Sam Fuller
Fairfield/Westchester Director, 2018-2020
Fuller Development, LLC

sbfuller@fullerdevelopmentllc.com

rpalermo@mybankwell.com

Robert J. Palermo, also known as Bob, serves as Senior Vice President & Commercial Loan Manager of Commercial Lending at Bank of New Canaan (Bankwell Bank). Mr. Palermo has more than 25 years of lending experience and a background that includes such disciplines as portfolio administration, asset & property management, loan workouts and liquidations. Mr. Palermo served as President of The Bank of Fairfield since September 2012. He served as Vice President of Commercial Lending at The Bank of New Cana of BNC Financial Group, Inc. He served as Divisional President of Stamford First Bank, a division of The Bank of New Canaan, where he managed Stamford First Bank's growth since July 2010.

Tom McDevitt is the Founder and Managing Partner of Edgewood. Mr. McDevitt has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of real estate and real estate capital markets. Mr. McDevitt has held senior real estate capital markets positions at Salomon Brothers, Citibank, Meenan McDevitt & Co. and Société Générale. Mr. McDevitt sold Meenan, McDevitt & Co., founded in 1991, to Société Générale in 1998.

Mr. McDevitt currently serves on the Boards of Neuberger Berman’s US Trust Global Private Markets Fund, Excelsior Private Markets Funds II and III and NB Crossroads Private Markets Funds IV and V. Mr. McDevitt also served on the boards of the Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust, Quadra Realty Trust, a NYSE REIT as well as Bank of America’s Excelsior Absolute Return Fund of Funds and Excelsior Buyout Investors. Additionally, Mr. McDevitt has served on a number of non-profit boards including A Better Chance of Wilton, Community Nursery School of Wilton, and the Wilton Riding Club. Mr. McDevitt received his A.B. from Harvard College and his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Derek Eakin
Fairfield/Westchester Director, 2019-2020
RiverOak Investment Corp

d.eakin@riveroakic.com

Mr. Eakin is the Company’s Chief Investment Officer. He oversees the company portfolio and the execution of investments and asset management strategies. Before joining RiverOak, Mr. Eakin consulted with Starwood Capital Group and private equity fund Luzern Associates. Prior to that he was a Senior Associate at Cushman & Wakefield and Senior Analyst at mortgage brokerage firm Goedecke & Co. Mr. Eakin began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP working for institutional real estate clientele. He graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master’s degree. Mr. Eakin is a board member of the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) and an Adjunct Professor for New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.

Bob McGunnigle
Fairfield/Westchester Director, 2019-2020
Kimberlite 

bmcgunnigle@kimberlite.com

Commercial real estate professional with experience in risk management, property valuation, underwriting, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and portfolio and market analytics.
Global perspective, familiar with primary and secondary US markets as well as major international markets in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
Strong track record of leading large, complex deals and developing high performing teams evaluating and executing on debt and equity investments.
Domain expertise across multiple collateral types collateral types including multi-family, office, industrial, retail, hospitality, senior living, student housing, parking and self-storage.

jmcgrath@marcuspartners.com

JoAnn is a Leasing Director at Marcus Partners.  Marcus Partners is a value-oriented real estate investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts with a regional office in Norwalk, Connecticut. The firm invests in real estate and related assets, pursuing a mix of strategic and opportunistic investment strategies.

jnewman@empirerealtytrust.com

Jeffrey H. Newman, senior vice president of Empire State Realty Trust and its affiliates, directs the leasing, marketing, operations and financial management of the Greater NY Metropolitan portfolio of Class-A, multi-tenanted office properties comprised of 1.8 million square feet within five different assets.  Mr. Newman, age 57, joined Empire State Realty Trust (formerly Malkin Properties) in January of 1995, and has more than thirty-two years of commercial real estate experience. 
A cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the law school at George Washington University, Mr. Newman is a member of the New York State and Connecticut bars, and formerly served on the Executive Committee to the Real Estate Section of the Connecticut bar. He served for several years as central Fairfield County captain for the University of Pennsylvania’s Secondary School Committee, and continues to serve as a participant in Penn’s Alumni Interview Program for Fairfield County. He is a licensed New York State real estate broker, and has also successfully completed several courses towards a master's degree in Real Estate Development and Investment at New York University.

Frank Caico
Fairfield/Westchester Director, 2019-2020
Spinnaker Real Estate Partners

frank@spinrep.com

Mr. Caico has over 15 years of experience in land use planning and development. He is a seasoned real estate professional with extensive expertise in land use planning, design, development, project management and procuring entitlements in high barrier-to-entry markets. Mr. Caico is a former Senior Director of Development with AvalonBay Communities, Inc., where he managed and oversaw the development and entitlement process in Connecticut and New York.
Mr. Caico holds a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Buffalo School of Architecture & Planning, and a BA from Canisius College. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) of Connecticut.

Jeff Sirkin
Fairfield/Westchester Director, 2019-2020
Collins Enterprises 

jsirkin@collins-llc.com

Real Estate Capital Markets Executive with senior level operating company, private equity and banking experience.
Skilled in delivering capital markets solutions that enhance value and manage risk.
Structured and executed over $2.2 billion in a broad range of transactions; most with lead role responsibility.
Broad asset and market experience; financed, acquired or sold nearly 9,000 apartment units and 10 million square feet of commercial space in diverse markets across the country.
Proven ability to:
- Source debt and equity capital leveraging extensive network of contacts.
- Manage and grow capital relationships critical to the business enterprise.
- Apply market and asset expertise with capital markets savvy to the evaluation, financing and sale of assets
- Particular expertise in assets with value-added strategies.