Frances Broussard

Vice President

Frances Broussard has been featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for her success and tenacity during her twenty plus years in real estate. Serving as vice president of property management for Hillwood Properties, Broussard oversees property management issues for the 200 companies located at Hillwood’s 17,000-acre AllianceTexas development.  In 2002, Hillwood earned the prestigious International TOBY award (The Office Building of the Year) from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). The TOBY, which rewards efforts in property management, was presented to Broussard and her team for their work on the entire Alliance community.

Broussard supports a variety of customers at AllianceTexas, including distribution centers, corporate campus and offices, aviation facilities, restaurants and retail shops that provide a wide range of property management issues. She interacts daily with residents, ensuring that customers’ needs are met.

AllianceTexas is one of the nation’s first large developments to promote ongoing interaction among its corporate residents. Broussard established this enhanced communication through the AllianceTexas Human Resources Group, a coalition of human resources representatives from companies at AllianceTexas. The group meets regularly to discuss recruiting, training, employee needs and other pertinent issues. The success of the AllianceTexas Human Resources Group has spurred similar associations, including the Alliance Logistics Professionals Organization.

Broussard also oversees the Alliance Opportunity Center, which provides job training and employee placement services for AllianceTexas companies. The Alliance Opportunity Center matches prospective employees to job opportunities, and offers educational courses, such as computer training, English as a Second Language and workplace safety. All programs are managed by Tarrant County College, whose educators are available to customize classes for companies, modifying existing courses to focus on needed areas of study or creating new classes. In 2001 Hillwood was awarded Corporate Partner of the Year by Work Advantage for development and support of the Alliance Opportunity Center. The Alliance Opportunity Center also was named winner of the 2000 Workforce Development Awards for Excellence.

Before joining Hillwood in April 1996, Broussard served as director of asset management for Catellus Development Company. Working in the Dallas office, she was responsible for a retail, industrial, office and land portfolio in a seven-state region. Previously she served as property manager with Transwestern Property Company in Dallas, where she was responsible for more than two million square feet of industrial buildings throughout the Fort Worth/Dallas metroplex.

Broussard is the past chair of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce North Area Council Board of Directors and a graduate of Leadership Fort Worth. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for The North Texas Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Harris Methodist Foundation Development Council. Broussard is a former member of the Tarrant Area Work Advantage Board, for which she was appointed by Fort Worth Mayor Kenneth Barr. In addition, Broussard has volunteered as a mentor for Communities in Schools and volunteers at Cancer Care Services. She received the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation from the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute and the Certified Property Manager designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management, also serving on the Education Committee.

Broussard holds a Texas real estate license. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana.