The Entire Woodfield Team

Mike Underwood

With his over 30 years of experience, Mike started Woodfield Investments to development high quality multifamily properties from North Carolina through the Mid Atlantic.

Prior to starting Woodfield Investments, Mike was a Senior Vice President for Summit Properties responsible for multifamily development.

In 1985 Mike joined Summit operating a Richmond office performing all of the duties associated with developing class A multifamily properties in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

In 1994 he opened an office for Summit in Raleigh and developed nine communities in the Triangle, one in Charlotte, and two in Philadelphia.

In 2001 he took development responsibility for the Mid Atlantic handling all aspects of Summit’s operations in the Washington Metro area. He has been responsible for two historic rehabilitations in DC, dense garden communities with structured parking and traditional garden properties in Maryland and Virginia.

Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.

Greg Bonifield

Greg has primary responsibility for financing, equity procurement and asset management.  He has arranged financing, partnerships and pre-sales with JP Morgan, Simpson Housing, Bank of America and Regions Bank as well as several private equity groups and syndications. 

Prior to Woodfield Investments, Greg was the Mid-Atlantic Vice President for Summit Properties.   His portfolio included approximately  7,000 units in the Mid-Atlantic and Raleigh, N.C.  and development of 1,500 units in the Mid-Atlantic.

Prior to Summit, Greg was the president of a privately-held management company in Texas. 

Greg received his BBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his MBA at Georgia State in Atlanta, Georgia

Todd Jacobus

Prior to joining Woodfield, Todd was Vice President, Real Estate Investments of Camden Property Trust for the Mid-Atlantic region. His primary responsibilities included overseeing all facets of multifamily development including: site selection, feasibility analysis, design, permitting, construction, marketing, management and finance. He was also responsible for acquisition and disposition of stabilized class-A apartment communities in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Todd was with Summit Properties from 1999 through the merger of Summit into Camden Property Trust in early 2005. While at Summit/Camden, he was responsible for developing over 2,500 multifamily units.

Prior to Camden, Todd began his real estate career in 1992 as Project Manager for CMC Group, Inc. in Miami, Florida. He was involved in the development, construction and sales of more than a million square feet of high rise luxury condominiums and mixed use hotel projects in Miami Beach and Miami’s Brickell Avenue.

Todd received his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Margaret Smith Ford

Margaret joined Woodfield Investments in September 2005 with responsibility for sourcing and developing multifamily deals in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Currently she is responsible for Woodfield’s mixed-use project in Arlington, Virginia -- a 188-unit apartment development with 47,000 square feet of commercial space and three levels of underground parking.

Prior to joining Woodfield Investments, Margaret was a senior development manager with Summit Properties in the Mid-Atlantic region. She worked for Summit Properties for 12 years developing multifamily projects in the Philadelphia and Washington D.C. markets. She was responsible for overseeing projects from their inception through completion. Her experience includes both suburban stick-built projects to historic mid-rise renovations. In addition to developing new projects for Summit, Ms. Ford was also involved in acquisitions for the company after Summit Properties went public in 1994.

Margaret received her B.A. and a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas in Austin. Her graduate degree is from the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Chad M. Hagler

Chad oversees all facets of development in the Carolinas, with particular focus on the Charlotte area. His responsibilities include site selection, market analysis, due diligence, financial analysis, entitlement approval, product design, permitting, construction, marketing, and oversight of 3rd party property management.

Prior to joining Woodfield, he was Director, Real Estate Investments for Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) and its predecessor Summit Properties, managing all of Camden’s development activities in North Carolina.

Prior to Camden/Summit, he was Vice President of Development for a small, family-owned development company based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The Company specialized in affordable housing development and historic rehabilitation performed under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit programs. He was an integral part of the development and/or financing of over $145 million in multifamily investments totaling more than 1600 units.

Chad received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, where he majored in Finance and graduated Cum Laude.

Mike Schwarz

Mike joined Woodfield in late 2007. His primary responsibility is sourcing and developing new multifamily projects in South Carolina and Georgia.

Prior to joining Woodfield, Mike was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Summit Properties. His primary responsibilities included overseeing all investing activities of the company including development, acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to his promotion to COO Mike was Summit¹s Chief Financial Officer for 10 years. During his tenure at Summit Mike was responsible for over $2.5 billion in financing and investing activity.

Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree and Masters in Accounting degree from the University of South Carolina.