Management

J. Kavanaugh (Kav) Tucker

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, serves as the managing member of Adelaide Capital Partners, LLC, and is responsible for the strategic direction and investment decisions for Adelaide Capital Real Estate Lending Fund, LP, a private debt fund offering bridge lending solutions for residential property owners. Mr. Tucker is also the Founder of Walton Funding, LLC, a retail mortgage originator in Rosemary Beach specializing in Conventional, Jumbo, and Non-QM lending. Following his graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mr. Tucker began his career in investment banking with Credit Suisse. While at Credit Suisse, he served as Vice President of Fixed Income in the New York headquarters. Mr. Tucker moved on from Credit Suisse to found SouthCap Brokerage Group, LLC, a private client estate and business planning consulting firm, where he also served as its President and CEO. SouthCap was sold to Arthur J Gallagher (AJG) in 2017. Having a passion for childhood education, Mr. Tucker has served as Board Chair for Essential 2 Life, a mentoring and leadership program for at risk urban teens; Vice Chairman of Tree House Montessori School; and committees for organizations such as Boys and Girls Club and Seaside Neighborhood School. He and His wife, Celia, reside in Inlet Beach, FL with their son, Huxley.

Charlie Carroll

Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, is responsible for raising capital and managing investor relations for Adelaide Capital Partners, LLC and the Adelaide Capital Real Estate Lending Fund, LP. Mr. Carroll grew up in Dunwoody, GA and graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Economics and History and a concentration in Corporate Strategy. After receiving his Masters of Accounting from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, he started his career as a Certified Public Accountant in an audit capacity for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he facilitated the transition of private clients to the public sector through filing public debt offerings, assisted with new mergers and acquisitions by performing opening balance sheet procedures, and enabled the filing of quarterly and annual financial statements for clients varying in size from small, private companies to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Carroll left PwC to work in commercial real estate acquisitions for Turnstone Group, a private equity backed real estate investment manager focused on opportunistic investments across a wide range of asset classes. As Vice President of Acquisitions & Development, Mr. Carroll was responsible for the identification, analysis, and consummation of new investment opportunities in addition to the coordination of development efforts on existing portfolio assets. Mr. Carroll went on to serve as CEO for Provadus Home Loans where he was responsible for the strategic direction and overall performance of the independent mortgage bank. In addition to his role with Adelaide, Mr. Carroll currently serves as Senior Vice President of Brokerage & Development for Stratus Property Group, an Atlanta-based, boutique commercial real estate firm specializing in the brokerage and management of investment properties throughout the Southeast. In his free time, Mr. Carroll volunteers as a greeter at his church, coaches youth basketball at a nearby recreation center and attends Bible study with friends. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Katie, and his son and daughter, Bennett and Corley.

Tammie S. Braden, CPA - Controller

Tammie graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. With over 25 years of experience in public and private accounting, she has a wealth of experience from working at PricewaterhouseCooopers in the audit practice to working at Darlington School as the Controller. Tammie is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida, and she oversees the company’s financial reporting, accounting, and related internal controls functions.

Tammie and her husband, Doug, relocated to the panhandle of Florida in May of 2019 along with their daughter, Georgia. She enjoys spending time with family and friends on their boat and at the beach.