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Board of Directors

David V. Auld

Executive Chairman

Mr. Auld is Executive Chairman of the Board of D.R. Horton, a position he has held since May 2024 following the passing of the Company’s founder and chairman, Donald Horton. Previously, Mr. Auld was Executive Vice Chair of the Board from October 2023 to May 2024. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of D.R. Horton from October 2014 to October 2023. Mr. Auld was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2013 until October 2014. He was Region President overseeing the Company’s homebuilding operations in Florida, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama from 2005 to 2013. From 1988 to 2005, Mr. Auld served as the Division President of the Company’s Orlando Division. Prior to 1988, he worked for Texas American Bank and General Dynamics. Mr. Auld graduated from Texas Tech University in 1978 with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting.

Paul J. Romanowski

Inside Director

Mr. Romanowski is President and Chief Executive Officer of D.R. Horton, positions he has held since October 2023. He was Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from October 2021 until October 2023. Mr. Romanowski served as a Region President overseeing the Company’s homebuilding operations in Florida from 2014 to 2021 and also over five Mid-Atlantic states from 2019 to 2021. From 1999 to 2014, he served as the Division President of the Company’s South Florida Division. Prior to 1999, he worked for Metrostudy and in land acquisition for another public homebuilder. Mr. Romanowski graduated from Butler University in 1992 with a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing.

Barbara K. Allen

Outside Director

Ms. Allen has significant experience researching, analyzing and making investment decisions related to housing-related companies. Ms. Allen retired from Avondale Partners in July 2006 where she was a Partner and Housing, Construction and Retailing Analyst. From February 1997 until December 2004, she was the Home Construction, Building Materials, Home Furnishing and DIY (Do It Yourself) Retailing Analyst for Natexis Bleichroeder, Inc. Ms. Allen was a Vice President, Equity Research for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from January 1993 until January 1996. She served in other roles at Oppenheimer & Company, Kidder, Peabody, Inc., and Prudential Securities prior to January 1993. Ms. Allen has been a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee since 2014 and has been the Chair of the Compensation Committee since July 2019.

Barbara R. Smith

Outside Director

Ms. Smith has extensive experience in product, technology and process innovation and has been widely recognized for her leadership in the steel and metals industry. She most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Commercial Metals Company, a leading international manufacturer of construction products, from 2018 until her retirement in August 2024.  Ms. Smith also served as CEO of Commercial Metals Company from 2017 to 2023 after previously serving in the roles of COO and CFO for the company.  Prior to joining CMC, she held CFO positions at Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation and FARO Technologies, Inc., following a 24-year career in various business roles with Alcoa Inc. Ms. Smith currently serves on the Board of Directors of Comerica Incorporated. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Purdue University. Ms. Smith has been a member of the D.R. Horton Board of Directors, including the Nominating and Governance Committee since August 2024.

Benjamin S. Carson

Outside Director

Dr. Carson was a world-renowned neurosurgeon who also has direct experience in leading programs focused on advancing economic opportunity, providing safe, fair and affordable housing and spurring reinvestment in communities, among other housing-related initiatives, through his service as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2017 to 2021. Prior to serving as HUD Secretary, Dr. Carson was involved with more than 15,000 surgical procedures and contributed to the field of medicine through the many leadership positions he held, including serving as Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions from 1984 to 2013 as well a Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions from 1999 to 2013. Dr. Carson has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his distinguished career, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, more than 70 honorary doctorate degrees and the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor. He has been a member of the Audit Committee since April 2021 and has been Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee since July 2022.

Brad S. Anderson

Outside Director

Mr. Anderson has been an Executive Vice President of CBRE Group, Inc., formerly CB Richard Ellis, Inc., an international real estate brokerage company, since 2009, and he has held various positions in Phoenix, Arizona with its predecessor, CB Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc., since January 1987. He served as Interim Chairman of the Board of Continental Homes Holding Corp. from October 1997 through April 1998, when it merged into D.R. Horton, and he became a director of D.R. Horton at that time. Mr. Anderson has been a member of the Compensation Committee since 1998 and a member of the Audit Committee since 2022.

Elaine D. Crowley

Outside Director

Ms. Crowley is an accomplished financial executive with deep expertise in accounting, finance, operational efficiency and strategic leadership. She recently served on the Board of Directors of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. from 2021 to June 2024. From 2014 to 2020, she served on the Board of Directors of Stage Stores, Inc. From 2010 until 2012, Ms. Crowley was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Mattress Giant Corporation, and she previously held CFO positions at Michaels Stores, Inc. and The Bombay Company, Inc. She began her career in public accounting at Deloitte and PwC. Ms. Crowley received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Christian University and is a Certified Public Accountant. She has been a member of the D.R. Horton Board of Directors, including the Audit Committee since August 2024.

M. Chad Crow

Outside Director

Mr. Crow has more than two decades of homebuilding industry experience and most recently served as the President and CEO of Builders FirstSource, the nation's largest supplier of building products, components and services, from 2017 until his retirement in 2021. During that time, he was also a Director on the Builders FirstSource Board. From 1999 to 2017, Mr. Crow served as COO, CFO and in other leadership positions at Builders FirstSource. Prior to joining Builders FirstSource, Mr. Crow held various roles at Pier 1 Imports and Price Waterhouse LLP (“PwC”). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of LOAR Group, an aerospace systems and parts manufacturer. Mr. Crow received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University. He has been a member of the D.R. Horton Board of Directors, including the Compensation Committee since August 2024.

Maribess L. Miller

Outside Director

Ms. Miller is a Certified Public Accountant and was an Audit Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) until her retirement in 2009. During her 34-year career at PwC, Ms. Miller managed audit and consulting engagements of both public and private companies in the consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial products and technology industries. From 2002 to 2009, she was PwC’s North Texas Market Managing Partner, after previously serving as the firm’s Southwest Region Consumer, Industrial Products and Energy Practice Leader and the Managing Partner of the firm’s U.S. Healthcare Audit Practice. Ms. Miller currently serves on the Board of Directors of two other publicly traded companies and one private company. She has served in leadership roles with both the National Association of Corporate Directors North Texas and the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. Ms. Miller has served as the chair of the Audit Committee since July 2022 and has also been a member of the Compensation Committee since November 2019.

Michael R. Buchanan

Outside Director

Mr. Buchanan has significant commercial banking experience with several banking institutions serving the real estate and homebuilding sectors. He retired from commercial banking in March 2002. From March 2002 to March 2003, Mr. Buchanan was engaged as a senior advisor to Banc of America Securities. From 1998 to March 2002, Mr. Buchanan was a Managing Director of Bank of America, an executive officer position in which he was head of its national real estate banking group. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Buchanan was an Executive Vice President of NationsBank, which later merged with Bank of America. Mr. Buchanan is also a member of the Board of Directors, and member of the capital committee and the compensation committee of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust publicly-traded on the NYSE. Mr. Buchanan has served on the Nominating and Governance Committee since November 2003.

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