Meet Our Team
Enrique Landa - Managing Partner
Enrique Landa is a Managing Partner at Associate Capital and leads the firm’s investing and development efforts. Enrique and the team have commenced construction on Power Station – a 29-acre project with life science, office, residential and hotel uses on the San Francisco Bay. Enrique has spent his career working with family offices to manage large portfolios and develop real estate projects. A fan of complex problems in need of creative solutions, he is especially drawn to rehabilitating historic buildings, buying assets that aren’t for sale and finding innovative ways to finance affordable housing. Along the way, he has been known to fall in love with historic buildings, like the Swedish American Hall, which he helped restore, landmark and place on the National Register of Historic Places. Enrique has degrees from the University of Cambridge and University of Pennsylvania. He is a board member of Meals on Wheels San Francisco and the Fort Mason Center for the Arts. He lives with his family in San Francisco.
Colin Ensley - Partner and Capital Markets
Colin Ensley is responsible for the firm’s finance, accounting and capital markets activities. While his primary focus is Power Station, Colin also serves in this capacity for the balance of Associate Capital’s investment portfolio. Prior to Associate Capital, Colin served as Director of Finance for Catellus Development Corporation, where he oversaw the firm’s debt capital markets function and was principally involved in the development of a 500,000 square foot retail and industrial development in Teterboro, NJ. He has also served as an Associate at W3 Partners and as an Analyst at Broadreach Capital Partners, both private real estate investment platforms. Colin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University and a Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Virginia. He is a Board Member of Friends of Jackson Park and lives with his family in the East Bay.
Tina Chang - Partner
Tina Chang is a Partner at Associate Capital, where she leads design and master development efforts at the Power Station. In this capacity, she selects and partners with the globe’s most talented and innovative design professionals to deliver world-class, sustainable and intentionally-crafted buildings and open spaces. Prior to Associate Capital, Tina spent nearly a decade in the public sector. She managed large-scale entitlement projects as a Senior Planner with the San Francisco Planning Department, and master-planned US Naval installations in the Middle East and Washington, D.C. region during her time with the US Navy. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and B.A. in International Development Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Tina served as a commissioner for the San Francisco Board of Appeals and currently serves as Board Chair of the Homeless Prenatal Program, a nationally-recognized family resource center that empowers women and families by facilitating housing security, healthy babies and economic sustainability. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
Jamie Brown - Partner and General Counsel
Jamie Brown is a Partner and the General Counsel of Associate Capital. Jamie provides legal and strategic advice on all aspects of Power Station and oversees other projects in the firm’s portfolio. She is a key member of the transactions team and contributor to company policy and operations. Jamie is also a pro bono attorney and member of the Board of Directors for La Cocina, a non-profit kitchen incubator supporting women-of-color and immigrant food entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. Previously, she represented Associate Capital in Power Station’s entitlement process and labor negotiations in her capacity as outside counsel at Paul Hastings LLP. At Paul Hastings she also represented other real estate developers and investors, as well as large technology companies developing data centers and leasing office space. Jamie earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and houseplants.
Steve DeWees - Partner
Steve DeWees is a Partner at Associate Capital and currently leads all horizontal construction efforts at the Power Station, while preparing to onboard a team of contractors and consultants as the project heads toward vertical construction. Steve started his career as a carpenter working alongside his grandfather and now has over 40 years of experience on several iconic projects on the West Coast, including the original build at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, both of which he managed start to finish. Collaboration and high ethics are Steve’s foundational values for building successful project teams – and being a part of the team is what he finds most satisfying about his work. Imparting his decades of experience and knowledge, while exploring new ways of building and managing projects, is what makes every project unique and exciting. Steve believes construction is one of the greatest opportunities for challenge and sense of accomplishment and enjoys mentoring the future leaders in industry. Steve lives in Marin with his wife Kelly and their faithful companion Blue.
Chris Palermo - Partner
Chris Palermo brings over 35 years of industry experience to the vertical development team at Associate Capital. Before Power Station, Chris spent over a decade at Crescent Heights, where he managed the pre-development and/or construction of over 8,900 luxury residential units in major cities across the US, including over 1,400 residential units in San Francisco. During his career he has delivered Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, UCSF research labs, the award-winning NEMA Chicago, penitentiary facilities and franchise retail spaces. Chris has a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and is an ardent supporter of the SFFD Toy Program. He has been in the Bay Area since 1985 and lives with his family in Pleasant Hill.
