Board of Directors

Michael Dougherty

Michael is co-founder of Redfin and a former Director of Strategy & Planning at Zillow. Currently he is the co-founder and CEO of Quorus, based in Seattle, Washington. Michael received a BS in Engineering and International Studies from Yale, and an MSEE from the University of Washington. At UW, Michael earned a 3-year National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate fellowship.

Schuyler Havens

Schuyler was the Co-Founder and COO of Cartesian Iris and Iris Reinsurance Ltd. (collectively “Iris”), a Bermuda-based asset management and reinsurance business. Before founding Iris, he was an advisor to and then CFO and Head of Corporate Development at Freestone Capital Management. Until February 2007, Schuyler was a Director of E*TRADE Wealth Management where he was on the senior management team for their private client growth and acquisition strategy. Previously, he was COO and CFO of Howard Capital Management until its merger with E*TRADE in 2005. Schuyler began his career at JP Morgan in New York. In addition to ValueAppeal, Schuyler also serves on the Board of Iris.

Schuyler earned his B.A. degree in Economics and History from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He serves on the Alumni Executive Council for the Allen-Stevenson School in New York.

Peter Lane

Peter has over 20 years of financial services industry experience. Peter was a Partner with Eastbourne Capital Management, a $3 billion long/short hedge fund from 2000 through 2009 where he was responsible for marketing and all client relations. Previously, Peter was the CFO and CIO with Sherwood Capital, a fund of hedge funds, from 1994 until it was acquired by Howard Capital Management in 1998 where Peter continued to manage the fund of funds and served as Howard’s CFO. Before that Peter managed his own investment company and worked as an institutional broker for William O’Neil + Co.

Peter is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is a Certified Financial Analyst.