Eric Sussman is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s capital, equity, and debt departments and strategic planning functions. Mr. Sussman provides leadership to the firm in the areas of private equity, joint ventures, and fund formations.
Mr. Sussman has over 25 years of multi-faceted real estate experience and has been pivotal in some of the firm’s largest deals and property acquisitions. Mr. Sussman’s past experience is broad and varied including key positions at Amber Capital and Sequoia Real Estate Partners. Mr. Sussman began his career with Price Waterhouse (now Price Waterhouse Coopers).

In addition to his position at Clear Capital, Mr. Sussman has been an Adjunct Professor of accounting and real estate at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management since 1995, where he been voted “Outstanding Professor” 15 times by MBA students. Additionally, he has been named as one of the top ten most popular business professors by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and one of the 20 most influential professors alive today by “Top Business Degrees.”

Mr. Sussman received a BA in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA (Arjay Miller Scholar) from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He is a licensed CPA and real estate broker (inactive) in California. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Causeway Capital’s Group of mutual funds, and a member of the Board of Directors of three non-profit organizations: Jewish Family Services, UCLA Hillel, and Pacific Charter School Development.

Greg Worchell is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s acquisition and long range planning functions. Mr. Worchell provides leadership to the firm in the areas of acquisitions, operations, and dispositions.

Mr. Worchell has more than 22 years of real estate experience. He founded and served as president of Fountain Management, a firm specializing in the acquisition, rehabilitation, operation and monetization of multi-family assets. Previously, Mr. Worchell held senior management positions at Pinnacle Realty Management, and Charles Dunn Company.

Mr. Worchell received a BA in Accounting from California State University, Northridge. He is a licensed real estate broker (inactive) and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Daniel Hardy is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the day-to day operational activities and implementation of the vision, goals, and strategic plan of the company.

Mr. Hardy brings over 25 years of real estate experience to the firm including deep experience in corporate leadership, acquisitions, and asset management.  Prior to forming Clear Capital, Mr. Hardy was founder, and President of Hardy Equities, LLC, a multi-family investment firm.  Previously, Mr. Hardy held senior management positions at AIMCO, Charles Dunn Company, Advanced Management and J.D. Property Management.

Mr. Hardy received a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Operations Management from California State University, Fullerton. He holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker License, and is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management, a member of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, and The Apartment Owners Association of California.

Paul Pellizzon is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s accounting and finance functions.

Mr. Pellizzon has been in the real estate and financial services industry for over 30 years.  He has extensive knowledge in conventional and income property loan underwriting due to his past positions with mortgage industry leaders Shearson American Express Mortgage and The Hammond Company.

Mr. Pellizzon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Mr. Pellizzon holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker License, and is a member of IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) and the California Association of Realtors.

Enrique Huerta is an Acquisitions Associate at Clear Capital, LLC, where he is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and acquiring new multifamily real estate investments for the company’s portfolio. Mr. Huerta participates in the due diligence, financing, capital-raising, and closing efforts of all new multifamily real estate assets and he has played a key role in the expansion of Clear Capital’s multifamily platform into several new markets.

Before joining Clear Capital, LLC, in 2019, Mr. Huerta was an Acquisitions Analyst at The Grupe Company, where he performed underwriting, market research, and due diligence of multifamily investments in Arizona, California, and Colorado. Before Grupe, Mr. Huerta was an Acquisitions Intern at The Bascom Group, where he was responsible for underwriting and conducting due diligence for prospective transactions in California, Nevada, Colorado, and the Pacific Northwest, as well as managing existing investments.

Mr. Huerta received a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine. He is a licensed California Real Estate Salesperson.

Mr. Daniel Lukes is the Director of Asset Management of Clear Capital, LLC and brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial and residential real estate with a focus on multifamily investment and asset management to his role. Mr. Lukes is responsible for underwriting, asset management, construction management and oversite of third-party property management.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, Mr. Lukes held was the Asset Manager for Watermarke Properties Inc. Before joining Watermarke, Mr. Lukes held various roles at Pacific Property Company (now Pacific Urban Residential) including Director of Due Diligence and Regional Asset Manager of Southern California. Prior to Pacific Property Company, Mr. Lukes held various position with Donahue & Company, Inc.

Mr. Lukes holds a Master of Arts in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California, a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and an emphasis in Real Estate from California State University, Fullerton and an Associate of Arts with a Certificate of Achievement in Accounting from Orange Coast College.

Patti Richardson is the controller at Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s accounting operations, financial reporting, financial analysis, budgeting, HR and for internal controls, establishing policies and procedures and system management for Clear Capital and its affiliated companies.

Mrs. Richardson brings more than two decades of real estate experience in the areas of real estate accounting, investor reporting, treasury management, banking relationships, compliance and the timely completion of annual financials as well as partnership tax returns and delivery of K-1’s to investors.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, Mrs./Ms. Richardson was an owner/operator of an accounting business managing over 35 different clients ranging from mortgage and real estate companies to retail service stores and professional service companies.

Kristen Piper is the Investor Relations Representative at Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the day-to-day communications with active and potential Investors as well as distributing notices, reports and other communications, and maintaining the Investor Database.

Ms. Piper has extensive experience with customer relations, specifically focused on the real estate investment industry for the last couple years. Prior to joining the firm Ms. Piper was Investor Relations Coordinator for Redwood-Kairos Real Estate and prior to that was Real Estate and Franchise Coordinator at Pieology Pizzeria.

Ms. Piper earned her Bachelors in Business Administration from California State University Fullerton.

Dan Polk is the System Administrator at Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing software setup, training users on product functions, communicating with property staff on a day to day basis to insure they have proper access, and maintaining the Clear Capital Database.

Mr. Polk has over two decades of customer relations experience, specifically focused on the Yardi real estate software for the last twelve years. Prior to joining the firm Mr. Polk was a Voyager Account Manager for Yardi Systems Inc. and prior to that was Technical Support Specialist for ScreeningWorks Pro.

Mr. Polk earned his Associates Degree in Business Communication from Rowan College of South Jersey.

Scarlett Jia is an Analyst at Clear Capital, LLC, where she performs financial analysis, acquisition identification and underwriting, and due diligence reviews. Additionally, Ms. Jia is responsible for performing market research, as well as supporting the firm’s portfolio management and capital raising activities.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, LLC, Ms. Jia was an Associate at Growth Investment Group where she oversaw the firm’s marketing, transaction, and underwriting platform for a group of multi-family investment sales professionals.

Ms. Jia received a BA in Communication (Magna Cum Laude) with a minor in Applied Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jared Warren is an Analyst at Clear Capital, LLC, where he performs financial analysis, acquisition identification and underwriting, market research, and due diligence reviews. Additionally, Mr. Warren is responsible for creating financial models and equity investor packages, as well as supporting the firm’s portfolio management activities.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, LLC, Mr. Warren interned with KPMG in Houston, Texas where he supported the firm’s audit and advisory functions.

Mr. Warren received a BBA in Accounting and a Master of Financial Management from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.