Meet Our Team

Mr. Voss, Founder and CEO of Windmass, is responsible for the overall management, operations, and strategy of the firm. Mr. Voss is involved in all aspects of the Firm’s investment activities and provides leadership related to the Firm’s investment activities in the commercial real estate sector. He has accumulated over 14 years of experience in commercial real estate across; investment banking, structured finance, asset management, and acquisitions, which led to Mr. Voss launching his own Real Estate Private Equity Firm. Prior to WindMass, Mitchell was a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Group, where he focused on origination CMBS, balance sheets, and bridge loans.

Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Voss held positions at UBS Realty, as an acquisitions and asset management associate performing both development and acquisitions along with asset management on multifamily, industrial, office and retail; Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Structured Finance Group; Centerline Capital with a focus on multi-family lending and due diligence; and at Lake Pacific Partners in the private equity group focused on consumer products.

Mr. Voss received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Denver and a Certificate of Commercial Real Estate from Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business.

Mr. Reed is a Partner with Wingate Partners, a private equity group based in Dallas that acquires controlling interest in middle market companies. During his 25-year career at Wingate, Mr. Reed has been involved with three private equity funds that have performed in the top quartile of their peers and has been a Partner in funds totaling over $500 million in commitments. He has served on the board of 12 companies and served as Co-Chairman of Western Marketing. He led the financing for six platform acquisitions. Prior to Wingate, Mr. Reed was a Case Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, an international management consulting firm. Over the course of his six-year career in consulting, he worked on numerous projects in the areas of corporate strategy and operational improvement. He is also a general partner in all of WindMass’ investment vehicles since late 2019. Jason holds a Certificate in Commercial Real Estate from Cornell University’s SC Johnson School of Business, a BS in Economics and Finance from Oklahoma State University, an MS in Finance from London School of Economics, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Reed currently serves on the boards of Binswanger Glass, The HC Companies, and Dallas Hope Charities.

Mr. Bessette is a Vice President with WindMass Capital. His primary focus includes deal sourcing, underwriting, raising debt and equity capital, and acquisition of multi-family assets across the state of Texas as well as managing all efforts related to dispositions. Mr. Bessette has worked at WindMass Capital since 2019 when WindMass owned 500 units, has been promoted to VP, and now heads the acquisition team. Prior to WindMass Capital, Mr. Bessette worked at Presidium Group on their Acquisitions and Development team and focused on value-add multifamily acquisitions in Dallas and Fort Worth. Mr. Bessette holds a BBA in Finance and a BA in History from Southern Methodist University. 

Mr. Liekhus is an Associate with WindMass Capital. He began working for the firm in June 2020 as an intern before joining the team full time as an analyst in June 2021, shortly after his graduation from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Liekhus holds a BBA in Finance with a Concentration in Real Estate Finance and a minor in history from Southern Methodist University where he graduated in the spring of 2021. He primarily focuses on sourcing, underwriting, and acquiring multifamily properties across the state of Texas and assists in all aspects of acquisitions and dispositions. 

Christiana Kelley joined WindMass Capital in 2022 as an Investor Relations Associate. Christiana graduated from Southern Methodist University. Prior to WindMass, she spent five years as a Private Wealth Associate at Merrill Lynch Private Bank and holds her series 7 and 66 licenses. Christiana works closely with Acquisitions and Asset Management.

Sarah Saadeh, joined WindMass Capital in May 2022. Prior to WindMass Capital Sarah co-lead the Closing department at Leon Capital Group and was in charge of all dispositions. Prior to Leon Capital Group, Sarah was part of the Goldman Sachs Real Estate Investment Banking Closing department.