President/Managing Partner

Christopher Knisley

(617) 279-2361
knisley@albanyroad.com

Mr. Knisley is the President of Albany Road Real Estate Partners (“Albany Road”) and one of its four founding Partners.

He has spent his entire career (35+ years) in the commercial real estate industry and during that time has been involved in all facets of the business, including acquisition, development, asset management, equity raising, financing, and disposition work.

Before leaving to form Albany Road, Mr. Knisley was the CIO for RJ Kelly Company (“RJK”), directly responsible for sourcing new acquisition and development opportunities, and for securing high net worth, family office, and institutional equity to leverage RJK’s buying capacity.

Prior to RJ Kelly, Mr. Knisley had spent the majority of his career as a Managing Director with The Koffler Group (“Koffler”), a family office that began its operation in 1978, having been capitalized with proceeds from founder Sol Koffler’s sale of American Tourister Luggage Company.

Mr.Knisley joined Koffler in 1997 to head up its real estate acquisition and development expansion efforts. He was responsible for sourcing, pricing, negotiating, and structuring new real estate transactions, and for implementing Koffler’s strategy of pursuing value-added investment and development opportunities throughout New England for both Koffler’s own
account and in conjunction with high net worth and institutional venture partners.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Knisley was a Vice President/Principal with Berkeley Investments and, prior to that, an Investment Manager with Copley Real Estate Advisors. He is an active member of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial & Office Properties), ULI (Urban Land Institute), and REIAC (Real Estate Investment Advisory Council).

Mr. Knisley is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Vanderbilt University (BA Economics), and The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University (MBA Marketing).

He is married with four children and resides in Wrentham, MA.

Managing Partner

Mark McInerney

(415) 819-0025
mcinerney@albanyroad.com

Mr. McInerney is a Founder and Managing Partner of Albany Road Real Estate Partners, a Boston-based real estate investment firm.  Prior to Albany Road, Mr. McInerney was a founder of GCA, a technology-focused investment bank headquartered in San Francisco.  Mark was a member of GCA’s Executive Committee, Co-Head of Investment Banking, and a member of the Board of Directors.  Mr. McInerney has over 30 years of experience in the investment banking industry.

Before GCA, Mr. McInerney was a Managing Director with JP Morgan, where he spent 17 years in various management roles in their international and U.S. equities businesses.

Mr. McInerney is a Deerfield Academy and Middlebury College (B.A.) graduate and is currently a member of Deerfield’s Board of Trustees.

Managing Partner

Clark Callander

(415) 515-2468
callander@albanyroad.com

Clark Callander is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Albany Road Real Estate Partners, LLC.  In addition, he was a Co-Founder and a member of the Executive Committee of GCA Advisors LLC (TSE: 2174) for eighteen years.  Before roles at GCA and Albany Road, Clark was a management team member at Robertson Stephens & Company for nearly ten years.  While at Robertson Stephens, he started the Private Capital Group, headed European Investment Banking, and was co-head of Global Corporate Finance.  Clark began his investment banking career at PaineWebber, where he had several roles in the TMT, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Capital Markets business units.

Over the last three decades, Clark has been actively involved as an early-stage/growth investor in over fifty companies.  He has served (or currently serves) as a Director or Advisory Director to Infinite Reality, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort & Development Corp., Bryte Technologies, Inc., ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. (NASD: CTAC), Cargo Chief, H. Barton Asset Management, IDG Ventures Europe.  Non-profit activities include SF Boys and Girls Clubs, St Ignatius College Preparatory, Leland Stanford University Development, and Joseph Wharton School Development. He has actively invested in real estate in the SF and Central Valley of California.  He earned a Bachelor of Sciences from Stanford University and an M.B.A. with honors from the Joseph Wharton School.

Managing Partner

Steve Strandberg

strandberg@albanyroad.com

Steve Strandberg is Co-Founder, a Managing Partner and member of the Board of Managers of Albany Road Real Estate Partners, LLC.   Steve has over 30 years of experience as a founder of, investor in, and advisor to, entrepreneurial endeavors.  In addition to co-founding Albany Road in 2012, Steve co-founded WestBridge Ventures in 1999.  WestBridge invested in later stage information technology companies.   In 1982 Steve was a co-founder of ARAMEX, a transportation logistics company based in Amman, Jordan.  Steve also spent over a decade in investment banking advising emerging Silicon Valley companies, including Cisco, Oracle, Xilinx and PeopleSoft.

