Paul Kane

Paul Kane is the Executive Vice President/CEO of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County.  The HBA is the trade association of over 2,800 members serving the residential construction industry throughout Wake County, North Carolina, and has the largest membership of any HBA in the nation.

After growing up in a small town in Oklahoma, Paul obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in 1989, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1992.

Paul began his career as a real estate lawyer, practicing for 14 years with the prestigious Tulsa, Oklahoma law firm of Eller and Detrich.  Paul also taught Business Law at Langston University as an adjunct professor for 12 years.  As a lawyer, Paul represented the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa and many of its members.  Paul was a member of the Tulsa HBA and served on its board of directors.

From 2006 through September 2015, Paul served as the Executive Vice President/CEO for the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa.  Paul was awarded the National Association of Home Builders Executive Officer of the Year in 2012 and served as the President of the NAHB Executive Officers Council in 2015.

In 2015, Paul moved his family to Raleigh to assume the role of CEO of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake County.  In 2021, Paul served as the President of the North Carolina Home Builders Association Executive Officers Council and was awarded the 2021 North Carolina Executive Officer of the Year.  In 2022, Paul was honored by NAHB with the Seldon Hale Career Achievement Award.

Outside of the HBA, Paul is the secretary and board member of Operation Coming Home, a charity that builds new homes for veterans who were injured in combat operations.

Paul and his wife, Sabrina, have two daughters, Lauren and Emma, and a son, Marshall.