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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
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
Jason Cuellar is the COO of Stillwater Capital, where he focuses on the development and implementation of processes to enhance efficiencies and mitigate risks, as well as being responsible for the day-to-day management of general operations for Stillwater’s General Contracting (GC) division.
Prior to joining Stillwater, Cuellar began his career as an auditor and is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas. He quickly progressed to high-level finance roles, allowing him to bring over 20 years of experience in multiple industries including asset management, software development, consulting and healthcare to Stillwater Capital. He was also an expat for a global asset management company and spent nearly two years in Frankfurt, Germany establishing processes and controls during an expansion period.
In his free time, you can find him enjoying cooking and BBQing for his family, playing with his kids or weight training. He resides in Farmers Branch with his wife, Heidi, and their two children.
Education: Baylor University, Bachelor of Accounting
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
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)
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
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
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.
In her free time she loves traveling all around the country exploring national parks, hiking, camping, practicing yoga and finding the best outdoor venues for live music. You can also find her training her new Doberman puppy, Lucy.
Education: University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor in Business Administration and Master in Professional Accounting
Brian Caviness is a Finance Associate at Stillwater Capital, where he assists with maintaining efficient and optimal financial operations for our company.
Prior to joining Stillwater in February 2020, Brian worked at Gables Residential and Leon Capital Group.
In his free time, you can find him golfing, hunting and watching Dallas professional sports teams along with the Arkansas Razorbacks, his alma mater.
Education: University of Arkansas, Bachelor in Finance
Steven Janssen is a development associate at Stillwater Capital, where he assists in the development and construction of ground-up multifamily and mixed-use assets. He also supports Stillwater in its pursuit and pipeline projects, including initial feasibility, financial evaluation, planning & design and all other forms of due diligence.
Prior to joining Stillwater in May 2018, Janssen worked as an analyst in the real estate specialties group at Bank OZK, where he focused on the valuation, closing, and asset management on ground-up and value-add projects across all asset types throughout the United States.
Education: University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Finance
Chandler Fuller is the social media director at Stillwater Capital, where she manages and promotes the company brands through various social media channels. Her responsibilities include creating and implementing social strategies, managing company profiles on social media sites, closely monitoring social trends, creating content, increasing brand awareness and maintaining brand consistency through unique brand voice, typography, graphic design and photography.
Prior to joining Stillwater in March 2020, Fuller worked in the Restaurant and Hospitality PR industry as a Social Media Coordinator, where she ran multiple social media accounts for multiple bars and restaurants. Her strong creative background and social skills allow her to bring an exciting take to the real estate industry and the accounts she manages.
In her free time, you can find her staying active through various workouts, spending time with friends & family and spoiling her pets. She resides in Uptown with her dog and new kitten.
Education: Oklahoma State University, Bachelor of Marketing, double minor in International Business and Apparel Merchandising
Garrett Newman is a staff accountant at Stillwater Capital, where he serves as a project accountant for Robert Elliott Custom Homes (RECH), Havenwood, The Associates Realty Group, The Threadgill Agency & Outdoor Concepts.
Prior to joining Stillwater in January 2019, Newman worked for Whitley Penn accounting firm as a tax accountant,
In his free time, you can find him golfing and traveling with friends.
Education: University of Arkansas, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, Master of Accounting
Hannah Flansburg is the office manager at Stillwater Capital, where she assists with all administrative responsibilities.
In her free time, you can find her singing, dancing, traveling, reading and painting. She resides in Far North Dallas with her cat and dog.
Education: Texas State University, Bachelor of Science in Psychology
