As a co-founder of Peregrine Group, Jon Schultz is responsible for business development, client relationship management and search execution. Jon has successfully placed executives at all functional levels (from Director to Executive Vice President) within originations, mortgage lending, portfolio management, operations, acquisitions, asset management, capital markets, tax-exempt finance, accounting, administration and equity investments. Jon is leading the Peregrine Group foray into the infrastructure/public private partnership (PPP) arena to include entities that invest in, advise, develop and finance these activities. Jon has worked closely with leading multi-national organizations, playing a strategic role in aligning a company’s business strategy to executive leadership and management team selection and hiring initiatives. Jon has also been instrumental in helping his clients establish a presence in major primary and secondary U.S. markets. Prior to Peregrine Group, Jon spent 26 years with Carlyle Group as a Partner directing and executing executive search mandates on a national level. Jon attended DePaul University and is active in numerous professional real estate organizations including the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Urban Land Institute (ULI) as well as the Chicago Real Estate Council (CREC) where he is a Director of the Professional Development Committee. Jon is also an active member and fundraiser for the Metropolitan Chicago YMCA and for the Chicago Public School System.