In recent years Steve has focused on private corporate boards and currently is a board member of Crescent Capital BDC.  He is a Governor and past Board Chair of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco; is a life member of the visiting committee of the College of the University of Chicago and a director of UChicago Impact; is a trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation and a director of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation.   Steve received an AB degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Investment Manager

Katy Bisges

(707) 338 – 9609
bisges@albanyroad.com

Katy Bisges joined Albany Road in July 2024 as an Investment Manager for the Southeast and Southwest regions located out of the Nashville, TN office.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Ms. Bisges spent nearly five years at Piedmont Office Realty Trust in Atlanta, GA, where she was instrumental in asset-managing Class A office properties across the Southeast and Midwest. Her contributions spanned enhancing financial performance, developing leasing strategies, and overseeing capital improvement projects to optimize portfolio value and returns. Before her tenure at Piedmont, she spent a year at CBRE as an intern and client services coordinator, supporting the investment sales medical office team.

Ms. Bisges has been an active member of NAIOP Georgia since 2019, serving in the NAIOP Future Leaders Class of 2023 and becoming an executive committee member for the NAIOP Future Leaders Class of 2024. She is now transitioning her involvement to NAIOP Tennessee.

Ms. Bisges graduated from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia with a BA in Real Estate.

Senior Portfolio Accountant

Brian Boultenhouse

(617) 279 – 0420
boultenhouse@albanyroad.com

Brian Boultenhouse is a Senior Portfolio Accountant who joined Albany Road in August 2023.

Mr. Boultenhouse is a skilled accountant who has worked in the Banking and Healthcare industry.

Mr. Boultenhouse earned a B.S. in Accounting from The University of Tampa.  He continued his education at Merrimack College, earning an M.S. in Accounting with a concentration in Fraud and Forensic Accounting

Chief Financial Officer

Jeff Burke

(617) 279-2188
burke@albanyroad.com

Jeffrey Burke joined Albany Road Real Estate Partners in February of 2015.  Mr. Burke has ten years of financial accounting and reporting experience and is responsible for all of Albany Road’s financial activities.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Burke was a Manager at PKF, P.C. (“PKF”), an auditing and tax firm in Boston, MA.  Mr. Burke was responsible for providing technical accounting expertise and knowledge of U.S. GAAP, IFRS, tax laws and other regulatory compliance to the firm’s clients.  Mr. Burke managed the accounting, auditing and tax services across multiple industries, with a focus on real estate.  In his capacity, Mr. Burke oversaw approximately 50 audit and review engagements directly relating to real estate entities on an annual basis.

Through his role as a Manager at PKF, Mr. Burke gained experience in providing accounting, auditing, and consulting services, including detailed internal accounting and internal systems reviews, to diverse mixed-use projects including office, retail, hotels, resorts, and garage operations.  Mr. Burke was also responsible for providing audited financial statements and management comments on internal controls regarding management companies operating and running office buildings on behalf of ownership companies.  Mr. Burke worked closely with his clients during the purchase and sale of their commercial real estate and hotel properties and assisted them in performing due diligence during the sales period and reviewing both acquisition entries and closing entries on behalf of his clients.

For the past two years, Mr. Burke was the Manager on the Albany Road Real Estate Partners account at PKF.  Mr. Burke was responsible for the completion and filing of all the tax returns for the property holdings and the timely dissemination of all K-1’s to the investors.  Mr. Burke also performed the annual reviews on all the property holdings.

Mr. Burke was also a member of the leadership team at PKF, responsible for developing and supervising up to 14 staff and senior accountants.  In this role, Mr. Burke’s responsibilities ranged from setting daily staff priorities to assisting individuals with overall professional and industry development.  Mr. Burke was also involved with the training of the accounting staff, developing the content and facilitating full-day in-house training sessions on audit and accounting topics covering technical changes, new standards, and other industry related topics.  Mr. Burke was also part of the coaching and mentoring program at PKF for over three years.

Mr. Burke is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts – Amherst (Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting).  Mr. Burke has been a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Massachusetts since 2010 and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Massachusetts Society of CPA’s (MSCPA).

