I’m a San Francisco–based operator and community builder pivoting my career toward neighborhood-scale commercial real estate and hospitality development. After 15 years working across venture capital, public policy, entrepreneurship, and brand strategy, I’ve come to believe that the real engines of great cities are the neighborhoods where people live their lives.

My work now centers on the westside of San Francisco, where I’m building a brick-and-mortar community and a commercial real estate practice focused on human-centered, family-friendly, deeply local spaces. Parenthood sharpened my perspective: searching for places where a toddler can play safely, or finding a café where families gather—all of this taught me more about the built environment than any textbook. Living in San Francisco’s westside has became an on-the-ground MBA in how people truly use space, what makes a neighborhood vibrant, and how physical places can either support or strain everyday life.

Throughout my career—from shaping public policy in Congress, to building venture ecosystems, to scaling high-growth startups—my through-line has always been the same: I build communities. I’ve done it through policy, through capital, through programming, and through storytelling. Now I’m doing it through place.

I bring the same strategic rigor I applied to venture education, investing platforms, and organizational growth to the future of local retail, small-format hospitality, and neighborhood-driven development. I believe that strong neighborhoods are the foundation of a healthy downtown, and that the Westside has the ingredients—walkability, culture, history, families, independent businesses—to demonstrate what a resilient, joyful urban district can be.

I’m also deeply interested in how AI and emerging technologies will reshape real estate—how new tools can transform underwriting, operations, and urban planning—without ever replacing the irreplaceable: the experience of being in a thoughtfully designed building, sharing air, conversation, and presence with other humans.

Today, I’m developing a neighborhood-focused real estate practice rooted in community, creativity, and long-term stewardship—supporting the growth and evolution of the small, beautiful places that make cities worth living in and worth visiting.