John Atwater is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance.  Mr. Atwater founded Prime Group in 1989 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Prime Group. Mr. Atwater has been involved with all forms of property ownership, management and financing. A graduate of Brown University and Stanford Business School, he has served on a variety of for-profit and non-profit boards, including Montgomery Street Income Securities, Lone Mountain School for Children, The Hamlin School, The California Academy of Sciences (Board Chair 2010-2014), the Corporation of Brown University and the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley.

Dan James is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance.  Mr. James is also the Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Prime Group. He joined Prime Group in 1992 and has been involved with all forms of property ownership, management, financing and development. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, Mr. James also attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He serves on the California Apartment Association Leadership Council and is the past chairman of the California Housing Council.

Jon Brayshaw is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance.  Mr. Brayshaw leads the New York office where he oversees Capital Markets and Legal Strategy for the entire platform and focuses on New Business Development.  Prior to forming Prime Finance, Mr. Brayshaw was a Managing Director at Natixis, where he was involved in negotiating, structuring and closing commercial real estate loan transactions. Prior to Natixis, Mr. Brayshaw practiced law in New York at Kaye Scholer LLP. Mr. Brayshaw is a graduate of Bates College and the Fordham University School of Law.

Steve Gerstung is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance, Co-Chief Investment Officer and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance. Mr. Gerstung leads the Chicago office and oversees the Short Duration and Asset Management strategies.  Prior to forming Prime Finance, Mr. Gerstung was a Managing Director and the Head of Distribution for Natixis, where he was responsible for the structuring and sale of subordinate debt. Mr. Gerstung started his career at Nomura Securities after graduating cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in Economics.

Scott Douglass is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance, Co-Chief Investment Officer and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance. Mr. Douglass leads the San Francisco office, oversees the Long Duration Strategy and focuses on New Business Development.  Prior to forming Prime Finance, Mr. Douglass was a Managing Director for Natixis, responsible for the pricing, structuring and execution of all commercial real estate loans intended for securitization. Mr. Douglass started his career at Nomura Securities as part of the CMBS group, after graduating with Honors from Brown University with a B.A. degree in Business Economics and Organizational Behavior and Management.

Luke Dann is a Principal, Head of CMBS Investments and a member of the Long Duration Investment Committee. Mr. Dann began his career in CMBS in 1997 at LNR, one of the largest and oldest CMBS investors and special servicers. At LNR, he last headed credit for loan originations and oversaw B-Piece buying immediately prior to joining Prime Finance. While at LNR, he worked on the purchase of 170 new issue CMBS acquisitions totaling over 20,000 loans with a balance of over $270 billion and $4.2 billion of invested capital. He was also involved in the acquisition of over 600 secondary bonds totaling face of $8.1 billion and $1.2 billion invested, and maintained an active role in surveillance and loss projection management. Mr. Dann approved over 600 loans for $6 billion originated by LNR’s conduit. Mr. Dann is on the Board of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC). Mr. Dann graduated from Dartmouth College with B.A. in Government and an MBA from the University of Miami.

John Atwater is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance.  Mr. Atwater founded Prime Group in 1989 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Prime Group. Mr. Atwater has been involved with all forms of property ownership, management and financing. A graduate of Brown University and Stanford Business School, he has served on a variety of for-profit and non-profit boards, including Montgomery Street Income Securities, Lone Mountain School for Children, The Hamlin School, The California Academy of Sciences (Board Chair 2010-2014), the Corporation of Brown University and the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley.

Dan James is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance.  Mr. James is also the Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Prime Group. He joined Prime Group in 1992 and has been involved with all forms of property ownership, management, financing and development. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, Mr. James also attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He serves on the California Apartment Association Leadership Council and is the past chairman of the California Housing Council.

Jon Brayshaw is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance.  Mr. Brayshaw leads the New York office where he oversees Capital Markets and Legal Strategy for the entire platform and focuses on New Business Development.  Prior to forming Prime Finance, Mr. Brayshaw was a Managing Director at Natixis, where he was involved in negotiating, structuring and closing commercial real estate loan transactions. Prior to Natixis, Mr. Brayshaw practiced law in New York at Kaye Scholer LLP. Mr. Brayshaw is a graduate of Bates College and the Fordham University School of Law.

