Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 26, 2000
GARY P. MCDANIEL has been Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
Chateau Communities, Inc. since February 1997. He served as the Chairman
of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of ROC Communities,
Inc. since 1993, and had been a Principal of ROC's predecessors since
1979. He has been active in the manufactured home industry since 1972.
He is a Trustee of N Tandem Trust. Mr. McDaniel has been active in
several state and national manufactured home associations, including
associations in Florida and Colorado. In 1996, he was named Industry
Person of the Year by the National Manufactured Housing Industry
Association. Mr. McDaniel is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Manufactured Housing Institute. He is a graduate of the
University of Wyoming and has served as a Captain in the United States
Air Force. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a background summary and an overviewof Chateau?
Mr. McDaniel: In its current form, Chateau was created in 1997 with the
merger between Chateau Properties,