Jeff Handlin founded Oread Capital & Development in 2011. Prior to founding Oread Capital & Development, Mr. Handlin served in executive roles at recognized national homebuilding and real estate development companies including: Founding Partner of Starwood Land Ventures; Officer and National Vice President for M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Richmond American Homes; and Vice President with Taylor Woodrow (currently known as Taylor Morrison).

At M.D.C. Holdings, Mr. Handlin managed all acquisitions company-wide, representing over 12,000 residential lots across the U.S. between 2009 and 2011, with acquisition costs over $600 Million. Also while at M.D.C., Mr. Handlin led the acquisition of SDC Homes, at the time the third-largest homebuilder in the Seattle market. Beginning in 2007, prior to his time at M.D.C., Mr. Handlin was a founding partner in Starwood Land Ventures, based in Bradenton, Florida. Mr. Handlin led all Florida acquisitions while at Starwood Land, representing over $100 Million in direct acquisitions, including the acquisition of substantially all the Florida assets of Tousa-Engle Homes from its bankruptcy estate. Upon receiving a J.D. from Duke University, and prior to his work as a land development and homebuilding executive, Mr. Handlin began his legal career at the law firm of Carlton Fields in Tampa, Florida, where he focused on real estate development, finance, and homeowners association law. Mr. Handlin graduated cum laude with a B.A. from the University of Kansas.

Mr. Handlin is a member of the ULI’s National Community Development Council and ULI’s Colorado Community Development Council. Mr. Handlin strongly supports education; he serves as an adjunct professor at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver; and continues to serve on various boards at the University of Kansas.

Mr. Cutter is currently Senior Managing Director, overseeing Legacy’s Colorado’s activities. His 25 years

of real estate experience in Colorado is varied, and encompasses multiple sides of the multifamily

market. Mr. Cutter’s background is in design, spending 18 years owning and managing an architectural

firm centered on housing, followed by two years developing on-campus housing for small universities in

the Midwest with Knosis LLC.

In his 7 years with Legacy, Mr. Cutter has overseen project completions in The Golden Triangle, City of

Denver and Westminster. Currently Legacy has over 1,200 units in the pipeline including Legacy at Fitz

(Aurora), Araceli DTC (Denver Tech Center), Legacy Metro 525 (Aurora), and 2040 S. Colorado Blvd

(Denver).

Mr. Cutter earned dual degrees in Architecture and Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Carl Koelbel is President and CEO of Koelbel and Company where he carries on a three-generation tradition of real estate development in the Denver Metro area. His primary focus is directing the vision of the company into the mid-21st century, identifying new opportunities, managing company financial capacity and investments, and ensuring efficient and effective operations. Under his guidance the company has expanded its development and real estate platforms into affordable housing, co-working, industry specific workspaces, and value add acquisitions. He also manages and oversees the expansion of the Koelbel and Company’s traditional activities of home building, land development, as well and office and retail development. Carl is active in the community and currently sits on the boards of the Middle Income Housing Authority and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Carl received his Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Before receiving his M.B.A. he was a Research Associate at the Urban Land Institute in Washington, D.C. At U.L.I. he assisted the Senior Resident Fellows in various research projects with a focus on infrastructure and its effect on land use patterns. He has a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from the University of Southern California and is an avid skier, golfer, and youth sports spectator (when his kids are playing). He is always thankful of the support of his wife Fallon and three children, Harper, Reagan, and Presley.

Robert Knisley serves as a Managing Director and Market Leader heading up

operations for Transwestern’s Denver office. He is focused on elevating and

innovating client services, attracting new talent, building market presence, and

strengthening business development for the firm and the team.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Robert brings more than 20 years of extensive commercial real estate experience to

Transwestern, with a heavy focus on institutional landlord representation and project

leasing in the Denver market. This knowledge base, coupled with his team-oriented

mindset and deep ties to the community, equip him to build long-standing relationships

with colleagues, owners, tenants, brokers and business leaders throughout Colorado.

Robert began his career at Fuller Real Estate, a boutique company with local roots,

where he was a shareholder. Through a series of acquisitions, he gained experience in

agency leasing, tenant advisory and asset services at several large global services

firms. He most recently served as First Vice President at CBRE, overseeing an office

portfolio of more than 15 million square feet.

While Robert is deeply involved in the Denver real estate market, he is also dedicated

to serving the community. He coached lacrosse for several local youth teams, in

addition to the Regis Jesuit High School team. When he’s not coaching, Robert

volunteers with many of Denver’s local charities including I Have A Dream Foundation

and the Mile High Weimaraner Rescue Foundation.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/RECOGNITION

 Denver Metropolitan Association of Realtors (DMCAR)

 National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)

 Costar Power Broker, Denver Metro Region, Multiple Years

 Key Member of Metro Denver’s Top Leasing Real Estate Team, 2018

EDUCATION

A Colorado native, Robert attended the University of Denver, where he majored in

finance marketing and economics, and played Division 1 lacrosse.

Christopher Rising is the CEO of Rising Realty Partners (RRP), a Los Angeles-based real estate investment and operating platform that owns and manages over five million square feet of properties. He serves on the company's Executive and Investment Committees, drawing on his extensive experience in managing acquisitions and creative development. Prior to joining RRP, Christopher was Senior Vice President of Asset Transactions at MPG Office Trust, where he worked directly with the CEO to improve finances through debt reduction and restructuring.

