Our Team

Homestead’s investment platform is led by a team of professionals with deep experience in investing, farm management, farm acquisition, portfolio construction, and risk management.

Leadership | Investment Team | Professional Team | Regional Farm & Credit Managers

Leadership

DANIEL LITTLE
Co-Founder & Co-CEO

    • 19+ years of investment management and agriculture experience

    • Former Fund Manager at J.P. Morgan

    • M.A. Columbia University, B.A. Hamilton College

GABE SANTOS
Co-Founder & Co-CEO

    • 20+ years of investment management and agriculture experience

    • Former Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, Global Natural Resources Group Investment Banking Division

    • J.D. Georgetown University Law Center, B.A. University of California, Los Angeles

Investment Team

PATRICK TRAINOR
President

    • 15+ years of experience in the acquisition, disposition, and management of agricultural assets

    • Former Executive Vice President and Head of Portfolio Management at Westchester, a TIAA subsidiary

    • B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

JUSTIN BURNS
Managing Director

    • 20+ years of experience in the acquisition, management, disposition, leasing, and financing of agricultural assets

    • Former private attorney and credit fund founder

    • J.D. Willamette University College of Law, B.A. Oregon State University

JEREMY MENKHAUS
COO & CCO

    • 7+ years of direct investing experience in farmland and lower middle market businesses

    • Previously held roles at Agriculture Capital, Brockway Moran & Partners, and Wells Fargo Securities

    • M.B.A. & Master of Forestry, Yale University; B.S.B.A., Georgetown University

MAX NIGHTINGALE
Managing Director

    • 20+ years of experience operating and investing in the agriculture sector globally

    • Former Head of Agriculture at Sixth Street and Partner at International Farming

    • M.B.A. HEC Paris (France), B.S. Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

KYLE JACOBS
Director

    • 15+ years of experience in production agriculture in the Mountain West Region

    • Formerly a second-generation farmer at Silver K Farms in Idaho and Board Member of Potatoes USA

    • B.S. Brigham Young University, Idaho

JACOB BIEZE
Director

    • 10+ years of investment banking and direct investment experience in farmland and lower middle-market businesses

    • Previously held roles at Agriculture Capital, Saw Mill Capital, and Piper Jaffray & Co.

    • B.A. Duke University

DANIEL RIEWERTS
Director

    • 15+ years of experience in farmland acquisitions and asset management

    • Former Professional Farm Manager and Broker at Hertz Farm Management and Deputy Portfolio Manager within TIAA’s farmland investment platform

    • B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

LUKE MCCARTHY
Director

    • 15+ years of agricultural credit and capital markets experience in nationwide farm and agribusiness lending.

    • Previously held roles at PGIM Real Estate and Rabo AgriFinance.

    • B.S. Cornell University and MS-MBA from Purdue University and Indiana University

DAVID CHAN
Head of Investor Relations

    • 10+ years of direct investment and operational experience across agtech, farmland, and agribusiness

    • Previously held roles at FarmTogether, AMERRA Capital Management, PGIM, & Barclays Investment Bank

    • M.B.A. Harvard Business School (Toigo Fellow), B.S. Cornell University & LeadNY Class 19 Graduate

TONY WINDHAM, PH.D.
Vice President

    • 30+ years of experience in agricultural finance, crop budgeting, commodity marketing, and farm management

    • Former Director of the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    • Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. Mississippi State University

DRAKE DELOREFICE
Vice President

    • 5+ years of sales & trading and investment management experience

    • Former Associate at Goldman Sachs, Structured Products Group

    • B.A. University of California, Los Angeles

NICOLE FORINGER
Senior Associate

    • 4+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions

    • Former Investment Banking Analyst at Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBank Capital Markets

    • B.A. Boston University

GRANT POWERS
Associate

    • 5+ years of experience in agriculture/financial analysis

    • Former Analyst at Wonderful Pistachios

    • B.S. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

MARK LAMBERT
Head of Impact

    • 15+ years of experience across farmland investing, agricultural operations, sustainability, and impact strategy.

    • Previously held roles at Revive Agriculture, Soil and Water Outcomes Fund, Quantified Ventures and Farmland LP.

    • B.A, University of California, Berkeley 

LOGAN KATZ
Associate

    • 5+ years experience in corporate strategy and real assets investment banking

    • Former Strategy Senior Analyst at Constellation Brands and Analyst at Zepponi & Company

    • B.S. California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo

CAROL KIDO
Senior Analyst

    • 25+ years of experience in agriculture credit / financial analysis

    • Former Sr. Financial Analyst at large financial institutions, including American Ag Credit, Rabo AgriFinance, and Bank of America

    • M.B.A. University of Notre Dame, B.A. University of Hawaii

SHANE FEUZ
Senior Analyst

    • 6+ years in agriculture lending / financial analysis

    • Former Sr. Financial Analyst at Rabo Agrifinance and Special Assets Officer at Western AgCredit

    • B.S. at Utah State University and M.A. at University of Arizona

Professional Team

ALEX MASCIA
VP of Finance

    • 10+ years of experience in property operations, financial accounting and reporting, performance analytics and tax compliance

    • Former Assistant Controller of Investments at Mosser Companies and Assistant Controller at LaSalle Investment Management

    • M.S. Roosevelt University, B.S. Purdue University; Certified Public Accountant

ANNIE LUONG
Property Controller

    • 14+ years of corporate accounting experience in public, private, and start-up companies as well as property operations

    • Former Accounting Manager at Attivo Partners and Live Nation Entertainment

    • B.S. San Francisco State University

KRISTINA POWELL
Assistant Fund Controller

    • 7+ years of experience in alternative investment accounting, financial reporting, and tax compliance

    • Fund Controller at FPR Partners; Associate Fund Controller at Carta; Senior Associate at Andersen

    • B.S. Northeastern University; California Certified Public Accountant

JAKE RODGERS
Property Accountant

    • 4+ years of experience in property accounting and financial reporting

    • Former Staff Accountant at Distinctive Resorts

    • B.S. University of Oregon

ELIZABETH SHELTON
Accounting Associate

    • Experience supporting financial operations and accounting

    • B.A. in Economics & Accounting and a minor in Mathematics from University of California, Santa Barbara

Regional Farm & Credit Managers*

DELTA

STEVE BRUNSON

ARDITH MORGAN

DANIEL SPENCER

MICHAEL ANDREWS

SARAH COTTLE

MIDWEST

LUKE WORRELL

ALLISON WORRELL

AUSTIN HORNSTEIN

DAVID THIEN

ADAM THIEN

GRETCHEN EBERLY

MOUNTAIN WEST

SKYE ROOT

BRADLEY CALAWAY

ARNAV VIRMANI

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

SONORA ZAUGG

MARYELLEN ZEISE

JEFF FAGG

KARI RICKENBACH

PACIFIC

SCOTT BOZZO

TODD COMBS

CHARLES MCELLIGOTT

TATUM KELL

*The Regional Farm and Credit Managers are independent contractors retained to assist in the identification, management and disposition of Fund assets in their respective regions and are not affiliates of Homestead Capital.