About Us

RAINIER MEDICAL INVESTMENTS (RMI)
RMI was established in 2009 as the medical real estate subsidiary of Rainier Capital Management. Working together since 2001, the Principals of RMI bring a long track record of successfully working together to create enduring value for their investors. Together, they work to assemble all the various pieces of creating, funding, operating and acquiring medical ventures, from real estate projects to surgical centers, hospitals, cancer and spine centers and other ancillary services.  Over the past 9 years, the principals have successfully completed over 25 healthcare operating company and real estate development and acquisitions projects throughout Texas and California.  Additionally, the Principals of RMI founded and operated a healthcare capital development company, successfully raising over $500MM for healthcare projects and transactional volumes in excess of a $1BB.
 
RAINIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (RCM)
Behind Rainier Medical Investments is Rainier Capital Management, the well-known and respected Dallas-based real estate investment firm. The principals have been investing together since 1996 and formed RCM in 2003 after working together for 7 years.  Today, Rainier Capital has raised more than $225 million in equity through 26-plus investment programs that have acquired more than $1 billion in real estate value. These funds are deployed into 167 retail, office, medical, hotel, multifamily, and land properties in 24 states.
 
 
RMI MANAGEMENT TEAM
 
Tim R. Lavender - President & Founder
Mr. Lavender serves as the President for Rainier Medical Investments and is responsible for the company's corporate and fundraising strategies.  Tim began his healthcare career as the founding President of Cirrus Health based in Dallas, Texas, and was part of the team that developed and operated 16 premier de novo medical partnerships with physicians throughout Texas and California.  Over the last seven years, he has served as the President of TruMedical Partners and Upstream Capital Partners, participating in private equity placements in the U.S. health care and commercial real estate sectors totaling close to $1 Billion.  Mr. Lavender also has extensive international development experience, having served for 3 years in Brazil as the President of TruEnergy.
 
Mr. Lavender earned his BBS in management from Dallas Baptist University and his Executive MBA from the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. Mr. Lavender is a member of FINRA/SEC and holds 63, 7 and 24 licenses. He is also licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
 
Daryn D. Eudaly - Executive Vice President & Founder
Mr. Eudaly serves as the Executive Vice President for Rainier Medical Investments, and is responsible for financial management, opportunity analysis, and legal relations for the company. Mr. Eudaly has spent his career building teams and infrastructures for healthcare, development and capital companies. Mr. Eudaly has served in various roles throughout his healthcare career some of which include: Vice President of Finance for Cirrus Health, CFO for Upstream Capital Partners, CFO for TruMedical Partners, CFO for Stanislaus Surgical Hospital, CFO for Jones Hearing Centers, President of SPC Capital and Senior Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions for Medical Edge Healthcare Group, Inc. Mr. Eudaly has been responsible for overseeing all facets of the underwriting, finance, disposition and investment processes in the various positions he has held. Mr. Eudaly has been involved in over $1 Billion in transactional volumes across the real estate and healthcare sectors. Mr. Eudaly has many relationships with multiple national operators.
 
Mr. Eudaly earned his BA in business administration from Austin College in Sherman, Texas and his MBA from Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business. 
 
William P. Resch - Senior Vice President of Project Development
Mr. Resch serves as the Vice President of Project Development for Rainier Medical Investments and is responsible for overseeing all development projects at RMI.  Mr. Resch has spent the majority of his 25 year plus business career in the real estate development industry, and for the past 17 years, he has been in charge of the operations, development and management of large residential, commercial and mixed-use real estate developments.  Mr. Resch has been involved in over $500,000,000 of real estate projects and developments.
 
Prior to joining RMI, Mr. Resch served as the Senior Vice President of Five Star Real Estate, where he was responsible for several large mixed use projects, including The River Walk at Central Park in Flower Mound, Texas, and Flintrock Falls in Austin, Texas.  He was responsible for all operations, management, development, sales and marketing activities for these projects.  Prior to joining Five Star, Mr. Resch was the General Manager of Shadow Glen, a 1,600 acre mixed-use development in Austin, Texas. 
 
Mr. Resch also served as a Senior Vice President of Hillwood Strategic Services and Hillwood Development, where he oversaw, directed and coordinated existing and new projects. His responsibilities at Hillwood included evaluation, startup and oversight of large master-planned projects, including the finance, administration, project management, land-planning, entitlements and development areas.  Mr. Resch was responsible for commercial, residential and mixed use projects that ranged in size from 333 acres to over 10,000 acres; his responsibilities on these projects included all aspects of entitlements, development, operations, sales, marketing and management. 
 
