ANDY LENNETTE, CFA is the Director of Real Assets at Silver Creek. He is responsible for the development and execution of the firm’s valuation policies, practices and procedures as it relates to Real Asset strategies, and for establishing policies and procedures regarding how the firm underwrites, evaluates and monitors timberland properties. Mr. Lennette has over 15 years of experience with real asset investments, including portfolio management, due diligence, transaction underwriting, valuation, research and operations. Prior to joining Silver Creek, Mr. Lennette held various roles at several timberland investment organizations, including Olympic Resource Management, the Forestland Group and the Hancock Timber Resource Group. He also spent seven years as a Director of Private Equity with AEGON USA Reality Advisors, where he focused on the underwriting and management of real asset investments in a fund-of-funds strategy. Mr. Lennette holds an MBA from the University of Arkansas, a M.S. in Forest Biometry from Oregon State University, a B.S. in Forest Management from California State Polytechnic University. He is a CFA® charterholder.