OUR team

Innovation created by all

At Pennybacker, we’re one team united by a culture of innovation and armed with insights from a single source of truth in Pennybacker αlpha™. Across every department, we stay aligned, flexible, and nimble to deliver sustainable success to our partners.

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A shared vision, for the long term

Our success springs from nearly two decades of collaboration among three of our partners, united by a shared vision.

LEADERSHIP
Tim Berry
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Founder, CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer
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Tim Berry

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Founder, CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer

Tim Berry is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pennybacker Capital, a real assets investment management firm with over $4 billion in assets under management. Since Pennybacker’s inception in 2006, Tim has led the firm’s execution and management of $8+ billion of real asset investments across various strategies, sectors, and geographies. Tim provides overarching strategic vision and directional leadership across all functional business units, orchestrates overall team building and advances the firm’s culture. With over 19 years of real estate investing experience, Tim leads investment strategy development and is head of the Firm’s Investment Committee.

Tim’s early career and professional training began as an investment banker in KPMG’s Corporate Finance Division. He later joined Qualcomm’s Strategic Investments Group and then worked as a restructuring advisor for Deloitte. Tim is a member of the McCombs School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council, Pension Real Estate Association, Columbia Business School Real Estate Circle, Young Presidents’ Organization, and the Executive Council of the Real Estate Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He is engaged in numerous civic and charitable endeavors and is most passionate about his family.

Tim completed his undergraduate studies in Accounting at the University of Houston. He earned a Master’s degree in Professional Accounting from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds dual MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

Vince Reyna
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Senior Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer
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Vince Reyna

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Senior Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer

Vince Reyna oversees strategy, process, and partnerships along the continuum of Pennybacker Capital’s investments. He brings business and technical acumen to sourcing, closing, underwriting, and analyzing deal structures. Vince closely monitors existing investments and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.

Vince joined Pennybacker Capital subsequent to his tenure as vice president and senior underwriter with CIT Corporate Finance. At CIT, he analyzed and structured asset and cash flow based loans to middle market companies.

Prior to CIT, Vince helped Prudential Capital Group originate, analyze, and monitor cash-flow loans to middle market companies. His earliest private equity experience was marketing limited partnership interests for private equity funds at JPMorgan.

Vince earned his undergraduate degree in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and an MBA from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and serves on the Small Scale Development Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Thomas Beier
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Principal, President
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Thomas Beier

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Principal, President

Thomas Beier is a Principal and President of Pennybacker, areal assets investment management firm with approximately $4B in assets undermanagement as of March 31, 2024. Thomas leads an integrated, agile senior leadership team that drives innovation and results across investment themes, portfolio optimization, and firmwide processes through integration of Pennybacker αTM with deep industry expertise.

Collaborating with the CEO and CIO, Thomas helps shape company strategic vision and cultivates a culture of curiosity, integrity, humility, ambition, and transparency.  He serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee across all platforms.

Before joining Pennybacker at inception, Thomas was a financial associate at N3 Development, where he led financial acquisition due diligence, construction financing, and evaluating entity and project-level financial performance and capital structures. He began his real estate career at Ernst & Young in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services unit.

Thomas completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant and serves on the Executive Officer Program Committee at NAREIM and is a member of the Small-Scale Development Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Lindsey Jacot
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Principal, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
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2019
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Lindsey Jacot

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Principal, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer

Lindsey Jacot is responsible for preparation of the company’s fiscal operating plans and forecasts and coordinates finance and reporting activity as well as compliance. She manages cash requirements detailed by strategy and builds and maintains predictive fund level planning tools and models.

Prior to joining Pennybacker, Lindsey served as the Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer for Titan Fund Management LLC, an investment advisor specializing in the management of real estate investments. She was responsible for structuring Titan Development Real Estate Fund I as well as the firm’s financial strategy, cash flow management, legal and fund administration relationships and compliance. Previously, she led corporate mergers and acquisitions analytics and forecasting for a bank holding company as Vice President of Financial Planning and Strategic Management. There she identified and evaluated investments to deploy $350 million in equity, growing bank assets from $200 million to over $4 billion.

Lindsey holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and an MBA from the University of New Mexico. Additionally, she holds a Master of Science in Operations Research with a focus on Financial Engineering from Columbia University.

Jason Dean
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Principal, Head of Real Estate Portfolio Optimization
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2014
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Jason Dean

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Principal, Head of Real Estate Portfolio Optimization

Jason Dean works closely with the CEO, President, CFO, and Chief of Staff to develop and evolve corporate strategy. He leads the Real Estate and Technology & Data Analytics teams in carrying out the company’s vision, the evolution of Pennybacker Alpha, and investment execution to generate optimal returns. He is a member of Pennybacker Way, Innovation, ESG, and Valuation Committees.

