Welcome to Archetype Mortgage Capital

Our Team

David AuerBach *Senior Vice President* Mr. Auerbach is a Senior Vice President at AMC, responsible for originating, structuring and closing loans on all property types, to be held on book or for securitization. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Auerbach joined Cynergie Group, LLC at its inception and participated in all areas of the company's entre into the South Florida real estate markets as Director of Finance and Business Development. Cynergy Group advised financial institutions holding distressed real estate assets with expertise in the legal, construction, finance and development areas of commercial and vertical residential real estate. (2009 - 2010). Prior to joining Cynergy Group, Mr. Auerbach was responsible for establishing the Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital office in Miami, Florida for the purpose of originating commercial real estate loans. Mr. Auerbach served as Director with a product focus on non-recourse, fixed-rate senior debt for securitization with a concentration on forming strategic mortgage banking and direct borrower client relationships. (2007 - 2009). Before joining DBMC, Mr. Auerbach was a Vice President of Wachovia Securities Real Estate Capital Markets and member of the South Florida team that operated the mortgage origination office in Fort Lauderdale. Primary product focus was fixed and floating rate commercial mortgage loans for securitization, bridge loans, non-recourse construction loans, high-yielding investments including joint venture equity and mezzanine debt, and agency lending. While in this role, Mr. Auerbach was involved in the origination and deal management of approximately $3.5 billion of funded debt and equity transactions. (2002 - 2007). Prior to joining Wachovia Securities, Mr. Auerbach was with Thomas D. Wood and Company, a life insurance correspondent mortgage banking company, where he supported the loan production group as well as the loan servicing group. (1999 - 2002). Mr. Auerbach holds a BBA from Florida International University and earned his MBA from the University of Miami.

Jeremy Beard *Senior Vice President* Mr. Beard is a Senior Vice President at AMC, responsible for managing the securitization of loans originated by the firm. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Beard was a Director at Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, L.L.C. where he was involved in securitizing more than $17 billion of commercial loans. Before working at DBMC, he was a Vice President in the Commercial Real Estate Finance group at First Union National Bank (now known as Wells Fargo), originating commercial loans across all product types before subsequently moving to the securitization group. Prior to returning to First Union, he was a Senior Vice President at WMF Capital Corp. where he led a group of multifamily loan originators. Before joining WMF CC, he was one of the original members of the Commercial Real Estate Finance group at FUNB, focused on multifamily loan origination. Prior to joining FUNB, he was an Analyst in the Real Estate Finance Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Beard received a B.A. in Government from Connecticut College.

Larry Brown President of Archetype Mortgage Capital Mr. Brown is the President of AMC, overseeing all of the lending and subsequent securitization activities of the firm. Prior to forming AMC, Mr. Brown was a co-founder, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of AllBridge Investments, an investor in the commercial real estate capital markets. Before co-founding AllBridge, Mr. Brown started Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, in May 1999 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer through April of 2005. While at DBMC, he oversaw more than $23 billion in public and private securitized transactions as well as the origination of over 750 loans totaling approximately $9 billion. Prior to the formation of DBMC, Mr. Brown served as President of WMF Capital Corp., where he oversaw all commercial real estate finance and capital markets activities of the company. Before joining WMF CC, he was the Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate Finance at First Union National Bank (now known as Wells Fargo), co-founding the Real Estate Capital Markets Group and overseeing the origination and subsequent distribution of commercial mortgage-backed securities including over $6.5 billion in public/private securitized transactions. Prior to joining FUNB, he was a Senior Vice President in the Real Estate Finance Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, supervising the negotiation, documentation, and closing of more than $1.5 billion of securitized commercial mortgage transactions. Before joining DLJ, Mr. Brown was an Associate at the law firms of Baker & McKenzie and Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, where he specialized in real estate banking and real estate finance law. Mr. Brown graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University and earned his law degree from Georgetown University School of Law.

