Bill joined MPKA, LLC as a Partner in 2007. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors for Angel Fire Resort and American Excelsior Corporation.

Bill’s previous experiences uniquely qualify him as an expert in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and debt restructuring. He was a previous Partner with IHP Capital Partners were they managed and invested over $1 billion of their top three investor’s money. Bill was responsible for the real estate investments and made equity investments of over $500 million. Prior to that experience, Bill served as the Chief Financial Officer for Centex Homes, and was responsible for providing the company with strategic financial direction as well as negotiating the successful completion of acquiring seven public and private companies totaling over $250 million.

During the 19 years prior to joining Centex Homes, Bill gained financial and strategic planning experience while serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Computer City and the Vice President of Business Development at Pizza Hut International where he was responsible for acquisitions, joint ventures and a capital budget of over $200 million. Prior to that, Bill was the Director of Finance and Corporate Accounting at Frito Lay, Inc. and was responsible for 170 employees in financial reporting, tax, cost accounting and processing departments.

Bill earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania; graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1978. He is currently a Member ULI and on the Residential Neighborhood Development Council. Bill is also a Policy Advisory Board Member of the Fisher Center of Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley.

David B. McCain joined MPKA Financial Services, LLC in 2007 as a Partner.

Mr. McCain was previously an executive at Lennar Corporation [NYSE: LEN], a member of the Fortune 250 and one of the nation's largest homebuilders. He last served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lennar Financial Services (LFS), which during his four year tenure employed over 3,900 and produced annual revenues in excess of $600 million. LFS is comprised of Lennar's residential mortgage lenders, title insurance provider, personal lines insurance agency, and telecommunications activities. Previously, he served for five years as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Lennar Corporation, the parent company of LFS. During his Lennar tenure, Mr. McCain was also a member of the Executive Focus Group, and the Investment, the 401k, and the Conflicts and Ethics Committees.

Prior to joining Lennar, Mr. McCain served over an eleven year period as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of John Alden Asset Management Company, the investment advisor subsidiary of John Alden Life Insurance Company [NYSE: JA], providing investment advisory services to insurance companies and pension funds. While at John Alden, Mr. McCain also served as the Chief Compliance Officer and on the Conflicts and the Asset Review Committees.

Mr. McCain is a member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Council financial services group. GLG Council members enable decision makers at investment firms, corporations and non profit organizations to better understand the products, services, companies, issues and industries they serve.

Mr. McCain is the Chairman of the Board of Lendia Group, LLC, a provider of variable cost processing and outsourcing solutions to the mortgage industry. Mr. McCain also serves on the boards of RodBlu Investment Fund I, LLC, a $500 million commercial real estate private equity group providing debt, equity, and development expertise and resources for North and Central American real estate opportunities, the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, and Palmer Trinity School.

Mr. McCain is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Miami School of Law.

Joe Walsh brings more than 33 years of hands-on senior management experience in homebuilding and land development to MPKA Consulting Group. He retired in April 2005 as Regional President for Lennar Corporation, and had previously served in several capacities with growing responsibilities for U.S. Home Corporation prior to the merger with Lennar.

As Regional President for Lennar’s North Region, encompassing 16 divisions in 11 states, Joe was managing over $1.0 billion in assets, while increasing deliveries from under 2,000 units in 2000 to over 5,000 units in 2005. Joe was also responsible for more than doubling pre-tax profits for the Region during the same period, from less than $70 million in 2000 to over $150 million in 2005.

During Joe’s tenure with U.S. Home Corporation, he served as President of Operations for the North and California operations from 1992 to 2000, with responsibility for nine homebuilding and land development divisions in six states. Joe formerly served as Chairman and Interstate Division President of USH Acquisition Corporation which involved managing a manufacturing facility and 400 employees with the capacity to produce over 1,000 homes annually. In that capacity, Joe also created and managed a Special Projects Division in the acquisition of raw land, and the development and sale of hotel and apartment projects.

Joe earned a Bachelor of Art degree at the University of Houston in 1972 and was hired by U.S. Home Corporation following graduation, starting as a Project Manager, then promoted to Area Manager, and ultimately Division Vice President in Texas.

Christy’s solid background in new home sales, management, marketing and training has been gained through her vast experience in the homebuilding industry as Vice President of Marketing for Bill Clark Homes and Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sunstar Homes/Lennar Corporation. She is a Member of the Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM) and a Certified Sales Professional (CSP).

