Danny began his real estate career in 2002 at KB Home, one of the nation’s largest public homebuilding companies. As a recent college graduate, KB Home proved to be an ideal training ground. Danny enjoyed working hard during the heart of the U.S. residential real estate boom in various roles including Construction Superintendent, Project Manager, and Land Acquisition Associate. Danny still views his four-year experience at KB Home as a true building block for the rest of his career.
In 2006, Danny joined Hearthstone Advisors, an institutional equity advisor to several of the nation’s largest pension funds. As a VP of Investment Management, Danny oversaw the underwriting and asset management of projects across the country that totaled more than $500M in equity. During the eight years that Danny worked at Hearthstone, he grew into leadership roles and greatly expanded his range of experience on the investor side of real estate development.
In 2013, Danny joined Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC), an advisor to private equity real estate funds. As Regional Director of Asset Management, Danny oversaw underwriting and asset management for MREC’s West Coast office. During the five years that Danny worked at MREC, he was pivotal in growing MREC’s West Coast footprint, served in leadership roles, and helped develop best-in-class underwriting, asset management, and reporting procedures.
Recognizing a need in the institutional real estate sector for tailored and nimble asset management, underwriting, and investment services, Danny formed Harvest Real Estate Services in January 2018.
Danny graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with a degree in City and Regional Planning and a minor in Real Property Development. He enjoys an active lifestyle in San Diego with his wife and two rambunctious boys.
With a career spanning two decades in private equity and various asset classes, Leif brings a diverse and nuanced approach to real estate investment. He directs the firm’s operations, asset management, and underwriting initiatives, among other advisory services. Prior to joining Harvest, Leif spent 14 years at Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment manager. Most recently, he served as a Director at Värde, leading operations, valuation, and FP&A for the firm's U.S. real estate equity and private debt business.
Leif graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in Financial Management.
Kevin has more than 40 years of in-depth financial experience in both the public and private accounting sectors and currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Harvest Capital and Harvest Real Estate Services.
Kevin was previously the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Mountain Funding, a mezzanine real estate lender, and Mountain Real Estate Capital, an equity investor in residential joint ventures with land developers and homebuilders. He implemented the systems, controls, and infrastructure required to create a successful major real estate investment platform, which originated over $1.0 billion in investments, consisting of 79 closed deals and more than 250 legal entities.
Prior to joining Mountain, Kevin served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for The South Financial Group, a $15-billion bank holding company with locations in the Carolinas and Florida. His previous experience also includes serving as a Senior Audit Manager with Ernst & Young in Tulsa, Oklahoma—one of the four largest accounting firms in the world. Kevin also served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Citizens Bank & Trust in Wichita, Kansas, until its sale in 1991, and as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer for Emergent Business Capital, an SBA lending business based in Greenville, South Carolina.
Kevin earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Kansas State University in 1982. He is a member of the North Carolina Association of CPAs, the South Carolina Association of CPAs, and the American Institute of CPAs.
Jim is Harvest Capital’s Director of Business Development, with oversight responsibility for new originations and client relationship management. He began his career in residential real estate finance with Bank of America in Washington, D.C., before returning to his hometown of Charlotte, NC. Over the course of more than 20 years in the industry, Jim has held various roles in originations, underwriting, distressed asset advisory, and business development for Bank OZK, Housing Capital Company (U.S. Bank), and other private lending firms.
Jim has national experience in primary residential markets, with an emphasis on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. His background in residential asset classes includes land entitlement, acquisition and development, production homebuilding, custom homebuilding, infill project development, and build-for-rent transactions.
He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina and a North Carolina Real Estate Broker’s License.
Andrew oversees loan underwriting and analysis, the setup of new real estate projects, and the ongoing maintenance and monitoring of existing projects. A licensed CPA, he brings over a decade of experience in the real estate finance industry. His primary responsibilities have included preparing and maintaining tax financials, overseeing treasury functions, and preparing and reviewing both corporate and project financial statements and trial balances.
Andrew began his career in public accounting at PwC, working with high-net-worth individuals, before joining Langford de Kock LLP, a public accounting firm.
He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Economics, and later earned a Master of Accounting degree, also from UNC-Chapel Hill. Andrew is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs.
