Alex Lofton, a proud product of Bellevue Public Schools in his native Washington state, believes in the productive potential of design, compassion, and digital technology. He was one of the early employees on President Obama’s 2008 campaign, and ran field operations for swing states. As a former startup executive, he worked to get poor folks good jobs in a greener economy, and he designed communication strategies for England's National Health Service, Airbnb and Lyft. Alex got his start in real estate at developer Forest City, and he holds a B.A. from Northwestern and an MBA from Stanford. Alex firmly believes that valuing Black lives is not zero-sum, and he and his husband spend their decompression time outdoors, on the dance floor, or playing the “funcles” (fun-uncles) role.

Andrew Ho is a software engineer who loves working on products that empower and create opportunities for others. He is a proud Bay Area native who is passionate about finding ways to give back to his community. He’s worked at companies of all sizes — before joining Landed, he worked at a small fin-tech startup and a large e-commerce company. Andrew holds a B.S. from UC Berkeley.

Andrew Senior is a proud resident of Boston, MA who loves helping others and building genuine connections. As a product of a public school education, he believes providing educators with the financial freedom and flexibility to remain in the communities they serve is an impactful step we can take to improve student outcomes. Prior to joining Landed, Andrew worked with K-12 public school districts and saw firsthand the challenges schools face to recruit and retain talent. He holds a degree in Marketing and Sociology from UMass Amherst and firmly believes that laughter is the very best medicine.

Angela Kearns (Angie), has been coined the Prosperity Queen since entering her real estate career in 1998. Her mission in life is to connect her clients to prosperity while purchasing or selling their homes.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, Angie relocated to Metro-Atlanta, where she became a radio personality covering various topics on love, self-love, and healing from emotional chaos. Known for interviews with celebrities and professionals who have mastered their craft, her radio talk show offered advice and impactful epiphanies. Surprisingly, not being a fan of sports at all, she also had a popular sports talk show.

Think Angie would stop at real estate and radio? Think again. Her first success as an entrepreneur was in 1994 with a daycare center in Smyrna, GA called Teach Me Write Preschool. Today, you can find Angie impacting the lives of many through her speaking engagements for adults and high school teens. Angela is also the mother of two daughters who have inherited her tenacious trailblazing attributes.

Angie believes this is a great life, and you should make every day a great day; the choice is yours!

Anjali Cameron leads marketing for Landed. A San Francisco resident, Anjali is committed to enabling more diverse neighborhoods where essential professionals are able to build financial security near the communities they serve. Prior to Landed, Anjali led product marketing for Upwork. 

Annie Vasishta is an educator, community organizer, and most of all, a student of life. Since moving to the United States from Punjab, India at a young age, Annie connects her roots from her motherland to the community of South Hayward, where she grew up. Growing up as a low-income, first-generation woman of color, Annie finds it important to give back to the community that raised her. Vasishta believes the youth are our future and the best way to love her community is to serve the youth, which led her to be an AmeriCorps Member with City Year in Boston, work at Teach For America Bay Area, and work as an Urban Leaders Fellow with the City of Oakland.

Emily Baker was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She has her BA in Classics and MA in Education from the University of Colorado. After a brief foray in the publishing world, Emily found herself in the classroom teaching 4th grade and then Middle School English. While the everyday joys of teaching were incredibly rewarding, Emily was forced to pursue other careers in light of the financial realities of being an educator. Eventually, she made the difficult decision to leave teaching officially and pursue Real Estate. Emily did the bulk of her Real Estate work with teachers, including working as a Landed Partner agent since their expansion to Denver. It was through this partnership that Emily realized she wanted to work with Landed in a full-time capacity. Today, Emily is so excited to be starting her career with Landed and truly achieve her goal of making a difference in the lives of educators!

Emily Eshman is a former educator who is dedicated to ensuring all children, regardless of their background, have access to a high-quality education – which starts with great teachers. She began her career as an elementary school teacher with KIPP public schools in Washington, D.C. teaching kindergarten, first grade, and special education. Making the move back to the best coast, Emily was a founding first grade teacher at the first KIPP elementary school in the Bay Area. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University.

