Every home has a story.
So do we.
While in college and after spending his summers working as a framing carpenter, Greg Geiser, Wedgewood’s founder, bought his first house for $11,000. He spent that summer renovating and ultimately selling the property for his first flip. After graduating from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, Greg came across a foreclosure property auction and bought another home, this time sight unseen. While still in the parking lot at the auction, Greg sold the house to a young couple who said it was their dream home, but they didn’t have the cash for the auction. That home was the Oak Knoll Gardens property in Pasadena, California.
With these initial successful sales under his belt, Greg and a friend met at the Charthouse restaurant in Westwood to discuss their future business plans. The restaurant named its tables after famous surf breaks around the world, and on that evening they happened to be sitting at the table named after “The Wedge” in Newport Beach, California. Wedgewood was established on that day, and the rest is history.
Leadership

Gregory L. Geiser
Founder, President & CEO, WedgewoodAs Founder, President & CEO, Greg has laid the foundation of Wedgewood’s corporate vision. He started Wedgewood in 1985 after spending several years at Murdock Development Company as Assistant to the President of Murdock Hotels Corporation. Earlier in his career, he worked as a financial analyst at Crocker Bank in San Francisco. Greg earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1980, and his M.B.A. from UCLA's Graduate School of Management in 1982.

David R. Wehrly
Executive Vice President, WedgewoodDavid, one of the original partners in the company, splits his time between ensuring the smooth operation of the organization and spearheading new opportunities and new businesses. He joined Wedgewood in 1986 after spending a year at Procter & Gamble. He is a graduate of both the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate Program and UCLA’s class of 1984.

Darin Puhl
President and COO of Flip Operations, WedgewoodDarin, one of the founding partners in the company, oversees property acquisitions, remodeling, construction and disposition of Wedgewood’s short-term residential real estate investments. He joined Wedgewood in 1988 after spending two years at Mobil Oil Corporation in its resale management program. He earned his B.S. in Economics/Systems Science from UCLA in 1985 and is a strong supporter of the university’s programs.

Wade Brandenberger
Vice President of Acquisitions, WedgewoodWade is responsible for coordinating the company’s acquisition of both single family and multi-family assets. He also coordinates and oversees the insurance of Wedgewood’s entire real estate portfolio. One of the company’s earliest employees (1990-1992), Wade left Wedgewood and gained six years of experience in REO portfolio management as a Vice President at Southern California Savings and Peoples Bank of California. Wade rejoined Wedgewood in 1998 and was promoted to partner in 2003. He is a 1990 graduate of UCLA with a B.A. in History with a concentration in business.

Lisa M. Wehrly
Chief Operating Officer, WedgewoodLisa joined Wedgewood in 1987 as a financial analyst where she focused on asset acquisition. Lisa is one of the original partners of Wedgewood and returned in 2014 after taking a 10 year hiatus to raise her children. She continues at Wedgewood as Vice President of Finance concentrating in finance, banking and investor relations. Lisa started her education at UC San Diego in Management Science then graduated from UCLA in 1988.

Jamie Bedner
Vice President of Investments and Design, Wedgewood/Maverick DesignJamie oversees the remodeling and upgrade process for all of Wedgewood’s foreclosure property purchases. She works closely with the property management team to determine the rehab needs for each house, approve the design elements, and manage the contractors assigned to each property. Jamie joined Wedgewood in 2002, after three years as a financial analyst with Bear Stearns & Co in their Corporate Finance department. She graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley where she was a Regent Scholar.

Justin Bruni
Vice President of Investments, WedgewoodJustin joined Wedgewood in 2005 to manage operations in Southern Nevada, an area which has become one of Wedgewood’s core geographic markets. As a part of Wedgewood’s more recent expansion efforts, Justin established operations in Northern Nevada, Idaho, and Utah and currently manages those regions out of Wedgewood’s Las Vegas office. Prior to joining the Wedgewood family, Justin served 5 years in the United States Navy as an engineer and, upon completion of his naval service, Justin attended UNLV where he majored in Accounting.

Steve Meilicke
Chief Financial Officer, WedgewoodAs Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Steve is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the organization, as well as the multiple business units it owns and operates. Steve spent the first ten years of his career in public accounting with Arthur Anderson and then Deloitte & Touche LLP, serving in their Audit practice. He later joined Tutor Perini Corporation as a Vice President – Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Wedgewood, from 2012-2015, Steve served as CFO of The Carrington Companies. Steve earned his degree in Accounting from Biola University.

