What
A public/private mechanism that finances building improvements tied to energy, water, or resiliency, in new construction, many standard building systems and materials can qualify.
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Vicky Schiff
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mrs. Schiff is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded six firms across real estate and private equity since 1996. She co-founded Mosaic Real Estate Investors, which originated more than $3B across asset classes (2015-2021), and serves as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine, a faculty advisor at UCLA Anderson, and a board member of Wedbush Capital. She holds a BS from USC and an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and was named Women’s Council Executive of the Year in 2021.
John Kinney
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Mr. Kinney pioneered C-PACE, founding CleanFund LLC in 2009, originating and securitizing $300M in C-PACE financing, and authoring enabling legislation across multiple states, including the first-ever C-PACE transactions and securitizations. He was previously CEO of Greenline Industries and Club One, both Inc. Magazine fastest-growing honorees, with earlier roles at Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain & Company. He holds BA, MS, and MBA degrees from Stanford University.
Bruce Davidson
Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Davidson brings a 35-year, $20B+ track record in real estate finance. From 2000 to 2009 he built and led global hotel lending for a large German bank, and during the Global Financial Crisis was recruited by the Federal Reserve to oversee and wind down the $14B Maiden Lane portfolio. He served as Head of Asset Management and on the Investment Committee at Mosaic Real Estate, and most recently led CRE Technology Enablement at SitusAMC. He holds a degree in accounting from Wagner College and completed the Real Estate Finance & Development Certificate Program at Monmouth University.
Janak Patel
Managing Director, Originations and Strategic Partnerships
Mr. Patel brings 20+ years of commercial real estate and technology experience as an entrepreneur investing, developing, and managing hospitality brands including Marriott, Hilton, and IHG as well as advising startups. In 2020, he founded Worldspan, a fintech developing a novel insurance product for PACE to protect senior lenders. He holds a BBA+MBA from the University of Missouri and a Venture Capital Certification from UC-Berkeley/NVCA.
Michael Lingenfelter
Managing Director, Operations
Mr. Lingenfelter brings over 15 years of experience in clean tech banking, capital markets advisory, strategy consulting, and financial operations. At Wells Fargo, he led PACE credit policy and lender consent initiatives in the Global CleanTech Group and managed a $100M P&L. He also served as VP of Business Development and interim CFO at Wrightspeed. He holds a BA cum laude from Tufts University and an MBA from UC Davis.
John Dellisanti Jr.
Associate
Mr. Dellisanti assists directly with the origination, structuring, and capital formation of C-PACE and senior debt. Prior to ACF, he spent multiple years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch within a $1.7 billion advisory group, executing SMA structuring and alternative investment due diligence. He holds a BA in Economics from Hobart & William Smith Colleges and a certificate in Business and Financial Modeling from The Wharton School.
Bob Ashcom
Managing Partner, Alt Ridge Capital · ACF Advisory Board Member and Senior Advisor
Mr. Ashcom serves on Avrio CleanFund’s Advisory Board as a Senior Advisor and leads ACF’s investment partner activities. He brings more than 35 years in investment banking, capital markets, corporate strategy, and governance, and is Managing Partner of Alt Ridge Capital, an M&A advisory firm focused on specialty finance, alternative asset management, and technology enabled services. He previously led Specialty Finance Investment Banking at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and held senior roles at Bank of America Securities and NASD, now FINRA.
Eric Wedbush
President and Chief Executive Officer, Wedbush Capital · ACF Investor and Advisory Board Member
Mr. Wedbush serves on Avrio CleanFund’s Advisory Board, and Wedbush Capital is an investor in ACF. He oversees Wedbush Capital’s holdings, including Wedbush Ventures, Wedbush Capital Partners, and Wedbush Securities, where he is Chairman of the Board. His investment work spans leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity, and venture capital across consumer, manufacturing, financial services, and specialty retail, following a decade in Wedbush Securities’ Equity Capital Markets group as Director of Equity Research and Managing Director of Investment Banking.