Robert W. Howard

Bob Howard was one of the founding members of the Teahouse Gang in the 1970s, a group of commercial real estate professionals in Orange County. At the time, Bob was employed as real estate broker and was one of about 20 employees at Coldwell Banker’s small office located at the corner of Avocado Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. The name Teahouse Gang comes from the fact the little office resembled a teahouse.

Bob was longtime friends with KidWorks founder, Larry Acosta and supported their work in the community. Bob firmly believed that because the commercial real estate industry had been good to them, the TeaHouse Gang needed to “Pay it forward” by supporting worthwhile charities. He introduced the TeaHouse Gang to KidWorks which resulted in new funds, volunteers and they were instrumental in the creation of KidWorks Dan Donahue Center which opened in 2005. While most of the original TeaHouse Gang members are retired, they still host an annual Christmas party fundraiser for KidWorks. Bob and his wife, Cleva, have been married for over 60 years, and have three adult children, Karen, Sharon and Douglas.