Board of Directors

Steve is a founding partner at TDR Capital, LLP, a London-based private equity firm with more than €5 billion of committed capital. He has more than 30 years of private equity, mezzanine and leveraged finance experience, and he is heavily involved with the day-to-day management of the firm’s investment portfolio. Steve was a managing partner at DB Capital Partners before co-founding TDR in 2002, and before that, he was a managing director of European Leveraged Finance at Merrill Lynch and a managing director of European Leveraged Finance at Bankers Trust. Steve, who sits on the board of directors for multiple TDR portfolio companies, holds a master’s degree in economics from Aberdeen University.

With 25 years in the modular, lodging and hospitality industries, Brad Archer is a proven leader with a track record of success in executive management throughout his career. His extensive experience gives him a firsthand perspective on delivering customer focused, cost-effective and timely solutions to challenges around the world.

As President and CEO of Target Hospitality, Brad is responsible for running all facets of the business including the company’s strategy and operations.

Prior to joining Target Hospitality, Brad began his career in 1992-1994 with GE Capital Modular Space and Resun from 1994-2004 as a Regional Manager, where he became Senior Vice President and was instrumental in helping the company grow from two offices to 48, before holding COO positions at two other modular leasing and manufacturing companies. Brad joined Target Hospitality in 2009 as COO and was appointed to President and CEO in 2014.

Jeff, who has extensive experience as an executive and director of public companies, has been a member of our board of directors since July 2017. He co-founded Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (the special purpose acquisition company that combined with Target Lodging and Signor Holdings to become Target Hospitality) and has served as its president and chief executive officer since July 2017. Jeff also co-founded, among other ventures, Double Eagle Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition company that combined with Williams Scotsman to become WillScot Corporation), Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition company that combined with Videocon d2h), and Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. (a special purpose acquisition company that combined with a worldwide provider of media content, connectivity systems and operational data solutions to the travel industry). He served as Double Eagle’s president and chief executive officer from August 2015 through November 2017, Silver Eagle’s president from April 2013 through March 2015, and Global Eagle’s president from February 2011 through January 2013. Jeff previously held executive positions with Paxson Communications Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Corporation of America, and CBS Entertainment. He holds a bachelor's of arts degree from Harvard College and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.

Martin L. Jimmerson Since January 2017, Mr. Jimmerson has been the CFO and Interim CEO of NorAm Drilling Company, which owns and operates rigs for drilling of horizontal wells in the U.S. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President and CFO and later the Interim CEO and President of RigNet, Inc., from 2006 to 2016, a global technology company that provides communications services, applications, real-time machine learning, and cybersecurity solutions. Mr. Jimmerson worked for River Oaks Imaging & Diagnostic, LP, a company that provides full modality technical diagnostic services using magnetic resonance imaging and other diagnostic equipment, as their CFO from November 2002 to December 2005. Mr. Jimmerson received a B.A. degree in accounting from Baylor University.

Ms. Berry joins the Target board of directors with over 35 years of real estate and hospitality experience. Joy served as the Chief Operating Officer at Luxe Collection, a curated community of 4- and 5-star luxury properties in prime destinations around the world. Prior to joining Luxe, Joy founded and led an investment fund focused on acquiring and developing hotel and resort properties. Joy spent a significant portion of her early career with Marriott International, Inc., where she served in a variety of progressive real estate and development roles. Ms. Berry will serve for the duration of her time as director on the board’s compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee.

Ms. Barbara J. Faulkenberry retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2014 as a Major General (2-stars) after a 32-year career, finishing in the top 150 leaders of a 320,000-person global organization. Her last assignment was as Vice Commander (COO) and interim Commander (CEO) of a 37,000-person organization conducting all global Department of Defense air cargo, passenger, and medical patient movements with 1,100 military aircraft plus contracted commercial aircraft. Ms. Faulkenberry is currently an independent director for Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE), a publicly-traded independent oil and natural gas company, where she serves on the Audit and N&ESG Committees, and USA Truck (NASDAQ: USAK), a publicly-traded provider of logistics and trucking services across North America, where she serves as chair of the Strategy & Risk Committee and as a member of the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Ms. Faulkenberry received a B.S. degree from the Air Force Academy in 1982, an M.B.A. from Georgia College in 1986, and a Master of National Security from the National Defense University in 1999. She has also attended strategic leadership courses at Harvard University, University of Cambridge, and Syracuse University.

Ms. Patenaude is a real estate, housing policy and disaster recovery expert with three-decades of experience as an executive in government, the nonprofit sector and private industry. From 2017 until 2019, Ms. Patenaude served as the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Earlier in her career, Ms. Patenaude served as assistant secretary for community planning and development at HUD. She currently serves on the board of directors of loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE: LDI) a publicly-traded financial services company, where she serves on the Audit Committee. She also serves on the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity International and the Bipartisan Policy Center. Ms. Patenaude is a trustee and vice chairman of the Home Builders Institute, and a member of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion. Ms. Patenaude is the principal of Granite Housing Strategies, LLC, where she serves as a strategic advisor for clients engaged in real estate development, affordable housing and disaster recovery management. Ms. Patenaude recently served as an independent director of CoreLogic, Inc., where she was a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Ms. Patenaude previously served as the President of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families, a national nonprofit, education, and research organization dedicated to illuminating America’s affordable housing crisis. Ms. Patenaude earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Anselm College and a Master of Science degree in community economic development from Southern New Hampshire University.

Ms. Medler has more than 20 years of experience managing cutting-edge cyber and technology strategies for highly regulated public and private financial institutions as well as within the highest levels of government.

In 2014, Ms. Medler completed 30 years of total military service, including 27 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Brigadier General. Her last position held was Director of Capability and Resource Integration for the United States Cyber Command.

She currently is Founder, President and CEO of LA Medler & Associates, LLC, providing cyber strategy and operational consulting services to a variety of commercial clients.

Ms. Medler previously served from June 2015 to December 2017 as the Chief Information Security Officer and Director of IT Security for Raytheon Missile Systems, a major business unit of Raytheon Company (now Raytheon Technologies), a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. She remained at Raytheon as a Cyber Advisor until 2018.

During her Air Force military service, from 1987 to 2014, she served in a myriad of leadership positions, and commanded units at the Squadron, Group and Wing level, as well as serving multiple assignments for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Ms. Medler currently sits on the Board of Directors for PNC Financial Services Group, and TransAmerica Insurance (AEGON North America), as well as Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit supporting Veterans and their families. For her current boards, she will Chair the Risk Committee for TransAmerica in 2022, and sits on a number of risk, compliance, technology, and nominating and governance committees.

Ms. Medler received a BBA in Management & Computer Information Systems from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, an MS in National Security & Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and an MBA in Management Information Systems Concentration from the University of Arizona.