Jeff Mongan

Jeff Mongan has been a partner with Kim Richards in The Athens Group since the company was founded in 1988. As Senior Vice President, Jeff has overseen the development of a number of The Athens Group resort properties including Montage Deer Valley in Utah; The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch in Colorado; The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay in California; and the Four Seasons Hualalai Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Jeff joined Kim Richards at The Estes Co. in 1983 where he held various project management and asset management positions. His responsibilities included the construction and development of the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort and Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club in Tucson, Arizona. In 1986, Jeff’s responsibilities expanded to include the acquisition and planning of new resort development opportunities. When Kim Richards acquired Estes Properties from The Estes Co. in 1988 and the firm was renamed The Athens Group, Jeff became a partner and assumed the role of Vice President of The Athens Group. He coordinated the planning and entitlement process for various Athens Group projects and ultimately provided leadership and management for the various development teams hired to execute the development plans for all projects.

In 1992, Jeff became Vice President of Hualalai Development Co. (HDC), the development entity responsible for the 800-acre Hualalai Resort community on the Big Island of Hawaii. In 1996, Jeff was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of HDC as the company commenced resort operations and continued the residential community development at Hualalai Resort. In 1998, after the initial phase of the Hualalai Resort development was complete, Jeff relocated back to the mainland to establish The Athens Group’s offices in Phoenix, Arizona and Half Moon Bay, California. From 1998 through 2011, Jeff was involved in more than $1 billion of Athens Group development projects in California, Colorado and Utah.

Jeff has been a member of the Urban Land Institute for more than twenty-five years. As an active ULI participant, he has held various leadership positions with the Recreational Development Council (Red Flight) and the Arizona District Council. Jeff was one of the original members on the Arizona District Council’s Urban Plan committee and participates in Urban Plan at several Phoenix, Arizona-area high schools each year. Jeff and his family reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.