Mike Ballard

Managing Member at Ascent Multifamily Accounting

Speaker

Co-founded Camino Verde Group, a real estate investment company, and partner in Ascent Multifamily Accounting, an Inc. 500 company. I have thirty years experience in all facets of real estate operations, including entitlement, acquisitions, financing, development, renovation, dispositions and property management. Currently involved in the development of more than $200 million of multifamily or mixed-use real estate in Nevada, Utah and California.

Mike was a founding member of the board of the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and also helped with the formation of the local National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and Construction Financial Management Association chapters. He has helped start two banks and served on the board of another bank.

Mike is considered the leading authority in the west for counseling entrepreneurs seeking accelerated sustainable growth. In 2010, Mike was named one of the "Top 20 Visionaries" in Nevada by Nevada Business magazine.

Specialties: Growth, Business Development, Entrepreneurship