Comstock President, COO Gregory Benson Resigns

(RTTNews) - Comstock Holding Cos Inc (CHCI), a homebuilding company in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, said Friday that Gregory Benson has resigned as the company's president and chief operating officer.

Benson remains on the company's board. His current term will expire at the company's 2015 annual meeting of stockholders.

Comstock said Michael Twiss, vice president of Construction, will assume management of the company's production functions. Dennis Kelleher, vice president of Land, will assume management of the company's project entitlement and land development functions.

Twiss, a 16-year veteran of the company and the former President of its Raleigh Division, has over 28 years of experience in the homebuilding industry. Kelleher, who joined Comstock in 2012 after his role as Area President-Washington/Baltimore Region for the NYSE-listed company MI Homes, has over 25 years of experience with regional and national homebuilders.

Separately, Tere Richards has been appointed vice president of Sales, assuming management of the company's project sales and related functions. Richards has more than 30 years of experience in management of new home sales and marketing, having held management positions with NVR, one of the nation's largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies.