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CHRIS MAIER

PRESIDENT & FOUNDER, CCC

Chris is the Founder of the CCC and launched the 1st Chapter in 2019 in Atlanta,
GA.  He formerly served the commercial real estate development industry as
Director of Acquisitions at The Montalto Group, formerly served the commercial
construction industry at the Director level of Cooper & Company General
Contractors, and also gained facility management experience as a Department
Manager of Lone Rover Construction.  

Chris presently sits on the Executive Board of Directors for EV Hotel, and on
the Board of Directors for LAI (Lambda Alpha International) Land Economics
Society in Atlanta.  

He has been involved in the successful brokerage & development transactions
under the role of “consultant” for multifamily, industrial, office and retail
asset classes.  

Him and his wife own and operate a short-term residential real estate vacation
rental business, Stargazer Hideaway Rentals.  Chris has also made investments
into multifamily syndications as an Limited Partner.  

Chris gained experience working on behalf of BOMA (Building Owners & Managers
Association) where he first gained an understanding as to the inner-workings of
a successful association, and utilized this experience in order to formulate the
CCC.

Chris formerly served 501c3 non-profit charities in the capacity of Board of
Directors Member for Mentor Me North Forsyth to mentor young men and women in
the community where he was raised, and as Vice President of Hands Across Atlanta
501c3 to assist the less-fortunate homeless population in Atlanta.  

He received his undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University and an MBA
from University of The Rockies.  He is a fitness enthusiast, and is an avid
supporter of United States veterans.  

Chris believes that you’re not truly doing what you love, and cannot be the best
at what you do, until you find the thing in life that makes you excited to wake
up in the morning and you fall asleep thinking about at night; for Chris this is
the ability to serve others through the CCC by assisting professionals to
establish new relationships, uplifting them in their careers, and improving
their quality of life.


MATT ORNSTEIN

CEO, ORNSTEIN-SCHULER INVESTMENTS

Matt Ornstein graduated in 1990 from the University of Virginia’s McIntyre
School of Commerce. After college, Matt worked for the Home Depot Corporation
for several years before starting his own real estate company in 1996.
Ornstein’s multi-family projects in Metro Atlanta won several awards with the
Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and provided double-digit, annualized
rates of return to his investors. In 2002, Matt and fellow UVA alumnus Frank
Schuler formed the Ornstein-Schuler companies.

Since that time, Matt has been CEO of Ornstein-Schuler and directed the due
diligence, acquisition and sale of several hundred million dollars of real
estate, while also successfully completing over 100 property re-zonings. Matt
continues to lead the company’s real estate and client advisory team. Matt is
also actively involved with multiple philanthropic organizations that specialize
in educational scholarships, land and wildlife conservation, endangered species
protection, and animal rescue and rehabilitation services.


KRISTINE HERNANDEZ

VP OF DEVELOPMENT, BRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP

Kristine Hernandez has experience in all facets of development, including site
selection, market and financial analyses, due diligence, product design,
entitlements, permits, financing, construction, property and asset management,
and disposition of projects. During her career, she has developed numerous
multifamily and mixed-use projects throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
regions including over 6,500 apartments.

 Kristine has started her own development and consulting company with a focus on
multifamily, build-to-rent, and townhome communities throughout the sunbelt
region. She grew up in the industry as her dad’s (former Florida developer) side
kick on job sites and city council meetings. Her dad would take her flying on
the weekends to look at sites from the sky. She learned from a young age how to
spot good land opportunities. Kristine is a graduate of Rollins College Hamilton
Holt program.


JUSTIN GOLDSHIR

CEO, GRIND CAPITAL GROUP

Justin is a serial entrepreneur, private equity investor and commercial real
estate developer. A native of Augusta, Justin is a product of Georgia public
schools and the Zell Miller HOPE scholarship. He began his career as a National
Security and Foreign Policy Fellow to U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss in Washington
D.C. He later joined Lehman Brothers as an investment banking analyst in the
Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York where he advised private equity
clients. Following Lehman Brothers, Justin joined Dubai International Capital in
both their Dubai and London offices, where he managed middle market private
equity investments in consumer, industrial and entertainment industries. During
this time, Justin was a board observer to Mauser, the world’s second largest
industrial packaging manufacturer and Merlin Entertainments, a Blackstone
portfolio company and the world’s second largest visitor attractions company
after Disney. Justin later joined the London office of GI Partners, a leading
middle market private equity firm based in San Francisco that has raised over
$29 billion in capital from leading institutional investors around the world to
invest in private equity, real estate, and data infrastructure strategies.

