REDBRICK LMD - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Analyst, Accounting and Finance
Alison Wendel supports corporate decision making through financial evaluation and modeling. She also monitors asset performance and performs key financial analysis for reporting to lenders and equity partners.
Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, Ali was with Ernst & Young as a member of their Assurance practice. As a Senior Associate, she performed financial audits of public and privately held companies within the biotechnology and transportation industries. In this role, she was responsible for assessing operational processes and compliance with financial regulations.
Job Titles:
- Member of CREW DC
- Senior Vice President, Accounting
Amber Smith has over a decade of experience in accounting, private equity fund management, and commercial real estate. At Redbrick LMD, she oversees the accounting and finance team. In this role she is focused on strengthening the core accounting and finance functions and assisting with company-wide decision-making and performance tracking.
In prior roles she oversaw the accounting and daily operations for investment funds with over $1.25B of assets under management at JBG Smith, formerly JBG. In her most recent role as a Senior Manager at Baker Tilly Amber audited and advised real estate private equity investment funds and closely held real estate companies. She was also chair of the Growth and Retention of Women committee and focused on mentoring future female leaders at the firm.
Amber is a member of CREW DC. She is a CPA and received her B.A.s from the University of Maryland where she graduated Cum Laude.
Andrew Savarese supports financial reporting and risk management, with a focus on Redbrick LMD's development portfolio. He assists with all aspects of project and fund level accounting, financial analysis, budgeting, treasury, investor and third-party reporting and tax compliance and planning. In this role, he works closely with the development, capital markets and finance teams to support operations.
Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, Andrew was a senior associate in the real estate group at Ernst & Young, where he provided tax, audit and advisory services to privately held and publicly traded REITs and private equity funds.
He received his B.S, magna cum laude, and M.S. in Accountancy from Wake Forest University and is a licensed CPA.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Development
Ayisha Swann has several years' experience developing large-scale multifamily, condo and retail properties in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. At Redbrick LMD, her focus is on multifamily and retail development in the Bridge District.
Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, she worked for JBG Smith, where she developed several large-scale, mixed-use projects, including the Gallaudet/6th Street Redevelopment and Eckington Yards. Her responsibilities included entitlement, financing, community relations, design, and construction oversight.
Ayisha has an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and a BA in Geography and English from Dartmouth College.
Job Titles:
- Head of Development
- Principal
Britt Snider has two decades experience working in real estate development, investments and asset management and has overseen the development of office, residential and retail assets across the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, Britt held positions as Executive Vice President at JBG SMITH and Principal in the Development group at The JBG Companies. Previous to JBG, he worked in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Friedman Billings Ramsey where he participated in over $750 million of real estate capital markets transactions. Britt is a Trustee Emeritus and former Chair of the Board of Trustees at Washington Episcopal School in Bethesda, Maryland. He is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the DC Building Industry Association and is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, NAIOP and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He received his B.A., Cum Laude, from Amherst College and his M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Job Titles:
- Senior Development Analyst
Cameron Veidenheimer supports Redbrick LMD's development and construction efforts, with particular emphasis on the underwriting, entitlement, design, permitting, and construction of St. Elizabeths East. Prior to joining Redbrick, Cam was an Associate Development Manager at WS Development, based in Chestnut Hill, MA. At WS, Cam assisted in the development and asset management of retail and mixed-use assets in Greater Boston, Florida, Kansas, and Mississippi.
Cam holds a BA in Economics from Bates College and is an active member of the Bates College Key.
Job Titles:
- Director, Operations
- Director of Operations for Redbrick LMD 's Capital Markets
Caroline Cook serves as Director of Operations for Redbrick LMD's Capital Markets division. She is responsible for directing back-office trade review and processing all investor accounts from onboarding through account maintenance. She also maintains operational support for all Redbrick distribution channel partners and serves as a liaison between finance, accounting and investor relations. Carol is integral in creating Redbrick's process improvement procedures.
She previously worked at Ernst & Young as a Senior Associate in their Assurance practice, where she performed financial statement audits for the Aerospace and Defense industry. In this role, she helped lead the use of data analytics to perform risk assessment, implement innovative procedures over key accounts and incorporate best practices to enhance audit quality.