Christy’s most recent position was as Vice President of Marketing for Bill Clark Homes. She developed the corporate marketing program for five divisions in North and South Carolina. She has written an assortment of manuals, including sales, homeowner, system and training manuals. In addition, she maintained budgets, managed model home merchandising, created corporate brochures and developed multi-media advertising campaigns.

With ten years of service at Sunstar Homes/Lennar Corporation, Christy held various positions, such as New Home Sales Consultant, Sales Manager, Director of Sales and Marketing and Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing. She was responsible for all sales and marketing in a multi-state operation, which included being the Broker in charge of over 55 Sales Consultants. Christy has been the recipient of numerous sales and marketing awards throughout her career and has been an active participant in various community activities.

Christy obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Tom Brick brings fifteen years of specialized homebuilding experience to MPKA. Since 1991, Tom worked at the corporate executive level with U.S. Home, Lennar Homes and most recently Kimball Hill Homes to standardize construction programs across all regions of the country for these national homebuilders. Tom has extensive experience in all phases of field construction, including cycle time management, quality initiative programs, scopes of work, construction defect analysis and post-closed preventable warranty. He also has specialized experience in indoor air quality, mold prevention protocols, thermography, green building, safety risk analysis, new home technology as well as building science and forensics. Tom’s last position was Vice President of Construction and Quality Initiative Programs at Kimball Hill Homes.

Tom co-authored the nationally used OSHA approved 10-hour Residential Construction Safety Training Course, as well as authoring several technical construction training and water intrusion and mold protocol manuals. He also designed, developed and implemented regionally-specific construction training programs to meet the needs of all levels of experience from entry-level to the most seasoned homebuilding professional. This comprehensive and unique-to-the-industry program used classroom, on-line and field subject matter expert training with regionally specific video and study guides to ensure a companywide standard of excellence in training.

Tom began his homebuilding career after retiring from the United States Air Force where he spent 25 years working in air operations culminating his career as Deputy Commander for Operations at a classified research and development facility in Nevada. Early in his homebuilding career, he held several positions from entry level Construction Manager to VP of Construction.

Tom is a current member of the National Quality Homebuilding Counsel for the NAHB Research Center. Also active in civic affairs, he works with Habitat for Humanity where he served a term on the Texas Board of Directors. Tom also works with Special Olympics as a charter member of Project Opportunity, a program that teaches life and work skills to mentally handicapped adults, including homebuilding construction skills through a Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity partnership.

Tom is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton, and holds degrees in Business and Communications.

Bob Fertig has over 33 years of experience in the homebuilding industry with U.S. Home Corporation, a subsidiary of Lennar Corporation, including an extensive background in all aspects of developing active adult communities.

Bob was Chairman of U.S. Home’s National Active Adult Group from 1997 until his retirement in 2004. During this time, he worked with divisions that were planning major active adult PUD’s across the nation and advised divisions on land acquisitions; land planning; design of clubhouses, golf courses and amenity packages; product design; master homeowner association documents and management; and the development of sales and marketing programs. In addition, Bob developed and managed the company’s National Active Adult Advertising Program, which included operation of an out-of-state sales program, development of a computerized sales follow-up system and development of a national telemarketing program.

From 1979 through 2004 Bob was also a Division President for U.S. Home, with total profit and loss responsibility for a division which built over 8,000 homes for active adults. Bob developed and operated as many as four major PUD active adult communities simultaneously. Bob developed two communities, one as large as 1,400 acres and 3,400 units, which won awards from the National Association of Home Builders for the Best Designed Active Adult Communities in America.

Bob earned a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Bucknell University. After receiving his master’s degree, Bob was employed by the Wall Street investment management firm Lord, Abbett & Company and joined U.S. Home Corporation in 1971.

Troy Hammons brings more than 26 years of hands-on experience in financial and managerial accounting with national and local homebuilders to MPKA Consultants. His experience includes responsibilities for land development and homebuilding operations.

As Regional Operations Controller in the Northeast Region for Lennar Corporation, Troy was responsible for the regional accounting and control functions for 14 divisions in six states. He coordinated the recruiting, hiring, and training of Division Controllers and Assistant Controllers. He maintained a unified and consistent reporting relationship with the Division Controllers and Division Presidents in his region. Troy was the conduit between the region and corporate accounting in all areas of control, accounting policy, and procedures including planning, forecasting, internal audits, internal reporting, and operations reviews.

As a Vice President Division Controller for Lennar, Troy was responsible for the Division’s accounting and control functions, which closed 963 homes in 2004, with an accounting staff of eight associates. His division completed an internal audit that year with no audit points.

Other positions held by Troy during his 26 years in homebuilding include Manager of Controller Development, Manager of Internal Audit, and Division Vice President Controller with US Home Corporation.

