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AUGUST 2020 19 DeCordova Bend Estates LIFE

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Greg Cox and resides in Midland with their two young sons, Henry and Terry Stamper
William. Our son, Tom, is a realtor in Fort Worth. We moved from Indiana to Hello fellow members. My name is Terry
Burleson in 1984 so I could take a job with a start-up manufacturing Stamper and I live at 5117 Fairway Circle
company. We built modular duplexes for a Fort Worth developer where I with my wife, Jamie and our puppy Lulu.
started as Quality Control Manager and then moved into sales. 18 months We have four children, Lauren who lives
later, as ownership was running out of funding, our best customer, my GM in San Diego, Jason who resides in
and I bought another manufacturing facility and started Indicom Buildings, Chicago and the youngest kids, Lindsay
Inc. We built mobile and modular office buildings which included everything and Adam who live in Fort Worth. We
from a small guard shack to 50,000 square foot two-story steel structures. I also have five grandchildren who we
started at Indicom as a salesman/draftsman and became GM within 2 years. spoil every chance we get then send
We grew from a company of 25 employees to 150. As GM, I was responsible them home to their parents! We have
for the departments of sales, engineering, purchasing, quality control and lived in DCBE for eight years starting as
service. We, along with a couple of other manufacturers, worked with the part-timers but quickly moved to full time residents. I love golfing, boating,
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the development of the hunting, traveling and building furniture for a hobby.
state’s program to license and regulate manufacturers sending product in
the state of Texas. We grew our business to $26 million a year and sold in I currently chair the Facility Maintenance Oversite Committee, (FMOC) and
2007. I had a three year contract with the new owners and Mary Jo started co-chair the Finance Committee. I am also your current Board of Directors
looking for an area to retire. She found DCBE, we purchased a home and Vice President. It has been a privilege to serve and has given me insight
have been here since 2010. We have enjoyed the numerous improvements into the complex issues that face our neighborhood. I am very proud of the
and upgrades to our community from the golf course, to the marina, workout accomplishments over the past three years, some of the projects I have
facility, new community center, pickle ball court, volleyball, dining room and been involved in are the annual street paving project, the inventory of trailers
lounge. in the burn area and re-writing of the policy associated with trailer
registration. The FMOC working along side DCBE General Manager Rick
Our community has so much to offer and I believe we need to keep expanding Lantgen was able to restore the Marina's through painting and adding a bug
all the amenities and social aspects for all members. After ten years of spray system. We also replaced all of the golf course equipment with new
enjoying all of these, I feel like it is time to get involved and give back . I mowers and new vehicles. This cut our maintenance costs significantly.
want to help insure that all of the amenities plus streets, maintenance,
security and staffing continue to grow and improve the community in a fiscally Growing up my father built steel mills so our family lived in India, Belgium,
responsible way. Thank you for your support. Turkey, Canada, and the Philippine’s. Seeing these huge structures being
constructed made me curious and gave me an enormous interest for the
Cyndi McArtor engineering field. It also provided me with experience in different cultures
In 2011 my husband, John and I and environments and how things work in the “real world.”
purchased a home in DeCordova as a
getaway place that was close to Since we were living abroad I graduated from high school through the
grandkids. We traveled 7 hours from NE University of Nebraska correspondence program. I returned to the states
Oklahoma to enjoy the amenities that and graduated with an Associate degree from The Ohio Institute of Technology
DeCordova has to offer for 3 years. In and a Bachelor degree from The Ohio State University with my degree in
2014, we moved full-time to make Electronics Engineering Technology. I started my Engineering career with
DeCordova our forever home as we had GTE-Ohio in 1974. As you probably know, GTE is now Verizon
come to love our life around the bend. Communications. During my 32 year career I engineered many of the
communication systems you use today. I have engineered jobs in eleven
For almost 30 years we have owned different states and the Dominican Republic. With my transfer to the world
and operated a property management company. Throughout my life, I’ve headquarters building in Las Colinas I became Chief Architect for the Directory
been committed to serving in many volunteer capacities with several Assistance and Automated Work Station Program for Verizon. I have
leadership positions. Some of which include, being a cub scout leader to 12 managed engineering teams of five to over a hundred with budgets ranging
boys (proud to be an Eagle Scout mom and grandma), PTA, neighborhood from $25M to $200M. The different positions and projects provided me with
association board, Historic Preservation zoning, rural Volunteer fire the ability to work with all levels of employees and the leadership experience
department board, plus other community and civic organizations. to bring projects in on time and on budget. I loved my long career with
Verizon and what it has done for me in retirement.
Since moving to DeCordova, I have been VP and President of the LGA, H
& E Committee, and currently serving on the Golf Committee, Architectural I would like to continue applying my professional background and prior work
Control Committee and ad hoc Fitness Center Committee. I have also experience to this community. I want to share my previous experience and
organized a team for the last 5 years to participate in the Acton Nature Run passion for DCBE again to show that I can continue to be a great addition
helping us win the largest team event all 5 years. to the Board. We live in a wonderful area and I want to be a part of the
team that keeps it that way. It has been said before and I will say it again,
Serving on the DCBE committees has afforded me the opportunity to be a our neighborhood is the best kept secret in Texas.
small part of the big picture of what it takes to make DeCordova a great
place to live. The demographics of the community are changing, but we I feel confident I’m very qualified to serve our community and look forward
must continue with what has made DeCordova wonderful while embracing to the challenges ahead. I would appreciate your support in the upcoming
the changes of the future. election. I will work very hard to keep our little slice of Texas a great place
to live.
It is my desire to help keep DeCordova the best place to live for generations
to come. I enjoy serving my community and believe this is an exciting time Be sure to come out and meet these great folks!
for the future of DeCordova. It would be my pleasure to serve on the See you there!
DeCordova Board of Directors and would appreciate your vote.