Jason has over 15 years of commercial real estate experience and has extensive knowledge of the real estate investment, management, development and construction processes. His experience extends across all major asset classes including multifamily, industrial, office, retail, senior housing, and rent-restricted affordable housing.

Prior to Pennybacker, Jason held a graduate internship in the investment and development group at Grosvenor in San Francisco. At Grosvenor, he evaluated more than $600 million in multifamily, office, and mixed-use development and acquisition opportunities. He was previously a Director at AIMCO where he guided an $80 million multifamily re-development and was responsible for asset management of AIMCO's Bay Area portfolio of more than 2,500 multifamily units. His career began in project management and construction where he managed ground-up, re-development and tenant improvement projects across property types.

Jason earned his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis in real estate and finance. As an undergraduate at Purdue University, he achieved a BS in Construction Engineering with a minor in Mechanical Engineering. Jason is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers where he serves on the Data & Information Management committee.

Richard Long
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Principal, Portfolio Manager, Evergreen
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2014
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Richard Long

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Principal, Portfolio Manager, Evergreen

Richard Long is a member of Pennybacker’s Leadership Team and responsible for the strategic direction and performance of Pennybacker Evergreen Partners, LP. He is focused on sourcing, structuring, and executing on investment opportunities across growth markets in the United States. He is a member of the Firm’s Investment Committee.

Since joining Pennybacker in 2014, Richard has been directly involved in over 83 separate transactions totaling over $1.3 billion of committed equity. Richard has over 15 years of commercial real estate experience, including acquisitions, ground-up development, and special situations. He has extensive experience investing across all major asset classes, including multifamily, industrial, office, retail, senior housing, and rent-restricted affordable housing.

Prior to Pennybacker, Richard held a graduate internship at Invesco Real Estate in Dallas, TX where he evaluated structured debt and equity investments on behalf of a $1.5 billion opportunity fund. Before attending business school, Richard served in the development group at Vornado Realty Trust in Washington, DC. At Vornado, he contributed to the strategic planning and redevelopment of 5 million square feet of office and over 4,000 multifamily units. Richard began his career at Walker & Dunlop in Bethesda, MD where he helped arrange debt and equity financing across property types.

Richard holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and a MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Alexander Zabik
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Principal, Portfolio Manager, Tactical Credit
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2018
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Alexander Zabik

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Principal, Portfolio Manager, Tactical Credit

Alexander Zabik has over 28 years of experience in the commercial real estate investment and debt capital markets sectors, focused on sourcing and managing high-yield and value-add real estate debt products. Alexander’s CRE debt transaction experience has spanned both the United States and Europe. His track record consists of over $4.5 billion of investments in over 167 separate transactions secured by all commercial real estate property types.

Alexander began his private equity investment career as a Managing Director of the BlackRock, Inc. Real Estate Debt Group. During his BlackRock tenure, he was responsible for the development and growth of the high-yield commercial real estate debt business where he originated and managed approximately $4 billion of investments including bridge loans, mezzanine loans, B-notes and preferred equity for all high-yield commercial debt vehicles. Alexander co-founded Carbon Capital, Inc., the firm’s first private equity mezzanine debt fund and its successor fund, Carbon Capital II where he served as portfolio manager and raised capital from institutional clients and pension funds

Prior to BlackRock, Alexander’s commercial real estate experience included serving as advisor and underwriter on over $15 billion of performing and non-performing commercial mortgage securitization transactions for the RTC and as a senior member of the Structured Finance Group at Fitch Investors Service, Inc.

Alexander is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association and the Real Estate Lenders Association. Alexander received a B.A. degree from Boston University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Babson College.

Edvin Beasley
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Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Value Funds
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2020
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Edvin Beasley

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Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Value Funds

Edvin Beasley is responsible for the performance of Pennybacker’s value platform. He focuses on investment identification and execution of property business plans. Edvin is a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Prior to Pennybacker, Edvin spent nine years at Stream Realty Partners in Austin, Texas where he was responsible for the strategic direction and operation of their office division. In this role, Edvin oversaw a portfolio of nearly five million square feet of Class A office space and advised both Stream and third-party clients in the valuation and underwriting of developments and acquisitions throughout the region. Edvin was recognized numerous times as a “Heavy Hitter” by the Austin Business Journal. Before joining Stream, Edvin worked for Trammell Crow Company in Washington, D.C., where he represented landlords and tenants throughout the Mid-Atlantic in both suburban and urban markets. He began his career at Deloitte concentrating on commercial real estate property tax, valuing assets for the development of tax appeal cases.

