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McCormack Baron Salazar team members have broad experience
in housing development, finance and management. Our multi-disciplinary
team approach to development is unique in the industry and results
in the highest quality product for our clients and partners.
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Kevin J. McCormack President
Mr. McCormack pioneered the development of the HUD/public housing “mixed income/mixed finance” model, combining Public Housing funds with first mortgage and equity funds and local and state subsidies to revitalize former public housing sites with mixed-income privately-managed housing.
Mr. McCormack has been with the company since 1981 and has served as President since 2000. In addition to his oversight of the entire development process, he continues to be closely involved in Project Finance and in Asset Management. MBS projects are known for their solid design, high quality and innovative financial structures which blend federal, state and community subsidies with conventional debt and equity to provide quality urban development. From 1981 to 2000, Mr. McCormack was responsible for structuring the financing for most of the company’s real estate development projects. Prior to joining MBS, Mr. McCormack served nine years with Chemical Bank/J P Morgan-Chase as a vice president. Mr. McCormack is a speaker on residential urban development topics and a consultant and advisor to not-for-profits, cities and states. He is a graduate of Lehigh University and received a Master’s degree from University College, University of London, England. |

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Tony Salazar
President of West Coast Operations
Mr. Salazar’s entire professional career has been dedicated to rebuilding inner-city communities. He has used his skills and expertise to bring a sense of belonging and hope for the future to America’s forgotten neighborhoods. Currently, his primary responsibilities include managing the day to day operations of McCormack Baron Salazar’s Western Division. This involves new business development; coordinating the planning process; acting as liaison with joint venture partners; interfacing with government officials and local community groups; and, coordinating the final design (architecture) process including the integration of construction, marketing and management disciplines. Mr. Salazar specializes in developing large-scale urban projects in distressed communities that involve mixed-use (housing and retail), mixed-income (affordable and market-rate), multi-generational, various housing types (rental and for-sale) and blended financing. The financing for his projects involve a combination of conventional debt, government sources (CDBG, HOPE VI, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, New Market Tax Credits, Section 8, HOME, Bonds and Tax Increment Financing), Foundation grants and/or PRI loans, pension funds. Mr. Salazar has been instrumental in developing over 4,000 residential units located in the cities of Los Angeles, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and San Francisco. This includes six HOPE VI projects, two senior projects, seven mixed-income developments, three transit villages, a SRO and five earthquake recovery projects. He currently serves on the board of Enterprise Community Partners, CUREx (Center for Urban Redevelopment at the University of Pennsylvania) and Bank of America’s National Community Advisory Council. Previously, he served as a board chair of the National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic advocacy organization in the country and as director of the California Community Foundation. He also served as director of The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation, The Community Development Research Center at the New School of Social Research and with several private sector companies. Tony has a Master’s degree in Social Work specializing in Administration from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

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Sasha-Gaye Atkinson Project Manager
Sasha-Gaye Atkinson is involved in the planning, implementation, and project management of urban mixed income, mixed use projects. Her primary responsibilities include new business development, project management of multifamily housing, and managing relationships with clients, stakeholders, and community residents. Her current projects are in the metro Washington D.C./ Baltimore region involving the redevelopment of a waterfront property for over 2 billion square feet of new office, retail, residential and cultural uses, and another, public private partnership in Baltimore, MD to redevelop an existing state office complex into a diverse transit oriented, green urban village.
Prior to joining MBS, Ms. Atkinson served a two year tenure as Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence fellow placed with TCG Development Services, LLC (TCGD) where she was responsible for project management of a HOPE VI development in Charlotte, NC and led the closing of two multifamily transactions totaling over $50 million in housing investment. At the conclusion of her fellowship, Ms. Atkinson remained at TCGD for another year managing the rental program for an additional HOPE VI development. Ms. Atkinson has worked with other housing developers since obtaining a Master of Public Administration from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001. Ms. Atkinson also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Fisk University and has served on the board of several not for profit organizations focused on community redevelopment and planning.
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Vince Bennett Executive Vice President
Mr. Bennett manages a multi-disciplinary team of design, construction, legal, finance and management staff working on residential developments in New Orleans, St. Louis, Miami, Memphis and Phoenix. He has particular expertise in public housing transformations (HOPE VI) and large-scale neighborhood master redevelopment efforts. In addition to administering development activity, he supervises redevelopment consulting assignments and supports new business development. His experience includes structuring and negotiating mixed-finance/mixed-income transactions that include Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, HOPE VI, PHA Capital, foundation, corporate donations, grants, and conventional debt. He facilitates communication with local community organizations and elected officials, neighborhood residents, lenders, foundations, and state, local and federal agencies. Mr. Bennett is helping to coordinate the LEED-ND pilot certification effort for several HOPE VI projects.
Prior to joining the firm in 1993, he managed commercial and economic development activities for a community development corporation in the City of Pittsburgh. Mr. Bennett is a member of the executive committee of the Board for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, Vice Chair of the Grand Rock Community Economic Development Corporation in St. Louis, and Commissioner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxi Commission. Mr. Bennett is a graduate of the University of California in Santa Cruz with degrees in Economics and Psychology, and received his Master’s degree in Management and Public Policy with concentrations in Financial Management and Urban Development and Planning at Carnegie Mellon University. |

