R. David Kelly has served since 2011 as the founder and managing partner of StraightLine Realty Partners, an alternative investment platform based in Dallas, Texas. He has also been a founder of multiple real estate and investment companies, including Croesus and Company, Serra Real Estate Capital, LLC, Circuit Avenue Advisors and Atwood Management.
Mr. Kelly previously served as a founding partner of Carleton Residential Properties from 1996 to 2011. He has served on major institutional investor boards, including as trustee and Chairman of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas from 2007 to 2017, as well as multiple endowment, financial services and real estate boards.
The Board believes Mr. Kelly is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive corporate finance and real estate background and his general business and financial acumen.