Scott Douglass is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance, Co-Chief Investment Officer and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance. Mr. Douglass leads the San Francisco office, oversees the Long Duration Strategy and focuses on New Business Development.  Prior to forming Prime Finance, Mr. Douglass was a Managing Director for Natixis, responsible for the pricing, structuring and execution of all commercial real estate loans intended for securitization. Mr. Douglass started his career at Nomura Securities as part of the CMBS group, after graduating with Honors from Brown University with a B.A. degree in Business Economics and Organizational Behavior and Management.

Steve Gerstung is a Co-Founding Partner of Prime Finance, Co-Chief Investment Officer and serves on the investment committees for all funds managed by Prime Finance. Mr. Gerstung leads the Chicago office and oversees the Short Duration and Asset Management strategies.  Prior to forming Prime Finance, Mr. Gerstung was a Managing Director and the Head of Distribution for Natixis, where he was responsible for the structuring and sale of subordinate debt. Mr. Gerstung started his career at Nomura Securities after graduating cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in Economics.

Luke Dann is a Principal, Head of CMBS Investments and a member of the Long Duration Investment Committee. Mr. Dann began his career in CMBS in 1997 at LNR, one of the largest and oldest CMBS investors and special servicers. At LNR, he last headed credit for loan originations and oversaw B-Piece buying immediately prior to joining Prime Finance. While at LNR, he worked on the purchase of 170 new issue CMBS acquisitions totaling over 20,000 loans with a balance of over $270 billion and $4.2 billion of invested capital. He was also involved in the acquisition of over 600 secondary bonds totaling face of $8.1 billion and $1.2 billion invested, and maintained an active role in surveillance and loss projection management. Mr. Dann approved over 600 loans for $6 billion originated by LNR’s conduit. Mr. Dann is on the Board of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC). Mr. Dann graduated from Dartmouth College with B.A. in Government and an MBA from the University of Miami.

Luke Dann is a Principal, Head of CMBS Investments and a member of the Long Duration Investment Committee. Mr. Dann began his career in CMBS in 1997 at LNR, one of the largest and oldest CMBS investors and special servicers. At LNR, he last headed credit for loan originations and oversaw B-Piece buying immediately prior to joining Prime Finance. While at LNR, he worked on the purchase of 170 new issue CMBS acquisitions totaling over 20,000 loans with a balance of over $270 billion and $4.2 billion of invested capital. He was also involved in the acquisition of over 600 secondary bonds totaling face of $8.1 billion and $1.2 billion invested, and maintained an active role in surveillance and loss projection management. Mr. Dann approved over 600 loans for $6 billion originated by LNR’s conduit. Mr. Dann is on the Board of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC). Mr. Dann graduated from Dartmouth College with B.A. in Government and an MBA from the University of Miami.

Ms. Stephenson is a Managing Director in Prime Finance’s CMBS Investments group. Prior to joining Prime, Ms. Stephenson was a Vice President at Starwood Mortgage Capital in its credit and underwriting group. During her five-year tenure at Starwood, Ms. Stephenson underwrote over 140 CMBS loans with an aggregate face value of $1.65 billion. Prior to Starwood, Ms. Stephenson spent five years working at RREEF America, L.L.C., where she was responsible for sourcing, underwriting and asset managing mezzanine and B-note investments for transitional properties. Ms. Stephenson began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was involved with the valuation of regional shopping malls. Ms. Stephenson graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies.

Mr. May is an Vice President in Prime Finance’s CMBS Investments group in the New York office. Prior to joining Prime, Mr. May was an analyst at KeyBank Real Estate Capital in the CMBS securitization and underwriting groups. Mr. May graduated from Kansas State University receiving a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Financial Management and a minor in Economics.