Jesús Antonio Bermúdez Project Manager
Mr. Bermúdez joined McCormack Baron Salazar through a national fellowship program with the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence (CUREx) at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to the fellowship, he was earning his master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a graduate student, Antonio worked as a planning intern for the City of San Fernando, California, where he was involved in permit governance, research for General Plan and Housing Element updates, and preparation of the City’s first Historic Preservation Ordinance. He also worked as a project manager assistant with the National Farm Workers Service Center, which develops affordable housing across the southwestern United States for migrant farm worker families. Mr. Bermúdez received a B.A. in International Development Studies and Sociology and an M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. He received a University Fellowship for the 2002-2003 school year at UCLA, where he was a member of the Planners of Color for Social Equity group and the Urban Planning Student Association. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Ana Rosa and daughters, Ana Cristina and Angelica Rosa. |


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Louis Bernardy
Vice President
Mr. Bernardy’s responsibilities include managing all phases of project management and new project development. Prior to joining the firm in November 2007, Mr. Bernardy was employed for the past fifteen years as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Housing Partnership, (LAHP) Inc.
LAHP is a nonprofit corporation that was established in 1989 to produce and preserve affordable housing for low-income households in Los Angeles County. During his tenure with Los Angeles Housing Partnership, Mr. Bernardy was responsible for its growth as a well respected regional affordable housing development developer. Under his direction, LAHP expanded from a two person organization with an annual budget of $200,000 to a staff of ten with an annual operating budget of $2.4 Million. In addition, the organization has an ownership position in a portfolio of 16 multifamily properties consisting of 1,070 apartments with a combined annual operating budget in excess of $7.2 Million.
From 1995 to 2007, the organization acquired and developed 12 affordable housing sites which consist of 744 rental units for families, seniors and special needs populations. LAHP also entered into partnerships with McCormack Baron Salazar in five properties consisting of approximately 450 apartments. In total, the development costs associated with the existing portfolio is in excess of $122 million. Under his recent direction, LAHP initiated 6 new construction and /or rehabilitation sites located in the City and County of Los Angeles that are in the predevelopment phase or in construction, comprised of 155 apartments for families and 194 apartments for seniors, all with a supportive services component. The total development costs associated with the new development projects in the current pipeline is approximately $127,000,000.
Mr. Bernardy has been active in the nonprofit sector and in the field of community based economic development since 1979.
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William M. Carson
Vice President/Operations Strategy, LEED-AP
Mr. Carson leads MBS and its nonprofit partner, Urban Strategies, in business planning, work process, and project cost improvements. He also focuses MBS’s Green Building efforts to ensure environmentally sustainable and resource efficient neighborhood developments.
Before joining MBS in 2006, he was the incorporating Executive Director of the Vashon Education Compact—a partnership between the St. Louis Public Schools, MBS, and forty philanthropic & corporate entities established to improve student achievement by bolstering classroom resources, supporting school leaders and launching several local and national collaborations with the district.
Mr. Carson is a mechanical engineering graduate of Cornell University and holds master’s degrees in Engineering & Policy and Engineering Management from Washington University. He began his career in a range of engineering, business development, and product management roles with Fortune 300 manufacturer Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. He currently is board Vice President of FOCUS St. Louis, Mentor St. Louis and the Center of Creative Arts (COCA); a board member of College Summit St. Louis; and a member of the U.S. Green Building Council St. Louis Chapter.
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Thomas C. Cella
Vice President
