Christopher's career began in music and sound production. Through his late twenties, he thrived as a musician before switching gears towards his other passion: architecture and historical buildings. His first property, a historic survivor of the 1906 earthquake on Union Square, was in need of much attention. With patient investment he brought this treasure back to life and it was recently awarded LEED Gold Certification. Christopher continues to revitalize many historic properties including San Francisco's old Federal Reserve Bank, now called the Bently Reserve.

As an avid environmentalist, Christopher insists on nothing less than exemplary green operating fundamentals in every one of the Bently Enterprises companies. Christopher is currently creating a fully organic and sustainable ranching practice in Nevada's beautiful Carson Valley.

Christopher moved to San Francisco in 1984 and says "there are two things that make this City great: its open-armed acceptance of people from all walks of life, and its stalwart care for its citizen's quality of life." A long time patron of the arts, Christopher has served on many boards supporting the arts and the environment, including the Black Rock Arts Foundation, the Burning Man Project, Global Green, and the Point Reyes Bird Observatory.

His next venture is to restore a turn of the century brick mill and creamery into a hub for culture and drive the local economy without driving development.

“I see no sense in building new structures when we have beautiful historic properties left abandoned. We need a sense of tradition and worth brought back to our culture. A disposable world just won’t do.”

Although Anne is a Colorado native, she has spent most of her life in California. She received her degree at UC Irvine and prior to her employment with Bently Holdings, Anne provided close body protection for celebrities and executives. She managed numerous security teams of ex-military personnel, escorting her high profile clients all over the world. Her last assignment was managing a large private estate in Santa Barbara. She now enjoys a predictable work schedule and stable lifestyle with the Bently Holdings Team. Anne has received her Real Property Administrator (RPA) certification, her real estate license, and is a LEED Green Associate. She plans to become a Certified Property Manager (CPM) one day. Anne enjoys all aspects of her job but finds the most joy in marketing and leasing vacant spaces and maintaining happy tenants. In her free time Anne loves to travel by train, plane, automobile, ship, and foot — just about any mode of transportation. She has been to all four corners of California, all four corners of the US and almost everywhere in between.

Jim leads the sales and events team to enhance the Bently Reserve's tradition of unparalleled events, meetings, and weddings.

Jim's professional experience and passion for travel industry has led him to hold a management role with the AOL Travel Channel, the Director of Vendor Relations for Uniglobe Passport Travel and Director of Sales for the Cartwright Hotel. These varied positions allowed him to travel the world, gain experience and lead him to become an advocate and promoter for environmentally friendly businesses. Jim had the great pleasure of opening California’s first LEED-NC certified Hotel, which set him on a path to help green the hospitality community and form partnerships with many local and national non-profits. Jim has been involved with the AIDS Lifecycle event, riding his bike 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for AIDS Research and Community Programs.

Annie is no stranger to supporting unique San Francisco institutions. Before joining the Bently Reserve, Annie worked as the Weddings and Special Events Manager at the historic Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park where she helped develop the event rentals department. She also managed operations at Peachy’s Puffs, the city’s famed original candy girl company.

Her events career began in high school when she planned and produced conferences for a youth organization, and since then she has enjoyed projects for local organizations, including the SF Jewish Film Festival and Girls on the Run Bay Area. Annie completed her B.A. at Mills College in 2007, and she currently lives in Oakland where she spends much of her time walking Lake Merritt and binge-watching television.

Cantrell brings a strong background in coordinating and promoting corporate meetings, conferences, conventions and trade shows. She began her career at Meeting Pro in Beverly Hills, CA where she developed event logistics for large conferences of 500+ attendees, established registration procedures, managed and evaluated events. She gained additional experience as the Catering and Conference Services Coordinator at Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, CA and as Event Manager/Catering Sales at Bi–Rite gourmet market in San Francisco.

Cantrell holds a BA in Psychology from San Francisco State University. She is a volunteer tutor and assists with after–school club activities Mission High School in San Francisco. She resides in Oakland.

Sarah is a proud Oakland native and came to Bently Holdings with a BA in Studio Arts from UC Santa Cruz. As Assistant Property Manager, she works to support our wonderful tenants, pursue Green initiatives and act a conservator and advocate for our "jewel box" properties.

