Russ Van Cleve Joins HomeAid Orange County Board of Directors
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IRVINE, Calif. (June 2, 2008) — HomeAid Orange County recently announced the appointment of their newest board member, Russ Van Cleve, president of Empire Homes based in Irvine.
Van Cleve brings over 30 years of homebuilding and development experience to the HomeAid board. With his leadership Empire Homes is serving as the Builder Captain of HomeAid Orange
County's fourth project for Precious Life Shelter in Los Alamitos. An over 5,600 square foot project valued at more than $880,000.
A graduate of UCLA with a master's degree in business administration, Van Cleve started his real estate development career by building condominium projects in the Los Angeles area. In 1987 he founded Empire Homes, a company which has constructed over 2,400 single family homes primarily in Southern California, and developed a 954-lot master planned community of Seneca Springs in Beaumont. Currently, Empire Homes is focused on developing residential in-fill projects in Orange County.
In addition to Van Cleve's philanthropic work with HomeAid, he serves with his wife Kathy, as trustee of the Russell G. Van Cleve Family Foundation which supports Mariners Church, YMCA, Mayo Clinic and many local non-profit organizations.
Van Cleve resides with his wife in Newport Coast.
  
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