Roy Donahue Peebles is chairman and CEO of the most successful African American real estate development company in the nation, The Peebles Corporation. The Miami based company, which has offices in Las Vegas and Washington D.C., manages a $4 billion development portfolio with properties like: The Royal Palm Hotel on South Beach, Las Palmas Hotel Residencies in Las Vegas, and 10 G Street, N.E. Washington D.C. His awards include: Developer of the Year” at the Women Builders Council 11th Annual Champion Awards, National Executive Service Corps Award for “Outstanding Service to the Non-Profit Community,” Entrepreneur of the Year presented by Rev. Jesse Jackson at the 11th annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, and “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Best of Black Business Awards.