Donald Braun has been with the Company since 1980 and oversees management of the Company’s core business activities. Mr. Braun is principally responsible for the implementation of investment strategies and making finance, sale and purchase decisions. He has extensive experience working with and structuring debt and equity financing on Wall Street and with other capital market sources. Mr. Braun has served on the board of a number of high-tech and traditional companies. In addition to boards associated with the Company's affiliates and investments, Mr. Braun currently sits on the board of The Real Estate Council. He is a CPA and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Albion College.

Mike Jaynes
President

Mike Jaynes has over 22 years of commercial real estate experience. Mr. Jaynes rejoined Hall Financial Group in 2000 as a senior member of the Company’s real estate structured finance team. Prior to rejoining Hall Financial Group in 2000, Mr. Jaynes worked more than 7 years at GE Capital Real Estate as vice president and program manager. At GE Capital Real Estate, Mr. Jaynes was responsible for the performance of equity and debt portfolios valued at more than $2 billion dollars consisting of over 240 multifamily, office, retail, and hotel assets located throughout the country. Prior to joining GE Capital Real Estate, Mr. Jaynes was employed by Hall Financial Group and various affiliates from 1985 to 1993 having responsibility for loan origination, dispositions, acquisitions, as well as debt and equity restructures. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in business administration with an emphasis in real estate finance and urban land economics from the Ohio State University.