Troy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida in 1974 after serving 4 years in the United States Navy.

Victor has over 31 years of management experience in homebuilding, with public and private companies, utilizing his strong analytical and organizational skills.

Most recently, Victor served as a consultant to Brighton Homes, a division of Hovnanian Enterprises, advising legal counsel in the Houston Division on matters involving Austin customers out of the warranty period (arbitration, mediation, etc.). Prior to this, Victor served as Vice President of Brighton Homes, and had profit and loss responsibility for the company’s land and homebuilding operations in Austin. He had directed market research in support of Brighton’s plans to start the Austin division, and was responsible for developing the division’s business plan and delivering sustained growth in deliveries and net profits.

Victor previously served as Sales and Marketing Manager for Bill Milburn Homes, a large private company acquired later by Continental Homes (now D.R. Horton). He also worked in sales and marketing for a start-up builder in Houston. Victor formerly served as a Regional Manager for a Chicago homebuilder, Division Manager for a start-up division in Austin for a private, Texas builder, and Division President for U.S. Home Corporation with profit and loss responsibility for existing and start-up divisions in Texas, Virginia and Chicago.

Victor attended University of Houston and Southwest Texas State University, completing coursework in architecture.

Jennifer has 23 years of comprehensive experience in the homebuilding industry, specializing in purchasing, estimating, product development, scheduling, and cost control, in addition to accounting, customer service, land acquisition and development.

Jennifer most recently served as Director of Purchasing and Estimating for Kennedy Homes, where she received “Manager of the Year Award” for two consecutive years and the purchasing department received “Team of the Year Award”. She was responsible for the daily operations of purchasing/options, estimating, architecture, centralized scheduling and Customer Service departments.

Jennifer previously served as V. P. of Purchasing, Director of Purchasing and Purchasing Manager for various regions/divisions of KB Home. Jennifer supervised the on and offsite purchasing departments, established an educational program for her staff and was instrumental in devising a Rebate Optimization Plan.

From 2000 – 2003, Jennifer was Regional Purchasing Manager for Richmond American Homes. She directed the bidding, negotiating and contracting of all offsite and onsite trades. Prior homebuilding purchasing experience also includes three years as Purchasing manager for Watt South Coast, Inc. and two years with William Lyon Company.

Jennifer obtained a B.S. in Political Science and B.S. in Philosophy from Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

Having over 29 years of progressive multi-state human resource experience in the homebuilding industry, Frank brings executive-level management background with focus on recruitment, retention, training, management development, compensation, policies, and employee relations.

As Director—Human Resources for Lennar from 2000 to 2005, Frank managed the entire HR process, including staff and HR operations in 11 states with over 12,000 employees and reported to the Chairman of the Board. He was responsible for compensation, benefits, employee relations, acquisition due diligence, legal and policy compliance and oversight of Management Development Training Program expansion and implementation.

Frank began his career in human resources with U. S. Home Corporation in 1977. He progressed through various HR levels within the organization and gained experience in staffing and recruitment in 24 states. In addition, with Information Services, he designed and successfully implemented an HRIS System company-wide.

In 1997, Frank was promoted to a Corporate Officer position at U. S. Home as Vice President—Human Resources. During this time period, U. S. Home was recognized by Professional Builder Magazine as the best building company for hiring and training. In 1997, Builder Magazine presented the company with a Silver Award in its “America’s Best Builder’ competition acknowledging the company’s commitment to training new managers.

Recently, Frank served as Director—Human Resources Service Center for Lennar with oversight of all benefit functions; including the design of multi-tier relocation programs, corporate compliance with HR laws, and policies and practices.

Frank has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from North Carolina Wesleyan College, where he graduated with departmental honors.

Jim's career in the home building industry began in 1979 with U.S. Home Corporation. Over the course of the next 24 years, Jim performed in a wide variety of roles, from Construction Superintendent to Division and Regional President, with both U.S. Home Corporation and Lennar Corporation. Jim left Lennar in 2004 to become the President and Chief Operating Officer of Bill Clark Homes, a large regional builder. Under Jim's guidance, Bill Clark Homes doubled its deliveries and was recognized, in 2005, as the fastest growing private builder in the nation, and in 2006, was one of the top five fastest growing private builders in the nation.

Jim is a past member of the National Council on Senior Housing.

Jim obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from Eastern Kentucky University.

