National Opportunity Zones Webinar

Jill Homan is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of OPZ Capital. Ms. Homan has more than 15 years’ experience in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, asset management and leasing totaling over $450 million in total capitalization. Ms. Homan oversees OPZ Capital’s real estate investments and fund operations. Prior to founding OPZ Capital, Ms. Homan was President of Javelin 19 Investments, a real estate investment firm with more than $200 million in investments and transactions. At Javelin 19, Ms. Homan was responsible for sourcing, underwriting, structuring, and executing new investment opportunities. Further, she oversaw day-to-day operations of the company. Ms. Homan previously worked as vice president for Perseus Realty, where she was responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, and assisting in the capitalization of ongoing projects. She assisted in the formation and structure of a discretionary GP investment partnership, managed its investor relations, and performed market and competitive property analyses. Ms. Homan has extensive political and policy experience, having worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant and press secretary, and she currently holds elective office and senior party leadership positions. Ms. Homan is LEED® accredited professional and a member of Commercial Real Estate Women DC (CREW DC). She has been a featured speaker and received recognition at events with DCBIA, CREW DC, Bisnow, and DCA Live. Ms. Homan serves on several non-profit boards, including the Board of Visitors for Duke University’s School of Public Policy, and co-chairs the Duke University’s alumni organization in the metro Washington, DC region. Ms. Homan resides in Washington, DC.

Mr. Jonathan D. Tower is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Arctaris Impact Fund, LP, Arctaris Royalty Partners, LLC, and three predecessor Arctaris impact investment funds. Mr. Tower invests in growth-oriented businesses in the manufacturing, technology, and services industries with heavy emphasis on underserved and underrepresented banking markets. Mr. Tower has over 15 years of industry experience, investing in private equity and private debt, including three interim Chief Executive Officer roles in private equity-backed companies. He has worked closely with portfolio companies in the manufacturing, technology, and services industries to achieve their growth objectives, including Capterra (acquired by Gartner), Verid (acquired by EMC), QuoteShip (acquired by ICGE), Moguldom Media (acquired by InteractiveOne), and Xoom (acquired by PayPal). Prior thereto, Mr. Tower was a Managing Director, Operating Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Dutchess Capital Management LLC. He held responsibilities both in private equity deal execution and maximizing value in portfolio companies, working with management teams to develop growth or turnaround strategies. At Fidelity Ventures, he executed private equity and venture capital investments, focusing on the enterprise technology, security and communications sectors. At IBM, Mr. Tower was a member of the Corporate Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Capital Market groups, where he facilitated the issuance of more than $2 billion in term debt, managed $250 million of A/R factoring transactions, led venture investments in five expansion-stage technology businesses, and executed two corporate divestitures that generated $300 million in profit. Prior to IBM, Mr. Tower was a Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development at Vodium.com. From 1996 to 1999, he was a Financial Journalist at Bloomberg News. Mr. Tower has published articles on corporate finance, derivatives and risk management in Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Magazine, International Herald Tribune, and the New York Times. Mr. Tower received an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School in 2002 and a B.A. degree in English and Mathematics from Georgetown University in 1996.

Barrett is a co-founding principal of Savoy and oversees the capitalization, structuring of the company’s investments, and deal sourcing. Barrett started investing in real estate in 2012 and enjoys learning about esoteric strategies which he implements to create excellent risk adjusted returns. He specializes in transactions with complex structures such as historic tax credits, opportunity zones, low-income restrictions, as well as the deconversion of fractured condos. Barrett received his BBA and MBA from SMU Cox School of Business with a concentration in real estate and finance. He attends HPUMC and enjoys spending his free time with his wife, Heather, and their two daughters, Natalie and Abigail. He also enjoys playing golf, hiking, scuba diving and discussing all things OZ related.