Investor Relations Manager

Stephanie Chui

(617) 279 – 0240
chui@albanyroad.com

Stephanie Chui joined Albany Road in October 2023 as the Investor Relations Manager.  Ms. Chui will be based in Boston.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Ms. Chui spent 6 years in New York City and worked in leasing, property management, and residential sales at Compass.  Most recently, Ms. Chui worked on the Acquisitions and Asset Management team at Winstanley Enterprises.  In this role, she focused on financial analysis, due diligence, and reporting on the portfolio’s assets including current developments.

Ms. Chui holds a B.A. in Finance and Management from Fairfield University.

Vice President

Luke Colbert

(615) 928-4666
colbert@albanyroad.com

Luke Colbert joined Albany Road Real Estate Partners in January of 2015.

Mr. Colbert’s responsibilities include financial analysis, market research, due diligence, and investor relations for the company’s Southeastern operations.

Before joining Albany Road, Mr. Colbert was an Associate at Charles Hawkins Company, Inc. / CORFAC International, where he was involved in the management of the firm’s 7,000,000 square foot industrial portfolio.  He was also responsible for lease valuation, evaluating re-development strategies, and financial analysis.

He is an active member of NAIOP and is involved in various philanthropic organizations around the Nashville Community.

Mr. Colbert is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Human and Organizational Development.

Managing Director

Merrick Egan

(214) 283-1705
egan@albanyroad.com

Mr. Egan is the Managing Director of Albany Road Southwest and is responsible for leading the Company’s Southwestern U.S. acquisitions and operations efforts out of Dallas, Texas.

With over 13 years of capital markets experience, Mr. Egan has been involved in all facets of the commercial real estate industry including acquisition, disposition, development and asset management. Over his career, Merrick has been involved with the acquisition, disposition and development of over 10 million square feet of real estate with a gross asset value of 2.5 billion.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Egan was Executive Vice President with City Office REIT (NYSE: “CIO”). In this role, he led the Dallas office and  focused on sourcing new core-plus and value-add real estate investments, leading CIO’s office acquisition efforts throughout Texas and Florida. His responsibilities included sourcing, financing, due diligence, and asset management of all CIO investments.

Before CIO, Mr. Egan spent ten years at Lincoln Property Company as Vice President of Finance. While at Lincoln, Merrick was involved in the sourcing, underwriting and debt and equity financings of all of Lincoln’s new and existing acquisitions and developments throughout the Southwest.

Mr. Egan is a graduate of the University of Georgia (BA Economics) and resides in Dallas, TX with his wife and two kids.

Office Manager

Toni Ellegood

(617) 279-2366
ellegood@albanyroad.com

Toni Ellegood joined Albany Road in April of 2017 as Office Manager.  Ms. Ellegood has over 20 years of operations, management, and customer relations experience.

She is responsible for overseeing the company’s human resource functions and day to day operations.

Managing Director

Jeff Foresman

(617) 279-2364
foresman@albanyroad.com

Jeff Foresman joined Albany Road in September of 2019 as the Managing Director of Asset and Portfolio Management in the Northeast office and is responsible for leading the firm’s Northeastern asset management efforts out of Boston, Massachusetts.

With over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Mr. Foresman has been involved in all facets of asset and portfolio operations across multiple asset classes and national markets including Boston, Dallas, Miami, and Denver.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Foresman spent the previous 13 years at Colony Capital on their $4B core-plus fund platform as a Senior Vice President of Asset Management. Over that time he was annually responsible for a diversified asset portfolio of up to 5,000,000 square feet with gross values ranging from $500M to $750M. In that capacity, he managed all aspects of the portfolio including leasing, asset repositioning, LEED certifications, and dispositions.

Before Colony, Mr. Foresman held a position at KBS Realty Advisors in asset management and acquisitions with a significant focus on its Southeast and Mid Atlantic portfolios and markets.

Mr. Foresman is a graduate of Hamilton College (B.A.) and the Olin School of Business at Babson College (M.B.A).

Financial Analyst

Tommy Gill

(781) 471-7014
gill@albanyroad.com

Tommy Gill joined Albany Road in July of 2024 as a Financial Analyst in the Northeast office.

