Vanessa Ferrer

Vanessa Ferrer is the Director of Finance for Reich Brothers and brings over 15 years’ experience in private sector accounting, and 5 years’ experience in public accounting. Prior to joining Reich Brothers, Vanessa was a Fund Controller with Ares Management, a publicly traded global alternative asset manager, and AREA Property Partners (fka Apollo Real Estate Advisors), a real estate investment management firm, where she was responsible for the accounting and reporting of several equity funds with assets in excess of $2 billion. In a dual role as an asset manager for 4 years, Vanessa was responsible for several development and multi-family projects including the re-construction of the Hyatt New Orleans, a 1200 room hotel that was devastated during Hurricane Katrina. Vanessa is NYS CPA, with a M.S. in Commercial Real Estate Finance and Investment from the New York University Shack Institute, and a B.B.A in Public Accounting from Pace University. Vanessa is also the founder of Merch Cat, a technology platform that facilitates the sale and management of music merchandise at live shows.