Ian Magruder is a former startup executive and campaign director who is dedicated to bringing people together to improve communities. Prior to Landed, he led the Business Development team at Organizer, a mobile field management app used by nonprofits, schools, unions, and political campaigns for community organizing. Ian is active in the Bay Area community and spent two years at Co-Director of the San Francisco New Leaders Council, training the next generation of young professionals seeking to create social change. He is also engaged in policy as a Truman National Security Partner and a former Public Policy and International Fellow at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. Ian graduated magna cum laude in Political Economy from UC Berkeley as a Regents’ and Chancellor's Scholar.

Jaimelynne Cruz is a former elementary school educator and real estate investor. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with degrees in economics and sociology. She has a graduate degree in education and an MBA from the University of Hawaiʻi, Manoa. Previously, Jaime spent some time in Chicago as a Teach for America Corps Member. As a teacher, she taught at Chicago Public Schools, Kamaile Academy, and Kamehameha Schools. She was also an instructor for Johns Hopkins University School of Education for several years. In her free time, she loves to travel, hike, and swim in the ocean.

Jen is a Dreamer/Do-er for innovative, community-enriching, and vital reimagining of access to and creation of public space and housing in Los Angeles. Prior to working at Landed, as the Director of Real Estate & Placemaking at River LA she helped to define and build a new vision of the LA River working with leading national and LA philanthropists as well as both local and world-renowned design icons such as Frank Gehry to dream a new dream for her beloved LA. Jen has successfully managed $150M+ in real estate throughout various stages of the project development cycle. She has worked on both private and public transactions, ranging from ground-up affordable housing rentals to mixed-use, transit-oriented, for-sale communities to public-private-partnership open space, infrastructure, and facilities. Jen has an enthusiastic love for technology and data, especially consumer-facing software and services because they have the power to make life easier and spark joy. She is a LEED accredited professional and holds both a Masters of Business Administration and Real Estate Development which she obtained from USC as a full-tuition fellow of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management.

Jess Zhao loves her day job: helping educators buy homes. She believes that our communities will be happier and healthier when all humans have access to transformative opportunities like education and homeownership. Prior to joining Landed, Jess started her career in management consulting at Monitor Group, where she focused on helping nonprofits and foundations explore new models to increase access to financial and educational opportunities. Her experience spans stints at edtech media company EdSurge and College Track, a national program that empowers students from underserved communities to graduate from college. She is a proud Northwestern alum, where she graduated with a degree in Economics and Psychology, and a love for cities.

Jesse Vaughan believes in the power of building wealth to help people free themselves from fear. Money may not buy happiness, but confidence that one can feed and house their family is vital to feeling secure. Prior to returning to his home state of California, Jesse was based in Yangon, Myanmar where he helped to arrange $300M of social impact investments. Jesse holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from New York University, and in 2018, he was listed in Forbes 30 Under 30.

Jessica Liu is a data nerd and community advocate who hails from the Bay Area. Jessica first heard about Landed from fellow ed tech colleagues and was immediately intrigued by its premise.  Housing inequities seem inherent to the Bay, but Landed sounded like a real, viable way to escape that destiny. Jessica is thrilled to be a part of the team and support its mission to uphold those who uphold us. Before Landed, Jessica lived a few different lives as a software engineer, a start-up product manager, a middle school coding instructor, a non-profit program manager, and a marketing consultant. She's not 100% sure what she wants to be when she grows up but absolutely loves where she is today. 

Joe Akanesuvan is a recent graduate with a passion for programming and data science. Before Landed, he was a backend engineer intern at an LA-based startup that helps connect people from local communities. Joe holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of California Davis and is originally from Bangkok, Thailand.

Jonathan Asmis is a former strategy consultant and engineer who expects more from finance. His experience includes stints at Accenture – where he worked on projects across health, nonprofit, and retail industries – as well as Tesla Motors and Sanofi Pasteur. Jonathan holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Engineering from the University of Toronto as well as an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Julia Samaniego began her career in real estate at the age of 17, which happened to be the same year the housing crisis hit. Despite that, she ended up staying in the profession for 13 years. Julia ventured into other fields for a short period but real estate has always been a passion of hers.

