Meet The Team

David Quint

Chairman

David is a founder of and investor in private companies and a financial services executive. David has spent more than 20 years building and managing real estate finance businesses both for Bayview Asset Management in Miami and for Lehman Brothers in New York. He is a founding shareholder of ImmunoTek BioCenters, a healthcare real estate development firm, OrganaBio an innovative stem cell focused bio tech services company, and is the founder and chairman of Children’s Wellness Fund, a 501(c)3 operating foundation focused on rural poverty in Latin America. He received a BS in Physics from UC San Diego an MBA from Wharton.

JOANNA SCHWARTZ

CEO

Joanna brings over 20 years experience in commercial real estate finance, real estate technology and entrepreneurial innovation to her role at Quartz Properties. Prior, Joanna was the CEO of EarlyShares.com, a leading online commercial real estate investing platform, and the Managing Director of Silver Hill Financial, a small-balance commercial mortgage lender. Joanna led Silver Hill from inception to over $1B in annual origination volume, and was honored as Business Woman of the Year by South Florida Business Journal. She is a two-time past chair of YPO Miami, holds a BA with honors from University of Vermont and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

DAVID ROOVER

Senior Vice President

David has been an active participant in the real estate capital markets throughout his 25 year professional career. He has started businesses and been an executive at NYSE-listed financial services companies. Most recently, David was an executive at DebtX, the leading secondary market for mortgage debt, where he created and led their commercial lending platform. Prior to DebtX, David spent over a decade at real estate finance institutions including PNC Bank, Fannie Mae and State Street. He received his BA from Tufts University and MBA from Georgetown University.

JAMIE LANGFORD

President Of Quartz Modular

Jamie brings over 20 years of experience as a professional residential and commercial general contractor. His extensive career features multiple years of modular home construction that focused on delivering value, quick completion and extraordinary quality. In the high-end luxury residential market, Jamie’s work has been featured in the Asheville Parade of Homes and HGTV. Jamie is a proven leader in providing value-added construction services and establishing lasting relationships with every customer by gaining their trust through results-oriented performance. Driven and experienced both professionally and personally, Jamie served in the U.S. Navy during Desert Storm, and has been a coach in youth and high school sports for over 25 years, as a servant leader and mentor. In his time off, he loves to golf and spend time with his family.

CHARLIE RUSSELL

Director of Construction- Quartz Modular

Charlie brings over 30 years of invaluable building expertise to Quartz Modular. Most recently he served as a Code Enforcement Official for the town of Black Mountain, NC where he acted as Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical Inspector. In this role oversaw all town inspections, permit issuance, housing standards maintenance, and building code enforcement. Charlie also served as Fire Marshal for the Black Mountain Fire Department where he managed town and public safety, emergency response education, and incident management among other duties. After overseeing thousands of construction projects as Inspector and Fire Marshal, Charlie retired from town service. Now on the Quartz team, Charlie will employ his extensive knowledge and expansive experience to ensure Quartz communities and projects meet and exceed quality standards.

JAKE LIBAIRE

Land Acquisition & Development Manager

For over 16 years, Jake has been actively involved in real estate development as a land planner, development manager, broker, and investor. In that time, he has managed the acquisition, feasibility analysis, entitlement, and development of numerous land development projects throughout the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. Jake has also acted as broker across a wide array of real estate asset classes, including raw land, retail, hospitality, and residential. Jake holds a BA in Land Use Planning from Western Washington University and a Certificate of Project Management from University of Washington.

Michelle Paul

Director of Finance & Administration

Michelle most recently was a Business Development Officer originating and closing leasing and sales on behalf of a property owner and operator with over 10 million square feet of properties under management including a 54-acre commercial land condominium development with significant construction underway. Prior, Michelle established her own financial advisory for real estate developers and investors including Liberty Mutual, and lead the portfolio management for CRIC Capital, a national re-seller of single-tenant net leased portfolios. A licensed real estate broker, Michelle received her BBA from the University of Michigan, and an MBA in finance with a concentration in real estate from DePaul University.

LAUREN DELORENZO

Marketing Manager

Lauren has over 10 years of marketing experience in professional services across different industries. Throughout her career she has lead brand management, digital marketing strategy and implementation, website development, event marketing and public relations efforts. Most recently Lauren oversaw marketing strategy across four buildings at CRE firm Jamestown. Lauren received her BA in Communications from Loyola University Maryland.

STEPHANIE ZEOLI

Project Coordinator

Stephanie brings over 10 years of modular home construction project management experience to Quartz. Throughout her career Stephanie has overseen project timelines, managed ordering processes, and developed strategic relationships across the industry. Bringing past experience from large national home builder, Cardinal, Stephanie’s modular expertise enables her to implement a seamless ordering and manufacturing processes at Quartz.