Principals

The principals of Tai Ventures are Luther Tai, Chief Executive Officer and Lolly Tai, President and Chief Operating Officer.

Luther Tai

Dr. Luther Tai is the Chairman and CEO of Roberts Bay Marina in Venice, Florida; Tai Ventures, LLC; Rice Building 1871, LLC in Troy, New York; and Tai Ventures Homestead in Seneca County, New York. His work focuses on real estate ownership, redevelopment, and adaptive reuse projects.

Tai brings extensive experience in large-scale asset management, infrastructure operations, and strategic planning, developed through both real estate leadership and senior executive roles at Consolidated Edison Company of New York. At Con Edison, he served in multiple senior vice president roles overseeing enterprise-wide operations, shared services, and capital-intensive infrastructure, demonstrating the ability to manage complex organizations, large budgets, and multidisciplinary teams.

He previously served on the board of The Regional Plan Association, contributing to urban development and regional planning initiatives. Tai holds advanced training in engineering, business, and law, with degrees from MIT, Columbia University, Cornell University, New York Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Lolly Tai

Dr. Lolly Tai is President and Chief Operating Officer of Tai Ventures, LLC, and Rice Building 1871, LLC, located in Troy, New York. An educator and licensed landscape architect, Dr. Tai is Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture at Temple University, where she previously served as Senior Associate Dean of the School of Environmental Design and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture.

She began her teaching career at Clemson University. Prior to academia, she worked as a landscape architect and project manager at the firm of Hart/Howerton in New York City. A Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Dr. Tai is the author of the acclaimed books Designing Outdoor Environments for Children, The Magic of Children's Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design, and Letting Play Bloom: Designing Nature-Based and Risky Play for Children.

Dr. Tai is a recipient of the Bradford Williams Medal and the Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects, as well as the Award of Distinction from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

She holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Cornell University, a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University, and a PhD from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.