The Archbell Capital team has a track record of working together to close and manage bridge loans for middle market commercial real estate investors.
Scott Shepherd serves as Archbell Capital’s Managing Partner and heads its Investment Committee. His focus is building longstanding relationships with CRE investors, through delivering on commitments and standing by borrowers through their business plan execution.
Prior to forming Archbell Capital, Scott headed the Commercial Real Estate Group and was a Management Committee Member at OneWest Bank in Santa Monica. His CRE team launched a middle market loan originations business that closed over $3.5 billion in loans in four years, and acquired and serviced a commercial mortgage loan portfolio that peaked at over $6 billion. After OneWest was acquired by CIT in 2015, Scott served as CIT’s West Coast Commercial Real Estate Head.
Scott started his CRE finance career at Goldman Sachs, where he was an investment banker in New York for ten years, and led teams on 50 assignments representing over $12 billion through public company M&A and financing transactions.
Scott is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, where he is a member of a Small Scale Development product council. He earned his MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and his BA in Economics from Northwestern University.
Heidi Shepherd has served as Archbell Capital’s Chief Operating Officer since inception. Among her responsibilities, she serves as the Director of Human Resources and Controller. She is the primary lead on all financial reporting.
Heidi began her career launching new products at Johnson & Johnson where she was in brand management for 7 years. She spent another 10+ years developing consumer insights and branding strategies for large consumer products companies as a consultant. Most recently she capitalized on her extensive human resources experience to launch Career Savants, a boutique career guidance counseling firm.
Heidi earned her MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago School of Business, and a BA/MA from Northwestern University in Sociology. She is very active in the community, including providing pro bono career counseling services as a Chrysalis volunteer in Los Angeles.