There’s a reason Mill Creek’s tagline is “People. Places. Relationships.”
Our formidable growth since our founding in 2011 is a direct result of the people who work at Mill Creek and the relationships – and places – we quite literally build. Our team is widely recognized as the best in the industry, with an unprecedented track record of leadership and performance. Each day, we come to work energized with forward-thinking strategies to deliver an exceptional living experience to the people who call a Mill Creek community “home”.
Mill Creek Leadership Team
Charles “Chip” Bay
Chief Construction Officer
National
Member of Board of Directors, Investment Committee and Management Committee
As one of the founding partners of Mill Creek Residential and Chief Construction Officer, Chip Bay has overall responsibility for construction. Mr. Bay serves as a member of the Mill Creek Board of Directors, Management Committee and Investment Committee. Previously, Mr.…
Sean Caldwell
Executive Managing Director - Development
Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, North Carolina
Sean Caldwell is one of the founding partners of Mill Creek Residential and serves on the Investment Committee and the Audit and Administrative Committee. He currently serves as an Executive Managing Director with overall responsibility for development in Mill Creek’s…
Ashvani Chuchra
Executive Managing Director, National Practice Leader for Planning & Design
National
Ashvani Chuchra is one of the founding partners of Mill Creek and serves as the Executive Managing Director and National Practice Leader for Planning and Design, working closely with each of Mill Creek’s regional leaders and division-level development and construction…
Chad DuBeau
Executive Managing Director - Development
Arizona, Colorado, Southern California
Chad DuBeau is a founding partner of Mill Creek and serves as Executive Managing Director for Arizona, Colorado, and Southern California. Prior to his role as Executive Managing Director, Mr. DuBeau served as Senior Managing Director of Mill Creek's development…
Michael M. Hefley
Chief Operations Officer
National
Member of Board of Directors, Management Committee and Investment Committee
Mike Hefley joined Mill Creek Residential in 2012 to build and oversee the Property Operation's organization. Mr. Hefley serves as a member of the Management Committee, Investment Committee, Board of Directors and as Chief Operations Officer for Mill Creek, with…
Kellie Hughes
Executive Vice President - Operations
National
Kellie Hughes is a partner and serves as Executive Vice President of Operations for Mill Creek Residential. In this role, Ms. Hughes is responsible for development and implementation of Mill Creek’s marketing, branding and customer experience strategy, public relations efforts,…
Sean G. Hyatt
Executive Managing Director - Development
Pacific Northwest, Northern California
Sean Hyatt is one of the original founding members of Mill Creek Residential and serves as Executive Managing Director for the Pacific Northwest and Northern California divisions, where he is responsible for oversight of all development activity. Prior to his…
Jim Keeley
Chief Financial Officer
National
Member of Investment Committee, Chair of Audit and Administrative Committee
Jim Keeley serves as Chief Financial Officer for Mill Creek Residential with company-wide responsibility for accounting, corporate finance, human resources and information technology. Mr. Keeley is also a member of the Investment Committee and Chair of the Audit and Administrative…
Alan Kolar
President - Capital Markets
National
Member of Investment Committee
Alan Kolar serves as the President of Capital Markets for Mill Creek Residential with company-wide responsibility for capital markets, finance and portfolio management. Mr. Kolar is a founding partner of Mill Creek and a member of the Mill Creek Investment…
David Lowery
General Counsel
National
David Lowery serves as General Counsel for Mill Creek Residential. Mr. Lowery joined Mill Creek Residential in 2019 from Jones Day where he served clients in large real estate transactions and guided many of the largest real estate private equity…
Michael Melaugh
Executive Managing Director - Capital Markets & Finance
National
Member of Investment Committee
Michael Melaugh, a Mill Creek founding partner, serves as the Executive Managing Director of Capital Markets & Finance for Mill Creek Residential with overall responsibility for obtaining and structuring all equity joint venture financing throughout the United States. Mr. Melaugh…
Jeff Meran
Executive Managing Director - Development
Florida, Atlanta, Nashville
Jeff Meran serves as the Executive Managing Director for Mill Creek’s Southeast Division inclusive of Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, where he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of development for multifamily communities in the region, from site acquisition through design,…
Callum Parrott
President - Single-Family Rentals
National
Member of Management Committee
Callum Parrott is a founding partner and serves as President of Single-Family Rentals. Prior to his role as President of Single-Family Rentals, Mr. Parrott served as Executive Managing Director with overall responsibility for Mill Creek’s development activity in the company’s…
Stephen Prochnow
Executive Vice President - Property Operations
National
Stephen Prochnow is a partner, serves as Executive Vice President of Property Management for Mill Creek Residential. In his role, Mr. Prochnow is responsible overseeing the day-to-day operating performance of Mill Creek’s communities, assisting with community transactions, and pursuing operational…
David Reynolds
President - Investment Management
National
Member of Investment Committee
David L. Reynolds serves as President of Investment Management. His team is primarily responsible for raising institutional equity in fund-like structures, such as Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), to finance Mill Creek’s development pipeline (multifamily and single-family rental) and its multi-investor…
Maria Rigopoulos
Executive Vice President - Asset Management
National
Member of Investment Committee
Maria Rigopoulos is a founding partner, member of the Investment Committee, and serves as Executive Vice President of Asset Management for Mill Creek. Ms. Rigopoulos brings over 25 years of combined development, property and asset management experience to Mill Creek…
Darren Schackman
Chief Investment Officer
National
Chairman of Investment Committee and Member of Management Committee
Darren Schackman is one of the original founding members of Mill Creek Residential, chairman of the Mill Creek Investment Committee, member of the Mill Creek Management Committee, and serves as Mill Creek’s Chief Investment Officer. He also oversees the company’s…
Samuel Simone
Executive Managing Director - Investment Management
National
Sam Simone is a founding member of Mill Creek Residential and serves as the Executive Managing Director of Investment Management. Prior to this role, Mr. Simone served as Senior Managing Director of the Southern California region where he was responsible…
Shari Steinhardt
Vice President - Accounting
National
Shari Steinhardt is the Vice President of Accounting for Mill Creek Residential. As Vice President of Accounting, she oversees the team that is responsible for all aspects of financial reporting. Prior to joining Mill Creek, she was the Chief Accounting…
Jerry Williams
Vice President - Human Resources
National
Jerry Williams serves as Vice President of Human Resources with Mill Creek Residential, focusing his efforts on contributing to the development and execution of the organizational business plan and objectives. Mr. Williams joined Mill Creek Residential in 2015. He is…