Meet the Team
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
Bobby Turner
Over the past two decades, Bobby Turner has established himself as a pioneer in the area of social impact investing. Since founding Turner Impact Capital in 2014, he has rapidly built one of the nation’s largest social impact investment firms, with over $5 billion in investment potential to help address some of the country’s most pervasive social issues with real estate solutions. As former Chairman, CEO and Co-Founding Partner of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (CCRA), he oversaw a commercial real estate and mortgage asset portfolio totaling over $12 billion and was responsible for launching several groundbreaking funds that helped define the “triple bottom line” investment movement. In his years as a social impact innovator, Bobby has dedicated himself to providing sound financial returns for investors while fostering opportunities for the communities in which his funds invest.
Bobby is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Finance) where he serves on Wharton’s Board of Advisors and where he has endowed a number of initiatives focused on social impact and ESG investing. Today these programs have grown to include curriculum development in such areas as social impact investing and business ethics, summer internships for students who want to work in either the public or nonprofit sectors, financial scholarships for minority students, the Turner Social Impact Society, the Lauren and Bobby Turner Executive Speaker Series for ESG, the Turner MIINT which is an experiential lab designed to give students at business and graduate schools a hands-on education in impact investing, and the Turner Impact Portfolio Challenge which provides aspiring wealth managers with an impact lens across asset classes to address the world’s most critical challenges.
Location:Santa Monica CA
Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Dan Millman
A co-founder of Turner Impact Capital, Dan Millman plays a role in all of the firm’s investment strategies and focuses particularly on investment performance, financing, and treasury management. Dan is also the architect of the Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund. Immediately prior Turner Impact Capital, Dan oversaw all equity and debt investments for Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (CCRA), where he was a Principal, Head of Asset Management, and a member of the investment and executive committees. While at CCRA, Dan developed and implemented several ground-breaking real estate funds including the $200mm Canyon Catalyst Fund and the $200mm Canyon Multifamily Impact Fund. Prior to CCRA, Dan held various leadership roles with publicly-traded real estate owners.
Dan has served on numerous civic and charitable boards and is currently the chair of the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Advisory Committee, a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, and a member of both the Pension Real Estate Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.A., Economics).
Principal and General Counsel
Bari Cooper Sherman
Bari Cooper Sherman is co-founder of Turner Impact Capital. As General Counsel, she oversees the day-to-day legal aspects of Turner Impact’s business and strategic planning as well as all fund formations and investor partnerships and negotiations. Bari has been a practicing attorney since 1990. Bari was formerly the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (CCRA). As CCRA’s first General Counsel, Bari built its in-house legal department. She was responsible for overseeing the legal aspects of its business as well as all fund formations, separate accounts and investor partnerships. While there, Bari was a member of the investment committee and executive committee.
Bari serves on the board of New Los Angeles Charter School, a Los Angeles-based charter school operator serving TK-8th grade students. She also serves as the board chair of LCS Support Corporation, a corporation formed to support operational, facilities, and philanthropic needs of Larchmont Charter School, a Los Angeles-based charter school operator serving TK-12th grade students. Bari is a graduate of The George Washington University (B.B.A., Finance; J.D.).
Principal & President of Multifamily Housing Initiatives
Gee Kim
Gee Kim is a Principal of Turner Impact Capital and President of its Multifamily Housing Initiatives. As part of his overall responsibility for the firm’s multifamily housing investment activities, Gee oversees all deal origination, due diligence, financing, asset management, and social/environmental impact initiatives and programs. Previously, Gee served as Director at Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (CCRA), overseeing the Canyon Multifamily Impact Fund, a $200mm joint venture with Citibank designed to promote long-term, material, positive impact in underserved communities by investing in rental properties as an active owner and manager.
Gee is a LEED Accredited Professional, a California registered broker (DRE#: 01903210) and was formerly a NASD Series 7 and 63 licensed professional. He is active in his community, having worked for the Los Angeles Mayor’s Housing and Business Team and a local non-profit economic development organization, as well as having served on the boards of non-profits. Gee is a graduate of Stanford University (B.S., Earth Systems and B.A., Economics), Harvard Business School (M.B.A.), and the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (M.P.A.).
