Our Team
USREM’s Experienced Management Team
David S. Rose
Chairman & CEO
Inc 500 CEO, Founder & CEO of Gust, Chair of the REBNY Venture Capital Committee, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels, Finance Chair of Singularity University, 40-year PropTech pioneer, author of Angel Investing and The Startup Checklist, ABO-NY Outstanding Builder Award, “New York’s Archangel” (Forbes), “Patriarch of Silicon Alley” (Red Herring)
Yale BA, Columbia MBA
Lizanne Galbreath
President
13 Years as chairman and CEO at The Galbreath Company; formerly on the Board of JLL. Currently a Director of the Urban Land Institute, Marriot Vacations Worldwide and Interval Leisure Group, previously Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Pramount Group, Grosvenor North America, Stew Leonard’s. Past chair, Wharton School’s Real Estate Advisory Board.
Dartmouth BA, Wharton MBA
Shachi Shah
Executive VP & COO
25 years of experience and a proven track record of building highly profitable Investment Banking and Asset Management businesses at global financial institutions. Having founded an award-wining multi-asset hedge fund that grew to US$28b of AUM, Shachi was voted one of the 50 top most influential people in Pensions by Pensions Insight, and Asset Management CEO of the Year 2012.
Middlesex University, LLB
Raymond Kahn
Head of US Markets
Formerly President of ICE’s global Creditex market, prior to which he led Barclays’ OTC Client Clearing business. Extensive risk management experience includes serving as Barclays’ Global Head of Prime Services Risk during the credit crisis and building/managing Lehman’s Relationship Loan Hedging unit.
Michigan BA, Wharton MBA
Lauren Rose
Head of Real Estate
Co-founder of the AREA Real Estate Tech Accelerator; VP at Coggsville Group (real estate private equity), project management at Plaza Construction, residential management at Rose Associates, founder of SociableNY (social media startup).
Columbia BA, MUP, MBA
Christian Vanderbrouk
Head of Marketing
Formerly Managing Director of Global Affairs and Government Relations for the New York Stock Exchange, Program Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Coordinator of foreign chiefs of state visits at the US Department of State, White House intern working on vetting candidates for government positions.
Washington and Lee University, BA
Mark LaRosa
Head of Sales
18 years of experience as a growth and revenue executive across multiple industries. Formerly Head of Investor Relations at Burlwood Capital, Global VP Sales & Business Development at Gust, VP sales at Panjiva, Co-Founder, Funnel Fire, Founder, Dynamic Mobile Data Systems.
Stevens Institute of Technology, BA