KCAP Fund Management Team
KCAP has assembled a team of motivated real estate professionals with a combined 100+ years.
Chief Executive Officer
Tie Lasater is the CEO and a Managing Partner at KeyCity Capital and is an internationally renowned speaker on real estate, finance, leadership, and entrepreneurship. He has ten companies and has established himself as a successful, knowledgable, well-to-do real estate investor and entrepreneur. In addition, Tie has business interests in over seven countries, three continents and has clients worldwide. He and his partners have acquired hundreds of millions in properties across the United States.
Throughout his career, Tie has spoken on stages worldwide and partnered with and brought together some of the most influential business leaders, investors, and celebrities, including Mel Gibson, Kathy Ireland, Michael Irvin, Vanilla Ice, Randi Zuckerberg, and Bruce Buffer. Celebrity Apprentice Judge, George Ross, has described Tie as "The person you want to be involved with if you are looking to build a successful real estate business."
Tie graduated from Abilene Christian University with a B.S. and M.B.A. in Accounting. He began his career at KPMG International in the audit and compliance division, focusing on private equity. After his time at KMPG, Tie served as the Controller and CFO at a private equity firm before starting his own private equity company with his brother, Boone Lasater.
President & Chief Client Officer
Charlie Dombek is a managing partner at KeyCity Capital, serving as the President and Chief Client Officer. He manages the firm's asset-backed lending and currency trading platforms and is responsible for raising capital for the firm's real estate and alternative investment funds. Charlie also founded the firm's currency trading platform, which has consistently generated a fixed 20% annualized return to its clients.
Charlie graduated from Virginia Tech University with a B.S. in Accounting and received his M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary. He began his career at Ernst and Young (EY) and was a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for more than 20 years.
Charlie is one of the foremost authorities on domestic and international tax planning and mitigation. He is also the founder of XWealth Strategies. This advisory firm accelerates how the mass affluent grow their wealth by engineering tax-efficient investment strategies and improving investment performance through access to passive real estate and alternative investments. His clients include family offices, professional athletes, entertainers, and highly successful healthcare professionals.
Chief Operating Officer
Boone Lasater is the Chief Operating Officer and a managing partner of KeyCity Capital. He has over 13 years of real estate, accounting, and private equity experience and has closed more than 1,000 real estate transactions, totaling over $250M.
After graduating with a B.S. in accounting from Tarleton State University, Boone spent six years as a public tax and audit accountant. He then transitioned into private equity, where he worked as the Assistant Controller for a PE Oil and Gas firm before starting his own private equity company with his brother, Tie Lasater. Boone and his partners at KeyCity Capital were inducted into the Rich Dad Hall of Fame sponsored by Robert Kiyosaki and were recognized as a Top 100 Real Estate Investment Firm by Entrepreneur Magazine.
Chief Acquisitions Officer
Leigh Archer is one of the managing partners and the Chief Acquisitions Officer of KeyCity Capital. He is passionate about real estate and has been involved in multiple real estate capacities for the past twelve years, including real estate brokerage, agency management, and investing. Throughout his career, Leigh has transacted over $250 Million of real estate for multi-family and single-family properties. He also ran a brokerage that transacted just under $480 Million in volume. Additionally, he owned a title company, served as the Vice President of Keller Williams Realty in Amarillo, and was the CEO of Keller Williams Realty in Denver. While at Keller Williams, Leigh managed nearly 150 real estate agents at its peak and coached people on how to build businesses within real estate.
Leigh graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration from Tarleton State University. He is trilingual, and his background in international business and consulting has trained him to approach business and life with a broad global perspective. Leigh focuses his ability for growth within KeyCity Capital around property acquisitions systems, process, and market analysis and development.
Chief Financial Officer
Mark serves as KeyCity Capital's Chief Financial Officer. He brings vast financial experience to KeyCity Capital, focused on creating and building companies. Mark has over 25 years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and corporate finance, and he specializes in corporate accounting, capital structure refinancing, valuation, and financial analysis. Having served as the CFO at both public and private companies, Mark is a highly renowned financial accounting and reporting executive and has a strong background in leading a company's financial operations. His leadership illustrates extensive experience in upstream, midstream, and downstream with proficiency and expertise in internal accounting control, financial reporting, and compliance.
