• LENNAR CORP Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 11.08 M
    Stuart A. Miller has served as a Director of the Company since April 1990 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since April 1997. From 1997 until 2005, Mr. Miller served as the Chairman of the Board of LNR Property Corporation, a company that invests in commercial real estate and real estate-related securities, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company until it was spun-off in October 1997.
    Total Compensation: $ 5.85 M
    Mr. Jaffe has served as Vice President since 1994 and has served as our Chief Operating Officer since December 2004. Before that time, Mr. Jaffe served as a Regional President in our Homebuilding operations. Additionally, prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Jaffe was one of our Directors from 1997 through June 2004.
    Total Compensation: $ 5.68 M
    Mr. Gross has served as Vice President and our Chief Financial Officer since 1997. Before that, Mr. Gross was Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer of Pacific Greystone Corporation.
    Mark Sustana - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Sustana has served as our Secretary and General Counsel since 2005. Before joining Lennar, Mr. Sustana held various legal positions at GenTek, Inc., a manufacturer of communication products, industrial components and performance chemicals.
    Richard Beckwitt - Executive VP
    Total Compensation: $ 5.75 M
    Mr. Beckwitt has served as our Executive Vice President since March 2006. In this position, Mr. Beckwitt is involved in all operational aspects of our company. Mr. Beckwitt served on the Board of Directors of D.R. Horton, Inc. from 1993 to November 2003. From 1993 to March 2000, he held various executive officer positions at D.R. Horton, including President of the company.
    Diane J. Bessette - Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ 2.87 M
    Ms. Bessette joined us in 1995 and has served as our Controller since 1997. She was appointed a Vice President in 2000. On February 21, 2008, Diane J. Bessette was named Vice President and Treasurer.
    Marshall H. Ames - Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Ames has served as Vice President since 1982 and has been responsible for Investor Relations since 2000.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Sidney Lapidus - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Sidney Lapidus has served as a Director of the Company since April 1997. Mr. Lapidus is a retired partner of Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity investment firm, and was with Warburg Pincus from 1967 until the end of 2007. Mr. Lapidus currently serves as a director of Knoll, Inc. and The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. as well as a number of non-profit organizations.
    Irving Bolotin - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Irving Bolotin has served as a Director of the Company since 1974. Mr. Bolotin is currently retired. From 1972 until his retirement in December 1998, Mr. Bolotin served as a Senior Vice President of our company. Mr. Bolotin also serves on the Board of Directors of Rechtien International Trucks, Inc.
    R. Kirk Landon - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    R. Kirk Landon has served as a Director of the Company since January 1999. Since 1996, Mr. Landon has served as the President of The Kirk Foundation and President of The Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Landon served as Chairman of Orange Clothing Company, a clothing manufacturing company. From 1993 until 2006, Mr. Landon served as Chairman of Innovative Surveillance Technology, a provider of surveillance equipment. From 1983 until 2004, Mr. Landon served on the Board of Trustees of Barry University. Mr. Landon currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Florida International University.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Donna E. Shalala has served as a Director of the Company since April 2001. Since June 2001, Ms. Shalala has served as the President of the University of Miami, a private higher-education institution, as well as a Professor of Political Science. Before that, from January 1993 until January 2001, Ms. Shalala served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Before that, from 1987 until 1993, Ms. Shalala served as a Professor of Political Science and Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Shalala also served as a Professor of Political Science and President of Hunter College from 1980 to 1987, and as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Carter administration. A distinguished political scientist, she has served widely in the areas of education, urban housing and health policy. Ms. Shalala is also a director of Gannett Co., Inc., a Trustee of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
    Steven L. Gerard - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Steven L. Gerard has served as a Director of the Company since May 2000. Since October 2000, Mr. Gerard has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of CBIZ, Inc., a provider of professional business services to individuals and companies throughout the United States. Mr. Gerard was elected Chairman of CBIZ, Inc. in October 2002. Before that, from July 1997 to October 2000, Mr. Gerard served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Great Point Capital, Inc., an operations and financial consulting firm. Before that, from September 1992 to July 1997, Mr. Gerard served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Triangle Wire & Cable, Inc., and its successor, Ocean View Capital, Inc. a manufacturer of residential, commercial and industrial wire and cable products. Mr. Gerard is also a director of Joy Global, Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld has served as a Director of the Company since September 2005. Mr. Sonnenfeld has served as the Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs and the Lester Crown Professor-in-the-Practice of Management for the Yale School of Management since 2001. In 1989, Mr. Sonnenfeld founded the Chief Executive Leadership Institute of Yale University, and he has served as its President since that time.
    David Collins - Controller
    Total Compensation: $ —
    On February 21, 2008, David Collins was named Controller of Lennar Corporation. Mr. Collins joined Lennar in 1998 and most recently was Executive Director of Financial Reporting.