California People and Company News, Week of April 24, 2026

• The Kleinfelder Group, Inc., a leading engineering, design, construction management, construction materials inspection and testing, and environmental professional services firm, announced that David Goershel has been appointed as national federal market manager. Goershel will oversee the firm’s federal growth strategy while continuing to serve as EVP and south division director. He brings more than 40 years of industry experience to the role, with more than three decades dedicated to project execution, program management and strategic development within the federal market.   

• Procore Technologies, Inc., a global provider of construction management software, has appointed Vishal Misra to its board of directors. Misra currently serves as the RKS Family Professor of Computer Science and as Vice Dean of Computing and AI at Columbia University. 

Lauren Gentili recently started at RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA) as Vice President, Portfolio Analytics & Investor Reporting in Los Angeles, CA. RFA is a leading real estate investment consulting firm. She will lead all portfolio and investment analysis and investor performance reporting efforts across multiple institutional real estate portfolios as well as oversee a growing team. Lauren was previously Vice President with AEW. Executive search firm RETS Associates handled the search. 

• Menlo Digital, a data center investor and developer who is an affiliate of Menlo Equities, is seeking a Senior Associate, Development in Menlo Park, CA. The associate will play a critical role in managing project budgets, schedules, and cross-functional coordination across internal teams and external partners. This is a high-exposure, execution-driven role designed as a pipeline to Development Manager for candidates with 3–5 years of experience in real estate development, construction, project finance, or infrastructure-related roles. Executive search firm RETS Associates is handling the search. Inquiries and resumes can be sent to Mandy Haines at [email protected]. 

• ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified REIT and DST investments, has announced that the committed capacity for the Essential Income REIT’s revolving line of credit has increased from $185 million to $600 million, in keeping with the REIT’s continued growth. Wells Fargo serves as the lead arranger of the Credit Facility, with Fifth Third Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Truist Bank as joint lead arrangers, and including Synovus, First Horizon Bank, and Renasant Bank as additional lending participants.

• Apartment List, an AI-powered multifamily leasing platform, launched the A-Suite Board, an invitation-only advisory program composed of 35 of the industry’s most respected multifamily executives and operators. The program brings together two groups with distinct mandates: an Advisory Board of 20 enterprise and mid-market operators engaged in day-to-day leasing and operations and an Executive Advisory Board of 15 senior industry veterans. 

• Health Net, one of California’s most experienced Medi-Cal managed care health plans and a Centene Corporation company, announced a $10-million investment in LA4LA’s “Guarantee Fund,” which will support the expedited construction of affordable and mixed-income housing across Los Angeles County. The fund offers subsidies to help housing developers secure financing quickly for affordable rental projects. 

• Impact Capital Group, Inc., a lower middle market investment banking and valuation firm, released a new analysis examining how owned and leased real estate can materially influence private company sale transactions. The analysis, titled “The Real Estate Variable: How Real Estate Shapes, Complicates, and Sometimes Derails Lower Middle Market M&A,” draws on anonymized case studies from Impact’s advisory experience and highlights transaction challenges tied to real estate ownership, lease arrangements, and transaction sequencing. The full analysis is available here. 

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