Mr. Daniel Palmier is the founder, President, and CEO of Potomac. He has been in the real estate and financing business for over 25 years, cultivating strong relationships with both leading senior lenders and real estate entrepreneurs. Before launching Potomac Realty Capital, Mr. Palmier was Executive Vice President of Arbor Realty Trust overseeing the company’s overall credit, risk and asset management functions. During his seven years with Arbor, he structured, asset-managed and financed $2 billion of structured finance projects, yet not a single dollar of principal loss was suffered on any investment. During his final three years at Arbor, Mr. Palmier structured and originated the highest volume of transactions for the firm. He also co-managed Arbor's Road Show for $120m 144A equity raise (2003), first CDO issuance (2004) and ABR's IPO (2004).
Before joining Arbor, he was a Vice President with Lehman Brothers Holdings where he managed $18 billion of investments in publicly traded limited partnerships and was responsible for all aspects of asset management, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate properties. In working with hundreds of real estate entrepreneurs, he believes strongly that the practice of real estate lending requires sophisticated understanding of finance and more importantly, the ability to see the vision of the borrower and craft a solution that makes sense for all parties.
Mr. Palmier earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master of Science degree in Real Estate from New York University. He is a contributor to the Notre Dame Alumni Association, Tufts Hillel in Medford, MA and the Rashi School in Newton, MA.
He has been an active member of numerous professional organizations, including the National Multi-Housing Council and Commercial Mortgage Securities Association. He is also involved in a variety of charitable and community service organizations including the Jimmy Fund and the American Liver Foundation.
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