Grace Y. Chiang Vice President Ms. Chiang is a Vice President at AMC, responsible for the negotiation, documentation, legal due diligence and closing of AMC's loans. Prior to joining AMC, Ms. Chiang was a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Finance and Investment Group in the New York office of Alston & Bird LLP. Prior to that, Ms. Chiang was a Vice President at Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, LLC, where she was responsible for the negotiation, documentation, legal due diligence and closing of DBMC's loans. Before joining DBMC, Ms. Chiang was an Associate in the Real Estate Finance Department at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. She has represented financial institutions and other capital providers in all types of commercial real-estate finance transactions, including commercial mortgage-backed securities, balance sheet, mezzanine and construction financing. Ms. Chiang received a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Matt Cox Vice President Mr. Cox is a Vice President of AMC, responsible for credit underwriting. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Cox spent over 15 years in CMBS underwriting and origination at JP Morgan Mortgage Capital, Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. During his tenure at Deutsche Bank (9 years), Mr. Cox structured more than $2.0 Billion of commercial mortgages for CMBS securitization. Mr. Cox received his B.S. in Financial Management from Clemson University and M.S. in Real Estate from Georgia State University. He also holds an MAI designation with the Appraisal Institute.

Luke Dann *Director and Chief Credit Officer* Mr. Dann is a Managing Director and the Chief Credit Officer of LNR Property LLC where he oversees all credit and investing activities of LNR. Since joining LNR in 1997, Mr. Dann has been closely involved in all facets of acquisitions, including CMBS, structured loans and corporate acquisitions. Since April 2011, Mr. Dann has served as the Chief Credit Officer of AMC. In 2012, this role was expanded beyond the conduit origination division to include the oversight of all credit and investing activities of LNR. Prior to joining LNR, Mr. Dann worked in investment banking for Salomon Smith Barney in New York City. Mr. Dann holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Dartmouth College and earned his M.B.A. from the University of Miami.

Steven DeRose *Vice President* Mr. DeRose is a Vice President at AMC, responsible for originating, structuring and closing loans on all property types, to be held on book or for securitization. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. DeRose was a Director at Tannery Brook Partners, a boutique real estate investment bank providing advisory services to clients on commercial real estate matters, which included mergers and acquisitions, property-level recapitalizations and debt restructurings. Prior to his time at Tannery Brook Partners, Mr. DeRose served as a Director in Wells Fargo Securities' Special Situations Group, where he was responsible for the workout and restructuring of principal investments in highly structured commercial real estate debt throughout the country. In this role, Mr. DeRose was responsible for overseeing an approximately $1.3 Billion loan portfolio. Prior to working in the Special Situations Group, Mr. DeRose held various positions within the bank's predecessor, Wachovia Securities' Real Estate Capital Markets platform, much of which was spent in the firm's Structured Finance Group, originating bridge loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity and JV equity investments. Mr. DeRose holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Business Management and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Florida.

Leslie Fairbanks *Senior Vice President, Head of Contract Finance* Ms. Fairbanks is a Senior Vice President and Head of Contract Finance at AMC. She is responsible for the negotiation, documentation, legal due diligence and closing of the company's floating rate bridge, mezzanine and commercial mortgage-backed securities loans. Ms. Fairbanks was formerly the Managing Director and Head of Wachovia Bank's Commercial Mortgage Loan Servicing business, then the nation's largest loan servicer with a portfolio under management of approximately $400 billion. During this period, she served terms as the Chair of the Master Servicer/Trustee Committee of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association and a member of the Servicer CEO Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Prior to running the servicing business, Ms. Fairbanks was a Managing Director in Wachovia's Structured Finance group where she was responsible for the negotiation, documentation, legal due diligence and closing of approximately $1.5 billion of floating rate bridge and mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments. Prior to joining Wachovia, Ms. Fairbanks was a Senior Vice President of WMF Capital Corp. where she was responsible for the negotiation, documentation, legal due diligence and closing of the company's CMBS loans. Prior to joining WMF CC, Ms. Fairbanks was a real estate attorney at New York City law firms including Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Brown & Wood (now known as Sidley Austin), where she represented banks, investment banks and other capital providers in their CMBS and other commercial real estate finance transactions. Ms. Fairbanks graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University and earned her law degree from New York University School of Law and her MBA from Wake Forest University.

