San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
A GREAT NIGHT FOR GSABA
Greater San Antonio Builders Association hosts the Annual 2021 Holiday Gala and Presidential Installation MIKE SOWRY SET TO LEAD GSABA IN 2022, SCHMID, PRUSKI, AND WHISENANT ARE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
It was a night filled with excitement for the Greater San Antonio Builders Association. The best of the San Antonio builder’s community gathered at Security Service Federal Credit Union’s Event Center on Thursday, December 9th for the annual Holiday Gala and Installation of 2022 GSABA President, Mike Sowry.
The much anticipated, Holiday Gala and Presidential Installation, is a favorite year end celebration for the Association. During the event GSABA installs its ladder of officers for the coming year. This year’s ceremony marked the passing of the owner of Virtuoso Builders, overseeing extensive residential Design + Build projects located in San Antonio and surrounding areas.
For Virtuoso Builders, Sowry oversees the site management of all construction projects, schedules and coordinates subcontractors, and customizes the clients overall experience. Sowry was the trained project supervisor during ongoing company expansion to ensure attention to detail and adherence to company policy and developed new on-site practices, increasing efficiency and profits. Sowry also created “job autopsy” at the end of each project to ensure the company continues using best practices and doesn’t repeat mistakes going forward. He maintains client expectations throughout gavel from outgoing President Ed Berlanga to Mike Sowry. Supporting Sowry will be Shad Schmid, First Vice-President; Tim Pruski, VicePresident, Treasurer; and Scott Whisenant, Associate Vice-President.
Mike Sowry is a General Contractor with 30 years of experience in the construction industry, 18 of those years as current the planning and construction process. Sowry calls this “Remodeling Therapy”.
Sowry attended the University of
Texas, Austin and graduated with a BA in Government, 1988. As additional skills, he is a certified Lighting Designer and is bilingual in French and English. Sowry is a member of the Remodelers20 Club (Rhinos) through the National Association of Home Builders. He has won the 2x
Fast Track Award Recipient from the SA Business Journal, Multiple Summit Awards and National awards from Pro Remodeler and Remodeling magazines. He graduated “Leadership San Antonio Class 38” through San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and became GSABA Remodelers Council President in 2010. Sowry also coordinated with Habitat for
Humanity to create a Wrecking Crew for remodeling demolition and to haul off salvageable materials that have been featured in numerous SA Express-News articles and the SA Business Journal.
Shad Schmid will serve on the Executive Leadership Committee as First Vice President. Schmid is Co-Owner of King Fish Development, L.L.C., a residential land development and real estate company that will also offer consulting services. Previously with Armadillo Homes, he has 16 years of land acquisition, financing, and development experience. He served Armadillo / View Homes through the acquisition of land and lots for the San Antonio, New Braunfels, Laredo, El Paso, and Las Cruces markets. Prior to joining Armadillo Homes, Schmid served in progressive land acquisition roles at Ryland Homes, M/I Homes and Marlin Atlantis White, acquiring in excess of 20,000 lots for detached single family homes. Schmid earned an MBA with an emphasis in finance from Southern Methodist University in 2005 and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in 1994. He is a Life Member of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition (S.A.L.E.). Schmid and his wife Andi have two daughters, Abigail, and Olivia.
Tim Pruski will advance on the Executive ladder as Vice President, Treasure. Pruski has been in the homebuilding industry in the San
Antonio area for over 22 years. In 1993, he began his career with Aspen Homes as
a Superintendent. Pruski remained with Aspen Homes through two company acquisitions - Continental Homes in
1994 and DR Horton, Inc. in 1997. He was promoted internally during these transitions and found his niche in land development and land acquisition. In 2003, DR Horton promoted him to Vice President of Land Development.
Pruski currently serves as the
Land Manager at Bella Vista Homes, overseeing all land development and land acquisitions since 2011. He has a wide range of knowledge in master planned communities and has been actively involved and has chaired the Association’s Government Affairs Committee for many years. Pruski was instrumental in making Bella Vista Homes a common name in the San Antonio market.
A graduate of Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Pruski received his BBA in Accounting in 1991. He is an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoys both hobbies with his wife, Regina.
Scott Whisenant will join the Executive Committee in 2022 as Associate Vice President. Whisenant the Vice President of Sales for StrucSure Home Warranty. He joined StrucSure in 2010 and has been highly involved with numerous homebuilder associations across Texas. Whisenant has received multiple industry awards including Associate of the Year Award in 2016 and Associate Legend of the Year in 2017. and is a member