Mr. Thomas J. Mitchell, also known as Tom, has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of TRI Pointe Group, Inc. since January 30, 2013. Mr. Mitchell was the Founder of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. Mr. Mitchell served as the President of Tri Pointe Homes, Inc., and served as its Chief Operating Officer since April 2009. He served as Principal and Manager of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. since 2010. He served as a Secretary of Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. since April 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at TRI Pointe Homes, LLC. He served as Senior Vice President and President of Southern California Division at William Lyon Homes until February 27, 2009 and also served as its Executive Vice President of Business Development & Operations until February 27, 2009. From 1998 to 2009, Mr. Mitchell served in several capacities, including most recently Executive Vice President for William Lyon Homes. He joined William Lyon Homes in 1999, when it acquired substantially all of the assets of William Lyon Homes, where he served as a Project Manager, Vice President and Division President since December 1988. He has significant experience in land acquisition, entitlement and development, project planning, product design, construction operations, finance, sales/marketing, customer satisfaction and warranty service. Prior to his 20-year tenure at William Lyon Homes, Mr. Mitchell spent over two years with The Irvine Company in their community development group and over two years with Pacific Savings Bank. He has more than 25 years experience in the real estate development and homebuilding industry. Mr. Mitchell serves as a Director of Ocean Institute. He served as a Director of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. Mr. Mitchell served as a Member of the board of managers of TPH LLC since 2010. His accomplishments have been recognized by, among other things, his being awarded the Outstanding Home Design and National Home of the Year awards and being identified by Home Builder Executive as a Top 100 President. In 2004, Mr. Mitchell was awarded the BIA Inland Empire Builder of the Year. He holds B.A. from California State University of Long Beach.