California home builder Brian Catalde was officially elected and installed as the 2007 president of the 235,000-member NAHB. Involved in the Southern California home building industry for more than 30 years, Catalde is president and chief operating officer of El Segundo-based Paragon Communities, which he founded in the early 1980s. Paragon specializes in single-family homes ranging from entry level to luxury and builds multi-family condominiums and commercial projects.
Also elected to top spots on the NAHB leadership roster during the International Builders' Show were 2007 First Vice President Sandy Dunn, from Point Pleasant, W.Va.; Vice President/Treasurer Joe Robson from Tulsa, Okla.; and NAHB Vice President/Secretary Bob Jones from Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
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