Alliant encourages all prospective clients to meet our Originators in person. Only a few Loan Originators qualify to work under Alliant's philosophy for success. Each Originator knows their regional territory, current market conditions, rules, regulations and style. Regional sales offices and managers are listed here.

Jeff Stuart, Sr. Vice President
Northwest, Midwest Region
360.786.0688
800.392.0711
360.705.0685 fax
7225 Fairview Rd SW
Olympia, WA 98512

Mr. Stuart joined the company in 2001. Prior to that he spent eight years as a principal in several residential development companies where he oversaw the construction and development of over $50 million in for-sale housing. He also spent three years as the financial officer for a Northwest multifamily development company and one year with Goodman Financial Services (now Pinnacle) as a property manager. Mr. Stuart started his career with Touche Ross (now Deloitte Touche) as a CPA in their Seattle, WA audit practice. He has a BA from the University of Washington.

John Marr joined the company in 1992 and is responsible for originating new loans in the Midwest and Northeast. He has over 30 years of experience financing various types of real estate projects. After receiving an MBA from Wharton, he joined Citibank's New York real estate industries division where he handled construction loans for apartments, shopping centers and office buildings and lines of credit for the bank's major real estate clients. He also worked in Citibank's municipal bond department where he underwrote tax exempt bonds for state housing finance agencies. He joined PaineWebber as a Senior Vice President in the investment banking department and financed health care facilities and multifamily housing. At PaineWebber's mortgage banking subsidiary he structured and administered one of the first national multifamily conduit lending programs. His experience in the commerical, investment and mortgage banking fields brings a broad project finance background to Alliant's clients.

Mr. Blasberg, Senior Vice President, joined the company in 1992. Prior to that, he spent over 20 years in the commercial real estate industry as a correspondent to life insurance companies and thrifts with his own business. Having originated billions of dollars of multifamily loans during the course of his career, Mr. Blasberg is recognized nationally for his leadership in the expeditious handling of time sensitive purchase money transactions, complicated refinances, as well as the instituting and restructuring of loan portfolios.

Mr. Childers joined Alliant Capital in early 2008 and is responsible for originating new loans in the Southeast of the U.S. Before Alliant, he was a Deal Manager/Director of the Small Loan Program at Fifth Third Bank in Charlotte, NC. At the Fifth Third Bank, he created a long-term fixed rate small loan program for the commercial real estate clients. Mr. Childers holds a B.S. degree in business management from University of South Carolina at Beaufort and an MBA in Finance from Wake Forest University.

Mr. Helfrich joined the company in 2007. Prior to his current position, he was a Director in the Agency Lending Group of Wachovia Mutifamily Capital, Inc. Prior to that he was an Executive Vice President of American Property Financing, Inc. and one of the founders and principal owners of its subsidiary APF West, LLC. He has over 25 years experience in all aspects of multifamily real estate finance and investment with a particular emphasis on multifamily projects using tax-exempt private activity bonds, low-income housing tax credits, and all forms of credit enhancements. Mr. Helfrich holds a BS degree in accounting/economics from Missouri State University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Missouri.