James Freel *Senior Vice President* Jim Freel is a Senior Vice President of AMC, responsible for originating fixed-rate loans for securitization on all commercial property types nationwide. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Freel was a Relationship Manager with two NY-based local banking institutions, State Bank of Long Island and more recently, Amalgamated Bank, where he was responsible for both loan production and portfolio management of commercial real estate properties located throughout the northeast. Previously, Mr. Freel spent 9 years at Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, LLC, starting in 2000 as an Associate and rising to the Director level by 2007. While at DMBC, Mr. Freel successfully originated more than $1 billion of CMBS loans nationwide, with an emphasis on the northeast. Prior to working at DMBC, Mr. Freel was a CRE Analyst in the CMBS group at Salomon Smith Barney, and before that in the Commercial Real Estate department of Dime Savings Bank of New York.Mr. Freel received his Bachelor' Degree in Finance from Georgetown University.

Lisa Gainsley Associate Ms. Gainsley is an Associate of AMC, responsible for analysis of potential loans, loan underwriting and new originations. Prior to joining AMC, Ms. Gainsley worked as a financial analyst for Studley's New York-based Capital Transactions Group, where she was responsible for the team's underwriting, analysis, and due diligence work. Prior to her role at Studley, Ms. Gainsley worked as a financial analyst for Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in the Global Commercial Real Estate Group, where she focused on the origination, syndication and securitization of real estate and corporate debt. Ms. Gainsley's previous roles also included working as an asset management analyst for Tokyo-based Panorama Hospitality, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, and as a financial analyst for Milestone Advisors LLC, a Washington, DC-based boutique investment bank focused on M&A advisory in the financial services sector. Ms. Gainsley holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance with minors in Economics and Japanese from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

Samantha Gentile Senior Analyst Ms. Gentile is a Senior Analyst for AMC, responsible for analysis of potential loans, loan underwriting and new originations. Prior to joining AMC, Ms. Gentile worked as a financial analyst for Studley's New York Consulting Group, which supports the firm's New York brokers on some of the largest, most complex transactions and strategic plans. Ms. Gentile's previous roles also included working as a wealth management analyst for Merrill Lynch, and as a financial analyst for Bank of New York Mellon in Asset Pricing. Ms. Gentile holds a Bachelor of Science in finance with a concentration in physics and a minor in mathematics from Fairfield University.

Rich Highfield Chief Credit Officer Mr. Highfield is AMC's Chief Credit Officer responsible for risk management and underwriting. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Highfield was a Director at BlackRock Solutions. During his tenure at BlackRock, Mr. Highfield worked with the Commercial Real Estate team of the Financial Markets Advisory group and served as project lead or co-lead on the valuation and risk assessment of two government agency commercial real estate debt portfolios totaling over $50 billion and over 35,000 positions. Additionally, he worked as a senior member of teams engaged to perform acquisition due diligence. Prior to joining BRS, Mr. Highfield was an Executive Vice President at David L. Bonuccelli & Associates, an independent fiduciary and pension fund advisory firm that worked with clients such as the California State Teachers' Retirement System and the California Public Employees' Retirement System. In this position, Mr. Highfield was responsible for assessing risk and advising on commercial real estate debt financing, restructuring and monthly monitoring and reporting of the funds' investments in over 20 commercial real estate debt funds and numerous other joint ventures. Prior to joining David L. Bonuccelli & Associates, Mr. Highfield was a Principal at Banc of America Securities within the Real Estate Structured Finance Group where he held several positions from origination through the servicing of primarily CMBS loans. While a Senior Originator, Mr. Highfield originated approximately $1 billion in production from 2005 to 2008. As Team Lead of the Large Loan Underwriting group, Mr. Highfield underwrote approximately $4 billion in structured transactions from 2002 through 2004. In the Capital Markets Servicing Group, Mr. Highfield served as a Portfolio Management Team Lead, overseeing the master servicing of approximately 2,000 CMBS loans within 17 securitizations. Prior to Banc of America Securities, Mr. Highfield was a Staff Appraiser at Shiplett-Wilkins & Associates (now Grubb Ellis) specializing in due diligence, feasibility studies and the valuation of industrial, retail, office, hotel and multifamily assets throughout the southeastern U.S. Mr. Highfield received a B.S. in Finance with a concentration in Economics from the University of Florida.

