GIPREIT - Key Persons


Benjamin Adams

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Ten Capital
  • Compensation
Benjamin Adams is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Ten Capital Management. He launched the company in 2011 and is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of all firm activities. Benjamin Adams has been a board member since July 2019. He has also been Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Ten Capital Management since May 2011, an independent, fundamental value-driven private equity real estate firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. He is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of all firm activities. From January 2008 to April 2011, Mr. Adams was a Portfolio Manager with The Townsend Group, where he oversaw $1.7 billion in private equity real estate assets under management within the firm's discretionary investment management business, and was actively involved in product development and structuring. Prior to Townsend, Mr. Adams was a Vice President and General Counsel of Lionstone Development LLC, a Miami-based, principal balance sheet investor. Mr. Adams practiced law with Greenberg Traurig LLP in New York, New York, and served as the Special Assistant to the White House Counsel in the Clinton Administration. Mr. Adams has a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Betsy Peck

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Audit / Nominating and Corporate Governance
  • Retired Chief Operating Officer
Betsy Peck was appointed a board member on February 3, 2020. She retired in 2018 from Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") a publicly held professional services firm specializing in real estate and investment management. Ms. Peck served in various positions from July 2008 to March 2018 with the latest position being Chief Operating Officer, Markets where she was responsible for managing a $2 billion operation with more than 1,000 sales professionals for maximum efficiency and effectiveness, driving ongoing growth. Prior to this role, Ms. Peck served as JLL's Chief Administrative Officer, Brokerage from July 2008 to December 2012. Ms. Peck also served as Chief Administrative Officer at The Staubach Company where she worked from June 1996 to July 2008, she was a senior partner who drove strategy and execution for optimum integration of finance, human resources, IT and administration. She was also an integral member of the team during the company's merger with Jones Lang LaSalle. Prior to that, Ms. Peck served in a variety of companies in various finance and accounting functions. Ms. Peck obtained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Scranton. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Peck also serves or has served as an advisory board member for several companies including Forge, Patrocinium and BB&T. Ms. Peck's experience serving publicly-held companies brings to our Board of Directors an understanding of public company operations, financial reporting, disclosure, and corporate governance. Betsy Peck is the recently retired Chief Operating Officer, Markets of Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE: JLL), a leading commercial real estate company, where she managed a $2 billion operation, including leasing, property management, construction project development services and capital markets. She was also the Chief Administrative Officer of The Staubach Company which was acquired by JLL in 2008. Ms. Peck has over 30 years of experience as a strategic leader, with financial and operating expertise in diverse industries including technology, communications and real estate. Ms. Peck has worked with start-up companies and mid-cap companies as well as organizations which have achieved mature market penetration.

Curt P. Creely

Job Titles:
  • Partner

David Sobelman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Chairman of Our Board
  • Chairman of Our Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
  • GIPR CEO
David Sobelman serves as chairman of our Board and our President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Assistant Treasurer. He founded Generation Income Properties, Inc. after serving almost 13 years in different capacities within the net lease commercial real estate market. In June 2017, Mr. Sobelman started 3 Properties, a commercial real estate brokerage firm focused solely on the net lease market. Mr. Sobelman has held various roles within the single tenant, net lease commercial real estate investment market, including investor, asset manager, broker, owner, analyst and advisor. In 2005, David began working with Calkain Companies LLC, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm. During his tenure, Calkain grew from two employees to over 40, and became one of the leading single tenant, net lease firms in the country. Prior to Mr. Sobelman's career in single tenant, net lease investments, he served as a member of The White House staff, and was subsequently appointed to work for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Sobelman wrote The Little Book of Triple Net Lease Investing, a leading book on the single tenant, triple-net lease investment market, which is currently in its second edition. Mr. Sobelman is a featured speaker at conferences in the United States and abroad and has been quoted in articles in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune and various regional real estate trade publications. Mr. Sobelman received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Florida and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Real Estate Management Program. Mr. Sobelman is a board member for the University of Florida Foundation. Mr. Sobelman serves as Chairman of our Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President. In 2003, he began his real estate career from the bottom, as an entry-level analyst at Grubb & Ellis in Washington, DC, now Newmark. Since then, he has served in senior and management roles in almost all the pertinent positions that encompass a net lease property including as an investor, asset manager, broker, owner, analyst, and author. GIPR CEO David Sobelman was interviewed by Axiom Strategic on what it looks like to build a values-based culture, and the importance of it. The original podcast can be found here.

