John’s first hand involvement with the macro and micro economics of the region enables him to quickly identify the critical foundations of a good real estate investment. John holds a MBA in Finance and he has over 15 years experience managing Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF)’s $215 million in core and allied assets. With the Foundation, John has been deeply involved with numerous community and business development initiatives that brought economic prosperity to the Greater Baltimore Region. As the President and CEO of Estia Ventures, John has a wealth of knowledge and the key pillars to make Estia a positive force in the community while maximizing profitable growth and investor returns.

His many years with the Foundation has enabled him to hone his capital raising abilities proven by the more than 600 philanthropic funds established to date.

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“The job of a leader is to build a complementary team where every strength is made effective and each weakness is made irrelevant.”

-Maxwell