President of Healthcare Initiatives
Len Fromer
Len Fromer is responsible for the oversight and leadership of Turner Impact Capital’s healthcare initiatives. He is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of Primary Care Practice redesign and transformation, quality improvement and outcomes measurement, vaccine compliance quality improvement and health system reform, and he served on the American Medical Association’s commission on healthcare disparities. He was a practicing physician for over 28 years and previously served as the Executive Medical Director of the Group Practice Forum, where he led nationwide projects to coordinate care across a continuum of services including preventative, outpatient, inpatient acute hospital care, post-acute care, and palliative care. Len has lectured extensively on the topics of health-system reform, the patient centered medical home, and the accountable care organization and has been featured on CBS and ABC News, and in the NY Times.
Len has served on numerous boards and advisory committees for, among others, the American Medical Association, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, World Foundation for Studies of Female Health, American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences. He received a B.A. from the State University of New York, an M.D. from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and completed his residency in Family Medicine at UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Hospital.
Managing Director and Senior Counsel
Roshan Sonthalia
As Managing Director and Senior Counsel of Turner Impact Capital, Roshan Sonthalia works across Turner Impact Capital’s various funds focusing on investor relations, acquisitions and asset management. Roshan brings over 13 years of real estate industry experience to Turner Impact Capital. Previously, Roshan was counsel at Canyon Capital Realty Advisors LLC, working across their various real estate funds to coordinate matters related to investors, originations, acquisitions and asset management. He began his legal career as a real estate attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in their real estate practice in Los Angeles, working on a broad range of transactional matters with clients that included private equity funds, developers, buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, borrowers and lenders.
Roshan is a graduate of UCLA (B.A., Economics and History, J.D., and M.B.A).
Managing Director and Business Development
Liat Cherkes
Liat Cherkes is responsible for investor relations across the firm’s strategies and business development.
Liat began her work with Turner Impact Capital as an investment professional within the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Funds. Liat joined the organization following her work as a real estate consultant to KIPP Bay Area Schools, a Charter School Management Organization, where she advised on KIPP’s Northern California facilities expansion strategy. She is currently a member of the advisory board of Aspire Public Schools, a high performing charter school system in California and Tennessee.
Prior to her work with KIPP, Liat was a partner at a real estate investment firm focused on undervalued and distressed real estate opportunities and an Assistant Vice President at Avenue Capital Group, a global investment firm. While at Avenue, Liat managed the Firm’s portfolio of residential and resort assets. In addition to overseeing the acquisition, operation and disposition of investments, Liat operated and implemented strategies to enhance the value of activist investments in distressed real estate and also oversaw the legal and construction compliance pertaining to individual investments.
Liat is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University (B.A. in English Literature; minor in Psychology) and received her law degree with honors from New York Law School (J.D.) where she was a member of the Law Review.
Managing Director
Gary Rodney
Gary Rodney is a Managing Director of Turner Impact Capital’s Multifamily Housing Initiatives. In this role, he helps to lead the firm’s innovative strategy to acquire, preserve, develop, and enrich affordable workforce housing throughout the country.
Gary brings more than 24 years of government, non-profit, and private-sector leadership in developing and financing housing for low- and moderate-income families. Previously he has served as Chairman of CREA, a national syndicator of low-income housing tax credits. In addition, as President of the New York City Housing Development Corporation from 2014 to 2016, he oversaw a large public agency that managed approximately $14 billion in assets, including a portfolio of 190,000 apartment units. Under his leadership, the agency provided $3.9 billion in financing that created or preserved nearly 27,000 units and became the primary financing source for New York’s most ambitious affordable housing plan ever.
Most recently, he served as a Managing Director at Tishman Speyer, where he launched the firm’s first affordable housing platform.
Gary received his B.A. from the University of Rochester and a Masters of Urban Planning from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is a current member of the Boards for the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy and the Community Preservation Corporation.
President of TI Communities
Christine Schoellhorn
Christine oversees all facets of TI Communities, the professional property management firm overseeing operations of the Turner Multifamily Impact Fund’s nationwide investments. Christine brings more than 25 years of broad management experience comprising property and business operations, marketing, training, and recruiting. Known for her strong track record of operational excellence, innovative problem solving and talent development, Christine held previous leadership roles with Steadfast Companies, The Irvine Company, BRE Properties, and Greystar.
