TEAM

The team at Land Innovations believes that the creation of exceptional communities results from experience, an uncompromised work ethic and a rigorous creative process. Land Innovations sees each new development as a blank canvas, drawing inspiration from the land and positioning its communities within the natural beauty and habitat to meet the demands of the ever changing marketplace. Each project is approached differently because each piece of land, project owner and community vision is unique and deserves its own goals and personality. With Land Innovations there is intrinsic value in maximizing the potential of a property that cannot be measured solely in dollars. Creating community that inspires people is the greatest legacy the company hopes to leave behind.

Dudley Smith

PARTNER

Nashville native, R. Dudley Smith, Jr. has been involved in site planning, engineering, home building and the design and development of multiple complex residential communities in Middle Tennessee since 1978. Dudley is an innovative and intuitive visionary who has both an engineering degree and an artist’s eye.

Unsatisfied with the status quo, Dudley enjoys the challenge of reshaping communities and assisting in facilitating new environments that inspire the way we live, work and express ourselves. His passion is to facilitate the development of living environments that provide a return on investment well beyond the pocketbook. Prior to co-founding Land Innovations and sister company, CPS Land, he served as vice president of land acquisition, land planning, design and development for Fox Ridge Homes, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based home-building and real estate company from 1985 to 1997. Dudley also worked as an engineer for Cumberland Techtonics, a landscape architecture and planning firm from 1978 to 1985. Today Smith finds his niche identifying land, deal making, team building, and managing infrastructure design and development. A pragmatic, detail-oriented executive with uniquely creative instincts, Smith is able to indulge both his keen intellect and his fertile imagination through Land Innovations ambitious and groundbreaking projects.

Education

Southern Polytechnic State University, BA, Civil Engineering,
University of Tulane – Civil Engineering

David Horwath

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

As Land Innovations Sr. Project Manager, David Horwath, Jr. brings over a decade of land development, corporate strategy, and new business start-up experience. Horwath joined Land Innovations in 2016 and oversees the day-to-day management of Stephens Valley.

Prior to joining Land Innovations, Horwath has served in a variety of real estate development roles across the U.S., Canada, and Brazil. He has overseen the development and execution of 12 master planned communities in 6 different states, worked three years in Canada and Brazil on Public-Private Partnerships that ranged from $150M to $1B, and served as VP of Business Development in D.C. where he was responsible for developing and executing $350M in real estate opportunities.

In 2015, he partnered with a local Christian family to launch Katharos Farm, a beyond organic farm focusing on delivering the purest meat in TN by avoiding chemicals and mimicking nature. In his free time, you can find Horwath with his family, teaching a Bible study, traveling, and occasionally on a golf course.

“Land Innovations is a very special place to work. From an infectious culture to an intense focus on developing communities that inspire and organically mature, our work seeks to balance a respect for the past while challenging the “traditional” development thought process. Collectively, this team spends our time, energy, and efforts collaborating on how to connect the seen and typically unnoticed elements. This approach, when we get it right, can not only be observed, but more importantly it is felt.”

Education

– Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
– Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management, Masters in Business Administration, Beta Gamma Sigma Honoree

Affiliations and Accreditations
Professional Civil Engineer, Tennessee – Active

Lisa Underwood

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Lisa Underwood is a high-energy sales and marketing professional with over 25 years’ experience in the Nashville/Middle Tennessee residential real estate industry. Underwood began her career as the marketing director of a large, Brentwood, TN-based residential home building company working alongside Land Innovations chief manager, Dudley Smith.

Lisa is well-versed in all aspects of new-home and residential development marketing including market research, strategic planning and budgeting, event planning, advertising, media buying, website coordination, social media, brochure development and coordination, press releases and corporate newsletters, signage programming, and public relations. Throughout her career, she has been involved in various aspects of many highly successful new-home communities such as Annandale, Você, Witherspoon, Montclair, Fieldstone Farms, Burkitt Place, Mill Run, Highlands of Brentwood, Villages of Brentwood, and Riverwalk and Providence.

Education:

Tennessee Tech University – graduated Summa Cum Laude

Awards and Affiliations:

  • Member of the Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM) of the National Association. of Home Builders
  • Certified New-Home Sales Professional (CSP) of the National Sales and Marketing Council
  • 3-time recipient of Regional Marketing Director of the Year from the National Sales and Marketing Council of the National Association of Home Builders
  • 10-time member of the Home Builders Association of Middle TN Parade of Homes Committee