Job Titles:
- Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy ( Retired )
- Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy ( Retired ) Senior Advisor
He commanded U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, from 1994-96 immediately prior to assuming duties as executive officer to the director for Logistics (J-4), the Joint Staff. He was selected for flag rank in February 1997 and took command of the Naval District of Washington in February 1998 as its 83rd commandant, ultimately becoming the second-longest serving commander in the Naval District's 200-year history. In 2003, he was selected as the first commander, Navy Installations Command, where he led the creation of a unified command of some 70 Navy installations worldwide, employing 60,000 personnel and a $9 billion annual operating budget. Admiral Weaver retired after 35 years of service and now works as a private consultant.
Job Titles:
- Accounting Manager
- Manager, Accounting
Clarissa Odulio is Redbrick LMD's Accounting Manager. In this role she oversees all Accounts Payable activities and ensures invoices are paid accurately and efficiently and also manages contract processing and maintenance, and inter-company transactions.
Prior to her role at Redbrick, Clarissa was at National Service Contractors, Inc where she was Executive Personal Assistant to the President and Office Manager. She oversaw and led business development, bidding processes and technical /financial analysis of government contracts, as well as conducted in-depth analysis of account transactions and bookkeeping.
Job Titles:
- Senior Development Analyst
Daniel Nicolaus supports Redbrick LMD's development and construction activities, with a special focus on the underwriting, entitlement, design, permitting, and construction of the company's planned 2.7 million-square foot Bridge District project in Southeast D.C.
Prior to joining Redbrick, Dan worked on the development team at CRC Companies in Arlington, Virginia, where he focused primarily on the entitlement, design, construction, and asset management of CRC's transit-oriented, mixed-use assets in Northern Virginia.
He volunteers on the Programs Committee for ULI Washington, through which he organizes project tours, panel discussions, and other experiential events in the D.C. market. He is also active in the ULI Young Leaders Group mentorship program.
Daniel holds a B.A. in Economics from the Honors College at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Job Titles:
- Construction Manager, Construction
David Osei has 5+ years of construction experience within the D.C Metro Area. At Redbrick, David assists the construction team on all aspects of Preconstruction and Construction. David assists the team in general construction and development activities, with a focus on all stages of construction of our mixed-use, multifamily, and commercial construction projects.
Prior to joining the Redbrick team. David was a Project Manager at James G. Davis construction and Jones Lang LaSalle where he primarily focused on corporate interiors at Davis and Construction Management Consulting at JLL. David is involved in the Washington Building Congress and has Chaired for multiple committees. David holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA and PMP.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Capital Markets
Prior to joining Redbrick, Eric was in a similar role raising capital for an Institutional real estate interval fund for almost 4 years, and before that he spent 7 years representing a firm that offers various alternative investment strategies via '40 act funds. Since 2010, Eric has been a student of Alternative investments and has achieved his CAIA designation to better understand the landscape and be a valuable resource for RIA's and family offices.
Eric takes pride in developing long-lasting relationships, seeks to understand the needs of wealth management firms, and takes a consultative approach to working with his contacts. He also feels strongly about representing firms that can deliver very high-quality products developed and implemented by high-quality and experienced teams.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Acquisitions and Finance
Evan Jacobs supports the financial analysis and capital structuring of Redbrick LMD's ongoing development activity and prospective acquisitions and plays a key role in shaping investment strategy. Prior to joining Redbrick, Evan worked as an independent consultant, providing underwriting, financing, partnership structuring and fund administration advisory services to a broad spectrum of prominent investor-developers in the Washington, DC region. Evan also previously worked for JBG and was played a leading role in underwriting and closing new acquisitions, monitoring and updating asset and fund-level financial models, and facilitating financing and asset management processes.
Evan received his bachelor's degree from Brown University, where he double-majored in Economics and Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Investor
- Managing Director
- Member of the Redbrick Team
Jake Block leads Redbrick LMD's investor relations, capital formation and stakeholder engagement efforts in the Western region of the United States. He is an accomplished financial service professional with expertise working with investors (institutional and individual) and corporate clients.