As the owner’s representative, Mr. Cella has successfully overseen the construction of more than 40 MBS developments, with total construction costs in excess of $450 million. Mr. Cella has participated in the completion of a diverse mix of housing and commercial construction from California to Pennsylvania. Most developments have required the completion of public infrastructure and interaction with various financing agencies. In addition to his construction administration responsibilities, Mr. Cella assists the MBS architects in developing construction documents, authors the company’s design checklist, and works with various MBS managed sites to resolve construction related issues. He helped to coordinate and implement the green features of University Place Phase II, Memphis, which is designed to be LEED for Homes Certified and is coordinating the green features of the Crossroads School addition, the first school pursuing LEED-Platinum in Missouri (currently in pre-development).
Mr. Cella joined the Design and Construction department in 1986 after working as an Area Property Manager for McCormack Baron Management Services, the firm’s property management affiliate. Mr. Cella is a graduate of St. Benedicts College and received a Construction Manager Certification from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Monique Chavoya
Associate Project Manager, Los Angeles Operations
Ms. Chavoya joined McCormack Baron Salazar in 2007 as an Associate Project Manager. Ms. Chavoya works alongside senior staff on a full range of development activities for MacArthur Park Metro, a two-phase Transit Oriented Development adjacent to the METRO Red Line MacArthur Park/Westlake station in Los Angeles, California. Her responsibilities include securing project financing from public and private sources, managing the land use entitlement process, as well as interacting with public agency partners, community residents, and stakeholders.
Prior to joining McCormack Baron Salazar, Ms. Chavoya worked as an Assistant Project Manager and Project Manager for East LA Community Corporation, a non-profit organization building affordable housing in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. She also spent a year working on housing and fair growth policy issues as a Sustainable Development Fellow for the Greenlining Institute in Berkeley, California. Ms. Chavoya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Latin American Literature from Smith College and a Master of Arts in Urban Planning, from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Julie DeGraaf Velazquez
Vice President
Ms. DeGraaf Velάzquez joined McCormack Baron Salazar in January, 2004 as a University of Pennsylvania Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence Fellow. In her current position as Vice President, Ms. DeGraaf Velazquez coordinates with finance, design, construction and legal team members, external partners, and community stakeholders, and works to leverage public, private and philanthropic resources to bring community redevelopment projects to fruition.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. DeGraaf Velάzquez managed homeownership development and education programs for a non-profit community development corporation in Chicago that created $5 million in new housing investment and helped over 500 families a year attain and sustain homeownership. Ms. DeGraaf Velazquez was selected for the 2007-2008 class of Leadership St. Louis, and has been a volunteer with Mentor St. Louis and the Cardinal Care Redbird Rookies program. She received a B.A. in Sociology in 1995 from Calvin College and an M.A. in Urban Planning and Policy in 1998 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. |

Michael Duffy
Vice President - Project Finance
Mr. Duffy has 8 years of experience in structuring and underwriting mixed-finance and low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investments. Mr. Duffy joined the Project Finance Team at McCormack Baron Salazar in September 2005 to work across all company projects, creating the deal’s financial structure, managing the financial and legal aspects of the financial closing, and overseeing the close-out process upon project completion. Between 2005 and 2008, Mr. Duffy has participated in closing eight transactions, totaling $140 million in development of 700 units of mixed-income housing in cities across the country. Working closely with the Senior Vice President of Finance and individual Project Managers, Mr. Duffy maintains a portfolio of development projects and their financial models, prepares various state and federal regulatory filings and applications, represents project finance in meetings with city/state housing and finance agencies, negotiates with lenders and equity providers, works with accounting staff, interfaces with outside legal and financial experts, and acts as a member of the closing team. Prior to joining the Project Finance Team, Mr. Duffy worked for two tax credit equity syndicators: first for Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing in Columbus, Ohio and second for St. Louis Equity Fund, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Duffy holds a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies from St. Louis University and Master’s Degrees in both City Planning and Public Policy from The Ohio State University. He is a 2004-05 participant in FOCUS St. Louis’ Leadership St. Louis program.

