Jeffery C. Walraven is our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer at Sachem Capital Corp. Mr. Walraven has extensive experience with
private and public real estate companies working on matters including capital
markets, accounting and finance.
Mr. Walraven has served as the Chief Operating Officer, a director and
co-founder of Freehold Properties, Inc., a REIT that historically financed
cannabis-related real estate, since its formation in May 2019 and has since
transitioned its portfolio acquisition focus in 2024 to capital finance of
premium vineyard real estate. He has also served as an independent director
and member of the audit committee of Broad Street Realty, Inc. (OTCQX: BRST),
a real estate company that owns, operates, develops, and redevelops primarily
essential grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use properties, since
2023. From January 2014 to May 2019, Mr. Walraven served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc.
(formerly, NYSE: MRT), an internally managed healthcare REIT that was
initially funded privately in July 2014, completed an initial public offering
on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2016 and was subsequently sold to
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) that closed in May 2019.
From 2006 to 2013, Mr. Walraven held several positions with BDO USA, LLP, most
recently as an assurance managing partner of the Memphis office, where his
primary responsibilities included providing core and peripheral assurance
services and business operational and tax consulting services. Mr. Walraven
has over 20 years of public accounting experience, serving many public REIT
clients since 1999. Mr. Walraven worked extensively with publicly traded
companies on all aspects of compliance with Securities Act (as defined below)
and Exchange Act (as defined below) filings, including quarterly, annual and
special reports, and compliance relating to acquisitions, dispositions and
securities offerings. Mr. Walraven has had signing engagement partner
responsibility for numerous public and private securities offerings by REITs
and other clients, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and
private placements.
Mr. Walraven holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Management from Bob
Jones University and a Masters of Professional Accountancy from Clemson
University. As of December 2024, Mr. Walraven has been appointed Interim CFO
of the Company.