Mr. Gill’s responsibilities include financial analysis and lease administration on the Albany Road portfolio, and financial projections on potential acquisitions.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Gill interned at Client Relationship Consultancy, where he was placed on the Product Delivery Team and assisted with database development, data collection, and analysis.  Mr. Gill holds a B. A in Business, Organizations, and Management from Gettysburg College, graduating in 2024.

Financial Analyst

William Gitlin

(617) 279-2365
gitlin@albanyroad.com

William Gitlin joined Albany Road in January 2024 as a Financial Analyst in the Northeast Office.  Mr. Gitlin’s responsibilities include financial analysis and lease administration on the Albany Road portfolio and financial projections on potential acquisitions.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Gitlin worked at Newmark on the Capital Markets team, based out of Stamford, CT.  During his time at Newmark, Mr. Gitlin specialized in various asset classes, including office, retail, industrial, and multi-family.

Mr. Gitlin holds a B.A. in Economics from Lafayette College, graduating in 2021.

Senior Portfolio Accountant

Danny Hernandez

(617) 345-2518
hernandez@albanyroad.com

Danny Hernandez joined Albany Road in May 2022 as a Portfolio Accountant and has experience as an auditor and property accountant in the real estate industry.

Mr. Hernandez graduated from Emmanuel College, where he earned a B.A. in Business Management (with a concentration in accounting).

Managing Director

Brandon Hoag

(615) 209-7157
hoag@albanyroad.com

Mr. Hoag is the Managing Director of Asset and Portfolio Management for the Southeast and Southwest, and is responsible for leading the firm’s operations and asset management efforts for those regions out of Nashville, Tennessee.

With over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Mr. Hoag has been involved in all facets of the commercial real estate industry including asset management, acquisitions, financing, and leasing. Before joining Albany Road, Mr. Hoag was Senior Vice President of Asset Management and Operations with RED Development, LLC, a Phoenix-based investment and development company. In that role, he was actively involved in capital markets activity and oversaw the firm’s asset management and property management groups, which were responsible for a portfolio of lifestyle and urban mixed-use properties encompassing more than 10,000,000 square feet located throughout the Southwest and Midwest.

Prior to RED, Mr. Hoag served as an Asset Manager with Thackeray Partners, a Dallas-based private real estate fund manager. While at Thackeray, Mr. Hoag was involved in all phases of fund operations including acquisition, asset management, financing, and disposition, and oversaw a portfolio of commercial real estate assets that included office, industrial, retail, and multifamily properties located throughout the Southwest and Midwest. Earlier in his career, Brandon spent significant time underwriting and originating commercial real estate mortgages.

Mr. Hoag is a graduate of Abilene Christian University (BBA Finance) and Southern Methodist University (MBA emphasis in Finance), and is an active member of NAIOP.  He is married with four children, and resides in Nashville, TN.

Investor Relations Associate

Katharine Hoffman

hoffman@albanyroad.com

Katharine Hoffman joined Albany Road in March of 2018 and will be working out of our San Francisco office focusing on Investor Relations.  With over 25 years of experience in client service, management, sales, and operations,  Ms. Hoffman has a passion for building client relationships and providing exceptional customer-focused service.

Ms. Hoffman holds a B.A. in Communication from Pepperdine University.

Managing Director

Walter Jenkins

(617) 279-2362
jenkins@albanyroad.com

Walter Jenkins joined Albany Road in February 2022 as the Managing Director of Portfolio Management and will lead the firm’s institutional portfolio management functions across all funds and properties. Mr. Jenkins will be based in Boston.

With over 30 years of institutional and corporate real estate experience Mr. Jenkins has been involved in all facets of asset, portfolio, and corporate real estate management, primarily focusing on strategies to optimize value and returns, creating operational efficiencies, and developing comprehensive business plans.

Most recently, Mr. Jenkins spent 3 years with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Senior Project Manager in the Commonwealth’s Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance responsible for large, leased transaction. Prior to that, Mr. Jenkins was a Vice President with Colony Capital focusing on asset repositioning and dispositions. Mr. Jenkins spent 7 years as Associate Director of Asset Management at MIT Investment Management Co., Cambridge. He was responsible for Asset and Portfolio functions for MIT’s $2.5 billion Cambridge lab and office portfolio, where he developed long range capital planning models and directed all property management operations.

