Our Leadership

Franz F. Colloredo-Mansfeld

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committee

Franz provides strategic direction for the firm and chairs the investment committees for all funds and investment programs. He has been the CEO of Cabot since founding the firm in 2002, raising nine discretionary funds and creating enduring partnerships with leading global investors. Franz is focused on sustaining Cabot’s strong record of realized returns and creating opportunity for the firm’s growing international team.

Franz joined his father in the industrial property business in 1996. He was its Chief Financial Officer when it went public as Cabot Industrial Trust in 1998, and during the years that this New York Stock Exchange listed Real Estate Investment Trust was the top performing industrial REIT before it was sold in 2001.

Franz previously worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co, living and working in New York City, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Budapest.

Franz is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Americas Executive Committee as Chair of its Finance Committee. He has served as a trustee or board member for numerous businesses and nonprofits, lectured at Harvard University and often speaks at real estate industry conferences.

Franz graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College in 1985, where he studied History and earned an MBA in 1991 from Harvard Business School. He won a Robert Bosch Fellowship after business school and worked at the German Central Bank in Frankfurt. Franz and his college classmate married and have four grown children.

Howard B. Hodgson Jr.

Vice Chairman of Investment Committees
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committees
Member, ESG Committee

Howie serves on the Investment Committee for all current and active funds, as well as for separate accounts. Almost all of his 40 years of real estate experience have been with Cabot, serving as a Senior Vice President, Director of Asset Management and overseeing the opening of our London office. While with the Cabot REIT, Howie served as Senior Vice President and Director of Real Estate Operations, responsible for asset management, property management, leasing, and third-party investment management. He has also been a Senior Vice President, Director of Asset Management and member of the Investment Committee of Cabot Partners. Howie began his real estate career with the Boston real estate firm of R.M. Bradley & Co., Inc., becoming a Vice President and head of its institutional property management group. He is an honors graduate of Northeastern University.

Mark A. Bechard

President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committee

Mark is one of the longest serving team members at Cabot. He directs the firm’s diverse business operations and ensures alignment across all systems, resources, and people to achieve our goals and support our culture and vision. Mark also oversees financings, financial reporting, accounting, and internal controls and sits on the Investment Committee for all current funds, active funds, and separate accounts. Mark has assumed many roles during his tenure, including Vice President of Property Management Accounting and Vice President of Financial Planning. As Assistant Treasurer for the REIT, he created and maintained the Cabot financial model and performed a variety of corporate finance and treasury functions, including the administration of the Company’s credit facility. He was responsible for the financial reporting on over $550 million of investments on behalf of institutional clients while acting as a Senior Portfolio Accountant of Cabot Partners. Mark holds a BS in Finance from Salem State College.

Charles L. Forbes

Chief Investment Officer, Core Programs
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committee

Charlie uses 30 years of real estate experience and a critical eye for applying the Cabot Core Standard. He is a member of the Investment Committee for Core vehicles and all Cabot strategies. His background in operations, asset management, and leasing and investment transactions, make him a key member of the Cabot Team. Charlie joined Cabot in 1998 shortly after Cabot Industrial Trust went public and continued with RREEF after the REIT acquisition in 2001. In 2003, he joined the Investment Team of Cabot Properties and was instrumental in the acquisition of many of the buildings in Cabot Value Fund I. He has done the same with Value Fund II, Value Fund III, and Value Fund IV in addition to our current Funds. Charlie holds an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA from Connecticut College.

Patrick V. Ryan

Chief Investment Officer, Value-Add & Opportunistic Programs
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committee

Pat oversees all investment activity for Value Fund V, Value Fund VI, and Opportunity Fund I. He also applies his 27 years of real estate experience to capital raising and investor outreach. Pat serves on the Investment Committee for all current, active funds and separate accounts. He has served at every level of the Investment Group since joining Cabot as an Analyst in 2000. He started in real estate in 1992 with General Investment & Development Company, holding property management positions until 1998. Pat holds a BA from Boston College and an MBA from Boston University.

