Alameda County Multifamily & Mixed-Use Expansion

In addition to his role helping to guide SRM's investment strategy and real estate development activities, Ryan serves as SRM's CFO/COO, overseeing finance, accounting, capital markets and investor relations. He is also responsible for asset management, IT Systems and HR. Ryan received his BBA in Accounting from Gonzaga University and his MBA from Berkeley-Haas. Ryan enjoys the entrepreneurial spirit and risk involved in real estate development along with the challenges and opportunities that come with it.

Rob Zirkle is the founding principal of brick. Under his guidance the brick team brings a rigorous, value driven design process to a wide variety of project types in architecture, interiors and urban design. Rob leads the firm’s initiatives in design, client satisfaction, new project acquisition and company culture. Channeling Rob’s entrepreneurial approach, brick has grown into a thriving 25 person team with $450m of current projects under construction ranging from commercial office, life science, housing and higher education.

In addition to his role helping to guide SRM's investment strategy and real estate development activities, Ryan serves as SRM's CFO/COO, overseeing finance, accounting, capital markets and investor relations. He is also responsible for asset management, IT Systems and HR. Ryan received his BBA in Accounting from Gonzaga University and his MBA from Berkeley-Haas. Ryan enjoys the entrepreneurial spirit and risk involved in real estate development along with the challenges and opportunities that come with it.

Mark is an Oakland Native who’s civic engagement started over 15 years ago and he currently holds positions in the following organizations: Board member, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Board Member, Oakland Zoo , President, Oakland Builders. Mark is also a licensed general contractor CA # 969670. Mark’s past public service includes: Chairman of the Oakland Planning Commission, The San Francisco Conservation and Development Commission, and First Vise-President of the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners, (Chairman of the Commercial Real Estate Committee). Past Non-Profit Board Experience: President of the Crucible.

John has over 20 years multifamily/commercial real estate experience in finance and asset management. He is responsible for business development in the San Francisco Bay Area. John has arranged financing for more than $2 billion in real estate and has led the disposition effort on over $500 million in institutional real estate. Prior to joining Bellwether Enterprise, John was First Vice President of Asset Management and Marketing at Essex Property Trust in Palo Alto, California. Before his time at Essex, John was Senior Vice President of Finance and Asset Management at Prometheus Real Estate Group in San Mateo, California.

Todd represents clients in the broad spectrum of land use, real estate and environmental issues in both litigation and administrative proceedings. He works with private clients and public entities, including landowners and developers of residential, infill, commercial and industrial property, as well as local agencies, providing property entitlement processing and local government land use approvals; CEQA compliance and litigation; planning and zoning law advice; and real property litigation. He also has experience with infill project streamlining, density bonus and housing laws, affordable housing and historic preservation regulations, as well as advising clients on public-private partnerships, the Subdivision Map Act, the Williamson Act, and cannabis land use regulations, along with easement and boundary dispute matters. A contributing editor on the 2010 – 2011 edition of State and Local Government Land Use Liability, and a reviewer of the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Municipal Law Handbook, Todd also has spoken throughout the state on land use law, with particular emphasis on CEQA.

Danny Haber is the co-founder of oWOW, a B2B and B2C real estate company. An innovative entrepreneur, with a flair for providing workable solutions to the burgeoning housing crisis in California, Haber has been labelled the ‘Oracle of Oakland’ with visionary solutions to the housing crisis. His company, oWOW develops, designs, and constructs net new housing units for consumers and also builds modular units for resale to developers. As a vertically integrated corporation, oWOW operations are geared towards cost-cutting measures, and luxury living courtesy of adaptable units.

Ken Lowney is the Founder and President of Lowney Architecture, a multidisciplinary practice offering architectural, interior, and master planning services. With locations in Oakland and Honolulu, the firm focuses its practice on residential, mixed-use, hospitality and retail projects. In his hometown of Oakland, Ken leads discussions about community development, affordable housing and off-site construction design methods while serving in leadership roles for the Modular Building Institute, SPUR, the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and the Oakland Land Use Committee. Lowney Architecture first made its mark with expertise in urban retail, specifically grocery store design. The firm is now also synonymous with the design and delivery of innovative, prefabricated projects, having designed over 6,000 modular units.