Chair of the five-person Board of Managers consisting of investors, founders, and key advisors.

Dorada is the most uniquely positioned development in Costa Rica. Spanning 260-acres, this mixed-use development has plans to combine: (1) 134 Residences, (2) 68-room Resort (with Recovery Suites), (3) International Regenerative Medicine Clinic (with Destination Spa), (4) an Ocean View Restaurant & Elegant Social Club, (5) Commercial Center, and many other distinctive amenities throughout the property.In 2007 I moved to Costa Rica, learned Spanish, and spent the next five years visioning, master planning, permitting, and deal structuring in Costa Rica for a 260-acre mixed-use development named Dorada.Major Achievements:• Met with President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, to explain the development benefits to the Country• Evaluated the topography, slope, elevation, view, soil, and forestry analyses of raw land to determine the areas with potential and directed the team to focus on these areas, creating the master plan• Successfully interfaced with the local municipality and eleven federal agencies: SETENA, INVU, AYA, ICE, ACOPAC, IGN, ICT, MINAE, MINAET, SENARA, CFIA• Made critical decisions regarding natural resource concessions, survey registration, and land acquisitions that proved essential to permitting• Resolved issues including erroneous national registry recordings, overlapping surveys, unclear titles, lawsuits, squatters (even got threatened by machete-wielding squatters!)• Documented a reforestation program using GPS and ©Google Earth plotting for over 3,000 trees• Organized a top-tier development team• Assembled an Advisory Board as a social-political-legal firewall against local impediments to success, including a former Vice-President of Costa Rica, Founder of the largest law firm in Costa Rica, and President of Porter Novelli PR agency• Ensured efficient local/international tax structure• Built debt/equity mix financial models, verified and benchmarked by KPMG and CBREFor more information, please visit www.DoradaCostaRica.com.