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Signature Community Management, LLC
Michael A. Greenzang
President
Michael A. Greenzang, Mike serves as President of Signature Community Management and as Stabilization Director responsible for the stabilization of purchased assets. He has been with the company since 1992, and has been integral in its growth. Mike has a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Drexel University and specializes in cost effective restoration and renovations of apartment buildings. In addition to his work with Signature Community, he has worked in various management capacities with Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.; Nabisco, Inc.; L'Oréal USA; Vlassic Food International; and Merck-Medco. Mr. Greenzang received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University.
Linda Warburton
Regional Property Manager, West Coast
Linda T. Warburton, Vice President – Southwestern Division of Property Management for its affiliate, Signature Community Management LLC. She is responsible for the direction of property management personnel and interacting with ownership entities, hiring, supervising and motivating personnel, reviewing and implementing new management policies, reviewing all annual budgets, development of new training programs for all on site personnel, development of marketing plans for under-performing assets and setting goals for the property management department. Linda Warburton has nearly three decades of experience in property management and has held various positions in field which gives her a unique understanding of all aspects of asset management. Linda began her career in Phoenix, Arizona where she attended Arizona School of Real Estate, is currently a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management and Arizona Property Management Association and holds the National Compliance Professional (NCP) Designation for Section 42 Tax Credit Housing. Prior to joining Signature Community Management, Linda was with Nationwide Management Corporation for 14 years as their Regional Vice President. Linda’s background in property management consist of RTC properties, new build lease up’s, acquisition and disposition due diligence, renovation and management restructure of distressed properties bringing them to a higher standard. Linda has experience in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Texas.
Signature Community Investment Group (Parent Company)
Nickolas W. Jekogian III
President/CEO of NWJ Companies
Nickolas W. Jekogian, III is
founder and CEO of Signature Community. Mr. Jekogian founded the
company while in college with the purchase of a small apartment
building in Center City Philadelphia. Shortly thereafter he came to
realize the inefficiencies inherent with small real estate
businesses, the value of soliciting deals directly from sellers
without the help of brokers, and the importance of allowing his
employees to participate in the upside. Addressing these issues
became the basis of his business model enhanced by remaining
focused on under-performing "Class B" multi-family properties. Mr.
Jekogian has built Signature Community into a fully integrated real
estate company that owns and operates more than 4,000 apartment
units throughout the United States with an aggregate value of over
$300 million. With approximately 150 employees, Signature Community
has garnered additional value by having construction, leasing,
management, financing and brokerage capabilities as well. Signature
Community Investment Group's assets are managed by Signature
Community Management, which is brand focused on customer service
and providing residents with an enhanced living experience.
Mr. Jekogian is a licensed real estate broker in New York. He has a
Business Administration degree from Drexel University and a Masters
degree in Management from the University of Pennsylvania.
Additionally, Mr. Jekogian has more than 20 years experience
developing commercial projects in the New York Metro area for
retailers such as CVS drugs, Commerce Bank and Blockbuster Video.
Mr. Jekogian currently resides in Manhattan with his wife and two
young daughters. He is a competitor in Ironman level triathlons.
Mr. Jekogian is a member of YPO. Mr. Jekogian also invests in early
stage companies through his involvement with the Mid-Atlantic Angel
Group.
David H. McLain
Vice President - General Counsel
David H. McLain is the Vice President/General Counsel of Signature Community. Mr. McLain has been with the company since 2004 and serves as general counsel of Signature Community. Prior to joining Signature Community, he practiced law in Philadelphia for four years with Stradley, Ronan, Stevens & Young, LLP and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP and spent three years as the Assistant General Manager of a professional hockey team handling all corporate and legal affairs, as well as managing the front office and corporate sales force. Mr. McLain holds an MBA degree from the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, a JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and a BA degree in Political Science/Economics from Gettysburg College.
Steven J. Wissak
Finance Director
Steven J. Wissak is Finance
Director, Equity for Signature Community and is directly
responsible for raising debt and equity for all of the company's
acquisitions. Prior to taking on this role in 2007, Mr. Wissak
spent 15 years in various capacities redeveloping over 4,000
low-to-moderate income housing units in the New York Metropolitan
region. He co-founded and operated First Home Brokerage, City
Development, LLC and Metropolitan Housing, LLC. Mr. Wissak has
worked closely with capital partners at UBS, Fortress Investment
Group and Foothill Capital Corporation. He was personally
responsible for all phases of the acquisition, financing and
disposition of one-to-four family properties including closing over
one billion dollars in sales as the selling attorney.
Other relevant work experience included serving as a principal of
Carnegie Hill Partners, Inc., Carnegie Hill Capital Corp. and
Nelson Management, Group, Ltd., which owned and operated over 1,000
units in New York City area apartment buildings and he was a real
estate associate in the acquisition and structured finance group at
the law firm Rosen, Szegda, Preminger & Bloom. Mr. Wissak
received his J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law in
1986 and double B.A. degrees in economics and political science
from the State University of New York at Binghamton in
1982.
Acquisitions’ Group
Jonathan Coffen
Vice President - Lender Direct Division
Jonathan Coffen is Vice President of Lender Direct Division for NWJ Companies and is directly responsible for the operation of our Lender Direct division which focuses on acquiring distressed properties directly from financial institutions. Mr. Coffen brings over 15 years of experience in the multifamily real estate industry, and has been with the company since 1997. Mr. Coffen has been integral to the growth and operations of NWJ Companies over the past decade including the areas of construction, acquisitions and dispositions. His operations have included many of our markets from the East Coast throughout the Southwest regions. In 2006, Mr. Coffen started the Lender Direct division to take advantage of the many existing relationships we have created over the past 15 years with the lending community, as well as to create new relationships with individual loan officers and their respective REO/Dispositions departments. Mr. Coffen received his BS in Labor and Industrial Relations from the Pennsylvania State University.
