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Team
Leadership
Courtney Gordon, COO
As Chief Operating Officer, Courtney Gordon oversees the property management company.
is responsible for global operations. He brings He is a proven operational executive with over
more than 26 years of experience to RISE. His 26 years in property management, a record of
expertise and leadership have been focused on exceeding financial forecasts, and he excels in
delivering technology-driven business services sharpening operational performances. He drives
and solutions, providing exemplary client toward a global standardization and is focused
service, and driving profitable revenue growth. on strengthening long-term viability. Gordon has
Gordon works closely with the senior leadership a Master of Finance from University of Maryland
team to develop sustainable short and long- and a Bachelor of Business Administration –
term goals, promote organizational growth Operations. He also served in the U.S. Army –
and steering financial performance. He also Special Forces as a Staff Sergeant.
Mike Hale, Senior VP of Construction PMP, LEED AP
Mike is responsible for the management of has extensive experience in negotiating large
construction activity for RISE. Mike is involved contracts, complex constructability reviews,
in all aspects of the new development process site assessment, budget development, cost
from pre-development to the successful delivery control, design management, and construction
and turnover of the project. He demonstrates management. Prior to joining RISE in August
expertise in team building, process development 2020, Mike has successfully managed the
and implementation, and maintaining working construction and delivery of over 40,000
relationships with clients, consultants, Multifamily and Residential units, across the
subcontractors, and vendors. Mike takes pride entire United States including Alaska and
in driving and optimizing production while Hawaii, totaling over $4.8 billion.
developing and mentoring successful teams. He
Paul Morgan, Senior VP of Project Management LEED AP
As Senior Vice President of Project pride in resolving project issues fairly and
Management, Paul Morgan is responsible expeditiously. He has extensive experience in
for the development of facilities for RISE negotiating contracts, fees, site assessment,
university partner’s building programs. Morgan budget development, cost control, design
is involved in all aspects of the process from management, and construction administration.
pre-development to the successful delivery of Since joining RISE in 2001, Morgan has
the product. Morgan demonstrates expertise successfully managed the on-time and on-
in team building, and maintaining working budget delivery of 16,294 beds of student
relationships with clients, consultants, housing, totaling over 6.1 Million SF with a
contractors, and facility operators. He takes combined total budget of over $1.18 Billion.
Matt Marshall, VP of Development
Matthew Marshall is responsible for the creation, throughout his career; Marshall has experience
implementation and completion of new business in multiple residential uses including market
development opportunities for RISE. Diverse, rate housing, mixed-uses, building conversions
higher education housing markets are a focus for and extensive rehab projects. Marshall has
both market rate and student housing pursuits over 19 years of industry experience developing
for Marshall. Participating in all phases of the over 7,000 market rate apartments, and over
development process to ensure a positive and 21 student housing transactions. Working for
successful experience for all partners, campuses both public and private firms with an array of
and municipalities is Marshall’s perpetual financing models and development structures
pursuit. While higher education real estate enables Marshall to be a creative and productive
development has been a consistent theme member of the team.