Ty Rhame is an Atlanta businessman, entrepreneur, environmentalist and philanthropist. His business investments include diverse holdings in real estate, currency, apparel, art, recycling and others. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Tyson Rhame is a member of the USAF Academy Endowment Board and serves as a liaison for the Academy. He currently holds the rank of Lt. Colonel. Rhame has been involved in conservation easement donations. By voluntarily donating over $20 million in land over the course of 2011 and 2012 in multiple locations, he has helped to protect and conserve U.S. land. A conservation easement voluntarily restricts a landowner’s rights to build, remove trees, or mine the land in order to conserve resources. His primary donations were in Graniteville, South Carolina, and Union City, Georgia. In addition to his business interests, he founded the Rhame Family Foundation in 2012 to support k-12 public education and local nonprofits in the Atlanta area and has donated to numerous charities personally and through his businesses. He is a professional pilot who enjoys aerobatic aviation, boating, tennis, and traveling.