Bill McMahon, Sr. AIA, OAA
FOUNDER
Bill is a strategic, financial and architectural planning consultant to communities and club-like-facilities throughout North America. He established McMahon Group in 1983 as an affiliate of the family architectural firm his grandfather founded in 1906.
Frank Vain
CHAIRMAN
Mr. Vain provides consulting and planning services to communities and private clubs throughout North America. Through the use of specialized services including membership surveys, strategic planning, operational analysis and facility long range planning …
Christopher W. Coulter
VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSULTING
Chris provides consulting services for strategic planning, membership surveys, facility improvement programs, and general consulting expertise on club needs. In addition, Chris also provides specialty consulting in operations, buyouts, capital fundraising, facility conditions and membership.
David Dew, CCM, CCE
VICE PRESIDENT OF CLUB CONSULTING
David brings over 30 years of experience in hospitality and private club management, with a career focused on creating exceptional member experiences within both developer-owned clubs and equity-owned, board-governed environments.
Martha McMahon Acker
PRESIDENT
Martha joined McMahon in 1988 after graduating from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Martha has more than 31 years of experience at McMahon and has worked with many communities.
Glen Selligman, AIA
DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Hailing from the Los Angeles area, Tom left Mr. Selligman joined McMahon in 1993, and since then has participated in the planning and design of more than 1000 facilities for communities and their club-like-facilities. He directs all aspects of the facility planning operations for existing conditions reports, architectural plan reviews …
Alison McMahon
SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR
Alison McMahon joined McMahon in 1999 after graduating from Saint Louis University with a BA in Marketing. As Director of Marketing, Alison is responsible for developing and implementing the overall marketing plan for the company.
Christian Clerc, AIA
VICE PRESIDENT OF CLUB CONSULTING
Christian joined McMahon Group in 2015 and assists Clubs and communities with strategic and facility planning. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Masters of Architecture and Masters of Urban Design. He completed his B.S. in physics from the University of Dallas, where he was social chair and treasurer of the UD Rugby Football Club.
Bryan Beckmann
MARKETING AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Bryan has been in the marketing and graphic design field for over 20 years and directs all creative development for the McMahon marketing department. He creates graphic material for facility project presentations and community booklets.
Andrew Beste
DESIGNER
Andrew joined McMahon Group in 2020. He is currently involved in the planning and designing process for club establishments.
He attended Ranken Technical College and graduated with his Bachelors of Science in Architecture.
Kathy Sevier
DIRECTOR OF SURVEY ANALYTICS
Kathy joined McMahon Group in the fall of 2012 and has played key roles throughout the company and currently leads our survey department analytics. She assists in all areas of club surveys by compiling survey analytics for comparison to our club database of over 1,000 clubs.
Jim Fisher, PhD
MARKETING CONSULTANT & CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jim Fisher is Professor and Chair of the Marketing Department at Saint Louis University. He holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Illinois and a Masters of Divinity from Yale University. In addition to his teaching responsibilities …
Joe Gutkneckt
ARTIST
Joe has been working with McMahon for almost 35 years, creating three dimensional design illustrations and renderings for facility improvement programs.