Mr. Lopez-Jordan is a manager and co-founding partner of American Regional Center Group (“ARCG”) and is also CEO and founding partner of Patagonia Financial Holdings, a value oriented Private Equity Firm.  After extensively researching the EB-5 industry on behalf of several clients, Mr. Lopez Jordan oversaw Patagonia’s entrance to the EB-5 market with the aim of using his firm’s significant financial structuring and investment experience to fill inefficiencies he found in the marketplace.  Its first Regional Center, Geothermal Regional Center LLC received its USCIS designation on September 8, 2011. After the successful launch of GRP, Mr. Lopez Jordan formed ARCG as a platform to build a larger portfolio of EB-5 Regional Centers.  American Regional Center Group currently manages seven Regional Centers.

Mr. Lopez Jordan has twenty years of senior management experience in asset management, private banking, securities trading and alternative Investments. Prior to founding Patagonia Financial Holdings, Mr. Lopez-Jordan was First Vice President- Senior Investment Management Specialist at Smith Barney Inc. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Lopez- Jordan was a Vice President for the private bank at Banco Santander International Miami, where he provided financial planning assistance and portfolio optimization for clients in multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Lopez-Jordan holds a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Facolta di Giurisprudenza Universita di Pisa-Italy and another J.D. from Facultad de Derecho de Oviedo-Spain and M.B.A. from Instituto Universitario de la Empresa Universidad de Oviedo-Spain.

Mr. Steed is a manager co-founder of CAERC. Prior to founding CAERC, Mr. Steed co-founded Geothermal Regional Center LLC (GRC). GRC received its regional center designation on September 8, 2011. GRC’s capital investment project which was approved by the USCIS at the same time has successfully raised its targeted funds. Building on these achievements, Mr. Steed is now pursuing designation to fund additional projects in the alternative energy sectors. Mr. Steed is CFO and founding partner of Patagonia Financial Holdings LLC. He has ten years of senior management experience in real estate project structuring, financial analysis and financial modeling. Mr. Steed was the Investments Manager of Fortune International Equity, the financing arm of Fortune International Group, a full-service, fully integrated real estate company with various residential developments and commercial projects in South Florida and Latin America. Within Fortune International Equity, he was part of the group responsible for raising, managing and placing over US$1 billion in debt and over US$250 million in private equity since the year 2001. Mr. Steed holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires-Argentina.

As American Regional Center Group’s in-house counsel, Ms. Lopez coordinates the structure and drafts the legal documents for each ARCG partnership.  Ms. Lopez earned her Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University School of Law, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, ranking in the top 5% of the graduating class. Ms. Lopez also holds two bachelor degrees in Political Science and in International Relations from Florida International University.   Prior to her employment at ARCG, Ms. Lopez worked for the Law Offices of Raul R. Lopez, P.A. and DI Law Group, where she developed her legal practice skills.

Mr. Arrigo is the Director of Investments for CAERC. Mr. Arrigo joined CAERC from Glacier Securities LLC of which he was a founding member and was responsible of the company’s geothermal energy business. In this role, Mr. Arrigo was focused on providing specialized corporate finance advisory to geothermal industry clients in the Americas. In this capacity he advised clients on issues ranging from raising capital to project financing and balance sheet restructuring. Prior to forming Glacier, Mr. Arrigo had served as Director at Glitnir Capital Corp., where he oversaw the development of a US$150 million loan portfolio focused on the geothermal industry. Prior to joining Glitnir, Mr. Arrigo was a Vice President in BNP Paribas’ Energy and Utilities Debt Capital Markets group, where he advised clients on a wide range of debt and capital structure related issues and was responsible for the origination of over US$5 billion of debt. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Mr. Arrigo was employed by Citigroup and its predecessor Salomon Brothers. Mr. Arrigo earned a BS in Business Administration, with dual concentrations in Finance and International Management, from Boston University. Mr. Arrigo serves as an Elected Director on the Board of the Geothermal Energy Association, the U.S. trade association supporting the geothermal industry, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences including having participated in a Senate Energy Committee briefing on geothermal energy. Mr. Arrigo maintains Series 24, 63 and 79 securities licenses.

Ms. Aguilar has a vast experience in many aspects of the EB-5 industry. Prior to joining our team, Ms. Aguilar worked for five years as an immigration paralegal at Stone & Grzegorek LLP in Los Angeles. During her tenure as an immigration paralegal, Ms. Aguilar acquired extensive experience in all aspects of U.S. immigration law, including employment and family based immigration, citizenship and naturalization. Ms. Aguilar’s experience emphasizes EB-5 immigration, through which she has been able to assist numerous foreign nationals with their I-526 and I-829 petitions, based on investment with regional centers and individual businesses. Ms. Aguilar has also provided numerous hours of service to nonprofit organizations. As the daughter of immigrants, Ms. Aguilar understands the challenges immigrants face and values the ability to work every day on their behalf. Lucen Aguilar graduated magna cum laude from Temple University earning two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Criminal Justice and Spanish.

Mr. Ceballos joined Patagonia Financial Holdings as an Associate focused on investment analysis and structuring. Previously, Mr. Ceballos worked for the LatAm Corporate Finance Division of advisory firm Avance International Capital as an analyst. His role consisted of leading the firm in its expanding efforts into Latin America as well as on the execution of various mandates in the small and medium enterprise market. Mr. Ceballos holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Florida international University, as well as a dual academic certificate in Banking and International Bank Management. Currently, Mr. Ceballos is pursuing his Master of Science degree in Finance at Florida International University.

Ms. Ma is a skilled marketing and public relations professional with a strong focus in corporate PR and Marketing. She has worked for Sony Ericsson China, AMGW Agency and other firms in both China and Miami. Ms. Ma holds a BA from Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing, China and a Master Degree in Public Relations from University of Miami. Ms. Ma is fluent in Mandarin and conversant in Cantonese.

Ms. Burkli is a CPA with 12 years of experience in different industries and has worked in complex financial structures.  Ms. Burkli started her career as an auditor for a small CPA firm dealing with non for profit organizations then worked as a senior accountant in an insurance company and then went to work for Delmonte Fresh Produce as a Financial Analyst. Later on she started working for AVIASUPPORT Management Corporation an aviation company as a Controller.  Mrs. Burkli earned a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Florida International University School of Business where she graduated with Honors and got a Master Degree in Taxation where she also graduated with Honors.  She obtained her CPA license in 2009.

Dixie Pinera is the Office Manager, responsible for office operation and management. Additionally, Ms. Pinera provides marketing assistance. Ms.Pinera’s financial, organizational, interpersonal skills and her ability to exercise sound judgment on a daily basis enables her to fulfill the task of ensuring that the team individuals function efficiently.

Prior to her employment with American Regional Center Ms. Pinera managed a financing group, where she oversaw fully compliant operation of loan approval process. Ms. Pinera has ten years of business management and administration experience and holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from Florida International University.

Maicol Dos Santos has a passion for technology, rising from his early childhood when his fascination of taking a computer apart and rebuilding it fueled his drive to take on this career.   Mr. Dos Santos graduated as Valedictorian with honors from ITT Tech.

Mr. Dos Santos brings seven years of experience in cyber security and system engineer to our team.