Christine earned an MBA at Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management and holds the Certified Property Manager designation through IREM.
Senior VP of Operations, Safety and Security
Randy Slaughter
Randy Slaughter is Senior Vice President of Operations, Safety & Security at Turner Impact Capital. He is responsible for all aspects of security related to properties in the Turner Multifamily Impact Fund and Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund portfolios. He supports the team by identifying, quantifying and mitigating risk at each property, and develops innovative methods to promote safe environments through the use of community-centered approaches to security, local partnerships and advanced technology.
Randy is a national leader who has applied best practices in law enforcement by integrating security programs for a variety of real estate asset classes. For the past 12 years, he provided consultative, investigative and protective services to Canyon Partners and its international portfolio. During his 20-year law enforcement career, Randy was a Task Force Officer with the DEA and served a leading police department in Southern California as a detective, SWAT team member, gang liaison officer and other roles. He started his career as a member of the Military Police of the United States Marine Corps.
He holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from California State University, Long Beach.
President of Construction Services
Ramiro Viramontes
Ramiro Viramontes is the President of Construction Services of Turner Impact Capital. Ramiro brings over 32 years of corporate experience in construction management, facility operations, and property management. Ramiro is responsible for all construction projects for funds managed by Turner Impact Capital, including design development, green building sustainability, pre-construction and construction management. He has been involved in the development of 129 charter schools and community servicing healthcare clinics across the country.
Before joining Turner, Ramiro worked in a similar capacity for Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (CCRA) where he oversaw charter school construction. Prior to CCRA, Ramiro was a Vice President of Construction Services at Pacific Charter School Development where he oversaw the portfolio of facility development projects for Aspire Public Schools, and other Charter School Management Organizations. In his spare time, Ramiro has served on several boards and committees for schools in California and New York. He is a member of the United States Green Building Council and Harvard’s Environmental Club.
Senior Vice President of Talent Services
Carrie Polonsky
Carrie oversees development of TI Communities’ talent services initiatives and leads the execution of the Company’s staffing strategy by developing programs for employment and recruitment, market salary compensation, and performance training. She also designs and leads training programs in management, technology and professional development.
Carrie has 25 years of multifamily property management experience, with previous roles at Planned Property Management, AIMCO, Advanced Management Company, and Steadfast Companies. She has been a speaker at various multifamily housing events such as IREM, Apartment Associations, and the NAA Education Conference, and serves on an educational committee for a local apartment association and the Advisory Board for the industry’s only Social Media Summit.
Carrie holds a BA in Education from Purdue University.
Vice President of Investor Relations
Lynne Lovasco
Lynne Lovasco is responsible for the overview of fund level returns, capital contributions, fund distributions as well as overseeing quarterly investor reporting. Previously, Lynne was with Canyon Capital Realty Advisors LLC (CCRA), as a Fund Accountant and Investor Liaison.
Prior to joining CCRA, Lynne served as an Assistant General Manager and Property Accountant for Center Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), overseeing a 1.1 million square foot retail center. Lynne has a long history with affordable housing: she began her career at Skid Row Housing Trust, a non-profit corporation specializing in the construction and redevelopment of Section 8 housing in downtown Los Angeles.
Lynne is a graduate of Woodbury University (BBA, Management, summa cum laude).
Director
John Hathaway
As Director of Real Estate for Turner Impact Capital’s Healthcare initiative, John Hathaway is responsible for sourcing, analyzing, negotiating and executing investment opportunities nationally.
Prior to joining Turner Healthcare, John served as Vice President of Real Estate & Construction for Hanger, Inc, the nation’s largest provider of orthopedic and prosthetic patient care, where he spearheaded their national expansion efforts and managed a portfolio of 1,300 clinical, administrative and manufacturing facilities across the United States. Prior to his work at Hanger, John worked as Vice President of Real Estate for Cinemark International. Mr. Hathaway led the company’s expansion into Latin America, Europe and Asia, identifying and executing free-standing and mall-based anchor tenant lease opportunities in 15 countries. Mr. Hathaway volunteers with the non-profit organization Children International and has assisted their efforts to build primary care clinics in Ecuador and Mexico.