Kara J. Brown

General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committee
Member, ESG Committee

In addition to her legal responsibilities, Kara oversees Cabot’s Human Resources and Information Technology teams. She has managed compliance programs for registered investment advisers and counseled multiple private fund advisers through regulatory exams and investigations while in-house and in private practice. Before joining Cabot, she served as Counsel in Sidley Austin’s Boston office and was a member of their Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives and Securities and Derivatives Enforcement and Regulatory practice groups, advising investment advisers offering real estate, credit, private equity and public equity strategies and funds. She also held legal and compliance positions at Glenview Capital Management and Neuberger Berman. She holds a JD from Brooklyn Law School and a BS in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Bradford M. Otis

Managing Director, Head of Asset Management
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Investment Committee

Bradford leads the team of asset and property managers and oversees the leasing, property management, and performance analysis of Cabot’s US and international industrial assets. He sits on Cabot’s Board of Directors and has over 16 years of real estate experience. Before joining Cabot in 2008, Bradford managed leasing for industrial and multifamily properties with Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group. He holds a BS in Accounting from Babson College.

Damian Q. Bailey

Managing Director, Investments, Central Region
Member, Investment Committee

In addition to overseeing all investment activities in target markets, Damian is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and closing core, value-add, and opportunistic investments in Texas and Colorado. He also manages Cabot’s disposition program, executing various exit strategies ranging from single-property sales to complex portfolio transactions. Damian sits on several of Cabot’s fund investment committees. He holds an MBA from Boston University and a BA in Economics from the University of New Hampshire.

Sally A. Box

Managing Director, Investments, Asia Pacific
Member, Investment Committee
Member, ESG Committee

Sally drives investment activities from the Sydney office. Before joining Cabot, Sally spent 8 years in the Real Estate Private Capital team at Evercore and Greenhill originating new transactions across Asia Pacific and working closely with institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand. Sally spent 4 years working across real asset categories in the investment banking team at Macquarie in New York. She launched her career as a lawyer with Allens in Australia and Weil Gotshal & Manges in New York. Sally received her BA and LLB from the University of New South Wales.

Justin S. Harvey

Managing Director, Investments, Europe and Western Region
Member, Investment Committee

Justin oversees sourcing, acquiring and developing industrial properties for all of Cabot’s strategies in target markets in Europe, Southern California, the Bay Area and Seattle. Before joining Cabot in 2008, Justin worked at FLAG Capital Management and during a summer MBA internship, in the finance group at Boston Properties. He has a BA from Colby College and MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

Michael E. McCarthy

Managing Director, Investments, Eastern Region
Member, Investment Committee

Michael oversees investment activities across all Cabot strategies in the East. He has a record of sourcing investment opportunities and structuring complex transactions with major institutions, development partners, and local owners/operators. Michael came to Cabot as an Analyst in the Investment Group, having worked at Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage where he screened and underwrote over $1 billion in commercial mortgages for multi-family properties throughout the US. He holds a BA from Williams College, where he was captain of the Varsity Football Team.

Betsy A. Amenta

Director, Accounting

Betsy brought over 18 years of investment management accounting and finance experience when she joined Cabot in 2020, having held controller and senior finance positions at private investment management and real estate investment companies. Betsy began her career at Arthur Andersen’s assurance division. She holds a BS in Accounting from Providence College.

Matt G. Ashbaugh

Director, Development

Matt is our Director of Development and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, capitalizing, and executing development projects. Matt joined Cabot after seven years with Hines’ New York development team, where he most recently led the Hines development team for One Madison, a 1.4 million square feet commercial office redevelopment/overbuild project. At Hines, Matt also served as Portfolio Manager of Hudson Square Properties, a 12-building, 5.8 million square feet office portfolio, led new business efforts for the New York Office, and served on the development team for One Vanderbilt. Prior to business school, Matt worked as an analyst for Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall Funds and as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group. Matt earned a BA/BBA in University of Texas Plan II and Business Honors/Finance from University of Texas Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Franz (Seppi) J. Colloredo-Mansfeld

Director, Investments, Northeast Region

Seppi joined Cabot in 2020 to source and close industrial property investments in the Northeastern US. He had been a Managing Director at Hines Interests, LP in New York City and a lead asset manager for a large Manhattan office portfolio, as well as the development officer for a 250,000 square foot ground-up office development in lower Manhattan. Seppi holds a BA in History from Yale University.

