Mr. McCarthy co-founded Watermark Property Group LLC ("Watermark") with Keith Getter in 2008 for the purpose of acquiring, developing and managing marinas and inland boat storage facilities on the eastern seaboard of the United States. McCarthy has been an entrepreneur throughout his 35-year business career, 25 years of which have been in the real estate industry. He has been the founding member of public and private companies and has served as CEO and/or President of seven companies and has served on the board of directors of all of the companies he has founded as well as several nonprofit organizations.
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McCarthy co-founded the Southfork companies in 2002 and during a five year period developed a portfolio with an estimated future value of $250 million and raised over $65 million in equity financing through direct participation programs. The Company started by developing self storage facilities under the Gold Key Storage brand name. This led to the original idea of building inland boathouses for trailer boats; two of which were built under the brand name Gold Key Boathouses. After identifying the opportunity in boat storage, the Company embarked on the development of marina properties located in North Carolina and Florida. Their Wilmington, North Carolina marina was honored by the industry association as the 2008 Marina of the Year.

Mr. McCarthy's previous real estate enterprises have involved the development and construction of commercial shopping centers for Kmart and JC Penney, restaurants for Burger King Corporation and the syndication, management and refurbishment of over 5,000 apartment units in the western United States. Mr. McCarthy was a principal in a broker/dealer firm that acted as the manager of eight public real estate direct participation programs and managed over $80 million in real estate assets. Mr. McCarthy was a licensed general contractor and real estate broker in Michigan and licensed as a DPP Principal broker/dealer with the National Association of Security Dealers in California.

A Vietnam veteran, Mr. McCarthy retired from the United States Naval Reserve after serving almost 30 years, 12 years of which as a commanding officer and achieving the rank of Rear Admiral. As a flag officer, he served on the senior management team of the Defense Logistics Agency (supply and contract management for all branches of the United States Armed Forces), Commander of the Defense Logistics Agency Contingency Support Teams, Deputy Commander Defense Fuel Supply System and the Navy's Expeditionary Fuel Units. Mr. McCarthy has been personally decorated nine times by the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy.

Mr. McCarthy received a BS in Engineering Science from Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan and an MBA from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a major in finance and real estate. Mr. McCarthy is a graduate of Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island, the Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia, the Naval War College, Newport Rhode Island and the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. McCarthy was a visiting professor in the Real Estate Department at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.
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Mr. Getter co-founded Watermark with Brian McCarthy in 2008 for the purpose of acquiring, developing and managing marinas and inland boat storage facilities on the eastern seaboard of the United States. He has been in the real estate sector for over 21 years as both a commercial banker (5 years) and investment banker (16 years) most recently as the Senior Vice President and Co-head of Investment Banking for Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated where he managed and administered 120 investment bankers in eight industry groups in the Investment Banking Division.
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Getter had responsibility for strategic planning, financial and compliance oversight, and personnel management for the Division. He was a member of the broker/dealer Board of Directors and the firm's commitment committee. Getter also served as the Real Estate Group Head and maintained responsibility for business development in the Real Estate sector.

Prior to joining Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Getter was the Managing Director and Chief of Staff of the Investment Banking Division at Legg Mason Wood Walker. In this capacity, he was also the Administrative Group Head for Real Estate responsible for fourteen Real Estate investment bankers in a leading Wall Street franchise. Getter developed new business opportunities and successfully managed or co-managed over 200 public and private equity, debt and convertible security offerings and M&A advisory transactions. In this capacity, he formulated strategic planning, and oversaw personnel management, recruitment and training for the Investment Banking Division. He also served on the Firm's Commitment Committee

Prior to joining Legg Mason, Getter worked at both Alex. Brown & Sons, and at A.G. Edwards & Sons where he managed or co-managed REIT equity, debt and convertible security offerings as well as several merger and acquisition assignments. Previously, Getter served as Assistant Vice President at the Bank of New England Corporation in Boston, MA where he managed a $235 million commercial real estate loan portfolio. Getter targeted and structured new loans, presented proposals to senior management and negotiated terms of the loans.

