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Aaron Sherman is a founding partner of Stillwater Capital, where he oversees the company’s development and investment activities.
Stillwater has become a market leading development company with expertise in multi-family, single family, mixed-use and industrial projects. Stillwater has led the successful development of over $1B worth of completed projects.
Throughout the course of his 20 plus year career in real estate, he has participated in the acquisition, development and disposition of assets of almost all product types. Prior to forming Stillwater Capital, Sherman spent the first 10 years of his career with Hillwood, a Perot Company.
In his free time, you can find him at youth sporting events, golfing and enjoying family and friends. He resides in University Park with his wife, Amy, and their three sons.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Robert Elliott is a founding partner of Stillwater Capital, where he oversees the company’s development and investment activities.
Stillwater has become a market leading development company with expertise in multi-family, single family, mixed-use and industrial projects. Stillwater has led the successful development of over $1B worth of completed projects.
Through the company’s custom home building brand, Robert Elliott Custom Homes (RECH), Elliott leads one of Dallas’ premiere single-family builders. The formation of the brand came from a rare business opportunity in the wake of the 2008 real estate recession where RECH acquired more than 50 single-family lots in the highly sought-after communities of Highland Park and University Park, TX. Since inception, RECH has completed over 200 homes in and around the Park Cities area of Dallas.
In his free time, you can find him golfing or coaching his children in their youth sports. He resides in Bluffview with his wife, Amanda, and their four children.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Business Administration
Rich Coady is a founding partner of Stillwater Capital, where he oversees the company’s development and investment activities.
Stillwater has become a market leading development company with expertise in multi-family, single family, mixed-use and industrial projects. Stillwater has led the successful development of over $1B worth of completed projects.
Coady plays an instrumental role in the management of Stillwater Capital’s custom home building company, Robert Elliott Custom Homes (RECH).
Prior to joining Stillwater, Coady spent seven years playing professional football for the St. Louis Rams, where he participated in two Super Bowls, ultimately winning the title in 2000. Coady played collegiately at Texas A&M University, where he was a two-time 1st Team All-Big XII safety and was a member of the 1998 Big XII Championship Team. In 1998 he was named the Texas A&M Male Academic Athlete of the year.
In his free time, you can find him golfing or coaching his children. He resides in University Park with his wife, Kelsey, and their two children.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Business Management
Alex Maki is the CFO of Stillwater Capital and oversees the accounting, treasury and investor reporting functions for the company. Prior to joining Stillwater Capital, Maki devoted 16 years to supervising corporate, general partner and co-investment accounting at a global asset management company.
Education: Baylor University, Bachelor of Accounting
Brandon Easterling is a Central Texas partner, where he is responsible for finding viable development sites for conventional multi-family product in suburban or urban locations, as well as viable sites that can accommodate single family rental home product.
Prior to joining Stillwater in June of 2017, Easterling ran the Central Texas for Alliance Residential for 6 years, overseeing all aspects of new multi-family development. While at Alliance, his responsibilities included developing over 1,800 units in Austin and San Antonio, with a capitalization of over $300 million. Easterling has directly overseen the construction of over 4,000 units throughout the course of his 21-year career.
In his free time, you can find him hunting, fishing, playing tennis and spending time outdoors with his two sons. He resides in Austin, TX with his high school sweetheart and their two children.
Education: University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Finance
Clay Roby is a managing director at Stillwater Capital, where he is responsible for evaluating and implementing investment and development strategies for the firm.
Prior to joining Stillwater in 2017, Roby served as the director and development manager of Capital Markets for Woodbine Development Corporation, a multi-billion-dollar real estate investment and development company. Roby has experience in every critical phase of development, giving him a rare and insightful depth of understanding of the development process. He has contributed to project underwriting, due diligence, capitalization, partnership structuring efforts, managing project-level design, planning and other construction activities.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
Wesley Weaver is the President of Stillwater GC. With 23 years of experience throughout North Texas, Wesley has established an impressive track record in construction project management, strategy formation and organization, and a strong peer network. He is well-respected for his leadership, vision, and risk assessment skills to oversee and complete complex, multi-million to billion-dollar projects. Wesley provides leadership and management depth for Stillwater GC’s growth and market expansion in the multi-family, institutional and commercial market sectors. As President, he manages business development, preconstruction, estimating, and operations, including contract negotiations and execution, construction planning and scheduling, quality control, uncompromising safety, and compliance management. He is also responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of projects, including value engineering, production, allocating resources, mentoring, and overseeing the team throughout the construction process. Wesley excels in generating ideas and solutions that promote team excellence and deliver exceptional results.