G. Keith Funston

Director, Investments and Business Development

Keith is responsible for sourcing and closing industrial property investments in the US as well as other strategic initiatives. Before joining Cabot, he cofounded Tunbridge Partners, an investment company partnership with Hodes Weill & Associates focused on acquiring GP stakes in real estate investment management companies. Before that, he was a Principal with Hodes Weill & Associates representing real estate investment managers on M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory assignments. Before Hodes Weill, Keith focused on acquisitions, asset management and leasing at Shore Assets and Grubb & Ellis in New York. Keith earned a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MS in real estate finance from New York University.

Michael H. Gebo

Director, Asset Management, Central Region

Michael oversees development, leasing and capital improvement programs in both value add and Core Industrial products. Before joining Cabot in 2015, Michael was an Asset Manager with Global Logistic Properties responsible for the oversight of more than 40 properties in Southern California. He holds a BS in Business from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Robert R. Gray

Director, Asset Management, Southeast Region
Member, ESG Committee

Rob oversees capital deployment in industrial markets in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida. Before joining Cabot in 2009, he was a Senior Financial Analyst with Grubb and Ellis providing property management analysis and reporting for institutional clients. Rob holds a BS in Finance and an MBA from the School of Management at Marist College.

Jonathan M. Herb

Director, Investments, Australia

Jonathan joined Cabot in February 2021 and is responsible for Cabot’s investment activities in Australia. He has over 14 years’ experience in the real estate industry with an extensive background in industrial transactions and development management.

Jonathan has worked across a number of institutional and private organizations both in Australia and abroad including roles at Dexus, CIP (now ESR) and Sweet Group (now Currie & Brown).

Jonathan holds a Master of Property and a Bachelor of Construction Management from the University of Newcastle and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Finance from FINSIA.

Carey E. Herrlinger

Director, Investments, Mid-Atlantic and Central Regions
Member, ESG Committee

Carey brings over 15 years of commercial real estate experience to managing capital deployment across Cabot’s investment vehicles. Before joining Cabot in 2011, he worked for Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage where he screened and underwrote over $1 billion in commercial mortgages for multi-family properties throughout the US. Carey graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a BA in Economics.

Christopher C. Manocchio

Director, Asset Management, Central-South Region

Chris oversees leasing, operations, property management and performance of industrial assets in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Phoenix and Denver markets. He is also the Portfolio Manager for one of Cabot’s separate accounts, directly responsible for the operations and performance analysis of US assets on behalf of a foreign investor. Before joining Cabot in 2008, Chris was an Internal Audit Consultant for Financial Services at Protiviti, Inc., assessing performance and risk for clients in the Asset Management industry. He holds a BS in Finance and Economics from Bentley University.

Patrick D. Mullaney

Director, Accounting

Patrick has worked for a Cabot organization for 36 of his 37 years in real estate. He earned a BS in Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting from Merrimack College and joined Cabot, Cabot & Forbes as a property accountant immediately upon graduation. He has been the portfolio accountant for Value Funds 1 through 5 and oversees the treasury management for all funds. He is currently establishing foreign bank accounts to support Cabot’s growth overseas.

Florian D. Neumann

Director, Investments, Europe

Florian is responsible for acquisition and development in Europe with a focus on Germany and the Netherlands. He has a track record of executing property investments ranging from single asset to portfolio transactions and brings an extensive network of institutional investors including AMB/Prologis and Gazeley/GLP. Florian holds a Diploma in Business from Freie Universität Berlin, a MBA from Stockholm University School of Business, a postgraduate degree in real estate from EBS University Oestrich-Winkel and is a member of the IMMOEBS network.

Deborah L. Parolisi

Director, Accounting

Deb joined Cabot as the Controller of Cabot REIT at its inception in 1998 and remained through its sale and transition in 2002. In 2008, she returned to Cabot Properties, Inc. as a Manager of Portfolio Accounting and in 2009, became Vice President of Portfolio Accounting. Deb launched her 30-year real estate career in 1986 at Arthur Andersen & Co., working on private and public real estate companies in the industrial, office, residential and hospitality sectors, and assisting in IPOs and secondary offerings. Deb holds a BS in Business Administration from Boston University.