Ryan joined Harvest Capital as Controller with more than ten years of experience in the real estate industry. Before joining Harvest, he served as Project Controller and Investment Analyst for EYA, a leading real estate developer of urban townhomes and multifamily properties in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Ryan began his time at EYA as a Project Accountant, responsible for all accounting and financing aspects of active development and vertical construction projects. After transitioning to the firm’s land acquisition department as an Investment Analyst, he oversaw underwriting for new deals and brought added expertise in business system creation and financial modeling.
Ryan began his career in public accounting with Deloitte in New York City, serving broker-dealers and private equity clients. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from LaGrange College and a Master’s in Accountancy from Wake Forest University. He is a licensed CPA.
Joe Anfuso joined Harvest Capital in 2023 as Vice President, where he focuses on managing the firm’s existing loan portfolio as well as overseeing all aspects of new deal originations and due diligence activities.
With over 18 years of experience in real estate investment, development, and management, Joe brings a wealth of expertise to his role. Prior to joining Harvest, he served as the Director of Asset Management for Tower 16 Capital Partners, where his responsibilities included operational oversight and investment management of the company’s 6,000-unit value-add multifamily portfolio. Before Tower 16, Joe spent over seven years at Presidio Residential Capital, a real estate private equity firm in San Diego, CA, where he led all new debt and equity originations.
Joe graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Northern Arizona University and a Master’s in Real Estate degree from the University of San Diego.
Paul has over nine years of experience in the real estate finance industry, specializing in real estate investment, development, and asset management. Prior to joining Harvest, Paul worked at Bank OZK, holding various roles within the Middle Market Commercial Real Estate group. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Originations, where he helped lead the origination and structuring of commercial construction loans across the Southeastern United States. Earlier in his career at Bank OZK, Paul worked as an Asset Manager, overseeing $100M+ in real estate debt products.
Paul graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, with a minor in Supply Chain Management, from Appalachian State University. He also holds a Master’s in Real Estate Finance and Development from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
With over a decade of experience, David has played a key role in driving numerous successful real estate transactions, totaling more than $2 billion. He began his career as an Investment Properties Associate at CBRE in New York City, where he honed his skills in marketing and executing real estate transactions. During his tenure at Crescent Communities in Charlotte, David advanced to the role of Finance and Capital Markets Associate, contributing to the company’s national investment strategy and assisting in raising debt and equity for pipeline projects. At Artesia Real Estate, David served as Vice President of Investments, where he led a Southeast regional deal team in formulating investment strategies, managing portfolios, and sourcing new opportunities.
David graduated from Cornell University, where he studied Urban Planning and Real Estate while also competing on the track team as a middle-distance runner.
Rachel has over 20 years of office experience, with a particular focus on staff accounting, accounts payable processes, and office management responsibilities.
With more than 12 years of experience in the real estate investment and lending business, Rachel has held various roles in loan servicing. Her responsibilities have included posting borrower payments, reviewing and recording loan advances, sending monthly borrower interest statements, tracking and updating borrower insurance information, managing property tax payments, and overseeing borrower financial statements and compliance certificates.
Amber began her career in lending in 2016 as a Loan Administrator for Capital Farm Credit (CFC), an association of the Farm Credit Bank. At CFC, Amber specialized in agriculture and real estate lending, managing complex multi-million-dollar transactions. She played a key role in loan document generation, closing coordination, and servicing, while establishing and maintaining strong relationships with counterparties, including borrowers, title companies, and contractors.
Amber graduated from Blinn Community College with an associate’s degree in paralegal studies, and later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University.
Cole joined Harvest Capital as a Senior Analyst in 2024 supporting the Underwriting and Asset Management teams in financial modeling and market research. Additionally, Cole brings a focus to data analysis, leveraging Harvest’s project management systems and other visualization tools to empower senior leadership and partners with strategic insights regarding both current and future state opportunities and trends.
Previously, Cole was with Fifth Third Bank as a Real Estate Analyst, operating as part of both Underwriting and Portfolio Management teams. During that time, he supported Borrower relationships totaling roughly $1.0 Billion in exposure across a national footprint, spanning all major commercial asset classes.
Cole graduated from the University of South Carolina holding degrees in Management and Marketing, with a specialization in Data Analytics.
At Harvest we are always looking to talk to talented individuals who want to be part of the team. Please contact us for more information.
