Damian McKinney
Founder & CEO
License #00777218
call: p: 858.519.3248 | c: 562.889.2001
email: dmckinney@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“If you merge what you’re passionate about doing with serving others, you don’t have a job—you have a future.”
Over the last 35 years, Damian has served clients in their commercial real estate brokerage and investment needs. Damian has managed the transactions for leases and purchases of all property types, totaling more than 2 billion dollars. Damian works with decision makers to leverage real estate and proficiencies towards bottom-line savings while protecting their interests. Damian sees McKinney as an extension of his family, and everyone at McKinney values his ability to calm the waters when they’re rough, and to serve as a guiding light.
Damian’s reputation is internationally recognized, strengthened by his deep understanding of the current economy and diverse experience in multi-market real estate transactions. After experiencing the level of care and integrity that Damian took with their companies’ real estate, many clients requested the same level of service in their individual real estate investing. Damian now invests in real estate on behalf of his clients. Damian is the expert at identifying value-added investment opportunities to fit each client’s needs. Damian lives his life for the sake of others. Whether working with clients or serving his family and the community, Damian’s goal is to empower others to become better versions of themselves through knowing the McKinney team.
Notable Transactions
- US Freightways – portfolio management of 5M+ SF distribution facilities nationwide
- Alberto Culver – portfolio management 3M+SF distribution facilities worldwide
- Union Supply Group – portfolio management 700,000+ SF industrial facilities nationwide
- Molina Healthcare & subsidiaries – portfolio management of 4.5M+ SF medical office nationwide
- HM Electronics – portfolio management of 203,070 SF industrial & manufacturing nationwide
Awards & Recognition
- San Diego Top 500 Influential 2016
- CoStar PowerBroker, 2015-2020
- SDBJ—Most Admired CEO—Finalist 2013, 2016 & 2017
- San Diego Daily Transcript’s Top Influential 2014<
- Corporate Alliance—Carma Award 2014
- Center for Wealth and Legacy—Inspiration Award 2014
- BYU—N. Eldon Tanner Award, “Mr. Integrity” 2014
Contact For
- Real Estate Brokerage 1K SF to 1M+ SF
- Acquisitions $1M to $100M+
- Investors $50K to $500M+
Lori McKinney
Chief Financial Officer
call: c: 858.243.2111
email: lmckinney@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“As CFO, I focus not on the bottom line, but on the relationships that create the bottom line.”
Lori McKinney has over 30 years of experience in maximizing finances in investments of real estate and portfolio management. She takes pride in providing clients with confidence in their real estate decisions by maintaining a fiduciary approach. Lori has been the CFO of McKinney since its inception in 2010, and in just five years, annual gross revenue doubled. Much of McKinney’s financial success is owed to Lori’s financial expertise and procedural capabilities.
Lori assists investors and owner-users in managing expenses, budgeting, and forecasts, as well as strategic remodels for maximum value adding in real estate investments. She is thorough and careful with each asset and maximizes value for future disposition. Lori also brings her financial expertise to the asset management team through financial forecasting and asset repositioning. She carefully prepares tax documents for all investors and keeps important dates for clients. Lori is responsible for everything that approaches a balance sheet or profit and loss statement.
Lori inspires the McKinney team to become better versions of themselves and ensures that team members are able to achieve personal growth and continuing education. McKinney team members look to Lori McKinney for her strength in leadership and calming presence. When Lori’s out of the office, she enjoys spending time with her grandkids and serving on the board of community organizations.
Awards & Recognition
- Winner, CFO of the Year – SDBJ, 2016
- Finalist, CFO of the Year – SDBJ, 2015
Certifications & Affiliations
- Tax preparation — Certification
- Certified Financial Planner
- Alpha Kappa Psi— Academic Group
Contact For
- Ensuring Confidence in Real Estate Decisions
- Financial Forecasting
- Asset Management to Add Value
- Dynamic Team Building
Julie Dunlap
Vice President of Asset Management
License #01243401
call: p: 858.519.3247 | c: 858.229.5597
email: jdunlap@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“Dunlap 101: Start every day with gratitude and surround yourself with appreciative people.”
Julie has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and legal underwriting. Over the course of her two decades at McKinney, Julie Dunlap has become an integral member of its Executive Team. In that time, she has grown her talents in the commercial real estate industry across sales, research, networking, and relationship building. She oversees and manages corporate services and asset & property management and has an extensive proficiency coordinating real estate transactions with owners, real estate brokers, attorneys, and investors. She prepares and negotiates leases, reviews CAM reconciliations/annual budgeting, and maintains tenant relations.