John is a graduate of Willamette University (B.A. in International Studies; minor in Spanish) and the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin (MBA).
Director
Brock Miller
Brock Miller is a Director at Turner Impact Capital focused on its Multifamily Housing Initiatives and is responsible for acquisitions underwriting, transaction due diligence, and management of portfolio assets.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Brock was an Associate for Greystar Real Estate Partners, a fully integrated multifamily real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development and property management of rental housing properties globally. Prior to Greystar, Brock was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs where he focused on acquisitions in the Financial Institutions Group.
Brock received a B.S. in Finance from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
Vice President, Head of Impact
Lissa Glasgo
As Vice President, Head of Impact, Lissa Glasgo works across Turner Impact Capital’s funds to drive actionable ESG and impact insights for investment decision-making across all funds. Lissa brings over 13 years of social and environmental impact management experience to Turner Impact Capital. Previously, Lissa led the development and evolution of the IRIS+ standards at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), supporting asset allocators, fund managers, and service providers in adopting best practices for impact management. She began her career in impact program management and qualitative and quantitative research through roles at the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, U.S. Peace Corps in Benin, and social enterprises focused on solar lighting and workforce development.
Lissa is a graduate of Rice University (BA, English Literature) and Yale University (MA, Global Affairs, with a focus on social enterprise, quantitative research methodologies, and gender).
Director
Logan Harper
Logan Harper is a Director supporting the underwriting, due diligence, negotiation and execution of investment opportunities and the management of portfolio assets for the Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund.
Prior to Turner Impact Capital, Logan was an associate at Pantheon Ventures, a global private equity firm with approximately $36 billion in assets. At Pantheon he worked on infrastructure and real assets investments. Before Pantheon, Logan was an investment banking analyst within the Mergers & Acquisitions team at Citigroup.
Logan is a graduate of Cornell University with a BS specializing in Finance from the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management along with a minor in Sustainable Energy Systems from the College of Engineering.
Vice President of Finance
Lorens Aronson
As Vice President of Finance, Lorens is responsible for all accounting and tax matters, financial reporting, internal controls and treasury functions for all of Turner Impact Capital’s various funds.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Lorens was the CFO of Cove Capital Investments, where he had responsibility for oversight over all financial and investor reporting; property acquisition; and asset management functions. Lorens also spearheaded the buildout of the accounting and investor relations departments at Cove Capital Investments. Prior to joining Cove Capital Investments, Lorens spent three years working in J.P. Morgan’s Real Estate Americas platform overseeing the reporting and management of a large portfolio of commercial buildings. During his tenure at J.P. Morgan Lorens oversaw a team of accountants and property managers and served as a bridge between the finance, asset management, and acquisitions teams. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Lorens worked as an Accounting Manager at Colony Capital and a Senior Accountant at Mesa West Capital.
Lorens has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance from California State University Northridge and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Director of Construction Services
Tommy Frettoloso
Tommy Frettoloso manages the construction process for projects in the Central and Western regions for all funds managed by Turner Impact Capital. He brings over 30 years of corporate experience in construction management. Tommy was formerly a Project Manager for CB Richard Ellis and Trammell Crow and has managed a portfolio of over 26 million square feet.
Director
Kate Hirsh
Kate Hirsh is a Director that manages the development of projects nationally for the Turner Healthcare Facilities Funds. Her responsibilities include oversight and support of project underwriting, due diligence, entitlement strategy and approvals, design, and construction, and disposition.
Prior to Turner Impact Capital, Kate held management roles at several Los Angeles based real estate and private equity firms including Beach City Capital, CIM Group and Pacific Charter School Development, all focused on urban infill projects in across the US. Kate’s experience includes development and construction management of healthcare facilities, mixed-use multi-family projects, office buildings, hotels, charter schools and traditional retail. She has led efforts including master planning, new construction, adaptive-reuse and historic preservation.
Kate earned a B.S in Architecture form the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and an MBA in Real Estate from the University of California Los Angeles, The Anderson School of Management. She is a Board Member at Ednovate Public Schools in Los Angeles.