The first 20 years of Wesley’s career was spent with Manhattan Construction working on projects that included The Star in Frisco (Dallas Cowboys), Texas Rangers Globe Life Field, Southwest Airlines Training and Operations Facility, NEC America Corporate Headquarters, University of North Texas football stadium, The House (high rise condominium tower), and Texas Live, Live by Loews Hotel. Prior to beginning his career at Stillwater GC, Wesley spent two years at MYCON General Contractors operating a new business unit expanding into new markets segments.
Wesley attended Tyler Junior College where he earned an Associates degree in Computer Aided Drafting and Design. He then went on and earned a B.S. in Construction Science and Bachelors in Environmental Design from Texas A&M University. In his free time, you can find Wesley watching his daughter play club and high school soccer and spending time with local car clubs. Wesley lives in McKinney with his wife, Katie, and their daughter. He also has a son who recently began attending the University of North Texas in Denton.
Aaron Haas is the Senior Vice President of Development and Construction Management at Stillwater Capital, where he provides leadership to project teams ensuring design and construction goals are achieved by establishing consistent processes, maintaining accurate budgets and tracking projects on schedule, all in an effort to design and build extraordinary environments.
Prior to joining Stillwater in September 2021, Aaron served as the Executive Vice President of Design and Construction for The Howard Hughes Corporation where he led a team of over 50 professionals building $6B of commercial development. He was instrumental in bringing Lean Principals to these complex projects to provide transparency and predictability.
His previous work also included positions at major corporations, such as Walt Disney Imagineering and Caruso Affiliated in Los Angeles. At Disney, Aaron worked on various stages of large complex projects, including EuroDisneyland in Paris, France, Disney’s California Adventure, Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, GM Test Track and other attractions. At Caruso Affiliated, he worked on award-winning developments, including The Grove, the Americana At Brand in Glendale, CA, and 8500 Burton Way, Beverley Hills, CA, both mixed use luxury apartment and retail projects.
In his free time, Aaron enjoys river fly fishing, traveling (both domestic and international), golfing, home remodeling and collecting wine.
Education: Arizona State University, Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering with a minor in Real Estate Development
Steve Garrison is senior vice president of development and construction at Stillwater Capital, where he is involved in the development and project management of all multi-family and commercial projects. He is also responsible for facilitating the entitlement process with local governing authorities and utility companies for Stillwater’s projects.
Prior to joining Stillwater Capital in April 2011, Garrison worked on residential, multi-family and commercial projects ranging from single-family homes to high-rise condominium construction. With over 40 years of experience in the industry, Garrison provides expertise in pre-development, development, pre-construction and construction services.
Education: University of Nebraska at Kearney, Bachelor of Engineering
Derek Schauer is the senior vice president of finance at Stillwater Capital, where he is responsible for leading the underwriting, structuring, and management of new development opportunities, as well as overseeing the asset management of existing investments.
Prior to joining Stillwater in October 2020, Schauer was a Senior Director of Acquisitions for Westmount Realty Corp and also led the Asset Management and Acquisitions departments for Cawley Partners.
In his free time, you can find him golfing with friends and spending time with his family. He resides in North Dallas with his wife, Melissa, and their daughter.
Education: Florida State University, Bachelor of Finance and Multinational Business
Sutton Wheeler is a director at Stillwater Capital, where he oversees all capital markets activities for the company. His responsibilities include acquisitions across all platforms of real estate, including multifamily, retail, industrial, and new development.
