FWAA Nominating Committee Selects 2027 Leaders
FWAA 2027 Leadership Team
In accordance with FWAA’s bylaws, the association is pleased to formally announce its 2027 leadership team. The following slate of officers and directors was selected by FWAA’s Nominating Committee, chaired by FWAA Past President Cayce Coon, and subsequently approved by the FWAA Board of Directors. This announcement fulfills the association’s bylaws requirement to communicate its leadership selections to the membership.
FWAA’s 60th anniversary celebrates past achievements and future possibilities. On September 26, 1967, the National Apartment Association (NAA) chartered the Apartment Association of Tarrant County (FWAA’s predecessor organization).
Resolute volunteers founded FWAA. In August 1967, the association recorded its first meeting, with official minutes noting the charter members in attendance: Del Barron, Bob Woody, Buster Kirkpatrick, Wes Alston, Bub Fleet, Gene Mitchell, Opal Perry, and Warren McKeever. The first official business meeting was held at the Green Oaks Inn in January 1968, where Bub Fleet was elected the association’s first president.
FWAA’s 2027 leadership team stands on the shoulders of these eight giants. FWAA’s founders sowed seeds that yielded abundant fruit. Likewise, this year’s executive officers, board members, and committee chairs will plant acorns that will grow into mighty oaks, whose shade future FWAA leaders will enjoy.
FWAA’s 2027 Executive Officers
- President: Nicole Zaitoon, Allied Property Management
- President-Elect: Cara Glover, Hillwood
- Treasurer: Jamie Woody, Trinity Residential
- Secretary: Katy Polanco, J Street Property Services
- Vice President: Heather Cotten, Poolsure
- Immediate Past President: April Royal, Summit Property Management
- Past President: Sarah Turner, J Street Property Services
FWAA’s 2027 Board of Directors
- Bailey Acosta, Intersolutions
- Dandi Breese, WAK
- Alexis Carreiro, Smart Apartment Data
- Rani Clark, Service Response Team
- Jacob Crockett, Earthworks
- T Jaye Cupit-Sanders, Amalgamated
- Ashley Dodenhoff, AOG Living
- Robert Durham, ALN
- Kate Fields, J Street Property Services
- Chris Hyde, ReNew Renovation
- Danielle Keck, Rasa Floors
- Taryn Lewis, Avenue 5
- Jimmy McClung, Luma Residential
- Malia Mims, Westdale
- Micah Stateson, Optimized Waste Removal
- Stephanie Veal, RPM Living
- Kristen Vick (PSC Chair), Stowe’s Independent Services
Past FWAA leaders set standards and led with integrity and tenacity through real estate booms and busts, bull and bear markets, and internal and external threats. Today’s FWAA leaders possess that same drive and commitment, vision and values, and talent and determination to ensure FWAA’s legacy of excellence thrives for the next sixty years.
This year’s Lone Star Awards and Leadership Celebration theme is Deep in the Heart of FWAA! Past FWAA leaders deserve heartfelt thanks. FWAA’s current leaders need affirmation and assistance. Join them in this work. Serve on a committee. Attend an event. Sponsor a program.
FWAA’s new officers, directors, committee chairs, committee members, and staff guide FWAA today. For a very brief moment, FWAA is theirs to nurture. Help them make the next sixty years magnificent.
How Does the FWAA Nominating Committee Work?
Cayce Coon is FWAA's 2026 Nominating Committee Chair. For more information, reach out to Perry Pillow at perry@livefw.org.