Mr. Jenkins is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Liber Arts (BS Economics/Finance). He has actively participated in BOMA, NAIOP and the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council. He is married with two children and resides in Mansfield, MA.

Senior Portfolio Accountant

Charlie Mather

(617) 279- 2149
mather@albanyroad.com

Charlie Mather is a Portfolio Accountant who joined in Albany Road in August 2023.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Mather worked as an Audit Associate for RSM.  Mr. Mather graduated from Boston College, earning a B.S. in Business Management (with concentrations in Accounting and Data Analytics).

Director of Asset/Portfolio Management

Jason Ricker

(617) 279-2322
ricker@albanyroad.com

Jason Ricker joined Albany Road in May of 2023 as a Director at Albany Road responsible for all asset and portfolio management functions for our athletic facilities platform.

Jason has worked in the retail project management industry for 23 years and has performed construction project management throughout the northeast.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Jason was a Director of Project Management at CBRE, managing a retail portfolio for a major financial institution.

Mr. Ricker graduated from Skidmore College (BS) and Springfield College (MEd), played varsity baseball and hockey at Skidmore, and coached/managed hockey programs for the last 20 years.

Vice President

Tyler Savonen

(617) 279-2363
savonen@albanyroad.com

Tyler Savonen is a Vice President at Albany Road and is responsible for leading the acquisition efforts in the Northeast region.  Mr. Savonen originally joined Albany Road in April 2015 as an intern in the Northeast office and has been with the firm since.

Mr. Savonen’s responsibilities include sourcing, underwriting, and executing new acquisitions.

Mr. Savonen graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in Business and Economics, as well as an M.A. in International Economics and Finance (Real Estate specialization) from Brandeis International Business School.

Director of Compliance / Controller

Matthew Silvestri

(617) 279-0435
silvestri@albanyroad.com

Matthew Silvestri joined Albany Road Real Estate Partners as Assistant Controller in August of 2019 and is responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of all portfolio level accounting, certain treasury, debt compliance, and asset management functions.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Silvestri was an Assistant Vice President at AEW Capital Management, L.P.,  where he served as the Assistant Controller on two real estate portfolios consisting of $4.2 billion of core office, industrial, multifamily, and retail assets managed on behalf of institutional clients.  Mr. Silvestri was responsible for providing technical accounting expertise and knowledge of U.S. GAAP and supervised and oversaw all investment and property-related accounting activity pertaining to acquisitions, dispositions, and financing processes.

Prior to AEW, Mr. Silvestri was a Senior Auditor at Wolf & Company, PC, an auditing firm in Boston, MA, where he led audit engagements and prepared financial statements for a diverse client base of financial institutions and commercial businesses.

Mr. Silvestri is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst – Isenberg School of Management where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (with a concentration in Accounting) as well as a Master’s of Science in Accounting.

Investment Manager

Gunner Teaster

(214) 283-1704
teaster@albanyroad.com

Gunner is an Investment Manager in Albany Road’s Southwest region. Located in Dallas, Gunner is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and executing new acquisitions across all primary markets in Texas and Arizona.

In addition to supporting the firm’s acquisitions across the Southwest, he also assists with asset management and dispositions.

Gunner joined Albany Road in August 2019 as a Financial Analyst after receiving a B.B.A. in Finance from Baylor University.

Vice President

Ylenia Valente Hayes

(617) 279-0440
valente@albanyroad.com

Ylenia Valente Hayes joined Albany Road in March of 2020 as an Investment Associate for the Northeast office and transitioned into her current role as Vice President.  She comes to us with over fifteen years of property management and development experience as a Commercial Real Estate Manager with CBRE in Waltham, Massachusetts.

In that role, Ms. Hayes oversaw a commercial real estate portfolio of diverse assets comprised of office, medical, and industrial.  She also assisted in the planning and project management of large capital and tenant improvement projects.

Ms. Hayes graduated from Mount Ida College with an associate degree in business administration.

Investment Manager

Gray Williams

(615) 208-8231
williams@albanyroad.com

Gray Williams joined Albany Road in January 2022 as an Investment Associate.

Prior to joining Albany Road, Mr. Williams spent three years at Lincoln Property Company where he focused on acquisitions in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Mr. Williams graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Business Administration