Paul Ritchie

Founder & Principal - Paul Ritchie is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Ritchie Group and helped establish the strategy and approach for the company. Paul is responsible managing the firm’s investment and capitalization activities. Paul joined The Ritchie Group with extensive experience in real estate investment, real estate development, and private lending.

Paul has been acquiring, investing in, and managing development properties since 1996. He began his career with a Utah-based family office where he developed an expertise in financial modeling, due diligence, project capitalization and project management.    

Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laud, in International Relations from Brigham Young University (BYU). He received his MBA from the Marriott School of Management at BYU with an emphasis in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

RYAN Ritchie

Founder & Principal - Ryan Ritchie is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Ritchie Group (TRG).  He has been instrumental in setting the direction and vision for the Company.  His primary roles at TRG include deal sourcing, project entitlements, design development, market feasibility, construction management, and overall project management of a design and construction team.

 Ryan has a passion for creating great real estate. He believes strongly in the philosophy that the highest quality of real estate yields the best returns for the greatest public and private benefit.  Ryan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University (BYU).

ROB HEYWOOD

Founder & Principal - Prior to joining The Ritchie Group, Rob served as a Vice President of Ritchie Enterprises and managed several single family residential developments from acquisition to exit. Rob’s real estate matriculation has included the purchase, rehabilitation and sale of distressed properties, the entitlement of nearly 1,000 single family building lots, management of a substantial portfolio of commercial properties, and project manager of a 46-acre industrial park near the Salt Lake International Airport. Rob received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Brigham Young University.

JAYSON NEWITT

Founder & Principal - Jayson Newitt is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Ritchie Group.  He has been working in real estate development since 1996 and plays key management roles in some of The Ritchie Group’s primary developments with an emphasis on project management activities.   Prior to joining The Ritchie Group, Jayson was a partner with The Boyer Company which included managing development projects in several states throughout the country.  Jayson worked in Washington D.C. for Marriott International where he participated in a Leadership Development Program with corporate rotational assignments in architecture and construction, finance, strategy, e-commerce, and brand management. 

Jayson received an MBA from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from Brigham Young University. 

STEPHANIE ACTON

Accounting - Stephanie works in the accounting department at TRG and is responsible for multiple projects. She supports the construction draw process along with the monthly and year end accounting needs. Stephanie has been working as the Project Accountant at The Ritchie Group since 2017.  Prior to joining The Ritchie Group, she worked in Commercial Property Management for over 5 years in Park City, Utah. 

 Stephanie received a BS degree in Accounting & Business Management from the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University. 

DEAN CLARK

Principal & Controller - Dean serves as The Ritchie Group’s controller and the Director of Information Systems. Prior to joining TRG, Dean Clark worked as an accountant performing audits in the construction industry. Prior to his involvement at the CPA firm Dean was the Controller and CFO for Hyperbaric Medicine Group, which constructed and operated hyperbaric clinics. He also served as the CFO of Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he oversaw the companies start-up development, financial operations, cash management, purchasing, information systems, and developed company pro formas and financial forecasting analysis. Dean also served as the Controller and Director of Information Systems for ASC Group, a firm that constructed and operated surgical hospitals throughout the country. Dean received his undergraduate degree and a Masters in Business Administration from Brigham Young University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

COREY BERG

Principal - Corey Berg is a Principal at The Ritchie Group his focus is on Industrial projects including bulk distribution and self storage. Corey has served as the Venture Partner at TRG and has invested in and incubated growth in several start-up companies. He currently sits on the board of LifeE, Mycore and MovieMouth.

In addition, Corey has managed the Timp Investment Fund for the last 10 years, a Fund that focuses on energy, real estate and software investments.

Prior to joining TRG Corey was a Director at The Structure Group a software and consulting firm working in deregulated power markets across the US.

After graduating from Brigham Young University with a BS in Accounting, Corey worked for Andersen in their economic and financial consulting group where he worked on financial modeling and business valuation.

NATALIE PRUITT

Office Manager - Natalie provides support for the entire TRG team as the Office Manager. Her responsibilities include office management, administrative assistance and AP/AR accounting matters.  She provides AP/AR assistance for multiple properties currently under management and any project that needs additional support.

Natalie’s previous experience has been in construction, pharmaceutical research, legal and payroll. This experience allows her to support various areas of the project development life-cycle. She studied Criminal Law and Psychology at Westminster (in Salt Lake) and Great Basin College (in Elko, Nevada) respectively.

SCOTT LANERI

Principal -  Scott joined The Ritchie Group in 2014. During his time at TRG, Scott has primarily focused on developing multi-family and hospitality projects. His responsibilities include managing project-specific investment and capitalization activities, pro forma modeling, asset management, and project management.

Scott received a Master of Real Estate Development from the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah.  He graduated Cum Laude from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University with honors and received Bachelor of Science Degrees in Finance and Economics.

TYLER RITCHIE

Principal -  Tyler works as an analyst and project manager for TRG. Tyler has extensive background in purchase and sale of real estate and has overseen well over $100 million in transactions. Tyler is currently working on several hospitality and multifamily projects.

JONATHAN RITCHIE

Principal -  Jonathan works as a analyst and project manager for TRG. Jonathan is currently working on several multifamily and hospitality projects for TRG.

JAMES W. RITCHIE

Founder, Ritchie Enterprises  - Jim is the founder of Ritchie Enterprises, a family limited partnership formed in 1973. The consummate entrepreneur, Jim built, owned, and managed several successful businesses including a Chevrolet dealership, hotels, restaurants, and distributorships. After a brief elective early retirement to perform civic and church service, Jim returned to Utah in 1989. He joined Franklin International Institute, Inc. (now FranklinCovey) as its Senior Vice President of Sales and Training. He led a department of over 300 sales executives, trainers, and other personnel. When Jim left Franklin in 1994, the company had gone public and had a CAP value of over $1 billion. Jim received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from Brigham Young University and performed graduate studies at the University of Utah and at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). The Ritchie Group, L.C, now carries on the day-to-day activities of managing past real estate and investment ventures of Ritchie Enterprises.