Rich Yehling

With over 25 years of experience in the hospitality and real estate development industries, Rich has established a successful track record of managing a variety of financial and administrative functions while partnering with the Executive team in the planning and execution of strategic objectives. As Chief Financial Officer, Rich has built efficient and effective teams within the Accounting/Finance arena, in addition to Sales, Information Technology, Human Resources and Purchasing functions.

Rich served as Chief Financial Officer of the Phoenician Resort (Scottsdale, AZ), shortly after its opening, and was a member of the executive team that took this 650-room luxury property to a 5-Diamond, 5-Star status, the only one to be recognized as such in the Southwest U.S. After a 9-year tenure with the Phoenician, he was recruited by Desert Mountain Properties (Scottsdale, AZ), a premier 2,400 member, private master-planned community encompassing 8,600 acres and boasting 6-Jack Nicklaus designed Signature golf courses. He served as Co-President and Chief Financial Officer over the course of 12 successful and demanding years.

Rich continued in the role of Chief Financial Officer with Pacific Links International, a start-up golf owner/management and golf member subscription company founded in Beijing, China. During his 6-year tenure, he built and staffed the infrastructure for two regional offices located in Oahu, HI and Las Vegas, NV, servicing approximately 675 employees. Rich was engaged as a transaction specialist in his final three years with Pacific Links, assisting the President and ownership with the divesture of 12 golf courses located in the U.S. Recently, Rich completed a 2-year stint as General Manager with The Springs, a 817-private residential and golf community located in Rancho Mirage, CA.

Rich is a graduate of the University of Denver, and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Arizona.