Pathfinder’s Advisory Council, formed in 2008, meets on a regular basis to provide the firm’s executive team with strategic advice and to discuss trends in real estate and financial markets and the commercial lending environment. Several members of the Advisory Council are members of a general partner entity for one of the Pathfinder funds, and provide strategic advice to Pathfinder’s Investment Committee.
Carl Eibl
Carl Eibl
Carl is the former Managing Director at Enterprise Partners, a San Diego-based, venture capital firm which at its height had $1billion under management. Prior to joining Enterprise in 2003, he was the CEO of several high profile technology and life science companies, including publicly-traded Maxwell Technologies (MXWL, NASDAQ), President of Stratagene Corporation (STGN), then a privately-held biotechnology company and CEO of Mycogen Corporation, a publicly-held agricultural, biotechnology company, acquired by Dow Chemical Company for $1.1 billion. Carl holds a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from Cornell University.
John Frager
John Frager
Chairman
John has been a commercial real estate executive for more than 20 years. In 2010, he rejoined CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBRE) as head of its Office Services Group for North America and Latin America, where he oversaw more than 1,500 professionals and support staff. He currently directly manages all CBRE real estate professionals in San Diego. Previously, he was President and CEO of Cassidy Turley San Diego (formerly Grubb & Ellis BRE Commercial), which he grew from the fourth largest to the largest commercial real estate firm in San Diego in just five years. Under his leadership, BRE launched several new divisions, including Financial Advisory Services, Debt Placement and Capital Markets, and acquired several businesses. John spent the first 16 years of his real estate career at CBRE, in various executive management positions. Previously, he served for six years as an aviator with the U.S. Navy and did tours in Japan, the Philippines and Guam. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Damon Gascon
Damon Gascon
Damon is a 25-year veteran of the homebuilding industry with substantial experience in strategic planning, land development and development of master planned communities. He is currently Regional Vice President of Lewis Homes, a leading developer of master planned communities and builders and owners of rental communities, shopping centers, office buildings and industrial parks. He was previously President of Gascon Companies, Inc., a residential real estate advisory, asset management and construction services firm providing services to homebuilders, developers and lenders. Previously, Damon served as Inland Empire Area President for K. Hovnanian Homes (KHOV, NYSE), a publicly-traded, national homebuilder. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Pacific Century Homes, the largest homebuilder in the Inland Empire before Lennar Homes acquired the company in 2002. Damon graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from San Diego State University.
Norm Miller, Ph.D.
Norm Miller, Ph.D.
Norm is an Emeritus Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego. He was Vice President of Analytics for the CoStar Group, a leading commercial real estate data and market analysis company. Prior to joining USD, he was Academic Director and the founder of the real estate program at the University of Cincinnati. He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.
Norm has published numerous academic articles, books and articles in trade market publications on housing, brokerage, mortgage risk, valuation, sustainable real estate and many other topics. His most recent book “Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment” with David Geltner at MIT, is in its third edition and is the world’s leading graduate level real estate textbook. He has lectured around the world from France to Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand and Russia. He has worked extensively with various trade associations and became one of the first “Distinguished Fellows” of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He is currently Vice President of the Hoyt Institute Thinktank in Florida.
Jerry Turk
Jerry Turk
Jerry is a former CEO of several hospitality companies. He oversaw the development, construction and management of many casino hotels, including the Pala Casino Spa and Resort in San Diego County and together with a former partner, the Empress Casino, near Chicago. These facilities soon became among the most successful casinos in their markets. He recently formed and serves as executive chairman of Tribal Financial Advisors, Inc., which provides financial advisory services to American Indian Tribes. Jerry was previously a partner and managing director with the investment banking firm of Oppenheimer & Co. where he specialized in challenging financings. He also served as chief operating officer of a large, privately-held women’s footwear company, chief financial officer of an American Stock Exchange-listed company, and a special assistant to the New York City Controller, where he led the team that uncovered poor accounting practices and other issues within the Controller's office. He was trained as both an attorney and a certified public accountant. He served as the first president and a co-founder of the Las Vegas office of the Anti-Defamation League, president of the Ronald McDonald House of Las Vegas, chairman of the redevelopment committee of the Las Vegas Downtown Progress Association, director and member of the executive committee of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, director of the United Way of Southern Nevada, director and a founder of the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, director and member of the executive committee of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, director and member of the executive committee of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities of San Diego and director and member of the executive committee of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
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