Francis Iacobucci Jr., President

Francis started working alongside his father in 1968, when he was 11 years old. He started as a laborer, and through the years has worked as a carpenter, foreman, site superintendent, estimator and project manager.

In 1996, the Iacobucci family successfully sold their home building company to the publicly traded Fortress Group, where he became the Division President for Pennsylvania and New Jersey operations. Later, in 2002, Fortress Group sold their Iacobucci Homes division to Baker Companies of Pennsylvania, where Fran continued his work as their Division Manager.

Since 1980, Francis as a member of the Iacobucci Organization team assisted in developing, building, and selling over 6000 single family homes, town homes, condominiums, apartment complexes, and commercial/industrial complexes. He helped lead his team to winning many industry honors, including multiyear listings among the nation's Top 400 Builders, national awards for best communities, and numerous local awards for building and sales achievements.

Francis now serves as President of Francis Iacobucci Properties, where he continues his family's tradition of excellence in the industry, bringing his expertise and experience in property management, land development and home building to today's challenging environment. He is familiar with the intricacies of the building process, and with the various components of approval procurement, permitting, site planning, topography, infrastructure design, environmental regulation, and home construction.

His numerous industry leadership activities include:

• Past Vice President and current Life Director of the Home Builders Association (HBA) for Bucks & Montgomery Counties, and a past Chairman of the Legislative Committee for the organization.
  
  
• Associate Director on the Chester County Conservation District Board (CCCD), a federal agency that governs soil and environmental issues in the county, and one of the liaisons between the HBA and the CCCD.
  
  
• Board of Directors - Radnor Fire Company
  
  
• Board of Directors - Llanerch Country Club
  
  
• Pennsylvania Real Estate License

Francis attended Wesley College and Villanova University, and still continues his education through classes, workshops and seminars on industry issues, including Pennsylvania Real Estate Licenses courses, training courses for the Multicultural buyer, Value Engineering seminars, Erosion and Sediment DEP, Dirt and gravel road training and several other construction and commercial property educational classes.

He served for many years on the Board of Trustees of the West Chester Friends School and was a coach for the West Chester United Soccer Club's youth program for over 15 years. He and his wife, Karen, have four children and two granddaughters, and are longtime residents of the Delaware Valley.

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