Le Roy "Terry" Eakin, III
Cofounder and Chairman
EYA, LLC
Terry Eakin is a cofounder and the chairman of EYA, a builder of urban sales housing in
the Washington, D.C., area. EYA is a privately held company that delivers about 200 new
town homes and condominiums each year in smart-growth locations, generally within
the Washington Beltway.
EYA is a national leader in residential urban revitalization and has been highly recognized
in recent years. In 2000, and again in 2009, the firm was designated as America’s Best Builder
by Builder magazine. In 1998 the Urban Land Institute gave one of EYA’s developments
its highest Award of Excellence for being the best small-scale residential project in North
America. EYA projects have won more than 18 national and local real estate development
awards for excellence in the last 16 years. In addition, Mr. Eakin was recognized as
a Washington Area Entrepreneur of the Year in the early growth stages of EYA.
Prior to founding EYA in 1993, Mr. Eakin was the senior vice president and a general partner
for more than 20 years at the Holladay Group, a diversified real estate development
company in the Washington, D.C., area. He graduated from Princeton University
in 1966 and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1968.
Mr. Eakin has been active in community affairs, serving on a variety of school and hospital
boards. Today, his most significant involvement is as chairman of the board of D.C. Prep
Public Charter Schools, a growing group of three high-performance public charter schools
in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Eakin and his wife, Lindsay, live in Washington, D.C., and have four children, one
of whom attended Stanford. Mr. Eakin has been an active member of STANCO Inc., an
organization of about 60 Stanford GSB ’68 classmates that has met annually, first in the
United States and now around the world.