LEADERSHIP
TEAM

The HighPark Capital team has developed more than 6,000+ residential units and more than 2,000,000 square feet of commercial projects in the west and southwest areas of the United States.

LEADERSHIP
TEAM

The HighPark Capital team has developed more than 6,000+ residential units and more than 2,000,000 square feet of commercial projects in the west and southwest areas of the United States.

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Jeff Williams

Chief Executive Officer

Jeff is the founder and CEO of HighPark Capital, LLC. He directs the overall investment and growth strategy of the company as well as its development and investment activities. With over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, Jeff has executed on more than 2MM square feet of development projects across multiple product types and geographies.

Prior to founding HighPark, Jeff spent 15 years at Hunt Properties, Inc. As President, Jeff successfully developed over $500MM of commercial and residential projects. Prior to Hunt Properties, Jeff was an Asset Manager in the Distressed and Proprietary Assets Group at ORIX Capital Markets. Jeff was also an Underwriter in the CMBS group at Goldman Sachs Commercial and began his career as an Analyst with HFF.

Jeff’s professional activities include serving on the Executive Council of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at the University of Texas at Austin as well as serving on the Board of Directors of the Clayton Dabney Foundation. He was past Chairman of the Lone Star Dallas YPO chapter and is an alumnus of the Real Estate Council’s ALC Class of 2008.

Jeff received a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Texas at Austin. He resides in Dallas with his wife and three children.

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Ryan Spring

Chief Development Officer

Ryan Spring is the Chief Development Officer at HighPark Capital where he manages all aspects of the company’s new development activities — from land acquisition to project stabilization. Ryan has more than 13 years of experience working in real estate and has overseen the development of more than 2,000 multifamily units representing an investment of over $350 million in communities throughout Texas.

Prior to HighPark Capital, Ryan was Vice President of Development at Hunt Properties where his responsibilities included due diligence and initial feasibility, underwriting, entitlement, permitting, design, project management, planning and asset management of multifamily and senior living projects.

Over the course of his career, Ryan has held a variety of roles in the real estate industry including Development Manager for GenCap Partners, custom home-building and serving as a loan officer for a regional bank.

Ryan attended Texas A&M University, where he earned both a Master of Real Estate and a BBA in Finance. He resides in Dallas with his wife and two children.

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Gary Krieg

Managing Director - Central Texas

Gary Krieg is the Managing Director for Central Texas at HighPark Capital where he leads the growth strategy for the Austin, San Antonio and surrounding markets. With 27 years of experience in the real estate industry and in a broad range of development and construction roles, Gary has overseen over 3,400 units of multiple product types representing $785M in value throughout Texas and Georgia.

Prior to HighPark Capital, Gary was Vice President of Development at Impact Developers, where his responsibilities included site selection, acquisition, entitlements, design, construction, finance, and disposition.

Prior to joining Impact Developers, Gary was Vice President of Development for Presidium Group, where he was responsible for the vision and execution of the firm’s diversification into new development. Throughout his career, Gary has held a variety of roles in the industry, including co-founder of a firm recognized as a market innovator in urban residential development.

Gary received a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin. He resides in Austin with his wife and four children.

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Patrick McGee

Director

Patrick is a Director at HighPark Capital where he focuses on site selection and acquisition in North Texas. He also assists with all aspects of the development process, from market analysis and financial modeling to project design and construction coordination.

Before HighPark Capital, Patrick worked as the Senior Development Manager for a Dallas-based real estate development firm. In this role, he managed the development of more than 1,500 multi-family and seniors housing units throughout Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. He also played a role in all other company real estate activities, including acquisitions, dispositions, project capitalization, asset management and office leasing. In addition to multi-family and seniors housing, his experience included mixed-use, office and single-family lot development.

Patrick received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Management from Texas Christian University and is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the state of Texas. He resides in Dallas with his wife.