Principals
The DPFG professionals have combined experience of over 168 years in consulting to the real estate industry.
John Foreman
National Principal
John is the founding principal of the Development Planning & Financing Group ("DPFG") that was established in 1991. Prior to the establishment of DPFG, John spent nine years with the national accounting firm of Kenneth Leventhal & Company where he was responsible for the planning and public financing transactions in the Newport Beach office. John is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Cal State University, Fullerton.
John has over twenty four years experience in the real estate industry with twenty one of those years being consulting related. Aside from general real estate experience, John has special emphasis in planning and implementing land secured public financing districts, performing valuation and feasibility analysis on all types of land uses, planning and implementing redevelopment related projects, and planning and implementing the financing of public school district projects.
John is a member of several Building Industry Associations. John has lectured to several audiences with the most notable being the Building Industry Show in Los Angeles.
Peter Piller
Managing Principal of the Orange County, CA Office
Peter is the co-founding principal of DPFG. Prior to the establishment of DPFG, Peter spent eight years with the national accounting firm of Kenneth Leventhal & Company in the Newport Beach office. Peter has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Cal State University, Fullerton.
Peter has over twenty two years experience in the real estate industry with the vast majority of those years focused in real estate consulting. Aside from general real estate experience, Peter has special emphasis in planning and implementing land secured public financing districts, performing valuation and feasibility analysis on all types of land uses, planning and implementing redevelopment related projects, and planning and implementing the financing of public school district projects. Peter is a member of several Building Industry Associations.
Carter Froelich
Managing Principal of the Phoenix, AZ Office
Carter is the Managing Principal of DPFG's Phoenix, Arizona office. Prior to the opening of the DPFG Phoenix office in 1994, Carter was manager of the real estate consulting department of the national accounting firm of Kenneth Leventhal & Company in both the Phoenix, Arizona and Newport Beach, California offices. Carter is a Certified Public Accountant in both California and Arizona, a State Certified Real Estate Appraiser in the state of Arizona, and a candidate for membership in the Appraisal Institute. Carter holds a masters degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Carter has over twenty two years of experience in the real estate industry with twenty of those years focused in real estate consulting. Carter's area of specialty is in the formulation and implementation of land secured financings both private and public for large scale developments, the preparation of market driven land use plans, the preparation of feasibility analysis for all types of real estate, development impact fee analysis, and the formulation of development strategies for large scale master planned communities.
Carter is a former member of the City of Phoenix's Camelback Village Planning Committee. Carter is also a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Valley Partnership, the Central Arizona Home Builder's Association, the Southern Arizona Home Builder's Association and is a regular contributor of content to the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business School's monthly publication.
R. Chris Lightburne
Managing Principal of the Orange County, CA Office
Chris is responsible for the development and implementation of public finance and real estate development related strategies for land developers and builders, analyzing fiscal impacts of new developments, community facilities phasing and funding programs, tax increment financing, establishing rates, charges and development impact fees. Chris has also worked on behalf of the development community throughout California in analyzing and negotiating development impact fees, school fees, and maintenance and services taxes. He has over 17 years of experience in financial analysis, real estate economics, public finance, capital markets, information technology and accounting.
Chris served as a manager of consulting with Kenneth Leventhal & Company in Newport Beach, California. Client engagements included strategic planning, public finance, real estate portfolio acquisition and disposition, market and feasibility studies, mortgage backed securities, restructuring and reorganizations, and audits of public and private companies. Chris's past experience also includes senior management positions for three start-up/high growth companies involved in manufacturing and media where he was responsible for finance, information technology, operations, sales and marketing and strategic planning. Chris holds a BA in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.
Chris Austin
Managing Principal of the Sacramento, CA Office
Chris is the Managing Principal of DPFG's Sacramento office. Chris has been working with DPFG since 1998. Chris's experience includes general real estate consulting matters with specialized experience in planning and implementing public financing districts, negotiating and documenting school district financing transactions, fiscal impact analysis, and development feasibility analysis. Chris has also worked on behalf of the development community throughout California in analyzing and negotiating Development Impact Fees.
Chris is a member of the North State Building Industry Association. Chris received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Arizona State University.
Jon Snyder
Managing Principal of the Nevada and Texas Offices
Jon is the Managing Principal of DPFG's Nevada and Texas offices. Aside from general real estate experience, Jon has special emphasis in planning and implementing public financing districts to fund capital improvements such as Special and Local Improvement Districts (SIDs and LIDs), Public Improvement Districts (PIDs), General Improvement Districts, Tourism Improvement Districts, and Tax Increment Areas. Jon has also been involved in creating General Improvement Districts for the purpose of owning, operating, and maintaining public infrastructure. Other areas of experience include evaluating development feasibility and preparing fiscal impact analyses to determine the economic impact of proposed development.
Jon holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a dual major in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Redlands and is a member of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, HBA of Greater Austin and the Urban Land Institute.
Maik Aagaard
Managing Principal of the Florida Offices
Maik’s client engagements include real estate consulting with emphasize in strategic planning for public financing, cash flow feasibility analysis, assessment methodologies, fiscal impact analysis, development impact fee analysis, special district formation, implementation and management.
Prior to joining DPFG, Maik held analyst positions with public finance consulting firms focusing on special assessment/tax revenue proformas, bonded indebtedness projections, cost allocation mechanisms, overlapping debt analysis for municipal bond financing programs, and special district administration. In addition, Maik prepared comprehensive development impact fee justification studies containing detailed discussions and analysis of funding assumptions, methodologies, and findings to establish a rational and substantial nexus between new development and local funding requirements. He also prepared fiscal impact analysis to present the implication of new residential, commercial, or industrial development by evaluating and comparing recurring municipal costs and revenues.
Maik is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando. He holds a university degree in economics after completing related coursework at the University of Wales, Great Britain, and Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany.
John Daugirda
Principal
John Daugirda provides real estate consulting and financial advisory services to Florida developers. He has extensive experience in creating and managing Community Development Districts and other Special Taxing Districts, and in issuing development bonds for master planned communities. He works from Tampa and Winter Park offices.
He previously directed the Severn Trent management team that administered 120 districts throughout Florida. He led the ST financing team and has testified in support of bond approvals exceeding $4 billion. He has extensive experience in the municipal bond issuance process.
In addition, John has 20 years experience as an attorney, degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore, and is a black belt in martial arts.