Prior to joining Redbrick, Jake was the Managing Principal of JBB Capital - a merchant banking advisory and venture capital firm - and an entrepreneur in residence at Plug and Play Ventures. Previously, he was a private banker and director in Deutsche Bank's San Francisco office, primarily working with family offices, entrepreneurs and founders on various investing and lending needs. Prior to that, he worked for BNY Mellon as a senior business development officer. For seven years, he ran the European Equities business on the West Coast for Nomura Securities (formerly Lehman Brothers). He also was an Assistant Vice President of Acquisitions at Sovereign Investment Company, a division of Marcus & Millichap, where he purchased over $2 billion in commercial real estate. He began his career as an investment banker, primarily in technology, at Bank of America Securities, Credit Suisse and Schroders.
He is also a board member of various nonprofits whose core issues are improving opportunity, economic growth, education and equal opportunity.
Jake earned his MBA in finance from London Business School and a BA in economics from Vassar College. He also holds the Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Redbrick Team
- Senior Analyst, Finance and Investments
Jake Colville plays a key role in supporting all aspects of fund-level underwriting, project-level modeling, and
supporting financial analysis. Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, Mr. Colville was an Investment Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In this role, he was responsible for portfolio design, investment due diligence, and performance evaluation.
Jake plays a key role in supporting all aspects of fund-level underwriting, project-level modeling and supporting financial analysis. Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, Jake was an Investment Analyst at Bank of America. In that role, he was responsible for portfolio design, investment due diligence and performance evaluation. He also previously worked for Franklin Templeton where he served as a member of their fixed income and real estate groups, conducting research and financial analysis on fixed income and real estate securities.
He received his B.S.B.A. from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he double-majored
Job Titles:
- Head of Investor Relations
- Investor
- Vice President
Jason Cross leads Redbrick LMD's Investor Relations group and supports capital formation, fund administration and stakeholder engagement. As a former licensed securities professional, Jason developed a wealth management practice serving high net-worth individuals and families for Fortune 50 financial institutions & investment banks during his career in financial services.
Prior to joining Redbrick, he was appointed Special Assistant to the Mayor of the District of Columbia serving in the Executive Office of the Mayor, and later as Deputy Director of the Walter Reed Local Redevelopment Authority responsible for day-to-day operations related to the redevelopment of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. His responsibilities included negotiating the acquisition from the US Army and the disposition to the master developer, managing federal grants & contracts, as well as community & stakeholder engagement.
Jason is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Philosophy and a concentration in Economics & Finance. He serves on the board of Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region and as Vice-President of the St. Albans School Alumni Association Board.
Job Titles:
- Director, Asset Management
Jennifer Lamb manages Redbrick LMD's portfolio of properties and is responsible for the performance of its owned assets, leveraging data and lessons learned to assist in the underwriting of new investment and development opportunities. She also oversees our third-party property management team.
Prior to joining Redbrick, she was on the operational side of property management. Starting her career with Equity Residential as a leasing professional working her way through the racks. After 9 years with EQR, Jennifer joined Greystar as Senior Community Manager.
Job Titles:
- Director of Community Engagement
- Director, Community Engagement and Corporate Impact
Lindsay Morton serves as Redbrick LMD's Director of Community Engagement and Corporate Impact. She is staunchly involved in and focused on community preservation, engagement and progression, with experience at both the local and national levels. Lindsay recently served as the Director of Community Engagement in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia where she advised the senior attorneys and led community initiatives under the direction of Attorney General Karl A. Racine.
Before that role, she served as Director of the Healthy Markets Program at Martha's Table where she launched Joyful Food Markets - an after-school grocery program that provides healthy food and nutrition education to over 6,000 elementary students each month. She also aided in the development and opening of a one-of-a-kind Whole Foods Market "community store" in New Orleans, LA. Lindsay earned her B.S. in business from Boston College and a Master's in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown University.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Principal and Managing Partner at Redbrick
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Louis Dubin is a managing partner of Redbrick LMD. Louis has invested over $1 billion of equity in U.S. based real estate investments and acquisitions with a gross value of approximately $3 billion. He has completed over 30 real estate developments and investments, including land development, resort, residential for sale and rental, office, self-storage, and master planned communities.
