THRIVE LENDING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- President
- President at Thrive
Adrian Lufschanowski currently serves as President at Thrive, FP. Adrian's career in raising capital started twelve years ago with a venture capital firm, Elevation Capital Partners. His focus was start-ups and real estate investments. Adrian's knowledge and expertise in financial markets and investments has added to his aptitude to identify sound start -ups and real estate ventures. For 10 years, Adrian studied the financial markets in depth to identify viable investments, perform risk/reward analysis, and preserve capital in his trading of equities and derivatives. During this time, Adrian developed his ability to communicate and create long-lasting relationships, which helped him to successfully fund these deals.
In 2007, Adrian was recruited to join First Capital Funding (Now Thrive, FP) as Director of Investor Relations. Adrian helped launch the hard money side of the business and was key in raising over $60 million of hard/private money loans, making First Capital Funding a top player in the state of Texas.
In 2009, JP and Adrian had early identified the growing demand for multifamily housing in Texas and began acquiring a portfolio of 5,000+ units with several strategic operating partners. Over the past 12 months, these assets have generated 10%+ of cash flow across the portfolio, plus strong profits, based on the physical and economic improvements that have been created. Their current real estate portfolio is now approaching $350 million in assets.
Adrian obtained his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas, Austin. He then received his Masters of Human Services in Business Administration (MBA) and Social Psychology at St. Edward's University. He is a licensed Realtor in Texas and a member of ABOR, TAR, and NAR.
Cody has over 24 years of experience in office administration prior to joining Thrive, including 6 years managing the employee benefits at a large law firm.
Currently a lending assistant for Thrive, FP, Grace is also responsible for creating the majority of the Thrive Lending marketing material.
Janet has over 13 years of experience in marketing within a variety of industries, including real estate, software, law, and mental health.
In 2005, JP expanded the presence of Thrive, FP LLC (formerly known as Principals Capital Funding) from Los Angeles, California to Austin, Texas, recognizing the long-term solid fundamentals in the Texas economy. His first joint venture project in Austin was to arrange the Mezzanine financing and Guarantee for the development (…)
Julia came to Thrive, FP with over 10 years of extensive management experience in the commercial real estate industry.
Justin Brogna serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Thrive Lending. He is responsible for overseeing the Thrive Lending Fund, which includes sourcing and funding of the loans.
Prior to Thrive, Justin worked for nearly 20 years at various large banks in Austin. In many of his previous banking positions, Justin was responsible for creating, growing, and maintaining multi-million dollar loan portfolios. He understands how to navigate the intricacies of the lending business, in particular, and is excited about applying that expertise to Thrive Lending. Justin has a strong business development background and believes that excellent customer service is tantamount to any successful business.
Justin and his wife, Lesley, have two children and enjoy boating, bike riding, and spending quality time as a family.
Karen oversees our equity investments, communicating with operating partners to monitor project performance and profitability.
Serving as a Loan Officer, Reagan offices in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and is responsible for sourcing loans and other investment opportunities.
Scott is an asset manager and accounting associate for Thrive, interacting with equity partners to ensure our properties are performing to expectation.
Terri handles the processing and closing of all loans including underwriting, loan documentation and review of all third party reports.