Please join us for our September Board of Directors Meeting featuring Guest Speakers James W. Tobin III, President & CEO of NAHB as well as Robert Dietz, SVP-Chief Economist at NAHB.
The meeting will be followed by our MBIA 10th Anniversary Celebration/Happy Hour. Please plan to stay. See you then!
About James & Robert:
Jim Tobin, CAE, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), has more than 20 years of association experience and a diverse housing policy background. Tobin’s tenure at NAHB began in 1998 as a Congressional representative for the western United States, and he quickly broadened his policy expertise to the environmental and tax policy arenas. Most recently, Tobin served at the association’s executive vice president and chief lobbyist, responsible for directing the federal, state and local lobbying, as well as political activities for NAHB. He was promoted to president and CEO in June 2023. Prior to joining NAHB, Tobin served as senior legislative assistant to former U.S. Representative Frank Riggs (Calif.) and former U.S. Representative Gary Franks (Conn.).
Robert Dietz, Ph.D., is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for NAHB, where his responsibilities include housing market analysis, forecasting and industry surveys, and housing policy research. Dr. Dietz has published academic research and testified before Congress on the benefits of homeownership, federal tax expenditure estimation, and other housing and economic issues. Prior to joining NAHB in 2005, Robert worked as an economist for the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation and served as the committee's housing and real estate expert. He is a native of Dayton, Ohio and earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the Ohio State University in 2003.