Edvin completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and received a BBA in Economics from Texas Tech University. He remains active with Tech’s Rawls College of Business and is a member of the Rawls Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Seton Fund Board of Trustees, NAIOP Austin Chapter Board and ULI Austin Advisory Board.

Rish Gosine
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Managing Director, Head of Alpha Investment Intelligence & Innovation (AI³)
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Rish Gosine

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Managing Director, Head of Alpha Investment Intelligence & Innovation (AI³)

Rish Gosine leads the Technology and Data Analytics team.  He has over 17 years of experience in the data and analytics field establishing, growing, and leading high-performing teams at several Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, Whole Foods Market, Macy’s / Bloomingdale’s, and Nike. With his experience, Rish spearheads the evolution of Pennybacker α™ to push the firm to the frontier as a market leader that effectively leverages advanced analytics for decision intelligence.

His career has grown concurrently with the rapid evolution of technology and data, enabling him to develop the skills necessary to create true data-driven cultures and products at an enterprise level serving a multitude of stakeholders. Rish brings leadership across data science and artificial intelligence, analytics, engineering, and governance. Prior to joining Pennybacker, his roles at major retailers focused on digital transformation and conducting highly precise analyses, leveraging predictive machine-learning and artificial intelligence models to make strategic and operating business decisions.

Rish completed his undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin studying historical entrepreneurship and business and his MBA at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities with a focus on Information and Decision Sciences. He currently serves on the board for The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business and Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, advising the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program for each.

Andrew Knox
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Managing Director, Head of Capital Formation
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Andrew Knox

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Managing Director, Head of Capital Formation

Andrew leads the Pennybacker Capital Formation team’s efforts to develop and foster relationships with the firm’s existing and prospective limited partners.

Andrew has over 15 years of real estate experience across capital formation, client service, acquisitions, and brokerage. Prior to Pennybacker, Andrew spent over 10 years at Stockbridge Capital Group as a Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Formation & Client Service for the firms Core and Value Platform. Prior to Stockbridge, Andrew was an acquisitions associate at Preferred Real Estate Funds and started his career at Ackerman & Company, a regional real estate brokerage firm in Atlanta.

Andrew graduated with a BA from Wake Forest University where he was a member of the university’s baseball team.

Jackie Mulvihill
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Managing Director, Corporate Strategy and Operations
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2021
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Jackie Mulvihill

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Managing Director, Corporate Strategy and Operations

Jackie Mulvihill leads Pennybacker’s corporate strategy initiatives and oversees corporate operations. Jackie works closely with Pennybacker's leadership to develop, implement and execute long-term strategic goals and respond to the competitive real assets investment landscape.

Prior to joining Pennybacker, Jackie was an investor at Stone Point Capital, where she focused on private equity investments in real estate finance and services and asset management companies. Her responsibilities included sourcing and underwriting potential investments and business plan execution. She started her career as an investment banking analyst at Bank of America in New York City.

Jackie graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA with Honors in Economics.

Jamie Pacala
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Managing Director, Investments
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Jamie Pacala

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Managing Director, Investments

Jamie Pacala has over 15 years of experience in the real estate industry. He is focused on sourcing and executing equity and credit investment opportunities across Pennybacker’s value and evergreen platforms.

Prior to joining Pennybacker, Jamie spent 9 years at Rockwood Capital where he focused primarily on acquisitions and asset management across property sectors. During his tenure at Rockwood, Jamie led the expansion into several new investment markets across the Southeast and Texas. Before joining Rockwood, Jamie worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch as part of the real estate investment banking team where he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets advisory. Jamie started his career as a project engineer at the James G. Davis Construction Corporation in Washington, DC.

Jamie holds a BS in Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sam Warfield
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Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure
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2022
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Sam Warfield

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Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure

Sam Warfield leads Pennybacker Critical Infrastructure Partners and brings a deep track record of direct infrastructure investing experience.

Prior to Pennybacker, Sam was Managing Director, Head of U.S. Investments at Arroyo Investors—a leading middle-market private equity firm focused on power and energy infrastructure assets.

Prior to Arroyo, Mr. Warfield was a senior corporate associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, where his practice focused on M&A transactions in the power and infrastructure sector. Mr. Warfield was recognized in 2015 as a “Rising Star” in M&A in the New York metro area by Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Warfield also clerked at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in the Department of Investment Management in Washington D.C.

Mr. Warfield received his Bachelor of Science in Finance magna cum laude from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Mr. Warfield is also a member of the University of Florida Hall of Fame.

