Building Industry Leaders (BIL)

Our Mission

Building Industry Leaders (BIL) is a cooperative program between the Urban Land Institute North Texas (ULINT) and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (BGCDallas) and Tarrant County (BGCGTC) to educate and mentor BGC high school students on the diverse career opportunities in commercial real estate and give them the professional skills to become industry leaders and contributing members of the community.

Building Industry Leaders

Making North Texas Students Career Ready and Life Ready

Building Industry Leaders was conceived by North Texas Young Leader members, and is a cooperative program between ULI North Texas YLG and BCGDallas and BGCGTC.

Program Overview

  • Students: High school students actively engaged in the Boys and Girls Club go through a rigorous application and interview process
  • Volunteers: ULI Young Leaders Group (YLG) members (Real Estate professionals under the age of 35)
  • Schedule: Nine-months split into two semesters (academic calendar)
  • Professions Represented: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Construction, Design, Development, & Finance
  • Programming: Exposure to various professions in commercial real estate, and a hands-on project giving students experience working in these fields

 

Program Schedule

  • Expose teens to various disciplines in real estate development: architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, design, construction, and finance
  • Sessions held at offices of companies in those fields and real estate site visits
  • Volunteers mentor teens through a hands-on development project on a real site using all the skills taught in the fall.
  • Each team pitches its final project to a panel of industry executives to compete for scholarships.

Want to bring Building Industry Leaders to your city?

Josh Goad
Hillwood
Josh.Goad@hillwood.com

 

Laura Oslick
Century Bridge
loslick@centurybridge.com

 

Jack Simone
LB Realty
jsimone@lbrealty.com

 

Scott Hotchkiss
Wick Phillips LLP
scott.hotchkiss@wickphillips.com

Resources

Are you interested in Getting Involved?

Christopher Hernandez – BIL Chair
Kimley Horn
christopher.hernandez@kimley-horn.com

Kenzie Porter – Dallas Co-Chair
Kimley Horn
kenzie.porter@kimley-horn.com

Dylan Munoz – Dallas Co-Chair
Stream Realty
dylan.munoz@streamrealty.com

Preston Bartley – Fort Worth Co-Chair
Pacheco Koch
pbartley@pkce.com

Tony Holzbach – Fort Worth Co-Chair
Frost Bank
Tony.Holzbach@frostbank.com