Partner Biographies

Mr. Cortez is the President and Co-founder of Aventine Capital Partners LLC. Mr. Cortez began his real estate career in 1985 with The Trammel Crow Company and, in 1988, started Trammel Crow’s Mexican subsidiary, serving as President of Trammel Crow Mexico until 1993. He then served as founder and President of AEW Mexico Company, a subsidiary of Boston based Aldrich Eastman Waltch, pension fund advisors for real estate investment. At AEW Mexico, he started resort and residential developments in Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos.
 

Mr. Cortez is a Co-founder of Aventine Capital Partners LLC. Miles recently spent 18 months as an in-house advisor to an Aventine client company, Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE:AIV). Prior to Aventine, Miles helped start a variety of companies while he was an Associate at San Vicente Group, a $50 million dollar venture capital fund in Los Angeles. During his tenure at San Vicente Group, Mr. Cortez was primarily involved with sourcing investment opportunities, performing due diligence and structuring venture capital investments.  Mr. Cortez has been a guest speaker at the Knapp International Venture Forum at UCLA. Earlier in his career Miles worked in the asset management business for Resnick Investments in Los Angeles. Mr. Cortez received his MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a B.A. from Trinity University.

Ms. Cortez, a licensed landscape architect, is based in New York City where she has collaborated with nationally recognized architects and landscape architects as a project manager and designer. She has been involved in all stages of project evolution, from job development through construction administration. Ms. Cortez has experience in both the public and private sectors: including such unique urban initiatives as a green roof pilot project in New York City and strategic planning to regenerate devastated brownfield sites. Ms. Cortez received an MLA from the University of Virginia and a BA from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.