Gary Carmell is responsible for all aspects of acquisition financing (debt and equity) and asset sales with an emphasis on multi-family properties. He has ownership interest in CWS and is significantly involved in the company's strategic direction and capital deployment. Gary is also responsible for high level investor communications.

Prior to focusing on apartments, CWS was one of the nation's largest owners of manufactured home communities. In 1998, Gary was responsible for structuring and implementing a $300 million merger of the company's manufactured housing community division into a newly formed real estate investment trust (REIT).

Gary holds a B.A. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. Gary earned a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1997. He is a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts and the Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR) and Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He is a licensed California real estate broker and served as a board member of the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center Fund-Raising Committee of the Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).