Louis completed his undergraduate work at Washington & Lee University, and his law degree at The Washington College of Law, American University. He is a past winner of Institutional Investor's Real Estate Deal of the Year. Since 2003 Louis has been a member of the NY State Common Retirement Fund Real Estate Committee, with current total assets of approximately $270 billion (as of Q1 2021). He is currently Chairman of the Governor's Workforce Board of the state of Maryland. He is an active board member of the Patton Veteran's Project, as well as a member of the steering committee for the Steers Center for Real Estate at Georgetown University. In addition, he has won many awards for his civic and professional work.
Mei Li has the day-to-day responsibility for all areas of entitlement, predevelopment and development of Redbrick LMD's project at St. Elizabeths East. Mei has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate including acquisitions, dispositions, development and financing.
Starting her career at Oxford Properties Group in acquisitions, Mei has completed $4 billion transactions and has managed the development of 1.8M SF of office and 750 multifamily units. Mei is active in CREW DC and ULI Washington. She holds a BA, MBA and is a graduate of ULI Washington's Regional Land Use Leadership Institute.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President of Construction
Paul Elias has over 35 years of experience in commercial and residential construction, with 25 of those years focused on the Washington, DC metropolitan area. His responsibilities at Redbrick LMD encompass all aspects of Preconstruction and Construction, including managing the design process, permitting, budgeting, scheduling, procurement, contract negotiation and construction management.
Prior to joining Redbrick, Paul was the Senior Vice President, Director of Construction for JBG SMITH, where he managed a large team of construction professionals to complete over 80 ground-up developments valued at $4.5 billion. He was the 2018 Chairman of the Board of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Metro Washington and presently serves as past chairman.
Rachel Lopez has been the Director of Accounting at Redbrick LMD for over a decade. Straight out of college she started her career at here handling all monthly and annual financial reporting as well as tax preparation.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Managing Director of Capital Markets
Ray DeSantis is a Managing Director of Capital Markets, leading Redbrick LMD's investor relations, capital raise and stakeholder engagement efforts in the Northeast. He is an accomplished financial services professional with expertise working with institutional and individual investors, RIAs and Family Offices.
Prior to joining Redbrick, Ray served as Vice President at the CIM Group, building out their Private Wealth Channel with a focus on RIAs and Family Offices. He was a part of the team that helped introduce CIM to wealth groups, through Opportunity Zones, Core, Infrastructure and Credit funds. In previous roles, Ray was Vice President for Resources Real Estate, a multi-family focused firm based in Philadelphia where he raised capital for their non-traded REIT and Limited Partnerships from financial advisors, RIAs and broker dealers.
Ray graduated from Saint Anselm's College and received his MBA from Bryant University.
Robert Levin is a Director and the Treasurer of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network and is a Trustee Emeritus at Morehouse College. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Stanford Center on Longevity. He previously served on the board of Ellie Mae. Rob worked 28 years at Fannie Mae. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Redbrick LMD.
Job Titles:
- Analyst, Acquisitions and Finance
Ross Pegram plays a key role in the firm's efforts towards acquisition underwriting, project-level modeling, and financial analysis of current and future investments.
Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, he was an analyst in the U.S. Real Estate Fund Management department at The Carlyle Group. He was responsible for fund performance evaluation, carried interest and management fee forecasts, budget analysis, fundraising and investor relations support, and valuation support.
Ross received his B.B.A. in Finance with a concentration in Financial Analysis from James Madison University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Finance and Investments
Sam Hoffman is responsible for capital markets strategy and investment activity at Redbrick LMD. Prior to joining Redbrick he worked for Carr Properties, where his responsibilities included capital markets strategy and execution, financial analysis and reporting, corporate forecasting, and budgeting. During his tenure there, Sam participated in over $3.2 billion of real estate equity and debt capital markets transactions. He previously worked for Hersha Hospitality, where he supported real estate investment and financing activity for a publicly traded lodging REIT and structured operating agreements and contracts for a privately held hotel management company. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and currently serves on the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission of Alexandria, VA.
Sam received his B.A. from American University's School of International Service and his M.B.A. from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.