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David A. Dumey, AIA
Vice President
Mr. Dumey is a project architect in the Design and Construction Department. He is responsible for establishing project concepts, design, energy and sustainable design criteria and analyzing physical feasibility. He also identifies, retains, supervises and negotiates with architectural and engineering design professionals and contractors, and coordinates federal, state and municipal authorities on site control, site preparation, environmental assessment and remediation, public improvements, and historic preservation. Additionally, Mr. Dumey coordinates with MBS management, financial and support personnel through project pre-development, construction and operation. Mr. Dumey has 30 years of experience in architecture and development, has been registered in the State of Missouri since 1980, and holds the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certification. Prior to joining MBS in 1987, Mr. Dumey worked as an architect for Trivers Associates and Stauder, Fine & Bildner, Inc., Architects. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects–St. Louis Chapter, the Missouri Council of Architects, and NCARB. Mr. Dumey holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University. |

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Dan Falcon
Senior Vice President, Los Angeles Operations
Mr. Falcon’s responsibilities include managing the Los Angeles office project development including mixed-use and residential developments. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Mr. Falcon provided development, financial and programmatic consulting to private developers, non-profit, and public agencies leveraging public and private real estate resources. He has consulted on projects totaling more than $1 billion in development costs, and completed consulting assignments throughout the United States and Latin America. In addition to his consulting experience, Mr. Falcon served as the Assistant General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Housing Department. In that role, he directed the Department’s financing and rehabilitation of 6,700 residential units damaged by the Northridge Earthquake and oversaw in excess of $100 million in financing for first time home-buyers. Mr. Falcon serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Los Angeles County Commission on Insurance. He is also Chair of the City of Los Angeles Construction Services Committee. Mr. Falcon is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles.
Mr. Falcon’s responsibilities include project management and feasibility analysis of mixed used and residential developments. Development includes structuring multiple financing sources including Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, CDBG, HOME, Tax Increment and Tax-Exempt Bond financing. |
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Maricela Flores
Project Manager Ms. Flores brings urban redevelopment and community revitalization experience from both the private and nonprofit sectors. In her current position as Project Manager, Ms. Flores is primarily responsible for the implementation of mixed-income and mixed-use projects, leveraging and securing project financing, and coordinating public and private partners.
Ms. Flores holds a Master of Science degree in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies and Art History from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. In addition to completing her Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence (CUREx) fellowship, Ms. Flores was also a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. During her CUREx fellowship, Ms. Flores worked as a Project Manager at Telesis Corporation, a real estate development firm specializing in affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization.
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Becky Foster
Project Manager
Ms. Foster has over 20 years of experience in the field of housing development and finance. As a consultant to MBS, she recently oversaw the first phase of the development of Fairfield, a 124-unit mixed-income revitalization effort in Pittsburgh. As a Project Manager she oversaw all phases of the development process including financing, public approvals, acquisition, MWBE and Section 3 hiring requirements, project scheduling, and budgeting.
Ms. Foster worked for non-profit and for-profit developers of affordable and mixed income housing prior to joining the firm . She guided neighborhood planning efforts and secured financing for senior as well as family housing. She also served as the Director of Housing for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, which administered home ownership, home improvement, and housing development programs.
Ms. Foster holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a Master of Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |

Barbara Freeland
Executive Vice President
Ms. Freeland joined McCormack Baron in 1988 after ten years of experience in urban redevelopment with a private developer and the historic rehab of more than 100 housing units as contractor/developer. As a housing advocate in the late 1970s, she worked for the St. Louis Housing Authority to secure the city’s first Urban Development Action Grant. Ms. Freeland is a member of the Southwestern Illinois Leadership Council and FOCUS St. Louis.
Ms. Freeland’s primary responsibilities include new business development, multifamily housing feasibility analysis and project management. In addition, she oversees the refinance and rehabilitation of select portfolio properties. Her current projects include Valleyview Homes, a HOPE VI development, in Cleveland, Ohio and the 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, Missouri. The grand vision for the 18th & Vine Neighborhood consists of recreating in architectural style and streetscape, the character and vitality that this area had during the heyday of its jazz era. She also served as development manager on the multi-million dollar refinance and renovation of a 675-unit apartment complex, O’Fallon Place, in St. Louis. Her development experience includes mixed-income projects in four states, which combine multiple financing sources including LIHTC, historic tax credits, CDBG, HOPE VI, HOME funds, Urban Development Action Grants (UDAG) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF). |

