Management Team

Ryan Parlett has over 27 years of experience and is a proven real estate manager, asset and development professional. He is well versed in complex land planning projects from tight infill projects to hillside development. Ryan successfully participated in acquisitions totaling over $3.5 billion in finished value. Ryan has proven to be a dynamic leader with over 100 employees. Ryan has an entrepreneurial spirit with corporate discipline.

Ryan’s career started out building custom homes throughout Marin County and gradually moved into commercial development. Ryan then migrated back to residential development working for a London based public company and a national public builder. Throughout Ryan’s career he has held the following titles: Superintendent, Project Manager, VP of Development, VP of Operations and Division President.

In 2007 Ryan founded Western Skies Development Co. which focused on acquisition, construction, entitlement and development consulting. He also ventured into the wine industry entitling a new Sonoma County winery as well as participating in the management of vineyards spread across Northern California.

Ryan joined DeNova Homes as VP of Development in 2012 and in 2014 was promoted to President. The future of DeNova Homes continues to be bright under Ryan’s leadership.

Dana is an accomplished attorney with more than fifteen years of real estate litigation, transactional and land use experience. She handles all legal work for DeNova, including claims and disputes, drafting of purchase and sale agreements and construction-related documents, and land use applications. Dana is licensed to practice in California and Washington.

Dana is also a member of several national and regional construction and real estate industry organizations. She currently serves on the East Bay CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Board of Directors, and she is a former member of the Building Industry Association of the Bay Area’s (BIABA) Board of Directors, the HomeAid Northern California Board of Directors, and the BIABA's New Gen committee.

Dana received a J.D. from the University Of San Francisco School Of Law in 2002, and she has a B.A. from the University of California at Davis (1997).