A leadership team with 135 years of combined executive experience.

Michael is a fourth-generation real estate and construction professional from St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up on job sites and in board meetings while his father started and scaled two successful businesses, E.M. Harris Construction and Capital Consultants, which together have generated more than $800 million in revenue. Working in the field during summer breaks, first as a laborer in middle school and later as a carpenter's apprentice in high school, gave him the opportunity to learn the business from the ground up.

He brings more than a decade of experience in leadership and executive roles. Michael launched his career managing a department that sold and marketed a proprietary technology, and his team helped take Yurbuds from a startup to more than $75 million in revenue in three years. The company was acquired by Harman International, now a subsidiary of Samsung.

After returning to the family businesses, Michael continued in construction as a project engineer, then project manager and eventually vice president, helping diversify his father's ventures to consistently generate more than $60 million in annual revenue. He earned a master's degree in construction management from Washington University in St. Louis, and afterward founded a consulting firm serving business owners in real estate, construction, design, operations and project delivery.

As a founding member of HWG, Brando brings a diverse skill set built over his years in real estate and business development. His career began with a key role in acquisitions for Silver Star, a multifamily owner and operator with more than 3,500 units nationwide, where he took part in the purchase and sale of over $1 billion in properties and helped oversee the company's entire West Coast portfolio.

Moving into business development, Brando operated a marketing, data analytics and incubator company. He and his team helped client portfolios achieve more than $40 million in sales within one year, a 500 percent return per client. In early 2023 he sold his stake in the marketing and data companies.

Brando's experience spans real estate, marketing and the technology space, with a strong understanding of code and startups. Born and raised in the Netherlands, he represented the youth national team in snowboarding. He attended Stanford's four-year high school program and later studied computer science at Harvard before transitioning to its business program. His entrepreneurial path, marked by both successes and failures, has given him a strategic eye for positioning, launching and scaling organizations.

Stu has 25 years of experience in corporate real estate, handling nearly $3 billion in transactions and more than 15 million square feet of commercial office, retail and industrial properties. He is the founder and principal of Spyglass Investment and Advisory Group, a full-service commercial real estate firm established in Southern California in 2009. Spyglass has developed numerous retail projects, including several for DaVita across California.

His expertise spans site selection, acquisitions, design, lease negotiations and construction management. Previously, Stu was Managing Director at Cabi Developers, where he raised occupancy from 79 percent to 92 percent and increased net operating income from $59 million to $72 million in 18 months by negotiating more than 250 leases. He also held a leadership position at The Staubach Company, focused on strategic planning, negotiations and mentoring new hires.

Jason is Division President for Richmond American Homes in the Pacific Northwest, focused primarily on Oregon and southern Washington. Richmond American Homes was acquired by Sekisui House, a publicly traded Japanese homebuilder, in 2024, making the combined company the fifth largest homebuilder in the United States. Before that, he was President and COO of Avenue Homes, a leading infill single-family and fourplex and townhome builder in Los Angeles County focused on the economical densification of single-family lots in the county's most accessible neighborhoods.

From 2009 to 2016, Jason was responsible for the West Coast development arm of Westbrook Partners, a top ten global real estate private equity firm, where he oversaw or took part in the development and construction of more than 1,500 homes worth in excess of $1 billion. He was also Managing Principal at Landcap Partners, a Goldman Sachs and Northstar distressed land platform, responsible for investing more than $400 million of equity in development assets across the West. From 2001 through 2007 he managed the Los Angeles office of O'Donnell/Atkins, leading a team involved in more than $1.2 billion of development transactions.

Jason earned his degree in International Relations from San Francisco State University and his MBA from the University of California. He is a past member of the Urban Land Institute's Residential Neighborhood Development Council and currently serves on the board of directors of the Homebuilding Association of Portland Metro.

Abdiel is the founder of Astra Capital Group and has invested in more than $300 million of real estate. He is a cyber security architect and cloud security expert who leads next-generation security projects. He serves on the St. Louis IEEE Young Engineer Robotic Competition panel and received the Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the St. Louis section of IEEE in 2012. Abdiel is committed to helping others protect their earnings through secure investments and achieve financial independence.

John is a real estate entrepreneur who controls a portfolio of more than 600 units as a general partner. He started by house-hacking a duplex and now partners with investors to purchase apartment buildings through his firm, Casmon Capital Group.

He is the co-creator of the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit, a no-pitch conference to connect like-minded investors, and hosts the weekly real estate podcast Target Market Insights, where he speaks with specialists across the country about emerging markets, marketing and investing.

Joe is a full-time real estate investor who began buying multifamily properties in 2013 and now controls more than $400 million of real estate with a portfolio of 4,269 units. He has personally raised more than $100 million from private investors for real estate investments. Before that, he was the youngest vice president at an award-winning advertising agency in New York City. He hosts the world's longest-running daily real estate podcast.

Brian is the CEO of Everest Properties. He joined Everest in 2010, having consulted for the company since 1998, and currently oversees half a billion dollars in assets under management. From 2006 to 2010 he served as Senior Vice President of Finance for Foxdales Properties, and before 2006 as Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Development for Avail-TVN, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Magna Entertainment, and Senior Vice President and CFO for HomeSpace.

Brian holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and a bachelor's degree in economics from Pomona College. His depth of experience in real estate and finance gives HWG a discerning perspective.

Brad has more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, with over $2.2 billion in projects and transactions. As founding member and Chief Investment Officer of Spyglass Realty Partners, he brings expertise in development, asset management, acquisitions and dispositions, construction, entitlements, corporate advisory, valuation and financial modeling.

In key roles at international real estate firms including Madison Partners, Cabi Developers/GICSA and The Staubach Company, he handled responsibilities such as asset management and leasing for a 4.6 million square foot office portfolio in California. Brad holds a bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA.

Maura is the COO at Socium Advisors, where she oversees diverse business operations drawing on a decade in finance and M&A. Her early roles included UBS Investment Bank, with an international posting in London. A graduate in finance and management from Fairfield University, she holds a Six Sigma Green Belt. Her multifaceted experience strengthens HWG's operational efficiency and strategic vision.

Brian brings more than 31 years of global investment and asset management, private equity and investment banking expertise to HWG. His career highlights include managing debt and equity financings exceeding $2.7 billion and orchestrating restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and reinsurance transactions valued at more than $18.5 billion. His track record includes building and supervising teams, founding two start-up companies, and closing financings and M&A transactions globally.

He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to a top ten private equity firm, helping manage more than $3 billion in active capital.