Scott Lewis

Scott Lewis is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG). As the CEO, Scott is responsible for the strategic direction of the company and ensuring it aligns with SIG’s mission to Improve Lives Through Real Estate. Prior to Spartan, Scott held positions as a regional sales manager for a biotech firm, various positions in strategic and project management for the federal government culminating at the GS 15 level, and was on active duty in the US Army as an Infantry Officer.

In addition to Spartan, Scott is active in the US Army Reserves and an Iraqi Freedom combat Vet.

Scott graduated from Michigan State University with degrees in Chemistry and Marketing, from Catholic University with an MS in Management, and from Georgetown University with a Certificate in Project Management.

Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson is the Chief Investment Officer and the Co-Founder of SIG. He has organized over $30M of private equity for Spartan’s projects. Ryan has experience managing the development of SIGs projects in challenging markets.

For SIG, Ryan is responsible for investor relations and capital raises for projects. Ryan is also a highly experienced commercial airline pilot. Ryan graduated from Mercyhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in Business, with concentrations in Marketing, Management, and Advertising.

Ben Lapidus

Ben Lapidus is a partner and the Chief Financial Officer for Spartan Investment Group LLC, where he has applied his finance and business development skills to acquire the company’s current portfolio, build the corporate finance backbone for the firm, and organize hundreds of millions of debt capital. Ben is also the founder and host of the national Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference and managing partner of Indigo Ownerships LLC where he sponsored 40+ SF & MF real estate transactions. 

Before Spartan, Ben founded and sold a multi-million dollar study abroad company and worked with several start-ups through IPO or acquisition.  He graduated from Rutgers University with dual degrees in Finance and Economics where he founded the Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society.

Jackie Gibson

Jackie Gibson is the Director of Asset Management for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. In this role, Jackie is leveraging her 10+ years of logistics, procurement, project management, and engagement experience to increase quality, profitability, and efficiency for SIG’s projects.

Jackie graduated from Mercyhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management.

Aaron Saunders

Aaron Saunders is the Director of Construction for Spartan Investment Group. He brings over 15 years of construction leadership experience including roles as a Sr. Project Engineer, Project Sponsor, and Director of Operations.  Aaron has managed concurrent projects ranging from 1M to 25M and has managed over 150M worth of projects during his career. He has a strong knowledge of project planning/scheduling, contract management, engineering oversite, subcontract management and has been a part of building multiple construction teams over his career. In addition to Spartan, Aaron oversees a real estate portfolio including single-family rentals, residential development, and multifamily limited partnerships.  

Lauren Brychell

Lauren Brychell is the Investor Relations Associate for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. In this role, Lauren brings her skills in marketing and project management to assist the team with investor facing collateral, communications, capital raise projects, and investor education.

Lauren graduated from Belmont Abbey College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in Marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship.

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Tyler Burke

Tyler Burke is the Senior Investment Associate for Spartan Investment Group, focusing primarily on new property acquisitions and business development. Prior to Spartan, Tyler was an Associate at Baceline Investments LLC, a Denver based private equity real estate investment firm. In this role, he was responsible for $63,000,000 of acquisitions in under three years. Tyler is a Denver native, where he attended Colorado State University majoring in Economics.

Gerrit Van Maanen

As Construction Project Manager for Spartan Investment Group, Gerrit brings his skills in project management, financial analysis, and residential construction to oversee Spartan’s development and capital improvement initiatives. Prior to this role he worked as a Financial Analyst for IBM.

Gerrit graduated from The University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in Finance.

Danika Anderson

Danika Anderson is the Operations Manager at Spartan Investment Group. Danika executes Spartan’s strategies related to property management operations by directing the team members on the assigned portfolio of properties, and by implementing the policies, procedures and practices that enable each facility to meet and exceed budgeted financial goals and achieve operational excellence.

Before joining Spartan in February 2020, Danika was a Property Manager for Greystar where she managed multi-family communities in the Denver metro area.

Danika graduated from The University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism-advertising and public relations.

Ted Greene

Ted Greene is a third-generation Seattleite who married his high school sweetheart. Ted and Melissa have two children attending the same High School where they first met. After graduating from Seattle Pacific University with a BA in Finance Ted spent 24 years in the financial services industry as an investment advisor and Fiduciary.

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Tristan Cottarel

Tristan Cottarel is the Finance Analyst at Spartan Investment Group. Tristan brings his experience with financial analysis and market research to assist the Finance, Acquisitions, and Business Intelligence teams with market feasibility studies, property due diligence, as well as financial planning and analysis. 

Tristan graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate Finance and an emphasis in Real Property Development.

Danielle Tricarico

Danielle Tricarico is the Real Estate Administrative Assistant and Office Manager for Spartan Investment Group.  For 13 years, she worked in the Real Estate Investments Department for a public pension plan and prior to that as a paralegal in the student loan industry.  Danielle has earned an Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business with a Finance concentration.

