Prior to retirement, Landon Butler was founder of the Multi-Employer Property Trust, a large commercial real estate commingled fund, and President of investor relations firm Landon Butler and Company. He has many nonprofit interests, having served for ten years as Board Chair of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.
Prior to his private business ventures, Butler served as a Deputy Chief of Staff in the Carter Administration from 1977-1981, where he facilitated communications across a broad array of Administration-wide task forces. He is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and Harvard Business School, and served as an officer in the US Marine Corps.