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Kenneth Bacon Managing Partner RailField Realty Partners Formerly head of Multifamily at Fannie Mae, Ken oversaw a $195 billion multifamily portfolio, the largest of its kind in the world which also included a portfolio of tax credit and conventional equity and mezzanine debt of over $6 billion. In this role, he had regular interaction at the highest levels with the largest players in the multifamily industry. Ken is a native of Houston with significant contacts in the local government, business and legal community. Prior to forming RailField, Mr. Bacon spent 19 years in positions of increasing responsibility at Fannie Mae culminating with his being the Executive Vice President of the Multifamily Mortgage Business. Immediately prior to running the multifamily mortgage business, Ken headed Fannie Mae’s American Communities Fund, a $200+ milion equity fund that invested in multifamily projects. Before joining Fannie Mae, Ken was Director of the Office of Securitization of the Resolution Trust Corporation and held officer positions on Wall Street at Kidder Peabody and Morgan Stanley. Ken is the Lead Director of the board of Comcast Corporation and a Board Member of Forrest City. He is also on the board of the Corporation for Supportive Housing. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and Urban Land Institute. He has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a M. Sci. in International Relations from the London School of Economics where he studied as a Marshall Scholar and a B.A. from Stanford University. Mark Bates Chief Financial Officer Holland Partner Group Mark Bates, Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting of Holland Partner Group. He also provides leadership regarding the strategic direction and vision of the Company. Mark provides 15 years of experience in real estate finance and accounting. Before joining Holland Partner Group, Mark served as Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he led the operations of various business units within the world’s largest public accounting firm within the real estate sector. His responsibilities within the real estate group included auditing, consulting, business development, recruiting, developing and retaining talent, driving people initiatives and developing and instructing training curriculum. Mark received a B.A. with a double major in Business Economics and Law & Society from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with honors. Mark is a CFA charterholder and licensed CPA. Will Beam Vice President, Acquisitions Heitman Will is a Vice President in Heitman's North American Acquisitions group. He is responsible for analyzing and valuing potential investments in direct equity real estate within the United States. He has been involved with a variety of property types (residential, office, retail, industrial, and student housing properties) and a variety of investment structures (e.g. development joint ventures, investment joint ventures, and 100% free and clear acquisitions). He has been involved in acquisition activity totaling over 21,000 units, 10 million square feet, and $4.4 billion. Will received a BSBA with a concentration in Finance from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the National Multi Housing Council. Albert M. Berriz Chief Executive Officer and Co-Managing Member McKinley Albert M. Berriz is Co-Managing Member, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member and Co-Owner of McKinley, a real estate investment company that owns and operates a $4.6 billion dollar real estate portfolio with 1,600 full time staff members consisting of 35,398 apartment units and over 21.0 million square feet of shopping centers and office buildings located in twenty-seven states nationwide. Mr. Berriz has extensive experience in the acquisition, financing, management and redevelopment of real estate assets. He is responsible for acquiring and managing assets in excess of $7.0 billion during his career. Mr. Berriz holds an MBA with honors in marketing and finance from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He also holds a Bachelor of Architecture Professional degree with high honors from the School of Engineering at the University of Miami. Mr. Berriz began his career in the real estate department of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago as a Vice President responsible for real estate lending. Mr. Berriz’s wife, Paula, an MBA graduate with high honors from Northwestern University, has spent her life raising two very successful young men, Albert L., a graduate of the University of Michigan and Andrew, a graduate of the Ross School of Business of the University of Michigan. Albert L. is McKinley’s Vice President & Managing Director for Owned Residential Real Estate. Andrew also works for McKinley as Director - Special Projects Group. Douglas M. Bibby President & CEO National Multifamily Housing Council Douglas M. Bibby is President of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), a national organization of 1,000 member firms involved in the multifamily housing industry. Under his leadership NMHC represents the industry on Capitol Hill and before the regulatory agencies, promotes research and the exchange of information, and advocates for rental housing across a broad spectrum of issues. In his 12th year as head of the Council, Bibby has been honored by the publication Multi- Housing News as one of the most influential leaders in the industry through its “Dozen who make a Difference” award in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Prior to joining NMHC, Bibby spent 16 years as a senior officer of Fannie Mae, where he served on the company’s Management Committee throughout his tenure. He was part of the top management team that is credited with the remarkable turnaround at Fannie Mae in the book Good to Great. Bibby began his career with the worldwide communications firm J. Walter Thompson where he served a variety of clients both domestically and internationally over his 12-year career with the company. At the time of his departure from J. Walter Thompson, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the firm’s Washington, D.C. operations. Bibby has been active in the non-profit community of Washington, D.C. for the past 25 years. He currently sits on four boards of directors. Bibby graduated from Denison University with a B.A. degree and was honored with the university’s Alumni Citation Award in 2004. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Nickolay N. Bochilo Senior Vice President, Investments Bell Partners Mr. Bochilo joined Bell Partners in 2001. He currently oversees acquisition, disposition and related financing activities in several of the company's markets. Mr. Bochilo has been involved in transactions valued in excess of $4 billion since joining the company, spanning across apartment, retail and senior housing holdings. He is a member of Urban Land Institute and NMHC's Emerging Leaders Committee. A native of Belarus, Mr. Bochilo came to the U.S. in 1998 through the Future Leaders Exchange scholarship sponsored by the US Department of State. He holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a BS degree in Business and Economics from Greensboro College where he graduated with honors. John Burstein Principal MRP Group John Burstein, age 43, is co-founder and Principal of Mexico Retail Properties Group, (“MRP”). MRP is a fully integrated real estate company that acquires, develops and manages properties throughout Mexico. MRP invests capital and serves as General Partner in four institutional funds with equity from Pensions and Sovereign Investors. Mr. Burstein is also a co-founder and Principal of Infrastructure Institucional, (“I2”), a Mexico City based company focused on infrastructure investments throughout Mexico. Since its formation in 2002, MRP has become one of the largest developers and owners of shopping centers in Mexico. As of December 2013, the company had 150 Mexico City based employees and owned 65 shopping centers. MRP has developed more Wal-Mart anchored centers than all other developers in Latin America combined. In December of 2013, MRP sold 49 of its shopping centers to Fibra Uno, the largest Mexican REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) for approximately $2 Billion in what was the largest single real estate transaction in the history of Latin America. MRP continues to develop new assets focusing on vertical, urban, mixed use projects in Mexico City. I2 has raised nearly $1 Billion, primarily from Mexican Pension Funds (Afores). The company invests in a broad range of infrastructure projects including toll roads, hospitals, prisons, airports and energy related assets. Mr. Burstein received a Bachelors degree in Economics from Princeton University in 1993 and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2001. James A. Butz President, Managing Partner Jefferson Apartment Group Jim Butz is the President and CEO of Jefferson Apartment Group. Mr. Butz leads our Investment Committee, Executive Committee and Advisory Board. He is responsible for strategic planning and growth of the Company and is involved in all operational and investment decisions. He is also works with our business leaders to focus on our Company goals and values. Prior to forming Jefferson Apartment Group, Mr. Butz was the President and Managing Partner for JPI East, which encompassed real estate operations within the Mid-Atlantic, New England and Southeast United States JPI offices. Mr. Butz has over 28 years' experience in the real estate development industry focusing primarily on for-rent and for-sale multifamily communities, and has been responsible for the acquisition or development of over 20,000 units. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BA in Business Administration, Finance and Economics. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the National Multifamily Housing Council and the NAHB Multifamily Leadership Board, a member of ULI and active in a variety of local real estate and charitable organizations.
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