Robert Blaney is an international project development and project finance executive who began his career in Rhode Island with the operation of a general contracting firm which was expanded in the areas of land and natural resources consulting and development.  His development activities in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro-plex are primarily in the area of land and sites for master planned communities, residental enclaves and commercial/mixed use sites.

Mr. Blaney holds a B.S. degree in natural resource economics from the University of Rhode Island, and has extensive graduate training at the Universityof Alaska and American University in the fields of management, development banking, and international economic development.  He has been a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and Real Estate Broker in applicable jurisdictions.  Mr. Blaney has conducted speaking engagements regarding international project development and held by groups including the World Bank, World Economic Development Congress and the Export Import Bank of the United States. 

Mr. Ballas has over forty-five years of experience in the construction-development industry.  He has managed construction-development portfolos exceeding 300 million dollars and over thirty projects under develpment.  He is fully versed in loan origination and acquistion including HUD 221-04, USDA, Tax Credits and Conventional.  Mr. Ballas has reorganized construction companies and charted plans for the future business and drvelopment.  Additionally,  Mr. Ballas has serveral years in the mult-family, hotels, commercial and industrial projects.  

Further:  after college Mr. Ballas has attended classes and seminrs sponsored by the AGC.  He has mentored at the University of North Florida Development Program under Dr. John Kennedy. 

Mr Braziel is an accomplished profesional with more than thirty years of broad-based experience in all areas of the construction industry encompassing the following:  Muti-family, mixed use developments, and has been responsible for more than four thousand apartment units.

His previous employers include AMLI, Trammel Crow, and Fairfield.  Mr. Braziel graduated from Texas A&M Science Degree at Commerce, Texas and served in the United States Army, Honorable Discharged 1972 and is a Vietnam Veteran 1968-1969.