Executive Team

John A. Courson
John A. Courson, an established housing industry executive who most recently served as the president and chief executive officer of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), became president and chief executive officer of the Home Builders Institute (HBI) on January 1, 2012. » READ MORE

Laura Bray
Director, Executive Office
Laura Bray is the director of the executive office of the Home Builders Institute. Laura, one of HBI's most tenured employees with more than 35 years of service, possesses institutional knowledge of HBI that lends insightful perspective to the executive team and staff. » READ MORE

Edward Harrison
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Financial Services
Edward Harrison is the chief financial officer and the vice president for financial services of the Home Builders Institute. Harrison is a licensed certified public accountant in Maryland. He joined HBI in 1992 and became chief financial officer in 2010. » READ MORE

Steve Kramer
Vice President, HBI Residential Construction Academy
Steve Kramer serves as Vice President of the Home Builders Institute (HBI) Residential Construction Academy (RCA). Kramer joined HBI in 2002 and helped establish the HBI Residential Construction Academy with a goal of bridging the skills gap in the industry. In his role, Kramer develops educational programs and materials designed to ensure that the residential construction workforce is skilled, knowledgeable and able to meet the current and future needs of National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) members.   » READ MORE

Faye M. Nock
Vice President, HBI Human Resources
Faye M. Nock serves as Vice President for Human Resources for Home Builders Institute (HBI). Nock is responsible for leading all aspects of the HR function and ensuring strong support of HBI’s program objectives. Specifically, she is responsible for talent management, training and management development, compensation & benefits, organizational development, employee relations and risk management. With more than 25 years of HR experience in multiple industries, Nock provides an indepth knowledge of human resources to HBI, which she joined in 2001. Under her leadership, several new programs have been implemented including a Leadership Development Institute and a flexible work program. Additionally, the performance management system has been overhauled and a number of work-life balance initiatives put into place, all of which were instrumental in HBI attaining the coveted “Great Places to Work” designation from Washingtonian magazine in 2005 and 2007.   » READ MORE

CJ Tirone
Executive Vice President, HBI Job Corps
CJ Tirone serves as an Executive Vice President of the Home Builders Institute (HBI) and is responsible for approximately 69 HBI Job Corps centers and their 144 residential construction training programs that serve more than 3,000 youth per year. Tirone oversees an HBI Job Corps program with a $17 million budget and a staff of 170. He has served on workgroups for the National Office of Job Corps, part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and works closely with personnel in the Department’s Office of Apprenticeship.   » READ MORE

Keith J. Albright
Vice President, HBI Job Corps
Keith Albright serves as the Vice President for the Home Builders Institute (HBI) and has more than 30 years of experience educating and training adults and youth for journeyperson, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship positions in the building industry. In his current role, Mr. Albright oversees the operation of HBI’s largest residential construction training program. Since joining HBI in 1981, Albright has served in an array of positions including Career Technical Instructor, National Placement Coordinator, Director and Vice President for HBI Job Corps.   » READ MORE

Dennis O. Torbett
Vice President, HBI Workforce Training & Employment
Dennis Torbett serves as a Vice President at the Home Builders Institute (HBI), and has over 30 years of experience in the employment, training and workforce development field. Since joining HBI in 1981, he has directed residential construction preapprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs at over 100 sites nationwide, including programs for 50 state and local home builder associations, representing over 40,000 builder members and employers.   » READ MORE

 

 

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Sustain the development of the home building industry’s workforce by contributing to the National Housing Endowment’s “Support Our Future” online fundraising campaign. Your donation to the “Support Our Future” campaign will go directly to the NAHB Student Chapters and the Homebuilding Education Leadership Education Program (HELP).  » READ MORE

HBI SEEKS MENTORS

HBI seeks experienced workers from the home building industry to volunteer as mentors for youth in 28 cities in 11 southern states. HBI’s C-CORE program matches teens ages 16-18 with adult mentors from any facet of the home building industry who encourage them to consider careers in home building and coach them toward success.  » READ MORE