Yusef Freeman
Project Manager
Mr. Freeman works on the development of mixed-income, mixed-finance multi-family housing and commercial real estate. He is responsible for project management, securing funding from public and private sources, and managing relationships with clients, public officials and other partners. His work primarily focuses on the redevelopment of a public housing site in New Orleans, LA into a mixed-income and mixed-use community.
Prior to joining MBS, Mr. Freeman served as a senior researcher for Social Compact in Washington, DC, creating inner-city neighborhood market profiles for retail development nationally. He also worked in the neighborhoods development initiative at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, MD and the economic development department of the Bridge Street Development Corporation in Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Freeman holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Public Administration from New York University, where he majored in public finance as a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow. He joined McCormack Baron Salazar through a fellowship with the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania. |

Jonathan I. Goldstein
Senior Vice President - Project Finance
Mr. Goldstein manages the Project Finance group which structures the various commercial, governmental and community funding sources that support each development. Project Finance is also responsible for overseeing the firm’s New Markets Tax Credit practice, including $120 million in allocation from the U.S. Treasury.
Mr. Goldstein brings to this role a mixture of investment, strategic and legal experience. Prior to joining the company, he helped found Taproot Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, where he sourced and structured investments in technology companies. Mr. Goldstein has experience as a strategy consultant with Marakon Associates, developing finance-driven strategies for Fortune 500 firms. He began his career as an attorney, clerking for a federal appellate judge and serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Justice Department. Mr. Goldstein holds a B.A. from Yale University, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law, from which he graduated first in his class. |

John (Jack) P. Hambene
Senior Vice President
Mr. Hambene’s primary responsibilities include new project development and multifamily housing feasibility studies. Recent developments include four large-scale, historic multifamily rehabs, a 60,000 sq. ft. historic mixed-use office/art space project utilizing New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), the $90 million historic rehab of the 255-room Westin St. Louis Hotel at Cupples Station, and the nation’s first 100% Universal Design apartment development, 6 North in St. Louis. His affordable housing experience includes mixed-income housing projects in four states, which have multiple financing sources including LIHTC, Historic Tax Credits, CDBG, HOPE VI and HOME funds, UDAG, and TIF. Prior to joining the company as Senior Financial & Administrative Officer in 1989, Mr. Hambene served as president of a St. Louis bank active in real estate syndication and development lending. Mr. Hambene is a member of the Urban Land Institute’s Public/Private Partnership Council, serves on multiple housing task forces and commissions, and has been a guest speaker on a variety of urban real estate topics. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Indiana University, and is a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant (Ohio). |

