Real estate investment industry veteran Robert E. Hart is the founder, chief executive, and president of Los Angeles-based TruAmerica Multifamily, a vertically integrated multifamily investment firm with regional headquarters in Arlington, VA; Seattle, WA and Dallas, TX.

Since its founding in 2013, TruAmerica under his leadership has become one of the most active multifamily investors in the United States and today has approximately $16.1 billion of assets under management. Hart is responsible for the phenomenal growth and national expansion of the firm’s value-add investment platform, which currently includes more than 59,000 units in 16 states.   He has led TruAmerica to a top 50 ranking of the largest apartment owners in the United States the past six years by the National Multifamily Housing Council.

As CEO, Hart chairs TruAmerica Multifamily’s Investment Committee to skillfully select value-add assets for acquisition, repositioning, and eventual disposition to deliver outstanding risk-adjusted returns for the company and its 30 global institutional partners.

With a career that spans nearly four decades, Bob is a recognized leader in the multifamily industry where he contributes his time and energy as a board member to a variety of industry organizations including the National Multifamily Housing Council and the Urban Land Institute.  Named one of the most influential business leaders in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal and Los Angeles Times he was also recently recognized by Real Estate Forum as the “Best of the Best Bosses” in the real estate industry.

Understanding the value of giving back, Hart also generously gives of himself – both in time, talent and treasure – to a wide variety of charitable and academic organizations, raising tens of millions of dollars to better the lives of others in his community.  For nearly 16 years, half as Chairman, Bob has been a member of the board of directors of Chrysalis, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a pathway for homeless and low-income individuals to find and retain employment in Los Angeles.   Recognized for his professional and philanthropic contributions to elevate the human condition, he was celebrated by the City of Hope in 2017 with the Spirit of Life Award.   He is also the proud recipient of the Humanitarian Leadership Award presented to him by the Alumni Association of his alma mater Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Hart is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Marlborough School in Los Angeles and a member of Board of Governors of the City of Hope.

Prior to founding TruAmerica Multifamily, Hart earned industry accolades as the transformational chief executive of Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Management Group, a part of the NYSE-listed Kennedy Wilson global real-estate concern. Hart envisioned and launched Kennedy Wilson’s value-add apartment portfolio strategy that profitably acquired and disposed of more than 20,000 units in 13 years, with a total transaction value of more than $4.5 billion.

Previously Hart was senior vice president of portfolio management for global real estate investment management firm, Heitman Capital Management where engineered the turn-around and disposition of a $500 million property portfolio on behalf of pension funds, endowments and domestic and foreign lenders.   Previously, he served as Director of Real Estate Marketing for Executive Life Insurance Company, where he was responsible for the orderly liquidation of more than $1 billion in real estate assets and securities.

Hart is a sought-after interview by leading publications, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, The Los Angeles Times and innumerable industry and trade media outlets for his insights into the real estate markets.

Hart holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts and continues to serve his alma mater as a member of the Board of Trustees.  He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles and where he serves on the leadership board for UCLA’s Ziman Center for Real Estate.

Mark Enfield is the Chief Administrative Officer of TruAmerica Multifamily and brings 20 years of experience in real estate finance, investment, asset management, investor reporting and portfolio management. Mr. Enfield is responsible for overseeing the Western U.S. asset management operations, corporate strategy, governance and compliance, portfolio management, public relations and risk management. Mr. Enfield is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.

Previously, Enfield was the President of Keystone Real Estate Project Management. Prior to joining Keystone, he was the Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations at CityView and held positions at Saybrook Capital, Western Pacific Housing, and Price Waterhouse LLP.

Enfield holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the state of Maryland.

Mr. Noah Hochman is the Co-Chief Investment Officer & Head of Capital Markets for TruAmerica Multifamily.  Mr.  Hochman heads investor relations and leads TruAmerica’s corporate equity and debt strategies, with responsibility for capital formation and joint venture structuring. In this role, Hochman has assisted in raising more than $2 billion in equity and has grown the firm’s institutional investor base to 30 domestic and off-shore capital partners.  With more than 21 years of experience in multifamily transactions, Hochman also provides strategic leadership to TruAmerica’s acquisitions team.

Prior to joining TruAmerica Multifamily, Mr. Hochman served as Vice President of Acquisitions and Dispositions at Triumph Management Company. Prior to joining Triumph, Mr. Hochman served as Vice President of Acquisitions for Granite Peak Partners.

Mr. Hochman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UCLA and is a graduate of the Anderson Graduate School of Management Mergers & Acquisitions Program at UCLA.

Matt Ferrari is the Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Acquisitions at TruAmerica Multifamily.  Based in Miami, Florida Mr. Ferrari heads the firm’s acquisitions team and also oversees operations and asset management across their Eastern and Central United States portfolio representing approximately one-third of the firm’s 55,000 apartment units under management.  Mr. Ferrari also is a member of TruAmerica’s Investment Committee.  Since joining the firm in 2016, Matt has played a meaningful role in the firm’s growth, having overseen the acquisition of more than 38,000 apartments totaling $8.0 billion throughout the U.S., including TruAmerica’s expansion into the Eastern U.S. multifamily markets while also helping grow its stable of investors.

Ferrari, has enjoyed a rapid rise through TruAmerica since joining the firm in 2016 from AvalonBay Communities to open the Arlington, VA office. He was named to lead the Eastern U.S. business operations in the Fall of 2017 and was promoted to his current position in April 2018.  During his tenure at TruAmerica, Matt has played a meaningful role in the firm’s growth, having overseen more than $4 billion in acquisitions throughout the U.S., including entrance into the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast multifamily markets.

