AJ Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private equity real estate investment firm with a focus on acquiring, re-positioning and developing hotels in leading resort, urban and university-anchored markets.As Vice President of Acquisitions and one of the founders of Graduate Hotels,oversaw the growth of Graduate Hotels from a concept to a scalable investment platform and was responsible for the acquisition, financing and redevelopment of ten hotel properties encompassing 1,500+ keys.

DivcoWest is a vertically integrated real estate investment firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston.• Acquisition – Member of a six-person team responsible for sourcing, evaluating and underwriting $1 billion+ of prospective real estate investments in California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Washington. Asset classes include: office, research and development facilities, data centers, hospitality and retail properties

• Acquisition – Led underwriting, due diligence and investment committee presentation for the acquisition of a 350-key resort hotel

Panorama Hospitality, a unit of Morgan Stanley’s merchant banking platform, managed a $5.7 billion portfolio of hospitality investments throughout Asia Pacific and Europe. As a Senior Analyst responsibilities and key accomplishments included:• Acquisition – Prepared due diligence, financial models and investment committee materials for prospective investments in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia, India and South Korea• Asset Management / Operations - Led hotel operator selection and management agreement negotiation for 8 green field development properties in China, India and South Korea. Evaluated monthly financial statements for portfolio hotels in Japan, China, Australia, India and Mauritius • Disposition - Key member of disposition team for a 440-room hotel in Tokyo• Analytics - Prepared business plans, asset valuations, quarterly investor reports and monthly competitive performance analysis for 28 hotel properties in Japan

Served as a Summer Analyst in Morgan Stanley Real Estate's Shanghai office.During the 12-week structured internship, prepared due diligence and underwriting materials for the acquisition of a 450-key resort hotel on China's Hainan Island.