Jennifer Keith

Jennifer is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ethos Real Estate and is responsible for investment strategy and execution. Jennifer’s 24-year real estate career includes investment banking, private equity, distressed debt and public-private partnership experience. She also brings to Ethos a deep expertise in California public policy, land use, affordable housing and building political, community and financial stakeholder consensus.

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Prior to forming Ethos, Jennifer spent 10 years as Senior Managing Partner of Watt Investment Partners, the commercial real estate acquisition arm of the Watt Companies. Previously, Jennifer was a Vice President at OneWest Bank where she managed a portfolio of distressed commercial real estate debt in partnership with the FDIC, and a Vice President at Apollo Real Estate Advisors where she was responsible for West Coast acquisitions. Jennifer began her career at Deutsche Bank Securities in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group.

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Jennifer holds a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and German Literature from the University of Virginia. She also holds numerous leadership positions and sits on the boards of Mercy Housing California, Coro Southern California and the Los Angeles Business Council. Jennifer is a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and was also recently re-appointed by the California State Insurance Commissioner to serve as an expert practitioner in the affordable housing space for the California Organized Investment Network (COIN).