Jaymie Beckett
Chief Executive Officer
Jaymie’s career spans more than two decades, featuring roles in both institutional organizations and entrepreneurial ventures. She began her career at Deutsche Bank in Real Estate investment banking, later transitioning to a role at Related Capital, an affordable-housing financier specializing in LIHTC bond originations and tax-credit equity syndications. During her tenure at Related Capital, Jaymie focused on strategy and capital raising initiatives, playing a pivotal role in transforming the company into a more well-known, institutionally owned, publicly traded company.
Following her time at Related Capital, Jaymie attended UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she was awarded the prestigious ULI Kenneth M. Good Graduate Student Fellowship. After graduating with an MBA, Jaymie co-founded AJ Capital Partners, a real estate operating business with a focus on the hospitality sector. Under her leadership, the business completed over $500 million in acquisitions of unique hospitality assets between 2009 and 2012.
Expanding her focus beyond hospitality, Jaymie became the Head of Acquisition at Blatteis & Schnur, where she made significant contributions to retail development projects, including At Mateo in Downtown LA and the transformative redevelopment of the Macy Men’s Store in San Francisco’s Union Square.
Most recently, Jaymie founded the Calderly Group, an investment and advisory firm. Calderly created successful joint ventures in which it acquired, redeveloped, and sold a portfolio of 700 workforce housing units in Salt Lake City, in addition to consulting on various real estate projects.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Jaymie dedicates herself to her community. Her involvement with the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors, Cayton Children’s Museum Women’s Philanthropy Circle, and UCLA REAG Endowment Circle underscores her commitment to societal betterment. She is a proud alumna of Middlebury College and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Jaymie resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
Patrick Luke
President
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Prior to joining BLVD Capital, Pat served as the Vice President of Acquisitions at California Landmark, a regional multifamily development and investment firm. He was responsible for the formation and management of the acquisitions platform, and for the sourcing, acquisition and financing of the company’s multifamily investments. While at California Landmark, he sourced and acquired performing and non-performing loans, value-add apartments, development sites and low income housing. Pat created the investment platform for the company to acquire low income housing, focusing on Section 42 tax credit properties and Section 8 HAP contract properties.
Prior to California Landmark, he was Director of Multifamily Acquisitions for Starpoint Properties, a Beverly Hills based investment and operating company focused on value added and opportunistic investments. In this role, he was responsible for the sourcing, acquisition, disposition and financing of all multifamily properties in California. Additionally, in 2010 he helped create StarPoint Homes, LLC, which acquired distressed single family residences at trustee sales. During his tenure with StarPoint, Pat managed the successful closing of over $480 million in multifamily acquisitions and dispositions.
Prior to joining StarPoint in 2005, Pat worked for commercial real estate brokerage firms Marcus & Millichap and Voit Real Estate Services, where he was involved in over $60 million of transactions.
Pat graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the UCLA Real Estate Alumni Group. He was selected as one of Real Estate Forum’s Tomorrow’s Leaders in 2014.
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Andrew Lamming
Secretary
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Andrew Lamming is a partner with the nationally recognized law firm, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, where he handles a wide range of real estate transactional matters with an emphasis on low-income housing developments. Andrew has represented a variety of for-profit and non-profit developers in the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and disposition of housing projects throughout the United States.
Andrew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.
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Scott Alter
Board of Directors Member
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Scott J. Alter is Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. As Principal, Mr. Alter manages all aspects of investments, asset management, construction, financial structuring, and corporate strategy for Standard Communities. Since co-founding Standard Communities in 2008, Mr. Alter has led Standard to become a California Benefit Corporation and one of the 50 largest affordable housing owners in the country, with more than $4 billion in AUM and over 18,600 units. Over the course of his career, Mr. Alter has played an integral role in the acquisition, management, disposition, and financing of real estate transactions with a capitalization of more than $6 billion over the past 20 years.
Well-known in the philanthropic community, Mr. Alter serves on the Host Committee for the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and is a current Board Member and Co-Founder of Housing on Merit, a California-based non-profit focused on creating a bridge to permanent affordable housing for vulnerable populations. Additionally, Mr. Alter is an active board member of multiple locally focused community organizations in New York City. Mr. Alter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University with a concentration in Labor Economics and Finance.
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Bryan Barker
Board of Directors Member
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Bryan Barker has 15 years of experience in providing financing solutions to developers of affordable multifamily communities throughout the United States. He specializes in using tax exempt bonds to provide construction and permanent financing. Past financing structures have included private placements, direct bank purchases and credit enhancement (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Most transactions have also involved low income housing tax credits.
Mr. Barker has arranged over $3 billion of financings. Mr. Barker joined Citi Community Capital, formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage Affordable Housing Division, in 2002.
Mr. Barker is a graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.A., Economics).
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Jeffrey Jaeger
Board of Directors Member
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Jeffrey E. Jaeger is Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. For the past 20 years, Mr. Jaeger has played an essential role in the acquisition, management, disposition, and financing of real estate transactions with a capitalization of more than $6 billion. Mr. Jaeger is responsible for all facets of investments, asset management, construction, financial structuring, and the strategic direction of Standard Communities. Under Mr. Jaeger’s leadership, Standard Communities has become one of the 50 largest affordable housing owners in the country, with a portfolio of more than 115 deals totaling over 18,600 units.
Active in the Los Angeles philanthropic community, Mr. Jaeger is a current Board Member and Co-Founder of Housing on Merit, a California-based non-profit focused on creating a bridge to permanent affordable housing for vulnerable populations. Mr. Jaeger is also a current Board Member of Inner-City Arts, one of the nation’s most effective arts-education providers located in the heart of Skid Row, Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Michael Ravitch
Board of Directors Member
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Michael D. Ravitch is a partner at Grossberg, Yochelson, Fox & Beyda, LLP. Mr. Ravitch concentrates his practice among areas of acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of real property as well as the preparation of joint venture documents. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with high distinction from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Ravitch was a Member of The George Washington University Law School Law Review and The Order of the Coif. He was also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Pennsylvania from 1990 until 1995. Mr. Ravitch came to Grossberg, Yochelson, Fox & Beyda as a law clerk while in law school, and has been with the firm ever since. Mr. Ravitch advises numerous individuals and real estate companies on contractual, business and management issues, and has lectured on various real estate related topics from time to time over the years.
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