Dave Curtis
Dave is Chair of the Board of Retreat Hotels & Resorts. He began his hospitality career by working with Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc. (LNWA) to re-develop the historic Jekyll Island Club hotel in 1985. Since then, he has spearheaded the development and capital raising efforts for nearly 600 hotel keys, as well as several resort communities.
In addition to Dave’s role on the Board of Retreat, he is Co-Managing Principal of LNWA. He has supervisory responsibility for the company’s banking and equity partnerships and overall financial management. Dave acts as chief liaison to LNWA’s affiliates and is also responsible for maintaining and developing relationships with banks, individual investors, and investment syndicates.
Dave served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh from 1996-2002 and 2006-2008, serving as Chairman from 1999 to 2001. He is currently the Co-Chairman of the Mortgage Roundtable, a blue ribbon panel of 50 leaders from the housing finance industry, and is a member and past Chairman of the National Association of Homebuilders’ (NAHB) Housing Finance Committee and the Investment Subcommittee of the NAHB Budget Committee. He is a frequent participant in Congressional and Senate hearings concerning housing finance and has been a frequent panelist, speaker, and moderator at various forums and programs on housing finance and affordable housing.
Dave holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Delaware College of Urban Affairs, where he was a Graduate Fellow, and received its Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005.