Sean Raft
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel.
Urban Catalyst
Sean Raft currently serves as chief administrative officer and general counsel of Urban Catalyst, a multi-asset opportunity zones fund sponsor located in Silicon Valley. Raft is a seasoned professional with substantial experience in real estate, law, and securities, and provides senior fund management through supervision, analysis, and advice on company structure, compliance, finance, accounting, organizational and legal strategies, and oversight of relationships with the company’s outside third-party service providers specializing in those practice areas. Raft served in this capacity with our manager’s affiliate since the beginning of 2019 and, in 2020, was admitted as a member of The Opportunity Zones Working Group, which advises the U.S. Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, members of Congress, and other federal and state agencies on best practices and practical applications for the opportunity zones incentive. Raft has served as portfolio manager of a real estate trust with approximately $150 million in assets where he directly managed business accounts and employees, supervised the management of hundreds of residential units, provided regular financial analysis, pursued investment opportunities, negotiated and drafted contracts and various other transactional documents, and litigated various matters as lead trial counsel on behalf of the company.
