Prior to founding McCarthy Cook & Co., Mr. McCarthy was a senior executive with Maguire Thomas Partners (now Maguire Properties), a major Los Angeles based commercial real estate company, where he was responsible for the debt and equity financing of the firm’s 12 million square foot portfolio.

Mr. McCarthy is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and serves on the Executive Committee of Junior Achievement of Southern California. Through Junior Achievement, Mr. McCarthy teaches economics and entrepreneurship classes principally in inner city public schools.

Mr. McCarthy holds an MBA in Finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Finance and Investments. He is a member of the Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkley. Mr. McCarthy is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association and the Urban Land Institute. He graduated with Honors from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a native of Evanston, Illinois.

Mr. Cook is Co-President of McCarthy Cook & Co. He is primarily responsible for acquisitions, leasing and development as well as fundraising. Prior to founding McCarthy Cook & Co., Mr. Cook was Vice President at Maguire Thomas Partners. During his 10 years with MTP he held responsibilities in nearly every area of the organization including finance, leasing, development and asset management. Mr. Cook worked on numerous major capital markets transactions including structured equity sales, an international joint alliance and both public and private equity REIT offerings involving MTP’s 14 million sq. ft. portfolio.

Mr. Cook holds an MBA in Real Estate Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Wharton Real Estate Center, Young President’s Organization, the Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association and actively participates in civic and charity endeavors.

Michael Freeman manages McCarthy Cook & Co.’s development and construction management activities including tenant improvement constructions.  In addition, he is also responsible for new transaction due diligence.

Prior to joining McCarthy Cook & Co., Mr. Freeman was a founding partner of Northwest Asset Management (NAM subsequently acquired by Kennedy Wilson, Inc).  Established in 1982, NAM was the largest independently owned property management company in Northern California. Earlier, Mr. Freeman held various property, construction and project management positions with Carma Development, Marathon Realty and the Shorenstein Company.  Additionally, Mr. Freeman managed the development of the 232,000 square foot office complex, Walnut Creek Center I & II, and was project development manager of 595 Market Street, 410,000 square feet, in San Francisco.

Mr. Freeman is a member of the Board of Directors of BOMA of Northern California and is a former board member of the Northern California Construction Institute.  He is involved in numerous community charity activities and holds a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University.

Stephen Campion is responsible for all management and financial reporting for McCarthy Cook & Co. and the projects it manages.  These responsibilities include oversight of project accountants, project cash management, joint venture and lender compliance, annual audits, insurance, property taxes and company administration.  Additionally, Mr. Campion oversees development construction accounting and budgeting for the various McCarthy Cook properties.

Mr. Campion joined McCarthy Cook & Co. in 2000 from Insignia Financial Group/Insignia /ESG, where he was the Director of Accounting for the Western Region.  In this capacity Mr. Campion oversaw over 75 accounting personnel in California, Arizona and Oregon.   Earlier, Mr. Campion was the Controller for City Centre Development, a Los Angeles mixed-use developer. Prior to joining City Centre, Mr. Campion was an audit manager for Deloitte & Touche.  Mr. Campion is a CPA, licensed real estate broker and has an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Southern California.

David Lapidus is Vice President of Acquisitions responsible for acquisition analyses, financial due diligence, asset management assignments and a variety of market studies.  Prior to joining McCarthy Cook & Co. in January 2002, he worked as a Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst in the Technology/Media/Telecom Group of Lazard Frères & Co. in New York.  Mr. Lapidus received a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he graduated with honors.

Matthew Kaufold is an associate whose responsibilities include acquisition underwriting, asset management assignments and market research analyses. Matthew joined McCarthy Cook & Co. in June of 2004, after graduating Summa Cum Laude from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

Richard B. Hayes joined McCarthy Cook & Company in May, 2007 as Vice President, Leasing, Northern California. He is responsible for the leasing and marketing of the 900,000 square foot China Basin Landing project in the Mission Bay submarket of San Francisco and the 269,000 square foot Parkshore Plaza project in the Folsom submarket of Sacramento.

Prior to joining McCarthy Cook, Richard spent six years with Equity Office Properties leasing Class A office product in the Peninsula, East Bay, North Bay and San Jose submarkets where he completed 1,700,00 square feet of lease transactions and was involved in 1.,600,000 square feet of acquisitions and 1,500,000 square feet of dispositions. Prior to Equity Office, Richard performed corporate services at both Cushman & Wakefield and CB Richard Ellis providing services for clients such as Fritz Companies and DuPont. Richard started his real estate career as a broker in San Francisco with Colliers International. Cumulatively, Richard has completed over 5,000,000 square feet of lease transactions representing both corporate tenants and institutional real estate owners.

Garth Phillips is responsible for the management of China Basin Landing, a two-building complex located in San Francisco’s rapidly growing Mission Bay. Prior to joining McCarthy Cook in 2002, Mr. Phillips served as general manager for two institutionally owned mixed-use development projects in San Francisco that include office, retail, hotel, parking and urban-tourist entertainment uses.

Mr. Phillips brings more than twenty years of real property investment management experience to his current assignment. He has been responsible for a wide range of leasing, marketing, management, development, construction, and real estate investment management related assignments in California and Texas. In addition, he is a former International Monetary Market and Index Option Market member.

Mr. Phillips holds a BBA/Real Estate & Urban land Development from the University of Texas at Austin.

Penny Maraglia is the General Manager of Trident Center, a 383,000 square foot Class A office project located in West Los Angeles. She has managed the property since 1990 and is currently responsible for all aspects of property management, tenant improvements, capital projects, accounting and financial reporting.

Ms. Maraglia has more than twenty-five years experience in the commercial real estate industry. She formed Maraglia Associates in 1985, providing management, accounting and financial reporting. Services were expanded in 1988 to include property evaluation, due diligence and construction management.

Penny is a member of Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of Greater Los Angeles.

Patricia Mayes is the General Manager of the Viad Corporate Center, a 478,448 square foot Class A office high-rise in Phoenix. She has managed the property since 2002, overseeing all aspects of operations and management.

Prior to joining McCarthy Cook & Co., Ms. Mayes managed properties for such firms as Parkway Realty Services, Shorenstein Realty Services, and Jones Lang LaSalle Americas. Ms. Mayes offers over twenty-five years of experience, having managed commercial office buildings of up to 850,000 square feet in the Phoenix and Chicago markets. In 2000, one of her buildings was recognized for excellence in office management with a BOMA Toby Award.

Ms. Mayes holds a Real Property Administrator Designation from BOMI/Building Owners and Managers Institute, as well as an Arizona Real Estate Salesperson’s License. She is a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Valley Metro Light Rail Project, Line Section 2, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Community Alliance, a non-profit organization focused on the revitalization of Central Phoenix. Ms. Mayes holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Ripon College in Wisconsin.

Michele Dianda is the Senior Property Manager of Parkshore Plaza, a 269,853 square foot Class A office campus in Folsom, California. She has managed Parkshore Plaza since 2001 and is currently responsible for all aspects of property management and financial reporting.

Michele has over 19 years of experience in the property management field. Prior to joining McCarthy Cook & Co., Ms. Dianda managed properties for such firms as Wilson Cornerstone Properties, Insignia/ESG, Inc. and, most recently, Equity Office Properties where she was responsible for the effective day-to-day management of a portfolio of over 1 million square feet of commercial office buildings, including Parkshore Plaza.

Ms. Dianda is a member of the Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of Sacramento. She also holds a California Real Estate Salesperson License.