Getter earned a Master of Business Administration from the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, MO with concentrations in Finance and Accounting. He graduated Cum Laude from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, and on the Board of Trustees of Second Presbyterian Church.
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Attracted by the belief that significant value can be created in the Marina sector with an enlightened, professional, investment-management approach, Mr. Mueller joined Watermark Property Group LLC (“Watermark”) in early 2009. He has been in the real estate sector for 15 years most recently as President of Sawyer Property Management Companies based in College Park, Maryland where he managed 10 Directors responsible for the execution of the Company’s business including the leadership and development of more than 1000 employees. Mueller’s team was charged with operating over 100 apartment communities consisting of 42,000 apartments located in 12 states and valued in excess of $3 billion.
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Mueller joined Sawyer in 1997 and played an integral role in their rapid growth. He was the architect for the corporate infrastructure and management integration of more than 150 apartment complexes/60,000 units in a span of 10 years. He was a key member of the acquisition team whose responsibilities included developing the asset strategy, business plan, operating budgets and transitional management plan for all acquisitions or third party contracts. He was also the primary contact for Sawyer’s joint venture partners, lenders and third party asset management groups and continues to value and appreciate those relationships.

He concluded a ten-year career with the Unites States Navy/Naval Criminal Investigative Service in 1995 and joined a local DC property management firm, Gates, Hudson and Associates (GHA) as a Project Manager responsible for repositioning and renovation of apartment communities in Northern Virginia. Mueller is a Certified Property Manager (CPM) and Past-President of the Maryland Multi Housing Association (MMHA). He has had numerous board positions including with the Apartment and Office Building Association (AOBA), Property Manager’s Association (PMA), CASA de Maryland and is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management, and various real estate trade associations along the East Coast. Mueller attended the University of Iowa from 1981 to 1985 and completed his Department of Defense (DOD) Public Affairs Management Program at the Defense Information School in 1987. He was born and raised in Iowa and has lived in the Baltimore-Washington DC corridor for the past 15 years.
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Ms. Perez joined Watermark Property Group LLC ("Watermark") in 2010 as the Chief Development Officer responsible for all capital expenditures, project design & planning, property entitlements & permits and construction management. She has been in the commercial real estate sector for over 20 years, most significantly as Director of Construction for the World’s largest home improvement retailer and the second largest retailer in the U.S., The Home Depot. During her tenure with Home Depot, Ms. Perez was part of the rapid expansion of stores domestically and internationally. She was responsible for a construction program that, at its peak, was in excess of $700 million per year. Ms. Perez was recognized as a team builder and was instrumental in the acquisition of Home Mart, Mexico’s second largest home improvement retailer. She was critical in the assessment of assets, identifying re-development candidates and delivering overnight re-branding of this acquisition for The Home Depot. Additionally, Ms. Perez was recognized for leadership and identification, mentoring and promotion of emerging talent within The Home Depot.
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Most recently Ms. Perez has been involved in multi-use projects throughout the United States as feasibility, acquisition and construction consultant for regional and national developers. She is very familiar with high regulatory uses and comes to Watermark with a reputation for tenaciousness and perseverance.

Ms. Perez received a B.A. from the University of Florida and a B.S from the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning and the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. The program is known as the center of excellence and professionalism for construction. She is a native of Miami and is a member of the Bradenton Yacht Club. Ms. Perez is an avid outdoorswoman and enjoys inshore and offshore fishing, highland bird hunting and sporting clays.
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Mr. Flynn came to Watermark Property Group to architect and put into operation the technology infrastructure to enable Watermark to grow efficiently while providing the right information to the proper individuals at all levels of the organization. He has over 25 years of information technology experience primarily in the property management industry and brings his in-depth expertise in hardware, software and networks to resourcefully solve complex business issues with the appropriate technology.
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Flynn's multi-faceted experience includes designing and installing a complete disaster recovery system for Transwestern Commercial Services, writing a web based store for General Chuck Yeager's Foundation and implementing state-of-the-art Voice over IP systems.

In 2001, Flynn began working with Doug Mueller at Sawyer Realty Holdings as the CTO. Flynn was integral to Sawyer's explosive growth by designing and setting up dependable networks, systems and applications.. Flynn also enhanced the property management software he wrote at Jenark with a data conversion module, an automated lease renewal process and built interfaces to a resident portal, an investor's portal and a utility metering system.

During the "dot com" boom, Flynn was the Director of AdServe Technology at Advertising.com where he managed a 15 million dollar IT budget and more than 50 engineers. He also co-founded the New Media Consortium to establish standards for the burgeoning electronic advertising industry. Flynn co-founded Jenark Business Systems in 1987 to develop a new property management system that would leverage the latest software innovations. Jenark is still one of the leading management packages in the both the property management and home owner's association industries.