Construction Manager
Tom Bilinski
Tom Bilinski manages the construction process for projects in the Northwest and Southwest regions for all funds managed by Turner Impact Capital. Tom has been in the commercial construction industry for 29 years and has been a General Contractor for the past 20 years in the State of California. Prior to joining the Turner Impact Capital team, Tom was a Consultant to General Contractors in the State of California working on custom homes, public assemblies, commercial properties and charter schools.
Director
Thomas Isabel
Thomas Isabel is a Director at Turner Impact Capital focused on its Multifamily Housing Initiatives and is responsible for acquisitions underwriting, transaction due diligence, and management of portfolio assets.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Thomas was an Investment Associate for Greystar Real Estate Partners, a fully integrated multifamily real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development and property management of rental housing properties globally. Prior to Greystar, Thomas was an Analyst at Hodes Weill & Associates where he focused on Investment Banking and Strategic Advisory engagements for real estate private equity funds.
Thomas received a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Investments and Corporate Finance from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill along with a minor in German.
Director of Construction Services
Bob Flynn
Bob Flynn manages the construction process for projects in the Northeast and Southeast regions for all funds managed by Turner Impact Capital. Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, he was Senior Property Manager at CB Richard Ellis and First Vice-President of Engineering & Construction for Countrywide Financial responsible for managing construction and operations for a portfolio of 6 million and 2.5 million square feet respectively of critical data and call centers and cash vaults.
Vice President of Operations
Paige Velazquez
As Vice President of Operations, Paige plans, directs, and oversees all property operations for TI Communities, ensuring the development and implementation of efficient and effective systems to support the Company’s mission. Paige brings over 20 years of diverse multifamily property management experience, including experience in operations, acquisitions, training, renovations, recruiting, and large-scale event planning.
Previously, she held roles at Price Brothers, Gaines Investment Trust, and Steadfast Companies. Paige attended Tarleton State University, was a chairperson for the Food for Kids program in Stephenville, Texas, and has a heart for serving our most at-risk communities.
Highly regarded by for her ability to celebrate individual talents and leverage unique contributions for the greater good, Paige is known for her vivacious spirit, leadership, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Director
Katie Winthrop
Katie Winthrop is a Director at Turner Impact Capital focused on its Multifamily Housing Initiatives with primary responsibility for management of portfolio assets.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Katie was an analyst at Cohen & Steers, a global investment management firm with approximately $65 billion in assets under management. At Cohen & Steers she worked on the US Real Estate team covering its public equity investments in the retail, student housing, and manufactured housing sectors. Before Cohen & Steers, Katie was an equity research analyst on the US Real Estate team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Katie is a graduate of Hamilton College (B.A., Mathematics) and Kellogg School of Management (M.B.A.).
Associate Director
Alice Wang
Alice Wang is an Associate Director at Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund working on business development and supporting the underwriting, due diligence, negotiation and execution of investment opportunities.
Alice started her career as a management consultant in the Strategy and Healthcare group at PwC. She then joined a state-owned healthcare investment platform in China where she led strategic projects in hospital portfolio management and oversaw the daily operations of a children’s hospital as an Assistant General Manager. Immediately prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Alice was an investment banking senior associate at CEC Capital where she worked on cross-border and healthcare M&A transactions.
Alice is a graduate of Beijing Foreign Studies University (B.A. in Business Administration) and of Yale School of Management (M.B.A).
Director of Impact and Brand Management
Kate Hetherington
Kate leads the design and implementation of community impact, marketing, and brand strategies at TI Communities. She is responsible for executing the company’s mission by creating access to and awareness of needs-based programs, services, and resources while embedding its overall ethos into every step of the resident journey to create an exceptional experience from digital to in-person.
Kate previously spent 10 years in the nonprofit sector, working closely with philanthropic partners to align charitable giving priorities with organizational strategies to raise funds and connect community members to meaningful engagement opportunities.
Kate holds a BA from the University of Oklahoma.
