Robert T. Kleinpaste   
Mr. Kleinpaste has over thirty years of experience in all facets of residential real estate. Prior to co-founding Chesapeake Capital Partners, he was president of a large privately held regional home building company with operations in the Mid-Atlantic states; president of Legg Mason Realty Group, Inc. (one of the largest real estate advisory organizations in the U.S.), a subsidiary of the regional investment banking firm, Legg Mason, Inc., based in Baltimore, Maryland; and president and founder of Real Property Research Group, Inc., a real estate advisory firm which he sold to Legg Mason in 1986. Mr. Kleinpaste has also held various management positions in the sales and marketing departments of major homebuilding companies. His focus at Chesapeake Capital is on the pipeline of investment ventures through his strong network of contacts in the home building and development communities in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland.
Email: bobk@chesapeakecap.com  

Daniel P. McGrain  
Mr. McGrain has been active since 1981 in the acquisition, development, financial analysis, and syndication of real estate. His professional experience includes twenty years in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Prior to co-founding Chesapeake Capital Partners in 1997, Mr. McGrain held various land acquisition, investment and development positions with prominent land development and home building companies in the Mid-Atlantic and Texas. Mr. McGrain also works on business development, on the underwriting of all new investments, and in asset management of the Chesapeake portfolio. He is a graduate of the Indiana University Business School and the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business, holding a BSBA, MBA and MS in Real Estate degrees.    
E-Mail: danm@chesapeakecap.com

Matthew D. Brunner
Mr. Brunner has over twenty years of diversified financial experience with specific expertise in mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis and modeling, structured financings and private equity administration. Prior to co-founding Chesapeake Capital Partners in 1997, Mr. Brunner was the Chief Financial Officer and an equity partner of a large regional venture capital firm with over $200 million under management. His professional experience also includes two years as the Chief Financial Officer of a privately held software company and nearly eight years in various positions with the international accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young. Mr. Brunner focuses on investor relations, financial structuring of the funds and the projects, debt acquisition, and asset management. He also runs Chesapeake Capital’s Private Utility Assessment business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in Economics from Gettysburg College, and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a certified public accountant.
Email: mattb@chesapeakecap.com

Our complementary skill sets have allowed us to bridge the gap between the entrepreneurial land development industry, the corporate homebuilding industry, and the institutional investment and finance industry.