Richard Brown is a Partner at Townsend Group and provides Advisory clients the following services: strategic and investment planning; structuring programs for multi-asset class portfolios (private real estate, timber, public REITs, and farmland); evaluation and selection of investment managers, pooled funds, and individual managed account investment opportunities; hold sell analysis; performance measurement; and performance evaluation. Mr. Brown also is a member of Townsend’s Open-End Fund team which quarterly reviews and evaluates open-end core, value-added, and specialty funds.

Prior to joining Townsend Group in 1999, Mr. Brown was a Senior Consultant with Eileen Byrne & Associates, Inc., an institutional real estate consulting firm. That firm provided traditional institutional advisory services and merged with Townsend Group in 1998. Mr. Brown also was a senior officer for the Resolution Trust Corporation from 1987-1994. In his capacity he sold commercial real estate assets throughout the country and resolved complex loans typically those involving litigation. From 1978 to 1997, Mr. Brown was a senior officer with the Frederick Ross Company in Denver, Colorado. He provided real estate consulting services to a wide range of corporate and institutional clients.

Mr. Brown is a member of NCREIF, PREA, The Counselors of Real Estate, and The Institute of Real Estate Management. Mr. Brown received a BS from The University of Colorado, Boulder campus. He majored in Real Estate and Marketing. He holds the designations of CRE and CPM.