Boca del río — the El Valle river meeting the beach and the Caribbean from above
EL VALLE · SAMANÁ
The team behind El Valle

We don't manage this from anywhere else. We live here.

Fishing boats lined along the sand at Playa El Valle
The story

Ten years ago, El Valle was a fishing village.

I came to El Valle ten years ago and couldn't believe I'd never heard of it. The landscapes, the people, the history — the richness of this place stopped me in my tracks. I became part of this community when it was still small and unhurried.

What I recognized early wasn't an opportunity — it was a moment. A place whose character was still intact, where the choices made in the next few years would determine whether it kept its soul or lost it.

I stayed. Leisy and I built projects from the ground up with no prior experience. Our mission is to bring aligned investors to develop El Valle regeneratively — in a way that stays true to the essence that's made it special from the beginning.

The team

The people who make it happen.

A
Austin
Founder · Land & Strategy

Has been building in El Valle for over ten years — tourism, real estate, community infrastructure — expanding what's possible here at every phase of its development.

L
Leisy
Community & Relations

Spokeswoman for the community. The connective tissue between development and the community it lives inside.

P
Patricia
Operations & Management

Manages day-to-day operations across the El Valle portfolio. The reason things actually get done.

G
Grace
Hospitality & Guest Experience

Runs guest experience across the operating projects — the reason a stay in El Valle feels personal from the first message to the last morning.

E
Esrael
Finance

Keeps the books in order. The reason things actually get done.

The mission

To bring aligned investors, builders, and residents to El Valle — and develop it with such care and intention that the valley becomes more alive, more abundant, and more itself with every project we build.

Want to be part of this?

The conversation starts with 30 minutes and a genuine question about fit.