Member Bio's
Gary Travis Williams partner
Gary T. Williams is the nephew of the Iconic Chicago businessman multi-million dollar real estate developer and community leader Dempsey J. Travis. Williams started his entrepreneurial career at the age of 12 working for his uncle Dempsey on the South-side of Chicago performing various tasks at Travis Securities and Sivart Mortgage Company.
Now with more than 35 years of opportunistic real estate investment experience, Gary Williams is one of the pioneers who helped define and develop the niche lending market with the cross blend of two or more financial products. He has built and led investment teams managing institutional real estate private equity funds dating back to the late 1980's. His career began with BB&T Bank back in 1984 before moving on to Deutsche Bank where Williams held leadership positions for over a decade.
Williams takes pride in his ability to forge relationships that has produce significant financial outcome for his clients. He is an extremely gifted financial professional, deal maker and visionary.
Gary earned his B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill North Carolina and a Masters in finance from the University of North Carolina at Greenboro The Bryan School of Business & Economics.
Garcia Michaels Spaulding general partner
Garcia Michaels is general partner, director and head of operations at Rothchild Capital Holdings. Garcia received a BA in Economics from Howard University where he graduated at the top of his class. Garcia also earned a law degree and a Ph.D. in Finance from UNC Kenan Flagler Business School. Garcia brings over 40 years of experience with over $100 million dollars in transactions closed.
Prior to forming Rothchild, Garcia was real estate portfolio manager CCB Bank subsiday, a diversified real estate finance company focused on opportunistic real estate financings, and multi-family value-added investments. Prior to this, Garcia was Vice President of commercial lending at NCNB Raleigh North Carolina where he directed the development activities of the bank for more than seven years.
Alan Shelton Managing Partner
Alan Shelton is a senior level business executive with over 35+ years of experience in finance, commercial lending and banking. His career began with Manufactures Hanover Trust in 1981 where he served as Senior Trust Officer in the banks treasury management group before moving on to Wall Street. Alan has created valuable financial products for independent filmmakers, commercial real estate professionals, developers and mid level entrepreneurs seeking capital market financing.
Alan's passion for finance began at age 12 when his father began buying him stock and small land parcels as Christmas and birthday gifts. His interest in finance & econmics grew at Columbia University a private Ivy Leauge research university in New York where he majored in economics & finance dual degree program.