Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference 2018: Rocky Mountain Series

Chad McWhinney

CEO & Co-Founder
McWhinney

Chad McWhinney has been a visionary leader in the real estate industry for more than 25 years. As Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Chad is responsible for establishing the company’s purpose of creating great places for people and its promise of providing fabled experiences to its customers. Since 1991, McWHINNEY has developed and planned over 6,000 acres of land, and developed more than 10 million square feet of office, industrial, medical, retail, hospitality and residential properties, including more than 2,500 units of multifamily apartments. McWHINNEY currently has over $2.5B of assets under management. McWHINNEY is a fully integrated, diversified, real estate company that creates and owns, for the long-term, large-scale, multi-use projects, and develops, owns, and manages income-producing properties primarily for its own account. The company is evergreen, prospering in all phases of the real estate cycle and developing “win-win” business strategies. Chad has been named 9NEWS Leader of the Year by Colorado’s KUSA- TV, Bravo! Entrepreneur of the Year by Northern Colorado Business Report, Rising Business Star by Fort Collins’ Coloradoan and NAIOP Developer/ Owner of the Year. McWHINNEY and the Denver Union Station Alliance were honored with the prestigious 2015 Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence, and Chad also received a commendation from the Colorado House of Representatives for his work on Denver Union Station. He is a past chair of the Teach for America Regional Board of Directors, and previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for Downtown Denver, Inc., the Colorado State University System Board of Governors, the Board of Directors for the Poudre Valley Health System Foundation, National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP) Colorado Chapter, Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation, Centennial Bank of the West, Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, was a member of the Urban Land Institute and Colorado Forum, and the Denver International Airport Management Advisory Council. Chad’s personal mission is “to create a better world”.

Gregory Mutz

CEO
AMLI Residential

Mr. Mutz is the Chairman & CEO of AMLI Residential, which he co-founded in 1980. He received a B.A. from DePauw University in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1973. Mr. Mutz served as an infantry lieutenant in Vietnam (1968-69)

Matthew Joblon

CEO
BMC Investments

Matt Joblon is a founding partner and serves as Chief Executive Officer for BMC Investments. Since 2010, BMC has acquired and managed over 8,000 multifamily units in metro Denver comprising an asset value just over $1 billion. Also in that time span BMC has developed or is in the process of developing over $500 million in projects, all in Cherry Creek. Some of the projects include market leaders such as the Steele Creek luxury apartment project and the new Halcyon Hotel. Through those projects, BMC has been instrumental in bringing world class retail and restaurant concepts to Cherry Creek including Matsuhisa, Quality Italian, Le Bilboquet, Soul Cycle, CB2 and Departure. BMC currently has over 200 employees and is growing at a fast pace. Lastly, BMC has another $500 million in development projects in the pipeline in Cherry Creek, Boulder and the Fitzsimmons Medical Campus, and is in the process of sourcing thousands of multifamily units outside of Denver. Mr. Joblon received a B.B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Finance from Babson College and is on the Board of the Blue Sky Fund.

Denise Gammon

Executive Managing Director
Holland Partner Group

Denise Gammon is Executive Managing Director for Holland Partner Group. She provides leadership and oversight for Denver and Portland Development. Denise is a senior development executive with nearly 30 years of experience leading, managing and advising on a wide range of real estate projects throughout the U.S. She possesses diverse experience, with a national scope ranging from large scale, master-planned communities, to mixed-use, urban infill communities. Denise’s most notable project to date was direct management of the transformation of Denver’s former Stapleton International Airport into one of the nation’s most innovative and most successful mixed-use, master- planned communities. This complex public-private partnership created a new model for large-scale community development that is now studied and emulated around the country. Denise is a native of Denver, Colorado, and was graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. She is a member of Urban Land Institute.

