Our Team

Shafiq Taymuree, Executive Vice President

As a member of Stonecrest’s senior level management team, Shafiq serves as head of our private lending division as well as playing a key role in managing our investment funds.  Since joining Stonecrest in 1998, he has contributed to the growth of the company in multiple capacities, including business development, employee mentorship, and product development.   Shafiq is also an active participant and thought leader in the private lending and investment advisor space.  He is a long-time member of the California Mortgage Association, serving as a member of the Board of Directors, on the Education Committee, and as the 2022-23 President.  Shafiq attended Cal State East Bay, where he majored in finance.

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Bryan Grossman, Director of Finance / Controller

Bryan joined Stonecrest in 2022 as its Director of Finance / Controller, charged with overseeing  financial operations. He also manages the accounting department and acts as liaison to external relationships with bankers, tax professionals, investors and borrowers. Throughout his 16 years in commercial real estate, Bryan has held managerial positions in accounting, finance, construction management and property management. He specializes in asset valuation and real property taxation, skills that have enabled him to effectively underwrite and manage a wide variety of business and investment structures. Bryan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.  He loves spending time with his wife, Marissa and their son, Bodhi.  Bryan’s passions include travel, sports/adventure (hiking, lacrosse, snow sports, cycling, paddle boarding, river rafting and bull riding), electronic music production and cinema.

Erika Luitjens, Director of  Operations

Erika has been with Stonecrest since 2011.  In her current position as Director of Operations, she liaises with executives to make decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals for the company. Erika actively manages all office operations, including the HR Department.   She is also responsible for Stonecrest’s digital media footprint, which includes web and social media platform development as well as digital marketing for the company’s three lines of business (mortgage lending, investments, and acquisitions).  Most recently, Erika has stepped into the role of Executive Director for CapCon Foundation, a Stonecrest pro social initiative that provides impact investment vehicles for the company’s growing investor base as well as works on eradicating poverty through economically sustainable, market-based initiatives which improve the lives & livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable populations. Erika has a Bachelors in Business Administration from the Babes Bolyai University, in Cluj- Napoca, Romania.

Leigh Faber, Underwriter, Portfolio Manager

Leigh has been in the financial service industry for over 20 years. She has been a Project Consultant for the FDIC, the Vice President of Loan Default Administration, an Investment Manager for a real estate family office, the Director of Investor Relations for a financial service sector asset management firm, and a Vice President of Capital Introduction. Leigh is a California native with a degree in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University. She has expertise in single family loan servicing, real estate development, alternative investments and structured products. She is a co-founder of the Northwest Hedge Fund Society, an Original Director of REOMAC and a member of 100 Women in Hedge Funds as well as participates with Hedge Funds Care which focuses on neglected and abused children.

Christina Gray, Senior Investment Relations Manager

Christina joined the Stonecrest team in 2006 with the task of expanding our family of Real Estate Funds. For the past decade, she has helped grow our 5 funds to over $200,000,000 in managed assets. Through Stonecrest’s Alternative Real Estate Investments, she strategically works with RIA Advisors and Individual Investors to achieve higher yields, diversification and steady income. Christina is deeply involved with the Financial Planning Association and is currently serving  her 5^th year on the San Francisco FPA Board as the Director of Corporate Sponsors.  She has also been involved with the Silicon Valley FPA Chapter for over 8 years. Prior to joining Stonecrest, Christina  was a top producer at AT&T in the telecommunications industry and Tricom Technology based out of London, England.  She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from UCSC, and lives with her husband David in Saratoga with her grown children nearby in San Francisco.