About Prometheus

Management Team

Jackie Safier

President

As President at Prometheus, Jackie Safier has earned a really primo parking space. Jackie has 20 years of experience in property development and management (which is roughly equivalent to 150 normal years) and has been with Prometheus for 20 years. This depth of experience guides Safier as she leads the strategic direction for operations, property management, development, and acquisitions for the company. During her time behind the wheel, Prometheus has racked up more than 50 design and industry awards. Safier continues to guide Prometheus and its full-service approach as the company grows and expands its commitment to excellence.

Safier is no stranger to hitting the books. She received her Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University. Safier also completed her junior year with honors at the London School of Economics, the alma matter of Mick Jagger.

Safier is currently on the Policy Advisory Board for University of California Berkeley’s Fisher Center of Real Estate and Urban Economics. She also serves on the board of the University of California, San Francisco Foundation.

Clay Parker

CFO Executive VP & Partner

Clay Parker brings more than 20 years of experience and dozens of burnt out calculators to his position as the Chief Financial Officer for Prometheus. Parker applies his sharp eye and financial expertise to Prometheus’ financial, information technology and risk management activities. He also oversees a team of approximately 70 members within the treasury, finance, accounting, tax, information technology and risk management areas.

Prior to joining Prometheus, Parker wore many senior level hats at JPI during a 10-year tenure. He was the Executive Vice President and CFO for the eastern division in McLean, Va., providing leadership to the five regional offices, and Executive Vice President of financial services at the home office in Irving, Texas, overseeing the accounting, tax, treasury, risk management and financial planning teams.

Parker’s favorite colors are burnt orange and white as a graduate of the University of Texas, Austin where he earned a BBA in Accounting and later became a Certified Public Accountant.

John Millham

Executive VP & Partner Acquisitions

A game of Monopoly with John Millham can only end in tears. He has acquired more than $1 billion worth of development projects and apartment communities for Prometheus during the past decade. Millham is the Executive Vice President of Acquisitions for the entrepreneurial and award-winning private owner of multi-family properties. Millham has 17 years of industry experience and is responsible for all of Prometheus’ acquisition strategy and activities. Millham has helped grow Prometheus’ portfolio to a whopping 18,000 apartments and one million square feet of commercial office and retail space.

Before joining Prometheus, Millham was a Development Manager for SNK Realty Group in San Francisco. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, is a licensed real estate broker in California, is on the board of directors of the National Multifamily Housing Council and is a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Jon Moss

Executive VP & Partner Development

If it’s land, Jon Moss can develop it. Jon is responsible for development activity for Prometheus’ $4 billion portfolio, which consists of 18,000 apartments and one million square feet of commercial office and retail space. Prometheus has developed more than 60 projects on the West Coast alone. That’s enough to make anyone go cross-eyed. But not Jon Moss. He has 18 years of industry experience including his last 11 years with Prometheus where he has successfully directed the company’s development strategy.

Moss has a strong sense of design and leads development with a personal approach. Whether it’s a vibrant, urban, mixed-use project or a more relaxed suburban location, there is an attention to detail from every inch of the floor plan to every material selected. Under Moss’ leadership, the firm has been the recipient of countless design and industry awards reflecting its commitment to developing unique, stylish communities.

Previously, Moss was a senior project manager for Ocwen Financial and has put his mark on the development of multi-family and commercial projects including office, retail and hotel developments throughout the United States.

Moss received his Masters in Business Administration, Real Estate Development, from the University of California, Berkeley. He also graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Moss is also a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Darren Carrington

Senior VP of Portfolio Management

When he wasn’t exploring the wilds of California with his wife and children, or dreaming of cruising the autobahn in a vintage BMW M5, Darren Carrington found time to handle billions in real estate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, oversee thousands of units and manage millions of square feet of residential and commercial property. And that’s just some of what he’s done during his 20+ years of experience.

Prior to joining Prometheus, Carrington worked with AvalonBay Communities in Virginia, Camden Property Trust in Houston and MIG Realty Advisors in California. He started his own real estate consulting firm, worked with one of the largest privately held pension fund advisors in the country and keeps keen focus on maximizing investment value. That’ll come in handy as Carrington assists Prometheus in their acquisition efforts, sources and manages third party equity relationships and contributes to commercial and residential asset management functions.

Now if he can just source that M5.

Blaine Emmons, ESQ.

SVP Tax & Treasury | Senior Counsel

Blaine Emmons is the Senior Vice President of Tax and Treasury as well as Senior Counsel for Prometheus. He is responsible for entity structuring, litigation and risk management, tax, treasury, cash management, short-term financing, corporate governance and office services.

Before joining Prometheus, Emmons was with Arthur Andersen LLP and Ernst & Young LLP in San Francisco. He is a member of the California State Bar and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and formerly a member of the President’s Council of the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, D.C.

Emmons received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California at San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, and graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, Riverside, with Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Terri Lynn Cardona

SVP of Human Resources

Terri Lynn Cardona is responsible for keeping the ship afloat. Cardona runs all areas of human resources including recruitment, staffing, health care and benefits administration, payroll administration and training for Prometheus’ more than 700 employees. As the Vice President of Human Resources, Cardona leads the human resources department, which serves to empower all Prometheans to “surprise and delight” those who live in Prometheus communities and to create a living experience that is distinctly Prometheus.

Prior to joining Prometheus, Cardona was most recently director of human resources at the W Hotel in San Francisco, where she was part of a team that brought the W brand experience to employees. Cardona also brings valuable experience in various retail and consulting companies including Krispy Kreme, Administaff, American Protective Services (now Securitas), and Coastal Ventures, a franchise of Wendy’s.

Cardona has a Master’s of Science in Instructional and Performance Technology from, home of the Smurf Turf, Boise State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from San Jose State University.  Cardona is on the faculty for UC Berkeley's extension program, where she is developing tomorrows human resource leaders through the certificate program.

Kevin Wilkinson

VP of Accounting

Kevin Wilkinson brings over 15 years of financial and accounting experience to his position as the Vice President of Accounting for Prometheus.

Prior to joining Prometheus, Wilkinson crunched numbers as the Chief Financial Officer for Knowledge Networks, where he helped the company achieve its first profitable year and oversaw financial planning and analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, financial reporting, fixed asset, risk management, treasury, stock administration, human resources, legal, real estate and tax reporting and compliance. In short, he did it all. Wilkinson has also held corporate controller positions with Design Within Reach, Jamba Juice Company and was a senior auditor with Ireland San Filippo.

Wilkinson has a Bachelor of Science in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and a minor in economics from San Jose State University. Wilkinson is a certified public accountant.

Craig Maness

VP of Technology

Craig Maness is Vice President of Technology for Prometheus and is a firm believer in the power of push-ups. He was previously the Director of Information Systems for Prometheus and has more than 17 years of technology experience. As the Vice President of Technology, Maness is responsible for managing Prometheus’ information services team. He also oversees network and server hardware, telecommunications, low voltage/audio video design and property management software for Prometheus’ corporate office and more than 18,000 award-winning units in the Western United States. Prometheus relies heavily on technology to best serve the company’s neighbors in all markets, and utilizes Maness’ leadership and industry expertise to position Prometheus for continued growth.

Maness has put in extensive time working with high tech wireless companies in the Silicon Valley, including Alvarion Inc., InterWAVE Communications Inc. and Wireless Inc. His experience includes enterprise resource planning management and engineering change software/hardware oversight. Maness also served in the U.S. Navy for five years in the Bomb Disposal and Marine Mammal Programs and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in management information systems from San Jose State University.