Neil S. Raymond, Jr. (Jed)

Director, Asset Management

Jed joined the Asset Management group in 2010. In 2017, he relocated his family to the UK to help open Cabot’s London office and establish a platform for continuing the firm’s expansion into the UK and EU. Before joining Cabot, Jed worked as Development Manager for Cabot, Cabot & Forbes of New England, overseeing the acquisition, permitting, design and construction of mixed-use commercial projects along the 128 Corridor. Before that, Jed worked with his family’s development firm, Raymond Property Company, as a Project Manager on the Turner Hill Golf and Residences in Ipswich, MA. Jed received his BA&S from Middlebury College, and Masters in Real Estate Development and Design Studies from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Kathleen M. Reardon

Director, Investor Relations
Member, ESG Committee

Kathleen brings over 24 years of real estate experience to raising capital and maintaining enduring investor relationships. She has focused on developing the Value Fund program and most recently participated in raising over $1 billion from 35 investors in Value Fund VI. She joined the Cabot REIT Investor Relations Program in 1998. Kathleen holds a BS in Business Administration from New Hampshire College and an AS in Criminal Justice from Northern Essex Community College.

Nicholas B. Snow

Director, Investor Relations and Business Development
Member, ESG Committee

Nick leads the Investor Relation team and is responsible for capital raising, business development, research and strategic initiatives. He joined the Investment Department in 2014 to help underwrite and close investments for the Core Funds and separately managed accounts. He helped to grow these funds through formulating and communicating Cabot’s Core investment strategy, conducting research and raising capital in the US, Europe and Asia. He now serves on the ESG committee and supports initiatives company-wide, including participation in Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). Nick earned a BA in Government from Harvard College.

Kelly J. Stevens Curley

Director, Asset Management, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions

Kelly’s 24 years of experience enhance all areas of asset and portfolio management for Cabot’s Funds and separate account clients as well as property management. She has participated in managing and overseeing assets in many of Cabot’s US industrial markets. She is committed to building long-term partnerships and upholding Cabot’s long held philosophy of putting tenants first. Kelly is responsible for establishing a tenant relationship which became one of Cabot’s largest tenants while negotiating the 5th largest bulk industrial transaction in North America. This tenant continues to expand and represents Cabot’s largest footprint across all Funds, current and historical. Kelly holds a BA in Political Science with a minor in History from Bridgewater State University.

Harborne (Hobey) W. Stuart III

Director, Finance

Hobey manages the firm’s Finance team, which is responsible for the strategy, execution, and management of all debt and derivatives activities across investment vehicles. During his tenure, the team has developed strategies to support the Firm’s growing investment programs across theses and continents, including cross-border, foreign-exchange-efficient financing vehicles. He has been with Cabot since 2007, and prior to joining the Finance team, spent five years as an Asset Manager, managing assets in numerous markets across North America. Prior to joining Cabot in 2007, Hobey worked in the Financial Consulting Group of CBRE in New York, where he focused on tenant representation. He holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Crysta L. Buck

Vice President, Property Management

Crysta brings over 15 years of commercial real estate experience to leading the Chicago office in managing forty tenants and over seven million square feet of space. Since 2006, she has managed the disposition of 25 million square feet of space across four portfolios. Before joining Cabot, Crysta was the Vice President of Property Management at Stream Realty and Director Property Management at Lee & Associates Asset Management.

Richard C. Conley

Vice President, Portfolio Accounting

Rich is responsible for Portfolio Accounting and Reporting for the Core Fund and separate account reporting. He has automated and streamlined schedules for reporting. Rich joined Cabot in 2011 as a real estate accountant, then worked as an analyst in investor relations. He holds a BS in Business from Bridgewater State College and an MBA from Boston University.

