SWEETWATER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Accounting at Sweetwater Holdings Company
Amanda Kelley is the Director of Accounting at Sweetwater Holdings Company, where she is responsible for both fund level and venture accounting, as well as treasuries, financials and investor reporting.
Before joining Sweetwater Holdings in 2013, Amanda served as Vice President of Accounting at AREA Property Partners (formerly Apollo Real Estate Advisors), a commercial real estate firm based in New York that specializes in undermanaged and value added properties across the United States. In her role at AREA Property Partners, Amanda was responsible for four real estate investment funds totaling $2B in assets.
Brent Jenkins joined Sweetwater Holdings Company in 2023 with over $30 billion and 20,000+ units in closed multifamily transaction experience. Prior to his role at Sweetwater, Brent began his career as an Analyst and Associate at Eastdil Secured, a global real estate investment bank where he was part of the Sunbelt Multifamily Investment Sales team.
While at Eastdil, Brent's responsibilities included capital markets analytics, complete real estate valuation responsibilities throughout the entire deal process, pitch and offering memorandum content creation, and was the key liaison to the first-year analysts on his team for training and mentorship purposes.
Brent graduated in just three years from the University of North Carolina Wilmington as a student-athlete with Magna Cum Laude academic honors, where he focused on finance.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Retired CEO and President of Post Properties
Dave is the retired CEO and President of Post Properties (Post) where he served nearly 15 years as CEO leading the company's significant growth, culminating in $400 million in annual revenue, a total market cap of $4.5 billion, more than 600 associates and more than 24,000 apartment units in ten major Sunbelt and Mid-Atlantic markets.
Job Titles:
- Director of Investor Relations
Marli is responsible for overseeing investor relations and other fund-related activities for the Sweetwater Opportunity Fund, L.P.
Prior to consulting for Sweetwater Holdings Company on its new $70+ million fund, Marli spent 14 years at Cousins Properties (CUZ), where she most recently served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Marketing from 2013 to 2018.
Marli started her professional career during the dot com boom in 1999, working as a content creator for a start-up music site and then as a creative consultant for IBM. In 2018, she started MQ Consulting, LLC.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Founder and Managing Partner of Sweetwater Holdings Company
McKittrick is Founder and Managing Partner of Sweetwater Holdings Company. He directs the overall strategy and investment direction of the company.
Job Titles:
- Director at Sweetwater Holdings Company
- DIRECTOR of ASSET MANAGEMENT
Semmes Gilmore is a Director at Sweetwater Holdings Company, where he is responsible for asset management, analytics and underwriting.
Before joining Sweetwater Holdings, Semmes was an Associate at Jamestown, LP, where he was responsible for the asset management of office and retail properties totaling over 1M square feet and over $750 million. Semmes began his professional career at Ernst & Young providing advisory and valuation services for a variety of property types including retail, office, and multifamily.