Mr. Thomas Scott is the founder and CEO of CA Ventures, an investment company focused on student housing, residential, retail and hospitality, office, and senior living real estate assets. Tom’s wealth of industry experience has helped CA expand into a multi-dimensional real estate company serving diverse aspects of property investment, development and management. Tom has more than 25 years of direct commercial real estate experience in investment, development, finance, accounting, and asset management. As a veteran of the commercial real estate industry, he has held positions in nearly every sector of the business and has held executive-level roles with the industry’s top national, international, and publicly traded real estate firms, including Vornado Realty Trust, CBRE, Inc and U.S. Equities. Tom is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois. As a member of the University of Illinois President’s Council, lifetime member of the University of Illinois Alumni Association, and The University of Illinois Foundation, he is committed to the pursuit and progress of higher education. Along with his wife, Julie, Tom advanced their passion for scholastic achievement and founded The Scott Family Foundation in 2010.

s President of CA Student Living, JJ is responsible for assisting the CEO, Tom Scott, with the management and operations of all CA Student Living departments (Development, Property Management and Accounting) and acts as an integral link between these departments to execute CA’s overall corporate strategies. JJ oversees the entire development, acquisitions, new business generation, project sourcing and construction operations for CA Student Living but as, President, he provides greater cohesion to enhance interdepartmental collaboration and efficiency. JJ also serves as Principal for CA Ventures and provides development and construction oversight for CA Senior Living, CA Residential, CA Retail & Hospitality and CA International business units as well as serves on the CA Ventures Investment Committee. Since joining CA in 2007, JJ has helped manage the explosive company and portfolio growth while building the corporate support functions that enhance the scalability of CA’s platforms and further integrate consistent systems across business departments.

Sean Zasche serves as Chief Investment Officer of CA Student Living. In this role, Sean is responsible for overseeing the firm’s investment and disposition activities and structuring and managing joint venture relationships with institutional investors. Prior to joining CA, Sean was a Vice President at M3 Capital Partners, a global real estate investment and advisory firm based in Chicago. Over nearly 10 years with M3, Sean advised public and private operating companies in the execution of over $13 billion of institutional private equity transactions. He was also responsible for sourcing and identifying entity level investment opportunities on behalf of M3’s subsidiary, Evergreen Investment Advisors, which managed $3.4 billion of institutional equity. Prior to M3, Sean worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Associate in the real estate assurance group. Sean received a Bachelor of Science in Business (with distinction) from Indiana University where he majored in Finance and Accounting. Sean is an active member of the Urban Development/Mixed-Use Council of the Urban Land Institute and of the National Multi Housing Council.