Thomas Keady serves as Chairman and CEO of Aventon where he is responsible for companywide development, design, marketing, product strategy, new business, expansion, talent acquisition, and overall project execution. Prior to forming Aventon as one of three founding members in 2018, Keady served for almost 20 years as a senior executive with the Bainbridge Companies, a national vertically integrated, institutional multifamily operation. He rose to President and COO during his tenure with Bainbridge, which started with 4 team members and 2 projects in South Florida. He led the company’s development program to a 1-billion-dollar ongoing development pipeline spanning 7 states and multiple product types including high-rise, podium, wrap, garden, mixed-use, and student housing. Keady managed a team that ultimately completed over $2 billion in development capitalization and $3.3 billion in value-add acquisitions. At the time of his departure from Bainbridge, the company had completed or started development of over 12,000 units, had grown to over 600 employees, included 6 regional offices, and was named the 16th largest multifamily developer nationwide. Prior to joining Bainbridge, Keady worked as a development manager for the IDI Group Companies, and as a general contractor with Gilbane, both in the Washington DC metro area. He holds a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from the Pennsylvania State University and maintains licenses as a Professional Engineer and Certified General Contractor.

Paul DeCain serves as President and CIO of Aventon where he is responsible for investment and corporate strategy, transaction capitalization, corporate finance, business expansion, acquisitions and asset management. Prior to forming Aventon as one of the three founding members, Mr. DeCain served for eight years as the Chief Investment Officer and a Principal with the Bainbridge Companies, a national vertically integrated, institutional multifamily operation. During his tenure with Bainbridge, Mr. DeCain closed over $2.7 billion of transactions comprised of $1.7 billion of ground-up developments and $1.1 billion of acquisitions and involving 40 separate multifamily transactions and 50 apartment properties with over 15,000 apartment units. Under Mr. DeCain’s finance and capital markets stewardship, Bainbridge secured over $1 billion of equity from endowments, foundations, family offices, pensions and foreign investors, and over $1.7 billion of construction/acquisition loans from banks, insurance cos. and the agencies to fuel its rapid growth to becoming the 16th largest multifamily developer nationwide and a leading national apartment acquirer/owner. Prior to joining Bainbridge, Mr. DeCain was a Managing Director for Eastdil Secured/Wells Fargo (and a predecessor firm, Wachovia Capital Markets) focused on real estate equity investments and investment banking, and a Senior Partner with Arthur Andersen where he co-led the firm’s real estate advisory business. Mr. DeCain began his career with LaSalle Partners working as an analyst in the firm’s Development Group. Mr. DeCain received his MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School and his Bachelor of Science from Lehigh University. Mr. DeCain passed the CPA at the outset of his career.

Mr. Gaherty is the Executive Vice President and COO of Aventon Companies and President of the Aventon Construction companies. Prior to forming Aventon, Mr. Gaherty was a Principal/Partner with the Bainbridge Companies and President of Bainbridge Construction, LLC for over 13 years. During Mr. Gaherty’s tenure with the Bainbridge Companies, his responsibilities included the management and supervision of all Bainbridge construction and renovation entities/operation, which included the planning, development, and construction of over 9,000 multi-family units, with a construction cost value of over $1 billion, and the renovation of over 16,000 multi-family units in multiple US East Coast regions. Previous to joining the Bainbridge Companies, Mr. Gaherty was a Partner and President of Construction for Trammell Crow Residential in the state of Florida. During his tenure with TCR, which spanned over 19 years, Mr. Gaherty’s range of responsibilities included construction estimating through construction and project management for over 10,600 multi-family units with a total construction value in excess of $592 million. Mr. Gaherty was a member of the Board of Directors which had operational responsibility for the overall TCR organization. Mr. Gaherty graduated from the University of Phoenix with Honors. Mr. Gaherty is a Certified General Contractor in the state of Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Mr. Gaherty is also a Certified Green Professional as designated by the National Association of Home Builders.

Mark K. Coletta serves as the Senior Managing Director of Aventon where he is responsible for all development and construction related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regions. Prior to this role, and for the past 20+ years, Mr. Coletta was the Vice President of Development for Fairfield Residential, Camden Property Trust, and Bainbridge in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Over his career, Mr. Coletta and his teams have developed over 12,000 apartment homes with a total capitalization of over $2.0 Billion. Mr. Coletta’s development experience includes a broad spectrum of residential product types ranging from low density suburban product to complicated mixed-use high-rise developments. Mr. Coletta received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Master of Business Administration in Real Estate from the University of San Diego. He served honorably in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He is a member in the Urban Land Institute and National Multi Housing Council.

Ron Perera is the Senior Managing Director of the Southeast Region for the Aventon Companies, which includes the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and southern Virginia. Mr. Perera is responsible for the overall regional development business including the sourcing and execution of new projects from conception through predevelopment, construction, lease-up, and final disposition. Prior to joining Aventon, Mr. Perera served as a multifamily development executive for the past 20 years in the Carolinas and California with the Bainbridge Companies, Wood Partners, and the ConAm Group. He is a licensed civil engineer in Maryland, holds a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Duke University. He also maintains an active real estate broker’s license in North Carolina.

Burk B. Hedrick serves as the Vice President of Development for Aventon where he is responsible for all development and construction related activities throughout the State of Florida. Prior to joining Aventon, Mr. Hedrick was a Development Manager at the Bainbridge Companies where he and his team developed over 4,000 apartment homes with a total capitalization of over $700 million. Prior to that Mr. Hedrick worked at Epoch Residential in Winter Park, Florida where he assisted the President in the planning and execution of all new Class A multi-family apartments across the Sun Belt states. Mr. Hedrick received a Bachelor’s Degree in Building Construction with a minor in Business Administration, and a Master’s Degree in Real Estate from the University of Florida. He maintains licenses as a Certified General Contractor and Real Estate Sales Associate.

Allison Matlock serves as the Senior Accounting Officer for Aventon Companies. She is responsible for all corporate, development, and construction accounting, treasury management, and institutional reporting for the company and its real estate portfolio. Additionally, Ms. Matlock manages all company Human Resources activities, benefits administration, and payroll. Prior to joining Aventon, she worked for 13 years with the founders of Aventon in senior construction and development accounting roles with the Bainbridge Companies, a national multi-family developer, builder, and manager. Prior to Bainbridge, Ms. Matlock worked in the construction accounting field with Summit Contracting Group, a large national general contractor.

Kevin White is the Director of Preconstruction for Aventon where he is responsible for design review, planning and scheduling, procurement of construction documents, estimating, and subcontractor bidding and purchasing. Prior to joining Aventon, Mr. White served as Preconstruction Manager for KAST Construction, a West Palm Beach based General Contractor, for nearly four years where he was responsible for preconstruction activities on high-rise and midrise multi-family and hospitality projects in Florida. Prior to KAST, he worked in the Austin and San Antonio, Texas markets for nearly seven years with DPR Construction and Clark Construction on healthcare and technology-related projects. Mr. White received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Miami and a Master’s degree in Construction Management from Florida International University. He is also a Licensed General Contractor in the State of Florida.