Chérie Talbert, M.A., CPC is an executive leader, a policy and regulatory strategist, and business process consultant with more than 20 years of experience. Specializing in the development of high-performance organizations, governance, strategic planning, advocacy, and change management, Chérie came to Sharing Connexion, Inc. with a background in homebuilding, construction, land use, public policy, and real estate.
Cherie was the VP of Public and Government Affairs, SVP, and CEO of the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver, a Senior Consultant with Design Group International, District Manager of numerous Title 32 Metro Districts, an Advisory Member for the CLAS Dean at the University of Colorado Denver and is an Executive Board Member for Michigan State University Women’s Leadership Institute. She is also a proud 7-year Challenge Foundation mentor to a young lady from sixth grade through her acceptance into college.
Cherie earned her master’s degree at the University of Colorado Denver in Public Policy and Political Science and her undergraduate degree at Michigan State University in Political Science and International Relations with an emphasis on Japanese studies. Outside of work, she is a high-performance track driver and an advocate for women in motorsports and considers herself an “arm-chair” health and wellness nutritionist.
Steve Shineman, MBA, CFP® joined Sharing Connexion from Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation where he was the Senior Vice President, Philanthropy for five years. Steve led the development efforts of several business units of the Foundation and was a valued member of the Executive team. Prior to joining Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation, he worked at the University of Denver where he served from 2014 to 2018 as the Executive Director of Gift Planning. Before moving to Denver, he was the Director of Gift Planning for Texas Christian University (TCU) for five and a half years. His designation as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) allows him to work with donors and advisors on exploring current and deferred giving options. Steve was also a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors from 2002 to 2009. He earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Communications from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida and his Master's in Business Administration from Texas Christian University. Steve and his wife live in Denver with their two kids.
Before joining the staff of Sharing Connexion as Program Director of Real Estate Impact Lending and Real Estate Rescue, Stefanie served on the board of directors since 2019. During the organization’s rapid growth, she helped craft the organizations loan policy and procedure, sat on the fund management committee, and acted as liaison with board in determining which projects to invest in. In her new role Stefanie participates in the Small Preservation Committee meetings and represents Sharing Connexion in the coalition. This is a collaborative group of CDFI and nonprofit partners working on preservation projects with existing multifamily housing stock., as a part of the Real Estate Rescue (preservation) work. She looks forward to managing the impact loan fund, in anticipation of the AHIF23 grant opportunity.
Previously, she spent close to 5 years working at Colorado Enterprise Fund, as its Senior Community Lending Officer. In this role, she was doing outreach to entrepreneurs facing barriers to capital, but also working with community and banking partners to find opportunities to deploy capital. Stefanie conducted financing consultations through the State of Colorado’s Small Business Development Center (SDBC) network in Metro Denver, she partnered with Denver’s Department of Economic Development Office (DEDO) for gap funding and CEF lending programs. Stefanie was also the program manager for the Town of Parker’s revolving loan fund in partnership with CEF. Frequent guest on panel discussions and subject matter expert related to small business financing and the benefit of microloans on economic development. Stefanie received her MBA from Florida Atlantic University and after living in Florida for 30 years, Stefanie traded the beach for mountains in 2016.
Sutton is currently a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California where she and her family live. Sutton comes to Sharing Connexion (SCI) with over 13 years of accounting experience. Prior to her working with SCI, she spent seven years working for Alvarez and Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group where she provided financial and accounting due diligence for private equity clients. Before this, Sutton also worked for KPMG providing assurance services for SEC registrants and other private entities. Outside of work she enjoys exploring more of her hometown of San Francisco, playing tennis and spending time with her daughter, husband and two bernedoodles.
Becky comes to Sharing Connexion with a diverse background including startups, publicly held companies, non-profits, social enterprises, and home care, Becky has gained extensive experience in various organizations. Her administrative expertise includes operations, management, real estate, finance, and bookkeeping. Above all, Becky is enthusiastic about helping others and takes great pleasure in making their lives easier. As a third-generation Colorado native, she enjoys exploring the state's history and beautiful surroundings. You'll find her attending a sporting event, concert, or camping in the mountains during her free time, and spending as much time as she can outdoors.
