Arthur joined Columbia Pacific in 2020 as an analyst for our Capital Markets team. Prior to joining CPA, Arthur worked as a commercial real estate appraiser. As an appraiser, he was involved in the valuation of over $1 billion in real estate across a wide variety of property types and ownership interests. Arthur is a third generation Washington native and graduated from Whitman College with an Economics major and Mathematics minor.

Aubrey joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2019 as an analyst for the Real Estate investment team. Prior to joining CPA, Aubrey interned for Seaport Steel, and Lakeside Industries. Aubrey graduated from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business in 2019, earning Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude honors.

Brit Funk joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in September of 2014 as a Development Manager within the real estate investment strategy. She manages new multi-family construction and commercial rehab projects in Seattle, San Francisco and Dallas. Prior to joining CPA Brit worked as a Project Engineer on various tenant improvements to multi-family high rise projects for a local General Contractor. Brit received her Construction Management Certificate from the University of Washington and has been in the industry since 2003.

Felicity Hollenbeck joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in March 2016 as a Development Manager within the real estate investment strategy. She manages new multi-family and senior housing projects in Seattle.  Prior to joining CPA, she worked in the tech industry running marketing programs for Redfin.com. Prior to that Felicity worked in commercial real estate development as an owner’s representative on multi-family housing and a mix of office and retail tenant improvement projects. Felicity graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Architectural History and a minor in Architecture. Felicity is an Old English Sheepdog aficionado and volunteers for Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest.

Joe joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2023 as an analyst for the Real Estate Investment team. Before his full-time role at CPA, Joe interned for Columbia Pacific and graduated from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business in 2023 receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a minor in Real Estate. Additionally, Joe received the Professional Sales Certificate from the Jack and Ann Rhodes Professional Sales Program during his time at the UW.

Kari McEachran joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2015 with the Real Estate Lending strategy. Currently, she is Vice President of Loan Origination, focusing on loan production and business development of the Lending strategy. She has also worked in underwriting and analyst roles prior. Previously, Kari was an intern for Columbia Pacific Management, Columbia Pacific Advisors, and Silvaris Corporation, respectively. A Seattle native, Kari played Division I basketball at the University of Portland where she earned All-Academic in the conference for 3 consecutive years. Kari graduated from the University of Portland Pamplin School of Business with a degree in Finance. Additionally, she completed her Certificate in Commercial Real Estate at the University of Washington in 2019.

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Kirby Kelley joined Columbia Pacific in July 2019 as Development Coordinator within the real estate investment strategy.  She supports the development process from entitlements through construction and turnover for both senior living and self-storage projects.  Prior to joining CPA Kirby worked as a Project Engineer for a local General Contractor with experience managing construction for mixed-use, historical renovation and senior-living projects.  Kirby’s background is in operating a family-owned residential contracting company based in the South Puget Sound. She has a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, an Associates in Interior Design and a Certificate in Construction Management.

Liam Zhang joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2024 as a Vice President of Real Estate Asset Management.  Prior to joining Columbia Pacific, Liam worked at the Irvine Company, Lincoln Avenue Communities, and Healthpeak Properties, where he managed portfolios of market-rate apartments, affordable housing, and senior housing.  Liam earned his MBA in real estate from UCLA Anderson School of Management and his BS in finance from NYU Stern School of Business.  Liam is also a Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA) charterholder and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst(CAIA) charterholder. 

Michele Hughes joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2017 as an Asset Manager. Ms. Hughes is responsible for performance monitoring of Senior Housing Assets across the country. Prior to joining Columbia Pacific Advisors, Ms. Hughes held numerous clinical and administrative positions at Emeritus Senior Living and Brookdale Senior Living. During her 14 years with Emeritus, she advanced from an Executive Director to the North East Divisional Vice President of Operations. Ms. Hughes successfully transitioned her 72 communities as well as the largest number of Emeritus Regional and Divisional staff to Brookdale Senior Living in 2014. She joined Brookdale at that time as a Regional Vice President of Operations.

