ThE Varcity Executive Team
Les Strech
Founding Partner &
Chief Executive Officer
Meet Les
Captain of our Ship. Pocket Square Lover. Unlicensed Architect. Father of 4. Jiu Jitsu Practitioner. Baylor Bear. Travel Basketball Coach.
Flashback to when you were 10 years old. What do you want to be when you grow up?
The first baseman for the Houston Astros catching a 6-4-3 double play with Bill Doran.
What are you happiest doing, when you’re not working?
Sitting around a fire with friends or family telling funny stories from the past.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I can tie a bow tie without watching a video.
What is the best advice you ever received?
That’s a no brainer. It’s act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Walking through the doors of a ground-up development that’s bustling with life and energy when it only existed in my teams' mind five years prior.
Michael Minutelli
Principal & Board Member
Bonneau Ansley
Principal & Board Member
Meet Bonneau
Marketing and Branding thought leader, Leasing and sales extraordinaire, married 25 years with 2 kids, an avid golfer, fly fisherman. Best selling author. UGA Dawg.
Flashback to when you were 10 years old. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A tailback for the dawgs, just like Hershel Walker, who was my childhood idol.
What are you happiest doing, when you’re not working?
I am an avid fly fisherman and I am happiest on the flat bone fishing.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I can surf.
What is the best advice you ever received?
Don’t let your perceived liabilities define who you are, rather turn them into your superpower.
What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Serving others in a meaningful way.
Don Harvey
Principal & Board Member
ThE Varcity leadership Team
Dean de Freitas
Director of Operations
John Clotfelter
Chief Financial Officer
James Baker
Vice President, Investments
Michele Harry
Vice President, Marketing & HR
Bryan Dahlberg
Head of Construction
ThE Varcity operating Team
Paul Fairholm
Chief Executive Officer
Cole Smith
Chief Development Officer
Chad Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer
David Webster, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Knecht
Chief Revenue Officer