Daryl J. Carter is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Avanath Capital Management, LLC, a California-based investment firm that acquires, renovates, and operates apartment properties, with an emphasis on affordable and workforce communities. Mr. Carter directs the overall strategy and operations of the Company. Since its formation in 2008, Avanath has acquired $2.5 billion of properties in 13 states in the U.S., comprising 12,000 apartment units. Avanath is vertically integrated and is an SEC registered investment advisor and an institutional fund manager, with capabilities that include acquisition sourcing and underwriting, construction, asset management, and on-site property management.

Mr. Carter has 40 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Previously, he was an Executive Managing Director of Centerline Capital Group. Mr. Carter became part of the Centerline team when his company, Capri Capital Finance, was acquired by Centerline in 2005. Mr. Carter co-founded and served as Co-Chairman of the Capri Capital family of companies. He was instrumental in building Capri to a diversified real estate investment firm with $8 billion in real estate equity and debt investments under management. Prior to Capri, Mr. Carter was Regional Vice President at Westinghouse Credit Corporation and a Second Vice President at Continental Bank.

Mr. Carter holds a Master’s in Architecture and a Master’s in Business Administration, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan. Mr. Carter serves on the Visiting Committee of the MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2015, Mr. Carter received the MIT Sloan School Distinguished Alumni Award and served as the 2015 commencement speaker for the Sloan School MBA graduation.

Mr. Carter is a Past Chairman of the National Multifamily Housing Council. Previously, Mr. Carter served as an independent director on the boards of the following companies: Catellus Development Corporation (CDX), Silver Bay Realty Trust (SBY), and Whitestone REIT (WSR).

Phil Strawn is a Project Executive and Partner at Modern Building, a Northern California general contractor and design-builder, where he has helped shape the company's growth since joining the firm in 2015. A Butte County native, Phil's roots in construction began as a teenager building custom homes in Paradise, California. Over a career spanning more than two decades, he has worked throughout the industry as a carpenter, OSHPD superintendent, bridge construction field engineer, construction management representative for the CSU system, project manager, estimator, and project executive.

At Modern Building, Phil focuses heavily on preconstruction, project development, and helping clients navigate the decisions that determine whether a project can actually get built. During his time with Modern, he has overseen the delivery of more than 27 multifamily developments totaling 1,639 units and more than $385 million in construction value. Sixteen of those developments have been affordable housing communities.

Phil's perspective on affordable housing extends beyond his role as a general contractor. As a multifamily developer, he has completed six affordable housing developments and currently has two additional affordable projects in the development pipeline. Working from both sides of the table has given him a particular interest in the intersection of design, construction cost, financing, and development feasibility. His favorite part of the process is working through those constraints to find a path that allows a project to pencil and ultimately get built.

Phil's connection to housing is also personal. Growing up in Butte County, he experienced periods of housing instability and homelessness during his teenage years, giving him a firsthand understanding of the importance stable housing can have on a family and a young person's future. He later self-financed his education at California State University, Chico, graduating magna cum laude with a B.S. in Construction Management before building his career in Northern California.

Today, Phil and the Modern Building team work throughout Northern California and beyond, with recent multifamily projects extending from Chico west to Fairfield and north to Weed. While multifamily and affordable housing represent a significant portion of Phil's work, Modern's experience also spans healthcare, K-12 and higher education, agriculture, industrial, commercial, retail, and hospitality construction. That breadth of experience informs Phil's approach to multifamily development and his belief that lessons learned across different building types can lead to better, more efficient housing.

Outside of work, Phil and his wife, Christa, are raising their two sons, Hayden and Liam, in Butte County. He spends much of his free time coaching youth sports, raising livestock on their small ranch, and supporting nonprofit organizations throughout the community.

John Vignocchi grew up in Santa Barbara, CA and graduated cum laude from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Business Administration and Minor in Economics. After graduation he moved to San Francisco with his wife Kaitlyn, and in 2019 he moved to Sacramento, Kaitlyn’s hometown, where he founded Urban Capital. John began his career as an analyst in Piper Jaffray’s Technology & Clean Tech investment banking team. In 2011 he joined SunEdison and was promoted to be the CFO for their North American Utility and Distributed Generation business unit where John helped manage a $2 billion solar development portfolio. Prior to founding Urban Capital, John worked for Tom Siebel at C3.ai (NYSE: AI) where he sold enterprise AI and machine learning software applications to Energy and Manufacturing companies.