Prior to joining Stillwater in May 2019, Wheeler served as the Vice President of International Development and Acquisitions for the Trump Organization. His key responsibilities included asset management of the firm's real estate and debt portfolio, repositioning assets, portfolio strategy, managing all activities throughout the acquisition process through closing (underwriting, valuation, due diligence). Wheeler also traveled extensively both domestically and internationally to expand the company’s real estate, hotel, commercial and retail properties. Some of his recent travel included areas throughout Asia, Russia, India, South America, and Europe.
Education: University of Texas and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Master of Science degree in Real Estate Finance & Development
Jason Beckström is a Value-add Acquisitions Partner at Stillwater Capital. With over 18 years of experience in both the commercial and residential real estate industries, he oversees the multifamily value-add acquisitions activities for the company. His key responsibilities include sourcing, underwriting, evaluating, and procuring multifamily value-add investment opportunities across the Texas markets.
Prior to joining Stillwater, Jason served as Senior Director of Acquisitions for Los Angeles-based Tides Equities. In this role he spearheaded Tides’ successful expansion into the Texas market, acquiring more than $2.3 billion of core+ and value-add assets over a two-year period. Jason’s primary responsibilities included sourcing, underwriting, evaluating, and executing the company’s multifamily acquisitions strategy across the Texas, Inland Empire, Arizona, and Las Vegas markets.
Jason brings a dynamic commercial real estate skillset to Stillwater that includes experience in real estate finance and investment, office leasing, negotiation, real estate sales, and construction management. His previous work also includes positions at both public and private organizations, such as Jones Lang LaSalle, PulteGroup, Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital, and Chicago-based private equity Free Market Ventures.
Education: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business – Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration. Additionally, Jason was a full-scholarship, dual-sport, student-athlete for the University’s football and track & field programs.
Jake Fortune-Greeley is a Partner at Stillwater Capital specializing in the Carolinas and Tennessee region. Jake is responsible for overseeing all multifamily development activities in these markets for Stillwater, including identifying and evaluating all development opportunities, oversight of project execution from predevelopment through exit, and managing development capital partner relationships.
In his career prior to Stillwater, Jake worked in real estate private equity and has been responsible for over $1B in direct real estate investment and development across multi-family, industrial, and mixed used assets. Jake received his BA from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He currently resides in Durham, NC.
Mike Cothern is a development partner at Stillwater Capital, where he oversees asset procurement strategies for the company. His responsibilities include market reconnaissance, site identification, acquisition plans and negotiations.
Prior to joining Stillwater, Cothern served our country and our community. First, he served as a logistics officer in the United States Marine Corps and then as a first responder for the Town of Highland Park for almost 12 years.
Mike also spent seven years with Revere Commercial Realty, specializing in healthcare land acquisition and disposition strategies. His clients included KDC, LandPlan Corp’s Baylor Medical Center Frisco, and THR’s Presbyterian Hospital of Rockwall.
As a father of four he spends most of his free time crossing town to various sporting events. He enjoys spending time with his wife and family as well as staying fit, snow skiing and fly fishing in Montana.
Education: Texas Tech University, BA – Advertising
Jimmy O’Neal is a development partner at Stillwater Capital, where he oversees the acquisition strategy for the company. His responsibilities include sourcing, underwriting, acquisitions, debt and equity origination, asset management and divestitures.
Prior to joining Stillwater in March 2017, O’Neal co-founded a boutique real estate investment company and has worked with a diverse mix of real estate clients including multi-family, land, commercial, and office properties. O’Neal brings over 25 years of multi-faceted entrepreneurial business experience in a variety of industries to the company.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of History
Logan O’Neal is a development manager at Stillwater Capital, where he helps oversee all aspects new development.
Prior to joining Stillwater Capital in October 2016, O’Neal worked at University House Communities, a public non-traded REIT focused on purpose-built student housing. Logan is an active member of both the Texas Real Estate Council and Urban Land Institute (ULI). He graduated from ULI’s North Texas Center for Leadership in 2020.
Education: University of Dayton, Bachelor of Finance and Accounting; Master of Business Administration, Magna Cum Lade
Mitch Paradise is a Dallas based development partner at Stillwater Capital, where he is responsible for managing all phases of a project, including entitlements, land planning, incentives & abatements, estimating, design, construction, leasing and disposition.
