Mr. Rifkind is responsible for leading the operations and strategic platform at George Smith Partners, Inc. A long-time Real Estate Finance Executive, Mr. Rifkind has a broad range of expertise with an emphasis on restructuring and workouts. In 2008, he organized GSP’s Asset Sales Group, with a focus on selling loans and REO assets on behalf of institutional sellers. He is joined by a seasoned group of professionals with a broad range of market and product expertise. The group specializes in the sale of whole loans and portfolios. Mr. Rifkind is an active public speaker and lecturer on the subjects of the Real Estate Capital Markets, Restructuring, and Real Estate Investing.

He is a member of the board of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, CA.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in both History and International Relations from the University of Southern California.