Lance Johnson *Senior Vice President* Mr. Johnson is a Senior Vice President within the national loan origination Team of AMC. He is responsible for sourcing, structuring and closing both fixed and floating rate loans, on all property types, to be held on book or for securitization. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Johnson spent 15 years with Wells Fargo Bank and its predecessors. Most recently, Mr. Johnson was a Director in the ORE Department of Wells Fargo's Wholesale Bank where he was responsible for overseeing a portfolio of commercial and residential assets that totaled $500 million in the Central and Southeast regions. Prior to working in the ORE Department of Wells Fargo, Mr. Johnson was a Director in Wachovia Bank's Real Estate Capital Markets division. He spent over 10 years in that group (1998-2007) and was involved with the origination, deal management and securitization of $5 billion in funded debt transactions during that time. Before joining the CMBS group at Wachovia, Mr. Johnson was an Assistant Vice President in First Union's Mortgage Banking Group where he underwrote and packaged loans sold to life insurance companies. (1997-1998). Prior to working in the Mortgage Banking Group of First Union, Mr. Johnson was a Stockbroker for PaineWebber where he created, developed and executed short and long term financial strategies for clients. (1995-1996). Mr. Johnson received a B.A. in Finance and earned his MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Craig Picket *Senior Vice President* Craig Picket is a Senior Vice President within the national loan origination team of AMC. He is responsible for sourcing, structuring and closing both fixed and floating rate loans, on all property types, to be held on book or for securitization. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Picket was an Executive Director at Ladder Capital Finance and prior to that he was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Capital Markets Group at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Picket holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.S. in Real Estate Investment and Development from New York University.

John Porter *Vice President* Mr. Porter is a Vice President of AMC, responsible for credit underwriting. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Porter spent over 10 years as a senior CRE and CMBS underwriter at Wells Fargo Bank, Brookfield Investment Mgmt. and Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, LLC. During his tenure at Deutsche Bank (7 years), Mr. Porter underwrote over $3.0 Billion of commercial mortgages for CMBS securitization in Deutsche Bank's Conduit group. In 2007 alone, he underwrote 56 loans totaling close to $1.0 Billion encompassing various collateral types including anchored and unanchored retail, office buildings, industrial properties, multifamily, student housing, mobile home parks, self-storage and hotels. Mr. Porter received his B.B.A. in Finance from Pace University's Lubin School of Business in New York City.

Sam Rosen *Senior Vice President* Sam Rosen is a Senior Vice President within the national loan origination team of AMC. He is responsible for sourcing, structuring and closing both fixed and floating rate loans, on all product types, to be held on book and for securitization. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Rosen was an Executive Director at Ladder Capital Finance for the previous three years where he was responsible for originating first mortgage loans and mezzanine loans and also acquiring NNN properties. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Southeast Region at Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital for nine years. Prior to DBMC, Sam held jobs at First Union National Bank (now known as Wells Fargo), WMF Capital Corp, and UBS. Mr. Rosen holds a B.S. in Finance from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.


