Founding Partner

Eric Sussman

Eric Sussman is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s capital, equity, and debt departments and strategic planning functions. Mr. Sussman provides leadership to the firm in the areas of private equity, joint ventures, and fund formations.

Mr. Sussman has over 25 years of multi-faceted real estate experience and has been pivotal in some of the firm’s largest deals and property acquisitions. Mr. Sussman’s past experience is broad and varied including key positions at Amber Capital and Sequoia Real Estate Partners. Mr. Sussman began his career with Price Waterhouse (now Price Waterhouse Coopers).

In addition to his position at Clear Capital, Mr. Sussman has been an Adjunct Professor of accounting and real estate at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management since 1995, where he has been voted “Outstanding Professor” 15 times by MBA students. Additionally, he has been named as one of the top ten most popular business professors by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and one of the 20 most influential professors alive today by “Top Business Degrees.”

Mr. Sussman received a BA in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA (Arjay Miller Scholar) from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He is a licensed CPA and real estate broker (inactive) in California. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Causeway Capital’s Group of mutual funds, and a member of the Board of Directors of three non-profit organizations: Jewish Family Services, UCLA Hillel, and Pacific Charter School Development.

Founding Partner

Greg Worchell

Mr. Worchell, a founding partner of Clear Capital LLC, has over 30 years of multi-faceted real estate experience including the ownership or management of over 10,000 units. Having built a reputation as an innovative dealmaker and business operator, Mr. Worchell currently oversees the firm’s acquisition and long range planning functions, providing leadership in the areas of acquisitions, operations and dispositions.

Mr. Worchell’s past experience is broad and varied. In addition to expertise in the areas of brokerage, property management and appraisal, Mr. Worchell has held key positions with Pinnacle Realty Management and Charles Dunn Company. Mr. Worchell also founded and served as president of Fountain Management, a firm specializing in the acquisition, rehabilitation and operation of multi-family assets in Southern California.

Mr. Worchell received a BA in both Real Estate Finance and Accounting from California State University, Northridge. He is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California (inactive) and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Founding Partner

Daniel Hardy

Daniel Hardy is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the day-to day operational activities and implementation of the vision, goals, and strategic plan of the company.

Mr. Hardy brings over 25 years of real estate experience to the firm including deep experience in corporate leadership, acquisitions, and asset management.  Prior to forming Clear Capital, Mr. Hardy was founder, and President of Hardy Equities, LLC, a multi-family investment firm.  Previously, Mr. Hardy held senior management positions at AIMCO, Charles Dunn Company, Advanced Management and J.D. Property Management.

Mr. Hardy received a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Operations Management from California State University, Fullerton. He holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker License, and is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management, a member of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, and The Apartment Owners Association of California.

Founding Partner

Paul Pellizzon

Paul Pellizzon is a founding partner of Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s accounting and finance functions.

Mr. Pellizzon has been in the real estate and financial services industry for over 30 years.  He has extensive knowledge in conventional and income property loan underwriting due to his past positions with mortgage industry leaders Shearson American Express Mortgage and The Hammond Company.

Mr. Pellizzon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Pellizzon completed a 2-year program by receiving a Certificate in Applied Accounting at University of Irvine Continuing Education. Mr. Pellizzon holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker License, and is a member of IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) and the California Association of Realtors.

Vice President of Acquisitions

Scarlett Jia

Scarlett Jia is the Vice President of Acquisitions at Clear Capital, LLC, where she leads an underwriting team to source and analyze multifamily investment opportunities in the Mountain, Sunbelt, and Pacific Northwest regions. In addition to acquisitions, Ms. Jia is responsible for supporting the firm’s due diligence, asset management, and capital markets activities.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, LLC, Ms. Jia was an Associate at Growth Investment Group, where she oversaw the firm’s transaction, underwriting, and marketing functions for the group’s investment sales platform. Ms. Jia studied Real Estate Development at the University of Southern California’s Ross Program in Real Estate. She received a BA in Communication (Magna Cum Laude) with a minor in Applied Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

Vice President, Director of Accounting

Tyler Stoll

Tyler Stoll is an Accounting Manager at Clear Capital, LLC, where he supports the firm’s accounting operations, financial reporting, financial analysis, and tax filing requirements. Additionally, Mr. Stoll coordinates the accurate accounting for Clear Capital’s property financials, assisting the portfolio’s property accountants and providing transactional accounting guidance.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, Mr. Stoll was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked in the Tax practice and the Consumer Finance Group, gaining experience in partnership taxation and best practices for consumer lending.

Mr. Stoll holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Master’s Degree in Taxation, both from the University of San Diego.

Controller

Patti Richardson

Patti Richardson is the controller at Clear Capital, LLC, overseeing the firm’s accounting operations, financial reporting, financial analysis, budgeting, HR and for internal controls, establishing policies and procedures and system management for Clear Capital.

Mrs. Richardson brings more than two decades of real estate experience in the areas of real estate accounting, investor reporting, treasury management, banking relationships, compliance and the timely completion of annual financials as well as partnership tax returns and delivery of K-1’s to investors.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, Mrs./Ms. Richardson was an owner/operator of an accounting business managing over 35 different clients ranging from mortgage and real estate companies to retail service stores and professional service companies.

IT Administrator

Garrett Rosborough

Garrett Rosborough is an IT Administrator at Clear Capital, LLC, where he is responsible for database creation and analysis, user management, OS management, Cybersecurity, hardware and software operations and manages information systems and technologies.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, LLC, Mr. Rosborough was an intern with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, where he worked with the DNA Unit and Felony/Misdemeanor Panel. Mr. Rosborough ensured Marsy’s Law compliance in addition to legal database creation, maintenance, and organization.

Mr. Rosborough received a BA in Political Science (with Departmental Honors) from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations

Christopher Serna

Chris Serna is the Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations at Clear Capital, LLC. where he is responsible for the management of Clear Capital’s Investor portal, Investor Communications, Investor database administration, and the capital raising process.

Chris has over 10 years of commercial real estate experience in advisory, acquisitions, and investment sales, where he served high-net worth investors, family offices, and institutional investors.

Prior to joining Clear Capital, LLC, Chris worked with a healthcare real estate advisory firm, where he helped scale the company’s operations and grow the investment sales team. Prior to this, Chris worked in acquisitions for a family office, where he sourced, underwrote, and transacted on retail, office, and land for ground-up multifamily development. Chris started his real estate career working in investment sales.

Chris holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.