About Greenbrier Southwest

Greenbrier Southwest’s principals are husband-and-wife team, Tim and Casey Bolinger.  The principals have been in various management and ownership positions throughout their careers and have had extensive experience with industry-leading firms and individuals operating at a national scale. The Bolingers now reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and have transitioned Greenbrier Southwest Corporation to Greenbrier Southwest LLC.

Greenbrier Southwest principals, Tim and Casey Bolinger

Tim Bolinger

Tim Bolinger founded Greenbrier Southwest Corporation in 1991 upon moving to Scottsdale from Dallas with his wife and business partner, Kathryn Cockrell “Casey” Bolinger.  For the first seven years, he also served as president of Woodbine Southwest Corporation in Phoenix from 1991 to 1998, managing the planning, zoning, financing, development and marketing of the 730-acre Kierland master-planned community, including Kierland Commons and the Westin Kierland Resort, in northeast Phoenix.  He was previously senior vice president of Woodbine Development Corporation in Dallas, was a partner with Trammell Crow Company in Dallas, and was a vice president with Disney Development in Florida.

Mr. Bolinger received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, with honors, from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Business Administration degree in real estate and regional science from Southern Methodist University.

As an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Mr. Bolinger served on the Recreational Development Council and has served on the Hotel Development Council, the Education Committee, the Development Regulations Council and the National Policy Council of ULI.  He has been an invited speaker on the topic of resort community development at several ULI-sponsored conferences.  He was formerly a member of the Executive Board and Steering Committee for ULI’s District Council and was a member of the Phoenix Chapter of Lambda Alpha International, a land economics society.

Mr. Bolinger is past president of the Board of Trustees for the Council for Design Excellence at Arizona State University and was a guest speaker in the University’s Introduction to Housing and Urban Development class for a number of years. He currently serves on the Hardship Grant Committee of the La Fonda Foundation in Santa Fe.

Kathryn “Casey” Cockrell Bolinger

Casey Bolinger founded Greenbrier Southwest Corporation in 1991 upon moving to Scottsdale from Dallas with her husband and business partner, Tim Bolinger.  For the first seven years, she also served as senior vice president of Woodbine Southwest Corporation, managing the planning, financing, development and marketing of the 730-acre Kierland master-planned community, including Kierland Commons and the Westin Kierland Resort, in northeast Phoenix.

Previously, Ms. Bolinger was vice president of Woodbine Development Corporation in Dallas.  She graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with marketing emphasis, was selected an Outstanding Young Woman of America, and was named to Who’s Who in Executive Women.

Before turning her attention to projects beyond metro Phoenix, Ms. Bolinger was an active advocate for the Phoenix CBD.  She was a member of the executive committee of the Phoenix Community Alliance, chairing its Hotel, Retail and Convention Center Committee for two years.  She was an appointee to the State Legislative Ad Hoc Study Committee on Phoenix Civic Plaza Expansion and was a member of the original Civic Plaza Strategic Planning Task Force, serving on both its building and finance subcommittees, and the Civic Plaza Expansion Advisory Committee.  Ms. Bolinger served on selection committee for Phoenix Civic Plaza architects as well as on the interview panel for Civic Plaza Director.  She was a member of the Board of Directors of The Phoenix Symphony, chairing its Facilities Committee; was a member of The Phoenix Symphony Support Foundation board of directors; was appointed vice chairman of the Cultural & Historic Preservation Subcommittee for the Phoenix 2000 Citizens’ Bond Committee; served as fundraising chair for the Phoenix Women’s Commission International Women’s Day 2000 Celebration; and chaired the 2005 Phoenix Symphony Gala.

Ms. Bolinger was a class guest speaker at Arizona State University many times in its Housing & Urban Development and Master of Real Estate Development programs. She currently serves on the Hardship Grant Committee of the La Fonda Foundation in Santa Fe.