Mr. Ferrari holds an M.B.A. from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and a B.S. in Management and Business from Skidmore College.  He is also a member of the Steering Committee Advisory Board of Georgetown’s Steers Center for Global Real Estate.

Mr. Tim Siegman is Chief Financial Officer for TruAmerica.   Previously, he spent 13 years serving in the role of Chief Accounting Officer at JRK Property Holdings, a privately held multifamily and hospitality investment firm.   After graduating from California State University, Northridge, Mr. Siegman spent eight years at Kenneth Leventhal & Co., one of the nation’s most prominent real estate accounting firms before it merged with Ernst & Young in 1995. Following the merger, he entered corporate real estate as Director of Finance for publicly traded Westfield Corporation.  Mr. Siegman’s career also includes senior management roles at The Mills Corporation and American Realty Advisors.  He is a licensed CPA (inactive) in the state of California.

Dr. Eryn Mack, Chief People Officer, leads TruAmerica’s overall Human Resources infrastructure and Organizational Development. Based out of the firm’s Los Angeles headquarters, Dr. Mack prioritizes and aligns business opportunities with the firm’s strategic goals. Since joining the firm in 2018, Dr. Mack has developed measurable and transformative business and operational strategy solutions that encourage a culture of excellence and empowerment throughout TruAmerica’s network of offices across the nation.

Through her executive level expertise in human resource and organizational development programs, Dr. Mack has curated a culture of inclusion and created an environment for colleagues to participate in the full life cycle of their employment outcomes.  She is also a driving force behind forming key performance indicators, metrics and core competencies which drive colleague productivity to meet and exceed business goals, development of strategic initiatives, and the creation of experimental workshops aimed at cross departmental collaboration to encourage open dialogue and enhancement of existing process.

Dr. Mack is a major contributor the field of Human Resources and Organizational Development serving as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California’s Bovard College where she teaches Change Management and Organizational Development. She also is a passionate steward of social responsibility, playing an active role as a Board of Trustee member in both the Ronald McDonald House of Charities, Los Angeles, and South Bay Children’s Health Center.

Prior to joining TruAmerica Multifamily, Dr. Mack was a Human Resource Business Partner at Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and held Human Resource and operational leadership positions at Toys R’ Us Distribution Center and with the United States Army.

Dr. Mack attended the University of Southern California and holds a Doctoral Degree in Organizational Leadership and Education. She completed her Master’s and Bachelor’s degree at Penn State University. She holds the following professional certificates:  Family Medical Leave Administrator, Human Capital Strategist (HCS), Equal Opportunity Leaders Course (EOLC), Master Certificate Business Intelligence, Master Certificate Human Resources Master, Certificate Lean Six Sigma; and Master Certificate in Project Management.

Mr. Eshkol brings more than 30 years of experience and expertise in construction management and multifamily capital improvements. He is responsible for planning, management and execution of capital improvements for the TruAmerica Multifamily portfolio nationwide.

Prior to joining TruAmerica Multifamily, Mr. Eshkol managed capital improvement projects for Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Management Group in California, Colorado and Utah. Prior to Kennedy Wilson, Mr. Eshkol served as Vice President of Construction for Casden Properties in Beverly Hills for 11 years. In this role, he was responsible for new construction operations, project administration, and supervision of all office and field staff, field operations, construction budgets, and execution for over 1,000 residential units and over 200,000 SF of retail and office space. Additionally, he was in charge of all capital improvements for the company’s’ portfolio of over 20,000 units nationwide. Mr. Eshkol also directed the consulting and construction for repositioning numerous AIMCO multifamily properties throughout the US, totaling $1.4 Billion of capital improvements.

Prior to Casden Properties, Mr. Eshkol was the Vice President of Purchasing and Special Projects for Goldrich and Kest Industries LLC in Los Angeles, California for 10 years. His responsibilities included managing all aspects of capital improvements, purchasing, special projects and maintenance of over 20,000 apartment units in more than 200 properties throughout California, Colorado and Texas.

Mr. Eshkol is a graduate of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering and Construction Management. He also holds a California General Contractor’s License and Real Estate Agent License.

Ms. Pappas, with nearly two decades of real estate investment experience joined TruAmerica in April 2022.  She is responsible for all facets of the firm’s fundraising efforts and investor relations program.  She spent most of her career with Allstate Investments, the private equity real estate acquisitions and asset management arm of the largest publicly held insurance company in the United States.   There she co-launched the direct real estate equity platform and sourced, structured, underwrote and managed $3 billion of fund investments and joint venture partnerships.  Pappas earned her BA degree from DePaul University and an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. She is an active member of the National Multifamily Housing Council and of the Pension Real Estate Association, where she serves on the Membership Committee. Pappas is also serves as a long-time mentor for the scholars of the Goldie Initiative.

Mitch Rotta leads TruAmerica Multifamily’s   Build-For-Rent platform.  Mr. Rotta has been involved in the burgeoning BFR space for the majority of his career, most recently with Tricor Homes, a leading build-for-rent construction operator and builder.  As Director of New Construction and Executive Vice President of Acquisitions he oversaw the entire lifecycle of the firm’s build-for-rent program from land acquisition through vertical construction.    Previously, he acted as a consultant to a wide variety of BFR investors and operators assisting them with site planning, design, budgeting, scheduling, equity and debt, and financial modeling. Mitch graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Construction Management.