Executive Team

SilverLeaf Advisors has built a diverse and effective team of professionals with backgrounds in real estate, investment banking, legal and accounting, foreclosure and asset servicing.

  • Douglas J. Hannah

    Douglas J. Hannah

    Founder / Managing Director

    • 20+ years of Florida Real Estate experience
    • Managed four SilverLeaf portfolios totaling over 130+ foreclosures
    • Managed and operated Real Estate JV with Lehman Brothers in Europe
    • Assemblage services to national developers $100+ million portfolio
    • Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
    • BS from University of S. Florida
  • Nikolaus Pongracz

    Nikolaus Pongracz

    Managing Director

    • 10+ years Real Estate Investment Banking experience
    • Director, Lehman Brothers Real Estate
    • Originated and managed over $3bn in real estate debt and equity for Lehman Brothers
    • Prior to Lehman worked 5 years at JP Morgan in London office
    • Specialised in NPL financing and real estate acquisition financing
    • MBA, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
  • Paul de Francisci

    Paul de Francisci

    Managing Director

    • 10+ years Real Estate Investment Banking experience
    • Director, Lehman Brothers Real Estate; Prior to that, Linklaters LLP
    • Originated and managed over $10bn in real estate debt and equity
    • Specialised in debt and private equity investment and financing structures
    • LLB 1st class, University of Warwick, UK
  • Bryan J. Davis

    Bryan J. Davis

    Director of Investments

    • Senior Analyst at Starwood Capital Group in San Francisco, CA.
    • Asset management of a $1 billion portfolio
    • Licensed Florida mortgage broker
    • Underwriting institutional real estate assets
    • BS, The Wharton School of Business - Economics and Finance
  • J. Michael Morgan

    General Counsel

    • 29+ years experience practicing law in Florida
    • Admitted to Florida Bar in 1983
    • Licensed Florida Mortgage Broker
    • BS, University of Florida; MBA, University of Maine
  • Michelle L. Glass

    Legal Counsel / Foreclosure Director

    • 9+ years of foreclosure and bankruptcy work in Florida
    • Admitted to Florida Bar in 2003
    • Over 2,000 successful foreclosures
    • BS, Columbia College and St. Thomas University of Law (Cum Laude)
  • Michael Hineline

    Marketing / Research Analyst

    • Managing service and IT contracts
    • Internet branding and web research strategies
    • Grew multiple business lines through internet presence
    • BIS, Arizona State University, Mass Communication & Business
  • Jeff Tumbarello

    Real Estate Analytics

    • 12+ years of Florida Real Estate experience
    • Licensed Florida Real Estate Associate
    • President of the SW Florida Real Estate Investment Association
    • Recognized as an authority on local market data analysis & trends