OUR TEAM
Founded in 2019, Legion has evolved into one of the most innovative real estate companies in the Triangle. Because of strong leadership and visionary collaboration, Legion has grown from a consulting services company into a versatile, vertically integrated real estate development operator.
LEE BOWMAN
Principal
Lee Bowman is a principal of Legion Company, a strategic planning and advisory services firm focused on the development of real estate assets, including management and marketing operations in the private and public sectors (i.e., non-profits). Legion concentrates on value creation for its clients through a full range of development management services, including land planning and engineering, programming, sales and marketing, construction and community governance.
Lee previously served as a director of project and corporate development for a regional full-service utility company that focuses on improving the sustainability of our footprint through water resource infrastructure management in the Southeast. Mr. Bowman has more than 20 years of experience in project management, corporate development, design, construction and operations management.
Much of his experience was gained as senior manager for the Triangle Division of Newland Real Estate Group, a national real estate development and advisory firm specializing in large-scale, mixed-use master planned communities. Lee oversaw all aspects of residential and commercial development at Briar Chapel and Wendell Falls focusing on planning, engineering, construction, entitlements, regulatory compliance and community relations.
Prior to his role at Newland, Lee was director of operations at Pinehurst Resort, where he managed national golf championships, including the 1999 and 2005 U.S. Open Championships. A native of the North Carolina Sandhills, Lee met his wife, Jennifer in Pinehurst and they spent a couple of years in the DC area in the early 2000s before returning to North Carolina.
Currently, Mr. Bowman serves on the Chatham YMCA Board, the Advisory Board for the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, and is the president of the Durham/Orange/Chatham Homebuilders Association. A UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, Mr. Bowman studied abroad in Berlin, Germany for a semester and enjoys playing tennis and traveling with his wife and two daughters.
JODY LEIDOLF
Principal
Jody Leidolf is a principal of Legion Company, a strategic planning and advisory services firm focused on the development of real estate assets, including management and marketing operations in the private and public sectors (i.e., non-profits). Legion concentrates on value creation for its clients through a full range of development management services, including land planning and engineering, programming, sales and marketing, construction, and community governance.
Jody previously served as senior project manager for Montgomery Development, a developer and general contractor focused on pedestrian scaled mixed-use environments. For Montgomery Development he oversaw both horizontal and vertical construction. While at Montgomery Jody was engaged in all aspects of the development of a 44-acre horizontal and vertically mixed-use environment with 19 buildings programmed for the site.
Prior to Montgomery Jody served as Director of Sustainability and oversaw the acquisition, vision and launch of new communities for Newland Communities in the eastern region. With projects from Florida to Maryland, Jody helped launch six new communities while engaging in the operations and delivery of four other communities.
Prior to his time with Newland Communities, Jody worked for several nationally recognized planning and design firms. Project scale and diversity range from the Perimeter Security for the Capital and Library of Congress to Navy Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy to new urbanist communities of Kentland and Lakelands, Celebration, Sunset Island and Fort Belvoir Housing Redevelopment.
Mr. Leidolf is a third generation Texas Aggie, one of seven family members who have graduated from Texas A&M. During his time at Texas A&M he spent a semester and summer studying landscape architecture outside of Florence, Italy. When Jody is not dissecting the public realm and studying architecture, you can find him with a fly rod in his hand whether it is on streams around Bozeman, Montana or looking for bass on the Haw River.
JAN NICHOLS
Special Projects
