The investUS Managers.
Deborah Burns, Managing Partner.
Ms. Burns’ financial career spans more than 30 years and includes roles as an institutional investment officer in New York
City, finance officer at a New Mexico start-up company that became she honed her ability to determine key factors for
business sustainability, profitability and growth in a wide variety of industries. During her investment career, she analyzed
more than 3,000 businesses and invested more than $3 billion. During the 1990s, Ms. Burns founded the Project Finance
Group at TIAA-CREF and she was the lead institutional investor for construction and long-term investments in the US and
emerging markets.
Nathan Fellers, CFA, Managing Director.
Mr. Fellers is a results-oriented investment professional with over 20 years of experience in the areas of
portfolio management, trading, risk management, financial modeling, and corporate finance. His experience comes from
various institutional investment management roles including Investment Officer at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle,
Senior Portfolio Manager and Treasurer at a $50 billion REIT, and most recently, Investment Manager for a $5+ billion
corporate pension plan. In each of these roles, Mr. Fellers has directly or indirectly managed $5 - $50 billion in investment
capital deployed across numerous asset classes ranging from real estate to securitized debt to emerging market equites.