Glenn’s experience in homebuilding operations spans over 33 years. Most recently, Glenn was the Executive Vice President of Operations for Concord Development Corporation. He was one of its founders in 1992 and developed all operations, procedures, policies, forms and manuals for the company; managed all land development, contracting, field construction, and customer care functions; and responsible for deliveries, direct costs, and budget performance. Concord was acquired by Lennar Corporation in 2003.

Glenn previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Hoffman Homes, with responsibility for production, warranty service, estimating, contracting, and land development in Illinois and Florida. He also served as the Vice President of Operations for Cambridge Homes and was the Director of Residential Operations for Lexington Development Corporation 1977 – 1985.

Glenn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.

George brings to MPKA almost 35 years of homebuilding experience in division and corporate accounting, financial analysis, reporting, including SEC filings, mergers/acquisitions, and purchasing, as well as planning and forecasting.

At U.S. Home and Lennar Corporation, George held positions as City Controller, Division Controller, Manager of Controller Development, Director and Executive Director of Corporate Accounting and Regional Controller. Most recently, George served as Vice President, Purchasing Process Technology and Logistics for Kimball Hill Homes, where he retired in 2007.

George earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting at the University of Houston and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Greg has over 28 years experience in homebuilding operation, including land development, active adult communities, single-family, townhome and condominium production.

Most recently, Greg served as Regional Vice President for Lennar Corporation. He was responsible for expanding operations throughout New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New York. In 2006, he was responsible for the development of land valuation due diligence format to assess multi-property portfolios of major land sellers.

Greg joined U. S. Home Corporation in 1979 in their Chicago land development operations and was promoted to President of the Land Division in 1983 and President of Homebuilding and Land Divisions a year later. In 1986, he transferred to New Jersey and, in subsequent years, earned top performer honors as President of Homebuilding and Land Divisions. During this time period, Greg was responsible for the acquisition, planning and development of three major active adult communities, which included championship regulation golf courses. These communities earned Active and Adult and Luxury Community of the Year awards and numerous sales and marketing awards from the New Jersey Builders Association. More recently, Greg was responsible for the expansion into Brownfield’s redevelopment for townhomes and condominiums in transit villages and urban infill sites.

Greg earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois.

Mike has over 22 years of experience in the field of risk management; specializing in the placement of insurance, jobsite safety programs and evaluations.

He has been recognized as a leader in the homebuilding industry and was appointed by the Secretary of Labor as an employer member for the Advisory Committee on Construction, Safety and Health from 2003 through July, 2008. Moreover, Mike has been an active member of the National Association of Home Builders Construction, Safety and Health Committee since 1997.

Mike joined U. S. Home Corporation in 1984. His most recent position was as Executive Director—Risk Management for U. S. Home/Lennar. He negotiated and placed insurance for General Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Auto Liability and Property, as well as Warranty Insurance. In addition, he developed a comprehensive Jobsite Safety Program which included training and evaluations. The management of the Captive Insurance Company, which insured General and Auto Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Warranty and Surety Bonds were also Mike’s responsibility.

Prior to joining U. S. Home, Mike was employed as Defense Counsel for The Home Insurance Company. Mike previously served as Partner of Allen, Lykos & Thibodeaux Law Firm.

Mike has proudly served in the U. S. Army Reserve in Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and retired as a Colonel in 2002.

Mike obtained his Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law in 1970 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Sue's background includes over 35 years of experience in the homebuilding industry with focus on sales, marketing, management and multi-state training and development. Throughout her career in the homebuilding industry Sue has received numerous local and national awards, including the National Home Building Association Sales Person of the Year.

Sue most recently served as Regional Director of Associate Training for Lennar Corporation. She was responsible for conducting and facilitating multi-functional training. Areas of training included sales, customer service, time management, behavioral styles, team building and motivation. Measurement and follow-up with class participants included mystery game film management, field visits, management training, and tutorial help.

Sue previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for U. S. Home Corporation in Colorado Springs, which involved procuring sales, recruiting, training, managing sales associates, staffing, and customer relations. In addition, Sue was responsible for the marketing function which included newspaper, radio and television advertising, budgeting, realtor relations, Parade of Homes and New Home Guide. During Sue's tenure in Colorado Springs, the division won numerous local and national awards in sales and merchandising.

For 25 years, Sue has been heavily involved in the National Association of Homebuilders as well as the Home Building Association of Greater Denver and the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs, having been an Executive Council Member, a board member, Chairperson for Sales and Marketing Council, Chairperson for Membership, and Chairperson of the Charities Council. She has conducted several seminars and speaking engagements for NAHB and individual HBA's across the country.

Sue earned a Bachelor of Science and Arts degree in Business Administration from Regis University, where she graduated with honors.