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APril 18, 2025

PACE Loan Group hires two C-PACE experts in originations and servicing

Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 18, 2025)PACE Loan Group has hired Julie Locke and Emily Ramey, experienced C-PACE professionals with more than 20 years of CRE and PACE experience. They will join PLG on Monday, April 14, 2025. 

Julie Locke

Julie Locke is joining PLG as vice president -- Loan Servicing after spending the last five years at Inland Green Capital, a C-PACE lender that ceased new originations earlier this year. She has a wide range of experience in financial functions, including market data research and analytics, property valuation, operational analysis, as well as credit risk assessment. She will report to Karen Raitanen, senior vice president – Servicing, and work from PLG’s Chicago office.

Julie Locke

Emily Ramey is joining PLG as assistant vice president -- Originations from GreenRock Capital, where she was in C-PACE originations and business development. She has more than 15 years of experience in finance, energy and sustainability-related public and private sector organizations with roles in lending, sales, business development, government affairs, and corporate communications. She will report to Peter Grabell, Managing Director – Head of Production, and provide a new Northern California and Bay Area presence for PLG.

“Given the increased interest from sponsors and the growth of C-PACE legislation across the country, PLG’s volume and portfolio is growing at a rapid clip, and we are staffing up accordingly, adding to both our originations team as well as our in-house loan servicing,”  said Rafi Golberstein, CEO and founder – PACE Loan Group. “Emily and Julie will bring tremendous value to our company and our clients and be able to hit the ground running for us.”

PLG now operates from four offices – the Minneapolis headquarters, Chicago, San Diego, and New York City.  The company added seven new roles in 2024, and two in 2025, bringing the number of employees to 26.

As the leading direct C-PACE lender, PLG has completed more than 180 C-PACE loans across 19 states with institutional backing from AB CarVal, a part of Alliance Bernstein.

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