Fain Signature Group-About Us

First generation native Granville “Dan” Fain was born to Cary and William Marion Fain in 1879. Destined to become one of Arizona’s best-known and most respected cattle ranchers, Dan roped his last wild stray on Mingus Mountain after age eighty.

Bill Fain, Chairman
A third-generation Yavapai County native, Bill graduated from the University of Arizona in 1960 with a double major in finance an business economics. He returned home from school to ranch the Rafter Eleven for the next nine years, and was only twenty-nine when he became president of the Yavapai Cattle Growers Association. Taking a page from his father Norman’s book of varied and successful pursuits, Bill put his lifelong interest in land-use planning to good purpose in founding Fain Signature Group.As chairman, he remains an integral, guiding hand in all operations, working closely today with Ron, Brad and Jeff on both new and existing projects and properties. Bill looks forward to a future in which his grandchildren will carry on the Fain family tradition of good stewardship to the land and citizens of Prescott Valley, Yavapai County, and the great State of Arizona.

Ron Fain, Partner
Ron received his B.S. in Sociology at Arizona State University in 1991, returning to the Rafter Eleven and ranching—first overseeing operations at Fain Land and Cattle and later responsible for operations at Rafter Eleven Mobile Home an RV Park (now Orchard Ranch). Sharing a common interest in diversification with his father Bill, Ron joined him at Fain Signature Group, where today he excels at real estate transactions, sales, leasing and acquisition, as well as supervision of the marketing/public relations division. In additions, Ron works closely with his brother, Brad and brother-in-law Jeff in bringing the fourth-generation of Fain ownership to the forefront with the group effort focused on company direction, land planning and development.

Ron married Kori in 1993, after meeting in college; and today his greatest pride and enjoyment is the raising of their daughter, Johnie Lee age 8 and son Quint age 6.

Brad Fain, Partner
Brad earned a B.S. in finance from Arizona State University in 1992, followed by a MBA in finance and operations management at Syracuse University in 1996. He spent several years throughout the United States as a successful consultant in software implementation for Fortune 500 manufacturing companies. Upon his return to Arizona, he joined his family’s business endeavors as part of the Fain management team with Bill, Ron and Jeff. Brad oversees the company’s finance and operations, including legal aspects of contracts and long-term negotiations of complex projects. Brad is an alumnus of Prescott Area Leadership, a regional leadership program; serves on the board of directors as the current President of the Central Arizona Boys & Girls Club. He is also involved in the formation of and is the Vice President on the board of directors for Central Arizona Partnership, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote responsible growth and economic and ecological sustainability in Central Arizona.

Jeff Wasowicz, Partner
Jeff earned a degree in biology and the hand of Bill’s daughter at the University of Colorado. In 1987 he received his B.A. - and married Dawn Fain. Jeff taught math and science in Phoenix for two years, then pursued an MBA in finance from Western International University, which he received in 1992. That same year he became head of daily operations at Shamrock Water Company, then a Fain enterprise, that has long furnished water to Prescott Valley residents. At Fain Signature Group today, Jeff combines a broad-based construction background with his education in
finance to benefit new project operations - including development and construction management. He also oversees the maintenance of existing FSG properties. An Arizona-licensed real estate agent, Jeff also serves on the board of the Prescott Valley Chapter of Kiwanis International.