Mr. Darter was most recently the Chief Operating Officer at GoldKey | PHR in Virginia and was the SVP of the Full-Service Division of Sage Hospitality (“Sage”) from 2000 to 2014. During his time at Sage, he had oversight of over 120 hotels across the United States in virtually all industry segments and brands, from Fairfield Inn by Marriott to Starwood’s Luxury Collection. His brand relationships resulted in him being asked to serve on several advisory boards and councils.

Mr. Darter holds a B.S.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Prior to Sandpiper, Mr. Austin was the Chief Financial Officer of The Chef’s Warehouse, Inc., a publicly traded foodservice distributor, from 2012 to 2017, after having served on the Board of Directors from 2011 to 2012. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Austin was a founder and former Chief Financial Officer of the HILB Group, LLC, an insurance broker in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Austin worked at Performance Food Group Company (“PFG”), a Richmond-based publicly traded foodservice distributor, for over 14 years, serving a portion of his time as their CFO. Mr. Austin was integrally involved in leading the company through the process of going private and the divestiture of a major business segment that created significant shareholder value.

Mr. Austin holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Delaware.

Mr. Anderson most recently served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for WoodSpring Suites Hotels, where he was responsible for the activities of the brand’s large-scale developers nationwide and internal and external acquisitions. Mr. Anderson has more than 30 years of real estate transactional experience derived from his roles as a partner at Sandman and Savrann, a national law firm specializing in the hospitality industry, General Counsel of Mid America Real Estate Companies, Granite Golf, and his years in private practice. He also leverages over 20 years of business development in the hospitality industry and has been a critical part of business development teams for GE Capital Solutions – Hospitality Finance, Citi Hospitality Finance, Troon Golf and WoodSpring Suite Hotels.

Mr. Anderson graduated with honors from the University of Tulsa College of Law and graduated Cum Laude from Northern Illinois University.

Mr. Sinnott has held several sales and management positions over his 25-year career. Most recently, from 2006 to 2012, he was a Senior Vice President in Institutional Equity Sales with Davenport & Company and Wunderlich Securities, covering major institutional accounts in New York, Connecticut, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Mr. Sinnott has a B.A. in History from the University of Virginia.

Prior to Sandpiper, Mr. Rise served as a Managing Consultant within IBM Global Business Services. During his 5 years at IBM, Mr. Rise focused primarily on providing data analytics, process automation, and asset management work to clients in the Federal Government and Healthcare sectors, including the DOD and DOJ.

Mr. Rise holds a B.A. in Political Economy with a minor in Business Administration from Georgetown University.

Nick started his career in commercial real estate at the CoStar Group here in Richmond, VA, serving as a market researcher for the CRE information provider. From there, he moved to Atlantic Union Bank where he served on the credit side, helping underwrite prospective loans and providing maintenance and due diligence on existing facilities.

Nick graduated from Washington & Lee University with a B.A. in Economics in 2019.