Gerry Santos *Vice President* Gerry Santos is a Vice President within the National Loan Origination team of AMC, responsible for sourcing, structuring, and closing loans on all property types for CMBS securitization. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Santos was an Assistant Relationship Manager at US Bank responsible for portfolio management, CRE underwriting, and sourcing new business opportunities throughout the Southern California market. Prior to US Bank, Mr. Santos launched the Southern California office for Dexia Real Estate Capital Markets (aka Artesia Mortgage Capital) and helped establish and brand the company throughout the west coast. During his 5 years at Dexia, Mr. Santos originated and closed more than $1 billion of CMBS and floating rate loans nationwide. Prior to Dexia, Mr. Santos worked at JP Morgan Mortgage Capital in Los Angeles for 5 years as an associate producer and senior underwriter, closing over $1 billion of CMBS loans nationwide. Prior to JP Morgan, Mr. Santos was the senior underwriter at Merrill Lynch Mortgage Conduit Group in Newport Beach.Mr. Santos holds a B.S. in Management from Pepperdine University and Global Enterprise Management credentials from Universidad Adolfo Ibanez in Santiago, Chile and Oxford University, England.

Caroline Stephenson *Analyst* Caroline Stephenson is an Analyst at AMC, responsible for analysis of potential loans, loan underwriting and new originations. Prior to joining AMC, Ms. Stephenson served as a Director at Playbutton LLC, where she oversaw all client relations, as well as the sales and marketing efforts. Ms. Stephenson spent the majority of her career in financial services at Thomson Reuters, where she worked first as a Client Relationship Manager and later as a Commercial Manager in the Corporate Business Intelligence sector. Ms. Stephenson also worked at Prudential Equity Group as an Institutional Equity Senior Sales Associate. Ms. Stephenson received a B.A. from Yale University.

Lyndsay Stephenson
Assistant Vice President

Lyndsay Stephenson is an Assistant Vice President of AMC, splitting her time between credit/underwriting and loan originations. Prior to joining AMC, Ms. Stephenson was an Associate at RREEF, the real estate investment business of Deutsche Bank, in its Structured Debt Group, where she was responsible for originating, underwriting and managing investments in mezzanine loans, B-notes and other types of high-yielding debt investments. At RREEF she was also responsible for investor reporting, strategic planning and all financial analysis for three private debt funds. Before RREEF, Ms. Stephenson was an Analyst at Holiday Fenoglio Fowler, in its Debt Placement group, where she helped source loans for all property types across the U.S., with a general focus on the northeast. Ms. Stephenson began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant in its Valuation and Advisory group. At PwC, she focused primarily on valuing regional shopping malls.

Ms. Stephenson holds a B.S. in Real Estate and Urban Economics from the University of Connecticut.

Timothy Szalay
Senior Vice President

Tim Szalay is a Senior Vice President at AMC, focusing on sourcing new origination nationwide through both broker and direct borrower relationships. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Szalay was co-founder and managing partner of Peconic Bay Capital which focuses on acquiring multifamily investment properties that have a value-add opportunity. Before co-founding PBC, Mr. Szalay was a Managing Director and Head of the Northeast Team for Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, LLC. While at DBMC for 10 years, his origination efforts resulted in over 190 closed transactions totaling over $4 billion dollars. Prior to working at DBMC, Mr. Szalay worked at several New York based local banking institutions. Mr. Szalay focused on the workout of defaulted loans, cleaning up the balance sheets and assisting senior management in returning the banks to a profitable position.

Mr. Szalay holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communication from the State University of New York at Buffalo and earned his MBA in Banking and Finance from Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business.

Keith Thompson
Senior Vice President

Keith Thompson is a Senior Vice President within the National Loan Origination Team of AMC. Mr. Thompson is responsible for sourcing, structuring and closing both fixed and floating rate loans, on all property types, to be held on book or for securitization.