Gena Cheng - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Compensation
Ms. Cheng has been managing director since August 2019 at Prospect Avenue Partners, a specialty capital raising and advisory platform focused on the private equity industry. Named to PERE's list of 30 Capital Raisers Who Can Make a Difference, Ms. Cheng has over 20 years of experience in the real asset industry, including investments, portfolio management, fundraising and investor relations. Ms. Cheng brings valuable real estate finance experience to the Company's Board of Directors. Prior to launching Prospect Avenue Partners, Ms. Cheng served as Managing Director from July 2014 to February 2019 at USAA Real Estate Company. She also served as Managing Director from March 2010 to March 2014 at Forum Partners, a global real estate investment and asset management firm, and Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer from October 2006 to August 2009 at JT Partners, an international architecture, engineering, projects management, and consulting firm. Ms. Cheng has significant experience raising investor equity for strategies ranging from core through opportunistic via open-end and closed-end vehicles. Prior to her transition to the sell side, she served as a senior portfolio manager at APG Asset Management, the approximately 538 billion Dutch pension fund. There she helped invest and manage the capital of one of the largest institutional real estate investment platforms in the world, focusing on North American investments. Ms. Cheng began her career in real estate consulting and investment banking at Arthur Andersen and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Cheng earned a JD/MBA from New York University and an AB in Architecture from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Grace May Tilton Prize in American Studies. She is a member of the New York State Bar and serves on the Program Committee and Scholarship Committee for WX - New York Women Executives in Real Estate. Ms. Cheng holds her FINRA registered representative license through SPS Securities, LLC.

Ian Mckay

Job Titles:
  • Account Administration
  • Continental Stock Transfer & Trust

Joe Longoria

Job Titles:
  • Audit Partner

John Cowart

John Cowart was born in Miami Beach, FL. He attended public schools in Dade County and received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Florida. Shortly after he gave his life to the Lord and became a member of the University of Florida Prayer Group which transitioned into what is now Abiding Faith Christian Church where he currently serves as Senior Pastor. Pastor Cowart is the former Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at Santa Fe College and enjoys meeting people, preaching in prisons, working in foreign missions, traveling, and cooking.

Patrick Quilty - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Credit Officer
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Audit
Patrick Quilty has been Chief Credit Officer for a top global insurance company since September 2012. He is responsible for overseeing, assessing and approving a portfolio of highly structured transactions providing global risk solutions for middle market and Fortune 50 companies across diversified industries. From October 2010 to September 2012, Mr. Quilty was Co-Founder and Head of Credit Risk at Specialized Performance Advisory Group LLC, an independent asset management firm providing investment, advisory and risk counseling for family office and institutional clients. From November 2003 to October 2010, Mr. Quilty was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Barclays Capital Loan Portfolio focused on the Specialty Finance and REIT sectors. Mr. Quilty has also served as a credit derivatives trader in their Principal Credit and Risk Finance Group. Over his thirty-year career, Mr. Quilty has held senior portfolio, trading and risk management positions at ABN AMRO, Chase Asset Management, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan. Mr. Quilty has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Florida State University and completed graduate coursework in Real Estate Investment and Development at the Steven L Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College. He also brings an understanding of accounting principles, risk management, financial presentation and analysis.

Ron Cook

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Accounting
With extensive experience in finance and accounting, Mr. Cook is a financial professional who serves as the Vice President of Accounting for Generation Income Properties leading the accounting functions at the firm. Mr. Cook has held executive and financial leadership roles over the past 10 years in consulting, family office and real estate private equity and is adept at strategic planning, financial reporting and modeling, data and market analysis, and forecasting.

Stuart Eisenberg

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Team
  • Audit / Nominating and Corporate Governance
Stuart Eisenberg was appointed a board member on February 3, 2020. He recently retired from BDO USA, LLP where he was a partner in the real estate services group from July 1997 until June 2019. Mr. Eisenberg served as the firm's national real estate and construction industry practice leader and a member of the firm's international real estate and construction industry steering committee. His experience includes consulting in connection with the formation, structuring and development of REITs and real estate operating companies. He also provided financial reporting and due-diligence services in numerous initial and follow-on public offerings and in connection with the acquisition, financing and dispositions of commercial real estate. Mr. Eisenberg has a bachelor's degree from Adelphi University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Eisenberg's experience serving publicly-held companies brings to our Board of Directors a comprehensive understanding of public company operations, financial reporting, and corporate governance, as well as perspective regarding potential acquisitions. Stuart Eisenberg, CPA is a recently retired partner with BDO USA, LLP, one of the world's largest accounting firms, and has over 30 years of experience in providing accounting and advisory services to both public and privately held real estate companies. Mr. Eisenberg served as BDO's national real estate and construction industry practice leader and as a member of the firm's international real estate and construction industry steering committee.