Peter Kudla

CEO
Metropolitan Homes

David Zucker

Principal & CEO
Zocalo Development

David co-founded Zocalo spurred by a commitment to development that balanced investment returns, community impact and environmental respect. David focused on downtown development as soon as he arrived in Denver in 1990.  David’s first project was the Lofts over the Wynkoop Brewery. Since the Wynkoop, David established the vision for historic conversions such as the Downtown Denver and Downtown San Diego Courtyards by Marriott, which utilized the Historic Investment Tax Credit. In Denver, David was one of the first developers to work through, develop and sell deed-restricted, for-sale units at Silver State Lofts, a program that codified in the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.  Since formation, Zocalo has quickly become among the best respected development companies in Colorado, recognized for thoughtful, innovative, well-timed and skillfully-executed projects.  As a LEED-Accredited Professional, David oversees all aspects of project development and management to ensure they meet project specifications, budgets and timelines.  As recognition, David received the Denver Business Journal's Developer of the Year award for 2012. David received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is interim board chair of the State Housing Board and was chairman of the board of directors of community jazz station KUVO and co-chair of the Downtown Denver Partnership's Housing Council.  David co-founded the University of Denver's Affordable Housing Conference and co-chaired the Conference's first five years. David has an appointment to Mayor Hancock's Task Force on Affordable Housing.  He received the Affordable Housing Leader of the Year Award for 2006 from the Denver chapter of the Enterprise Foundation.

Susan Powers

President
Urban Ventures

Susan Powers is President of Urban Ventures, LLC, a Denver real estate development company that has built multiple mixed income and mixed-use projects in and around downtown Denver over the past 24 years. The focus is to build communities which provide opportunities for residents and commercial tenants to live and work in a healthy environment. Urban Ventures has led the redevelopment of a 17 acre former convent in northwest Denver into a model mixed income, neighborhood called Aria Denver that will include 540 residential units and commercial space. She is also leading STEAM On The Platte, an adaptive reuse of a former industrial property on the Platte River south of Mile High Stadium. It includes the renovation of a 100 year old warehouse into office space for creative businesses and a separate building that was renovated for the city’s first Latino owned and operated craft brewery, Raices Brewing. Urban Ventures is currently involved in various roles with 4 affordable housing developments in Colorado. Prior to creating Urban Ventures, she was Executive Director of DURA (Denver Urban Renewal Authority) for 11 years (late 80’s and 90’s) and participated in the redevelopment of downtown Denver. She is a member of the board of directors of the Elevation Community Land Trust and Denver Health Foundation and participates in many community initiatives regarding equity and affordable housing.

Jill Brooks-Garnett

COO
Alden Torch Financial

Ms. Brooks-Garnett has specialized in affordable housing for over 15 years with a broad focus ranging from underwriting and securitizing debt financing to managing LIHTC fund partnership operations. Since joining the company in 2011, Ms. Brooks-Garnett established several departments within the Affordable Housing Asset Management platform; including Funds Management, Fund Accounting, Investor Reporting, and the Capital Transactions Group. She is currently responsible for oversight of these divisions as well as acting as a voting member of the LIHTC Credit Committee. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Brooks-Garnett was Managing Director and Vice President with SunAmerica Affordable Housing Partners, Inc. (SAAHP). While at SunAmerica, she specialized in underwriting, securitizing, and managing LIHTC-related tax-exempt bonds as well as conventional debt instruments. Ms. Brooks-Garnett was a Presidential Scholar and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. She received a BS degree with a focus in Global Management and completed the Marshall School's Honors Curriculum. She is based in Denver, Colorado.