Valerie Buchanan-Newhouse

Valerie Buchanan-Newhouse is the Regional Manager for Spartan Investment Group’s Tyler Longview Portfolio. She is a United States Army Decorated Veteran and served a tour during Operation Enduring Freedom. She also served as support for Operation Iraqi Freedom, assisted in creating the Warrior Transition Unit(WTU) at Fort Hood Texas, and served five years as the Transition Non-Commissioned Officer. She brings 10 plus years of experience in Multi-Unit Retail Leadership and Corporate Recruitment Management.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from American Intercontinental University and currently pursuing her Master of Business and Administration graduating in the Spring of 2021.

Sharon Oliver

Sharon Oliver is the first Talent Support Associate for Spartan Investment Group. Sharon has a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Science and has a passion for working with people. She loves science, playing, and being outdoors. She enjoys spending time with her fantastic husband Josh and amazing daughter Gabriella.

Shannon Walter

Shannon Walter is the Accounting Manager for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. In this role, Shannon brings 15 years of accounting knowledge from various industries to assist the team with managing property level and corporate accounting functions.

Shannon graduated from Lenoir Rhyne University with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance.  

Nelson Payne

Nelson Payne is the new Acquisitions Associate for Spartan Investment Group, focusing primarily on new property acquisitions and business development. Prior to Spartan, Nelson was a Residential Real Estate Broker for Jackson Hole Sotheby’s International Realty, and on the Acquisitions teams for Cortland, a multifamily investor/developer, and Prime Group Holdings, the largest private owner-operator of self-storage in the country. He has helped to close over $175 Million in acquisitions over his career.  

In his free time, Nelson enjoys spending time with his wife, Charlotte, and son, Charlie. They enjoy fly fishing, golfing, and skiing in the great Colorado outdoors. 

Alex Dick

Alex Dick is the Construction Admin for Spartan Investment Group, focusing on supporting the acquisition of new properties, assisting with the due diligence process, overseeing initial improvements on newly acquired properties, and reviewing the project in-depth to schedule deliverables and estimate costs. He has 10+ years professional experience in financial sales, business development, and relationship management. Alex graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Organization and Innovation Management.  

Max Salomon

Max Salomon is the Business Intelligence Analyst at Spartan Investment Group. Max brings his experience with data governance and advanced analytics to assist with the leveraging and creation of data infrastructure to support research efforts for acquisitions and operations teams.

Max graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with dual majors in Information Analytics and Finance.

Zach Gumper

Zach Gumper is the Pre-Construction Manager for Spartan Investment Group. Zach brings his skills to support the SIG team by providing conceptual/detailed construction estimates that include subcontractor and engineering packages that will initiate future capital improvements. Once properties are under contract, Zach supports the rest of the Spartan Construction Management team with initial execution of developments.

Prior to working in the construction industry, Zach graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

JP Nolette

JP Nolette is the newest member of the acquisitions team at Spartan. As the Acquisitions Associate, his primary responsibilities include assisting senior level management with the acquisitions of new properties and advancing business development. In 2021, JP graduated from the University of Colorado – Boulder with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a dual emphasis in Real Estate Finance and Marketing.

 As a Colorado Springs native, JP is all things Colorado. He enjoys skiing, golfing, hiking, and going to Colorado sporting events.

Mike Howell

Michael Howell is the Property Accountant for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. Michael has roughly a decade of accounting experienced focused in the construction industry.

Michael graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelors degree in Accounting.

Marlon Black

Marlon Black is the Field Engineer for Spartan Investment Group. Marlon brings his background in heavy civil construction and site safety management to support the SIG team. Marlon supports the team by facilitating coordination throughout the project life cycle and transferring data back to further assist SCM team.

Prior to working with Spartan Investment Group, Marlon graduated The University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Technology Leadership & Innovation Management.

Kiersten Wallerstedt

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Melissa Nino Villamizar

Melissa Nino Villamizar is the Executive Assistant to the CIO in the Investor Relations team. In this role, Melissa brings her 8+ years of experience from her position in a real estate group where she fully supported the CEO as his Executive Assistant to assist the CIO and the Investor Relations team at Spartan Investment Group. Melissa’s years of experience also include portfolio and property management, coordination of real estate construction projects, and the coordination and handling of important investor relationships.

Before joining Spartan Investment Group, Melissa graduated from Florida International University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with dual majors in Business Analytics and Management Information Systems.

Thomas Eddy

Thomas Eddy is the Vice President of Capital Markets for Spartan Investment Group. He brings over 14 years of experience in the finance industry. Prior to joining the team at Spartan, Thomas worked in Private Wealth and Commercial Banking.

Thomas graduated from Portland State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business, with concentrations in Marketing and Finance.

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