As the President and CEO of Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse for more than 30 years, Mr. Struever has led the company in its efforts to "Build Better Communities" through both commercial and residential projects located throughout the Baltimore and mid-Atlantic region. Since the company's founding in 1974, Struever has been the driving force behind community revitalization efforts that bolster entire neighborhoods and extend beyond individual projects. He has led SBE&R from a small company started in his mother's basement to a $180 million real estate development and general contracting company with four regional offices in the United States. Struever has played a key role in the Baltimore's revitalization through his passion, creativity and commitment to rebuilding the city. His vision for the future is to help Baltimore lead the country in urban revitalization, adaptive reuse of economically obsolete industrial buildings, and Brownfields development. In stride with the company's business efforts, he actively supports civic organizations aimed at fostering and expanding business and economic development. He has served as President of the Downtown Partnership, Chair of the Baltimore Metropolitan Private Industry Council and is currently on the boards of Greater Baltimore Council, Greater Baltimore Alliance and Greater Baltimore Technology Council. In 2000, Struever was named the Baltimore Sun's Marylander of the Year, Baltimore Business Journal's Businessperson of the Year, and the Maryland Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. That same year he received the Business and Leadership Award by the Maryland Small Business Advisory Council, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Award, and the Florence Beck Kurdle Award for Community Activism and Achievement from the Maryland Department of Planning, and the Baltimore's Extraordinary Technology Advocate Award from the Greater Baltimore Technology Council. Over the years, he has received special recognition from all levels of government including a 1996 Governor's Citation from the Task force on Juvenile Justice Reform, a 1995 Congressional Achievement Award for "Outstanding Contributions to Serving the Citizens of Baltimore City;" the 1993 Economic Leadership Award from the National Council for Urban Economic Development; the 1987 Mayor's Business Recognition Award, and selection as America's Outstanding Business Volunteer of the Year in 1986 by President Reagan. As reflection of the vital role education and technology play in the success of businesses, Struever has committed himself to educational service. He recently completed his tenure as Vice Chair to the Baltimore Board of School Commissioners, yet remains actively committed to the future of Baltimore's youth as a member of the Mayor's Youth Council, and has served as a member of the Maryland State Department of Education School-to-Work Task Force, Chair of the Education & Youth Policy Committee Governor's Workforce Investment Board, and Chairman of the Education Task Force Governor's Employment and Training Council. Struever has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Anthropology from Brown University. He is certified as a Master Electrician.