Diana Reid

EVP
PNC Real Estate

Diana Reid is executive of the bank’s commercial real estate business, PNC Real Estate, and delivers lending and banking products for REITs, funds and commercial real estate companies; financing and tax credit capital for apartment owners and developers; as well as commercial loan servicing, asset management and technology solutions for commercial lenders and investors.  Reid oversees 1,000+ employees in 35 cities serving commercial real estate companies nationwide.    Reid has been involved in the banking industry for over thirty years including 20 years at the investment bank Credit Suisse and five years as Founding Partner of Beekman Advisors.  Reid has been an active voice on industry issues throughout her career, serving as a founding member of the Mortgage Bankers Association commercial / multifamily board of governors and a founding governor of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council.  Currently, Reid is trustee of Urban Land Institute, serves as advisor to the ULI Pittsburgh District Council, and was elected ULI Governor in 2015. Reid is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, and vice-chair of its Capital Markets Committee.   In 2013, Reid was elected to membership of The Committee of 200 (C200), a global organization of women entrepreneurs and corporate executives and currently serves on its foundation board of directors. Reid is a member of the board of trustees of the Pittsburgh Opera, and serves as Chair of its Audit Committee.

Doug Wells

CEO
Broe Real Estate

WITH BROE REAL ESTATE SINCE 2015 Mr. Wells leads all operational, investment, and capital market activities for Broe Real Estate Group and its affiliates. Mr. Wells also leads the Management Committee, which provides strategic direction for the company. Wells was previously Chief Investment Officer of Shelter Canadian Properties Limited, a real estate investment management company. Before that, he spent 15 years with Lazard Real Estate Partners, most recently as Managing Principal with investment management responsibility for five real estate opportunity funds, which at its peak totaled more than $3 billion of committed partner capital invested in the hospitality, office, industrial, retail, senior living and structured finance sectors. As part of his role at Lazard, Wells also served as President of InTown Suites, Inc., an Atlanta-based extended-stay hotel company with 127 locations. He was previously with The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York/ARES Realty Capital, and started his real estate career with Shelter Corporation of Canada Limited. Mr. Wells received his B.A. from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, and his M.B.A. from the University of Denver.

David Kim

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
The Bascom Group

David S. Kim is a co-founder and Managing Partner of The Bascom Group, LLC. Bascom has completed over $15 billion in multi-family and commercial value-added transactions since 1996 including 600 multifamily transactions and 160,000 units. Bascom has ranked among the top 50 multifamily owners in the U.S. Bascom’s subsidiaries and joint ventures include the Southern California Industrial Fund, Rushmore Properties, Bascom Portfolio Advisors, Shubin Nadal Associates, Spirit Bascom Ventures, REDA Bascom Ventures, MHF RM Holdings, Bascom Northwest Ventures, Bascom Arizona Ventures, Harbor Associates, Village Partner Ventures, and the Realm Group. Bascom’s subsidiaries also include Premier Business Centers, the largest privately held executive suite company in the U.S. Prior to founding Bascom, Mr. Kim served as a Senior Analyst and Development Associate, from 1989 to 1995, for the Disney Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, where he was responsible for business development and analysis of more than $400 million in retail, office, entertainment, and residential projects. Prior to joining the Disney Development Company, Mr. Kim served as Portfolio Associate with the State of Wisconsin Investment Board. Mr. Kim holds Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Real Estate & Urban Land Economics and in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has attended executive level programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He often serves as guest lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Colorado, University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles and Irvine. Mr. Kim currently serves and has served on the Board of Directors for the “I Have A Dream” Foundation of Los Angeles, Theta Chi PSI Chapter Foundation, The U.S Fund for UNICEF Southern California, University of California, Irvine Center for Real Estate, University of Colorado Center for Real Estate, University of Texas, San Antonio Real Estate Finance and Development Founders Council, University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association, Urban Land Institute (ULI), Young Presidents’ Organization – Golden West Chapter, and The Pedro Pallares Autism and Behavioral Health Foundation. Mr. Kim was a recipient of the Real Estate Conference Group’s Apartment Executive of the Year in 2004, Orange County Business Journal’s Entrepreneurship of the Year Award in 2010, and was recognized in the 2011 Multi-Family Executive Magazine. In 2016, Mr. Kim was awarded with the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst & Young.

