Matt McGauley is CEO of FTC Development and a Managing General Partner of ASLAN - the parent company of FTC, SVN | Second Story, Tomorrow Building and Aslan Funds. Matt began his commercial real estate career in 2003 as a licensed agent and began to shift into development and property ownership in 2007. Since that time, he has developed or redeveloped nearly a million square feet in the greater Chattanooga area. Matt developed the first LEED-Certified building in Hamilton County and achieved a Gold Level certification. He believes that sustainability, being unique and always pushing for a higher standard is key to long term profitability and successful real estate development. Matt graduated from Baylor School (’98) and the George Washington University (’02) with a degree in Economics and then later completed all core CCIM courses. In 2017, he was elected to the First Volunteer Bank (now Builtwell Bank) Board of Directors and was also appointed by Gov. Bill Lee to the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) Board of Directors in 2020. In 2022, the Governor appointed Matt as Chairman of the THDA. Matt is also a believer in investing in good people and diversifying capital; he holds investments in Builtwell Bancorp, Dynamo Ventures, Vision Hospitality, Alderman Enterprises and Brickyard.