Molly Maybrun - Partner
Molly Maybrun is a Partner at Associate Capital, where she leads master development efforts at Power Station. In this capacity, she oversees the design, permitting, financing and implementation of all project infrastructure, serves as Associate Capital’s primary liaison to the project’s diverse stakeholders and regulators, and is charged with overall budget and schedule responsibility for the Power Station buildout. Prior to joining Associate Capital, in addition to a nearly 20-year private sector development career, Molly worked for the cities of New York and Oakland where she led efforts to retain the New York Times in a new headquarters building in its namesake Times Square and to develop a new home for the Oakland Athletics on the San Francisco Bay waterfront. Molly’s passion for the built environment and attention to detail dates to her earliest development projects – including building a scale model of her childhood home for the family dog – and she has been known to take photos of trash enclosures, ADA ramps, and fire department connections while on vacation. Molly received her undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, and her masters degree at The Wharton School. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughters, and pandemic puppy.
Yvonne Chen - Associate Partner
Yvonne Chen is an Associate Partner at Associate Capital. In this role, she brings her 25 years of expertise in Project Controls, CPM Scheduling, Claims Assessment and Document Control to support the construction team and liaise with the finance team during the construction phases of Power Station. Prior to Associate Capital, Yvonne successfully delivered three complex multi-million dollar transit/transportation programs; led the Program Management team on a multi-billion dollar transit program; and was recently a key member of a multi-billion dollar mixed-use development project in downtown San Francisco. Yvonne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in the East Bay with her family and loves visiting Disneyland and Disney World.
Jeanne Madden - Associate Partner and Controller
Jeanne Madden is an Associate Partner and the Controller at Associate Capital. Prior to joining Associate Capital, Jeanne served as Vice President and Regional Controller for Boston Properties, where she worked on the Salesforce Tower development project and oversaw the accounting, forecasting and joint venture reporting for the company’s ten million square foot California operating portfolio. Before that, Jeanne oversaw the 303-acre Mission Bay redevelopment project in San Francisco, first as a Vice President at Catellus, then in the same capacity when the project was acquired by Mission Bay Development Group. Jeanne also worked on several other large redevelopment projects during the ten years she spent at Catellus. Jeanne has a BA in Finance from Texas A&M University and lives in Sausalito.
John Stanley - Chief of Staff
John Stanley is Chief of Staff at Associate Capital, where he focuses on strategic planning and growth efforts for the firm. In this capacity, he partners with the internal team and external stakeholders to deliver creative solutions that advance the Power Station project. John started his career at Airbnb where he worked in data science and communications as both an employee and consultant. Prior to Associate Capital, John spent 7 years at First Republic Bank where he managed a large digital sales support team and led high-priority technology projects for the Chief Information Officer. John holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis. He lives in Marin with his family.
Gabrielle Perez - Executive Assistant
Gabrielle Perez is the Executive Assistant at Associate Capital. In this critical function, she ensures the team has the tools necessary to maximize performance and achieve its lofty goals. She oversees office operations, manages human resources processes and supports the Finance team with Accounts Payable. Gabrielle holds an MBA from Dominican University of California and a B.S. in Hotel Management from New York University. She lives in San Francisco.
Paul Roberts - Senior Project Manager
Paul Roberts is a Senior Project Manager at Associate Capital, currently focused on the horizontal improvements at Power Station. Prior to Associate Capital, Paul was a Project Manager at Treasure Island Development Group where he oversaw the development of Street Improvement, Stormwater Garden, Pump Station and Water Tank projects on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco. Before that at Wilson Meany, Paul worked on residential buildings and public spaces at Bay Meadows, a mixed-use development in San Mateo, CA. He also designed seismic retrofits for a variety of building types around California and New Zealand while with Holmes Structures. Paul holds a BS in Architectural Engineering from California Polytechnic State University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in the East Bay with his family and enjoys exploring urban spaces with a cup of coffee in his hand.
Ivan Walynetz - Senior Project Manager
Ivan Walynetz is a Senior Project Manager, currently leading the construction of Power Station's Street Improvement project. Prior to Associate Capital, Ivan was overseeing the development of a multi-billion infrastructure improvement plan for Google's Moffett Park Master Plan project in Sunnyvale, CA. Ivan has led the construction and contract management of several large-scale residential, commercial and industrial development projects across the US, New Zealand and Australia. He has also been involved with design and construction management of some award-winning open space development projects including the Oakley Creek Restoration project in Auckland as well as the Presidio Tunnel Tops project in San Francisco. Ivan holds a Bachelor's degree of Engineering from the University of Auckland and an MBA from Boston University.
Matt Henderson - Associate
Matt Henderson is an Associate at Associate Capital. In this role, he provides financial analysis on all new acquisitions and development-related activities for the firm. Specifically, he is responsible for managing underwriting, due diligence and capital markets processes for Associate Capital’s investment portfolio, including the Power Station. Previously, he was an Associate at Eastdil Secured, where he was principally responsible for the financial underwriting, due diligence review and transaction execution of major multifamily assets throughout the West Coast. Prior to that, he was an acquisitions analyst focused on evaluating value-add opportunities across the Western U.S. Matt earned his B.S. in Applied Economics & Management with a specialization in Real Estate from Cornell University. He is a Bay Area native and lives in San Francisco with his girlfriend.
