George Smith Partners' leadership team includes (from left) Jonathan Lee, principal and managing partner; Bryan Shaffer, principal and managing director; Steve Bram, principal and co-founder; Shahin Yazdi, principal and managing director; Gary E. Mozer, principal and co-founder; Gary M. Tenzer, principal and co-founder and Malcolm Davies, principal and managing partner. Not pictured: Antonia Hachem, principal.

Since its inception, George Smith Partners has been focused on building a co-ownership and collaborative leadership model. This thoughtful approach has not only secured the firm's own success in the finance industry but has also helped to shape the industry as we know it today.

GSP was an early adopter of client-first ideology and in forging partnerships with lenders to underwrite deals that would better fit their internal strategy. Now, a new generation of partners is stepping up to take the firm forward and create a lasting legacy rooted in shared leadership and quality service.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.