Spinnaker Real Estate Partners Adds Top Professionals to Growing Platform
Spinnaker Real Estate Partners LLC announced the hiring of two experienced real estate professionals to service its growing platform in Connecticut. Ashley Klem and Rachel Montoya each have over twenty years of professional experience in commercial real estate with the top real estate organizations in the region.
“We are very excited to have Ashley and Rachel join our team” said Clayton H. Fowler, Chairman & CEO of Spinnaker. “They are terrific professionals with strong backgrounds and experience in the industry”.
Ashley Klem has been hired as Chief Accounting Officer, a new position. Ms. Klem is an experienced financial executive with in-depth knowledge of the real estate industry from property management and accounting, to real estate development and private equity. Most recently she served as Fund Controller for a private equity firm in Westport and Controller for a large property owner in Stamford prior to that. She holds a BS in Accounting from Sacred Heart University and is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Finance and Management, also from Sacred Heart.
Earlier in 2018 Spinnaker hired Frank Caico, a former Kimco and Avalon Bay executive, as Vice President of Development, Alyssa Kent, Owners Representative overseeing the company’s construction activity and Alex Drexler, Asset Manager working on Spinnaker’s commercial portfolio.
For more information, please visit Spinnaker’s website at www.spinrep.com.
Submitted by Norwalk, CT
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