Julie is also an integral part of the investment team, including the oversight of acquisitions and management of assets in excess of $500 million. If there’s one thing Julie knows, it’s that success is found in the details. She effectively manages critical dates, escrow requirements, and formation of all documents.
Julie is driven with unprecedented motivation – what makes her happiest is when clients are confident that she has their best interests at heart. Julie sparks the up-and-coming next generation of McKinney so they can manage all aspects of serving clients. As she builds teams to get projects across the finish line, her personality fires up, leads, and inspires. When she isn’t reviewing documents or on her Peloton, Julie can be found enjoying quiet time at home with her cat, Jasmine.
Notable Transactions
- 39-Unit Multi-Family Development, San Diego, CA (acquisition, property management & asset management)
- 40-Acre Residential Site Development, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (acquisition, property management & asset management)
- 39-Hotel Room & 32 Cottages Hotel, Avalon, CA (acquisition & disposition)
- Neighborhood House Association, San Diego, CA, 12,100 SF Kitchen and Office Facility
- The Cannery at Iwilei, Honolulu, HI, 100,000 SF office/industrial project (acquisition, property management, asset management & disposition)
- 414 Lesser Street, LLC, Oakland, CA, 63,000 SF office/industrial project (acquisition, property management & asset management)
- Airport Center, Honolulu HI 165,000 SF Class “B” office project (acquisition, property management, asset management & disposition)
Partial List of Clients Served
- Keesal, Young & Logan
- Neighborhood House Association
- Pacific 6
- Canvas on Willow/Chesapeake
- MMW Inglewood
- Gunderson Dettmer
Contact For
- Multi-Location Corporate Services
- Real Estate Brokerage: 1K SF to 1M+ SF
- Acquisitions: $5M to $100M+
Jamie Keller
Vice President of Business Development
call: p: 8858.519.3259
email: jkeller@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
Carol Sonnenberg, CPA
Vice President of Finance
call: p: 858.212.3417
email: csonnenberg@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“Look for and appreciate the strengths in the people in your life, you will all be better for it.”
Nour-Dean Anakar
Director of International Business Development
call: p: 858.519.3252 | c: 858.717.2417
email: nanakar@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“It is great to develop a successful business, but a truly great business is one we develop to enable all others involved to become greatly successful.”
Nour–Dean has 30 years of experience and a successful track record in leading the development and management of top-ranked gaming and hospitality operations and other successful ventures in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
Nour-Dean contributes a high level of business development and international collaboration to the entire McKinney team. His expertise and global connections allow the McKinney team to reach additional opportunities and assist our capital partners and clients on an international platform.
Nour-Dean is an expert at identifying not only the right opportunity and international country to host an enterprise, but also the right capital partners and the unique opportunity to take there.
Nour-Dean is a seasoned expert in areas of development and operations on an international basis. He has developed market studies, feasibility studies, and operating and financial structures; in addition to having the diplomatic expertise with foreign governments to ensure the project both starts and finishes successfully at all levels. Nour-Dean is fluent in Spanish, Arabic, French, and English.
Notable Transactions
- Developed and managed Hilton International Gaming and hospitality properties throughout South America
- Developed and operated hotels, resorts, restaurants, and clubs nationwide in the USA
- Developed, financed, and operated gaming operations in the United States, Europe, and Mexico
- Developed, financed, and launched hospitality and multifamily property development operations in Morocco, including Eden Gardens multifamily development and The Intercontinental hospitality & multifamily development
Professional Development Organizations
- Global Gaming Association – Member
- World Lottery Association – Certified Member
- American Hotel Association – Certified Member
- Public Gaming Institution – Member
- CIBELAE – Certified Member
Contact For
- International Business Development
- Strategic Investment Opportunities
- Raising Capital for Co-Investments
- Portfolio Strategy & Management
- Asset Management
Chris Ly
Managing Director of Alternative Investments
License #02052643
call: p: 858.519.3257 | c: 972.998.1041
email: cly@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“Dream often and dream big, but more importantly chase after your dreams”
After receiving three degrees in finance, real estate, and entrepreneurship from Baylor University, he became a commercial real estate appraiser specialized in the market valuation of industrial, retail, convenience stores, and other types of commercial real estate. He later opened a Jimmy John’s franchise which became the highest-grossing store in Houston within just two years of opening. In 2012, Chris started a real estate investment company in Dallas where he used hard money lending tools to purchase distressed assets. Chris then moved to California and gained cannabis industry operational experience as the Founder of 12/12 Palm, the award-winning cultivation company that supplied the signature brand for Tommy Chong (of ‘Cheech and Chong’).