Giving back and being an advocate for others is a big part of what drew her to Landed. The idea of staying in her field while helping people build financial security at a company that upholds many of the same values was a no brainer. Youth issues and the protection of children has always been an important issue to Julia. In the past she has volunteered as a child advocate in Los Angeles, and hopes to continue to fight the fight for the little ones who can't. She has a Bachelors in Management from Pepperdine University and an MBA from Cal State Los Angeles, although she very much would have rather gone to Hogwarts. 

Through the work and nurturing of his mother, Justin developed a fierce love for humans and commitment to sociopolitical change. Growing up in Boulder County, Colorado, he learned early in life both the power and struggles that come with existing along the intersections of race and class. His experienced pushed him toward studying Ethnic Studies, at the University of Colorado Boulder where he received his BA. He later received his MA in Higher Education from the University of Denver, where he began taking educational and social change theories and putting them into practice to aid in youth development and the college-going journeys of students of color. Prior to joining Landed, Justin worked at the national nonprofit, College Track, and the "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County. In his roles, he began working more intimately with school staff and faculty, and realized the importance of holistic student support; this includes teacher stability outside of the classroom, especially with regard to housing.

Kathy Denning's career has been in Mobility and Real Estate - industries she was attracted to due to her personal experience moving internationally as a child. Her career has focused on business development including securing new accounts, developing existing accounts, implementing innovative ways to leverage technology to drive business, and creating sales enhancement and development programs for employees and independent contractors. She was attracted to Landed's core values of acting with humility and finding what's fair. Her greatest joy at work is helping people around her grow and succeed. She received her Bachelor's in English Literature at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN, and her MBA from Saint Mary's Collge in Moraga, CA. She has lived in Canada, America, Scotland, Singapore, Malaysia, and Sweden. She loves kayaking, collecting fishing lures, and fiber arts. 

Kathryn Rees is a lifelong learner and educator who is passionate about building healthy, inclusive communities. Before joining Landed, she taught middle school math in Baltimore through Teach for America. She has also worked in policy and communications—first, as an intern with the Obama White House Domestic Policy Council and, later, as a consultant at RALLY, a social impact strategy, and communications firm. Kathryn holds a B.A. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.

Louis Odette, CFA is an investment professional that believes in harnessing the power of financial innovation to improve lives.  He first became aware of the potential of home equity sharing when his parents entered into an agreement on his childhood home outside Boston.  This led him to develop a valuation framework for these contracts as the culmination of his graduate studies, for which he was awarded the Gifford Fong Applied Finance Project Award.  Following graduation, he worked with his advisor to implement shared equity as a solution to the foreclosure crisis.

Prior to joining Landed, Louis spent nine years at Citigroup, most recently as Head of Exchange Traded Fund Research for the EMEA region.  He also spent time at Moody’s Analytics focused on residential mortgage-backed securities, and conducted due diligence on mergers & acquisitions.  He holds a Master’s in Financial Engineering from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and an A.B. from Dartmouth College with an Economics major and Mathematics minor.

Maria Maxfield has been a real estate agent in the Bay Area for over 15 years and has assisted many first-time homebuyers in navigating the homebuying process. Her experience in real estate includes working as a real estate appraiser and loan officer. Prior to becoming a realtor, she worked as a graphics/production manager for an investment company that was a leading manager of emerging businesses (women/minority-owned and small firms) where she developed a wealth of knowledge in customer service and marketing. Maria graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in business. She grew up in the Philippines and has called the Bay Area home for over 36 years.

Nam-Chi Van is a software engineer, born and raised in California, with a passion for photography and skateboarding. Before joining Landed, she worked at Eventbrite as an early employee where she helped build the product to be one of the top in the events space. Her passion for skateboarding has pushed her to become one of the first well-known female photographers in the industry. As the photography market becomes more saturated, Nam-Chi continues to stay on top with her documentary style and post-processing techniques. She holds a BS for Web Design and Interactive Media from The Art Institute of San Diego.

Nick Alvarado is a son, brother, uncle, and a partner. He thrives off of connectivity and believes every interaction is an opportunity to learn something new. As a hairdresser turner geographer, Nick is passionate about helping others. Before joining Landed, Nick was on the founding team of the women's empowerment space, The Assembly, where he served as the Community and Growth Manager and gained a deeper passion for social impact work. Nick is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Go Bears!