Prior to KeyCity Capital, Mark held numerous influential positions across various companies. His career began at PricewaterhouseCoopers as part of their audit team. He later became the Director of Financial Reporting at Cabot Oil & Gas and then to Petrohawk Energy as the EVP, CFO, and Treasurer. While at Petrohawk, Mark helped grow the company from a $50 Million investment to a corporate divestiture of $15 Billion cash in just seven years. After Petrohawk, he founded Halcon Resources and served as the EVP, CFO, and Treasurer. Throughout his time at Falcon, he executed a reverse merger with Ram Energy, led a complete restructuring of the management team, successfully transitioned the company to the NYSE, and led teams who raised over $6 Billion in capital for multiple transactions. Mark was also a consultant for RPA Advisors focusing on financial and turnaround advisory services, enterprise valuation, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, business plan analysis, and liquidity forecasting.
Corporate Controller
Ryan has over ten years of experience in real estate and property management accounting, five of which he served as a corporate controller. Through his experience, Ryan has proven to be well-versed in operating company accounting. He is passionate about building a solid accounting structure and takes pride in focusing on attention to detail to ensure he and his team produce clean and timely financials and quality data. As KeyCity Capital grows, Ryan strives to strengthen the company's financial team while building upon himself by improving his leadership skills and industry expertise.
Ryan holds an M.B.A from The University of Texas at Arlington and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
SVP of Operations
Meliea holds a B.A. in Psychology from West Texas A&M University and has over 14 years of management experience, seven of those being in the real estate industry. Her degree in Psychology gives her a unique perspective and the ability to manage and encourage others to reach their highest potential. She is goal-driven in both her personal and professional life and has a passion for helping her clients achieve their dreams through the powerful medium of investing. Her business and real estate background, combined with her strong leadership skills, enable her to integrate and grow KeyCity Capital to even higher achievement levels.
Creative & Marketing Director
Meg has over 25 years of experience in the design and marketing industry. Design, Marketing, and Business have provided a multitude of opportunities and experiences, contributing to her ongoing growth and expertise in the cross-disciplinary fields of marketing and creative development. Completing a Master's in Design Management through Savannah College of Art and Design enhanced her practice of interdisciplinary collaboration and the integration of tangible design thinking in all levels of strategy, planning, creative problem-solving, design management, collaboration, and teamwork.
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Carey Erff, JD
Director of Property Management
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Stephen Patterson
Director of Investor Success
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Mandy Danish
Investor Relations Manager
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Justine Segura
Investor Coordinator
Director of Property Management
Carey is a licensed attorney with over 15 years of experience in multi-family property management, overseeing portfolios with more than 3,000 units. Carey's passion for developing people and teams is instrumental as the Property Management division of KeyCity Capital grows. She likes to challenge herself both mentally and physically, most recently by training for a triathlon.
Carey graduated from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Texas A&M School of Law.
Director of Investor Success
Stephen has over 25 years of experience in both public and private finance and administration. Throughout this time, he worked as a public administrator, was on the Board of Directors for a private operating foundation, served as a board member of the County Economic Development Corporation, and has been on numerous civic boards focused on improving communities at large. Stephen has also taught graduate-level courses at the collegiate level developing the next generation of leaders.
His client relationship experience includes purchasing and refinancing municipal bonds and projects for public and county entities. In addition, Stephen has built a successful practice as a financial advisor working with individuals and families to help better their financial lives.
Stephen is well educated and has received numerous degrees across various fields of study. He holds a degree in Finance from Arkansas University, a Master's degree and a degree in Education with a minor in Mathematics from Lamar University, and a doctorate from Stephen F. Austin State University. Stephen also recently completed a competitive post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University in New York City.
Investor Relations Manager
Mandy has over ten years of experience in marketing and investor relations management. She has a demonstrated history of excellent client relations and providing effective solutions that produce immediate impact and positive results.
At KeyCity Capital, Mandy oversees the capital team’s workflow by maintaining the pipeline and all capital tracking and ensuring a smooth and effective onboarding process for investors. She is the primary point of contact for investors, family offices, and RIAs and is committed to nurturing and developing these relationships.
She is a dynamic and energetic team player with a strong professional drive to accomplish goals. She is committed to using her knowledge and experience to support KeyCity Capital and its clients.
Investor Coordinator
Justine has been with us for over two years and has continued to grow within the company as we grow exponentially. Her focus within KeyCity Capital lies in her ability to make sure the investors have a smooth onboarding experience.
Part of her responsibilities consists of assisting the investor in getting paired with a new custodian and transferring them from one to another. She stays with the investor during the whole process, all the way through until they have successfully onboarded and can start earning the returns on their investments. Justine’s extraordinary nurturing and problem-solving skills stem from being a hardworking, loving mother of two wonderful children.