Shauna Herrmann oversees the general project and fund level accounting function. She also supports all aspects of financial analysis, treasury, and investor reporting. In this role, she is focused on implementing and maintaining operational policies and procedures to ensure compliance and support company growth.
Prior to joining Redbrick LMD, Shauna was the Property Accounting Manager at Easterly Government Properties, a publicly traded REIT, where she supervised and trained a team of property accountants covering an 80-building portfolio of highly specialized commercial office space leased to various U.S Government agencies.
She began her career at Baker Tilly where she audited and advised real estate private equity investment funds and partnerships. Ms. Herrmann received her M.S and B.S, magna cum laude, in Accounting and Information Systems from Virginia Tech and is a licensed CPA.
Job Titles:
- Project Executive, Construction
Thomas Pignatelli has over 12 years of experience in commercial and residential construction in the Metropolitan Washington Area. At Redbrick LMD, he assists the partners and EVP of on all aspects of Preconstruction and Construction: assisting in and managing the design process, permitting, budgeting, scheduling, procurement, contract negotiation and construction management for all projects for Redbrick LMD located in the Washington, DC area.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Founding Member of Redbrick LMD and Is One
Tom Skinner is a founding member of Redbrick LMD and is one of the firm's three Managing Partners. He has invested in and developed close to $2 billion in real estate assets and established a pipeline of over $4 billion in future development projects.
Prior to founding Redbrick, Tom invested in or founded numerous operating businesses primarily in the real estate, technology and financial services industries. Tom began his professional career at McKinsey & Co. where he worked with financial institutions on strategy issues. Tom earned his Ph.D. in economics from MIT and his BA in economics from Oxford University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Construction
Todd Steighner has over 30 years of experience in commercial design, development and construction, including 20 years in the Metropolitan Washington Area. He started his career in the traditional practice of architecture and over the last half of his career has applied that experience representing owners.
At Redbrick, LMD, his main responsibilities include Preconstruction and Construction, focusing on all stages of design and construction with an expertise in mixed-use, multi-family projects.
Prior to joining Redbrick, LMD, he was Vice President of Construction for JBG Smith, formerly JBG, where he focused on design, quality assurance, product procurement and construction. During his 12-year tenure there, Todd completed over 15 projects with combined construction costs in excess of $1.1 billion. He was on the Board of Directors for the DC Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from 2015-2019 where he offered an owner's perspective relative to architectural services.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Redbrick Team
- Senior Vice President, Development
Tom Burkert has over 13 years of experience in commercial real estate development. He has developed residential, commercial, hotel, and retail properties throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. In his current role at Redbrick LMD, Tom is focused on the development of the Bridge District.
He's previously held roles as a Managing Director for Wood Partners, concentrating on ground-up development of new multifamily opportunities. His responsibilities included site sourcing, JV financing, entitlement, design, construction oversight, and operations oversight. Prior to Wood Partners, he worked for Alliance Residential and The JBG Companies, now JBG Smith (NYSE: JBGS). Tom has an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and a BA in economics from the University of Virginia.
Job Titles:
- Investor
- Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets
Trisha A. Miller oversees fundraising, investor relations, marketing, operations and product development for Redbrick LMD. She has over thirty-five years of experience working with various wealth management platforms in the distribution of investment products. She is a Certified Financial Planner® and holds several securities licenses, including the Series 7 and 24 licenses.
Previously Trisha acted as Executive Managing Director of Robert A. Stanger, where she served as a consultant to institutional real estate managers and other alternative asset managers to assist with the development and implementation of their retail fundraising capability. Prior to that, she was CEO of Starwood Capital, LLC, the broker/dealer affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, a $60 billion private equity firm with a primary focus on global real estate. In addition, she was CEO, Head of Distribution and National Sales Manager at Carey Financial, LLC, W. P. Carey's broker-dealer, where she led the capital raising function for real estate and credit funds for nine years. Trisha earned her B.A. from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and her MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.
William Passmore is a Managing Partner of Redbrick LMD. He has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating joint venture investment partnerships.
Prior to joining Redbrick in 2005, William was a partner at McKinsey and Co., where he held a series of leadership positions in the private equity, telecommunications, and marketing practices. He is a graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Imperial College in London.