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Lindsey Jacot
Principal, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
Finance, Accounting & Investor Reporting
Austin, TX
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Lindsey Jacot

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Principal, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer

Lindsey Jacot is responsible for preparation of the company’s fiscal operating plans and forecasts and coordinates finance and reporting activity as well as compliance. She manages cash requirements detailed by strategy and builds and maintains predictive fund level planning tools and models.

Prior to joining Pennybacker, Lindsey served as the Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer for Titan Fund Management LLC, an investment advisor specializing in the management of real estate investments. She was responsible for structuring Titan Development Real Estate Fund I as well as the firm’s financial strategy, cash flow management, legal and fund administration relationships and compliance. Previously, she led corporate mergers and acquisitions analytics and forecasting for a bank holding company as Vice President of Financial Planning and Strategic Management. There she identified and evaluated investments to deploy $350 million in equity, growing bank assets from $200 million to over $4 billion.

Lindsey holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and an MBA from the University of New Mexico. Additionally, she holds a Master of Science in Operations Research with a focus on Financial Engineering from Columbia University.

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Brendan Keen
Associate
Real Estate
New York, NY
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Brendan Keen

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Associate

Brendan Keen is an Associate, Investments at Pennybacker. Brendan is responsible for supporting the sourcing, underwriting, structuring and closing of potential real estate and real estate related investments.

Brendan began his investment career in 2017 and joined Pennybacker in 2019. Prior to joining Pennybacker, Brendan was an Analyst, Real Estate at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Brendan earned a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Additionally, Brendan is a member of Columbia Business School’s Real Estate Circle and ULI New York’s Young Leaders Group.

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Kara Kennedy
Analyst, Capital Formation Operations
Capital Formation
Austin, TX
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Kara Kennedy

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Analyst, Capital Formation Operations

Kara Kennedy is an Analyst, Capital Formation Operations at Pennybacker. Kara is responsible for developing and maintaining marketing materials, managing investor communications, facilitating investor requests and collaborating with various teams to support capital raising initiatives.

Kara began her investment career in 2022 and joined Pennybacker in 2023. Prior to joining Pennybacker, Kara was a fund accountant at Long View Equity.

Kara earned a Master’s in Management with a focus in Entrepreneurial Leadership and an undergraduate degree in accounting from Texas A&M University.

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Braden Knight
Senior Associate
Infrastructure
Austin, TX
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2024

Braden Knight

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Senior Associate

Braden Knight is a member of the investment team with a focus on Pennybacker’s Infrastructure platform. His responsibilities include investment underwriting, execution and investment management.

Prior to joining Pennybacker's Infrastructure Group, Mr. Knight was an Associate at Old Ironsides Energy, where he focused on investments in the midstream, upstream, and renewable sectors. Previously, Braden was an Energy Investment Banking Analyst with Truist Securities.

Braden attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Master of Science in Finance from McCombs School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

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Andrew Knox
Managing Director, Head of Capital Formation
Capital Formation
Austin, TX
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Andrew Knox

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Managing Director, Head of Capital Formation

Andrew leads the Pennybacker Capital Formation team’s efforts to develop and foster relationships with the firm’s existing and prospective limited partners.

Andrew has over 15 years of real estate experience across capital formation, client service, acquisitions, and brokerage. Prior to Pennybacker, Andrew spent over 10 years at Stockbridge Capital Group as a Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Formation & Client Service for the firms Core and Value Platform. Prior to Stockbridge, Andrew was an acquisitions associate at Preferred Real Estate Funds and started his career at Ackerman & Company, a regional real estate brokerage firm in Atlanta.

Andrew graduated with a BA from Wake Forest University where he was a member of the university’s baseball team.

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Edwin Kuhn
Associate
Real Estate
Charlotte, NC
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Edwin Kuhn

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Associate

Edwin Kuhn is an Associate, Investments and Portfolio Optimization at Pennybacker. Edwin is responsible for researching and underwriting potential investment opportunities as well as investment management.

Prior to Pennybacker, Edwin received his MBA from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School with a concentration in Real Estate Investment and Finance. While at UNC, Edwin served as a Fund Manager for the KFBSF Real Estate Funds, a series of fully discretionary, student-led private equity funds, and completed his graduate internship with American Real Estate Partners. Prior to business school, Edwin spent five years with the CBRE Multifamily Debt & Structured Finance group in Charlotte, North Carolina supporting the production and closing of debt financing transactions across the United States.

Edwin earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in both Real Estate and Finance from the University of Georgia.