Operations Manager
Erika Garcia
As Operations Manager, Erika is responsible for execution of strategic initiatives, supporting high-priority capital projects, and leading due diligence efforts during the acquisition of new communities. Ms. Garcia spearheads a team providing operational support to onsite team members with a focus on productivity and enhancing the resident experience.
Erika brings 15 years of multi-family property management experience and previously held roles at Steadfast Companies and NuRock Properties. Erika is passionate about delivering exceptional customer service and helping others.
Construction Manager
Brad Kettelle
Brad Kettelle manages the construction process for projects in the Eastern regions for all funds managed by Turner Impact Capital. Brad is a licensed general contractor and electrician with more than 35 years of field and business administration experience in the construction industry. Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Brad was a Vice President and Senior Project Manager at Blackwell Construction where he built a portfolio of 50 charter schools in the state of California, 62 live/work condominium units; and numerous projects worth $15 million annually. Brad attended Roger Williams College in Bristol, Rhode Island and studied Architecture.
Associate
Marina Hrosz
Marina Hrosz is an Associate supporting the underwriting, due diligence, negotiation and execution of investment opportunities and management of portfolio assets for the Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Marina was an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America in their Financial Sponsors Group, where she was responsible for providing analysis on M&A, debt and equity transactions.
Marina is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.B.A in Finance and B.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics) and the University of California, Los Angeles (M.A. in Quantitative Economics).
Associate
Maria Balaeskoul
Maria Balaeskoul is an Associate for the Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund, focused on supporting the underwriting, due diligence, negotiation and execution of investment opportunities and management of portfolio assets.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Maria was an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays in the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging Group, where she was responsible for performing valuation analyses for various transaction types, including mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.
Maria is a graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in Global Affairs.
Associate Counsel
Emily Behrmann-Fowler
As Associate Counsel, Emily works across Turner Impact Capital’s various funds focusing on investment acquisitions and asset management. Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Emily was an attorney with Paul Hastings LLP in their real estate group in Los Angeles where her practice focused on acquisitions, dispositions, and financings.
Emily is a graduate of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (J.D.) and Ithaca College (B.M., Vocal Performance and B.S., Theatre Arts Management).
Associate
Annie Guo
Annie Guo is an Associate for the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Funds platform, focused on the underwriting, due diligence, negotiation and execution of investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Annie was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs in their Leveraged Finance group. At GS, Annie was responsible for providing research coverage on companies across the Healthcare and Technology, Media and Telecom sector, and for supporting deal sourcing and debt financing transactions.
Annie graduated from The University of Chicago with a B.A. in Economics and a Minor in English Literature and Creative Writing.
Associate
Alec Addicott
Alec Addicott is an Associate at Turner Impact Capital focused on its Multifamily Housing Initiatives. Alec is involved in all aspects of managing a portfolio of apartment communities throughout the country as well as supporting due diligence and underwriting efforts.
Prior to joining the team at Turner, Alec was an analyst at JRK Property Holdings, a private real estate investment and asset management firm in Los Angeles.
Alec is a graduate of Pepperdine Seaver College (B.S., Business Administration), and Graziadio School of Business (M.B.A.) He also holds a secret-level security clearance.
Assistant Controller
Spencer Schaaf
As Assistant Controller, Spencer Schaaf is responsible for managing the accounting, reporting, and capital planning objectives across all of Turner Impact Capital’s various funds.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Spencer was a Tax Manager at CohnReznick LLP and was a member of the financial services & commercial real estate teams. During his tenure, Spencer was responsible for overseeing compliance, analyzing financials, and advising clients in matters related to tax and GAAP accounting.
Spencer has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from California State University Northridge and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Project Manager
Krystal Resendez
Krystal Resendez is a Project Manager at Turner Impact Capital focused on its Healthcare Initiatives, and is involved in supporting all facets of acquisition, construction, administration, and asset management.
Prior to joining Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund, Krystal was a Project Coordinator for a general contractor that specializes in healthcare and hospitality, where she worked on ground-up medical office buildings and hospitals, treatment room upgrades, tenant improvements, and surgery centers spanning across Southern California.
Krystal is a graduate of the University of San Francisco (B.A. English).
