Mitchell Joins Endowment Board of Trustees
 | | Marlene and Bob Mitchell |
Robert (Bob) L. Mitchell, co-founder of Mitchell & Best, a Rockville, Md.-based home builder, has joined the board of trustees of the National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB. Mitchell has been involved in the home building industry since 1964, and his company has been voted “Builder of the Year” for 13 of the last 15 years by the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association (MNCBIA), of suburban Washington, D.C. Mitchell has served as a senior officer at NAHB from 1997 to 2001 and was the NAHB president in 2000. He created the Home Builders Care program during his tenure as president. He has also served as an officer with MNCBIA and the Maryland State Builders Association. Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck South Asia late last year, Mitchell helped spearhead the creation of the Home Builders Care/National Housing Endowment Tsunami Shelter Fund that has raised more than $354,000 to date to build permanent shelter for the surviving victims through partnerships with Habitat for Humanity® International and Shelter For Life International. Recently, Mitchell and his wife, Marlene, have established the Robert and Marlene Mitchell Fund at the National Housing Endowment to benefit the Home Builders Care Initiative and the NAHB Housing Archives. “We are very privileged to be a part of this industry and have received so much through our work,” Mitchell said. “Marlene and I have always marveled at the community work our home builders are doing across the country. This gift is a small token of the esteem we hold for those giving back.” Mitchell also serves on the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and the Board of Visitors of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland-College Park. | 