Today, Chris is a trusted advisor and thought-leader as he bridges the gap between cannabis industry players and Wall Street-like investors. In 2019, Chris was recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Business Leader by the San Diego Business Journal. Chris is also currently studying for his Master’s in Real Estate Development from Georgetown University. With his diverse background and accomplishments, Chris has positioned McKinney Capital on the cutting edge of the fastest-growing industry in the United States.
Experience by the Numbers
- $38M in assets under management
- 138K+ SF of cannabis real estate acquired by Mckinney Alternative Investments
- $25M in capital raised
Notable Valuation Projects
- Portfolio of all 36 Franklin Bank Branches across Texas
for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - FedEx’s 94,500 square foot distribution facility in
Birmingham, Alabama - Portfolio of all 32 Applebees restaurants for the
entire Houston Area - Proposed Development 110,000 square foot
WalMart distribution plant in Seagram, Texas
Awards & Recongition
- San Diego 40 Under 40 Business Leaders 2019
- Featured in Newsweek article “Landlords are the winners in Pot’s Booming Business” in 2018
Eric Hamaguchi
Investor Relations & Government Liaison
call: p: 808.927.1983
email: ehamaguchi@mckinneycapital.com
For over 25 years, Eric Hamaguchi has been managing and designing value-add real estate. Eric acts as leader for McKinney in all Hawaiian projects and community relations. Eric has extensive experience in hospitality, retail, and commercial renovation projects and investments. Eric represents McKinney in Hawaii on all hospitality and asset management projects. Currently Eric is overseeing project management at the Modern Honolulu and formerly oversaw project management at Morimoto’s restaurant in Oahu.
Globally, Eric has been recognized as an instrumental leader in completing and processing projects that have a fair market value in excess of $800M. Eric’s has been active in the field of development in Hawaii and is associated with most major hotels throughout the Islands. His intellect, leadership, and project management skills represent millions of dollars in savings of owner assets. Eric has also traveled extensively throughout the United States and all Southeast Asian countries soliciting resources and assisting businesses to invest in Hawaii’s economy.
In his spare time Eric is known around the island for all the volunteering and charitable contributions he provides. He embodies the Hawaiian spirit of hospitality and graciousness.
Contact For
- Investment Opportunities
- New Business Opportunities
Rachel McKinney
Director of Investor Relations
call: p: 858.243.0604
email: rmckinney@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“Every day gives us the opportunity to serve, whether big or small.”
As our Director of Investor Relations, Rachel McKinney leads investor onboarding, updates, and communications at McKinney Capital. Rachel enjoys getting to know our investors and helping to match their unique investment strategies to the right McKinney investments.
Rachel assists with asset management in our hospitality division, most recently overseeing operations at Hermosa Hotel on Catalina Island. Rachel has implemented capital improvement projects and daily management to ensure the long-term visions are met through management of daily operations.
Rachel works across multiple industries from multifamily to hospitality projects. Her expertise lies in business processes, project management, operations analysis, and people development. Rachel takes immense pride and joy in supporting employees, owners, and all stakeholders in the long-term vision for the investment.
When Rachel is out of the office, she can be found actively donating her time to several nonprofits. Rachel is also passionate about triathlons, photography, baking, and her dog, Joy.
Education
- BA, Loyola Marymount University
- MA, University of Chicago
- MBA, University of San Diego
Service Specialization
- Asset Management
- Analysis
- Logistics
- Operations
- Marketing & Sales
- Business Development
Professional Development
- Corporate Alliance — Member
- Noah Home — Board Member
- Kimera Orphanage, Uganda — Volunteer
- Crohns & Colitis Foundation — Team Challenge Member
Contact For
- Hospitality Projects
- Investor Relations
- Special Projects
- Community Impact Opportunities
Donna Ertle
Property Manager
call: p: 949.246.7206
email: dertle@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
Tresa Dalton Pugmire
Director of Operations
License #02000357
call: p: 858.519.3253
email: tpugmire@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“Every day I do what I love – develop creative strategies and work with a like-minded team to produce results.”
Tresa joined McKinney with a background in Marketing and has since held positions where she gained experience in corporate operations, strategic marketing, and commercial real estate. With ten years of operations experience, she manages the marketing department which markets properties for sale, lease, and purchase all over the country.
