Mr. Gillespie joined Stonemont as an Associate. He started his career working for Easterly Partners Group, a private asset management holding company, where he conducted research, managed valuation models, and created marketing materials for the firm’s many investments in asset management firms. One of the prominent transactions he worked on was the IPO of Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (NYSE: DEA), $3 billion TEV single tenant office REIT, for which he managed the company pro-forma financials, created budgets, and calculated FFO and AFFO projections. Prior to joining Stonemont, Mr. Gillespie worked on the sell side performing structuring and underwriting of real estate transactions, drafting pitch decks, and building financial models. Mr. Gillespie graduated from Bates College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.