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JOHN BERTERO About Our CompanyAbout Our Company
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT – SOUTHWEST
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Mr. Bertero was named executive vice president of the Southwest in July 2008. In this role, he oversees operations in Southern California, Phoenix, Las Vegas and New Mexico. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Bertero served as EVP of the Southern California, Desert and Centex Destination Properties-West regions for more than two years.

Prior to his position as EVP, Mr. Bertero served as the division president of the LA/Ventura Division of Centex, and also served as vice president and general counsel for the West Coast Region of Centex for five years. In that capacity, Mr. Bertero was involved in the structuring and negotiation of land acquisitions for various divisions in California, and the structuring, negotiation and management of joint ventures and financing for several large, master-planned communities.

Prior to joining Centex in 1997, Mr. Bertero served as vice president and director of Northern California Legal Affairs for KB Home (then Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation) for three years. Before joining KB Home, Mr. Bertero was a partner in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory, where his practice focused on complex commercial real estate transactions, including resort acquisition, financing, land acquisition and development, environmental clean-up, industrial leasing and office leasing.

Mr. Bertero has been an active member of the BIA Greater Los Angeles/Ventura chapter since 2002, holding a position on the Board of Directors, and serving as the treasurer, vice president, and currently as the president of the chapter.

Mr. Bertero received his B.A. from Stanford University and his J.D. from UCLA Law School.