Prior to joining Stillwater in March 2018, Paradise served as Vice President for Corgan Associates up until 2012, before deciding to found his own commercial real estate company, Paradise Development. Paradise brings over 20 years of multi-faceted experience across varied segments of commercial real estate to the company and has worked on a diverse mix of projects including office interiors, ground up office development, retail, industrial, and multi-family.
In his free time, you can find him coaching and supporting his kids in their sports, staying active around White Rock Lake, playing golf and serving on the St. Jude Dallas Board with his wife. He resides in Lakewood with his wife, Jen, and their children.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Architecture
Stephen Holley is a development partner at Stillwater Capital, where he is responsible for all industrial developments.
Prior to joining Stillwater Capital in August 2020, Holley spent six years in the Navy as a SEAL officer based in Coronado, CA before starting and running an e-commerce company. With over 16 years of entrepreneurial business and commercial real estate experience, Holley brings a broad range skills and experience to Stillwater, including brokerage for Fortune 500 companies. Holley has served the Dallas community as a member of the Touchdown Club, the Elizabeth Toon Charities, as a Board Member for the Goodwill Industries of Dallas and as the Chairman of Pete Sessions Service Academy Advisory Board for the 32nd Congressional District. He has been recognized by the Dallas Business Journal through the 40 under 40 Award and has received the Dallas Foundation’s Good Works Under 40 Award.
Education: US Naval Academy, Bachelor of Science in Economics
Thomas Hoy is a development partner at Stillwater Capital, where he is the lead for all multi-family development activities related to Phoenix and Denver land acquisition, entitlement and development efforts. His responsibilities include deal sourcing, acquisition analysis, entitlement, permitting, design, construction and marketing of projects in both the Arizona and Colorado markets.
Prior to joining Stillwater in June 2020, Hoy ran the Arizona market as Vice President of Multifamily Development & Land Acquisitions for Leon Capital Group.
In his free time, you can find him spending time with friends & family, working out, traveling and watching college football. He resides in the Lakewood/Lower Greenville area with his wife, Bobbi, and their two dogs. They are expecting their first born in March 2021.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Political Science; Master of Land Economics & Real Estate (LERE)
Brian Caviness serves as a Vice President at Stillwater Capital where he is responsible for evaluating and executing on investment strategies for the firm.
Prior to joining Stillwater in February 2021, Brian worked as a development associate with Gables Residential and Leon Capital Group where he focused on sourcing, evaluating, executing, and managing multifamily developments across Arizona, Colorado, California, Texas, and Washington.
In his free time, you can find him golfing, hunting, watching sports, and spending time with friends and family. He resides in East Dallas with his wife, Whitley, their daughter, and their black lab.
Education: University of Arkansas, Bachelor in Finance
Tim Keys is a 3rd generation builder with 37 years of construction experience. Tim started his construction career with a shovel digging ditches in high school, and then after graduation obtained his bachelor’s degree in Construction Management at Boise State University. Tim has built over a billion dollars’ worth of construction, of which over 800 million was as the direct project manager. This experience encompasses many product types such as single family, high-rise, condominium, hotels, convention center, medical, and religious projects. With this experience, Tim moved on to successfully take over and update the operations of several construction companies. Tim has a deep technical ability and construction savvy, which he has brought to Stillwater, allowing him to successfully implement processes and procedures to bolster construction operations for the GC. Tim holds a degree in Construction Management from Boise State University.
Tim enjoys several activities, foremost of which is spending time with his kids, and in the lengthy Texas summers he can be found in a swimming pool, riding his mountain bike, and embracing his new found passion: cooking!”
Christie Allardyce serves as Director of Investor Relations & Development Manager at Stillwater Capital Investments, LLC. She is responsible for developing and implementing strategic growth initiatives, interfacing between the firm and investors, growing and maintaining SWC's capital base and overseeing development efforts on various mixed-use projects, such as sourcing hotel flags, restaurant + retail partners, interfacing on design, and finding new opportunities.
