Team
Christopher M. Conabee
With over 25 years of alpine resort development experience, Mr. Conabee has experience in the development of resort commercial, non-profit commercial, restaurant, retail, condominium, high-end housing and affordable housing across projects like Maple Ridge Ranches, Silver Star, Red Ledges, The Utah Olympic Park and the expansion to the Goldener Hirsch in Silver Lake, Deer Valley. Christopher, Vanessa and their three children enjoy skiing, golfing, fishing and an occasional game of flashlight tag.
Brook Cole
Brook is the brain behind the beauty. With two decades of design and development experience, Brook has been involved in all aspects of planning, developing and construction golf courses, recreational resorts, mixed-use residential, commercial/retail, and master-planned community projects. Brook has a keen ability to visualize a property’s development potential, utilizing the natural and aesthetic features of the land. He has worked in several roles, including architect, project manager, principal planner, director, and president. Brook’s experience and creative aptitude enable him to lead projects from initial conception through final construction.
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Brook graduated in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning from Utah State University.
Thomas J. Wadsworth
Thomas has been with Utah Development and Construction for over 5 years with Utah Development and Construction as their director of development. Thomas’ additional development experience includes working for the Athen’s Group as a Project Manager for the transformation of the Snow Park Base development in Deer Valley Utah.
Prior to working in development, Thomas worked in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) where he led all business development and corporate incentive programs for the State of Utah. During his time at GOED he oversaw dozens of corporate expansion and relocation transactions resulting in over $3B in capital investment and more than 20,000 new jobs in communities across the state of Utah.
Additionally, Thomas was responsible for staffing Governor appointed committees responsible for the development of Salt Lake City’s Convention Center Hotel, The Point of the Mountain Development, and the Utah Inland Port.
Thomas has a finance degree from Brigham Young University and enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.
Advisors
Spencer P. Eccles
Prior to co-founding The Cynosure Group, Spencer P. Eccles served as Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) for the State of Utah, which was responsible for statewide business, tourism and film development, international trade, rural economic development, and the Utah Health Exchange.
During his tenure, GOED facilitated the expansion or relocation of strategic anchor companies in Utah’s urban and rural counties—companies that were projected to create more than 32,500 jobs and $2.1 billion in new state revenue over the next decade. Spencer remains an advisor to the Governor on economic development issues and has been involved on numerous public and private boards, including as chair of the Governor’s Economic Council, vice-chair of the Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative, vice-chair of the STEM Action Center, and a member of the Utah Capital Investment Board (UCIB), which supports venture capital investment firms to help grow Utah’s innovative companies.
Previously, Spencer provided leadership to web-based software and materials technology companies in the U.S. and abroad. He was formerly affiliated with Wells Capital Management (Wells Fargo Bank). In 1997, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games tapped him to develop and oversee the premier Olympic downhill events, as well as all of the alpine Paralympic competitions. Spencer received his MBA from B.Y.U.’s ’s Marriott School of Management and his B.A. in History from the University of Utah.
Brett Okland
With over 20 years of construction experience, Mr. Okland has experience in the construction of education, healthcare, municipal, resort commercial, medical office, non-profit commercial, restaurant, retail, condominium, sporting facilities, athlete and affordable housing across projects such as Silver Star, St. Regis Resort, and Flagstaff at Empire Pass. Brett is an active father of four who enjoys all things family, sports and outdoors
Randal Quarles
Randal Quarles has spent his career in an unusually broad range of senior roles, in which success has required combining a deep analytical understanding of complex systems with the practical judgment involved in managing risk. He believes this approach is one of the key ways in which The Cynosure Group is creating value.
Before bringing together the group that founded Cynosure in 2014, Randy’s prominent career included heading the leading financial services legal practice in the United States, at Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he was involved in a number of the largest financial mergers ever completed; many years as a partner at the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, where he helped lead a number of firmwide initiatives, including the development of the firm’s Financial Services Fund complex; and holding senior financial policy positions in four different presidential administrations over the last 35 years, including six confirmations by the U.S. Senate, most recently as Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve. In 2020, he was one of the key participants in the Fed’s crisis response credited with preventing the collapse of the U.S. and global economy (as detailed in the books Limitless and Trillion Dollar Triage).
Randy maintains that studying philosophy at Columbia University (from which he received an A.B. summa cum laude in 1981) first led him to one of his guiding principles in investment and in life: many things that might seem simple on the surface are, in fact, expressions of complex, sometimes hidden, structures, and those structures—whether they underlie the profitability of a company or the stability of the entire financial system—can be improved once they are understood.
Brandon Henrie
As President of Clyde Capital Group, Brandon leads the firm’s efforts to identify and execute high-impact projects, strategic partnerships, and growth initiatives across the real estate industry. Since joining Clyde Companies in 2017, Brandon has played a key role in transforming Clyde Capital Group from an early-stage, small-footprint developer into one of the premier development firms in the Intermountain West. Under his leadership, the company has achieved significant expansion and established itself as a driving force in the region’s real estate and investment landscape.
Before joining Clyde Capital Group, Brandon built a successful career spanning consulting, investment banking, brand strategy, and business development—experience that continues to inform his strategic, growth-oriented leadership.
Brandon holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from Brigham Young University. He is actively involved in the business community, serving in the chambers of commerce for Salt Lake, Utah, and Washington counties, and currently sits on the board of the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce. He is also a former member of the board of trustees for the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDC Utah).
Outside of work, Brandon is an avid traveler who enjoys golfing, skiing, and discovering new cuisines. He lives in Orem, Utah, with his wife Alison and their three children.
Jeremy Hafen
Jeremy Hafen is the President and CEO of Clyde Companies, Inc., a multi-billion-dollar construction materials and services company based in Utah and operating in the Intermountain West & Great Plains regions. Prior to his move to Clyde Companies in April of 2019, he served as President of Sunroc Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clyde Companies. Before that, he served as President of Sunroc Building Materials (now known as Sunpro), a sister company to Sunroc Corporation. In his seven plus years as president, Sunroc Building Materials more than doubled its revenue and became a top performing subsidiary of Clyde Companies, Inc. He Inc. He began his career with Clyde Companies in the fall of 2004 as a Business Development Manager and worked his way up to Vice President of Administration at Clyde Companies, Inc.
Prior to Clyde Companies, Jeremy spent several years with Deloitte in Dallas, Texas as a Senior Tax Consultant. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Master of Accountancy degree in tax accompanied by a Minor in Information Systems Management. He also holds an emeritus CPA license in the State of Utah.
Jeremy previously served as the Chair of the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce and is currently on the board of directors of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. He was recently appointed as a director of the Salt Lake City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He is also the Chair of the Board of Trustees for MTECH and serves on the Board of Trustees for Utah Valley University. Jeremy is an Advisory Board member of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and a BYU Marriott National Advisory Council member. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Clyde Companies, Inc.
Most of his personal time is spent with his wife and seven children.