Mr. Crate is a Managing Principal of Easterly, which he founded in 2009. Mr. Crate serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Easterly Government Properties, Inc., a NYSE listed company.

Prior to founding Easterly, Mr. Crate served as the Chief Financial Officer of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., a publicly traded asset management holding company which grew through acquisition. Mr. Crate currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a global organization supporting general aviation; as a Trustee of Bates College; and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Westminster Kennel Club.

Mr. Crate earned his B.A. from Bates College and his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Mr. Kalichstein is a Managing Principal at Easterly. Mr. Kalichstein served as the Chief Executive Officer of Easterly Acquisition Corp., a blank check company that merged with Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd.

Prior to Easterly, Mr. Kalichstein founded Solel Investment Group LLC, a privately-held company that has jointly led the acquisition of over $1 billion in specialty finance assets. Mr. Kalichstein has held a broad set of leadership positions in financial services, serving as a  Managing Director of J.C. Flowers, as a Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development for SoftNet Systems, Inc., and as an associate with Capital Z Partners. Mr. Kalichstein began his career in the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Kalichstein received a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, magna cum laude, from Brown University.

Mr. Blaney is a Vice President at Easterly, responsible for managing deal execution for new investments and capital markets activity.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Blaney served as an associate at Lineage Capital, a private equity firm specializing in buyouts of owner-managed and family-controlled businesses. Mr. Blaney has also worked at M.M. Dillon & Co., a boutique investment bank, and as a credit analyst at Bank of America.

Mr. Blaney earned a B.S. in Business, magna cum laude, from Boston College and an M.B.A., with honors, from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Colandrea is the General Counsel of Easterly, responsible for managing all legal and compliance related matters.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Colandrea was the Deputy General Counsel at Prospect Administration LLC, responsible for investment adviser and corporate matters for Prospect Capital Management L.P. Prior to Prospect Administration, Mr. Colandrea was a Senior Vice President and member of the Convertible Bond and Structured Investments groups at Highbridge Capital Management LLC.

Mr. Colandrea received a B.S. in Finance and Chemistry from Boston College and his J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Mr. Collins is a Managing Director and the Head of Business Development at Easterly.

Prior to Easterly, Mr. Collins served as the Head of Distribution for Kennedy Wilson, a global real estate investment company. Mr. Collins was responsible for all sales and marketing activity and sat on the KW Investment Committee. Previously, Mr. Collins was a Principal at Blackstone, where he was part of a multi-asset sales team responsible for marketing its real estate, private equity, private debt, and hedge fund strategies. Mr. Collins also worked for Eaton Vance and began his investment career with Lord, Abbett & Co.

Mr. Collins earned his B.A. and Master’s in Engineering from the University of Buffalo and his M.B.A. from the University of Rochester.

Mr. Connelly is a Vice President at Easterly, responsible for institutional business development.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Connelly was a Senior Investment Analyst at Mercer, responsible for covering international equity strategies for the Outsourced CIO (OCIO) Portfolio Management team.

Mr. Connelly earned his B.S. in Finance from Fairfield University.  He is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston.

Ms. Hoysgaard is a Vice President at Easterly, responsible for overseeing human resources functions of the firm.

Prior to joining Easterly, Ms. Hoysgaard was part of the Human Resource team at Affiliated Managers Group.

Ms. Hoysgaard attended Tufts University where she received a B.A. in American Studies and a joint M.A. in Urban Environmental Policy & Planning and Child Study & Human Development.

Ms. Mullen is a Vice President at Easterly, responsible for supporting firm operations and project management of key firm endeavors.

Prior to joining Easterly, Ms. Mullen was the Vice President, Operations at InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. where she supported daily operations and was part of the early team that grew the company from a private startup into a public developmental stage life sciences company.

Ms. Mullen received a B.A. in English and Italian, magna cum laude, from Boston College.

Mr. Searle is an Associate at Easterly, responsible for information technology integration and implementation for all Easterly team members and office locations.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Searle was the Solutions Engineer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he was responsible for management and oversight of all computer systems support.

Mr. Searle received his B.A. in Sociology and Computer Science from Northeastern University.

Ms. Szottfried is an Associate at Easterly, responsible for the firm’s finance and accounting functions.

Prior to joining Easterly, Ms. Szottfried was Accounting Manager at Techkon USA, an innovation leader in color management solutions.

Ms. Szottfried earned her B.S. in Finance from Boston College. 

Mr. Teixeira is a Vice President at Easterly, responsible for sourcing, researching, and underwriting affiliate partnership opportunities.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Teixeira was an Assistant Vice President on the private markets team at Meketa Investment Group, where he led the firm’s secondary and fund of funds practice.

Mr. Teixeira earned his B.A. in Mathematics & Statistics and Economics from Williams College. He is a CFA charterholder and a CAIA charterholder, and is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society Boston, Inc., and the CAIA Boston chapter. Mr. Teixeira is currently a Master of Business Administration candidate in the Executive MBA Program at Yale School of Management, with a focus on Asset Management.

Mr. Tillson is a Vice President at Easterly, responsible for institutional business development.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Tillson was a member of the consultant relations and institutional distribution teams at The Boston Company and Mellon.

Mr. Tillson received his B.S. in Environmental Studies from Northeastern University.

Mr. Wallace is a Managing Director at Easterly, responsible for the firm’s equity capital markets practice. 

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Wallace was the Head of Equity Syndicate at CAIS Group. Mr. Wallace previously held leadership positions in equity capital markets at UBS and Sterne Agee CRT. He started his capital markets career at Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Wallace earned his B.S. from the London School of Economics.