Mr. Chow is a Principal, Head of Capital Markets, Analytics and Trading, and serves on the investment committee for the Long Duration strategies. Prior to joining Prime Finance, Mr. Chow was a Portfolio Manager at UBS, responsible for the trading, surveillance, and risk management of a multi-billion portfolio consisting of cash and synthetic CMBS, CRE CDO, Esoteric ABS, Insurance-Linked, and ABS CDO securities. Prior to this role, he held various trading, structuring, banking, and research roles within the Securitized Products Groups at UBS and Credit Suisse. Mr. Chow graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Economics.

Mr. Gutman is a Principal, the Deputy Chief Investment Officer for the Direct Lending strategy, and a member of the Direct Lending Investment Committee.   Mr. Gutman also shares responsibility for Prime Finance’s financing and capital markets activity.  Prior to joining Prime Finance, Mr. Gutman held various Real Estate Capital Markets and Real Estate Investment Banking roles with Citi, Macquarie ABN AMRO/LaSalle Bank and Fitch Ratings. Mr. Gutman completed the General Course at The London School of Economics and Political Science, graduated with honors from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Finance and has an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Mr. Liu, who goes by DC, is an Associate with the Capital Markets team in the New York office. He graduated from Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, earning a Bachelor of Science with a major in Hotel Administration, a minor in Real Estate, and concentration in Investment Banking. Prior to graduation, DC interned at Verizon’s headquarters where he worked on their $26 billion real estate portfolio transactions and real estate asset downsizing strategic planning initiative. Prior to joining Prime Finance, DC was a Real Estate Portfolio Management Analyst at Verizon.

In his role as a Principal for Prime Group, Mr. Frieman leads the accounting, investor relations, compliance and business technology teams for both Prime Residential and Prime Finance. Mr. Frieman joined Prime Group in 2005 and has been involved in all facets of real estate investment, finance and administration including leadership roles in over $5 billion of real estate transactions. Prior to that, he was an advisor to distressed businesses, overseeing numerous restructurings and liquidations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Frieman practiced corporate law with Latham & Watkins and served as the General Counsel for a start-up technology company. Mr. Frieman graduated with honors from University of California at Berkeley and Harvard Law School.

Mr. Leonard is the Senior Controller for Prime Finance and Prime Group. He oversees ownership accounting, tax, and treasury functions for over $3.5 billion of assets. Prior to joining Prime Group in 2004 as Senior Controller, Dan was in charge of the U.S. accounting for Kumagi Gumi and Kabuto International, two large Japanese development companies. Spending approximately 10 years with each company, his experience includes the acquisition, finance, development, management, construction, operation, and sale of real estate. Dan is a graduate of the University of San Diego.

Mr. Schneider leads Prime Finance’s fund raising and investor relationships. Before joining Prime Finance, Mr. Schneider built and ran large real estate and real asset investment portfolios for Morgan Stanley AIP, Medley Partners, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as DuPont and TRW pension plans. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schneider worked at Prudential, MetLife and First Texas Savings in lending and asset management. Mr. Schneider holds a B. A. in Economics from Connecticut College and an MBA in Real Estate/Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Sutton is Prime Group’s Managing Director – Legal & Chief Compliance Officer. He is responsible for providing legal support to various Prime Group teams and executing Prime Group’s compliance program. Prior to joining Prime Group, Mr. Sutton practiced corporate law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP where he counseled private equity sponsors in fund formation and compliance matters. Mr. Sutton graduated from UCLA with honors and the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) and is a member of the State Bar of California.

Ms. Chin is a Controller for Prime Finance. Prior to joining Prime Group in 2010 as a Senior Accountant, Malar began her career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where she was the auditor-in-charge of public, private and venture capital clients. Malar holds a B.A. in Business Management Economics from University of California, Santa Cruz and she is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Takata is a Controller for Prime Finance. Prior to joining Prime Finance in 2012, Chris worked as an Accounting Analyst for a small business in San Diego where he maintained the company’s books. Chris holds a B.S. in Management Science and a Professional Accounting Certificate from the University of California, San Diego.