She previously worked in a metal shop helping fabricate sculptures for such artists as Anish Kapoor and Richard Deutsch, and she grew up working in her family’s printing shop. These lifelong ties to the arts combined with an ardor for local history and historic structures give Sarah a strong foundation for appreciating and protecting our special buildings.

Sarah is active in our local BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) chapter and is currently pursuing her RPA (Real Property Administrator) designation. She also sits on BOMA’s Historic Building, Emergency Preparedness and Education committees. In her spare time, Sarah works as a freelance illustrator and printmaker, and she loves to go on adventures and explore local history with her Boston Terrier, Freddy.

Alex has been in the customer service industry for over ten years, and with the Bently Reserve for three years. She and loves working and building relationships with people, is excited to learn how to become more Eco-friendly, and hopes to bring more awareness to Contra Coast County where she resides. She’s working hard toward her Real Property Administrator to become a better Tenant Coordinator and to expand her horizons. When not working, she loves to spend time with her Italian Greyhound Luigi and her newfound hobbies: cooking and traveling.

A Bay Area native, Brett graduated high school in 1990 and joined the Air Force in 1991, where he served as a Crew Chief mechanic on a KC-135R air-refueling tanker. He was responsible for the overall maintenance of that one particular aircraft but also assisted other crew chiefs with their aircraft maintenance as well.

After doing things like refueling a stealth bomber while flying over the Grand Canyon, Brett entered the security business and now serves as the Lead Security Specialist of the Bently Reserve.

He loves to vacation in Atlanta, GA, where he went to his very first Atlanta Falcon game and had a blast cheering on his team with fellow fans (sorry, Niners fans)!

Mark T. Mayfield, Chief Engineer of the Bently Reserve, has been a facilities professional for over 20 years. After graduating from Gannon University, his technical experience began in the electrical distribution field and soon diversified into building automation and facility management. Mark has maintained and operated facility controls in critical data centers, museums, commercial office buildings, and aquariums in and around San Francisco where he currently resides with his awesome wife and two curious children. When not handling the day to day operations at the Reserve, he enjoys playing guitar, bicycle riding, brewing unique ales, and telling his kids to clean their rooms. He is thrilled to have the best daily commute of his career so far – an urban bicycle trek to and from the Bently Reserve; three miles each way.

Utilizing an extensive background in Design, Development, Marketing, Technology, and Management, Brady is tasked with marshaling all aspects of Bently Holdings. He has over a decade of management experience, including an extensive background in art direction, marketing , design, color theory & psychology, UI, UX, front-end, and back-end development. He's designed, developed, and led teams for household names such as William Sonoma, the GAP, Nike Town, Harley Davidson, Snap-on, the Smithsonian, ComEd, Verizon, AT&T;, Pixar and PG&E.; He got this way from reading too much and staring at his computer screen when he should have been outdoors. His obsessions vary, but include music, art history, philosophy, psychology, astronomy, mathematics, martial arts, and burritos.

Jeff was born and raised in the Midwest. In 1978 he graduated from Ohio State University with a BS Business, majoring in Accounting. He has been a California certified CPA (certificate #30961) since 1980. This is a total of thirty-five years of finance and accounting experience that span a huge array of industries — from accounting to CFO — as well as industries such as real estate to manufacturing. Jeff has been married for twenty-seven years, and he and his family loves to camp, boat, and water ski.

Yvette has six years of service with Bently Holdings, and is a California Certified Public Accountant and a Notary Public of California. Yvette holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. She is a member of the CalCPA, AlCPA, and the NNA. Yvette enjoys running, skiing, motorcycling, scuba diving, traveling and just challenging herself and learning new things. Dogs hold a dear spot in her heart and she plans on running her own animal shelter someday.

Eugene has been with Bently Holdings for seven years. Eugene began his tenure at Bently Holdings as a junior graphic designer, eventually becoming an integral member of the development team where he helped code websites and build custom web and iOS applications. Eugene’s interests then began to branch out into the IT field, where he excelled for several years before becoming the IT Manager for Bently Holdings. His certifications include “Tall, Dark, and Handsome.”