Team
Owen Larkin, President & CEO of the Larkin Group, is a concept developer, master planner, and project manager with vision and wide-ranging experience.
In his accomplished career in development, Owen Larkin has led projects in the hospitality and real estate sectors as both partner and principal. He has a successful record with regulators and community leaders because of his background, objectivity, and commitment to execute a project as promised.
Owen is working with pre-eminent golf course developer Mike Keiser to develop a public golf resort on Vandenberg Air Force Base north of Santa Barbara, California. Both MLK Ventures and the Larkin Group are known for an understated style that enhances the land's natural beauty and protects the environment while providing stellar recreational opportunities.
Larkin was part of the team, led by renowned architect Gil Hanse, to present to the 2016 Olympic Committee on the importance of sustainability for the new golf course for the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Larkin Group was chosen as the Sustainability Manager for Hanse Golf Design on this historic project that brought golf back to the Games.
As Managing Partner and founding President of the Vineyard Golf Club, Owen managed the permitting, design, and construction of America’s most organic golf course and shepherded it through its first decade. His experience and credibility were crucial to getting the Vineyard Golf Club permitted on Martha’s Vineyard, arguably one of the strictest regulatory environments in the United States.
Larkin has been involved in public/private partnerships for decades, beginning while he attended MIT’s Sloan School of Business and later while serving as a Fellow at Harvard’s Center for Business and Government. Larkin’s career has focused on large, innovative, mixed-use developments, often with a high barrier to entry.
General Gene Renuart is a retired four-star general for the US Air Force. He left the service in 2010 after almost 40 years of distinguished service that culminated with his position as Commander, NORAD and US Northern Command.
General Renuart was responsible for homeland defense and security issues for North America. Previously he served as Vice-Commander, Pacific Air Forces and as the Director of Strategy, Policy and Planning for the Joint Staff. General Renuart was a Senior Military Assistant to two Secretaries of Defense, both Rumsfeld and Gates.
Since his retirement, Gene Renuart formed the Renuart Group, a consulting and project management firm with detailed background in budget oversight, management oversight, integration, USAF contracting, and legal oversight requirements of ongoing projects.
In 2012, the Renuart Group formed a partnership with the Larkin Group, led by Owen Larkin, becoming Renuart & Larkin (R&L). R&L is a project management firm with a foundation based in environmental sustainability and concentrating on installations within the military portfolio. General Renuart oversees the integrated efforts of our consortium partners to rebuild military installations, focusing on infrastructure and energy reduction programs.
General Renuart brings his vast background in strategic planning, leadership and integration to the problems and possibilities facing our nation’s military installations. He brings 39 years of extensive experience with USAF privatization efforts, having led the successful housing privatization project for Pacific Air Force at Hickam AFB and assisting AFSPACE efforts at Peterson AFB