TruAmerica Multifamily Welcomes Stefan Long as Director of Fund Accounting

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Stefan Long
Stefan Long is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (inactive) with 14 years of experience in accounting and commercial real estate. Most recently, Mr. Long was a Fund Controller at Bridge Investment Group. His accounting expertise across banking, hedge funds, private equity, and various other industries will add significant value to the TruAmerica team.

TruAmerica Multifamily, a national, institutionally-focused multifamily investment firm, expanded its leadership team with the addition of Stefan Long as Director of Fund Accounting.

“Stefan brings deep experience and talent that will support TruAmerica in our next phase of growth,” states Tim Siegman, Chief Financial Officer of TruAmerica Multifamily. “His perspective will bolster not only the TruAmerica leadership team but also our valued investors’ experience.”

Mr. Long’s role at TruAmerica includes the supervision and review of all accounting and tax functions for the firm’s various closed-end fund entities with a focus on strategic planning and tax compliance. Mr. Long will be a valuable resource to investors as he assumes existing responsibilities for investor financial and tax reporting.

While at Bridge Investment Group in Salt Lake City, Utah, Stefan Long oversaw the day-to-day financial and accounting operations for various funds encompassing seniors housing and industrial net lease assets. Mr. Long was also a member of the fund valuation committee and held responsibility for waterfall models and fund return metrics.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Long served as a Controller at DW Partners, LP in New York where he oversaw day-to-day financial operations of a multi-strategy hedge fund focused on corporate credit and structured finance, managing approximately $3 billion of capital. He also spent time at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in New York, and Perkins & Co. in Portland, OR. Mr. Long holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR, and a Certified Public Accountant license (inactive) in the state of Oregon.

TruAmerica Multifamily is a national, vertically integrated, institutionally-focused multifamily investment firm based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2013, the firm is one of the most active value-add multifamily investors in the United States, today holding roughly $15 billion of assets under management. TruAmerica has regional headquarters in Arlington, VA, Miami, FL, Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. The firm is ranked as the 24th largest multifamily owner in the United States by the National Multifamily Housing Council, having assembled a national portfolio of approximately 60,000 units, totaling nearly 280 properties in 16 states and more than 30 markets.