Affiliations & Awards

• 2006 Developer Team of the Year Award (Parke Patterson/Jim Box) – Greater Houston Builders Association
• 2004 President’s Award – Greater Houston Builders Association
• Board member of the Greater Houston Builders Association
• Chairman, Governmental Relations Committee – Greater Houston Builders Association
• Board member of Houston Home-Aid to assist in the development of housing for homeless persons
• Developer’s Council - Greater Houston Builders Association
• Member of the Texas Association of Builders Board of Directors
• Active in the Houston Construction Industry Council
• Member of the Houston Contractor’s Association
• Trustee of the HOME Political Action Committee (PAC), the Greater Houston Builders Association political action committee
• Director/Secretary of Harris County Municipal Utility District #196 – "Riata Ranch" Subdivision for eleven (11) years

Seminar Speaking Engagements

• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Texas Lutheran University, November 1999
• Water/Sewer Financing Techniques, Texas Leadership Institute, Bastrop, Texas, 10/2000
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Texas Lutheran University, February 2001
• Land Development Financing Techniques, Sunbelt Builders Show, San Antonio, Texas, July 2001
• Trends In Land Development Financing, Land Forecast Breakfast, Houston, Texas, September 2001
• Financing Incentives to Protect Natural Resources, Texas Tree Conference, Waco Texas, October 2001
• Water/Sewer Financing Techniques, Texas Leadership Institute, Bastrop, Texas, November 2001
• Land Development/Infrastructure Financing, City of Alvin, Texas January 2002
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Texas Lutheran University, February 2002
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Texas Lutheran University, February 2003
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Bastrop, Texas, February 2004
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, City of Bridgeport, Texas, June 2004
• International Street and Area Lighting Conference, San Antonio, Texas, September 2004
• Planning for Land Development/Land Development Public Finance, Willis, Texas, December 2004
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Bastrop, Texas, February 2005
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Bastrop, Texas, February 2006
• Land Development Financing Techniques in Texas, Texas Leadership Institute, Bastrop, Texas, March 2007