David Redfern

President & CEO at Cochener Garvey Capital Partners, Inc.

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As of 2019, David joined Cochener Garvey Capital Partners, Incas the CEO. David oversees the family office for the Cochenerfamily. This includes responsibility of five operating companies,investments, and a foundation. The companies include amanufacturing plant, a software company, a technologycompany, and two hotels. His most previous position was as thePresident of WaterWalk International LLC and ConsolidatedHoldings LLC. WaterWalk is the fifth national brand within theextended stay hotel industry with a multi-family hybrid uniquebusiness model. David has had a critical role in five extendedstay hotel national brands and been part of developing 430hotels.

David served as the President of Value Place DevelopmentCompany LLC. Value Place, now WoodSpring Suites, has adevelopment company, management company, and franchisecompany. David has been President of both development andmanagement company over the 10 years with Value Place. Value Place had over 200 locations before being purchased byChoice Hotels. He was one of the original executives starting thecompany, and was a board member. In addition, David was aboard member on the DeBoer Family Foundation.

David served as vice president of sales and marketing for Candlewood Hotel Co. a publicly traded company. Heheld this position since the company’s inception in 1995. Redfern helped the company grow from one Candlewood Suites in 1996 to 125 hotels in 2003. Many market and industry analysts describe Candlewood Suites as the most successful new hotel brand. At Candlewood, Redfern was responsible for hotel revenues, local and national sales, sales management of 140 reps, revenue channels, brand marketing, site feasibility, ands ales training.

Prior to Candlewood, Redfern was national sales director for the Summerfield Suites hotel chain, where he started his career as director of sales in 1990 as the first hotels were launched. At Summerfield, Redfern developed and managed the national sales program while directing the reservation center. He also created the direct marketing program and national database used by each Summerfield Suites hotel. Prior to Summerfield Suites, Redfern was sales manager for the La Jolla, California, Residence Inn by Marriott from 1988 to 1990.

Redfern has owned and operated a specialty design ware company and a hotel consulting service company. He holds undergraduate degrees in business administration, architecture and urban design from the University of Kansas. He graduated as a Linder C. Hobbs Entrepreneur Fellow at the University of California-Irvine MBA program. During his MBA program, Redfern conducted small stock research for Cruttenden and Co. in Newport Beach, California. He has also participated in an executive management course at Columbia University in NewYork, NY. Currently, David is an adjunct professor at Wichita State University.

David and his wife have three grown children and have lived in Wichita since 1996. David and Jing are devoted and passionate about many non-profit organizations and their church.