Mr. Chasnow has widespread experience in real estate investment, focusing on coordinating acquisitions and asset management for Connexion Asset Group ("CAG"). Mr. Chasnow joined CAG in 2008 and has played a key role helping to establish the company as a strong performer in the arena of private equity real estate investment. Prior to CAG, Mr. Chasnow was an analyst at Archstone, one of the largest investors, developers and operators of apartment communities in the U.S. Mr. Chasnow co-authored a white paper titled “Commercial Real Estate Debt Maturities: Shortfall & Implications”, published by the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management in 2009. Mr. Chasnow is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Master of Science in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver's Burns School, as well as an undergraduate degree from Tulane University.
John Daskam joined Milgrom & Daskam as a Partner in January 2019. He focuses his law practice on real estate and corporate law. His real estate practice includes acquisitions and dispositions, landlord-tenant matters, leasing, financing, development, and contract preparation and negotiation. John’s corporate law practice encompasses the formation and maintenance of corporations, general and limited partnerships, and limited liability companies, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and private placement of securities, including regulatory filings and preparation of private placement investment memoranda. John believes in balancing the practice of law with significant involvement in local community organizations and an active outdoor personal life. In addition to Sharing Connexion, he also sits on the board of directors and is General Counsel for Burning Through Pages, a local non-profit fostering a community of avid readers and inspired thinkers by providing literature, resources, and time to youth organizations. John enjoys playing golf and soccer and is a Colorado sports enthusiast. He and his wife Amanda are both Colorado natives and live in the Park Hill area of Denver.
Justin Gilmore is the Director of Business Development for Gilmore Construction. He has served in other roles as an Estimator, Project Engineer, and Project Manager in projects totaling over $300 million dollars. Justin has developed long lasting industry relationships within market segments both existing and new. He provides strategic direction for Gilmore Construction to navigate and grow in the Colorado market. Through this process he helps manage, grow, and build customer relations to increase the business’s visibility and reputation. A key part of his role in Gilmore Construction is to not only promote the growth and branding of the company but to support Gilmore Construction’s community outreach. Gilmore Construction is an enormously proud member of the Colorado community and believes in giving back. Justin is also engaged in the construction community and helps small businesses with sustainable growth and capacity building.
Jim has long been involved from both a professional and personal level in Denver’s affordable housing and homeless outreach from a construction perspective. Jim recently retired from Pinkard Construction Co. a leading provider of construction services of affordable housing since its beginnings in 1962. On the personal side, Jim has served on both the Denver Rescue Mission’s and The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Center board of directors to further address the affordable housing needs of Metro Denver. He has been involved in numerous affordable and homeless development projects – his favorite being the Champa House; a women with children’s transitional housing project. Champa House provides a safe place for women and children for up to three years while providing child care, GED educational advancement, and general life skills training.
Dr. Mueller has 48 years of real estate industry experience, including 41 years of research. Mueller is internationally known for his Market Cycle research on income producing real estate, his real estate securities analysis (REITs) research and his public and private market investment strategies and capital markets analysis. Glenn is currently a Professor at the University of Denver, F.L Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management, teaching and researching real estate market cycles, investment strategies, real estate capital markets (Institutions, REITs & CMBS), development and feasibility. He has published 100+ research articles and won many awards and has also authored 130+ quarterly issues of his Real Estate Market Cycle Reports. Glenn holds a B.S.B.A. from the University of Denver, MBA from Babson College, and Ph.D. in Real Estate from Georgia State University. Former research positions at Black Creek Group, Legg Mason Inc., Price Waterhouse Coopers, ABKB/ Jones Lange LaSalle Real Estate Investors, and Prudential Real Estate Investors. Glenn is the chair of the Real Estate Committee for Sharing Connexion.
David Ogunsanya is the Vice President of Real Estate for Elevation Community Land Trust and brings over 15 years of experience in real estate, affordable housing and community land trusts. He is responsible for the organization’s real estate acquisition and development strategy, and external partner relations to create more than 1000 affordable homes in metro Denver and ultimately statewide.
Prior to joining Elevation CLT, David served as the Director of Housing for Athens Land Trust in Athens, Georgia. He oversaw all real estate and strategic planning activities and led the management of a portfolio with more than 60 multi- and single-family homes. He also ensured the implementation of best practice models to preserve housing affordability and land trust ground leases.
David’s expertise extends into the intersection of community engagement and policy awareness where he educates key stakeholders about the benefits of the community land trust model as a mechanism for creating permanent affordability and driving positive change in communities. His work focuses on affordable housing policies such as inclusionary zoning, to assist in the creation of more affordable homes within market rate developments.
