Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 26, 2000

Gary Mcdaniel – Chateau Communities Inc (cpj)

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 overview

of Chateau?

Mr. McDaniel: In its current form, Chateau was created in 1997 with the

merger between Chateau Properties,