Recognizing significant opportunities in real estate during the Great Recession
and inspired by Sam Zell, Justin acquired bank foreclosed properties to build a
student housing real estate portfolio, which was later acquired by a private
investor. Justin eventually left private equity to start a software company
providing social media management and analytics tools for the music industry,
which was later acquired by TuneCore, the world’s largest digital music
distributor. Justin also worked as a finance associate with the Techstars Disney
Accelerator in Los Angeles.

Justin graduated with Honors from the University of Georgia with a B.B.A. in
Finance and A.B. in International Affairs, where he was a Leonard Leadership
Scholar and commencement speaker of his graduating class. He is also a graduate
of the Georgia Institute of Technology where he studied full stack web
development. Justin previously served as the Technology Chair of the Young
Alumni Board of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He
is a graduate of the Center for Leadership Class of 2022 at the Urban Land
Institute Atlanta Chapter.


KEN PATEL

CEO & FOUNDER, EV HOTEL

Ken Patel is the Founder of EV Hotel. His goal is to revolutionize the
hospitality Industry with technology innovations that will create centric
experiences for EV Hotel guests and employees. 2021 marks his 25th year in
hospitality. He graduated from the #1 hospitality school in the world (Dubai)
where he obtained an MBA in International Hospitality Management. 

EV Hotel is the world’s first tech/automation and crypto-infused hotel brand
which will accept crypto payments and incorporate the world’s first crypto trade
floor. The focus is to lessen employee tasks and drive guest service while
increasing the Gross Profit Margins. EV Hotel boasts over 20 smart devices in
each guest room and more automation throughout the hotel. Employees and guests
will feel the real meaning of hospitality with this brand. The first hotel is
expected to open in downtown Phoenix late 2022/early 2023. 

Originally from New York City, Ken currently resides in Atlanta. He has been in
hospitality since the age of 15. Ever since then, he has been in the world of
hospitality and have worked from the ground up to where he is today. 

Ken is an expert in operations, new builds, PIP, C-level operations and
development. Ken has managed over 100 hotels and 15,000 rooms in different
roles. He has worked with all the major hotel brands.


TOD PETTY

COO, AVIVA SENIOR LIVING

As the COO of Aviva Senior Living, previously known as Lloyd Jones Senior
Living, Tod Petty drew upon his development and operations skills honed over a
30-year career within the senior housing industry. His experience encompasses
all levels of senior housing from independent living through assisted living,
memory care, and skilled nursing. In this role, Tod focuses on the business
development of our Lloyd Jones’ management services and forging relationships
with investors.

Tod first joined Lloyd Jones Senior Living as EVP/COO, where he was responsible
for the operations of the Lloyd Jones portfolio of senior living
communities—both existing and to-be-developed.

Early in his career he founded Augusta Respiratory Care, which he subsequently
sold to Lincare Holdings. From there, he joined various health-related
organizations serving in executive-level positions in business development and
operations. Ultimately, he became president and COO of Thrive Senior Living, a
high-growth operator of assisted living and memory care communities. Over a
nine-year period, he led the company through an era of extensive development
with the addition of 29 new senior communities.


Prior to joining Lloyd Jones, he served as president and CEO of Mainstay Senior
Living, which offers innovative housing solutions from independent living
through skilled nursing. Altogether, he has managed over 50 senior housing
communities of varying levels of care.


MATT LIETZAN

PRINCIPAL, YUKON REAL ESTATE PARTNERS

Matt is a Principal at Yukon Ventures, responsible for Build-to-Suits for the
industrial food and beverage manufacturing markets. Lietzan comes from Primus
Builders, a national leader in cold storage design-build, where he led their
Business Development team. During his twelve years at Primus, the ICC Group, and
Sidel, Lietzan has worked with prominent F&B companies including MillerCoors,
KraftHeinz, and Mars, expanding their manufacturing capabilities throughout the
US.