Nora Mansilla - Project Manager
Nora Mansilla is a Project Manager at Associate Capital. She works on the vertical development team and manages the Power Station’s affordable housing program. Her passion for building equitable communities started during her time at MTO Fund, where she worked alongside the founding team to launch their social impact real estate investment product. Before switching to the development side of real estate, Nora managed ground-up construction of office, residential, mixed-use, biotech and hotel properties. Most recently, she managed $80M in taxpayer-funded construction projects on behalf of Castro Valley Unified School District. She also volunteers with 81cents and is an alumni admissions interviewer for her undergraduate alma mater. Nora has an MBA with a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from Stanford University and an AB in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College. She loves adventuring with her husband throughout California and can never resist a scenic photo.
Andrew DeWitt - Project Manager
Andrew DeWitt is a Project Manager at Associate Capital and is responsible for all aspects of the development process for the market-rate residential, commercial and hospitality components of Power Station. He is also responsible for evaluating new acquisition opportunities and supporting the firm’s capital markets activities. Prior to joining Associate Capital, Andrew was an Acquisitions and Development Associate at Crescent Heights, where he focused on the acquisition and entitlement of mixed-use, high-rise developments in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle. Andrew holds a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Law and Real Estate from Boston University.
Sara Li - Project Manager
Sara Li is a Project Manager at Associate Capital, where she is responsible for working with design teams, consultants, contractors and stakeholders on design and development projects at Power Station. In particular, she is focused on activation and open space design across the site to transform a former power plant into a dynamic and distinctive waterfront destination. She is drawn to large, complex development sites, having previously worked at HYM Investment Group on redeveloping a 141-acre former horse racing track in Boston. Sara holds master’s degrees in City Planning and Real Estate Development from MIT and an undergraduate degree from Harvard. She enjoys exploring parks and trails around San Francisco with her husband and dog.
Lizzie Sturr - Project Manager
Lizzie Sturr is a Project Manager responsible for the construction and delivery of The Maxwell, the first vertical development at Power Station. Before joining Associate Capital, Lizzie worked at Lendlease and Brookfield Properties. She managed and oversaw the construction of Beaudry, a ground-up, 785-unit, 64-story mixed-use development in Downtown Los Angeles. Her past projects include the design and permitting for Pier 70 and construction management for the TI and retail build-out at 5M. Lizzie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Environmental Science from Brown University and a Master's degree from UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. She is actively involved in the Berkeley Real Estate Alumni Association, a member of the Urban Land Institute, and serves as the president of her co-op board. In her free time not related to real estate, Lizzie enjoys sailing and competed in the sport during college. She resides in Russian Hill with her husband, Nick, and their dog, Monty.
Victor Lo - Senior Accountant
Victor Lo is the Senior Accountant at Associate Capital. He helps manage the accounting for the entire project and acts as a link between the accounting department and other departments. Before transitioning to the development side of real estate, Victor previously served as a Property Accountant for Harvest Properties focusing on commercial real estate. Victor holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis and is a licensed CPA. When not working, you can find Victor rock climbing a couple of blocks away at Dogpatch Boulders or attending a Giants game at Oracle Park.
Jeremy Ezrin - Project Engineer
Jeremy Ezrin is the Project Engineer for the Power Station. As Project Engineer, he assists in managing site operations and coordinates with contractors, regulators, consultants, architects, and engineers. Prior to joining the Associate Capital team, Jeremy worked for various general contractors and developers focusing on the construction of infrastructure and life sciences projects. Jeremy holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a certificate in Commercial Real Estate Development from Cornell University. Jeremy is a local Dogpatch resident, living three blocks from Power Station. He is an avid Giants fan and an admirer of the built environment.
Catalina Vargas - Office Manager
Catalina Vargas is the Office Manager at Associate Capital. In this role, she demonstrates dedication to the refinement of work quality, cultural initiatives, and the best practices to drive effectiveness as a team. She implements office procedures and operations, while overseeing the team by successfully maintaining administrative and facility duties through strong communication and strategic planning. She is also responsible for coordinating both internal and public events that create lasting impressions for Power Station. Prior to Associate Capital, Catalina worked on residential lease ups in Alameda and San Francisco for Greystar Real Estate Partners, where she helped bring buildings to stabilization as the primary tenant liaison. She also has prior experience in office management, executive support and recruitment. Catalina holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from San Francisco State University. She is a Bay Area native who enjoys being a fur mom to Ocean and Ivy, DJ-ing house music, and taking spontaneous trips that create memories to last a lifetime.