Brent
Leftwich
Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer
Brent Leftwich’s land experience includes
30+ years of service to the oil and gas, real estate,
pipeline, utility, transportation and telecommunication
industries. Having begun his oil and gas/Right
of Way career in the late 1970’s, he has
transformed his one-man operation into one of the
nation's largest Right of Way and Land Management
consulting companies.
With B.A. degree concentrations
in Urban Planning and Public Administration, Brent
began his working career in the public sector,
and became Interim City Manager of Lockhart, Texas
at the age of 22. From there Brent ventured into
real estate, which led him into the oil and gas/Right
of Way industry.
With vision and leadership Brent
has propelled the growth of CLS, acquiring a reputation
of bringing innovation, technology, and new ideas
into the Right of Way industry such as the development
of CLS’s Virtual Right of Way Department.™ Also
under his guidance and direction, the Right of
Way project management database PowerTrak and its
next generation CLSLiNK™ have been developed
and deployed nationwide.
Brent is an IRWA Certified
Instructor of the Right of Way Agent’s Development
Program as well as a frequent instructor for the
CLS Professional Development Institute on virtually
any aspect of Right of Way. Honors include being
named the IRWA Chapter 8 Right of Way Professional
of the Year and CLS being named as the IRWA Large
Employer of the Year, both in 1999.
Brent is a
sought after presenter at national conferences
in the energy and land management industries. He
has served as Chair of the IRWA International Environmental
Committee, is a member of the International Pipeline
Committee, and a longtime member and past President
of the IRWA's Gulf State Chapter 8.
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