Our Team
Your turn-key real estate advisors for the aviation industry.
Ben Garey
Chief Executive Officer
Ben's 15 years of diverse experience are defined by strategic vision, operational efficiency, and team-first leadership. Focusing on emerging technology, data analytics, and strategic finance, he has held leadership positions across various stakeholder roles and driven sustainable improvements in all significant phases of capital projects.
Ben brings unique insights to aviation developments as a private pilot with intimate knowledge of airport operations, facilities, and governance. His hands-on experience and strategic acumen enable him to build robust frameworks that align client capabilities with market opportunities beyond a traditionally narrow lens.
He excels in streamlining operations, fostering continuous improvement, and prioritizing team development and client satisfaction. His career and principles culminate with a team capable of ensuring the organizational agility required to deliver impactful, sustainable, and scalable results, keeping Capstone Aero and its clients at the industry's forefront.
Jordan Deifik
COO | Head of Real Estate Advisory Practice
During the last 20 years, Jordan has led multiple companies in an executive capacity, as well as being instrumental in taking four startup firms from initial concept through stabilized, positive NOI. Concurrently, he managed teams ranging from direct reports through departments and firms with total employment greater than 3,300 persons.
Additionally, he has leveraged advanced financial, legal, and risk-mitigation knowledge to facilitate large-scale acquisition and disposition transactions, with a career totaling $3+ billion in volume while implementing opportunistic, value-add, and core-plus strategies. Related to those efforts, he secured over $600M in equity capital, $825M in primary and secondary debt financing, $118M in public financing, and $90M in revolving lines of credit.
Recognized as an industry leader for accomplishments in real estate, operations, and DEI efforts, Jordan was acknowledged as a Forty Under 40 Business Leader by the Denver Business Journal (2021); a Top Five Gen XYZ Young Professional in Colorado by ColoradoBiz (2021); and received the “Inclusiveness @ Work” Award by the Center for Legal Inclusiveness in the corporate category for his focus on fostering DEI-centric organizational cultures. He is a member of the Business Journals Leadership Trust and has been a licensed real estate broker for over 13 years and in multiple states.