Mary Kellers
Project Manager
Ms. Kellers has over 20 years of experience in the field of community and housing development. Currently Ms. Kellers oversees the firm’s role in the Bedford HOPE VI development, a mixed-income revitalization effort in Pittsburgh that includes rental and homeownership development. As a Project Manager she oversees all phases of the development process including financing, public approvals, acquisition, design, MWBE and Section 3 hiring requirements, project scheduling and budgeting.
Prior to joining the firm Ms. Kellers had served as the project manager for another HOPE VI development that involved the transformation of hundreds of deteriorate public housing units with newly constructed mixed-finance developments. Ms. Kellers has experience with rehabilitation, new construction, and single and multi-family affordable housing development.
Over the past several years Ms. Kellers has worked with for and non-profit organizations throughout the Pittsburgh area in both a professional and volunteer capacity. Ms. Kellers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Rhode Island College and a Masters Degree in Management and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Brielle Killip
Marketing Manager
Ms. Killip brings a fine arts background with national marketing experience that ensures consistency of the company’s visual image and identities for MBS' developments across the country. She provides photography of each site for presentations, articles and other marketing needs. Ms. Killip holds a Bachelor of Fine Art’s degree in Graphic Communications from Washington University in St. Louis and Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Polly Kinslowe
Senior Vice President
Ms. Kinslowe is responsible for all phases of the development process for a project, including financing, relationships with City staff and elected officials, site acquisition, design, MBE/WBE requirements, project scheduling and project budgeting. Ms. Kinslowe has participated in many aspects of the development process including low income housing tax credits, on-site construction management, project conceptualization and design review, property acquisition, zoning, real estate tax abatement, HUD 221(d)4 mortgage insurance processing and closings, communications with neighborhood groups and elected officials, historic tax credit applications, and Section 8 property management. She has also worked in payroll and accounting. Ms. Kinslowe has been with McCormack Baron Salazar since 1977. She was previously Director of the Design and Construction Department and has held positions in bookkeeping, construction management, property management, and project management. Ms. Kinslowe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Missouri.
As project manager, Ms. Kinslowe is responsible for all phases of the development process for a specific development(s) including financing, politics and relationships with local, city staff and elected officials, site acquisition, design, MBE/WBE requirements, the development schedule and the development budget. Project managers prepare monthly development project reports and conduct monthly development meetings.

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Ian McCormack
Assitant General Counsel
Mr. McCormack works on the financial and legal aspects of the structuring and underwriting of mixed-finance, low-income housing tax credit and new market tax credit developments, as well as working on general corporate and other company legal matters. Mr. McCormack joined McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS) in April 2009 as Assistant General Counsel, working closely with the Project Finance Team as well. In addition to his work helping to coordinate corporate and other company-related legal matters, Mr. McCormack works on many of the company’s projects, focusing on the development of project financing structures and the analysis of project risk from both financial and legal perspectives. Prior to joining MBS, Mr. McCormack worked for several years as an attorney at Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft, P.C. (RGSZ), in their real estate law department. During his time at RGSZ, Mr. McCormack primarily worked on structuring and documenting both historic tax credit and low-income housing tax credit projects, encompassing multi-family rental, mixed-use and commercial real estate projects. Additionally, he worked in the areas of general corporate and tax law. Mr. McCormack holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and a law degree from Washington University in Saint Louis.

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Jessie Mosqueda
Associate Project Manager, Los Angeles Operations
Mr. Mosqueda works alongside senior staff on the development of mixed-income, mixed-finance, multi-family housing. He is responsible for project management, securing funding from public and private sources and managing relationships with public officials, community stakeholders and other partners.
Mr. Mosqueda’s primary role is as an associate project manager for McCormack Baron Salazar’s work on behalf of the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino. The project includes managing the redevelopment of an existing public housing site into a 233-unit mixed-income and mixed-use project. Furthermore, his role includes coordinating a project team which included landscape architects, urban designers, civil engineers, economic development consultants, environmental consultants, site acquisition specialists, and public finance experts.
He previously worked in real estate development with the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition. Mr. Mosqueda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Studies from the University of California, Irvine and a Master of Public Policy and Urban Planning from Harvard University, where his master thesis was awarded the Fredrick Fischer Prize for improving the quality and effectiveness of programs that serve the poor and disadvantaged.
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Stan Mulvihill
Vice President
Mr. Mulvihill is engaged in the conceptualization, planning, marketing and implementation of community projects. The projects often involve a careful integration of residential, commercial and retail land uses, as well as public improvements to create a successful project environment. Mr. Mulvihill has worked both in the public and not-for-profit sectors, and has substantial experience coordinating public approvals and financing subsidies such as tax increment finance and State tax credit programs.
Currently, Mr. Mulvihill has primary responsibilities for new and long-standing developments areas including mixed use projects in St. Louis, Memphis, Baltimore and other cities.
As vice president, Stan provides critical management oversight to the development project, coordinating the various team members and their efforts, and managing the relationship with project stakeholders. His 20 years of experience working on major mixed-income, mixed-use and other mixed-finance transactions makes him a keen troubleshooter and creative identifier of strategies to stretch scarce resources to accomplish the project’s objectives. He played an integral role in the development of the TOD at the Westin Hotel and other large public/private partnerships. Currently, Stan has primary responsibilities for new and long-standing developments areas including mixed-use projects in St. Louis, Memphis, Baltimore and other cities. |

