E. Payne Palmer III, CLU
Advisory Board Member

Payne Palmer is Chairman of Palmer Partners, a consulting advisory company specializing in high-end, private, gated, residential golf community development. He has had experience in the financing acquisition, planning, and zoning of more than 25 pre-development land parcels, the development of three private residential golf communities, the marketing of a private residential Oceanside golf community in the Pacific and real estate sales at a high-end, private, gated, golf, and fishing residential resort community.

Payne was a Financial Representative for The Northwestern Mutual Financial Network from 1964-2001, as well as a Principal in The Todd Organization, where he specialized in non-qualified executive benefits for private and public companies. He also served as board member and President of Phoenix Country Club, as well as on the board of The Arizona Golf Association.

Currently, Payne is the Designated Broker for Brightwater Real Estate Company, Gypsum Creek Valley, Colorado and an Independent California Real Estate Broker. He is a life member of The Phoenix Thunderbirds, and a life Director of The Trans-Mississippi Golf Association. He was co-founder of The Junior Golf Association of Arizona.

Payne graduated from The University of Arizona, where he attended on a golf scholarship. He has a Chartered Life designation degree from The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He has four children and six grandchildren and resides in Beaver Creek, Colorado with his wife, Candace, who is also a realtor. They are members of the Beaver Creek Club at Chaparral Pines in Arizona.