DONALD W. WEBB

Donald W. Webb, was raised near Whitesburg, in Letcher County, Kentucky. He attended Virginia Military Institute and graduated from Georgetown College in 1960 with a Commerce degree. He serves as Honorary Chairman of the company.

Webb joined the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, acquiring extensive experience in community and industrial development through active participation in statewide development programs. He served in the Kentucky National Guard. He attended the University of Kentucky College of Law earning a J.D. degree in 1967. During this period, he retained his position as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of that Department.

In June, 1967, Webb was named as a Special Assistant on the White House staff in Washington, DC, where he served as a legal advisor to the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, investigating riots in various cities throughout the nation. Upon completion of this assignment in 1968, Webb returned to Kentucky where he directed the Democratic party campaign for the United States Senate.

Webb practiced law with the Louisville firm of Handmaker, Weber & Meyer until 1971, when he and his brother, Dudley, formed a law partnership in Lexington. Concurrently, the two brothers began a real estate investment firm. In 1979, this firm became The Webb Companies, a consolidation of their real estate development, design, finance, legal, construction, marketing, leasing, brokerage, property management, and ancillary functions.

The Webb entities developed nearly 5.5 million square feet of office, warehouse, residential and shopping center buildings in Fayette County (KY) with assessed values of more than $250 million. Webb projects literally changed the face of downtown Lexington with their office towers, specialty centers and condominiums. The Webb Companies was recognized as the nation's third largest diversified real estate developer in 1986 by Building Design & Construction Magazine. It has developed real estate projects in more than 20 American cities.

In 1979, Webb was a founder of the Lexington Surgery Center in partnership with forty Lexington physicians. This surgery Center was one of the nation's early free-standing outpatient surgery centers and became the flagship of Surgical Care Affiliates prior to it's acquisition by Health South.

Donald Webb has many civic interests in Lexington and Kentucky. He has served on the boards of the Kentucky Economic Development Corporation, the Central Kentucky Blood Center, the Fayette County Medical Society Foundation, Inc., the Kentucky Horse Park Commission, Leadership Kentucky, American Cancer Society, "The Nest" Child Abuse Center, the Lexington Economic Development Commission, Lexington United, the Bluegrass Association for Retarded Citizens, Humana Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Triangle Foundation, Fund for the Arts, and the (former) First Security National Bank and Trust Company, now Chase. Webb was the founder of the Lexington Trolley Company and the Downtown Lexington Corporation.

Webb has served as Chairman of the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce and as Chairman of the Fayette County Democratic Party and as Kentucky Chairman of the American Cancer Society. At it's 2005 Annual Meeting, the Downtown Lexington Corporation (DLC) named Donald Webb as a Lifetime Member.

Webb has served on the Board of Directors of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, as a member of the Visiting Committee of the University of Kentucky College of Law, as a Director of the Business Partnership Foundation of the University Kentucky College of Business and Economics, a UK Henry Sites Barker Fellow and was a former Director of the Kappa Alpha Order Education Foundation in Lexington, Virginia.

Webb and his wife, Julie, now live in Vero Beach, Florida, where he is a member of the Riomar Country Club, Vero Beach Country Club, Quail Valley River Club and the John's Island Club.

Professional affiliations include the Kentucky and American Bar Associations. His son, Woodford Webb, now serves as the President of the The Webb Companies.

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