John M. Stevens, CRI
Mr. Stevens is a Co-founder and Principal of McCary Stevens. He has over 30 years of commercial real estate experience. Prior to MSA, he spent 15 years in Aetna's commercial mortgage real estate area underwriting and investing in commercial mortgage loans. He was Region Head for the West Coast Region (including California, the Pacific Northwest and Mountain States) and later was responsible for loan production in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Mr. Stevens was also a voting member on Aetna's commercial mortgage investment committee. During market downturns, he restructured maturing loans, negotiated early loan prepayments, appraised real estate collateral securing mortgages, identified event risks in mortgage portfolios and developed strategies to mitigate loan losses. Prior to joining Aetna, Mr. Stevens was a commercial real estate analyst at State Mutual Life in Worcester, MA, where he underwrote mortgages, acquired real estate equity properties, and managed owned properties in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Prior to that, Mr. Stevens worked for MassMutual Economic Realty Research, Inc. as a Real Estate Analyst. He is a Board Member of the Urban Suburban Affordables (a Hartford Area Non-Profit housing organization). A Pittsburg State University (1970) graduate with a BA in Economics, he earned his Masters Degree in Urban Economics at the University of Missouri (1971).