Banner Real Estate Group is a fully integrated, national platform of real estate companies headquartered in Chicago, IL, focusing on the development, acquisition and management of multifamily and self-storage assets.Since its founding in 1989, Banner has developed, acquired and managed over $2 billion of multifamily, self-storage and senior living assets with institutional, family office and high-net-worth investment partners.

Redwood Residential is a nationally-recognized, fully service property management company serving as the vertically integrated management company for EQT Exeter's US Multifamily portfolio of over 10,000 units. Redwood Residential provides a suite of high-touch services, innovative offerings, and personal experiences to both residents and team members and has been recognized as a Top Employer of The National Apartment Association.

EQT Exeter is the successor firm to Redwood Capital Group after a successful June 2022 merger of Redwood into the EQT Exeter platform. Redwood Capital Group's 15 year track record of success on over $3 billion of multifamily investments serves as the foundation for the future growth of EQT Exeter's US multifamily platform. The US multifamily platform of EQT Exeter is leveraging the merger of Redwood Capital Group's leadership, vertical integration and track record in the raising of two, multi-billion dollar funds in the value-add and core-plus spaces to exponentially grow the platform and portfolio.

• Promoted from Chief Operating Officer to President of CA Residential, the multifamily development and investment arm of CA Ventures.• Charged with building a team and growing the total portfolio value from $2 billion to $6 billion over five years and maintaining a $700M annual pipeline.• Key responsibilities include strategic planning, asset management, acquisitions, capital raising, joint ventures and development.• Formed an independent multifamily lease-up business to improve execution, reduce risk and generate fees on new development lease-ups. Demonstrated results yielded above market lease-up velocity and rents.• Created pitch book and participated as key executive on capital initiative seeking up to $1 billion of new programmatic partner equity to fund pipeline growth, as well as a potential entity level investment. • Responsible for the CA Residential P & L, balance sheet and budget, including revenue targets and a pipeline to achieve a 3x growth in asset value over five years.• Identified investment thesis to outperform market rents per square foot by over 15%, while achieving lease up velocity of 3x the competitive set.

• Member of executive leadership team with an annual development pipeline of approximately $1.5 billion across student housing, senior living and multifamily platforms. Projects are evaluated based on key performance indicators and programmatic joint venture benchmarks.• Provided best practices guidance to property management and asset management teams on a $3 billion national portfolio of multifamily, student housing, retail and senior living assets. Successfully implemented initiatives on cash forecasting, financial reporting, investor relations, asset plans, revenue management and expense controls.• Oversaw investor relations, human resources, risk management and legal with an emphasis on identifying, prioritizing and implementing best practices across the organization. Served on the firm’s compensation committee.• Transitioned $1.2 billion of assets from development to operations, including initial lease-up and stabilization.• Active in soliciting and raising equity for programmatic ventures, including the successful close of a $600 million investment in CA Student Living by a foreign pension fund, which subsequently grew to $1 billion.

Real estate investment and development firm with a successful track record of over $1 billion in investments. The firm’s portfolio included multifamily, retail, commercial, land and condominium developments.• Successfully funded and executed a venture to acquire future development sites generating a 62% IRR over five years• Selected and supervised third-party property managers and leasing agents to maximize property performance. Established policies and procedures on financial reporting, expense variances and budgeting.• Active in identifying and underwriting development projects and investments valued up to $100 million.• Raised capital and created programmatic partnerships valued at over $150 million with investment funds, family offices and high net-worth investors.• Responsible for asset and portfolio management of multifamily and retail holdings with a primary focus on growing NOI and measuring the risk-reward metrics on holding, repositioning, selling and refinancing of the assets.• Strategic planning activities for the company included defining acquisition criteria, preparing annual operating budgets, establishing joint venture partnerships and identifying new investment platforms.

A 400 person commercial and residential brokerage firm with $2 billion in annual sales volume and 30 years of success in the highly competitive middle market brokerage business in Chicago.• Executed multiple mergers and acquisitions designed to position the brokerage platform for future growth and expansion. The firm grew 250% in six years following a 2008 merger.• Restructured and recapitalized the firm’s multi-million dollar junior and senior debt to provide long-term stability to the partnership. The restructuring included negotiation of loan documents, amending partnership agreements, and compliance with third-party franchisor requirements.• Served as senior executive and member of the Advisory Board responsible for strategic planning and execution of the firm’s brokerage business.• Maintained full accountability for business operations, including banking relationships, cash management, information technology, benefits administration, accounting department and risk management.• Identified and implemented operational and process management efficiencies that permitted the firm to triple in headcount while holding expenses flat during the economic downturn.• Negotiated a national franchise agreement to provide working capital, expand the platform and elevate the firm’s profile.

A national real estate investment organization with a $1.2 billion portfolio of over 70 office and industrial assets located in 15 major markets across the U.S. Assets were acquired through discretionary investment funds raised from pension plans and endowments. Investments targeted both value-added and core returns.Focused on improving the investment returns and performance of a $400 million, multi-million square foot portfolio of Class A and B high-rise and mid-rise office assets located in major U.S. markets and held across five funds. Reported directly to the President/Chief Operating Officer.• Defined and executed strategic business plans to achieve targeted returns ranging from 7%-20% IRRs with investment horizons ranging from twelve months to ten years• Increased net new leasing by 32% and improved year over year portfolio cash flow by 10%

Established a best-in-class national property management department, including the hiring, training and leadership of seven regional direct reports and over 100 employees. Interfaced with other key functional areas including finance, asset management, acquisitions and leasing.• Instituted a pay-for-performance Customer Relationship Management initiative resulting in overall customer satisfaction ratings increasing from the 50th to the 92nd percentile over four years.• Partnered with third-party maintenance and engineering firms to create state-of-art preventative maintenance and operations programs.