Matt Calabrese | Senior Vice President, West Region

Matthew Calabrese is a Senior Vice President for Carter Multifamily and is responsible for the Western US Region. Mr. Calabrese has 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Carter Funds in 2021, he worked as Regional Vice President for Howard Capital Management selling ETF’s, Mutual Funds, SMA’s and SDBA’s in the West Coast Territory. Before Howard Capital Management,, Mr. Calabrese served as Regional Vice President for the Los Angeles region at Preferred Capital Securities selling Non-Traded Preferred Stock. Prior to joining PAC, he worked at Bluerock Capital Markets for six years in the Southern California region. He helped raise almost $1 Billion in Bluerock’s 1940 Act Fund, as well as over $100 Million in multiple Reg D offerings, 1031 Exchanges, and a Preferred Stock Offering. His region was consistently one of the top sales regions in the company, and he was awarded the AVP of the Year in 2017. Prior to joining Bluerock, Mr. Calabrese worked as Regional Marketing Director for Steadfast Capital Markets. During his time at Steadfast, he was awarded Outstanding Internal Wholesaler of the Year, and helped lead his territory to the top sales region within the company.

Prior to Steadfast Capital Markets, Mr. Calabrese worked for Waveland Capital Partners as a Corporate Finance Associate within the investment banking division and played an instrumental role in successfully completing six corporate finance transactions. He also worked as the dedicated Internal Wholesaler for the Western and Eastern regions, specializing in oil/gas and private equity offerings.

Prior to Waveland, Mr. Calabrese spent five years as a Wholesale Account Executive in the mortgage industry with Cambridge Funding, Aurora Loan Services, (Lehman Bros.) and Aegis Funding Corp. Mr. Calabrese graduated from Westwood College with honors and was inducted into the Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society. Mr. Calabrese also served as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and received his Honorable Discharge from the military in 2004. He currently holds his FINRA Series 7, 22, 63 and 65 licenses.