The Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth recently welcomed new leadership to its board of directors, including Joel Heydenburk, who will succeed former Fort Worth Mayor Kenneth Barr as chair.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to serve this important organization and work with the many community leaders that make up the Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth,” says Heydenburk, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration before attaining an MBA and law degree from Texas Tech University.
The Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth is a regional association for the commercial real estate profession.
“The Real Estate Council has been a leader in advancing commercial real estate interests and the community at large for years, and I look forward to working with the association to continue its mission.”
Heydenburk is a partner with Jackson Walker, where he focuses on real estate transactions and operations related to commercial real estate. He regularly represents landlords and tenants in preparing and negotiating commercial lease agreements in Texas and other states. He also represents buyers and sellers in acquiring and selling commercial properties ranging from $100,000 and exceeding $600 million, and represents commercial real estate owners in telecommunications matters.
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Joel Heydenburk
“This organization remains one of the most important civic organizations in the region, and Joel has been an outstanding member of the board for years and will serve our community well in his new role,” says Barr.
Rick Jenkins, market president of Encore Bank, takes on the task of treasurer. Before beginning his 20-plus-year banking career, Jenkins was involved in commercial real estate as a leasing and sales agent and worked for a local development firm. Jenkins has a BBA in real estate and finance from UT Arlington.
The council also will welcome two new members — Sarah LanCarte of LanCarte Commercial Real Estate and Rachel Navejar Phillips of the Rios Group — and three new cx-officio members to the board — Andy Taft of Downtown Fort Worth, Inc., Mike Brennan of Near Southside, Inc., and Stacy Marshall of Southeast Fort Worth, Inc.
Those new members will join the current makeup of the board, which includes:
Kenneth Barr - Barr Consulting Group (Immediate Past Chair)
Carlo Andreani - Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers
Scot Bennett - The Beck Group
Dan Buhman - Tarrant Regional Water District
Dana Burghdoff - city of Fort Worth
David Campbell - Huitt Zollars Inc
Travis Clegg - Peloton Land Solutions
David Cooke - city of Fort Worth
Mark Dabney - BOKA Powell
Tom Galbreath - Dunaway Associates L.P.
Stephen Gebren - Gebren Consulting Services
Ginger Johnson - Prosperity Bank
Meggie Lowy - Hillwood Development Company
Monica Luera - Trademark Property Company
G.K. Maenius - Tarrant County
Drew Martin - DM2
Matt Montague - JLL
Jeff Postell - Post L Construction
Jonathan Russell - Manhard Consulting
Kerby Smith - KRS Realty Advisors
Chris Strayer - Fort Worth Chamber Of Commerce
Robert Sturns - city of Fort Worth
Casey Tounget - Transwestern
Jeff Williams - Graham Civil Engineering
Trey Yelverton - city of Arlington
Committee chairs
Government Affairs Committee Bowie Holland of Empire Texas Equities
Political Action Committee James Hill of TCU, Will Northern of Northern Crain Realty
Membership Committee Becky Orr of Alpha Testing
Fort Worth Vision Committee Kenneth Barr of Barr Consulting
Community Affairs Committee Drew Kile of Institutional Property Advisors
Young Leaders Rikki Weaver of Bohler Engineering
Poker Run Planning Committee Marshall May of Colliers & Ian Kinne of Hillwood
Forecast Planning Committee Cannon Camp of JLL
Annual Meeting Planning Committee Monica Luera of Trademark Property Company
Golf Tournament Planning Committee Sally Glenn Turner of Worth CRE, Bryan DeMoss of WRG