Focused on High-growth Sunbelt U.S. Markets

Member of Board of Directors

Kevin Lambert was named Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Communities in 2007. Kevin has nearly three decades of financial and operating experience with the Company. As CFO, Lambert oversees financial reporting and analysis, strategic planning, risk management, tax and information technology functions. He also manages the corporate credit facilities for Crescent Communities and acts as chair for its internal investment committee. Kevin has led many of the Company’s major financing transactions representing nearly $2.5 billion in total capital.

Kevin joined Crescent Communities in 1993 and previously held the positions of vice president-controller, commercial division controller and senior accountant. Before joining Crescent Communities, Kevin worked for Deloitte & Touche of Charlotte.

Active in the community and industry, Lambert serves on several advisory boards including the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate at UNC-Charlotte and is past chairman of the board at Lake Norman Charter School in Huntersville. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Kevin earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s in accounting, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kevin and his wife, Angie reside in Cornelius and have 2 children.

Member of Board of Directors, Executive Committee & Investment Committee

Jason LaBonte, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer joined Crescent Communities in 2016. He oversees Crescent Communities’ investment strategy, capital markets and finance activities across the platform including multifamily, commercial, build-to-rent and investment management business. As a part of this role, he is responsible for joint venture equity and debt relationships, underwriting, finance, dispositions and coordination with asset management functions. He is also a member of Crescent Communities’ Investment Committee and a member of the Board of Directors. Jason plays a key role in strategic initiatives and the acquisition and development of assets.

Jason has over twenty-five years of real estate experience and more than twenty years of capital markets and private equity experience working as a Managing Director for Bank of America Merrill Lynch both in New York City and Charlotte, where he executed over $50 billion in transactions within the firms Leverage Finance, Real Estate Investment Banking and Global Strategic Capital groups. Jason was most recently with Centennial Holding Company, LLC, as Managing Director of Corporate Development, leading the firm's efforts for capital raising while also focusing on strategic planning, platform development and investor relations. Jason has served on numerous for-profit boards including Archstone Inc., IPREO, Themarkets.com and the National Stock Exchange.

Jason received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has an MBA with a focus in finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Jason also holds the designation of Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst. Jason currently serves as the Chairman on the Charlotte city advisory board of Entryway, a non-profit that transitions individuals experiencing homelessness to economic self-sufficiency, and formally served for the Board of Carolinas Student Hunger Drive.  He is also active with ULI as a member of the Capital Markets Committee and Multifamily Platinum Council.