John Westerfield graduated from Dartmouth College in 1981 with an AB in Government and earned his MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1985. Upon graduation, he joined Morgan Stanley in their investment banking division with a specific focus on the commercial real estate industry. He was promoted to Managing Director in 1996 and subsequently was responsible for the firm’s commercial real estate financing activities. In this role, he advised private and public owners of office buildings, shopping centers, apartment properties and hotels on the best way to finance these assets. In 2008, John Westerfield left Morgan Stanley and formed Braddock Capital Management to make investments in REIT securities and other private real estate investments, including the development of apartment buildings, condos and hotels.