R. DUDLEY WEBB

Dudley Webb, a Lexington attorney and developer, was born in the coal mining community of Hot Spot in Letcher County, Kentucky in the heart of Appalachia. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Webb Companies and many others.

He attended elementary and secondary school in Whitesburg, Kentucky and subsequently graduated from Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky with a B.A. degree in business administration. He holds a J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, from which he graduated in 1968.

That same year, Webb went into private law practice in Lexington, Kentucky. Four years later, he entered into a partnership with his brother, Donald, and the two founded what is today the law firm of Webb, Hoskins, Glover & Thompson, P.S.C., where both Webb brothers retain senior partner status. Dudley Webb is a member of the Kentucky, Ohio, Fayette County, and American Bar Associations.

In 1972, Dudley Webb and his brother first entered real estate development and investing, and they quickly expanded their horizons from small residential and warehouse projects into the high-rise world of commercial and office market development. They then teamed to form The Webb Companies, a construction, marketing, leasing, brokerage, property management, and ancillary real estate functions. Under their leadership, the entity and its affiliates grew into one of the largest real estate development organizations in the country, with partners and projects in over sixty different major projects running from New York to San Francisco and Boston to Miami. As a result, their success stories have been featured in articles in such major publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the National Real Estate Investor, Building Design & Construction Magazine and many others.

Today, the Webb interests and operations continue to span the country. Their expertise and track record have been the primary keys to the generation of billions of dollars of financial support that was needed from major lenders and investors to create a truly national real estate development force. The projects they have completed include a vast array of "world class" mixed-use complexes, hotels, office parks and towers, retail centers, warehouse/distribution facilites, high-rise residential components, and marina and recreational facilities.

Dudley Webb has served on various national industry boards and committees, including those of the Urban Land Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, and others. Locally, he has served as a Director of the PNC Bank, the Triangle Foundation, the Bluegrass Community Foundation, the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Lexington Corporation and many other philanthropic and civic organizations of the area.

He has also served on the Board of Trustees for Georgetown College, The Lexington School and is a former member of the University of Kentucky Development Council. At its 2005 Annual meeting, the Downtown Lexington Corporation honored Dudley Webb as one of its three lifetime members. Dudley and his brother Donald, have also served as co-chairman of the American Cancer Society drives, and co-hosts of the annual Cardinal Hill Hospital Telethon, a fund-raising drive for the regional rehabilitation center.

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