Meet D. Lee

D. Lee Edwards is a 30-year resident of District 3 in New Braunfels. Edwards is a 25-year Real Estate professional and the owner of D. Lee Edwards Realty, Edwards Commercial Real Estate and Edwards Property Management.

He worked in the Restaurant and Hotel Industry as a Vice President of two Hotel Corporations in the Southeast where he was recognized as the Lodging Industry Leader of the Year in 1992 for the State of Georgia.  Mr. Edwards has a Bachelor of Science from Texas State University.

He is currently Chairman of the New Braunfels Planning Commission serving 12 years and past Co-Chairman of the Four River Association of REALTORS® Professional Standards Committee.  He was recognized as “Broker of the Year” in December 2023 for the Four Rivers Association of REALTORS® for his leadership, commitment to the Association, his community involvement, and his charitable giving.

In addition, over the last six years he is the host of the Local Radio Show “The Real Deal Real Estate Show” on KGNB 1420 AM and 103.1 FM.   

Edwards has served the community as an NBISD Trustee for six years and President two of those years, Past President of Habitat for Humanity, the New Braunfels Rotary Club, and the New Braunfels Theater Company. He has also been a board member for Eden Hill and New Braunfels Housing Partners.  He is married to Caryne Edwards, a retired ICU nurse and house supervisor for Christus Santa Rosa New Braunfels and who currently volunteers with Texas Search and Rescue and helped form the TEXSAR Mounted Division. They have been married for 47 years.  They have two children former New Braunfels City Councilwoman Aja Edwards and Adrianna Citarella who works as the District RTI/504 Coordinator at NBISD.  Their son-in-law is Karl Citarella, Captain of the Wimberly Fire Department.  D. Lee and Caryne Edwards have two grand kids Ezra and Everett.

In photo: Four generations all but Aja live in district 3 and all live in New Braunfels. From top left: Judd Porter, Caryne Edwards, Aja Edwards, Ezra Citarella, Adrianna Citarella, Karl Citarella, Everett Citarella, D. Lee Edwards, & Koleta Disch.