Management Team

The team is led by Pat Vaughn, President and Chief Operating Officer. Vice President Mark Mitchell leads the Acquisition team, and Vice President Linda Kaboth leads the Asset Management team. Biographies for key personnel are listed below.

Patrick Vaughn, President of GF Properties Group and GF Development Group, directs the real estate investment and land/development companies of the Growth Fund. He has been directly involved in commercial properties, master planned community development and management for over 25 years. Previously, Pat was Mountain Region Manager for Terrabrook, the largest developer of master planned communities in the United States at that time. His responsibilities included managing local project teams in Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Southern California in charge of ten planned communities. Pat also served as the President of Park Land Company, a Denver based commercial and planned community developer. Pat holds a BS degree in Geophysics from the University of Arkansas.

Mark Mitchell, Senior Vice President, is responsible for real estate acquisitions for the Growth Fund. He has been involved in real estate development, investment, and asset management activities for over 27 years. He previously served as General Manager of several large master-planned communities in Colorado, Florida, and Michigan. Mark has a particular expertise in resort communities and served as CEO of Grand Traverse Resort, one of the largest resort master-planned communities in the Midwest. Mark is also a founding partner of Terrace Communities, a senior housing company that currently owns and operates assisted living facilities in Florida, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Mark earned BA and MPA degrees from the University of Denver.

Justin Roberts, Vice President, is responsible for the management of several of the Growth Fund’s real estate investments located in the western US with asset types ranging from mixed use development to master planned communities to high rise residential. Justin is also involved in the execution of new real estate investment opportunities. Justin was employed by AIG Global Real Estate and was responsible for equity investment, direct acquisition and asset management of a large portfolio of multifamily real estate. Prior to working with AIGGRE, Justin worked for UDR Inc., a national multifamily real estate investment trust where he was responsible for the acquisition, development, and management of several thousand apartments. Justin has a MS degree in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver (Daniels), a JD degree from William & Mary (Marshall-Wythe), and a BA degree in Law and Society from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Linda Kaboth, Vice President of Operations, has been involved with the asset management, property management and leasing of commercial office and retail projects, primarily in the Denver metro area for over twenty years. Most recently she was real estate manager for the Sturm Group and one of her responsibilities was to oversee the redevelopment of the Tattered Cover block in Cherry Creek (Denver). Prior to that, she spent a majority of her commercial real estate career with Jones Lang LaSalle, as a property manager and leasing professional for many high profile office/retail projects in downtown Denver including the redevelopments of Prudential Plaza, 633 17th Street, and US Bank Tower. Linda earned a BA from the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colorado and an MPA from the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Amy Moody, Controller of GF Properties, manages and directs the accounting functions of the GF Properties Group within the Real Estate Group of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund. Amy has over 25 years experience in both public and private accounting and management. For five years prior to joining the Real Estate Group, Amy was the Financial Analyst in the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Controllers office which consolidates and supports the accounting for 11 entities in Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Investing and Administration. Prior experience includes working for two international publicly traded companies in the mining industry as the controller and the software development industry as a financial analyst. She also owned a successful public accounting firm while living in Albuquerque, NM. Amy has a BA from Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and obtained her CPA license in 1990.