Matt joins Yukon Ventures co-founders, Martin Khait and Oliver Davis Urman, in
their pursuit of growing America’s cold storage, food and beverage
manufacturing, and industrial real estate. Founded in 2018 in Austin, TX, Yukon
Ventures pursues development and acquisition opportunities in the uniquely
critical food and beverage real estate supply chain. Lietzan will continue this
effort by partnering with food and beverage manufacturers and distributors to
alleviate their real estate and infrastructure challenges by providing
fit-for-purpose build to suit and sale-lease-back transactions.


ZACKREY CEASAR

FOUNDER & CEO, CEASAR CAPITAL PARTNERS

Zackrey Ceasar, age 34 born in Monroe, Louisiana started working in the
entertainment business at the tender age of 8 years old acting in community
theater productions in churches, schools etc. At the age of 18 he earned an
opportunity to fly out to Orlando Florida to show off his talents before acting
scouts in a talent search called “Talent Rock.” He fared well. After he showed
up and showed out, it resulted in several callbacks, including, but not limited
to “John Daily, producer,” of the movie “The Terminator”. Although Mr. Daily did
not have any parts for Zackrey at that time, he was very impressed with his
acting abilities. He felt compelled to give him an extensive coaching session on
the entertainment business regarding networking and ways of getting more
exposure. He also gave him contacts to short film Directors, such as Elswarro
Productions where he guest starred in a film called “Gut Shot Str8.”

Zackrey also was featured in TSW’s hit star-studded film called “The Stick-Up
Kids” directed by the legendary Mr. Hawthorne James, which appeared on the TV 1
station. Zackrey has also hosted red carpet events for TSW, been in their
reality shows alongside Mr. John Paul Dijoria, Commercials casted by Hollywood
casting director Michael Fenton, and has also performed in exotic places like
The Hamptons, NY for philanthropist Joan Hornig. His strength of mind became
direct fuel to his engine in this aggressive game in such a competitive world.

Finally, his hard work is paying off. Zackrey started his own company called
Revolutionary Entertainment Group LLC a multi-divisional entertainment company
with a focus on music, media, film and TV production as well as technology and
real estate development.

As of 2022, Zackrey has several large-scale real estate developments underway
throughout the City of Atlanta.


RICHARD TAYLOR

MANAGING PARTNER, ARRC CAPITAL PARTNERS

Richard is the founder and managing partner of ARRC Capital Partners (ARRC
Capital), a real estate development firm focused exclusively on the Atlanta
metro area. His specialty is multifamily housing with a strong emphasis on
affordable housing and homelessness prevention. Prior to founding ARRC Capital,
he worked in the private equity industry at NextGen Growth Partners. Before
that, he was an investment banker, first at Raymond James, then at Robert W.
Baird. During that time, he worked with both publicly- and privately-held
companies on mergers and acquisitions advisory and strategic corporate advisory
mandates.

Richard earned a Master’s in Finance from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor’s
in Finance and Accounting from Clemson University, cum laude. Richard is
dedicated to giving back to the community: he sits on the Board of Directors of
the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance (GOCA), is in the Center for Leadership at
the Urban Land Institute, is a member and part of the Emerging Leadership
Initiative at the Council for Quality Growth and is a member of NAIOP. 

Never one to turn down a challenge, Richard backpacked around the world, during
which time he was in the running of the bulls, jumped off the highest bungee
jump in the world and stayed months in the jungles across South America and
Asia. He spends his free time following his Clemson Tigers and is never shy
about cooking a new recipe.

Richard was awarded the 2022 CoStar Group Community Impact Award for Best New
Multifamily Development Project in the Atlanta Market.    


MATTHEW COFFING

VP OF ACQUISITIONS & DEVELOPMENT, THE DAVIS GROUP

Matt Coffing is the Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for The Davis
Group, an Alpharetta-based Owner/Developer/General Contractor specializing in
mixed-use horizontal development and a leader in self-storage development across
the southern United States. 

