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Bridger Commercial Funding LLC

is in the Financial Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Bridger Commercial Funding is the banking industry's gateway to the commercial real estate capital markets, providing liquidity to over 1,700 banks nationwide. As banking's premier source of secondary market origination and trading solutions, Bridger gives banks ready access to the secondary mortgage market as a balance sheet management strategy that efficiently reallocates risk. Through the company's CMBS loan origination program, banks boost financial performance by generating substantial fee income while retaining and enhancing borrower relationships. In addition, Bridger's BankXchange platform optimizes banks' loan portfolio risk profiles and returns by serving as a Loan Sales Advisor and facilitating purchases and sales of loan portfolios, whole loans and participations. In its nine-year history, Bridger has funded and securitized over $3.9 billion in bank-originated CMBS loans. To date, BankXchange has traded over $270 million in seasoned commercial real estate debt. Bridger is committed to helping banks build their borrower relationships. In contrast to other securitization programs, Bridger's program enables banks to sell loans in the secondary commercial mortgage market while preserving the primary relationship with the borrower. Bridger is not a direct lender and does not compete for its clients' borrowers. Plus, only Bridger's clients can originate the industry's most innovative fixed-rate product - The STAR Loan . ...

Chief Executive Officer
Robert S Schonefeld
Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

100 Shoreline Hwy Ste 100

Mill Valley, California 94941

www.bridgerfund...

1 415 331 3220

NAICS Code Investment Banking and Securities Dealing: 523110

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert S Schonefeld Chief Executive Officer
Gregory S Saunders Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Peter S Grabell Executive Vice President, Relationship Management, Marketing
David H Colton Senior Vice President, Underwriting
J Gregory Smith Senior Vice President, Origination
Paul W O'Rear Senior Vice President, Underwriting
Sharol L Collins Senior Vice President, Securitization & Closing
Danny Balkam Vice President, Underwriting
Don J Farmer Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager

Mr. Schonefeld is Chief Executive Officer of Bridger Commercial Funding LLC. He has over 20 years of experience in numerous aspects of commercial real estate finance. Before forming Bridger, Mr. Schonefeld was with GMAC Commercial Mortgage, where he ran securitized transactions on both the buy and sell sides. Previously, Mr. Schonefeld was a senior manager of Bank of America Realty Finance Corporation's investment program in non-investment grade CMBS. He also managed Bank of America's Commercial Real Estate Syndications unit and was responsible for successfully selling over $2.2 billion in syndicated bank credit. As a Senior Manager of the bank's Real Estate Capital Markets group, he oversaw the liquidation of over $650 million in distressed commercial mortgages resulting from bank mergers. Mr. Schonefeld has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of a San Francisco based commercial mortgage banking operation. Prior to that, he was employed by a national real estate firm and served as an officer of five publicly traded mortgage REITs. In that role, Mr. Schonefeld had day-to-day management responsibilities of a commercial mortgage REIT with assets of nearly $300 million. Mr. Schonefeld holds an MBA degree from San Francisco State University with a concentration in Finance and an undergraduate degree in business from the University of San Francisco.

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Chief Executive Officer Current
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Founder Current
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Owner Current
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Manager Former
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation Former
University of San Francisco Masters In Business Administration Former
San Francisco State University Mba Degree Former
University of San Francisco Undergraduate Degree In Business Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Current
Harvard University MBA Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Executive Vice President, Relationship Management, Marketing Current
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Vice President, Relationship Management Former
Kennedy-Wilson International Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Development Former
Columbia University Mba Degree In Real Estate Former
Haverford College Undergraduate Degree In Political Science Former

Mr. Colton is a senior member of Bridger's underwriting group. He has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, construction financing and development. Prior to joining Bridger at its formation, Mr. Colton held various positions in banking and real estate development. Immediately prior to joining Bridger, he was affiliated with GMAC Commercial Mortgage where he evaluated loans and collateral for numerous securitized transactions. Mr. Colton spent 10 years in the real estate lending divisions at Bank of California and Crocker National Bank where he was involved in nationwide lending. At the Bank of California, Mr. Colton headed the bank's real estate loan division and was a senior member of the real estate loan committee. Mr. Colton holds a BS in Civil Engineering and an MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Vice President, Underwriting Current
Crocker National Bank Former
Bank of California Former
GMAC Former
University of California MBA Degree Former
University of California, Berkeley Mba Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Vice President, Origination Current
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Vice President, Underwriting Current
University of California, Santa Barbara B.A. Degrees In Business Economics and Environmental Sciences Former
University of California, Santa Barbara Degree In Economics and Environmental Sciences Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Vice President, Securitization & Closing Current
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Vice President, Underwriting Current
University of Nottingham Former

Organization Position Status
Bridger Commercial Funding LLC Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager Current
Auburn University Bachelor of Science Degree In Finance Former

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