Dallas BA Announces Gena Godinez as Executive Officer
The Dallas Builders Association has announced that Gena Godinez has joined the Association staff as executive officer, effective Aug. 14.
She was most recently with the West Texas Home Builders Association (WTHBA) in Lubbock, where she served as executive officer for the past 18 years.
She succeeds Phil Crone, who left the Dallas BA in July to assume the position of vice president with Leading Builders of America.
“We are excited to have Gena join our team,” said Dallas BA President John Porizek with M/I Homes of DFW. “Her vast knowledge, past experience and positive attitude allows her to step in and keep the Association operating at the highest level. We look forward to being able to learn from her past successes, and Gena, in turn, having the opportunity to learn from our staff’s accomplishments in their individual roles.”
She was selected by a seven-person committee comprised of Porizek; Adam Lingenfelter, Lingenfelter Custom Homes; Kelly Hoodwin, Altura Homes; Tiffany Acree, StrucSure Home Warranty, Jim Falgout, James L. Falgout, PC; Michael Turner, Classic Urban Homes; and Frank Murphy, Wynne/Jackson Inc.
During Godinez’s tenure, the WTHBA’s membership more than doubled, making it the third largest local home builders association in the state. Under her leadership, WTHBA has won numerous statewide and national membership recruitment awards; the Texas Association of Builders Association Accomplishment of the Year Award multiple times; and many local community involvement awards.
Godinez is also one of the founders of West Texas Hero Homes in Lubbock, a 501c3 organization whose mission is to build mortgage-free homes for wounded veterans and first responders in Lubbock. She managed the operation of the program, which, to date, has built nine mortgage-free homes.
“I am very proud of the success that the WTHBA has had over the past 18 years,” said Godinez.. “I look forward to this new opportunity and feel privileged to be able to lead such a prestigious organization as the Dallas Builders Association.”
A graduate of Texas Tech University, she has lived and worked in Lubbock for more than 30 years. Godinez is a native of Arlington, TX. She and her husband Gary have three sons and a granddaughter.