Pete joined Sandpiper in May 2023 and is responsible for all new hotel construction projects along with coordinating all Capital Expenditures and PIP’s /Renovations for existing hotels. Prior to Sandpiper, Pete most recently spent 17 years as the Director of Facilities and Engineering for Gold Key/ PHR Hotels and Resorts based in Virginia Beach, VA and was instrumental in the completion of the Cavalier Resort Complex on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Throughout those 17 years, Pete was involved in the construction and renovations to multiple hotels and timeshare properties as well as several mixed-use retail locations, apartments, warehouse, central laundry facility, and IT Data Centers, along with multiple restaurants.

Pete is a US military veteran, having served as a Naval Officer on several Amphibious Ships, a member of Naval Special Warfare and a did a tour of duty in the Pentagon. When not working, Pete spends time with his wife of 30 years, two sons, and his “girl”, a Fox Red Labrador named Rosie. Pete is the former President of the International Facility Management Association in SE Virginia as well as the former Prior for the Knights Templar (SMOTJ) in SE Virginia.

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Casey started his professional career in HVAC, working several years on commercial and residential systems before expanding his horizons into the hospitality arena. He spent 10 years working his way up through the hotel engineering and maintenance team ranks, ultimately serving as a Chief Engineer at several different hotels. Casey has worked at hotels of all sizes, ranging from a 300room full service Marriott to an 86 room historic,100 year old hotel as part of the Marriott Autograph Collection at the Cavalier Resort in Virginia Beach. Most recently before joining Sandpiper, he worked at the corporate headquarters of the Fortune 200 company, Dollar Tree, where he worked in the Facilities Department focusing on project management and procurement for store renovations and remediations around the country.

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