Don Valden - CEO

Don D. Valden has been a respected businessman in the State of Texas for over 28 years.  He has been an Entrepreneur in the Real Estate and the Oil and Gas/Energy industries since 1980. After graduating from the Texas Real Estate Institute and Tarrant County Junior College where he received his Associates degree in Business/Marketing, Don became an independent Right of Way Consultant in 1981. He has worked as a Right of Way Consultant for some of the largest Energy companies in the world such as Koch Industries, Gulf States Utilities, Southern Natural Gas, Devon Energy and EOG Resources.
 
Don is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Texas Right of Way Associates – TRWA, Inc. & American Right of Way Associates, Inc. – ARWA.  He has been working in the Barnett Shale play and the Haynesville Shale play for the past six years and has over 28 years experience in the oil, gas and energy industry.  

In the early 1980’s Don was also President and CEO of a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Company and publisher of a foreclosure listing service company in four Texas counties. He was a national real estate investment speaker in the mid 1980’s. 

Don is well qualified in virtually all aspects of the acquisition process and specializing in right of way and oil, gas & utility acquisition.

Don is a member and instructor for the TCU Energy Institute on the Texas Christian University campus and also conducts regular training courses in Right of Way Acquisitions at the Barnett Shale Training Center in Ft. Worth Texas & the Petroleum Club in Shreveport Louisiana.

Don has also been a strong supporter of the Association of Professional Landmen (APL) & the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) and first became a member in 1981.

EDUCATION

Graduate of Southwest High School – Fort Worth, Texas
Tarrant County Junior College – Business Associates Degree
Tarrant County Junior College – Marketing Associates Degree

Graduate of Texas Real Estate Institute – Fort Worth, Texas
Law and Agency Relationships
Analysis of Real Estate Investment Property
Real Estate Fundamentals
Real Estate Appraisal
Fair Housing

INTERNATIONAL RIGHT OF WAY ASSOCIATION

Sponsored Courses Completed:
Course 103 - Ethics and the Right of Way Profession
Course 104 - Standards of Practice for the Right of Way Professional
Course 205 - Bargaining Negotiations
Course 401 - The Appraisal of Partial Acquisitions
Course 403 - Easement Valuation

PROFESSIONAL and MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Chief Executive Officer of TEXAS RIGHT OF WAY ASSOCIATES/TRWA, INC./ARWA, Inc.  having 28 years experience in various aspects of the energy industry including Project Management, Land Survey & Engineering plats & profiles, Pipeline Route Studies, Petroleum Pipelines, Natural Gas Pipelines, Chemical Pipelines, Jet Fuel Pipelines, High Voltage Transmission Lines, Water and Sewer Lines, Road Crossing Permits, Road Casings, Construction Easements, Staging Areas, Damage Claim Settlements and Encroachment Issues.

Additional experience in Project Management & Fee Simple and Easement acquisitions including Title Abstracting, Platting, Well Location and Connections Sites, Compressor Sites, Valve Sites, Meter Runs Sites, High Voltage Transmission Lines, Utility and Roadway Widening.
Experience in Eminent Domain and has testified in Commissioner’s Court.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

National Real Estate Investment Speaker
International Right of Way Association – Member since 1981
Petroleum Club of Fort Worth – Member
Texas Real Estate Commission  – Registered Licensed R/W Agent
American Professional Landmen - Member
National Republican Congressional Committee – Member
State of Texas Notary Public