Norma Hilary Gibson is a former educator who believes that teaching and learning don’t stop inside the classroom. She began her career as a high school Special Educator with Denver Public Schools through Teach for America and later transitioned to teaching middle school English with Denver School of Science and Technology. Since leaving the classroom, she has continued to work with social impact organizations including the Connecticut Mental Health Center Foundation, Yale University’s Office of Strategic Analysis, and Simplifi (now Summer). Norma holds a B.A. from Wheaton College (IL), an M.Ed. from University of Colorado, and an MBA from Yale School of Management.

Ryan Delaney is a lawyer with a passion for innovation and democratizing access to financial products.

Prior to joining Landed, Ryan was general counsel at a fintech startup, and before that he was an associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Palo Alto, CA, where he focused on startups and capital markets. Before going to law school, he was an early member of another startup, Main Street Hub. Ryan holds a JD and LLM from Cornell Law School and a BA from Stanford.

Sekou Mapp is a DC area resident.  After studying engineering at Penn State, he began his career as a human factors engineer at The Mitre Corporation.  Afterward, he transitioned to housing finance and later housing development.  As a developer Sekou, entitled over 250,000 sq. ft of multifamily housing.  His projects have been featured in the Washington Post and Celebrity House Hunters.  He presented before neighborhood committees, historic preservation review boards, & business owners.  He's passionate about home ownership as a means to build family security and neighborhood stability.

Shannon McQueen is an educator and advocate. She has a Masters degree in education and has been an administrator and teacher in public, refugee magnate, private, and international schools. Shannon was most recently the Regional Coordinator at Denver Public Schools. Originally from Colorado, Shannon attended Emerson College in Boston where she majored in Political Communications. She interned at the British Parliament and worked on several campaigns including the Obama campaign, where she met her husband at a Caucus training.  

Shannon feels honored to have worked with individuals from across the globe. She is inspired by teachers who dare to stand up for themselves and make changes in their own lives, even when change is challenging. Shannon wants to improve the lives of teachers in ways that are culturally responsible, fair, and empowering.

Siobhán Cronin is a software engineer with a passion for data engineering, mathematics, and evolutionary computing. She began her career studying how humans learn at Harvard University & Harvard Medical School, and now explores the frontiers for how computers and humans can learn together. Before joining Landed she worked as a software engineer for two San Francisco-based startups, Avisell and Uncountable, and was a 2018 Insight Data Engineering Fellow. She is also a guest researcher at Slow Research Lab and a youth engineering mentor at dev/Mission.

Tiffany Testa is a former senior litigation defense paralegal and the happy spouse of an educator. She spent a decade working in fast-paced large national law firms, where she honed her keen eye for detail and organization on key federal and state actions such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Freedom Industries MCHM chemical spill disaster, and various Federal Black Lung litigation matters. Seeking greater personal fulfillment from her career, she left the litigation world in 2017 to pursue an opportunity with Landed that allows her to combine her passion for supporting those employed in education with the sense of excitement and personal pride that only a startup can bring. A fiercely proud native West Virginian, she holds a degree in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentrations in History, Communication Studies, and Professional Writing & Editing from West Virginia University.

Born in Venezuela and raised in Miami, FL, Verónica completed her undergraduate degree in Bilingual Education at Boston University. Her work within various schools in the Boston area fostered her passion and dedication to high quality education for English language learners.  Upon graduating, Vero moved to New York City where she served as a teacher and college advisor, partnering with families, colleges, and outside organizations, supporting many students to become the first members of their families to attend college. After earning a MST in ESOL K-12 at Fordham University, Vero moved to México, where she taught English language and literature at an International Baccalaureate school.  In addition to classroom teaching, she served as an instructional coach and curriculum developer in DC Public Schools, and was the Academic Director for College Track-Aurora, a college access and success non-profit.  Before joining Landed, Vero worked at MSU Denver as the ESL and Student Support Specialist within the Immigrant Services Program. 

Winston Lofton is the son of a teacher and grew up in Bellevue Public Schools (in Washington state). Winston came to Landed after organizing in New York and New Jersey, where he worked with hundreds of teachers, school staff, and others on issues related to affordable housing and education. He seeks to work alongside other people to make meaningful improvements in their lives and communities. Winston has a background in leadership development with a B.A in Sociology from Stanford University.