Mr. Thompson has more than 25 years' experience in the CRE finance industry, including capital markets and life insurance balance sheet lending. For the past 15 years, Mr. Thompson has focused on CMBS execution, most recently with Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital, LLC as Director/Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer with over $2 billion of fixed rate commercial loan originations. Prior to DBMC, Mr. Thompson was with WMF Capital Corporation and First Union Capital Markets (now known as Wells Fargo) where he was Director/Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer originating in excess of $900 million of fixed rate commercial loans throughout the U.S. Prior to Mr. Thompson's 15 year stint of CMBS lending, he focused on long term commercial mortgage balance sheet lending for approximately 10 years with two life insurance companies. He was with Equitable of Iowa, which was subsequently bought by ING, where he was Director of the Northeast as Senior Management. He was solely responsible for all loan closings, managed existing loans, originated approximately $200 million per year and was responsible for all inherited loan workouts in the Northeastern U.S. Mr. Thompson was also with Confederation Life Insurance Company, a Canadian Insurance Company, as Vice President for the East Coast Team, where he was part of a four person team that originated and closed approximately $450 million per year of long term fixed rate balance sheet loans for the entire Eastern U.S.

Mr. Thompson holds a B.B.A from Mississippi State University.

Jonathan Urgell
Senior Analyst

Mr. Urgell is a Senior Analyst of AMC's credit underwriting group. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Urgell was an Analyst at LNR Property where he focused on Investment Management, Loan Asset Management, and REO dispositions.

Jonathan holds a B.S. in Economics from Duke University.

Bradley Widensky
Vice President

Mr. Widensky is a Vice President of AMC, responsible for credit underwriting. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Widensky was an Analyst at Moody's Investors Service. During his tenure at Moody's, Mr. Widensky was a member of the Commercial Real Estate Finance group and worked primarily on the rating of new issue CMBS transactions (2004 - 2011).

Mr. Widensky received a B.S in Finance and an M.S. in Finance from the University of Florida.

Chuck Wolter
Executive Vice President

Mr. Wolter is an Executive Vice President of AMC, responsible for new loan origination via existing AMC relationships as well as the direct-borrower and brokerage communities. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Wolter was co-founder and Managing Director of Tannery Brook Partners. Tannery Brook advised clients on matters related to commercial real estate finance including mergers and acquisitions, property level recapitalization and debt restructuring. In addition to Tannery Brook's advising services, the firm engaged in the underwriting and acquisition of distressed debt, bonds and property for its own account. (2009-2011). Prior to co-founding Tannery Brook Partners, Mr. Wolter served as Managing Director and Business Unit Leader for Wachovia's Structured Finance Group, where he was responsible for the bank's principal investments in bridge, mezzanine, preferred equity, and joint venture equity investments. While in this role, Mr. Wolter was responsible for overseeing the origination and management of an approximately $5 billion debt and equity portfolio. Roughly $4.5 billion consisted of various senior (bridge) and subordinate (mezzanine) debt positions. Approximately $500 million was invested in preferred and joint venture equity investments (2005 - 2009). Prior to working in Wachovia's Structured Finance Group, Mr. Wolter held various roles in Wachovia's (and its predecessor First Union National Bank) CMBS group. Starting as a Vice President in the CMBS loan underwriting group and rising to a Managing Director responsible for all CMBS loan pricing, structuring, and deal management, Mr. Wolter was involved with the origination and subsequent distribution of more than $35 billion in public and private securitized transactions (1995 - 2005). Prior to joining First Union National Bank, Mr. Wolter was with G&S Consulting where he worked in the Commercial Loan Sale and RTC Due Diligence Advisory Group, as well as the CMBS Contract Underwriting Group (1993 - 1994). Mr. Wolter also worked for Coopers & Lybrand's Federal and State Income Tax Consulting Group where he was Certified Public Accountant (1990 - 1993).

Mr. Wolter holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia and earned a Masters in Taxation from Georgia State University.