Darren Fisk

Founder & CEO
Forum Real Estate Group

Darren founded Forum in 2007 with a singular vision: Bring together the best people in real estate to create one-of-kind communities and experiences for residents, employees and investor partners. As CEO, Darren oversees the firm’s day-to-day operations, strategy and investor relations. He inspires his team to exceed expectations, push the status quo and create lasting value in everything they do. An expert in multifamily, Darren brings more than 16 years of experience to the table financing everything from large, institutional projects to small, luxury communities. While at Johnson Capital Group, Darren generated more than $3.5 billion in funding and was named the top national producer from 2004 to 2013. A graduate of the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he played football and received a B.S. in finance, Darren has called Colorado home since 1992. He serves on the advisory board of ACE Scholarships and is on the board of directors for both MediaShift Technologies, Inc. and Versus Capital Real Estate Income Fund. While he enjoys such outdoor activities as hunting and fishing, Darren’s favorite sport is chasing his three children.

Scott Johnson

Division President
LMC

Scott is currently the Division President of the Mountain States/Southwest for Lennar’s Multifamily Apartment Division where he has been responsible for sourcing over $900 million of development since late-2012 in Denver and Phoenix and building a team of over 40 development, construction and property management professionals. With over 15 years of experience in multifamily, Scott previously served as the Managing Director of Mill Creek Residential Trust, where he sourced the development of over $100 million and established a successful development, construction and asset management platform in the Mountain States. He also was the Managing Director of Trammell Crow Residential and, along with his team, was responsible for the sourcing and development of over $500 million in luxury multifamily communities. Scott is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BA) and the University of Colorado (MBA).

Marti Page

Co-Founder & Principal
Anchor Investments

Marti Page is a the co-founder and principal of Anchor Investments, a boutique investment firm focused on the opportunistic acquisition of apartment communities between 15-150 units in the Denver metro, Colorado Springs, and Colorado’s mountain communities. Before founding Anchor Investments, Marti worked for Canyon Partners, a Los Angeles-based hedge fund with approximately $20 billion in assets under management. During Marti’s 15-year tenure at Canyon, she oversaw acquisitions activity for the firm’s real estate debt and equity vehicles, originating over $2 billion in transactions across all asset classes (hospitality, office, retail, industrial, condominiums, and apartments). While at Canyon, Marti established the Canyon Multifamily Impact Fund, a workforce housing platform committed to acquiring market-rate apartment communities where Canyon could achieve attractive returns while implementing measurable social impact through educational and health care programming and through enhancements to the security and energy efficiency of the communities. Marti is a graduate of Yale University.

Jon Buerge

President & Partner
Urban Villages

Jon Buerge is the President and Partner at Urban Villages, Inc. In this capacity, Jon is responsible for operations, real estate development, and strategic positioning for all real estate assets. He also manages the research and analysis of new company acquisitions and corporate growth strategies. Jon currently serves as the Chair of the Denver Business Improvement District and is on the Board of Directors for the LoDo District. He is also a member of Denver’s Public Realm Committee and 16th Street Mall Redevelopment Steering Committee.

Matthew Schildt

Rocky Mountain Regional Partner
The Dinerstein Companies

The Dinerstein Companies (TDC) has hired Matthew Schildt as the Rocky Mountain Regional Partner based in Denver, CO. In his role, Schildt will source all new development and acquisition opportunities in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona and will work hand in hand with our California team. Matthew joins TDC after ten years with Trammell Crow Residential, most recently serving as the Managing Director for TCR in Denver. While at TCR, Matthew was successful in leading over $800 million in new developments in Colorado with notable projects in popular infill neighborhoods such as Uptown, West Highland, Sloan’s Lake, Cherry Creek and Boulder.

