and Prudential's National Residential Fund. Previously, from 1986 to 1992, Mr. Grahl served as Project Manager with Home Capital Corporation, a real estate investment subsidiary of HomeFed Bank, where he originated, underwrote and managed residential investments. Mr. Grahl graduated with a B.S. in Finance/Economics from San Diego State University in 1984 and received an M.B.A. from National University in 1987.

Sherri L. Drew

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Design Studios
Sherri Drew is the Vice President of Design Studios. She oversees Tri Pointe Homes' design studio operations, enhancing the customer experience as well as internal skills, processes and financial performance. Sherri has more than 16 years' new home design studio experience. She previously served as the Director of Design Studios for Interior Specialists' West Region as well as the Director of Sales & Marketing, Design Center Manager, and Design Sales Consultant for S.C. Design, Inc. Sherri received her B.A. in Business Management and Marketing from the University of Maryland and is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars as top 10% of her class.

Steven J. Gilbert - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Director
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Chairman of the Board of Gilbert Global Equity Partners, L.P
STEVEN J. GILBERT has served as a director on our Board of Directors since January 30, 2013. Mr. Gilbert is Chairman of the Board of Gilbert Global Equity Partners, L.P., a billion-dollar private equity fund, and has served in this capacity since 1998. He is currently a director of Fairholme Funds, Inc. (Nasdaq: FAIRX), an open-end management investment company; a director of MBIA, Inc. (NYSE: MBI); and the Lead Independent Director of the Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT). He is also the Lead Independent Director of Oaktree Capital Group, Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of MidOcean Equity Partners, LP, and Managing Director of Raptor Sports Capital. Mr. Gilbert formerly served as a director of SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: SEDA) from October 2021 until March 2022; Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Sun Group (USA) until 2009; and Co-Chairman of Birch Grove Capital, as well as a Senior Advisor to Continental Grain. From 1992 to 1997, he was Founder and Managing General Partner of Soros Capital L.P., the principal venture capital and leveraged transaction entity of the Quantum Group of Funds, and a principal Advisor to Quantum Industrial Holdings Ltd. From 1988 to 1992, he was the Managing Director of Commonwealth Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity investment firm. Prior to that, from 1984 to 1988, Mr. Gilbert was the Managing General Partner of Chemical Venture Partners (now CCMP Capital), which he founded. Mr. Gilbert was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1970 and practiced law at Goodwin Procter & Hoar in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an associate in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1972 to 1976, a Vice President at Wertheim & Co., Inc. from 1976 to 1978 and a Managing Director at E. F. Hutton International from 1978 to 1980. Mr. Gilbert was the Chairman of the Board of Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., True Temper Sports and CPM Holdings; Co-Chairman of Stone Tower Capital Partners; and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Prostar Capital, an infrastructure fund. Mr. Gilbert has also previously served as a director of numerous companies, including Montpelier Re, Olympus Trust, Office Depot, Inc., Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., Parker Pen Limited, Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc., Boy's Markets, Coast Community News, Inc., GTS-Duratek, the Asian Infrastructure Fund, Magnavox Electronic Systems Company, UroMed Corporation, Star City Casino Holdings, Ltd., Katz Media Corporation, Airport Group International, Batavia Investment Management, Ltd., Affinity Financial Group, Inc., ESAT Telecom, Ltd., Colep Holding, Ltd., NFO Worldwide, Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings, Limited, Freshpet, Inc., Sustainable Development Corporation, Veritas-DCG, J. O. Hambro Capital Management Group, RREEF Global Infrastructure Fund, Water Pik, Inc., and Florida Food Products, Inc. He was the principal owner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lion's Gate Films from 1980 to 1984. Mr. Gilbert is a member of the Writer's Guild of America (East), the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Agenda Council on Capital Flows of the World Economic Forum and the Golf Digest Course Ranking Panel, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute, as well as a Fellow of the Tribeca Disruptors Foundation. Mr. Gilbert received his B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his J.D. from the Harvard Law School and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Tina Martelon

Job Titles:
  • Sales Manager of the Year
Presented by the National Sales and Marketing Council (NSMC), a council of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

Tom Mitchell - COO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • President
Tom is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Tri Pointe Homes. He has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate development and homebuilding industry, including a tenure with William Lyon Homes, where he served as Executive Vice President. Tom also worked previously for The Irvine Company and Pacific Savings Bank. He has significant experience in land acquisition, entitlement and development, project planning, product design, construction operations, finance, sales/marketing, customer satisfaction and warranty service. Tom was recognized as a Construction Industries Alliance 2017 Spirit of Life® honoree. He has received numerous other awards, including the BIA Inland Empire Builder of the Year in 2004 and was identified by Home Builder Executive as a Top 100 President. He was honored in 2019 as a California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame Inductee. Tom received his B.A. from California State University Long Beach. In his free time, Tom loves to surf and play basketball and volleyball.

Vicki D. McWilliams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Member of Our Board of Directors
Ms. McWilliams serves as a member of our Board of Directors. She has served as Executive Vice President of Stores for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM), a specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home, since 2008. Her responsibilities include leading approximately 20,000 associates in 550 stores, as well as the customer care function. Ms. McWilliams' responsibilities include developing retail strategies, human resources, profit and loss, margin, customer service, innovation in service offerings, product feedback and real estate relocations and remodels. Prior to joining Williams-Sonoma, Ms. McWilliams held several positions at Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) during her 29-year tenure with the Company. From 1996 to 2008, she served as Executive Vice President, leading stores in Northern California and Washington, D.C. Her responsibilities included overseeing stores, developing retail strategies, distribution centers, product development, annual budgets and net income. Prior to her EVP role, Ms. McWilliams held various positions at Nordstrom, including leading the largest store, San Francisco Centre, and serving in buying roles earlier in her career. Ms. McWilliams received her B.A. in Clothing and Textiles from Washington State University. Ms. McWilliams was honored by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2006 for excellence in business partnership, served on the Juvenile Diabetes San Francisco Board of Directors for over ten years and has lead campaigns for both the United Way and St. Jude's.

William Van Duzer

Job Titles:
  • Builder Customer Service Professional of the Year