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WCI Names New CFO

Saturday, November 15, 2008

WCI Communities Inc. has named a new chief financial officer who will come to the luxury home builder in December from an Arizona-based company.

 

Russell Devendorf will become a senior vice president for the Bonita Springs-based WCI, which is under federal bankruptcy protection. He was vice president of finance at Meritage Homes Corp. in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is a certified public accountant and certified treasury professional.

 

Before joining Meritage, the 35-year-old worked with Hollywood, Fla.-based home builder TOUSA Inc., where he held several financial and accounting management positions during a six-year period, most recently as vice president and treasurer.

 

Devendorf also was a senior auditor at Ernst & Young, LLP, in the company's real estate practice.

Reported by The Herald Tribune (11/12/2008)