Betty W. Ma - Senior Vice President

Responsible for equity placements, financing, client relationships and new client marketing. Ms. Ma has over 24 years of real estate experience as a lender, financial advisor/consultant and owner. She has participated in arranging and has also led financings and been involved in both property and asset management.

As Senior Vice President, she has raised substantial private equity capital from both domestic and international sources, assisted in underwriting acquisitions, participated in securing acquisition financing and successfully led and closed refinancings. She also assists in asset management activities and directs the day to day operations of the firm.

Her past experiences include:

• Director of Marketing for the Charles Dunn Company. Advised the Chairman in the development of innovative marketing and business strategies, which included a refocus of the Asian Division and other company strategies.
• Corporate Real Estate and Private Bank Divisions of Citibank. Was West Coast Real Estate Product Specialist/Vice President in the Private Bank, assisting global high net worth clients to direct portions of their capital into the Southern California real estate market. Her clients were from both the United States and major countries of Asia Pacific including Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Philippines. Developed a fee-based institutional product which resulted in and closed successful noteworthy equity placements for a retail center located in Manhattan Beach, and an industrial condominium project located in Orange County, California. She also spent many years as a real estate lender; originated and successfully managed client relationships and a real estate portfolio of approximately $200 million.
• Graduated as an MBA from the USC Graduate School of Business Administration in Real Estate Finance, and was a Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa undergraduate of UCLA. She remains active in the USC Graduate Business School, serving as a mentor for first year graduate MBA students.
• Holds a California Broker’s License.