Brian Goray

Professional Focus

• 30 years’ experience in real estate including executive and consulting roles focused on investment, financing, development and management of nearly all product types
• Extensive experience sourcing investment opportunities and creating value for institutional investors through active management: planning projects, acquiring and underwriting debt and equity, identifying optimal capital structures, and turning around underperforming assets
• Strong business acumen with proven success in negotiating and closing complex transactions, identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities, and creating and implementing business plans
• Substantial experience serving on investment committees and boards of directors

Business Expertise

• Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Osprey Development Partners LLC
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Goray Properties, LLLP
• Independent Consultant to institutional real estate investors, lenders and developers
• Managing Director at PACE Equity, LLC
• Managing Director at GreenHawk Corporation
• Consultant & Development Partner at Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC
• Principal at First Colony Property Company
• Vice President at Stonemark Management, Inc.
• Vice President of Equity Research at the Carolina Securities division of Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.
• Earlier roles include investment banking at PaineWebber, Inc. and Eastdil Realty, Inc.

Sector Expertise

• Real Estate
• Financial Services
• Financial Consulting
• Investment Banking
• Asset Management
• Private Equity

Education & Certifications

• MBA from University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
• Bachelor’s degree in economics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Morehead-Cain Scholar)

Affiliations & Awards

• Guest Lecturer, graduate-level real estate courses at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Guest Lecturer and Panelist, real estate development/finance courses and seminars at University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
• Board Member, Farmworker Children’s Center, Inc., a non-profit serving at-risk children in Palm Beach County, FL
• Board Member, In The Pines, Inc., a non-profit providing housing and support to low-income workforce families in Palm Beach County, FL
• Former Board Member, Passage Home, Inc., non-profit providing counseling, housing, other social services to families in Wake County, NC
• Former President and Board Member of Stonebridge Homeowners Association, a 500+ member homeowners association in Raleigh, NC
• Former Finance Council Chair and Council Member, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Raleigh, NC