Whitson A. Huffman

Whitson A. Huffman is the president and chief strategy and investment officer of Capital Square Apartment REIT, Inc. He also serves as chief strategy and investment officer of our advisor. Huffman is also co-chief executive officer of our sponsor, Capital Square, where he is responsible for the oversight of the company’s investment activity, which includes leadership of the firm’s real estate investments related to its Delaware statutory trust/Section 1031 exchanges, qualified opportunity zone funds and other private placement investment offerings. Prior to joining Capital Square, Huffman was with JBG Smith (formerly The JBG Companies), an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust and fund manager with a $4.5 billion market capitalization. While at JBG Smith, he developed 1,300 residential units and more than 210,000 square feet of retail space and sought entitlements for over 1,500 residential units and 350,000 square feet of retail space. Previously, Huffman was employed as a consultant in the financial services group at Ernst & Young, working on multifaceted banking and capital markets projects for systemically important financial institutions.

Huffman earned a Bachelor of Science from the Miami University Farmer School of Business in finance and a Master of Real Estate in finance from Georgetown University. He is active in a number of programs, including the National Multifamily Housing Council, the National Capital Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives’ inaugural Rising Leaders Council. The IPA Rising Leaders Council focuses on introducing professionals to the portfolio diversifying investments industry and helping to create dynamic and engaging conference and educational programming for the IPA.