Leanna C. Coskren

Vice President, Investor Relations

Leanna supports all Cabot funds and initiatives through marketing, fundraising and investor communications. Her client service responsibilities include satisfying investor requests and producing quarterly reports and materials for marketing and annual meetings. She has worked specifically on Cabot’s European and Core programs, as well as ESG initiatives firmwide. Before joining Cabot in 2017, she performed similar roles at Income Research and Management, a Boston-based investment management firm, and at Northern Lights Capital Group, a Seattle-based private equity firm. Leanna earned her BA from Harvard College, where she also captained the women’s ice hockey team.

Gary E. Gagnon

Vice President, Information Technology

Gary is responsible for the implementation and operation of all technology infrastructure at Cabot, and ensuring the availability, integrity and security for IT systems across all offices. Before joining Cabot he served as a Senior Systems Engineer at Alpine Computer Systems. He holds an AS degree from New England Institute of Technology and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

Jon M. Happ

Vice President, Asset Management

Based in our Chicago office, Jon Happ serves as a Vice President of Asset Management. He assists in overseeing the North Central Region, which includes Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis. Prior to joining Cabot, Jon was a General Manager at CBRE Inc., where he was responsible for the oversight of a 35 million square foot Midwest industrial portfolio. Jon holds a BS and MBA from Krannert School of Business at Purdue University.

Aimee O. Hughes

Vice President, Human Resources
Member, ESG Committee

Aimee oversees talent acquisition, employee engagement, professional development, and performance management. She has helped organizations implement change and create cultures that value inclusion, collaboration and inter-team communication in both London and the US. She holds an MA in International Relations and Business from Nottingham University in the UK and a BA in History and French from Lehigh University.

Eva SW. Ma

Vice President, Property Accounting

Eva brings 13 years of experience in managing accounting and finance for industrial, office and retail assets, as well as new development. Before joining Cabot in 2020, she led an accounting team at Stream Realty Partners with direct responsibility for a 14 million square foot portfolio. Eva holds a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Christopher S. Scharff

Vice President, Finance

Chris sources, negotiates, places and manages debt for fund and separate account strategies on multiple continents. Before joining Cabot in 2020, he worked as Director of Capital Transactions and Planning at Waterstone Properties Group, Inc. and as Property Manager at KeyPoint Partners, LLC. He holds a BA in Government and History from Colby College.

Charles M. Storey

Vice President, Investments

Charlie is responsible for mentoring and developing the team’s analyst group, overseeing its internal reporting processes, and participating in the sourcing, underwriting and execution of investments across Cabot’s target markets. He joined Cabot in 2015 as an Investment Analyst, and most recently was Assistant Vice President leading Cabot’s research and Analyst training efforts. Charlie played varsity football and founded an undergraduate real estate club while earning a BA in Economics at Dartmouth College.

Chelsea C. Tamuk

Vice President, Investments
Member, ESG Committee

As a Vice President of Investments, Chelsea is directly responsible for sourcing and closing industrial property investments in Central Florida, the Carolinas, and Phoenix. She began her Cabot career as an analyst on the Asset Management team and most recently was an Assistant Vice President of Investments, and helped with leading Cabot’s underwriting activities and analyst training for all funds and separate accounts. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics-Finance from Bentley University, where she was a member of the Varsity Softball team, and a member of the Women’s Leadership Program at the Center for Women and Business. She is currently a member of NAIOP’s Developing Leaders forum.

Michael P. Williams

Vice President, Investments, United Kingdom

Mike is responsible for sourcing, structuring and executing new industrial investment opportunities for multiple Cabot investment vehicles. He has a proven track record of leveraging an extensive network of contacts to secure attractive opportunities for Cabot funds. Before joining Cabot in July 2020, he led the UK Industrial and Logistics acquisitions and dispositions at M&G Real Estate. He holds a First-Class Honors Degree in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Elizabeth D. Young

Vice President, Property Management

Elizabeth leads the Property Management team from the Dallas office. Her 20+ year career in commercial real estate began at a private development company managing high rise office buildings before she transitioned to industrial property management. Elizabeth is an LEED Green Associate and has a CPM designation from IREM and real estate licenses in Texas and Kentucky. She holds a BS from Stephens College in Communications and Psychology.