Jay Butterfield is ARA’s Executive Managing Director, Head of Business Development, responsible for directing sales, marketing, and investor relations for ARA’s real estate platform and services to the institutional investment community.

Mr. Butterfield also serves as a member of the firm’s Leadership Committee. Prior to joining ARA, Mr. Butterfield was a Vice-President with Prudential Investments, where he represented the firm’s multi-asset investment capabilities to Taft-Hartley plans, public employee retirement systems, and corporate plan sponsors in the Western United States and Canada. He has been a CFA® charterholder since 1984.

Mr. Butterfield has over 47 years of experience and earned a B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.