Brian Wynne

President & Co-Founder
Wynne Yasmer

Brian P. Wynne serves as a President and co-Founder of Wynne Yasmer Real Estate. Wynne Yasmer was formed in 2019 and is a Denver-based real estate company with focus on multi-family and mixed-use development and acquisitions. Until June 2019, Mr. Wynne was Senior Managing Director for Mill Creek Residential Trust. He oversaw all activities in the Mountain States division of the company as well as the office as a whole. Prior to joining Mill Creek, Mr. Wynne served as Vice President of Simpson Housing LLLP, responsible for all development activities in Colorado, California, and Arizona. In this positions, he sourced and executed the development of over 2,000 apartment homes worth over $600mm in capitalization. Mr. Wynne previously held development positions with Forest City Enterprises, covering mixed-use development activities in Denver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Arizona. In this capacity, he oversaw over a million SF of commercial and residential development including high-rise office and residential as well as luxury retail. Prior to starting his career in real estate, Mr. Wynne worked at Deloitte Consulting in New York City. He is an alumnus of Leadership Denver 2015 and is actively engaged in the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation. He sits on the Colorado ULI Multi-Housing Product Council. He holds a Master of Business Administration with a focus on finance and real estate from The Anderson School at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia. Mr. Wynne lives in Denver with his wife and three children.

Mark Johnson

VP
The Opus Group

DENVER (Aug. 4, 2015) – The Opus Group (Opus) announced today that Mark B. Johnson has joined Opus Development Company, L.L.C. as senior director, real estate development in the Denver office effective Aug. 3, 2015. In his new role, Johnson will pursue new office, industrial, multifamily, and retail projects throughout the surrounding Denver market. “We’re thrilled to welcome Mark to the Opus team as we continue to grow our reach in the Denver market,” said Peter Coakley, senior vice president and general manager, Opus Development Company, L.L.C. “His impressive real estate development background, including market analysis, site selection, negotiation, entitlements and project management from a national perspective, will bring added depth to our development team.” With more than two decades of real estate development and end user experience, Johnson brings a breadth of knowledge to Opus. Most recently, he was director, real estate services at Xcel Energy, where he worked with Opus on the new Xcel Energy headquarters in downtown Minneapolis and Amarillo, Texas. Johnson also held principal roles at J.R.E.A, LLC; JMW Development, L.L.C.; Wallace Enterprises, Inc.; and Dayton Hudson Corporation, Target Stores Division, completing more than 7 million square feet of new buildings across 22 states. He has also managed significant portfolios of real estate for Xcel Energy and Target Corporation. “I’m looking forward to joining the Opus team and leveraging my experience to expand the already- impressive company portfolio,” said Johnson. “It’s been a pleasure working with Opus on the Xcel Energy projects in Minneapolis and Amarillo and I’m excited to support the team’s efforts to grow the Denver market.” Johnson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture and became a registered landscape architect in the state of Minnesota. He earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business. In addition, he recently obtained the Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) designation as an active member of CoreNet. He maintains a real estate broker’s license, and has completed certificate coursework in commercial real estate financing in investment analysis and feasibility at the University of Wisconsin.

Ben Krasnow

Managing Director
Crescent Communities

Ben Krasnow is the managing director for the southwest region of the Crescent Communities multifamily business. Most recently, Ben served as the vice president of Multifamily Development for McWhinney, a Denver-based Real Estate Development company. In this role, he managed the development of over 2,000 apartment homes in the Denver-area, as well as Austin, Portland, and Omaha. With 15 years of progressively complex experience in the multifamily real estate industry including the Bozzuto Group in Washington DC, Krasnow brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role at Crescent. Krasnow holds a master’s degree in real estate development from the University of Maryland.

Brian J. Levitt

President
NAVA Real Estate Development

Brian J. Levitt is a commercial real estate developer who has managed the development of $1B of retail, multi‐family, office and mixed‐use space, including the 1st LEED Certified Mall in the United States, Northfield Stapleton, when he worked for Forest City. Brian is currently Co‐founder and President of NAVA Real Estate Development. NAVA was founded by Trevor Hines and Brian Levitt and is based in downtown Denver. Each project is designed and constructed to achieve LEED or WELL Certification. One‐percent of NAVA’s profits will go to a socially responsible cause of choice.

