Meet the Investments Team

Ian Formigle

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Ian is a real estate professional and serial entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience in real estate private equity, startups, and equity and options trading. At CrowdStreet, Ian serves as the key decision-maker for all investments on its Marketplace. Ian is the author of “The Comprehensive Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investing” and he is a contributing author at Forbes.com.

Prior to joining CrowdStreet, Ian was VP of Business Development for ScanlanKemperBard Companies, where he managed the firm’s alternative investment platform and served as a senior acquisitions officer on a team that acquired some $500 million of commercial real estate assets during his tenure. Previously, Ian co-founded and served as CEO of Clarus Property Ventures, a regional real estate private equity firm that focused on multifamily acquisitions. Ian began his career as an equity options market maker and member of the Pacific Exchange. Ian holds a BA in Economics and a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and has held numerous securities licenses including Series 7 and 63.

Anna-Marie Allander Lieb

Anna-Marie Allander Lieb is our Director of Investments, sitting on CrowdStreet's Investment Committee while also managing the team responsible for identifying and reviewing potential offerings for the Marketplace. Prior to joining CrowdStreet, Anna-Marie worked for the Tax Credit Investment Group at PNC where she specialized in underwriting innovative tax credit equity and debt financing solutions for Historic Tax Credit, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit investments. Anna-Marie started her real estate career in Boston where she was a member of the CBRE New England Capital Markets Team. Anna-Marie holds a B.Sc. in Economics with a concentration in Real Estate from the Wharton School of Business.

Ryan Strub

Ryan Strub is currently Head of Commercial Investments at CrowdStreet, Inc. Here, Ryan serves as a key decision-maker for CrowdStreet investment offerings and drives viable new offerings to approval. Ryan is a voting member of CrowdStreet's Investment Committee and oversees all aspects of applicable investment offerings from the derivation of investment criteria through funding on the CrowdStreet Marketplace. Ryan defines the evolving criteria for eligible office, industrial, hospitality, retail, and niche deal flow for the CrowdStreet Marketplace while collaborating with the Chief Investment Officer to determine CrowdStreet’s investment thesis.

Prior to his current role, Ryan was Managing Director at CrowdStreet. Here, Ryan managed CrowdStreet's marketplace velocity and deal flow for sponsors located across the Western US. Ryan was an integral member of the Capital Markets team, leveraging his deep experience in sourcing, structuring, and closing investment opportunities on the CrowdStreet marketplace. Ryan has been exposed to nearly every facet of the CrowdStreet Investments process, collaborating with internal team members to ensure the sponsor experience is streamlined through the funding process. Ryan successfully raised capital on CrowdStreet as a sponsor, providing him a unique insight into raising capital on the marketplace.

Prior to joining CrowdStreet, Ryan was Vice President of Acquisitions for ScanlanKemperBard Companies, a real estate merchant banker based in Portland, OR. Here, Ryan focused on sourcing, structuring, and closing investment opportunities in Denver, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle. While at SKB, Ryan executed more than $640 million of real estate transactions.

Ryan has worked in the real estate and construction industries in a variety of capacities for over 15 years. He has an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Securities Analysis from the University of Oregon and a BS in Construction Management with an emphasis on Business and Economics from Minnesota State University - Mankato.