Courtney has 13 years of experience in private real estate development and capital markets. She currently holds the position of Principal at Bootpack Investments, which is the real estate development company that she owns with her husband. Prior to Bootpack, Courtney held the position of Vice President of Capital Markets and Investor Relations at McWhinney where she established and maintained relationships with both debt and equity providers. She worked directly with the CIO to raise equity capital for McWhinney’s various development and acquisition strategies across the multifamily, hospitality, and commercial platforms. Prior to her role on the equity team, she spent 4 years helping to source and negotiate debt capital for vertical construction and permanent loans for the company’s development projects as well as structure and negotiate corporate debt capital. Courtney started her career at Wells Fargo in San Francisco, where she originated, underwrote, and structured debt capital for public and private real estate companies, including developers, investors, private equity fund sponsors, and REIT’s. She underwrote and closed $500MM+ in transactions including syndicated construction facilities, project/standing loans (multifamily, office, retail, industrial/flex, hotel), for-sale condominiums, bridge/land loans, mezzanine debt, letters of credit, and secured/unsecured lines of credit.
Courtney holds a B.S. in Economics and International Business from Villanova University and earned her Master’s in Real Estate from the University of Denver.
Carlos Trujillo has spent his career spanning over two decades leveraging his expertise in public finance and alternative investments to bring about the revitalization of affordable housing units nationwide.
Mr. Trujillo possesses extensive knowledge in the formation of special financing districts and public funding of student housing units working with top tier Universities and nonprofits across the country. His expertise in this area has allowed him to navigate complex financial structures and develop innovative solutions to address the financing needs of these projects.
For the past 10 years, Mr. Trujillo has dedicated his efforts towards purchasing, rehabilitating, and operating affordable housing units in Colorado and the SouthEastern United States. His commitment to providing quality housing options for low-income individuals and families has positively impacted communities in these regions. Through his leadership and strategic vision, he has successfully revitalized numerous affordable housing properties, ensuring safe and sustainable living environments for those in need.
When not working, he can be found trying to keep up with his wife and two sons as they carve up the slopes of Vail, CO.
Over his 36-year real estate finance career, Dan has been responsible for originating, structuring, and closing over $1.2 billion in debt and equity transactions for commercial real estate. Prior to joining Commerce Bank, Dan originated long-term and interim debt financing, and sale-leaseback financing for GE Real Estate – Business Property. He also served as Vice President of Finance for Trammell Crow Residential – Midwest Division and has held senior commercial real estate lending positions with Wells Fargo Bank and its predecessors. Dan earned his B.A. degree in Government from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from the University of Denver. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), an active member of the Denver NAIOP chapter and the Colorado University Real Estate Council. Dan has served as Chairman of the Board of the St. Anthony Health Foundation and the CHI Colorado Foundation. He was former Chairman of the Board at Brothers Redevelopment, a Colorado-based nonprofit that provides housing solutions for the poor, elderly, and disabled.
Fred is in the process of retiring from active real estate development and entitlement activities. Fred is currently the principal of Baker Consulting Services, which provides consulting services for owners and developers in the commercial real estate development industry. He specializes in real estate projects where the highest and best use and marketability are more difficult to ascertain. His mission is to identify the highest and best use and to assist in the development and realization of the highest return for these real estate projects. Fred is a past Partner and Broker for BakerSmith & Company Commercial Real Estate Services, where he oversaw brokerage, entitlement and development consulting activities for the firm. BakerSmith represents clients searching for the location of prime developable land as well as the horizontal development and governmental interfacing throughout the development process.
Fred also served as Director of Marketing, Site Acquisition and Development for Ojala & Company for 16 years. While there, Fred expanded the marketing division to provide brokerage services, as well as, research, development and entitlement services, resulting in the acquisition and entitlement of many significant business park projects along the Front Range. As Vice President – Development for United Properties, Fred worked on the acquisition and development of several sizable mixed use projects, totaling more than four million SF in Stapleton and South Denver. Fred also founded and served as president/owner of Commercial Investment Services, Inc., a 44-broker real estate investment organization in San Diego. Fred received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Colorado State University and did post-graduate study in Chemistry and Chemical Process Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. For board service, Fred has served in the following capacities: past Chairman of the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation; current President of the Mountain West Metropolitan District; Treasurer of the San Diego Boys and Girls Clubs; and as board member of Arvada Economic Development Association, the Ken Caryl Business Park Association, and the Coors Technology Park Association.
