The Founder
Pete Williams
Pete Williams has over 35 years of professional community management experience with 25 years related to all aspects of community development districts and various other special taxing districts, located in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and as of January 2023 is a Federal Court appointed Receiver, of a Public Improvement District, located in Brandon Mississippi.. His experience includes but is not limited to administration, operation, accounting, financial consulting, assessment allocation, and collection agent. 20 of those years were spent with Rizzetta and Company, Inc. where he served as Vice President.
In addition, Mr. Williams has been qualified as an Expert Witness and provided testimony in numerous types of court actions, including bond validation hearings, foreclosure actions, bankruptcy proceedings, civil suits and various administrative hearings on the local-governmental level. Mr. Williams has also been involved either as the manager, assessment consultant and or Board Member in over 4.5 Billion dollars in Bond Issues.
Our history
Mr. Williams started his consulting practice after spending almost 20 years with Rizzetta & Company, Inc. where he retired from his position as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Rizzetta's core practice, including all aspects of management, accounting and finance of community development districts and other special taxing districts, community associations and community amenity facilities.
Due to Mr. Williams' in-depth knowledge and experience, he felt it was time to focus on consulting over a wider range of clients and issues and less on the day to day activites. In this manner, Mr. Williams will have a greater impact on the industry in which he had gained such an excellent name and reputation.
Mr. Williams also sits on 16 Community Development District Boards, where his experience and expertise has been put to great use for the benefit of the Communities, he serves.
Prior to his tenure with Rizzetta and Company, Inc., Mr. Williams served as Vice President of Majestic Property Management, Inc., where he oversaw the management of that firm's community association clients, which included a number of luxury waterfront condominium associations.
Before venturing into community management, Mr. Williams served as a C-level retailing executive with Jewel Food Stores (Turnstyle Family Center Division), Forest City Enterprises ( home improvement center division), The Southland Corporation (7-Eleven Store division) and Rite-Aid Drugs (Circus World Toy Store division).
Mr. Williams is also a proud Veteran of the United States Marine Corps, where he had attained the rank of Sergeant (E-5) during his years of service.
Preferred Consultants
Pete Williams & Associates, LLC has other consultants that he can rely on as needed to help him, in supporting his efforts on his clients behalf or would recommend for direct consulting by his cleints.
District Management Services Consulting
Eric Dailey is the President/CEO of Halifax Solutions. He has been working in community development district management for more than 17 years. A seasoned district management professional, Eric worked at Rizzetta & Comapny, Inc. for over 15 years. He began in 2004 as a District Manager and moved around the state serving in various roles for the company, including financial consulting, business development and executive management. Eric’s most recent position was Director of District Services overseeing a staff of 50 plus team members serving more than 125 districts since 2014.
Eric previously worked for two years with Wachovia Bank as a licensed financial specialist. Prior to joining Wachovia Bank, he worked for five years in sales and operations for Ferguson Enterprises and Hughes Supply.
Eric holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and is a licensed community association manager in Florida. He currently serves as a Board Member for Leadership Tampa Bay and was a graduate of the class of 2017. Other notable positions include serving as a Board Member of the Children’s Home Society of Florida Gulf Coast Region from 2017-2020 and as a Community Ambassador for Super Bowl LV. Eric is a Florida native born in Ormond Beach and has resided in the Tampa Bay area for more than 17 years.
Eric can be reached through his web site for his full scope of service.
https://www.halifax-solutions.com/about
District Establishment and Finance Services Consulting
John McKay, Manager
J.H. McKay, LLC
John has nearly 40 years of experience in the banking, financial consulting and real estate development industries. He spent over 20 years with Rizzetta & Company providing financial services to the firm’s community development district clients throughout the state of Florida and financial, development and asset management services to the firm’s affiliated development company.
While at Rizzetta & Company, John developed Special Assessment Allocation Methodology Reports for nearly 100 new money and refunding community development district bond issues and prepared and maintained annual assessment rolls and collection agent records for over 70 CDDs. He also oversaw the financing and construction of over 70,000 square feet of office development and over 100,000 square feet of construction of tenant improvements for the firm’s portfolio of office properties. John was most recently employed by Neal Land & Neighborhoods, a major master-planned residential developer in Sarasota, Florida, as Director of Community Development Districts and oversaw the company’s special district activity.
Through his consulting company J.H. McKay, LLC, John provides a wide range of services to developers and others in the development community. Those services include, but are not limited to, special district advisory services, cash flow projections, development budget tracking and financial modeling. John has been qualified as an expert witness in bond validation hearings and has appeared before local governing boards in public hearings for district establishment.
John has previously held positions as senior associate in the litigation consulting services practice of a national and a regional CPA firm, project manager for a residential real estate developer and marketing officer for a major Florida commercial bank.
John can be racehd at John@jhmckay.com for his full scope of service.
Our mission
Committed to developing and embracing strong client relations by providing the highest level of customer service through expertise and integrity.
We promise to never tell you what you want to "hear". We will inform you of what you need to know in order to make the best informed decision possible.