Puerto Rico native Gerardo (Gerry) Portela had a lucrative career in investment banking. But when the Governor of Puerto Rico asked him to help bring the island back from the one-two punch of hurricanes and bankruptcy, he said, "Yes."

He's the first-ever Chief Investment Officer of Puerto Rico and he's our guest today on The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Gerardo Portela

Lance Growth may be the only skateboarding, championship boxing, tax attorney in the world. And now he turns his talents, his ability to focus and his attention to detail to the Opportunity Zone.

Today, Lance Growth of Growth1031 on The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Lance Growth

Brett Messing is President and Chief Operating Officer of Skybridge Capital Partners. His broad and deep experience - from finance and trading to public policy and service - makes him ideally suited to lead the company. And his leadership style? He leads by example.

Brett Messing is our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Brett Messing

Paul Saint-Pierre's (PSP Advisors) distinguished career has been marked by a single over-riding passion: to protect the investor - both individual and institutional - from risks seen and unseen. We talk with him about the brave new world of opportunity zone investing - and the risk's therein - on today's episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Paul Saint-Pierre

Ice hockey and Beethoven are two things that don't usually go together. But Reid Thomas has the experience and skill set to makes it seem like a natural fit.

His company's impact reporting software may well become the industry standard for the opportunity zone market.

We talk with Reid Thomas, Executive VP and General Manager of NES Financial on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Reid Thomas

Kevin Kim is a partner with Geraci Law Firm. He graduated from Loyola Law School in downtown LA. Undergrad, from Cal, Berkeley.He' been in the real estate business his entire career. Prior to law school, he was a commercial loan officer for a regional bank and a third- generation banker. Real estate investing is in his blood.

At Geraci, his focus is almost exclusively in real estate and real estate finance in the private sector. They even do real estate syndications for crowdfunding.

Kevin Kim is our guest on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Kevin Kim

Brett M. Johnson is a Founder and Partner of Fortuitous Partners, a diversified opportunity fund platform investing in professional sports anchored multi-asset developments in opportunity zones.  In addition, he is the Co-Chairman of the Phoenix Rising Football Club, a minor league professional soccer team, based in Phoenix, Arizona.

He shares his vision for stadium-centered OZ development  on this episode of The OZExpo Podcast.


Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Brett Johnson

Michael Fitzpatrick of Baker-Tilly has a gift for making the complex simple to understand. Today, he explains some of the ins and outs of alternative financing for Opportunity Zone projects here on The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Michael Fitzpatrick

"This is my favorite outcome, when the facts become the solution versus the issue. And that means you've properly vetted the facts. You've asked all the right questions, and maybe you found an element of the facts that weren't front of mind, even for those that are providing you with the facts." -Tim Trifilo

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Tim Trifilo

Disruptive.

It's a word that applies to certain technologies as well as the Opportunity Zone program. But up till now, those two contexts didn't have much in common. Kyle Walker's AgoraAltX brings the disruption of blockchain technology to the disruptive market that is the opportunity zone.

We speak to Kyle Walker about both types of disruption on this episiode of The OZExpo Podcast.

Host: Jack Heald
Guest: Kyle Walker