Under Christopher's visionary leadership, RRP has spearheaded the revitalization of historic buildings in Downtown Los Angeles into creative office spaces, attracting unique businesses back to the region. The company's transformation and subsequent sale of the PacMutual Campus, one of the oldest office buildings in the heart of DTLA, was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "record price for a pure office building downtown." More recently, RRP has generated great success by entering the industrial space, acquiring five multi-tenant light industrial properties in the past year. Christopher's success in the real estate industry has earned him recognition by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the 500 most influential people in Los Angeles.

In 2003, Christopher founded The Rising Real Estate Group (RREG) and eventually partnered with Barker Pacific Group to create Hamilton Capital Partners (HCP), an equity fund vehicle. RREG is also a principal in 626 Wilshire Blvd, a 156K square foot office building located in downtown Los Angeles.

Christopher began his career as an associate at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and later worked at Cushman Realty Corporation (CRC) under brokerage legend John C. Cushman, III. He then served as a Director at Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. (C&W), joining C&W after its merger with CRC in 2001.

Outside of work, Christopher is an active member of the Los Angeles community, serving on the River LA Board and The Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation. He formerly sat on the Board of Overseers at Loyola Law School and the Duke Athletic Advisory Board. He is a past President of the Board of Chandler School in Pasadena and served for ten years on the Board of Regents of Loyola High School, where he chaired the Investment Committee. Christopher holds a J.D. in Real Estate Law from Loyola Law School and a B.A. in History and Political Science from Duke University. He also attended Duke on a football scholarship and was a member of the 1989 ACC Championship team.

John is on the acquisitions team at Rising Realty Partners and is responsible for supervising the underwriting of prospective investment opportunities, pipeline management, and the creation of strategic business plans, as well as performing market research over transaction, leasing, and capital markets activity. John also collaborates with lenders, legal counsel, and third-party service providers during the acquisition due diligence process.

Prior to working at Rising, John was a Senior Associate at KPMG, where he reviewed and executed the fair value analysis for over $3 billion of trophy office properties, developments, multi-family developments, and industrial properties for private equity real estate funds.

John earned his bachelor’s in business economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also has a Certified Public Accountant license (inactive) in California.

John’s main interests and hobbies outside of work include skiing, rock climbing, and golf.

Lainie P. Minnick joined Black Creek Group in 2007. She currently serves as the Head of Debt Capital

Markets, responsible for overseeing the development and management of corporate and property level

financing and interest rate hedging strategies and lending relationships for Black Creek Group’s lending

platforms. In addition, Ms. Minnick serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Black Creek Diversified

Property Fund Inc., overseeing financial reporting and forecasting, treasury management, application of

NAV policies and procedures, accounting, tax compliance, and other related areas of responsibilities.

Ms. Minnick has overseen the execution of over $10.0 billion of financings for Black Creek Group since

2007.

Prior to joining Black Creek Group, Ms. Minnick was a Project Executive for Urban Villages Inc., a Denver-

based real estate development firm. She was previously with Goldman Sachs, most recently as Vice

President working exclusively with Whitehall Funds, a series of global real estate opportunity funds.

Based in both New York and London, Ms. Minnick was responsible for executing real estate related

financing transactions throughout the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ms. Minnick

worked for the Archon Group, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, where she was responsible for real estate

related portfolio management and loan asset management efforts.

Ms. Minnick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University

and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Pat Rippe is a member of the portfolio optimization team where he leverages his previous experience with strategy development, project management, leasing and operations. He is a member of the firm's Innovation Committee and is located in the Denver office.

Prior to Pennybacker, Pat led asset management and development for Tishman Speyer in Southern California where he was responsible for developing and implementing asset strategy for a portfolio comprising 11 assets totaling 3 million square feet of Class A creative office space. In this role, Pat led several major redevelopments and renovations of these assets, oversaw leasing and property management, coordinated debt strategies, and managed partner relationships. Pat originally joined Tishman Speyer out of business school as a member of the Leadership Development Program and was then promoted to director in the New York development group. In this role, he was responsible for underwriting and managing major development and redevelopment projects including office, hospitality, and multifamily. Prior to business school, Pat spent 5 years with JLL as a member of the development and asset strategy group in Chicago and as a member of the tenant representation group in Los Angeles where he specialized in office leasing.

Pat holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan where he graduated with distinction. Pat holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a dual major in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Missouri where he graduated cum laude.

Damian Ederhoff is a certified public accountant with more than 30 years of construction and real estate accounting experience. He has expertise with assurance, tax and consulting engagements for companies in all stages of business. This combined experience allows Damian the ability to provide his clients with holistic consulting in areas such as succession planning and mergers and acquisitions. Damian regularly attends key construction-related conferences and events in addition to presenting on contractor operational best practices. His personal time is devoted to service activities related to his deep love of sports, principally coaching youth sports, and officiating college football. His areas of focus include: Financial accounting and assurance, Financial advisory and related analysis, Operational reviews and process improvement consulting, Construction cost audits, Analysis of construction contract cost of performance, HUD Mortgagor’s Cost Certification Audits, HUD Contractor’s Cost Certification Audits, Business transaction consultations, mergers, and acquisitions, Succession planning, Corporate taxation.