Associate
Audria Amirian
Audria Amirian is an Associate at Turner Impact Capital focused on its Multifamily Housing Initiatives. Audria is involved in all facets of measuring, managing, and reporting on the impact of Turner Impact’s multifamily housing investments throughout the country as well as supporting market research efforts.
Prior to joining the team at Turner, Audria was an acquisitions analyst at Clear Capital LLC, a real estate private equity firm where she was responsible for underwriting, due diligence and market research. Before Clear Capital, Audria was a research analyst at Newmark Knight Frank, where she wrote nationally published quarterly reports covering the Los Angeles commercial real estate market.
Audria is a graduate of Harvard College with a B.A. in Economics and Government and Citation in Spanish.
Analyst
Isabelle Noëlsaint
Isabelle Noelsaint is an analyst for the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Funds, supporting the underwriting, due diligence, negotiation, and execution of investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Isabelle was an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan in the Financial Institutions Group, where she focused on capital markets and mergers & acquisitions advisory for companies in the Insurance sector.
Isabelle is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management with concentrations in Finance and International Trade & Development.
Office Manager and Executive Assistant
Erica Leoncavallo
Erica Leoncavallo is the Office Manager and Executive Assistant at Turner Impact Capital. She is responsible for overseeing office operations and procedures, managing travel arrangements, handling meeting and event planning as well as supporting the executive team.
Prior to joining Turner Impact, Erica was the Executive Assistant to the CEO at Whalerock Industries, a creative services / media production company. Erica has an extensive background providing C-level support across multiple industries including TV / Film / Media Production, Digital Marketing, and Healthcare.
Erica is a graduate of the University of Delaware (B.F.A. in Sculpture & Ceramics, Minor in Graphic Design).
Senior Advisor
Michelle Felman
Michelle Felman serves as a Senior Advisor to Turner Impact Capital and as a member of the investment committee for the Turner Healthcare Facilities Funds. Michelle began her career at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Division. She later joined GE Capital as a Managing Director of Business Development, where she was responsible for the acquisition of real estate and non- performing loans from the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), banks and insurance companies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and France. From 1997-2010, Michelle served as the Executive Vice President – Co-Head of Acquisitions and Capital Markets for Vornado Realty Trust (VNO:NYSE), where she oversaw the firm’s asset and corporate acquisition activity and mezzanine debt activity. She remained a consultant to VNO through December 2012, where she served as a board member of LNR, the largest special servicer in the United States until the company was sold to Starwood Capital in April 2013.
Michelle received her B.A. from The University of California, Berkeley with highest honors and her M.B.A. from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. She serves on the Executive Committee of The Zell-Lurie Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She recently completed her term as a Trustee of The Partners Group (PGHN: SIX), a global private equity firm with $90B assets under management, where she served as Chair of the Investment Oversight Committee as well as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Governance Committee. Michelle is also on the Board of Directors of Cumming Corporation, a global project management company with 30 offices worldwide and Reonomy, a real estate technology company. She was a member of the board of SVAC, a Starboard Value sponsored SPAC prior to its merger with Cyxtera and is now a member of the Cyxtera board (CYXT:NASDAQ).
Senior Advisor
Glenn Pierce
Glenn Pierce serves as a Senior Advisor to Turner Impact Capital’s Education Initiatives and has been a leader in the development of charter schools since 1997. Before his retirement as a Principal of Turner Impact Capital and President of its Education Initiatives, Glenn was responsible for the oversight and management of all Turner-Agassi investment opportunities across the country. Throughout his career, Glenn developed more than 160 charter schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia, creating over 75,000 incremental student seats for best-in- class operators across the United States. Prior to joining Turner Impact Capital, Glenn was CEO and President of the Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund where he was responsible for the oversight and management of all Canyon-Agassi investment opportunities.
Prior to Canyon-Agassi, Glenn served as President and CEO of Pacific Charter School Development (PCSD), which he founded with funding provided by NewSchools Venture Fund in 2003. PCSD is a Los Angeles based not-for-profit organization focused on providing underserved California students with high-quality charter school facilities. Glenn is a graduate of Lafayette College (B.A., Economics) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) and the Broad Center for Urban Superintendents. Glenn serves as Chairman of the South Florida Autism Charter Schools.