Bio
Gabby Parcella joined Merlone Geier in 2018. Ms. Parcella is President of Merlone Geier Management, LLC (MGM), has primary responsibility for oversight of MGM’s operating team and shares investment management strategy with Messrs. McPherson and Lischke. She is a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Merlone Geier, Ms. Parcella was the Chairman, President and CEO of Mellon Capital, a $380 billion institutional investment management firm focused on index and multi-asset strategies. For seven years, Ms. Parcella oversaw and coordinated the fully integrated company including Investments, Operations, Distribution, Legal, Regulatory and Compliance. During her 20-year career at Mellon Capital, Ms. Parcella held numerous other leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to Mellon Capital, Ms. Parcella was a tax attorney at Orrick. Ms. Parcella graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, earning a M.A. in Professional Accounting and a B.A. in Business Administration, both with High Honors. In 1994, she earned a J.D. with Distinction from the Stanford Law School and was elected Business Manager of the school’s Law Review. She is admitted to the California State Bar and is fluent in Spanish. Ms. Parcella is a director of Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE:TRNO), an industrial REIT with a strategic focus in six major U.S. coastal markets. Additionally, she serves as an Independent Trustee on the Dodge & Cox Funds Board of Trustees. Ms. Parcella is a member of the Stanford Law School and the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Dean’s Advisory Councils and the Stanford Real Estate Council. She was formerly chair of the Board of Schools of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco. Ms. Parcella was named one of the area’s “Most Influential Women” by the San Francisco Business Times in 2016. In 2017, Fortune and ALPFA ranked her third on their “50 Most Powerful Latinas in Corporate America.” In 2020, Ms. Parcella received the University of Texas Distinguished Alumnus Award. She is resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Areas of Interest
- Deal Type
- Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation