Real Estate
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  • Raymond J. Harbert, Chairman & CEO
  • Michael P. White, Vice President & Senior Managing Director
  • Jeffrey H. Seidman, Vice President of Asset Management
  • Jon-Paul Momsen, Managing Director (San Francisco)
  • Todd N. Jordan, Director of Investments 
  • J. Travis Pritchett, Director of Investments 
  • Melody T. Lewis, Asset Manager
  • Andrew S. Case, Asset Manager
  • Craig White, Associate
  • Hagood S. Morrison, Analyst
  • James W. H. Brigham, Analyst


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    Raymond J. Harbert

    Chairman & CEO

    Mr. Harbert has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HMC since it was organized in 1993. He began his career with Harbert International, Inc., now a subsidiary of Harbert Corporation, where he held various positions. Subsequently, Mr. Harbert served as Vice President of Business Development and then as President of Harbert Properties Corporation, Harbert Corporation’s real estate subsidiary. In 1987, he was elected Vice President of Harbert Corporation, where his responsibilities included overseeing subsidiary operations, managing corporate mergers and acquisitions, and reviewing and making equity and venture capital investments. In 1990, he was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Harbert Corporation. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Auburn University, serves as a Trustee for the State of Alabama Trust Fund, and serves as a Trustee of the Robert Meyer Foundation. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. In addition, Mr. Harbert serves as a member of the President’s Advisory Board of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, serves as a member of the Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts Advisory Council for Wake Forest University, and is on the Benefactors Society Board for The College Foundation for the University of Virginia. In 2006, Mr. Harbert was awarded the regional Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Financial Services. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Auburn University.


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    Michael P. White

    Vice President & Senior Managing Director

    Mr. White has worked on the HMC U.S. real estate team since its inception in 1994. Mr. White joined Harbert International, Inc. in 1983 and held various positions in its construction division until 1986, when he moved to Harbert Properties Corporation, where he ultimately became Vice President of Development and Finance of Harbert Properties Corporation. In 1994, Mr. White joined The Harbinger Group, Inc. (now Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc.), a subsidiary of HMC, and served as Chief Operating Officer and was actively involved in the development and implementation of HMC’s alternative investment strategy. Mr. White served in this role until 1998, when he assumed overall responsibility for HMC’s U.S. real estate investment activity. Mr. White has acquired over 4.0 million square feet of office space, over 4,800 apartment units, 3.2 million square feet of industrial real estate, 473,000 square feet of retail space, and 1.5 million square feet of self-storage property as fund managers for HMC’s U.S. real estate strategies. These acquisitions and developments represent over $1.0 billion in transactions. He serves as a Board Member of the Alabama School of Fine Arts Foundation and the University of Florida’s Center for Real Estate Studies. Mr. White holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida.


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    Jeffrey H. Seidman

    Vice President of Asset Management

    Mr. Seidman joined HMC in July 2008 as Vice President of Asset Management for the United States Real Estate investment team. Prior to joining HMC, he was the senior project manager for Echo Partners, a director for Situs Capital Services, a director of loan review and senior asset manager for Bank United and a vice president of both Century Development Corporation and Jay Altmayer Company. He has a Juris Doctor degree from the Tulane School of Law and a Business Administration degree from the University of Arizona.


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    Jon-Paul Momsen

    Managing Director

    Mr. Momsen joined HMC in 2008 as a Managing Director for the San Francisco, California office. Prior to joining HMC, he worked at Deutsche Bank, where he served as director and head of the west coast for the RREEF real estate opportunity fund group. Before that, he was with Deutsche Bank as a vice president in the real estate private equity group in New York. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he was with Bankers Trust Company in the real estate investment banking group. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.


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    Todd N. Jordan

    Director of Investments 

    Mr. Jordan is a Director of Investments of HMC. Mr. Jordan joined HMC in 2003 as an Associate rising to Director of Investments in 2007. Mr. Jordan directs HMC’s U.S. real estate acquisitions for the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. He has directed the transaction management, underwriting analysis and due diligence on over 3.2 million square feet of office space, 1,780 multifamily units, 2.7 million square feet of industrial real estate and 560,000 square feet of retail space for HMC’s U.S. real estate strategies. These acquisitions represent over $720 million in transactions.

    Prior to joining HMC, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, advising real estate clients ranging from public REITs to private investment funds. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master of Tax Accounting degree from the University of Alabama. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia. Mr. Jordan is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Jordan serves on the Board of Directors for Camp Smile-A-Mile and as youth sports coach.


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    J. Travis Pritchett

    Director of Investments

    Mr. Pritchett is a Director of Investments of HMC. Mr. Pritchett joined HMC in 2005 as an Associate rising to Director of Investments in 2008. Mr. Pritchett directs HMC’s U.S. real estate acquisitions for the Central region and South Florida. Mr. Pritchett has directed underwriting analysis, due diligence, and transaction management on over 1.1 million square feet of office space, 1,700 apartment units, 150,000 square feet of mixed-use real estate, and 1.5 million square feet of self storage space. These acquisitions represent over $360 million in transactions. Mr. Pritchett’s responsibilities at HMC have included financial analysis, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, day-to-day asset management of the company’s real estate investments and fund raising.

    Prior to joining HMC in 2005, Mr. Pritchett completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School as a Kenan-Flagler Merit Fellow. He also holds a Master of Environmental Management (M.E.M.) with a concentration in Coastal Management from Duke University. His MEM master’s thesis was published in the textbook, The Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries.

    Prior to graduate school, Mr. Pritchett worked as a Portfolio Analyst for Trusco Capital Management. Prior to Trusco, he received a BS in Biology from Davidson College where he was a four year letter winner on the tennis team.



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    Melody T. Lewis

    Asset Manager

    Ms. Lewis joined HMC in 1997 to assist with portfolio asset management. Her previous experience includes work with the residential mortgage and funds management industries. Ms. Lewis received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Louisville.


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    Andrew S. Case

    Asset Manager

    Mr. Case joined HMC in 2007 as a Senior Analyst working on financial analysis, acquisition opportunities, market research and asset management. In 2009, he was promoted to Asset Manager where he focuses on day-to-day asset management, financings and dispositions of the company’s real estate investments. Prior to joining HMC, he worked for KPMG LLP in their Mergers & Acquisitions group. Andrew currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Rotaract Club of Birmingham and is the President-Elect for the 2011-2012 term. In addition to Rotaract, Andrew serves as an officer for both The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Young Supporters Board and the Birmingham Museum of Art Junior Patrons Board. Andrew was selected as a participant in the 2011 Leadership UAB Class, the inaugural YP United class and also the 2011 Birmingham MS Leadership Class. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Tennessee. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.


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    Craig White

    Associate

    Mr. White rejoined HMC in 2010 as an Associate for the San Francisco, California office to analyze and coordinate acquisitions, dispositions and financings for the company’s U. S. Real Estate Funds. Prior to joining HMC, he served as Assistant Vice President in the National Real Estate group at Regions Financial. He also was an Analyst with HMC’s European Real Estate team from 2005 to 2007. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Vanderbilt University.


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    Hagood S. Morrison

    Analyst

    Mr. Morrison joined HMC in 2010 to assist in the areas of financial analysis and market research. He is an active member of the Rotaract Club of Birmingham, the Young Executive Board of The Club and also serves on the Grants Committee for the HERO Foundation.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the Williams School of Commerce at Washington & Lee University where he was a two-year letter winner on the football team.


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    James W. H. Brigham

    Analyst

    Mr. Brigham joined HMC in 2010 to assist in the areas of financial analysis and market research. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy from Duke University and a Master of Management Studies degree from the Fuqua School of Business.

 
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