Our team is dedicated to developing and improving real estate while providing our clients with valuable trust and expertise. In order to build meaningful long-term relationships with our current and future clients, we invite you to click on our individual team members and get to know a bit more about the faces that drive our company behind the scenes.
Get To Know Us
Project Assistant
Parker Aylor
Project Assistant
What are your job responsibilities?
Assist project teams in administering and tracking multiple projects
What schools/programs did you attend?
Virginia Tech – Programs in finance and real estate
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I enjoy working in the service industry and have a passion for real estate.
Where did you grow up?
Fairfax County, VA
Where do you currently live?
Spencerville, MD
What has been one of your most memorable projects?
Fannie Mae Midtown Center
What would be your ideal job in another life?
High School Basketball Coach
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Mark Wahlberg
What pets do you have?
I have a two-year-old Golden Retriever named Nala.
Director of Project Management
Bryan Burnette
Director of Project Management
What are your job responsibilities?
Director of Project Management responsible for supervising junior project staff and external consultants and contractors; managing multiple development and renovation projects providing high-quality service to third-party clients and sponsored deals.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Morgan State University
What has been your most memorable project?
Avondell Senior Living, a market rate independent living community in Bel Air, Maryland.
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
Passion for developing projects from concept through design and construction management.
Where did you grow up?
Born and raised in Washington DC, late teenage years in Fort Washington, Maryland.
Where do you currently live?
Locust Point, Baltimore City…just south of the Inner Harbor
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Topsail Beach Island, North Carolina.
Assistant Project Manager
James McChristy
Assistant Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Administrative, project tracking, analysis and development support.
What schools did you attend?
- Bachelor in Business, University of New Mexico
- Masters in Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University
Where did you grow up?
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Seth Rogen or Jonah Hill
What is something you can’t live without?
Movie theater popcorn
What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people put toilet paper on the wrong way
Project Coordinator
Linda Nead
Project Coordinator
What are your job responsibilities?
To track, collect, log, and arrange project documents to assist employees to organize, process and utilize the information to successfully oversee and manage their projects. To create tools to allow me to ensure the information stays up-to-date and organized.
What schools/programs did you attend?
The Washington Business School
Howard Community College
Montgomery College
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I joined a construction management company 28 years ago as a secondary receptionist after working 9 years for the government. Turned out my Dad worked for their main electrical subcontractor. I grew up around blueprints and lighting catalogs. I have since worked for 2 other construction management companies before this position.
Where did you grow up?
Mainly in Kensington, Maryland
Where do you currently live?
Burtonsville, Maryland
What has been your most memorable project?
Working as an extension of staff for The Smithsonian Institutions facility management department.
What are your hobbies?
Genealogy and Piano.
Project Specialist
Anne Pierce
Project Specialist
What are your job responsibilities?
Reviewing project documentation, monitoring job progress, advising technical issues on needed items, and similar tasks.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Building Science, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Masters in Facilities Management, Catholic University of America
What has been your most memorable project?
At Real Projectives, one of the apartment buildings. A client purchased a not-quite-completed apartment building that needed interior and exterior completion. In addition, the client wanted to have residents immediately occupy the building during punch list completion, and also wanted to do various interior and exterior upgrades. Many parties were involved and coordination was challenging.
Where did you grow up?
Schenectady, New York
Where do you currently live?
Columbia, Maryland
Assistant Project Manager
Eloise Potterfield
Assistant Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Managing tenant improvement projects, performing development and construction oversight for clients, and supporting senior project managers and associates.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Science, cum laude, Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management, University of Delaware
- Swiss Higher Diploma, Hotel Management, Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality
- Master of Business Administration, Real Estate & Infrastructure, The Johns Hopkins University
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I entered the real estate industry, indirectly, by way of hospitality, and subsequently, through multi-family and mixed use management. I find the real estate/project management industry to be exciting and challenging– I am stimulated by the problems inevitably encountered in realizing a project’s design, and love solving these problems, and seeing buildings go up because of my contributions.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in Cheltenham, England, but did most of my growing up in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Anne Hathaway.
