Mr. Gibson is a Founding Partner and serves as the Chief Investment Officer for NEWSTAR where he leads investment sourcing, analysis and execution across the Company’s strategies.

Previously, Mr. Gibson served as Senior Vice President of Investments for Preferred Apartment Communities where he led the acquisition of real estate assets totaling more than $640 million in value across the Southeast United States. Before Preferred Apartment Communities, Mr. Gibson served as a Vice President at Eastdil Secured, a leading real estate investment bank, where he marketed more than $4 billion in real estate investment sales across the Southeast. Prior to Eastdil Secured, Mr. Gibson worked for VRA Partners, an Atlanta-based investment bank.

Mr. Gibson holds a B.A. in Economics from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.