Jae Edwards

Principal & Co-Founder
Dublin Development

Jae is a passionate entrepreneur and real estate professional with over 15 years of experience in the industry. Jae co-founded Dublin Development, LLC which focuses on residential multi-family, single-family residential, and mixed-use development on the Front Range of Colorado. In addition to his pursuits at Dublin, Jae was also one of the founders of Providence Medical Holdings, which focused on medical, commercial, and senior-living development. Jae’s role at Dublin is to lead the strategic charge and vision of the company's growth and direction. In the past two years Dublin has moved heavily into the condo development space, as Denver has an undersupply of attainable attached for-sale housing. Currently, Dublin has two condo projects under construction consisting of 110 units, with two additional larger projects in the pipeline. Jae also has a passion for serving philanthropic causes, specifically around struggling single mothers and underserved youth. He serves on the advisory board of the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy based out of Regis University, which provides academic and leadership training to at-risk youth in the Denver area; and also serves on the board of Momentum Global, which provides, food, water, education and hope to impoverished areas in India and Africa. Jae graduated from Metropolitan State University with a B.S. degree in Finance and currently lives in the Denver area with his wife and three children.

Sam Isaacson

Managing Director
JCR Capital

Sam Isaacson is a Managing Director at JCR Capital serving as the head of its Structured Finance Platform, which is investing out of a $307MM value-add fund and a $330MM opportunistic fund. Prior to joining JCR Capital, Mr. Isaacson was a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at LEM Capital, an institutional value-add multifamily investor in Philadelphia. In this role, he was responsible for the underwriting and due diligence of potential investments. Prior to joining LEM, Mr. Isaacson was an Associate at Wells Fargo Securities in their Investment Banking – Financial Institutions Group where he focused on capital markets and M&A transactions involving REITS and specialty finance companies. Mr. Isaacson received a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from the William Mitchell College of Law.

Charlie Williams

SVP
KeyBank

Mr. Williams is a Senior Vice President with KeyBank Real Estate Capital Markets in Denver, Colorado. He currently heads the multifamily loan production team for the Central (Texas/Rocky Mountain) and Southeast Regions for KeyBank. He manages a team which is responsible for all multifamily loan production in this region, with an emphasis on agency lending (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA), as well as life company placement and CMBS. Mr. Williams has 15 years of diversified real estate banking experience, with over 8 years of experience at KeyBank. Prior to his current assignment, he was responsible all permanent multifamily loan production for KeyBank’s Rocky Mountain based clients. Mr. Williams began his career with KeyBank as a balance sheet banker based at the firm’s Cleveland, Ohio headquarters. Prior to joining KeyBank, Mr. Williams was with Realty Funding Group L.L.C., a Denver based real estate acquisition and investment banking company. He was also with Studley, Inc., a commercial real estate firm in New York and Denver where he worked with the Capital Markets Group. He was responsible for the negotiation and restructuring of over a million square feet of office space. Mr. Williams began his career in the early 1990’s as an Investment Banker, first with JP Morgan Chase and then Salomon Smith Barney in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Williams studied Business Management at the University of Maryland and Real Estate Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Scé Pike

CEO & Founder
IOTAS

Scé started her career in the 90s in Silicon Valley, designing and developing the 1st ecommerce sites for GM, HP, Blue Cross and others. Later she helped to pioneer smart phones at Palm. In 2007, Scé started her own company, Citizen, the 7th fastest growing company in Oregon which focuses on Internet of Things (IoT) products such as connected cars and connected health. While developing IoT products for these industries, she realized that there was a lack of enterprise-level Smart Apartment solution designed specifically for the Multi-Family-Home Industry. In 2014, she founded IOTAS, a smart apartment hardware and software technology company to help the MFH industry increase revenue, save costs, gather insights & monetize data from their portfolios. IOTAS has been recognized by Fortune, Wired, Gigaom, ABC, NBC, Chicago Tribune and more as the new way of automating apartments to attract tenants. Scé has spoken at Health 2.0, TechFest NW, WebVisions, NAA, and BISNOW on the impact of Internet of Things.

