As the President and CEO of Gemini Real Estate Advisors, LLC, Mr. Obeid has overseen all aspects of Gemini’s activities since its inception in 2003. Under Mr. Obeid’s leadership and direction, Gemini has built a portfolio of real estate that includes four million square feet and eight hotel properties. Prior to Gemini, Mr. Obeid was the Director of Finance for Brookline Development Company. Prior to Brookline, Mr. Obeid arranged private financings and worked at the investment banking and private equity firm Needham & Co. Prior to Needham, he worked for a family office where he completed several acquisition and investment assignments for the group’s real estate division throughout Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa. Mr. Obeid has also worked in corporate finance at Smith Barney where he participated in over $1 billion of securities offerings to institutional and retail investors. Mr. Obeid began his career at The Blackstone Group, an advisory and private equity firm in New York City. Mr. Obeid graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Weissman is Co-Head of Fixed Income Investments for Gemini. Prior to joining in 2008, Mr. Weissman worked with Citigroup, Inc. from 1982 through 2008 where he was involved in real estate capital markets since 1997 as a senior originator, credit officer and underwriter for Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and predecessor entities (SalomonSmithBarney and CitiCorp Securities, Inc). During his career, Mr. Weissman has been responsible for the origination of $6 billon of loan volume, including fixed rate senior mortgages, short-term bridge and mezzanine financings, preferred equity investments and construction loans as well as the credit approval and underwriting of $30 billion of loan volume. Mr. Weissman has a Masters of Science in Accounting and Taxation from Adelphi University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the State University of New York at Fredonia.