Tresa’s specialties include target marketing, strategic planning, market positioning, and company operations. Her responsibilities include managing McKinney’s brand, website, events, marketing campaigns, networking organizations, communications, and digital marketing.
Tresa’s operational focus is managing the day-to-day business operations and human resources. Her job is to create and implement efficiencies in the workplace and recruit new team members. When Tresa is not creating marketing strategies, she can be found at the beach with her dog, Brandy, or on a hiking trail.
Service Specialization
- Operations
- Processes & Procedures
- Strategic Marketing
- Website & Digital Marketing
- Human Relations
Professional Development
- Women in Business San Diego — Board President
- American Marketing Association — Member
Contact For
- Operations
- Events & Sponsorships
- Recruitment
- Community Impact Opportunities
Sarah Mammen
Creative Director
call: p: 858.519.3244
email: smammen@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“I’m guided by my passion to create what is, into what could be.”
Life has had a way of taking me through some twists and turns that have led me to where I believe I am meant to be – and I’ve enjoyed learning from every adventure. During my childhood, I lived in Thailand for six years where I attended an international school learning with and from with students who were from 40+ countries. Experiencing life abroad gave me a fierce sense of ambition to succeed and find meaning in everything I do.
Fast forward a decade to my first year out of college – spent at a large global real estate firm. Working there gave me a solid foundation, but I woke up each day with the feeling that something was missing. I began pursuing a teaching program with the hope of finding purpose. While on this path for just one term, I was introduced to a position at McKinney. It was here that I discovered the meaning I had been searching for, and I’ve been here full-time ever since. What continually amazes me about McKinney is our culture: all of us are devoted to helping each other become our new best selves every single day. My coworkers empower me to push the limits of marketing, brand storytelling, and graphic design beyond the confines of our industry. The result? I’ve found happiness in a career that merges my passion for creating, and my mission to bring ideas to life. Finding inspiration in the world around me, I am always thinking about how we can continue trailblazing the McKinney brand to the next level.
Service Specialization
- Graphic Design using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator, Microsoft PowerPoint
- Brand Writing & Storytelling
Professional Development
- American Marketing Association – Member
- Brand Manage Camp Conference – 2017 Attendee
- Cause Marketing Conference – 2015, 2016 & 2017 Attendee
- SD Regional Chamber of Commerce – Member
- Adobe InDesign Ledet Training – Completed Course
Celebrating the Wins
- Launching a successful rebrand with the Director of Marketing in 2017: oversaw logo redesign, brand palette creation, brand guide development, and innovative brand collateral design
- Managing the corporate award application process over the past three years and securing Finalist or Winner for every award applied
Contact For
- Corporate Branding & Marketing
- Creative Services
- Community Impact Opportunities
- Corporate Culture Development
Ryan Klun
Staff Accountant
email:rklun@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“Surround yourself with good people and the rest will follow.”
Though his background is in Finance and Accounting, Ryan brings to the McKinney Capital team experience in property management, specifically managing tenant-landlord relationships. Since joining the team, Ryan has specialized in maintaining effective accounting procedures, particularly in revenues and making sure accurate financial statements are prepared. Ryan works closely with management to ensure projects are ran efficiently so that precise statements can be delivered to investors. Ryan also contributes to each project’s tax preparation and 1099 reporting. His other responsibilities include keeping up close vendor relations and supporting property managers with day-to-day operations.
Service Specialization
- Client and Vendor Relations
- Financial Reporting & Forecasting
- Finding more Efficient Ways to do Business
- Money-Saving Strategies
Notable Project Experience
- Set up of Accounting Software Systems for new Properties
- Annual Tax Preparation
- Annual Property Budgets
Contact For
- Vendor Payment
- Accounts Payable
- Property Accounting
Andrew Wiggins
Staff Accountant
email:awiggins@mckinneycapital.com
connect:
“No matter how difficult or impossible something is, continue to challenge yourself and never lose sight of your goal”
Andrew graduated from Chapman University in 2020 after studying Business at Argyros School of Business and Economics. Born and raised In Santa Clarita, CA and he now resides in Orange County. Andrew has a strong attention for detail and a high degree of problem-solving skills. He provides accounting services to McKinney entities and investments located in California and Michigan.
Service Specialization
- Bank Account Reconciliation
- Credit Card Expense Management
- Proficient in QuickBooks & Bill.com
- Investor Portal
- Tax Filing Preparation
- Financial Statement Preparation
Notable Project Experience
- Construction phase accounting in Michigan and California
- San Diego apartment construction accounting
Contact For
- Vendor Payment
- Accounts Payable
- Property Accounting