Nancy Tartaglino Richards

Nancy Tartaglino Richards is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Preston. She is a recognized entrepreneur in the fields of real estate and technology-related companies. Founded in 1988, First Preston HT has grown to become one of the largest residential asset management companies in the United States and has sold over 400,000 single family homes with a total value of over $40 billion. Ms. Richards also founded HomeTelos, a technology company specializing in online real estate sale and offer management with technology products generating 12 million hits per month.

Ms. Richards was recognized by Ernst & Young as their 2004 Southwest “Entrepreneur of the Year” for Real Estate/Construction/Hospitality and won their prestigious “National Entrepreneur of the Year Award” in 2005. As an advocate for small business, she was selected and recognized by the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation for her support of entrepreneurship and creation of a national network of small and diverse-owned businesses to provide subcontracted services. She was named as one of the Texas “Women of Excellence” by Women’s Enterprise Magazine and honored as the “2006 Philanthropist of the Year” by the Dallas Women’s Foundation. In 2007, Ms. Richards and her business partner received the “Five Star Humanitarian Award” in recognition of their community support and leadership. Her firm received the 2010 REO Expo “Pinnacle Awards” in two categories for excellence in best practice services and best overall outsourcer. In 2011, HousingWire magazine named Ms. Richards one of the most “Influential Women of the Housing Economy.” She currently serves on Texas Christian University’s Board of Trustees and the Advisory Boards of the Dallas Women’s Foundation and the YWCA-Dallas. She is a founding member of the Texas Women’s Ventures Fund. Ms. Richards graduated with honors from Baylor University.

Lisa Barrentine

Lisa Barrentine is the President of First Preston, a leading full service real estate advisory, management and marketing firm, ranked in 2005 by Women’s Enterprise Magazine as the fourth largest woman-owned business in Texas and in 2005 ranked 10th on Women’s Enterprise USA’s list of “Top Women-Owned Businesses” in the United States. Joining the company in 1991, Ms. Barrentine, a Certified Public Accountant, has been instrumental in the company’s development and success. Ms. Barrentine has directed the management of a total portfolio value of more than $40 billion and sales of over 400,000 real property assets for corporate, institutional and government clients.

She earned a BSBA degree from the University of Arkansas in 1986. She is a founding member of the Texas Women’s Ventures Fund, a venture capital fund investing in businesses created by women entrepreneurs. She was recognized in 2005 by Ernst and Young and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, along with her business partner and Chairman of First Preston, Nancy T. Richards, as the “National Entrepreneur of the Year” in the category of “Supporters of Entrepreneurship.” In 2007, she received the “Five Star Humanitarian Award” in recognition of community support and leadership. Along with her business partner, she received the 2010 REO Expo Pinnacle Awards in two categories for excellence in best practices services and best overall outsourcer.

Ms. Barrentine currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Southwestern University, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity-South Collin County.