About Us

Advisory Board

David Pickei

Principal
Reye Partners Asset Management, LLC

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David Pickei


David Pickei is the Managing Member of Reye Partners Asset Management LLC which is an investment management company that he created in 2005 to serve family offices and ultra-high net-worth individuals. He has over 35 years of professional experience in the investment management industry and he is well versed with all aspects of investment management for tier 1 institutional investors and family offices.

Acting as an outsourced chief investment officer David brings organization, simplification, and efficiency to the entire investment management process. David’s responsibilities include strategic planning, business oversight, investment research, and portfolio management. His experience is well suited to advise families that are looking for the benefits of a family office but do not have the resources to create their own.

Since the launch of Reye Partners, he is a dedicated researcher and analyst. Proficient in detailed analysis of alternative and traditional investment strategies and portfolios.

Prior to founding Reye Partners, David served as a Managing Director at First Union Securities (2001-2005). His focus was institutional trading and equity origination. From 1996-2001, he was a Principal at Furman Selz, managing corporate assets and individual wealth for the firm’s investment banking clients. His previous experience includes senior positions with Legg Mason (1992-1996) and Lehman Brothers, where he rose to the position of Senior Vice-President (1984-1992).

EDUCATION
Pace University, Lubin School of Business BBA, 1978 – 1982.

Fordham University, MA (Attended).

PERSONAL
Married since 1988 with four children.

Peter B. Hayes

Former Senior Advisor
Oak Hill Capital

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Peter B. Hayes


After 35+ years leading significant divisions within 4 major companies, Peter now focuses his skills and experience on Venture Capital, Private Equity and board activities. He is currently Founder & CEO of Middleburg Venture Partners a boutique advisory firm that focuses on strategy, insight, innovation and investment in the Technology, Media and Telecom. He is also a Principal with Blu Venture Investors, a venture capital investment company that supports early stage entrepreneurs.

Peter is on the board of six companies which focus on Data Centers, Luxury Consignment and Vintage Marketplace, Managed Services, Bit Exact Encoding and Cloud Acceleration, and Visual Communication. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Seabras Group, a Subsea Cable company. Peter is the former Chief Sales Officer at Equinix, the largest retail data center company. He was previously Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales and Support at Frontier Communications for eight years. He also worked at Microsoft from 1991 to early 2005 in various leadership positions. Prior to Microsoft, Peter worked at IBM in various sales, technical and management roles.

Bryan Allen

Former Global COO Human Resources
CITI

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Bryan Allen


Bryan is the Founder and Managing Partner of york&columbus, an Advisory Services Firm focused on enhancing organizational effectiveness for Middle Market Companies, Small Business Owners and Private Equity owned entities. He is also writing his first book “What Really Matters: Driving Exceptional Outcomes requires one critical ingredient” to be published later this year by Honey Tate Publishing.

Bryan is a former senior executive with significant experience leading and achieving corporate growth, productivity and innovation on a global scale. He worked in highly regulated and competitive industries within both global and regional organizations including Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Hanover Insurance, Samsung Electronics, US Trust, Tranzact and CIT.

Bryan holds an MBA in Finance & Accounting from Columbia Business School and a BS in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University. He lives in Chatham NJ with his wife Sally and two sons JP and Christopher.

Lawrence Bates

Former Operating Partner
Apollo Global Management

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Lawrence Bates


Lawrence was previously an Operating Partner with Apollo Global Management leading the Value Creation team to deliver value across the ~$100B private equity portfolio through enhanced revenue growth, operational efficiency, and innovation initiatives.

Prior to Apollo Lawrence was with American Express Co. in the Business Transformation & Reengineering group driving significant strategic growth and transformational initiatives across AXP’s business units.

Lawrence currently sits on the Board of Directors of AIMR Analytics, Board of Trustees of Dominican University of New York, and is President of the Board of Governors of Rockland Country Club.

Jeff Hansen

Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Troon

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Jeff Hansen


Jeff Hansen has over 31 years of legal experience including commercial, litigation and employment law matters with the past 11 years focused on golf, hospitality and employment related matters with Troon.

Prior to joining the Company in 2008, Hansen was in private practice with a firm in Nebraska. Hansen currently serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel. Hansen reports to the Company’s Chief Legal Officer and oversees the legal team and the day-to-day legal matters. Hansen was recognized by Arizona Corporate Counsel (ACC) as the 2019 Arizona Counsel of the Year for Large Private Companies.

He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Nebraska.

Billy Hurley III

Professional Golfer
PGA Tour

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Billy Hurley III


Billy Hurley III is a PGA Tour player and the only service academy graduate to win on Tour winning the 2016 Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. He also has 11 career top 10s.

Beyond the golf course, Billy and his wife founded the Billy Hurley III Foundation in 2017 to give back to military families where he serves as President of the Foundation. Stemming from their own military service experience, the Hurleys recognize that the entire family unit serves our country, not just the service member. Therefore, their foundation seeks to serve, honor, and enhance the lives of military families. Since inception, the BH3 Foundation has served over 150 military families and generated over $550k in direct impact.

Billy graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2004 with a degree in Quantitative Economics where he was the 2004 Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year. Following graduation, Billy served five years active duty as a surface warfare officer aboard USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) including extended deployments to Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf. He was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for his service and was also recognized for his ship-handling abilities with two Ship Handler of the Year awards.

Donald W. Hammond

Professional Golfer
PGA Tour

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Donald W. Hammond


Donald William Hammond (born April 1, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.

He turned pro in 1979 and joined the PGA Tour in 1983. He earned his tour card by being medalist at the 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School at TPC-Sawgrass by a record 14 strokes.

Donnie has won two PGA Tour events in his career: The 1986 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and the 1989 Texas Open. In winning his second PGA Tour title by 7 strokes (258) over Paul Azinger, he came within one stroke of the then-Tour scoring record.

His best finish in a major is a T-5 at the 1992 British Open. During his PGA Tour career, he amassed 40 top-10 finishes.

Donnie played on the Tour from 1983 until 1998. He has seven professional wins to his credit. Two on the PGA Tour, one on the Korn Ferry Tour along four others professional wins worldwide.

Steve Lapham

Former Chief Risk Officer
GE Capital Real Estate

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Steve Lapham


Steve Lapham is an accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with more than 35 years of success across the banking, financial services, commercial real estate, and risk management industries.

Throughout his executive career, Steve has held leadership positions with GE Capital Real Estate, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Oasis Real Estate Partners, Deutsche Bank, and BNY Mellon.

He currently is Managing Principal of SPL Associates, LLC–a Commercial Real Estate Advisory Firm that he established in 2016.

Steve currently serves on the Board of Directors for Valeo Groupe Americas, a developer owner and operator of Student Housing and Senior Living facilities and Zoom Essence, Inc., a flavor technology company.

Home Clubs: Plainfield Country Club (Treasurer from 2017 to 2022) and The Club at Renaissance.
Favorite (Away Courses): Pacific Dunes, Cuscowilla, and Oak Hill.
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He holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BS in Accounting and Finance from Villanova University. Steve is married with two children.