MDC Holdings Inc. announced that John M. Stephens has been appointed by the Board of Directors to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective February 13, 2012. Stephens possesses more than 20 years of experience in business, accounting and corporate finance, including 5 years in public accounting with the international accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP and 15 years in homebuilding. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Standard Pacific Corp., one of the country's largest publicly traded homebuilders, where he led a finance organization of more than 50 people. Stephens brings to the company his strong financial leadership experience in finance, treasury, SEC reporting, strategic investments and accounting.