Meet The Team

Greg Fowler

Greg is the Managing Partner and Founder of FPA Multifamily, LLC. He is responsible for the overall direction of the firm and leads the acquisitions and investor relations teams. Greg has been the general partner on over 600 real estate projects valued in excess of $15 Billion USD and FPA has raised nine discretionary real estate funds and acquired over 110,000 apartment units.

Prior to forming FPA, he was Senior Marketing Director for Iliff Thorn & Company. Greg holds a finance degree from San Diego State University and a professional degree in real estate development from the University of California, San Diego. He currently serves on the boards of the Campanile Foundation, National Multifamily Housing Council and the Investment Committee of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and the Olympic Club.

Dan Kaplan

With over 20 years of real estate experience, Dan Kaplan is responsible for overseeing acquisition underwriting and oversight, due diligence, financing, dispositions and asset management. Since joining FPA in 2003, he has been involved in excess of $10.0 billion of transactions. Prior, Mr. Kaplan was at RREEF where he coordinated $750 million in transactions. Mr. Kaplan also served as an asset manager for Mansur & Company. Mr. Kaplan received his B.S. in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University.

Joe Clark

With over 30 years of experience, Joe Clark is the Chief Financial Officer for FPA. He is responsible for tax compliance, risk management, banking, accounting, budgeting and managing expenses for our corporate entities. Prior, Mr. Clark was a Managing Director with American Express Tax and Business Services in San Diego specializing in real estate taxation and estate tax planning and also served as FPA’s long term CPA. Mr. Clark is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the California Society of CPAs, and graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.S. in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting.

Shelly Sanders

Shelly Sanders is responsible for the accounting, reporting and auditing at FPA. She manages the property accounting department and has over 20 years of experience in real estate accounting. Prior to joining FPA, Ms. Sanders was Vice President, Assistant Controller at RREEF, a real estate investment firm located in Chicago and was also an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand. She graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor’s in Accounting and a minor in Business Administration.

Mike Earl

With over 35 years of apartment management and renovation experience, Mike Earl heads up the operations at FPA. Prior, Mr. Earl ran Porta Management Group where he oversaw a portfolio of approximately 12,000 residential units. He also served as the regional property manager for the West Coast portfolio of Lincoln Property Company where he managed over 6,000 residential units in three states. Mr. Earl is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council and the California Apartment Association.

Hannah Moriarty

Hannah oversees the strategies within FPA. Ms. Moriarty joined FPA in 2005 as an Acquisitions Analyst and later moved to the roles of Senior Associate and VP of Asset Management. Ms. Moriarty has diverse property level experience in acquisitions, dispositions, finance and asset management. Ms. Moriarty has a B.S. in Finance with a real estate emphasis from the University of Colorado.

Todd Stark

With over 30 years of  experience, Mr. Stark is responsible for all construction oversight at FPA, including design, contract negotiations and overall schedule and quality of all projects.  Mr. Stark has experience in industrial, commercial, multifamily, residential planned communities, agricultural storage buildings, concrete tilt-ups, metal framing, sheet and block and red iron construction. Prior, Mr. Stark worked with custom homes, land acquisitions, annexations, rezoning and was part of the design team of an international grocery store.

Ronak Shah

Ronak Shah is responsible for identifying real estate acquisition opportunities. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Shah was Director of Acquisitions for Texla Housing Partner where he focused on sourcing student housing investment opportunities. Mr. Shah also served as an Asset Manager for CNC Investments and an Analyst for Campus Living Villages where he performed financial analysis, market research, due diligence, prepared budgets and supervised large capital expenditure projects.  Mr. Shah graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Economics.

Dan McDonough

Since joining FPA, Mr. McDonough has been responsible for sourcing and closing over 40 transactions totaling $1.7 billion.  Prior, Mr. McDonough was a Captain in the U.S. Army where he served 3 tours in Iraq as an infantry officer.  Mr. McDonough graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a B.A. in Economics and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with majors in Finance, Accounting and Real Estate Management.

Katarina Koonce

Katarina has over a decade of HR experience. Ms. Koonce is involved in the full lifecycle of the FPA Employee Experience from onboarding, recruiting, performance management, compensation, employee development, coaching, training, system implementation and policy. Katarina received her Master’s Degree in Human Resources and currently serves as a member of the South Orange County Board for the SHRM Affiliated group, PIHRA.

Gopi Jayaswal

Upon joining FPA, Gopi Jayaswal has held the responsibility of developing and implementing an ESG program that not only creates positive impact on social, environmental and governance levels, but also measurable business value. Prior, Ms. Jayaswal worked in corporate finance at AT&T where she joined as a member of its Finance Leadership Development Program and gained diverse experience as she later moved to roles in investor relations, corporate financial planning, and field operations. Ms. Jayaswal graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a B.S. in Finance and received her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Stanley Kim

Mr. Kim joined FPA in 2015 as the Director of Capital Markets. In this role, he is responsible for the relationship management efforts with the firm’s existing and prospective investors on FPA’s real estate initiatives. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Kim was with Courtland Partners where he oversaw some of firm’s largest clients’ real estate portfolios. He was also worked as an affiliate of Wells Fargo Bank, where he assisted with raising, retaining and managing high net worth clients. Mr. Kim received a B.A. in Economics from University of California, San Diego and has earned the right to use the CFA designation. He is a member of CFA Society Los Angeles.

