Shannon Stotts
Head of CRE Credit
Shannon Stotts is the Head of CRE Credit and Asset Management for Saluda Grade CRE. She has 25+ years in commercial real estate finance with an extensive track record in complex debt and equity transactions. Prior to joining Saluda Grade, she was Chief Credit Officer and Head of Asset Management for Real Estate Credit at Manulife Investment Management. Previously, she had various roles at Island Capital and its affiliates, serving as Chief Credit Officer for Exantas, a publicly traded mortgage REIT, and Managing Director in the Island New York City Recovery Fund. Prior to Island, she led Floating Rate Capital Markets at Natixis Real Estate Finance and had various roles in credit, structuring, and distribution at Lehman Brothers, including as a senior member of the team working out the commercial real estate portfolio post-bankruptcy. Ms. Stotts holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in Quantitative Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business.