Before joining The Davis Group, he developed a broad CRE skillset in roles with
the Atlanta BeltLine, CSX Transportation, and a design-build commercial general
contractor, among other roles. Through these roles, he developed and honed the
skills he uses today in construction management, CRE sales, leasing, and
acquisitions. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate and Business
Management as well as a Master of Business Administration from Florida State
University and moved to the Atlanta area in 2020 from Florida.

In addition to his professional roles and responsibilities, Matt is an avid
outdoorsman and can usually be found with a fly-rod in his hand looking for
trout across north Georgia when not spending time with his wife, Laurel.


BRANDON WOODS

PRESIDENT, EDGELINE

As a Founding Partner and President of Acquisitions and Development at EdgeLine,
Brandon enjoys making connections that leads to successful deals.  With 17 years
of career experience, Brandon’s diverse background includes project management,
real estate financing and underwriting, investor relations, business
development, and sales and marketing.

Beginning his career in financial services, Brandon transitioned to the
commercial office sector, where he consulted end-users, commercial real estate
professionals, furniture dealers, and interior designers, working with such
clients as the Atlanta Braves, Georgia Institute of Technology, ThyssenKrupp,
and GE Energy.  In his development career, Brandon has acquired and sold over
100,000 s.f. of residential projects and managed over $75 million in capital and
construction, totaling 1,000,000 s.f. in successful commercial and residential
real estate projects overall.  An entrepreneur at heart, Brandon is happiest
when solving a problem or finding the “upside” of a challenge. 

His varied skills came from his extensive experience and significant education:
Brandon has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in
Finance from Auburn University.  A Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
candidate, he also holds certifications in initiating, planning, scheduling, and
budgeting projects as part of Project Management Professional (PMP) training.

When not crunching numbers or making introductions, one can find him coaching
youth sports, competing in the local wiffle ball league or hitting the tennis
courts with his father-and-law and business partner, Eric McConaghy. His wife
Haley and kids (Gunnar and Blythe) are his biggest fans. 


NICHOLAS ZUCHEGNO

PRESIDENT, ASPEN CAPITAL SOLUTIONS

Nicholas Zuchegno is the founder and managing partner of Aspen Capital
Solutions, a commercial finance company focused on providing alternative lending
solutions to small businesses, developers, investors, and other projects that
require more than basic banking needs.

Prior to founding Aspen Capital, Nicholas spent 14 years in the automotive space
as part of a team that acquired underperforming dealerships, turning them around
and making them profitable. A big part of this success was combining dealership
talent with proper financial management, which ultimately led his team to
managing the number one Infiniti dealership in the country.

After becoming a father in 2016 to a beautiful little girl, he decided to leave
the automotive industry and take on a new challenge in the residential mortgage
space, quickly establishing a dominant presence in the Atlanta market. Building
his residential brokerage from the ground up, he realized many self-employed
clients were also in need of alternative commercial lending options for their
businesses. As a successful investor himself, navigating the narrow lending
banking patterns through his entire career, he decided to invest in the
commercial outlet including partnering with major commercial lenders out of New
York, and expanding his financial education.

Nicholas is an avid sports fan. In his free time you can find him cheering on
the Atlanta Braves, frequenting an Atlanta United game, or coaching his
daughter’s soccer team.


NAUMAN PANJWANI

EVP, SNS INVESTMENTS

Nauman is a passionate and dynamic owner/operator/developer in the commercial
real estate space. He is currently the Executive VP and a partner at SNS
Investments, a family office specializing in the hospitality and retail asset
classes, as well as the private equity space. He most recently developed and now
manages an award-winning hotel in Greenville SC, led the acquisition of a
beautiful downtown hotel in Jacksonville FL, and is spearheading an adaptive
reuse project in the heart of Atlanta GA. Nauman has worked with all major hotel
brands and many national retail anchor tenants while managing the full lifecycle
of over $100M of assets.

Raised in NC, Nauman received his Bachelors from UNC with a joint degree from
Duke University. He started his career consulting for some of the largest
financial institutions in the world and then led a Global Sales Operations team
at Uber (pre-IPO).