Dana Aschbacher

Dana is responsible for sourcing and identifying assets. Since 2011, he has been responsible for closing over 10,000 units totaling over $1.3 billion in total capitalization and resulting in over $1.4 billion in dispositions to date.  Prior to joining FPA in 2007, Mr. Aschbacher co-founded Aschbacher & Frager Commercial Real Estate, a boutique brokerage firm specializing in sales of mid-market multifamily assets and syndications.  Mr. Aschbacher began his career as multifamily broker with CB Richard Ellis | CBRE in the Portland, Oregon office and received his B.S. in Finance from the University of Oregon.

Sayer Sweeney

Sayer Sweeney is responsible for researching and underwriting acquisition opportunities and helping to oversee the due diligence, closing and financing processes. Since joining FPA, he has been involved in more than 225 acquisitions representing over $7 billion in volume. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Sweeney traded fixed income securities for the Proprietary Trading Group at Breakwater Capital, LLC. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of San Diego.

Aaron Chan

Aaron Chan is responsible for asset management including implementation of property business plans, capital improvement strategies, financing, evaluating financial performance and assisting with investor reporting. Since joining FPA in 2007, Mr. Chan has been involved with underwriting, due diligence, financing, and asset management for the portfolio. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Chan was an Analyst for Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., where he was actively involved in identifying and acquiring hotel properties in major U.S. cities. Mr. Chan received his B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine.

Jason Lewis

Jason Lewis is responsible for the dispositions strategy at FPA. Mr. Lewis joined FPA in 2013 as an Acquisitions Analyst and later assisted in the sale of more than 80 properties representing over $2.0 billion in volume. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Lewis was an Associate at Redwood Trust where he performed financial analysis and due diligence of west coast commercial mortgage originations. Mr. Lewis received his B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University at Buffalo.

Quentin Tedesco

Quentin Tedesco is responsible for underwriting acquisitions and assisting with securing financing, due diligence and asset management. Mr. Tedesco received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Ford Beckham

Mr. Beckham is responsible for underwriting acquisitions and assisting with securing financing, due diligence and asset management. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Beckham was an Assistant Property Manager for Hines Interests Limited Partnership. Mr. Beckham received his Bachelor of Arts in European Studies and Business Foundations from University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University with an emphasis in Finance and Real Estate.

Mario Martinez

Mr. Martinez is responsible for portfolio management of FPA’s eastern portfolio. Prior to joining FPA, Mr. Martinez was Vice President of Asset Management for Centennial Holding Company where he focused on underwriting, financing, and operations for multifamily assets across the sunbelt and Mid-Atlantic. Mr. Martinez also served as an Asset Manager for TriMont Real Estate Advisors. Mr. Martinez graduated from Georgia State University with a B.B.A in Economics and B.B.A in Finance.

Kim Drygas

Kim Drygas is responsible for portfolio management and business plan oversight of FPA’s central region portfolio of approximately 5,500 units. Ms. Drygas brings with her both asset management and acquisitions experience. Prior to joining FPA, Ms. Drygas was an Asset Manager at Forum Real Estate Group in Denver, Colorado where she was responsible for strategy and operation of eight properties and acquired more than 4,700 units throughout the southeast region of the United States. Ms. Drygas began her career in Audit – Financial Services specializing in Real Estate with KPMG, LLP in New York City. Ms. Drygas received her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Richmond and her MS in Accounting from Fordham University.

Jennifer Schuck

Jennifer Schuck is responsible for portfolio management and business plan oversight of FPA’s Chicago portfolio of approximately 4,400 units. Ms. Schuck brings with her both asset management and capital markets experience. Prior to joining FPA, Ms. Schuck was a Director, Asset Management in CA Venture’s residential platform managing a portfolio of seven, newly constructed multifamily assets totaling 1,500 units located primarily in the Midwest Region. Ms. Schuck also has capital markets experience from positions with CBRE’s Debt & Equity Group and Bank of America’s Commercial Real Estate Lending Group. Ms. Schuck received her B.S. in Business Administration from Miami University.

Nickolas Gates

Nickolas Gates is responsible for portfolio management and business plan oversight of approximately 3,000 units in FPA’s Southeast and Northeast portfolio. Mr. Gates joined FPA as a Revenue Manager in 2016, where he focused on improving revenue collections through dynamic pricing strategies. Mr. Gates graduated from Chapman University with a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration in 2016.