What is your favorite vacation spot?
The South of France, particularly Provence. Perhaps, one day, I’ll retire there.
What pets do you have?
I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, named Ringo.
Senior Associate
Jeffrey Ratnow
Senior Associate
What are your job responsibilities?
Managing projects. Teaching and mentoring our junior staff members in areas that I have expertise. Networking and finding new consulting work and clients. Sourcing real estate investment deals and implementing the determined development plans.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Lehigh University
- Masters in Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University
What was your most memorable project?
The 21 story, $400M Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy Hospital. It was an amazing collaboration with the Owner, the Contractor and the Designer (me) to tackle an immense urban redevelopment project that transformed a portion of downtown Baltimore.
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
Real Estate development was something that always drew my attention and when I had the opportunity to pursue a degree in that field, I took it. That degree opened up my world, where I was fortunate enough to be hired to develop affordable housing. Affordable housing gave me the development experience I craved and needed, but also opened up my eyes to an entire new world of public purpose investment which shapes my development goals to this day.
Where did you grow up?
Suffern, New York, just west of New York City.
Where do you currently live?
Riverside Community in Baltimore, the greatest city in America.
What is your favorite music group?
I am an avid Phish fan, and it goes beyond music, but also community. There are so many layers of enjoyment that come with Phish that it’s hard to describe. The discussions, debates, statistics, memories of different shows and friends you meet. Phish fans are some of the most thoughtful and cerebral people I have ever met.
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Anywhere there is snow, a mountain and a ski lift.
What pets do you have?
Our family adopted a pit/pointer mix from our local shelter. She is the best behaved, sweetest, most loving creature in the world.
Senior Project Manager
Kody Safiran
Senior Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, be an office resource, and participate in business development.
What schools/programs did you attend?
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Maryland
Master of Business Administration in Finance and Management, George Washington University
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I am very passionate about project management as it relates to development, design, and construction. I vividly recall the first model of a building I made at age 8.
Where did you grow up?
Montgomery County, MD
Various locations: Rockville, Bethesda
Where do you currently live?
Potomac, MD
What has been your most memorable project?
Abemarle Point – a 300,000 SF, 6 Building Complex – I managed the entire process and designed everything from site plan to individual buildings over the course of 3 years.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
Professional Soccer Player
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Ben Kingsley
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Florence Italy
What are your hobbies?
I am an avid visitor to art museums and exhibitions.
What is your spirit animal?
The Crow
Project Manager
Matthew Scott
Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Manage and oversee multiple development and renovation projects to achieve our client’s goals; Construction Management services and client representation.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor in Urban Planning & Policy, Virginia Tech
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I started my career in the General Contracting/Construction Management industry and I have always had a passion for seeing a project start as a vision and be turned into reality. Being able to work closely with building owners and developers allows me to fulfill that passion.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
Race Car Driver
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Riviera Maya, Mexico
What are your hobbies?
Cooking, Trying New Food/Restaurants, and Anything to do with Cars.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Owner & Principal
Jonathan Williams
Owner & Principal
What are your job responsibilities?
Leading the company and advising clients.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State University
- Masters of Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
As a very young boy I started out making temporary forts out of cardboard boxes, then played around construction sites, and built tree houses, bridges and two workshops. I then worked my way through college designing and building custom homes in PA.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
After sailing around the world, I would voyage into space.
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
James Spader
What is your favorite vacation spot?
So far it has been watching the hot lava flow into the ocean on the Big Island of Hawaii. I was mesmerized by the creation of land right before my eyes.
What are your hobbies?
Learning to sail on and exploring the Chesapeake Bay.
Tell us about your family.
Married 20+ years to Erin and have two amazing daughters, Ashley and Kaitlyn.
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