Bobby Long

Principal and Director of Design
Kephart

With more than 30 years of experience in architectural design, project management, and community planning, Bobby has an extensive history of regional and national projects with a focus on creating home. He has experience with all phases of community development from initial land acquisition and zoning through construction closeout and owner occupation requirements. This includes planning, real property, engineering, and building department coordination, as well as experience with planning commissions, boards of appeals, city councils, and county commissioners. His focus is on developing residential and mixed-use projects in partnership with clients and community that successfully create “home” for residents, and connect and enhance the neighborhood, all while being functionally and financially viable. Bobby’s passion and commitment to impactful and attainable housing reflects KEPHART’s mission statement of “EVERYONE deserves a well-designed place to live.”

Lee Patke

Executive Director
Greccio Housing

Haley Jordahl

Housing Development Officer
Denver Office of Economic Development

Haley Jordahl is a Housing Development Officer with the Denver Office of Economic Development, where she works to invest the City’s Dedicated Affordable Housing Fund toward the creation and preservation of affordable housing in Denver. Prior to joining the Office of Economic Development, Haley worked in the Public Finance Department with Citigroup, where she underwrote municipal bond issuances for cities and states in Midwest and Southeast. Haley also served as a Fellow in the Mayor’s Office of the City of Chicago, where she focused on affordable housing policy, and oversaw the Clinton Global Initiative’s Working Group on domestic infrastructure financing. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Development from Brown University, and holds a Master’s in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dean Sparaco

Director
CR architecture + design

Dean leads the multi-family, government and senior living design practices for CR architecture + design, a national architecture, interior design and engineering firm. Throughout his 24-year career, he’s built a portfolio of work that encompasses multi-family, senior living, commercial, custom residential, new urbanism, town planning and urban design projects. As Director, he applies a passion for sustainable design and architecture in the Rocky Mountains to grow CR’s local capabilities and reinforces the firm’s dedication to diversified growth through his varied skillset and deep knowledge of CR’s market segments. Dean works closely with clients to develop new and exciting developments that create a sense of community. His appreciation for the one-of-a-kind lifestyle Colorado provides drives him to craft forward-thinking and functional designs that seamlessly weave into the existing landscape while also adding great value to it.

David Pierce

Market Analyst
CoStar Group

David joined CoStar in 2013 and has acted as the Market Analyst for Colorado since the beginning of 2015. David has created and maintained frameworks for how the Market Analyst team analyzes, visualizes, and presents big CRE data, with a particular focus on apartment data, GIS data visualization, and transforming large data sets into digestible and relevant analytics. David writes market and submarket reports for Colorado markets across the Multifamily, Retail, Office, and Industrial Sectors, and does consulting work for clients. David has presented at various industry events, including the Apartment Association of Metro Denver’s Techcon event in late 2017, the Utah Apartment Associaation’s Annual Economic Conference in Summer 2017, and The CSU Everitt Real Estate Center’s Spring Market Watch in 2017. David has a BS in Economics and a MA in Management with a Finance Specialization, both from Wake Forest University.

Dan Levin

Regional Development Partner
Pensam Capital

Dan Levin serves as the Regional Development Partner for Pensam Development. Prior to joining Pensam he was the Managing Director of a private equity company for eight years and oversaw the acquisition and asset management of a $700 million, 5,000-unit portfolio in Colorado and Arizona. Dan served as the President of Koelbel Property Management for four years where his responsibilities included the management of a $500 million portfolio of over 3,200 units. Prior to his work at Koelbel Dan served as Vice President of The Feld Company for 16 years. The company developed and managed over 4,200 units in the Denver Metro area including the prestigious Palomino Park Resort and The Breakers Resort. Dan is a former member of the Executive Committees of The Colorado Apartment Association and the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. Dan received an MBA and a Law degree from the University of Denver.