Brent Jackson

Chief Executive Officer

As Founder & CEO, Brent has over 20 years of experience in Development, Leasing and Project Management. Prior to forming Oaxaca in 2007, Brent worked at P.O’B. Montgomery & Co. with roles in Acquisition and Development focusing on Western US markets. Additionally, he served as asset manager for 73 Albertson’s in Texas and New Mexico, where he helped determine whether to keep, break up and lease, renegotiate the underlying terms or simply dispose of the asset. Before joining P.O’B., Brent was Vice President at Swearingen Realty Group, LLC in Dallas. While at Swearingen, he negotiated land acquisitions and complex long-term leases, completed build-to-suits and developed relationships with a wide spectrum of tenants (national, regional and local). As a Dallas native, Brent graduated from the St. Mark’s School of Texas and earned both his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Business Administration degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2018, Brent began serving on the Advisory Board for Origin Bank, a regional bank with over 40 locations throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Brent works in Dallas’ Urban Core (Oak Cliff) where he has served on the Boards of both the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce and the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

Chris Aaron

Chief Financial Officer​

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Chris Aaron brings ten (10) years of public real estate and private institutional real estate experience.  As

CFO of Oaxaca, he is responsible for the financial strategy of the company and its investments.  Prior to

Oaxaca, Mr. Aaron was a Vice President at Mill Creek Residential, one of the nation’s largest and most

respectable multi-family developers focusing on large Class-A multifamily developments in both high

barrier and high growth markets. In his capacity, he assisted in raising over $600 million of equity capital

and helped lead the platform’s asset/portfolio management for its primary institutional investors.

Prior to Mill Creek, he spent time at the Howard Hughes Corporation, a large ($6.0B) public real estate

developer where he focused on financial management for the Company’s investments in New Orleans,

LA and Summerlin, NV. Additionally, we was integral in the Company’s financial reporting and helped

refine the regulatory reporting process. Mr. Aaron began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in the Transaction Services group where he helped clients access the public markets (debt and equity) and assisted in technical accounting matters. Mr. Aaron graduated with a BS in Human and Organization Development from Vanderbilt University and received a MAcc from the University of Southern California.

Kathie Presas

Operations Coordinator

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Kathie has over 20 years of experience supporting executive teams in a vast array of industries including real estate, private equity, insurance and accounting. In her capacity at Oaxaca Interests, she supports the Chief Executive Officer/President and Chief Financial Officer while assisting with investment materials, research, special projects and client relations. Prior to joining Oaxaca, Kathie worked for Mill Creek Residential Trust, a national multifamily company focused on the development, acquisition and operation of apartment communities, where she supported the Executive Chairman, Chief Investment Officer and President of Investment Management. Prior to joining Mill Creek, Kathie worked for a TPG Capital investment company, where she supported the Chief Executive Officer and assisted the project management team with a major restructuring of a systems training program.  At Endeavour Capital, a West Coast boutique private equity firm, Kathie assisted the Managing Partners and oversaw the expansion of the Los Angeles office. During her time at Thomas Properties Group (NYSE: TPGI), a formerly publicly-traded corporation focused on owning, acquiring, developing, and managing office and retail properties throughout the United States, she worked with the acquisitions and dispositions team and spearheaded the preparation of RFP responses to institutional investors.

Donna Leavell

Director of Purchasing​

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Donna has 30 years of experience in the construction industry working in various roles.  She started her

career during high school working for a local lumber company in Colorado.   She moved to Texas in the

80’s and worked for a couple of lumber companies prior to eventually moving into the homebuilding

industry in various accounting, estimating, and purchasing rolls.  She has worked in the Florida, New

Mexico and now has worked her way back to the DFW area where she has spent most of her career. 

Most recently, Donna has served as Director of Purchasing for small to medium and large national

homebuilders. Donna enjoys spending time with her family and friends, along with her two adorable

Pomeranians.