The Board

Today's SPIRE Working Board steers all our initiatives.

Selected from a pool of extremely well-qualified candidates, they enrich our offerings and community with their individual successes, diverse perspectives + exemplary skills. Combined, they epitomize the whole is greater than the sum of its parts as they navigate the opportunities and challenges in our industry today and set us up to be the innovators of tomorrow.

All hail from Stanford, and all bring an eagerness to contribute. We are grateful to have these leaders at the helm charting our course.

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Board Chairman

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Board President

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Board Secretary

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Board Treasurer

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  • Preferred Name: Wayne

    Last Name: Brandt

    Bio: Wayne Brandt is the Founder and Managing Partner of Capital Funding Partners, an owner and operator of multifamily properties in Southern CA and Texas. Previously he was Managing Director and National Originations Director of the Real Estate Capital Markets Group at Wells Fargo Bank where he directed the origination activities of CMBS and balance sheet lending business. Wayne's previous positions include head of real estate lending and debt investments for the Buchanan/TCW Funds, Managing Director of RBS Greenwich Capital, Managing Partner at Menlo Equities and Managing Director at Nomura Securities. He is presently on the Board of Advisors of Everest Properties, a 5,100-unit multifamily owner. He has authored several industry articles and served as a guest lecturer at the USC Lusk Center, UC Irvine, UCLA Anderson School of Business, and the MIT Center for Real Estate. Wayne holds a MS in Real Estate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

Student Board Member

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