Denver Ralph Huff of Cumberland County has been a appointed to the North Carolina Board of Transportation by Governor Josh Stein as a representative from the 6th Transportation Division.
Ralph Huff officially joined the N.C. Board of Transportation in June 2025 after being sworn in at a N.C. Board of Transportation meeting.
Huff founded Fayetteville-based H&H Homes in 1991 and has built over 10,000 homes in the Carolinas. H&H Homes was ranked as one of the top 100 home builders in the U.S. by Builder magazine from 2008 to 2020. Huff sold H&H Homes in 2020 and is currently CEO of Huff Family Offices, which includes land development and multifamily projects.
Huff and his wife, Linda, received the distinguished Order of the Longleaf Pine as a couple in 2015. Other business-related awards Huff has received include the Coldwell Banker “Hero of the Year Award” in 2016, and two years later he was named one of the Top 100 Influential Business Leaders by Business North Carolina magazine.
Huff’s philanthropic efforts include a $1.5 million gift to Methodist University in Fayetteville to renovate an auditorium; a $1 million gift to the Cape Fear Regional Theatre’s $20 million renovation project; $1.5 million to the Cape Fear Botanical Garden; $1 million to the Methodist University-Cape Fear Valley Medical School and a $2 million commitment to build tiny homes for homeless veterans and six single-family homes for battered women in Fayetteville.
Together, Ralph and Linda Huff have donated or pledged a total of $13 million back to the community. An active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, he also led a $5 million fundraising effort at the church to build a 24,000-square foot addition in 2015.
Huff earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1972 at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he is also a member of the Board of Visitors. He and his wife, Linda, reside in Fayetteville and have two daughters.
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