About Bluerock Homes

Mr. Kamfar serves as Chief Executive Officer of our Manager, and as the Chairman of our board of directors and as our Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Kamfar served as Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from August 2008 to October 2022. In addition, Mr. Kamfar has served as Chairman of the board of trustees of Bluerock Total Income + Real Estate Fund, a closed-end interval fund organized by Bluerock, since 2012, and as Chairman of the board of trustees of Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund, a closed-end interval fund organized by Bluerock, since 2022.  Mr. Kamfar has also served as Chairman of the board of directors of Bluerock Industrial Growth REIT, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of its external manager, Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC, since 2021.  Mr. Kamfar is the Founder and has also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bluerock since 2002.  Mr. Kamfar has approximately 30 years of experience in various aspects of real estate, private equity, and investment banking.  From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Kamfar worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, New York, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.  From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Kamfar built a startup into a leading public company in the “fast casual” market now known as Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. Mr. Kamfar received an M.B.A. degree with distinction in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. degree with distinction in Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mr. Ruddy serves as President of our Manager, and as our President.  Mr. Ruddy served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from August 2008 to October 2022.  In addition, Mr. Ruddy has served as President of Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund, as well co-portfolio manager of its adviser Bluerock Fund Advisor since October 2013, as President of Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund, since 2022 and as President of Bluerock Industrial Growth REIT, Inc. and its external manager, Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC, since 2021.  Mr. Ruddy joined Bluerock in 2002 and has continuously served in various senior management capacities for it and its affiliates.  Mr. Ruddy has approximately 30 years of experience in real estate acquisitions, financings, management and dispositions.  Prior to joining Bluerock, Mr. Ruddy served as a real estate investment banker at Banc of America Securities LLC and Smith Barney Inc., as well as Vice President of Amerimar Enterprises, a real estate company specializing in value-added investments nationwide, where he managed acquisitions, financings, leasing, asset management and dispositions involving over 1.5 million square feet of commercial and multifamily real estate.  Mr. Ruddy received an M.B.A. degree in Finance and Real Estate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. degree with high honors in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Mr. MacDonald serves as Chief Investment Officer of our Manager, and as our Chief Investment Officer.  Mr. MacDonald served as the Chief Investment Officer of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from January 2021 to October 2022, and as its Chief Acquisitions Officer from October 2017 until January 2021.  In addition, Mr. MacDonald has served as Chief Investment Officer of the external manager of Bluerock Industrial Growth REIT, Inc., Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC, since 2021.  Mr. MacDonald joined Bluerock in 2008 and has continuously served in various senior acquisition and disposition capacities.  To date, with Bluerock, Mr. MacDonald has been involved with real estate transactions with an aggregate value of approximately $6.4 billion.  Prior to joining Bluerock, Mr. MacDonald was an Analyst for PNC Realty Investors (formerly Mercantile Real Estate Advisors), where he served as part of an investment team that made more than $1.2 billion in investments within all tranches of the capital structure.  Mr. MacDonald received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mr. Vohs serves as Chief Financial Officer of our Manager, and as our Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Vohs served as Chief Financial Officer of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from October 2017 to October 2022.  In addition, Mr. Vohs has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Bluerock Industrial Growth REIT, Inc. and its external manager, Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC, since 2021.  Mr. Vohs joined Bluerock in July 2010 and has continuously served in various senior accounting and financial capacities for it and its affiliates.  Prior to joining Bluerock, Mr. Vohs served as Corporate Controller for Roberts Realty Investors, Inc., a public multifamily REIT based in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 2009 to July 2010.  From October 2004 to March 2009, Mr. Vohs worked at Pulte Homes, a nationwide builder of single-family homes, in various financial roles, including as Internal Audit Manager & Asset Manager and later as Vice President of Finance for Pulte’s Orlando and Southeast Florida operations.  From January 1999 to October 2004, Mr. Vohs worked as an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche, an international professional services firm, where he earned his CPA certification.  Mr. Vohs received his B.A. degree in Accounting from Michigan State University.

Mr. DiFranco serves as Executive Vice President, Operations of our Manager, and as our Executive Vice President, Operations. Mr. DiFranco served as Executive Vice President, Operations of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from November 2018 to October 2022, with responsibility for the operational and financial performance of its multi-family housing portfolio.  Previously, from 2005 to 2016, Mr. DiFranco held several roles of increasing responsibilities with Apartment & Investment Management Company (NYSE:  AIV), including serving four years as Senior Vice President of Financial Operations.  From 2016 to 2018, Mr. DiFranco served as Senior Vice President of Financial Operations with The Irvine Company Apartment Communities, overseeing Revenue Management, Business Intelligence and Portfolio Management.  Mr. DiFranco received a B.A. in Business from Texas A&M University, College Station, an M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin, and an M.S. in Information Systems from The University of Colorado, Denver.

Mr. Emala serves as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of our Manager, and as our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Mr. Emala has served as Secretary of Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund, as well as General Counsel of both Bluerock Capital Markets and Bluerock Asset Management since May 2018.  In addition, Mr. Emala has served as Secretary of Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit fund, since 2022 and as of Bluerock Industrial Growth REIT, Inc. and its external manager, Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC and as Chief Legal Officer of its external manager, Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC since 2021.  Prior to joining Bluerock in May 2018, Mr. Emala held senior legal positions at a number of sponsors/broker-dealers in the alternative investment space, including Cantor Fitzgerald from June 2016 to May 2018.  Prior to these roles, Mr. Emala was an associate at international law firms White & Case, LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.  Mr. Emala earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park, a J.D., with honors, from the George Washington University Law School and an LLM in Securities and Financial Regulation from the Georgetown University Law Center.