Together, we work tirelessly to create sustainable, high-quality housing solutions for communities in need. Our commitment to excellence, integrity, and community impact drives us to ensure that every project we undertake aligns with our mission to provide safe, affordable housing. From securing financing to overseeing construction, each team member plays a vital role in bringing our vision to life.

Dan Zuckerman’s breadth of experience bridges capital-markets, operational acquisition management and workforce-housing strategy, making him a go-to partner for government agencies, institutional equity providers, and development platforms targeting underserved housing segments. Dan’s transactional business law practice at a major law firm focused on corporate finance (including municipal bond structures), mergers and acquisitions and complex real estate deals. He followed that career with founding and leading the e-commerce company Shoes.com, which he sold in 2007. Following this entrepreneurial success, Dan launched a real-estate investment trust concentrating on bridge-loan financing and continues to lead it in the capacity of President. Dan has syndicated the acquisition of approximately 1,500 multifamily housing units in Los Angeles and Inglewood — nearly all targeted to workforce housing — demonstrating his ability to structure and execute large-scale acquisitions in major urban markets. Dan earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a JD from Loyola Law School.

Chris Korsah-Whitman is a seasoned development executive who has structured, financed, and completed more than 100 low-income, historic and workforce housing projects totaling in excess of US $1 billion in development volume over his 30-plus-year career. Chris is well-equipped to navigate the regulatory, financing and operational complexities of affordable and preservation-driven housing. His expertise spans layering tax-credit equity, historic and adaptive-reuse incentives, tax-exempt bond financing, and public-private partnerships to securing alignment among developers, public agencies, lenders and community stakeholders to deliver viable, sustainable housing outcomes. Chris earned a BA from Pomona College and a JD from UCLA School of Law.

Rodney Pates brings more than two decades of specialized experience in the affordable-housing sector, with deep mastery of project-level financial modeling, capital stack assembly, ongoing asset performance and compliance oversight. As CFO, Rodney oversees all traditional financial functions — budgeting, financial reporting, investor relations, cash-flow modeling — while aligning those functions with the specific demands of low-income and workforce housing developments. His analytical acumen supports informed decision-making and long-term asset viability. Rodney earned a BS in Accounting from California State University, Los Angeles and a JD from West Los Angeles School of Law.

Harold W. Patrick is a strategic development executive adept at aligning nonprofit mission-driven housing goals with public-sector policy objectives and private-sector capital. He has a track record of structuring development partnerships with nonprofit corporations, managing government relations, and identifying unique site and redevelopment opportunities across markets. His previous business experience includes successful national franchise operations (McDonald’s and Burger King) and active leadership roles within nonprofit and faith-based organizations. Harold earned a BS in Mathematics with minors in Business and Physics from Hampton University and is a graduate of the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate at the University of Southern California.

Greg Milsk oversees development delivery from planning through execution, combining hands-on construction knowledge, asset management proficiency and stakeholder coordination to de-risk project delivery. His leadership ensures that each development initiative meets scope, schedule and budget parameters while aligning with community goals, investor expectations and regulatory compliance. Greg earned his BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

With over 25 years of experience in real-estate development planning and construction, Brandon Jones oversees the construction phase of Sugar Pine’s portfolio of projects. He serves as the key interface among architects, general contractors, development teams and public-agency inspectors to drive on-time, on-budget delivery of multifamily and mixed-use assets. Brandon earned a BS in Planning from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Shannon Buggs brings more than two decades of strategic communications, public affairs, community engagement, and nonprofit leadership experience to her role as Director of Communications. She leads internal-and-external messaging and brand positioning — ensuring that Sugar Pine’s development initiatives are clearly articulated, aligned with policy goals, and effectively engage municipal, nonprofit and private-sector partners. Previously, she served as founding Director of the Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities in Houston, where she built and managed collaborative relationships among neighborhoods, city departments, philanthropic and corporate sponsors, and nonprofit organizations to implement large-scale community revitalization action plans. Before that Shannon held senior communications roles in higher education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector and worked as a business journalist covering the financial services industry and writing a personal finance column. Shannon earned a bachelor’s in English from Harvard University, a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a certificate in Financial Planning from the University of Houston.