Kelly Ritz
Kelly Ritz (born January 14, 1965 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American business owner and former attorney specializing in environmental and land-use law. She is president of Stone Bridge Homes NW, a home building company she founded in 2006 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. A board member of the Oregon Home Builders Association since 2009, Ritz has chaired the group’s government affairs committee.
History
Ritz earned her bachelor’s degree in 1987 from the University of Puget Sound, where she majored in English literature and political theory.
She attended Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, earning a law degree in 1991. While in law school, she founded her first company, Rose City Cheesecake.
From 1992 to 1995, Ritz worked as an attorney for Portland law firm Copeland, Landye, Bennett, and Wolf, where she specialized in real estate law.
In 1995, she worked as a lobbyist for the Oregon Home Builders Association.
From 1995 to 2006, Ritz worked as in-house counsel and in a land-acquisition and development role for Venture Properties, Inc. She became Vice-President of Venture Properties in 1999 and President in 2002.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
In 2006, Ritz founded Stone Bridge Homes NW, a home builder in northwest Oregon.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
History
Ritz earned her bachelor’s degree in 1987 from the University of Puget Sound, where she majored in English literature and political theory.
She attended Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, earning a law degree in 1991. While in law school, she founded her first company, Rose City Cheesecake.
From 1992 to 1995, Ritz worked as an attorney for Portland law firm Copeland, Landye, Bennett, and Wolf, where she specialized in real estate law.
In 1995, she worked as a lobbyist for the Oregon Home Builders Association.
From 1995 to 2006, Ritz worked as in-house counsel and in a land-acquisition and development role for Venture Properties, Inc. She became Vice-President of Venture Properties in 1999 and President in 2002.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
In 2006, Ritz founded Stone Bridge Homes NW, a home builder in northwest Oregon.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
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