While at Hillwood, Mr. Resch worked on the following mixed-use projects: (i) the 4,000-acre Lakeway community in Austin; (ii) the 2,300-acre Harris Branch community in Austin; (iii) the 1,500-acre Wells Branch development in Austin; (iv) 600-acre Westcreek project in Austin; (v) Four Points Centre, a 300-acre project in Westlake; (vi) Circle T Ranch, a 2,500 acre commercial/residential project in Austin;  (vi) Heritage, a 2300-acre development in Ft. Worth; (vii) Port Salalah, a 10,000-acre freeport project in the Sultanate of Oman; (viii) Hashemia Industrial, a 300-acre freeport project in Jordan.  Mr. Resch has also participated in the development of over 1 million square feet of office space in Austin, Corpus Christi and San Antonio, including the over 500,000-sf One American Center in Austin and the 315,000-sf Texas Commerce Plaza (Frost Bank) in Corpus Christi. 
 
Mr. Resch earned a BBA in Management and Accounting with honors from the University of Texas, and he attended UT’s Graduate School of Business. 
 
 
Richard Boyd, Senior Vice President of Business Development
Mr. Boyd has an extensive background in the healthcare industry.  His healthcare expertise focuses on business development, and hospital start-up, operations, management, as well as hospital-physician joint ventures.  Additionally, Mr. Boyd has participated in regional, state and national lobbying efforts on behalf of physician owned hospitals. He has been involved in the formation and start up of 7 physician owned hospitals, with total valuations exceeding $600,000,000. Mr. Boyd has successfully implemented and managed physician retention and recruitment activities for hospitals and related medical facilities.    Mr. Boyd previously served as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Texas Health Partners, an affiliate of Texas Health Resources. Prior to joining Texas Health Resources, he served in various capacities with TENET Health; including Director of Marketing & Physician Relations with Trinity Medical Center; Director of Physician Services with Doctors Hospital and as a Client Service Representative for TENETCARE.  Mr. Boyd earned a BS from McMurray University and an MBA from Texas Woman’s University.
 
 
Staci Renfro, Vice President Design & Architecture
Ms. Staci Renfro is responsible for shell building and tenant finish out design.  She has over sixteen years experience in commercial architecture with projects ranging from medical office, general office, hospitality, retail, restaurant, childcare, and theatre design. Prior to joining RMI, Ms. Renfro served eleven years as a design project manager for Five Star Real Estate, where she was responsible for design and coordination of shell buildings for large mixed-use projects. Previously she  worked for Runyon Architects & Associates, Inc., Partners in Architecture, William Graves Architects, Inc., and Montague Design Group.  Ms. Renfro has managed and designed projects from schematic design through permit and construction.  Ms. Renfro earned a bachelor’s degree in Architecture with a Minor in Interior Design from Texas Tech University in 1994.
 
 
Rich Marshall
Mr. Marshall serves as the General Counsel for Rainier Medical Investments and has an extensive background in real estate and real estate finance.  His real estate expertise focuses on the acquisition, disposition, development, leasing and financing of real property.  He is regularly involved in multi-million dollar transactions across the country and has represented nationally known developers, institutional lenders, and Wall Street investors, with total valuations of transactions exceeding $500,000,000. Mr. Marshall also has significant experience in sophisticated loan work-outs and structuring complicated business/partnership settlements.   Mr. Marshall previously practiced in the Dallas offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP.
 
Mr. Marshall earned a BA in English from the University of Oklahoma and obtained his JD from Columbia University School of Law.  Mr. Marshall is also a licensed real estate broker in the States of Texas and Oklahoma.
 
 
 
RAINIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE TEAM
 
J. Kenneth Dunn
Co-founder of Rainier Capital Management. Mr. Dunn is involved in all facets of the company and has primary responsibility for acquisitions, business development and negotiations.  In 1994 Mr. Dunn co-founded Meridian Realty Advisors. As a principal there, he directed the acquisition and management of more than $1 billion in transactions.  He also served as executive vice president of Hampton Real Estate Group from 1988 to 1994.  Mr. Dunn began his career as a commercial loan officer with First National Bank of Commerce and BancTexas, specializing in commercial real estate.  He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and an MBA in Finance from University of Arkansas. 
 
 
 
Timothy C. Nichols
Co-founder of Rainier Capital Management, brings over 20 years of real estate investment experience to the management team.  Mr. Nichols is involved in all facets of the company with primary responsibility for corporate and investment strategy and syndication activities.  Prior to joining Rainier, Mr. Nichols owned and operated Realty Services of America, Inc., a real estate investment consulting firm providing acquisition and capitalization services to real estate syndicators as well as real estate product selection, underwriting and placement services to NASD member broker/dealers.  For 16 years Mr. Nichols was employed by two NASD member broker/dealers where he was responsible for the selection and placement of more than $500 million of real estate investments.  He earned his Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Georgia and his master’s degree in Real Estate with emphasis on valuation from Georgia State University.