For most of his career Mr. Hawthorne was directly involved in the Acquisition of multifamily assets throughout the U.S. Most recently he was Chief Investment Officer of the tax credit apartment business and was responsible for new business product development and related Capital Sourcing activities. He was instrumental in creating new investment programs for historic properties and targeted residential and retail investments with one of the country’s largest financial institutions.

Mr. Hawthorne is a Director of Berkshire Income Realty, Inc. which acquires, owns, and operates multifamily residential properties; it currently owns twenty-six properties in the Baltimore/Washington, DC, Virginia, Chicago, Tampa, Charlotte, Atlanta, Portland, Oregon, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Dallas, Austin and Houston, Texas markets. In April, 2003 it completed a $75 million offering of preferred shares which trade on the AMEX (BIR_pa).

Mr. Hawthorne served on the Advisory Board of Berkshire Mortgage Finance from 2003 until its acquisition by Deutsche Bank in September, 2005.  Berkshire Mortgage Finance was the largest privately held commercial mortgage banker in the country, and is one of the largest originators and servicers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily loans.

Mr. Hawthorne remains active in the real estate industry through his participation in ULI (the Urban Land Institute) where he presently is a member of the Multi-Family Council Blue Flight {www.uli.org}, and the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) {www.nmhc.org} which he led as Chairman from 1996-1997. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Housing Conference {www.nhc.org}. He also is a member of the Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative Alumni Advisory Board. He previously was President of the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association and has been on the Editorial Board of the Tax Credit Advisor and Multi-Housing News. A frequent speaker at industry conferences he most recently organized and moderated panels focused on institutional investments in the multifamily sector. Past publications in which he has appeared include National Real Estate Investor (12/99, 6/95), Real Estate Forum (1/97, 1/95), Multifamily Executive (6/96), and the Tax Credit Advisor.

Mr. Hawthorne serves on the Board of The Boston Home {www.thebostonhome.org}, a non-profit residential facility for clients with multiple sclerosis. He is a Board Member of the Celebrity Series of Boston {www.celebrityseries.org} which for 65 years has presented a rich variety of classical music, dance and performing arts in Boston. He is a Trustee of The Berkshire Theatre Festival {www.berkshiretheatre.org} and previously was on the Board of the Austen Riggs Foundation. Mr. Hawthorne holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard in 1973 and a Bachelor of Science degree from MIT in 1971.

Mr. Hawthorne resides in Brookline, Massachusetts with his wife Carliss Baldwin and their two children and can often be found on the golf courses of Boston, Western Massachusetts and the Monterey Peninsula.