The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE:RYL) today announced the election of Robert
G. van Schoonenberg to its board of directors.
Mr. van Schoonenberg is currently chairman and chief executive officer
of BayPoint Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity and advisory firm in
Newport Beach, California. Previously, he was executive vice president,
general counsel and secretary of Avery Dennison Corporation, a Los
Angeles based NYSE Fortune 500 manufacturer of pressure-sensitive
industrial labeling materials, office products and retail tag and
branding systems. Mr. van Schoonenberg currently serves on the board of
directors of Guidance Software, Inc., Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. and
Premiere Entertainment, LLC.
Headquartered in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s
largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. Since its
founding in 1967, Ryland has built more than 285,000 homes and financed
more than 240,000 mortgages. The Company currently operates in 15 states
and 19 homebuilding divisions across the country and is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.” For more information,
please visit www.ryland.com.
The Ryland Group, Inc.
Drew Mackintosh, Vice President,
Investor
Relations (818) 223-7548