Christie brings 15+ years of experience in credit and risk underwriting, due diligence, deal analysis, strategic initiatives, financial budgeting and forecasting, task management, and project execution. Christie was part of the institutional sales team at Behringer Securities raising capital for a suite of Reg D offerings and worked at ORIX USA Corporation on the municipal finance desk of a $1 billion total return and $500 million high yield fund covering trade recommendations, direct lending, and originations. Christie began her career as an investment banking analyst aligned under both credit and risk verticals in the Financial Institution Debt Products group for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, underwriting commitments to credit facilities totaling over $18.8 billion.
Christie holds Series 7 and 63 licenses, and is a University of Texas at Austin graduate with a B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the McCombs School of Business. Christie served on the Board of the Crescent Court Farmers Market and as a member of the Cattle Barons Ball Underwriting Committee, benefiting the American Cancer Association.
Connor Masters serves as Controller of Stillwater Capital and is responsible for the accounting, treasury and financial reporting functions for the company.
Prior to joining Stillwater Capital in October 2021, Connor served as a Senior Assurance Manager for PwC’s Asset & Wealth Management team. There he was responsible for overseeing audits of financial services clients, including private equity and oil & gas, with a focus on real estate. His clients included Fortune 500 companies, public & private fund complexes, REITs, etc. He also completed a tour with the PwC National Office’s Accounting Standards Group. He holds a CPA license in the state of Texas.
Education: University of Texas at Austin Business Honors Program, Bachelor of Business Administration and Master in Professional Accounting
Allen LaSala is a Senior Development Manager at Stillwater Capital, where he is responsible for the development of residential and mixed-use properties in Phoenix, Denver, Nashville and the DFW area. Prior to joining Stillwater in 2021, LaSala served as the Vice President of Strategic Development at The Howard Hughes Corporation, where he contributed to design and development of mixed-use master planned communities. Projects included multifamily, office, medical office, retail, infrastructure and a triple A baseball stadium. His previous work included positions at Thornton Tomasetti where he lead design efforts on multiple world class sports stadiums, including US Bank stadium in Minneapolis and Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
In his free time, you can find him playing golf, running and playing other outdoor sports. He resides in Frisco with his wife, Laura, and their two kids. Allen received a bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Cole Henley is a development manager at Stillwater Capital, where he is responsible for the entitlements and development of residential and mixed-use properties in both Colorado and the DFW area.
Prior to joining Stillwater in January 2020, Henley served as a Development Manager at The Howard Hughes Corporation, where he contributed to project underwriting, due diligence, capitalization, partnership structuring, project management, planning, leasing and asset management over Class A trophy office and mixed-use master planned communities. Over the course of his career, Henley has held a variety of roles in the real estate industry, including civil engineering, brokerage, development and acquisitions.
In his free time, you can find him playing golf, running and playing other outdoor sports. He resides in Richardson with his wife, Kasey, and their son.
Education: Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Civil Engineering; Rice University, Master of Business Administration
Jay Dreiling is a Development Manager at Stillwater Capital.
In his free time, you can find him traveling, hiking, cooking new recipes and training his new Golden Retriever, Harvey.
Education: Kansas State University, Master of Architecture, Southern Methodist University, Master of Business Administration
Natalia Malek is a Development Manager, where she is responsible for leading Stillwater Capital efforts on all SFR (single family rental) projects. She works closely with the key players at Stillwater Capital to successfully bring in these new developments across north Texas.
Prior to joining Stillwater in August 2021, Natalia started her career as a CPA and worked for one of the Big Four accounting firms in Dallas. After leaving public accounting, she moved into CRE, holding managerial roles in property/asset management, project underwriting, and acquisition and commercial development. She served as the Development Manager for Woodbine Development Corporation, a national real estate investment, development and management company. Her experience ranges from renovation to ground-up development projects for almost all product types, with a focus on hospitality.
Education: University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor in Business Administration and Master in Professional Accounting
Jeffrey Birdwell is an analyst at Stillwater Capital where he assists with the development process. Prior to joining Stillwater, he worked at Northmarq Capital on the Debt & Equity team in Dallas where he helped place over $500M in financing on both development and value add deals. He grew up around the apartment and office development business having held summer jobs in construction, apartment maintenance and property management.
In his free time, he enjoys traveling with family and friends, racing in the Trans Am national auto racing series and flying airplanes as a private pilot.
Jeffrey holds a Masters in Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan.
