Please see below for full text of the press release dated February 5, 2014, filed on Form 8-K by United Development Funding IV (“UDF IV”) (click here to view filing):
United Development Funding IV Welcomes Stacey H. Dwyer as Chief Operating Officer
– Stacey H. Dwyer, Former EVP and Treasurer of D.R. Horton, to join UDF IV Executive Team
GRAPEVINE, TX, February 5, 2014 – United Development Funding IV (“UDF IV” or the “Company”), a non-traded real estate investment trust, announced today the addition of Stacey H. Dwyer as its Chief Operating Officer effective February 17, 2014. Ms. Dwyer, an experienced residential homebuilding and development leader, will assume operating leadership of UDF IV. She will work with the Company’s board of trustees and the Company’s Advisor to effect the strategic growth objectives and capital market transactions of UDF IV.
“We are very excited to have Stacey join the UDF team” said Hollis M Greenlaw, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UDF IV. “Stacey brings a diverse set of operational skills, exceptional knowledge and a wealth of meaningful experience from working for a leading national homebuilder for over 22 years. She will play an important role in our growth and expansion across the largest homebuilding markets in the country as we provide capital solutions to national and regional developers and homebuilders.”
Ms. Dwyer is joining UDF IV from D.R. Horton, Inc., the nation’s largest homebuilding company, where she served as Executive Vice President since 2000 and Treasurer since 2003. Ms. Dwyer was primarily responsible for financial community relations, including banks, investors, rating agencies and analysts. Prior to joining D.R. Horton in 1991, Ms. Dwyer was an auditor with Ernst and Young, LLP. Ms. Dwyer, a Certified Public Accountant, received a B.S. in Accounting from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and an M.S. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.
About UDF IV
UDF IV is a publicly registered, non-traded real estate investment trust focused on providing capital solutions to developers and regional homebuilders to develop and acquire single family residential home lots and to construct single family residential homes. For additional information about UDF IV please visit the website at www.udfonline.com.
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