Randall W. Byrnes

Director

Randall W. Byrnes joined the firm in 2008 and is a Director responsible for business development in the Washington, D.C. area and Florida.

Prior to joining Athena, Randy was active in private investments in real estate, venture capital and private equities. Randy spent seventeen years in the real estate development business working for the Boston- based Spaulding and Slye Co., (now Jones Lang LaSalle/Spaulding & Slye) as Executive Vice President and Regional Manager in its Washington, D.C. office. In this capacity, Randy was responsible for some $300 million of commercial real estate developments for the firm and its institutional joint venture partners in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and oversaw the company;s full-service, in-house capabilities in project development, financing, construction, leasing, and property management. Prior to joining Spaulding & Slye, Randy worked for the largest real estate development firm in Houston, Texas, The Hines Interests.

Randy has been a member of numerous non-profit boards or corporations including Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts, The Potomac School in McLean Virginia and The Community School in Naples, Florida. Additionally, he served as Co-Chair and Co- Founder of The Washington, D.C. Scholarship Fund which provides tuition assistance for under privileged children to attend private or parochial schools in the Washington, D.C. area. He is currently on the Board of Advisors of Monumental Venture Partners, a Northern Virginia-based venture capital firm. Randy earned his a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.