As Vice President of Strategy and Development at Dogwood Residential, Thomas focuses on underwriting, budgeting, market research, financial modeling, and identifying potential acquisition opportunities. He also assists in driving innovation to the operations of the organization.

Thomas is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina. When not at work, Thomas enjoys the outdoors by hiking or playing sports.

As Executive Board Advisor, Jim brings over 40 years of experience in multi-family development, finance and property management. Since 1993, he has initiated or co-developed 16 apartment projects for new construction or re-positioning. From 1998 to 2005, Jim was a founding principal of the University Housing Group, the property management firm for eight student properties with over 4,700 beds. He is a former partner in Trammell Crow Residential (Charlotte), where he led 21 debt and equity transactions. Jim received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Patty Segar is the President of Dogwood Residential.

She has built teams and partnerships that repositioned, renovated, and developed multi-family apartments. This included successfully rezoning land for over 800 units in high barrier-to-entry municipalities.

Before working in real estate, Ms. Segar held leadership positions as a merchant at Walmart and Gap Inc.