Outside of work Nauman is dedicated to shaping the future of the communities
he’s involved in. He sits on a number of industry boards, including the SC
Restaurant and Lodging Association, VisitGreenvilleSC Tourism Board, Choice
Hotels Owners Council, and the largest hotel association in the world- Asian
American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Franchise & Industry Relations Board.
Recently, Nauman also received the AAHOA Outstanding Young Professional award
and served as the youngest of a 10 member committee that designed the new
prototype for Choice Hotels’ flagship brand. He was subsequently nominated as an
industry “Rising Star”.

Nauman is passionate about financial literacy, storytelling, and connecting with
people of all kinds. In his spare time, he loves to dance and is an avid
traveler.


THOMAS MARKS

ELITE CONSULTING PARTNERS

Thomas brings to Elite Consulting Partners 25 plus years of experience raising
over $1.8 billion in equity by working with family offices, Registered
Investment Advisors, wirehouses, independent and bank
brokerage firms as a top institutional sales/wholesaler for the best real
estate, mutual fund, and insurance companies.

He served as a Vice President for Partner and Co-Investor Relations at CIM
Group®, a $30 billion owner-operator, developer, and lender on real assets. CIM
is the master developer for Atlanta’s Centennial Yards, the city’s largest
commercial real estate project in history, which will transform the area into a
vibrant live, work, play environment.

In this position, he worked with CIM’s Institutional Partners and Co-Investors
Group, serving family offices, RIAs, endowments and foundations, pensions and
other strategic investors. CIM’s offerings
included real estate credit/fixed income, an interval fund, Opportunity Zone
fund, Opportunistic and Core limited partnership funds.

Prior to joining CIM, Mr. Marks served as a Managing Director at IFS Securities,
where he worked with institutional investors to place debt financing on
commercial real estate projects. His experience also includes raising capital
for 1940 Act funds, private debt, BDC’s, non-traded REIT’s, and insurance
companies for their suite of protection products.

For over 30 years his extended family owned and operated a hardwood flooring
manufacturing company and was majority shareholder of a community bank, exiting
those businesses in 2007 and 1998, respectively.

Mr. Marks received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. He holds Series 7, 63 and 66 licenses.


RYAN ROGUSKY

OWNER, AJC CONSULTING

Ryan Rogusky is the founder and owner of AJC Consulting, LLC. Ryan is a
Construction Expert and Third
Party Owners Representative. AJC Consulting provides complete Development
Project Management to
Owners and Developers from pre-development budgeting, designer and contractor
selection, through
turnkey construction management.

Ryan was born and raised in PA where he attended Bucknell University and played
on the offensive line.
He attributes his management techniques to these early years of playing
organized sports which teach
young minds Teamwork, Leadership and that with Hard Work comes High Rewards.
Ryan and his family
moved to Atlanta area in 2000 following his career with the contractor that
managed and built Atlantic
Station and never left. Ryan believes that Atlanta is the best city in the
nation to raise a family and follow his career after building in 17 States
across the US. Ryan worked for local contractors including VCC, Choate and
Winter Construction Co. while starting up AJCC in 2014.

Halcyon in Alpharetta, GA is AJCC’s most prominent development that he was
honored to have built and continues to manage new commercial construction on
behalf of Roca Point Partners completing Phase II last year and working on
predevelopment of Phase III today. 

He is also assisting Roca Point Partners on the Greenville County Square
Redevelopment in South Carolina, and 244 Perimeter Center Pkwy in Atlanta, GA. 


BILL BISHOP

EVP, WINSTON ATLANTIC

Bill manages the day to day operations of a real estate development and
investment firm which provides a unique blend of acquisitions, advisory
services, real estate solutions, and build-to-suit development. Winston Atlantic
are developers of retail, hospitality, residential and mixed-use projects for
equity investment partners and their own portfolio.

Winston Atlantic manages all aspects of client engagement, planning, budgeting
and forecasting while overseeing business operations to ensure that all
corporate guidelines, objectives, and investor mandates are successfully met.
Frequent advisor and consultant to retailers, restauranteurs, convenience store
and car wash operators.

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