D. R. Horne & Company fosters a collaborative and team-oriented work environment. Augmenting our core professional staff (below) is a network of senior-level associates with specialized expertise. The management capability and diverse skills of our staff and associates allow DRH to meet the broad needs of our clients and their distinctive real estate portfolios.
Headquarters Staff
Douglas R. Horne (President), who has over thirty-five years of experience in land planning, real estate asset management and development, formed D. R. Horne & Company in 1982, to expand the capacity and geographic reach of a consulting firm he established in the mid-1970’s that served clients mainly in New England. Based in Washington, DC, Douglas has developed a national reputation for planning and executing real estate projects that meet extraordinary standards of design and financial performance, focusing particularly on matters of sustainability. He is an investor and developer of real estate through several separate entities.
Douglas is also a Partner of Horne Rose, LLC, an affiliated firm of Jonathan Rose Companies in New York. Horne Rose, LLC collaborates with cities, towns and not-for-profits to plan and develop environmentally responsible, culturally diverse communities. As Director of the Land Advisory Services Program of The Conservation Fund in Arlington, Virginia, Douglas has worked with TCF since its inception in 1985, managing planning services and coordinating acquisition and development activities with regulating agencies at the local, state and federal level. As a Managing Director of Open Lands, Inc., he founded and operates real estate investment funds focused on the acquisition and development of residential projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. Previously, he served as Associate Director of American Farmland Trust, where he was responsible for leading land protection efforts nationwide, and was director of the Rural Project at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC. He was Associate Land Use Planner for Windham Regional Planning Commission in Brattleboro, VT.
Mr. Horne is a Director of the Demeter Fund, a Director of the Woodstock Foundation, a former Trustee of the Adirondack Conservancy and Land Trust, and a former Trustee of Stone Barns Restoration Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Marlboro College and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Roger L. Horne directs operations at D. R. Horne & Company, providing general oversight for all projects. He also directs property management projects for the firm’s clients, providing financial controls, permitting coordination, and reporting. In that capacity, Roger manages all aspects of conservation-based land transactions including development of protection and disposition plans, and marketing and management of sales to private buyers and public agencies. He received a B.A. in Biology from Rutgers University, and an M.A. in Environmental Resource Policy from George Washington University.
Hillary Quarles has over eleven years of project management and master planning experience. She has led numerous projects with significant public visitation components, focusing particularly on interpretive and educational programming, and partnership strategies for implementation. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Hillary managed all aspects of planning and implementation of a LEED Platinum interpretive building with extensive trails and day-use visitation facilities throughout the 1,100-acre site. She led a vision-planning process for the Town of Vienna, Maryland, and developed a master plan for 14,000 acres adjacent to Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia for land protection, real estate development and expansion of educational programs. Prior to joining D. R. Horne & Company, Hillary was a project manager, planner, and landscape designer at EDAW, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia. Hillary received a Master of Landscape Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a B.A. in English from Yale University.
Amanda Medori Hallauer has been professionally engaged for over eight years in the fields of land use planning and conservation, with proficiency in environmental resource assessment, land protection policy and techniques, and geographic analysis. At D. R. Horne & Company, she manages and supports diverse projects encompassing sustainable land planning and development, historic preservation and re-use, and community visioning and entitlement. Amanda has worked with Colonial Williamsburg Foundation on the design and implementation of a protected-sale strategy for the Carter’s Grove historic site; generated a master use plan for the 65,000-acre Moloka’i Ranch in Hawaii; and assembled and managed a team responsible for planning the development of the Hershey School North Campus. Amanda’s background includes work as a geospatial analyst for NOAA in Silver Spring, MD. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Science degree in ecology and environmental studies from Tulane University and a Master of Environmental Management degree in landscape ecology and conservation from Duke University, where she was a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow.
Christian J. Lewis is in charge of resource mapping with additional responsibility for managing environmental and land capability assessments. His project experience includes assisting the Hershey Trust Company on the master planning and development of the Hershey Center for Applied Research in Hershey, Pennsylvania; conducting environmental and regulatory assessments and site accommodation studies for the Sundance Resort and Village in Sundance, Utah; developing a property use, development and disposition strategy for an assemblage owned by The Conservation Fund in Emmitsburg, Maryland; and managing D. R. Horne & Company’s Geographic Information Systems database. Previously, Chris worked with The Conservation Fund in production of the innovative Better Models for Development series of publications. Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in telecommunications from the University of Utah.
Megan E. Kelly manages complex sustainable land use planning and development projects that proceed typically to physical implementation. She has eight years of project management experience specializing in real estate development, watershed planning and land conservation. Meg has been project manager of all design, renovation and new development at the Woodstock Resort Corporation in Vermont, and has been instrumental in managing physical and institutional planning elements of the Sundance Village project in Utah. Prior to joining D. R. Horne & Company, she led The Conservation Fund’s Milwaukee Field Office where she ran Milwaukee’s “Greenseams” land acquisition program, aimed at preventing flooding risks in the region through land conservation. She holds a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, and a B.A. in Urban and Environmental Affairs from Marquette University. Meg is a member of the American Planning Association.