Jim Raezer
Head of Capital Markets and Loan AssetsJim Raezer joined Wedgewood in November 2017. Mr. Raezer has over thirty years of banking and capital markets experience most recently as Head of Mortgage Finance at Jefferies and prior to that RBS Securities. He also held positions at Merrill Lynch and The Bank of New York. He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Vermont and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.
Management Team

Diana Fitzpatrick
Director of Listings and Sales, Maxim Properties
Maria Garcia
Director of Operations and Transaction Oversight, Maxim Properties
Elena Aquino
Director and Manager of Escrow, Greenhedge Escrow
Barry Smith
Director of Asset Management, HMC Assets LLC
Sonja Orquiola
Director of Flip Operations, Wedgewood
Mercy Gutierrez
Director of Acquisition Operations, Wedgewood
Dino Araujo
Director of Title Operations, Wedgewood
Sheri Crandall
Legal Operations Manager, WedgewoodAdvisory Board

Bob Frerichs
Bob Frerichs
Bob Frerichs is an International Chairman, representing Accenture at the highest level with clients, governments and the public around the globe.
Before assuming his current role in September 2011, Mr. Frerichs was group chief executive—North America, with overall responsibility for Accenture’s business in North America. He also served as the company’s chief risk officer, from 2004 to 2009, where he was responsible for managing Accenture's overall business risk, including contract risk, and was deeply involved in the significant aspects of the company's financial, business and contract management.
Prior to serving as chief risk officer, Mr. Frerichs was chief operating officer of Accenture's Communication & High Tech operating group. He also served as managing partner of the initial market maker team within the Communication & High Tech operating group, responsible for identifying, structuring and closing major client opportunities.
Other leadership roles Mr. Frerichs has held within that operating group include global managing partner of the Electronics & High Tech operating unit and managing partner of the US Aerospace & Defense operating unit. During his 35 years with Accenture he also served as the managing partner of the Asia Pacific operating units for the Products and Resources operating groups.
Mr. Frerichs was a member of Accenture's board of directors prior to the company's initial public offering in July 2001 and also served on the company's strategic planning teams during key periods over the past 20+ years. He was involved in the creation of Avanade, a technology company Accenture formed with Microsoft, and currently serves as chairman of Avanade's board of directors. A certified public accountant and certified at the fellow level in manufacturing, Mr. Frerichs joined Accenture in 1976 and became a partner in 1986.
He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science engineering and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois.

James R. Henry
James R. Henry
Jim Henry is a former Vice Chairman of Bank of the West in San Francisco, CA. Jim was with this top 25 financial institution for 25 years and held numerous roles including Chief Risk Officer, member of the Executive Management Committee, Chairman of the Executive Loan Committee, and member of the Board of Directors, where he served on the Audit Committee –Ex .Officio and the Loan and Investment Committee, also Ex. Officio. During Jim’s career at the bank he served as the company’s Chief Credit Officer, and was a Division Head, leading both Specialty Lending and Corporate Banking.
Prior to joining Bank of the West in 1982, Jim worked at a number of blue chip financial companies including Sears Trust, Bank of America and Imperial Bank.
Today, Jim sits on several boards for both publicly traded and privately held corporations including Taylor Morrison Home Builders (TMHC); Chief Enterprises Inc., an auto & heavy equipment industry supplier based in Chicago; Wedgewood Enterprise Corporation, and John Muir Health System, a Walnut Creek, CA-based health care services company.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio as well as a Masters in Business Administration from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He also participated in the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business Senior Financial Executives Program and was formerly licensed in California both as a Real Estate Agent and as a Securities Agent.

Kenneth Slutsky
Kenneth Slutsky
Kenny Slutsky is an investor in both private and public sectors enterprises. His experience spans numerous industries including: technology, energy, real estate and financial services. Among the corporations in which he has held CEO or other senior leadership positions are Kern Oil & Refining Co, Casey Co, and Candle Corporation, a leading provider of systems management software. He has served or is serving on an advisory board of Northwest Airlines, Red Cloud Capital, AT Curd/PCL Construction Co, Saybrook Capital and Wedgewood Enterprise Corporation, among others. Kenny also has been involved with several public sector endeavors including, but not limited to, running political campaigns and providing advice to various governmental agencies.
Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Kenny graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and obtained a J.D. from Emory University School of Law. He served for 10 years on the Board of Global Volunteers, was the first national chairman of the Wellness Community National Board, and was the Golden Founder of the Wellness Communities of South Bay and Baltimore. In 1985, he founded the charitable Aequilibris Trust. He is also a member of WPO (the World Presidents Organization).

Bruce Hardy McLain
Bruce Hardy McLain
Hardy is the co-founder, and now serves on the board, of CVC Capital Partners ("CVC"). He recently retired as the Managing Partner of CVC.
CVC manages capital on behalf of over 300 institutional, governmental and private investors worldwide. Over the years they have secured commitments of more than US$71 billion investor funds. CVC has completed over 300 investments in a wide range of industries and countries across the globe. Today, CVC’s funds are invested in over 60 companies worldwide which employ over 400,000 people and generate combined annual sales of approximately US$120 billion.
Since co-founding CVC, Hardy has been involved in and held a number of directorships including Formula One, the Dorna Sports Group, Rapala VMC OYJ, Punch Taverns Plc (formerly known as Punch Group Limited), Spirit Group Holdings Limited and Kappa Holding BV. He is currently a director of CVC Capital, Samsonite International S.A, Everbright Ltd, the Lecta Group and Mount Street.
Hardy holds a BA in Public Policy and Psychology from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, where he graduated cum laude in 1976, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA (1981). He serves on the Board of Visitors for both the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He lives in London with his wife Helle and has six children.