Mr. Ballard began his career in real estate development, management and marketing in 1981. Ballard graduated from Albemarle High School in Charlottesville and attended Utah State University in Logan, Utah where he studied Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
Mr. Ballard managed and developed commercial and industrial properties in the early eighties for a Central Virginia firm, Dumbarton Properties, Inc. Later, Mr. Ballard became CEO of Goldwing General Contracting, Inc., (GGC) also located in Central Virginia and specializing in light commercial, retail and residential housing projects.
Mr. Ballard has been with Covington Capital / B&G Land Management / Huntington Group, LLC, for over thirteen (13) years. The firm(s) specializes in the creation of commercial and industrial developments as well as planned residential communities.
Pertinent accomplishments include: Horizon City, Alderman; Horizon City Planning and Zoning Commission, Co-Chairman, Horizon City Colonias Initiative Committee, member; Horizon City Charter Commission, Chairman; El Paso County Water Authority Engineering Committee, member; and Rio Grande Tech Prep School To Work Consortium, Legislative Committee Chairman.
