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Leon serves as an Investments Analyst for Pensam. In this role, his responsibilities include identifying potential investments, underwriting equity and preferred equity deals, as well as assisting in the due diligence process.

Prior to joining Pensam, Leon was part of Student Projects at Amazon and Apple. He then joined the CF&O Series at Goldman Sachs, where he performed financial analysis and market research across M&A Transactions and Capital Markets.

Leon earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Finance (Summa Cum Laude) from Purdue University, as well as a Master’s in Finance & Technology (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Miami.

lkah@pensamcapital.com

Nicholas Vega serves as an Investments Analyst for Pensam. His responsibilities include identifying potential investments, underwriting equity/preferred equity and funding opportunities, as well as assisting in the due diligence process.

Prior to joining Pensam, Nicholas was employed at Newmark as an Investment Analyst responsible for underwriting multifamily investments across the state of Florida, as well as performing due diligence.

Nicholas holds a Master’s of Science in International Real Estate and a BA in Business Administration from Florida International University.

Nvega@pensamcapital.com

Alexander Keenan serves as an Investments Associate for Pensam. His responsibilities include identifying potential investments, underwriting equity and preferred equity deals, and assisting in the due diligence process.

Prior to Alexander’s career at Pensam, Alexander was engaged in the insurance industry, working at Allianz Life Insurance in their actuarial product development team. Alexander obtained a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in Statistics and Actuarial Science.

akeenan@pensamcapital.com

Joseph Brennan serves as Director of Capital Markets for Pensam. He has been involved with Pensam since its founding, and is an experienced professional with a broad background in domestic and international sales and marketing of financial services and products involving capital markets, private banking, investment banking and international trade finance.

Prior to his role at Pensam, Joe was President of Brennan Caballero, Inc., a private family company where he was active in analyzing and monitoring investments, in addition to assisting and advising on marketing and sales efforts in the US, Latin America and Europe.  Previously, Mr. Brennan was Senior Vice President of Wealth Management at HSBC Bank in Miami, FL, a group established to pursue large, complex, sophisticated opportunities by coordinating bank resources required to provide value-added products and solutions to clients and their companies.

Joe also worked as Vice President in the Private Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley, as Director of the Private Banking Group of UBS AG, as Vice President in Private Banking with Bankers Trust Private Advisory Services and at Citicorp Private Bank Capital Markets Unit where he was the Vice President/Manager of the Derivative Products Marketing Unit and in Citicorp’s Investment Banking Group in New York and Puerto Rico.

Joe received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and is fluent in English and Spanish.

jbrennan@pensamcapital.com

Galina serves as a Vice President of Investments for Pensam, where she is responsible for overseeing the underwriting and due diligence of equity, preferred equity, and funding investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Pensam, Galina was employed at Lloyd Jones Capital as a Senior Acquisition Analyst responsible for identifying and underwriting multifamily investments as well as performing due diligence. In addition, Galina worked at Marcus and Millichap as an Analyst and Transaction Manager.

Galina earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Novosibirsk State Technical University in Russia. Following that, she earned her Bachelor of Business in Finance (Magna Cum Laude) and her Master of Business Administration from Florida International University. Galina also holds a Florida real estate license.

gchurchill@pensamcapital.com