Broker
Kays Commercial Real Estate
Doug is a non-practicing CA attorney. He was in-house counsel and V.P. of Operations for McMahan's Furniture, a 120 store chain, from 1980 through their sale to Heilig-Meyers Furniture in 1995. At that time he was named Senior Regional Vice President for the Western United States for Heilig-Meyers. Doug was responsible for 176 stores west of the Mississippi River from 1995 until the company closed in 2000 (his Region was profitable).
In 1988 Doug obtained his CA Real Estate Broker’s License. He went into Commercial Real Estate in 2000 after Heilig-Meyers. He handled transactions for retail firms including Ethan Allen, Bassett, Easy Life, Sit 'n Sleep, Levitz, Wickes and at least a dozen others. Doug handled industrial, office and raw land transactions as well.
Also in 1988 Doug founded Fantastic Indoor Swap Meet in Las Vegas, a 3 acre indoor entrepreneurial marketplace that has launched 4,000 businesses and had over 14,000,000 shoppers since its inception. He continue to be active in the business.
Additionally, Doug has served on the following Boards for not-for-profit, common-interest, membership driven entities, so he understand the dynamics and income/expense considerations of membership driven associations:
National Home Furnishings Association (10,000+ retail members): Board 1986 - 2009
(Now known as NAHFA)
Treasurer - 8 years
President/Chairman - 2008 - 2009
Western Home Furnishings Association: Board (1,000+ retail members) 1979 - 2011
(Now known as NAHFA)
President/Chairman - 1993 - 1994
Mammoth Mountain Chalet Association, Inc (21 chalets): Board 1984 - 2000
President/CEO 1994 – 2000 / Chairman - 2000 - 2010
Pacific Palisades YMCA: Board 1994 - 2000
President 1996 – 1998 / Chairman 1998 – 2000
Education:
BS – Biology/Psychology: Willamette University
Juris Doctor – Southwestern University School of Law