North Carolina Builder Elected First Vice Chairman of NAHB

February 14, 2012

by NAHB

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February 14, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Rick Judson, a Charlotte, N.C.-based home builder with more than 35 years of experience in the building industry, was elected as the 2012 first vice chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during the association’s International Builders’ Show in Orlando.

Judson is the owner of Evergreen Development Group in Charlotte, and is a successful builder and developer with several decades of experience in land development and construction of single-family, multifamily and commercial projects.

“As the housing industry begins to gradually emerge from its worst downturn since the Great Depression, our focus this election year will be to ensure that housing and homeownership remain a national priority,” said Judson. “We will be urging policymakers to restore the flow of credit to home buyers and home builders alike, to resolve a faulty appraisal process that has negatively affected property values and to maintain a federal backstop for housing to keep homeownership affordable.”

Judson has been active in the NAHB leadership structure at the local, state and national levels throughout his career. He has served on NAHB’s Board of Directors since 1979 and has been a member of the NAHB Executive Board since 2002. He has twice served as NAHB State Representative from North Carolina and is a two-time NAHB national area chairman representing North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. He has chaired some of NAHB’s most important and influential committees, subcommittees and task forces, including Budget and Finance, Investment and Public Affairs. In 2008, he chaired the NAHB Housing Finance Task Force, which developed association policy relating to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Judson served as 2004 president of the North Carolina Home Builders Association and was named its associate of the year in 1988. During his business career, he has founded and successfully operated several businesses, including entities that have developed land for and built numerous single-family, multifamily and commercial projects.

NAHB’s newly elected senior officers serve on a multi-year leadership ladder. Judson will become chairman of NAHB’s Board of Directors in 2013.