 | JEFF MARK, Principal Jeff Mark founded Mark Development Corp in 1985. He oversees and has direct involvement in development, product design, site planning and construction. Prior to 1985, he owned J.L. Mark Builders, a contracting firm that built 15,000 apartment units in the states of Arizona, California and Nevada. With his experience, Mark-Taylor, Inc. has created timeless award-winning apartment communities. | |
 | SCOTT TAYLOR, Principal Scott Taylor has overall responsibility for investment strategy, venture structuring and operations. Prior to joining Mark, Scott was an executive vice president for Pinnacle. He has served as chairman of the Arizona Multi-Housing Association, on the board of the National Apartment Association, as an Associate Director of the National Multi-Housing Council, a member of Phoenix's Vision 2025 Committee, and on the Advisory Board of Childhelp USA. He graduated from Washington State University with a degree in accounting and passed the CPA exam. | |
 | DOREEN GANNON, Vice President, Development Operations Doreen joined Mark-Taylor in 1994 and is responsible for administering all contractual obligations, due diligence and title/escrow activities, along with supporting the entitlement process. Prior to Mark-Taylor, Doreen was an escrow officer with Fidelity National Title from 1988 – 1994. | |
 | JOE LEWANDOWSKI, Vice President Field Operations Joe Lewandowski oversees all construction operations including the management of project superintendents, quality control standards and day-to-day field operations. Lewandowski has worked with Jeff Mark for over 25 years as part of JL Mark Builders and Mark Development, framing and developing more than 20,000 luxury apartment units in the southwest. | |
 | KEVIN MULLANEY, Vice President of Construction Kevin Mullaney joined Mark-Taylor in 1993 and is responsible for project budgets, purchasing, contracts and administrative field operations for all projects under development. As a licensed general contractor, he has extensive knowledge of engineering, architecture, estimating and purchasing – a result of more than 35 years in construction management. | |
 | ROB ORME,Principal Architect Rob Orme originally joined Mark-Taylor in 1999 as Principal Architect for Architectural Design Group, the in-house architecture department of Mark-Taylor, Inc. After a year-long hiatus to facilitate the establishment of a local office for a national architecture firm in 2007, Rob rejoined the company as its Principal Architect. | |
 | CHRIS BROZINA, Executive Vice President Brozina began his career with CB Richard Ellis and partnered with Tyler Anderson and Sean Cunningham in the brokerage of institutional quality multi-housing properties. While there, they transacted more than $1.59 billion, consisting of more than 17,300 apartment units in seven states, and were consistently regarded as one of the top brokerage teams in the nation. The team had the pleasure of representing such companies as: Equity Residential, AIMCO, UBS, Heitman, BlackRock, Principal Life, Nationwide Life, LNR Partners, CW Capital and American Campus Communities. In 2011, he joined Mark-Taylor, Inc., the state’s largest multi-housing developer, to assist in coordinating the company’s day to day development activities, including overall investment strategy, joint-venture structuring, securing construction and long-term project financing, and managing site acquisition and entitlement activities. In this time, Mark-Taylor has completed more than $630 million in new development and $80 million in new site acquisition. Chris graduated from The University of Arizona. | |
 | STEPHANIE KOONTZ, Development Controller With the heightened activity in Mark-Taylor’s development business, Controller Stephanie Koontz has her work cut out for her, overseeing all accounting and reporting for Mark-Taylor Development Inc. and related companies. Stephanie has been with Mark-Taylor since 2012, when our development activity picked up in earnest following the successful building and opening of two “Next Generation” portfolio communities in 2011. She oversees the creation and execution of construction loans for all Mark-Taylor development projects, is the liaison between accounting, development and executive teams, is responsible for hiring and training of development accounting staff and develops and initiates accounting policies in alignment with corporate guidelines and goals. Prior to joining Mark-Taylor, Stephanie served in accounting roles with several real estate development industry companies in Arizona. She was also an advisor in the financial services industry. Stephanie obtained a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Phoenix and an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Arizona. She resides in Scottsdale. |