THOMAS B. BUFFINGTON
Chairman

Thomas B. Buffington
Chairman

Tom Buffington has over 43 years of experience in the real estate business. He began his career in 1969 as a salesman for Nash Phillips Copus (NPC), which was the largest private homebuilder in the southern region of the United States. Tom became president of NPC's Austin and Central Texas Division in 1980.

In 1987, Tom started his own homebuilding company, Buffington Homes, which flourished to become the second largest homebuilding company in Austin. The success of Buffington Homes comprised of building 1,100 units per year and accumulating $150 million in annual revenue in Austin and San Antonio combined.

In 1996, Tom joined three national homebuilders forming The Fortress Group, a holding company that acquired and consolidated local and regional homebuilding companies. The Fortress Group became a nationwide homebuilding conglomerate with annual revenue of $1.6 billion leading it to be taken public at the close of 1996. Tom served as chief operating officer and as a company board member until his retirement in 1999.

In 2001, Tom co-founded Buffington Capital Holdings for the purpose of acquiring and developing property for master-planned communities in central Texas. Since its establishment, the company has commenced development of eleven projects totaling over 8,000 single-family home sites. In addition, the company has developed residential condominiums and a commercial retail center.

He has served on the board of two banks and on the board of KLRU, a community licensed public television station in Austin.

PATRICK J. STARLEY
CEO

Patrick J. Starley
CEO

As co-founder of Buffington Capital Holdings, Patrick has been directly involved or responsible for the sourcing, structuring, financing, and operations of every real estate investment in the company portfolio. Under Patrick's supervision, Buffington Capital Holdings has grown to one of the largest private real estate development and investment firms in Central Texas holding assets with an estimated fully developed value of over $1.2 billion dollars. In addition, Patrick has expanded strategic relationships with the company's limited partners, lenders and other real estate groups.

In July of 2007, Patrick co-founded and led the capitalization efforts of an affiliated production home building company (Buffington Homes).

Patrick holds a BA from The University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the Executive Council of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at the University of Texas, The University of Texas 1883 Council and the Advisory Board for the Texas Advanced Computing Center.

JAMES D. DORNEY
President

James D. Dorney
President

James has 15 years of single-family land acquisition, development and homebuilding experience in Texas markets.

James started with DR Horton out of graduate school, built homes and then transitioned into land acquisition and development, where he quickly became lead project manager. James then went to Lennar in 2001, where he would serve as the Division President of Lennar Land and was responsible for both the Austin and San Antonio Markets. During James' time at Lennar, he structured numerous joint venture partnerships and amassed a $300 million portfolio of land assets constituting over 10,000 single-family lots.  At the end of 2007, James left Lennar and began serving as President of Buffington Capital Holdings and in January of 2011, James took on the role of President of Buffington Homes and currently serves in both capacities.

James holds a Masters in Real Estate Development and Management from Texas State University, with an undergraduate degree in Psychology. He is a member of the Austin and San Antonio Real Estate Councils and sits on the board of directors for the Austin Homebuilder's Association.

MATTHEW PARKER
Vice President

Matthew Parker
Vice President

Prior to joining Buffington Capital Holdings Matt was the Finance Manager for Silverado Partners, a Napa, California based vineyard investment and development firm. At Silverado, he was responsible for investment analysis, financial underwriting and due diligence. Additionally, Matt worked for S.R. Napa, a luxury hospitality development entity where he was primarily responsible for fund-raising and financial analysis. Matt also served eleven years as an AV-8B Harrier pilot in the United States Marine Corps.

Matt earned an MBA with emphasis in real estate from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a masters degree in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from Stephen F. Austin. He is also a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Texas.

THOMAS BLAKE BUFFINGTON JR.
General Counsel

Thomas "Blake" Buffington Jr.
General Counsel

Since 1996, Mr. Buffington has been engaged in a diverse law practice representing and advising clients on all aspects of Texas real estate transactions; including contract and finance negotiation, entity structure and formation, real property entitlement and due diligence. During his career he has also actively advised clients on a myriad of corporate, business and employment matters. In the aggregate, Mr. Buffington has served as lead counsel in more than two billion dollars' worth of real property transactions and in doing so has represented some of the largest homebuilders and developers of single family residential property in the country.

Mr. Buffington is a 1992 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and he received his JD from South Texas College of Law in 1996, where he was a member of the Law Review. He has been professionally recognized as being in the Top 5% of practicing real estate attorneys in the State of Texas.

He is a member of the Real Estate and Probate Section of the State Bar of Texas, the Real Estate Council of Austin and a former Director of Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve. In 2008, he joined Buffington Capital Holdings as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer.

CHRIS FIELDS
Land Development Manager

Chris Fields
Land Development Manager

Chris joined the Buffington Capital Holdings team in 2009, bringing over 20 years' experience in residential land development and project management as a licensed professional Civil Engineer. After graduating from Texas A&M with a BS in Civil Engineering, Chris began his career in Houston with Vansickle, Mickelson & Klein, working in all aspects of civil residential development and construction. Additionally, he worked with Bechtel and S&B Construction. Other residential land development experience includes project management experience with Costello, Inc., including Utility District creation and operation. Additional experience includes engineering project management for Austin's Steiner Ranch development.

SKYE KUBOW
Controller

Skye Kubow
Controller

Skye joined Buffington Capital Holdings in January 2011 as Controller. Her responsibilities include the day-to-day management of each asset, including cash flow management, financial structuring, profitability, and financial reporting. Prior to joining Buffington Capital Holdings, Skye worked as Controller of Chilton Investment Co., Inc., a Stamford, CT based family office. She also worked in Corporate Accounting at SAC Capital Advisors, LP, an elite hedge fund also based in Stamford, CT. Skye obtained a BS in Accounting from The University of Rhode Island and is a Certified Public Accountant.