John Lasala

John Lasala has extensive work experience in the financial and legal sectors. John started their career as an attorney at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in 1994 and worked there until 2000. During their time at Goldman Sachs from 2000 to 2004, they served as a Structured Finance Attorney, overseeing real estate lending and derivatives trades. John then joined Citigroup Alternative Investments in 2004 as the Director of Acquisitions for a proprietary real estate fund. In this role, they managed capital markets transactions and investor communications for a $1.6B CRE portfolio until 2018. Since 2018, John has been working as the Chief Financial Officer at The Carroll Companies, where they oversee all operational and transactional aspects of a $4.1B CRE portfolio, including investor reporting and portfolio investments.

John Lasala obtained their high school diploma from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1987. John then went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which they completed in 1991. Following this, John attended New York Law School and earned a Doctor of Law degree (JD) between 1991 and 1994. Lastly, in 2007 to 2009, they attended the London Business School, where they obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.