Meet the HomeRiver Team

John is a founder of HomeRiver and responsible for all aspects of HomeRiver Group®’s activities. Over the course of his career, John has played a key role in executing over $10 billion in real estate transactions. Prior to co-founding HomeRiver, John was Senior Managing Director of Strategic Development for AZ Bidder, the country’s only national single-family home foreclosure bidding service. Before that, John cofounded and served as CEO of Class Green Capital Partners providing landmark funding and sustainability solutions to municipalities and states. Prior to Class Green, he served as EVP and Head of Acquisitions for U.S. Realty Advisors, one of the leading buyers of single-tenant, net leased properties in the United States. John also served as Managing Director at Eastdil Secured, where he managed its national Corporate Real Estate Investment Banking business. Before Eastdil, John was Managing Director in charge of Citigroup‘s Global Real Estate Equity and Structured Finance group where he built the bank’s global sale-leaseback advisory practice and oversaw the disposition of $5 billion of Citigroup’s foreclosed real estate assets. Prior to Citigroup, John served as a First Vice President in the multifamily acquisitions and syndications group at Integrated Resources. John has also practiced real estate, corporate and securities law at the New York firm of Robinson, Silverman (now Bryan Cave). An honors graduate of Harvard College and Fordham Law School, John is based in New York City, where he lives with his wife, Meg. They have three grown children.

Drew is the Chief Operating Officer of HomeRiver Group and oversees Operations, Sales and Marketing, Information Technology, Finance, Human Resources and Legal. Drew joined HRG in March 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining HRG, Drew served as SVP, Operations, of the combined Realogy Franchise Group (RFG) and NRT’s shared services organization at Realogy Holdings. He was named to this position in 2018 as part of the new integrated shared services organization supporting the two core businesses. In his previous role, he was CFO of Realogy's franchise group and worked closely with the franchise brands and shared services departments to streamline processes, increase productivity and implement cost-saving initiatives. Drew joined RFG in 1999 and was promoted to RFG CFO in 2004 and served as CFO and Chief Administration Officer. Beginning in 2015, Drew served as Chief Finance and Strategy Officer, where he oversaw the RFG financial reporting and planning, strategic business development, new product development and deployment, including the ZAP rollout. He also worked closely with the business technology, human resources and legal teams on long-term business goals and strategic planning initiatives.

Prior to joining Realogy, Drew was the director of financial operations for a major North American printing company and served as controller for a privately held consumer goods company. He began his career in public accounting with PWC. Drew is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a graduate of Drexel University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Drew resides in New Jersey with his family.

Doug is a founder and senior member of the HomeRiver team, and oversees the HRG Institutional Accounts Group and Investment Management business. Doug balances strategic insight with the operational expertise amassed while providing market-level guidance to public and private single family institutional investors. Prior to HomeRiver Group®, Doug cofounded one of the largest single family investment firms in the nation, Fortune Acquisitions. Over his career, Doug has overseen the purchase and operation of over 7,000 single family properties, led a team involved in managing 16,000 bank-owned assets, and deployed over $1B+ in the single family space. During the subprime crisis, Doug provided consultation to multiple national asset management firms, with a focus on the valuation, renovation, packaging, and disposition of properties nationwide for lenders such as Countrywide, GMAC and Bank of America. Doug cofounded a staffing firm which grew to over 1,000 employees and serviced Fortune 500 companies before its sale in 2004. A frequent panelist at national Real Estate investment conferences, Doug graduated with honors from Butler University and lives in Indianapolis with his wife Alicia, and their two sons.