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Madison Lee
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Administration
Austin, TX
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2023

Madison Lee

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Executive Assistant to the CEO

Madison Lee is the Executive Assistant to the CEO at Pennybacker. Madison is responsible for providing high-level administrative support, including effectively managing scheduling, travel, and communications for the CEO.

Madison began her administrative career in 2004 and joined Pennybacker in 2023. Prior to joining Pennybacker, Madison was an Executive Assistant supporting the CEO at Virtus Real Estate Capital. Prior to Virtus, Madison spent 12 years supporting three partners and a team of 50 individuals in an administrative role.

Having held administrative support positions in the private real estate, accounting, retail, and government fields, Madison demonstrates a strong ability to streamline processes, maximize efficiency, and foster professional relationships within organizations and with clients.

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Richard Long
Principal, Portfolio Manager, Evergreen
Real Estate
Austin, TX
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Richard Long

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Principal, Portfolio Manager, Evergreen

Richard Long is a member of Pennybacker’s Leadership Team and responsible for the strategic direction and performance of Pennybacker Evergreen Partners, LP. He is focused on sourcing, structuring, and executing on investment opportunities across growth markets in the United States. He is a member of the Firm’s Investment Committee.

Since joining Pennybacker in 2014, Richard has been directly involved in over 83 separate transactions totaling over $1.3 billion of committed equity. Richard has over 15 years of commercial real estate experience, including acquisitions, ground-up development, and special situations. He has extensive experience investing across all major asset classes, including multifamily, industrial, office, retail, senior housing, and rent-restricted affordable housing.

Prior to Pennybacker, Richard held a graduate internship at Invesco Real Estate in Dallas, TX where he evaluated structured debt and equity investments on behalf of a $1.5 billion opportunity fund. Before attending business school, Richard served in the development group at Vornado Realty Trust in Washington, DC. At Vornado, he contributed to the strategic planning and redevelopment of 5 million square feet of office and over 4,000 multifamily units. Richard began his career at Walker & Dunlop in Bethesda, MD where he helped arrange debt and equity financing across property types.

Richard holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and a MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Andrew Lwanga
Analyst, Accounting
Finance, Accounting & Investor Reporting
Austin, TX
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2024

Andrew Lwanga

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Analyst, Accounting

Andrew Lwanga is an Analyst, Accounting at Pennybacker. Andrew is responsible for quarterly investor reporting, fund accounting, as well as assisting with accounting for the management company.

Andrew began his investment career in 2024 and joined Pennybacker in 2024. Prior to joining Pennybacker, Andrew was an audit associate at Whitley Penn.

Andrew earned a bachelor’s from Bradley University.

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Sydney Mas
Vice President, Investments
Real Estate
New York, NY
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2020

Sydney Mas

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Vice President, Investments

Sydney Mas is a Vice President, Investments at Pennybacker. Sydney is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, structuring and closing of Pennybacker’s credit and equity investments.

Sydney began her investment career in 2014 and joined Pennybacker in 2020. Prior to joining Pennybacker, Sydney was an Associate Director at WeWork on their Real Estate Advisory team and an Associate at Guggenheim Partners.

Sydney earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Vermont, where she played on the women’s lacrosse team and was a four time All-American.

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Mike Montesi
Managing Director, Head of Accounting
Finance, Accounting & Investor Reporting
Austin, TX
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2023

Mike Montesi

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Managing Director, Head of Accounting

Mike Montesi oversees fund financial reporting and accounting across all investment platforms, as well as the accounting and preparation of financial statements for the management company. He also plays a crucial role in developing and monitoring systems and processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.

Before joining Pennybacker, Mike served as the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting at American Campus Communities, which was acquired by Blackstone in 2022. He managed the Company’s SEC reporting process prior to the acquisition, supervised the consolidated close process, and drove efficiency and process enhancements within the team. He played an integral role in accounting for the Blackstone acquisition. Earlier in his career, he was an Assurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he provided assurance services to public and private clients in the financial services sector.

Mike is a Certified Public Accountant and holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Master of Science in Accounting from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

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William Morris
Associate
Real Estate
Dallas, TX
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2022

William Morris

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Associate

William Morris is an Associate, Investments and Portfolio Optimization, at Pennybacker. William is responsible for sourcing and underwriting potential investment opportunities and executing property business plans for Pennybacker’s existing portfolio.

William began his investment career in 2016 and joined Pennybacker in 2022. Prior to joining Pennybacker, William was a Senior Associate at JLL in the Investment Advisory Group in Charlotte, NC where he focused on office transactions across the southeast.

William earned a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Additionally, William is an active member of the Urban Land Institute.

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