Randy Rhoads
Vice President - Project Architect
Mr. Rhoads has more than 20 years of experience in the design of residential, commercial/retail, educational, and governmental/institutional projects. As a project architect, Mr. Rhoads is responsible for programming, design, project administration, consultant coordination, specifications, construction observation, presentation drawings, urban planning, and community presentations.
Prior to joining the company in 2002, Mr. Rhoads held lead design and project management positions at a number of San Diego and St. Louis architecture and development firms. Mr. Rhoads is a member of The Congress for the New Urbanism. Mr. Rhoads holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University and is a Registered Architect in the State of California.
Responsibilities included procuring professional services (A/E, environmental, land surveying, geotechnical) master planning, site analysis, coordination meetings with neighborhood or tenant associations, schematic design, design development, construction documents, procuring general contractors, cost estimation, value engineering, design and construction documents of public improvements and construction administration. |
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Ron Roberts
Manager - Project Finance
Mr. Roberts’ primary responsibilities are to manage the finance and structure of McCormack Baron Salazar’s portfolio of development projects, and perform various aspects of the development process with specific project managers. This includes developing and maintaining company-wide systems for project analysis, and working with the President, Vice President of Finance and other personnel to provide evaluations of deal parameters and risk management assessment.
Prior to joining McCormack Baron Salazar in 2004, Mr. Roberts worked for several housing development firms as project manager, development manager and finance manager. His development experience involves project management, multifamily housing feasibility analysis, utilizing multiple financing sources to develop affordable rental and for-sale housing, commercial and retail projects for non-profit and for-profit community based organizations throughout the western United States. |

Lillian R. Ryan
Public Relations Coordinator
Ms. Ryan has been with McCormack Baron Salazar since 1987 serving in various capacities within the organization. Ms. Ryan is responsible for the coordination and compilation of responses to Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals, and applications for tax credit, HOPE VI and other financing. She maintains and updates marketing materials for the firm. Ms. Ryan is also responsible for the coordination of project groundbreakings and grand openings. |

Michael Saunders, AIA
Vice President and Director of Design and Construction
Mr. Saunders has more than 20 years of experience in architectural, development and construction firms, and in single and multi-family housing, light commercial, service centers and retail design. As Director of the Design and Construction Department, Mr. Saunders directs and coordinates activities of the architectural staff and construction administrators to ensure that design concepts meet corporate and project-specific goals for quality and completion time. He retains, supervises and negotiates with architectural and engineering professionals and contractors, coordinates meetings with neighborhood and resident associations, and works with federal, state and municipal authorities on site control and preparation, environmental assessment/remediation, public improvements, and historic preservation. Mr. Saunders joined MBS in 1995 with eight years of experience in single family development and three as a project architect. Since that time, he has been involved in over 20 mixed income projects, including HOPE VI grants, throughout the country. Mr. Saunders is a member of the American Institute of Architects - St. Louis Chapter, the St. Louis Chapter of the Home Builder’s Association and a former member of the Planning and Community Design Committee for the City of Olivette. Mr. Saunders is a Registered Architect in the State of Missouri.

Karl Schlachter III,
Senior Vice President/Senior Project Manager
Mr. Schlachter has over twenty years experience as a multifamily housing development executive, project manager and consultant. He currently leads MBS’ East Coast development efforts and oversees all phases of development including prospecting; conceptual planning; initial feasibility and market studies; recruitment of project partners; selection and management of development team members, financial analysis, structuring and packaging; obtaining land use and environmental approvals; contract negotiation; construction management and budget/cost control. Before joining MBS in 2004, he was responsible for building and managing a regional development office that completed construction of over 1,300 multifamily units with a total development cost exceeding $215 million. Mr. Schlachter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. |