Ms. Hughes has also held various elected positions at the State and National levels. She served two terms as a Member at Large on the board for The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). She also participated on the NCAL Finance & Policy Committee as well as the Risk Management Workgroup. At the state level, Michele held positions on the New Jersey Assisted Living Center Board. Completing two terms as Vice-Chair, two terms as Chair. During that 8 years, she served as one of the Health Care Association of New Jersey’s (HCANJ) representatives on the New Jersey Assisted Living Work Group held by the New Jersey Department of Health.

Pete Aparico joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2017 and is responsible for real estate acquisition and development opportunities within the real estate investment strategy.  Prior to joining Columbia Pacific Advisors, Pete was a multi-family development, commercial development, and acquisitions lead at Vulcan, responsible for deal sourcing, pipeline development, and life cycle investment performance.  Formerly, Pete was an Investment Director with Schnitzer West and an Officer in the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps.  Pete earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Science in Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Rebecca Bloom is the Managing Director of Capital Markets  & Acquisitions and is responsible for real estate acquisition and debt financing opportunities with the real estate investment strategy. Prior to joining Columbia Pacific Advisors, Ms. Bloom managed land acquisitions and debt and equity financing for Vulcan Real Estate, where she was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and negotiating land acquisition and debt financing opportunities in the greater Seattle/Bellevue market. Ms. Bloom, led Vulcan’s major acquisition efforts in the Downtown Bellevue market and successfully sourced and closed over $1.5B in construction and permanent financing. Ms. Bloom holds a B.A. in business economics from UCLA and an M.S. in computational finance and risk management from the University of Washington.

Rich Menti joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2014 as a Senior Asset Manager within the real estate investment strategy. He is primarily responsible for management of the industrial, office, medical, hospitality and multi-family properties as well as assisting in acquisitions, dispositions and partner relationships. Rich has 22 years of real estate experience in all facets of the industry from asset management, development, acquisitions, dispositions leasing and brokerage ownership. Prior to joining CPA, Rich was the Vice President at Meriwether Advisors, a commercial real estate advisory and investment firm. Before Meriwether Advisors, Rich served as President and Owner of multiple Real Estate franchises in the Puget Sound. Rich graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A in Speech and Communication.

Sam joined Columbia Pacific in 2022 to provide underwriting support for the Real Estate Lending team. He previously was a Credit Analyst at U.S Bank in the Seattle Commercial Real Estate office underwriting loan products for various asset classes, in addition to managing several junior analyst’s workflow. Sam is from Lake Tahoe, NV, where he developed a passion for skiing and the outdoors. He attended the University of San Diego and completed his degree in Finance in 2018.

Sarah Rosler joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2012 where she works directly with our real estate investment strategies team on development accounting and lender coordination. Sarah started her career at Grant Thornton where she worked in the assurance department auditing small tech and biotech companies. Then she worked at Emeritus Corporation where she was a senior corporate accountant focused on capital leases, quarterly and annual filings and construction accounting. Most recently she worked for Columbia Pacific Management as an Accounting Manager. Sarah graduated in May of 2000 with a double major in Accounting and Finance.

Sherrie Bebell joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in January 2017 as a Senior Living Asset Manager within the Real Estate Investment Strategy.  In her role, Sherrie is responsible for senior living assets primarily in the Southeast. Prior to joining Columbia Pacific Advisors, Sherrie was with a third-party management company where she managed senior living communities in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada. Sherrie brings with her more than 20 years of experience in senior living operations, sales and marketing.

Vicki Peditto joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in January of 2020 as a Development Manager within the real estate investment strategy. She manages new senior living projects primarily on the East coast.  Prior to joining CPA, Vicki worked as a Project Manager on various tenant improvements and ground-up construction projects for a local General Contractor. She received her Construction Management Certificate from the University of Washington and has been in the industry since 2004.

Yasamine Firoozi joined Columbia Pacific Advisors in 2016 as Office Manager.  Currently, Ms. Firoozi provides administrative support to the company’s executive officers as well as operations support across CPA’s multiple teams. Prior to joining CPA, Yasamine worked in global health communications and advocacy at Global Health Strategies. Yasamine graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in International Relations and Global Development.