National Leadership

Carl Harris, a Wichita, Kan.-based small volume spec and custom home builder with over 40 years of experience in the home building, remodeling and light commercial construction industry is NAHB’s 2021 Third Vice Chairman. As co-founder and president of the Carl Harris Co., Inc. and Managing Partner of Harris Homes, he has built homes in many communities in the state of Kansas.

Greg Ugalde, CGP, GMB, a Connecticut builder and developer, is NAHB’s 2021 Immediate Past Chairman of the Board. Ugalde is the president and chief legal officer of Torrington-based T&M Building Co., Inc., one of the largest home builders in the state. T&M Homes has built more than 4,000 homes for trade-up and first-time home buyers in over 45 Connecticut communities.

With more than 25 years of lobbying and association experience in Washington, D.C., Jerry Howard is NAHB’s CEO. Previously, he served as NAHB’s tax counsel and chief lobbyist. He also served as chief lobbyist for the National Council of State Housing Agencies where he played a key role in the development of the low-income housing tax credit in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.