Gary W. Schwartz, PE
Construction Administration
Working in the Design and Construction Department, Mr. Schwartz’s primary responsibility is to ensure the construction quality of new developments. He certifies that the general contractor meets his contractual obligations and that the construction of the project is completed on schedule and within budget. Mr. Schwartz joined McCormack Baron Salazar in 2003. Previously, he worked for several general contractors and the US Army Corps of Engineers before starting his own general contracting company. Mr. Schwartz has 30 years of construction experience. He is a member of St. Louis Engineers Club, National Society of Professional Engineers, Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Schwartz is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Missouri, a Licensed Home Inspector, and a graduate of the University of Missouri at Rolla.
Mr. Schwartz has been the construction administrator representing the owner for numerous mixed-finance, mixed-income developments including Blumeyer in St. Louis and Horace Mann in Indianapolis. He has been successful in monitoring and directing general contractors to assure Davis Bacon compliance, UFAS & FHAct accessibility/adaptability requirements and Section 42 (tax credit) deadlines. In addition, Mr. Schwartz monitored and oversaw implementation the Enterprise Green Communities criteria in the Tremont Pointe development in Cleveland. |
S. Cady Scott
Associate Project Manager, LEED-AP
Ms. Scott works alongside senior staff on the development of mixed-income, mixed-finance, multi-family housing. She is responsible for project management, securing funding from public and private sources, and managing relationships with public officials and other partners. Ms. Scott also has special experience in Geographic Information Systems and Green Building Strategies.
Ms. Scott joined MBS as an intern while completing her Master’s Degree in the College of Public Service at St. Louis University. She previously worked in real estate management in the Facilities Management and Civic Affairs department of the University. Ms. Scott holds a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Yale University and a Master of Urban Planning and Real Estate Development from St. Louis University, where she focused on public policy for urban revitalization and for transit-oriented development (TOD). |

Darlene Walser
Vice President
Ms. Walser is primarily responsible for overseeing the firm’s role in Heritage Park, a 140 acre, $250 million mixed-income public housing redevelopment in Minneapolis. The development is less than a mile from downtown and includes 900 new, mixed-income rental and for-sale homes as well as affordable senior housing, re-configured streets and infrastructure to reconnect the community, and over 30 acres of new and renovated parks and wetlands. She is responsible for the coordination and management of all phases of development from the master planning process to project feasibility, financing, construction, and lease-up. She facilitates communication with local community organizations and elected officials, neighborhood residents, lenders, foundations, and state, local and federal agencies.
Ms. Walser joined MBS in 1999 with nine years of experience in community organizing, community planning, and development in both Minneapolis and Seattle. She spent seven years as a community organizer for the Jordan neighborhood in North Minneapolis working with the community to develop and implement a $15 million comprehensive neighborhood plan that focused on housing, youth, safety and economic development. As a HUD fellow working for the Seattle Public Housing Authority, Ms. Walser managed a $180 million HOPE VI Redevelopment Project in Seattle. NewHolly includes 1200 units of mixed-income rental, for-sale, and senior housing, the development of a new community center, and a $12 million comprehensive education, job training, family and youth, and community services component. Ms. Walser is a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul with degrees in geography and international studies, and received her Master in Public Administration Degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. |

Rosalyn Willis
Vice President / Project Manager
Ms. Willis is an experienced executive with a multidisciplinary background. Ms. Willis has over twenty-five years of experience in the areas of construction, community development and historic preservation, public event coordination and community outreach. Located in the Memphis office, Ms. Willis works with senior staff and a core group of third-party consultants to implement all phases of the development of mixed finance, mixed income multi-family projects.
Before joining McCormack Baron Salazar in 2006, Ms. Willis was the Director of Neighborhood Homes for Uptown Memphis, a neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing program just north of downtown Memphis. She was responsible for managing the Uptown Acquisition and Disposition Program and for overseeing the design, development and construction of over 300 single-family homes. In addition, she worked with city agencies and community-based organizations to support current residents and to improve public infrastructure within the 100-block area of Uptown.
Ms. Willis’ strengths lie in her ability to integrate a diversity of factors that affect the quality, dynamics and overall success of projects. Her commitment to preservation of the history and culture of the built environment earned Ms. Willis a Certificate of Merit from the Tennessee Historical Commission for having made significant contributions to the study and preservation of Tennessee Heritage. |

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