Flynn graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering. He is a Maryland native and lives in Severna Park with his family.
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Mr. Shanley has been in the boating industry for more than 20 years, earning hands-on industry experience in marina operations, boat manufacturing and sales and yacht management. Shanley holds the highest professional designation in the industry as a Certified Marina Manager (CMM). Through much of his career, Mr. Shanley has managed Property Group with services that included yacht clubs, ship's stores, service and parts departments, dry and wet storage.
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Shanley serves on the Outreach Committee for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Clean Marina Partnership. Shanley also serves on the Government Relations Committee for the Marine Industry's Association of South Florida (MIASF) and the Board of Directors of the Miami Billfish Tournament. Shanley was the marina manager of the Key Biscayne Yacht Club for seven years, a 150-slip private yacht club located in Miami. He developed and maintained programs to ensure the marina complied with all governmental and regulatory requirements.

Shanley joined Southfork Management Company in 2005, were he was responsible for all marina operations. Shanley was instrumental in developing revenue enhancing programs, directing new property lease up activities, staffing, marketing, operations and working closely with local, state and federal regulatory agencies to ensure compliance. The Southfork portfolio of properties included properties located in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida, two Property Group in Islamorada, Florida and a marina in Palm City, Florida. Mr. Shanley's success and expertise in the marina and yacht club industry will contribute significantly to the company's operational mission.
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Mr. McLean brings over 25 years of corporate financial experience to Watermark Property Group LLC as its new Corporate Controller. Most recently he was Controller and CFO with D. Myers & Sons, Inc. where he directed a staff of 15 responsible for general accounting, administration and operations.
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McLean designed and restructured new systems for payroll and production control, including a fully integrated and automated piece work pay system. He negotiated finance packages and co-wrote union contracts as well as managed logistics on inbound imports from China, Brazil and Spain.

Mr. McLean is a member of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants and was awarded #1 Top CFO, June 2008 by SmartCEO publication.

Mark was born and raised in Baltimore and holds a BS degree from the University of Baltimore.
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Mr. Vlad is the President and founder of Dixie Marine LLC and brings over 35 years of boating sales and management experience to Watermark Property Group LLC. He developed an award winning dealership and authorized service center for national brand boats and major outboard brands such as Mercury, Yamaha, Honda and Evinrude and is well known for customer service and satisfaction.
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Vlad is an expert in marine finance and understands the concepts of outboard mechanics constantly staying current in the ever changing field of outboard service.

John has been an avid boater and fisherman in South Florida all his life. He designed the first Marine Mechanical course for Miami-Dade County and was a teacher in the Miami-Dade school system. John holds a BS degree from the University of West Florida.
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Ms. Vlad has over 35 years of experience in the retail boating industry. She joined Watermark in 2009 as part of the Group's acquisition of Dixie Marine, currently based in Miami, FL. Dixie Marine has established a customer-oriented reputation for certified marine service and parts support for Evinrude, Mercury and Yamaha. Ms. Vlad brings extensive knowledge and experience of Marine sales and service to Watermark and will support the groups' concept of full service marina operations.
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In 2006 Linda established the Dixie Marine Web Store. This opened up a new market for Dixie and resulted in boat and part sales throughout the world and created a distinct competitive advantage for the Company.

Linda is an avid boater and holds a BS degree from the University of West Florida.
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Mr. Glasier will oversee the concepts of Watermark's marina based restaurants, including the soon to be built eighty.5, at Watermark Islamorada. Chef Glasier brings over 12 years experience in the restaurant industry, most recently as Executive Chef /Owner of the highly acclaimed Redbud Cafe in the Sierra Foothills of California. His passion for food has led him to develop a unique style featuring fresh, local organic ingredients prepared with a variety of ethnic influences.
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Prior to opening Redbud, Chef Glaser honed his skilled at many of the great San Francisco Bay area restaurants - including Chez Panisse.

Chef Glasier is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy. He will reside in Florida with his family.
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Ms. Glasier brings her critically acclaimed pastry talents to Watermark's marina based restaurants.
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Mostly self-taught, she most recently served as the Executive Pastry Chef for Redbud Cafe in California. Ms. Glasier is responsible for all cost controls and business aspects of the restaurants. Ms. Glasier, along with her husband Chef Glasier, understands that guest satisfaction is of the utmost for Watermark's restaurants.
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