David Heller

Before he co-founded NRP, David was a consultant with the Townsend Group, investing more than $3.6 billion in real estate over two years. The experience gave him tremendous insight into office, industrial, retail, single-family and multifamily construction projects – not forgetting portfolio diversification, asset management, investment strategy and project underwriting. His clients included the state of Washington, the city of Milwaukee, United Mine Workers of America, Ohio Police and Fire, Los Angeles Police and Fire, the city of San Francisco and the county of San Francisco.

Before that, David spent five years at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Chicago as a manager in the real estate consulting division. He carried out feasibility studies and market analysis, created strategic plans and audited real estate partnerships for clients, including La Salle Partners, VMS Realty, First Chicago and RREEF Funds.

A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, David is active in many professional bodies. He is on the executive committee and is a past chairman of the Housing Credit Group for the National Association of Home Builders. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Campaign for Affordable Housing and on the Editorial Advisory Board for Affordable Housing Finance Magazine. And he’s an officer of the Board for New Village Capital Corporation, National Leased Housing Association and The Housing Advisory Group.

In January 2009, David was appointed to a five-year term as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by the President of the United States of America. What’s more, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young Cleveland in 2010. On top of all that, his ongoing dedication to civic leadership benefits a plethora of organizations. He’s on the Board of Trustees for Jewish Community Housing, Gross Schechter Day School and the United Way of Cleveland. He was board president of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and president of the Board of the Ohio Jewish Communities, and he chaired the Government Relations Committee at the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Currently, he’s an officer of the Board and the 2013 and 2014 Campaign Chair for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He’s on the advisory board of the University Hospital Cardio Vascular Institute, the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund Board, and the board of Parkwood Corporation and the Northeast Ohio Medical University.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.