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Funding Your Future

2023-03-22T12:26:26-05:00

BY ANGEL BANKS, SR/WA The Right of Way International Education Foundation (RWIEF). Whew, that’s a long name! You may have heard of us but may not know what we do or how we do it. For all the answers, read on. Who are we? Created in 1976, we are a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is raising funds to grow and use for right of way education. As a 501(c)3 entity, donations to the Foundation are tax deductible, and this structure provides a secure holding place to grow a funding corpus dedicated to [...]

Funding Your Future2023-03-22T12:26:26-05:00

Leaders Light the Way

2023-03-22T12:29:39-05:00

This scholarship offers an impactful way to combine the RWIEF’s mission and values of past IRWA leaders. The goal of this program is to identify and support IRWA members who can be future IRWA leaders by funding their pursuit of IRWA credentials and professional development. One $2,500 scholarship toward IRWA education courses will be available to each of IRWA’s 68 Chapters within the 10 Regions. The RWIEF will fund the program (up to $170,000) for two years from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2025. IRWA will manage the program. To [...]

Leaders Light the Way2023-03-22T12:29:39-05:00

Callie Braddock

2022-08-23T19:36:25-05:00

Callie Howard-Braddock, R/W-AC is a Vice President within CBRE Valuation & Advisory Services and the Right-of-Way specialty practice in Houston following more than 9 years of valuation experience throughout the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Callie has worked extensively with large scale right-of-way infrastructure projects which include the valuation of fee simple and easement estates for proposed and existing pipelines, proposed electrical transmission line projects, proposed roadway expansions and public utility lines. She graduated from Texas A&M University in 2009 with a BS in Agricultural Science and also with a Master’s in Real Estate from Mays Business School [...]

Callie Braddock2022-08-23T19:36:25-05:00

Matt McGee

2021-11-29T14:50:09-06:00

Matt McGee obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Texas State University in 2005. He became a Right of Way Agent for NuStar Energy, L.P. in March 2015 after working four years for Contract Land Staff on various projects in the South Texas Region. At NuStar, his job responsibilities include managing capital projects and operations support for all existing pipeline and terminal assets throughout the Midwestern United States. Matt became a member of Chapter 39, South Texas, of the IRWA in March 2015. The following year he was voted in as Secretary of Chapter 39 and recently completed [...]

Matt McGee2021-11-29T14:50:09-06:00

Angel Banks

2021-09-27T14:29:56-05:00

Angel Banks is the Right of Way Manager for the Metropolitan Sewerage District, a regional public sewer authority in Asheville.  She created the District’s right of way division in 1991, establishing policies and procedures for easement acquisition over 1,000 miles of sewer lines.  Working with area municipalities, she developed agreements allowing greenway uses over the District’s sewer easements.  Angel became a member of IRWA in 1991.  She served on Chapter 31 committees and officer positions, becoming President in 2004.  From 2004-2009 she served as Region 6 Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chair.  She served with the IRWA Leadership Institute since [...]

Angel Banks2021-09-27T14:29:56-05:00

Kevin L. Winner, SR/WA

2021-09-27T14:20:15-05:00

Kevin L. Winner, SR/WA, MBA, AB obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Communications and Master’s in Business Administration from the University of New Mexico. He is a Project Manager for Percheron located in the Southwestern US. Percheron is a land and right of way Service Company providing a wide range of comprehensive right of way acquisition and permitting services primarily to the pipeline, power, energy, renewable, transportation, telecommunication, and governmental sectors. He has been involved in the Right of Way Industry since 1999 and has worked for both private and public utility companies negotiating property rights for telecommunications, pipelines [...]

Kevin L. Winner, SR/WA2021-09-27T14:20:15-05:00

David W. Sinclair, SR/WA

2021-09-27T14:00:29-05:00

David W. Sinclair, SR/WA, is a Senior Project Manager for Paragon Partners Ltd. and is based in their office in Houston, TX. Prior to joining Paragon Partners, Mr. Sinclair was President of Steele Land Services, worked at ENGlobal for 11 years in various executive positions, and worked at Enron for more than 16 years serving as Director of Right of Way until January of 2001. While at Enron his responsibilities included overseeing the acquisition of land and right-of-way for new facilities and managing existing land rights across their domestic pipeline system. In addition, Mr. Sinclair also provided right-of-way assistance [...]

David W. Sinclair, SR/WA2021-09-27T14:00:29-05:00

Clyde B. Johnson, SR/WA, R/W – URAC, R/W – RAC

2021-09-27T13:48:57-05:00

After retiring from the Federal Highway Administration with over 30 years of service, he served as the Director of Real Estate Services for TBE Group for 2 years. He is a Veteran of the United States Air Force serving from 1966 until 1969 and began his career in Right-of-Way with the Georgia Department of Transportation in 1973. He served in the Office of Real Estate Services, Washington Office from 1998 through 2002 and was responsible for FHWA’s National Training Program, the Highway Beautification Program and assisted in the Uniform Act compliance and re-write. He developed and presented FHWA’s Outdoor [...]

Clyde B. Johnson, SR/WA, R/W – URAC, R/W – RAC2021-09-27T13:48:57-05:00

Noelle Hoelsken, SR/WA

2023-01-25T10:19:34-06:00

Noelle Hoelsken, SR/WA, is a Senior Real Estate Services Agent for HDR, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Ms. Hoelsken has over 14 years of right of way acquisition and project management experience in the Energy Industry with both private and public entities. She has been an active member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) since 2016. Ms. Hoelsken has been very active in serving the Denver Chapter of the IRWA and has held several committee and officer positions including Chapter President and International Director. Ms. Hoelsken is a past Region 9, Young Professional Representative and has lead the [...]

Noelle Hoelsken, SR/WA2023-01-25T10:19:34-06:00

Ride for the Foundation FUNdraiser

2021-09-28T12:01:31-05:00

Since 2014, Steve Grandon has been riding his Harley across the county, raising money for ROW education.  We caught up with the founder of this unique event after his seventh ride. Steve, you created the FUNdrasier event in 2014.  How did you come up with the idea? In 2014 our conference was held in Hartford, CT.  Realizing the 2015 conference would be in San Diego, I tried to recall when we had back-to-back conferences that far apart.  I thought how cool it would be to ride the entire distance, basically coast-to-coast, on the bike.  I had never [...]

Ride for the Foundation FUNdraiser2021-09-28T12:01:31-05:00
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