Mark Kehke

Biography: Mark C. Kehke is the Founder and Chairman of Pacific Ventures Management LLC. Mr. Kehke is responsible for the overall management and operations of the company’s real estate portfolio community development and associated business activities. Mr. Kehke oversees new opportunity evaluation, project visioning, economic analysis, planning, entitlement processing, development, operations, and marketing strategies. In addition to projects for its own account, Pacific Ventures is a trusted advisor to major real estate capital providers needing to bring management expertise to troubled projects. Mr. Kehke has more than 35 years of experience in community development, landscape level conservation and the management of multiple regional operations on behalf of both publicly traded and private enterprises. Mr. Kehke was previously the Executive Vice President of DMB Associates, Inc. with responsibility for all of the Company’s activities outside of Arizona (primarily California and Hawaii). Prior to joining DMB Associates, and subsequently forming DMB Pacific Ventures LLC, Mr. Kehke participated in the acquisition, planning, entitlement, development and sale of more than 65,000 residential lots and homes. Mr. Kehke also represented major equity investors in their sourcing, investing and managing of multiple national and international residential, resort and large scale community development projects. Mr. Kehke served as a member of the Board of Advisors for Daybreak Communities in South Jordan, Utah, a board member of the California Building Industry Association, Co-Chair for the UCI Center for Real Estate, and a Trustee of the UCI Foundation in addition to serving as Chairman of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. Mr. Kehke is a licensed California real estate broker and general contractor. Mr. Kehke earned both an undergraduate degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California – Irvine.