Commercial/Multifamily People in the News, Sept. 17, 2026

(Kenneth Sacco, courtesy of PACE Loan Group)

PACE Loan Group Welcomes Kenneth Sacco as CFO

PACE Loan Group, Minneapolis, Minn., announced Kenneth Sacco as CFO.

Sacco brings more than 25 years of strategic finance leadership to PACE. He will be responsible for the company’s accounting, finance, treasury and capital markets functions.

Sacco began his career at Ernst & Young and KPMG. He has also worked for Lehman Bros., Barclays Capital, CBRE and JLL. Most recently he held senior corporate finance and treasury roles at Netflix and Life Time.

JLL Names DeJeana Kilgore to Lead Americas Consulting Business

JLL, Chicago, announced the appointment of DeJeana Kilgore as head of consulting, Americas.

Kilgore now oversees the region’s corporate real estate consulting business, focusing on transformation, workplace strategy, AI in real estate and other key facets.

She is returning to JLL after serving as a director within the firm’s Work Dynamics division from 2014 to 2018. She has more than 20 years of experience across technology, design, real estate and consulting, and most recently was a partner at EY-Parthenon.

Gantry Adds Matthew Gavula in St. Louis

Gantry, San Francisco, has added Matthew Gavula as a director in the firm’s St. Louis production office.

He is responsible for developing a roster of clients and securing financing for their behalf for properties across the spectrum of commercial real estate.

Gavula was most recently an account executive with Stripe. He has also worked with The Farmer’s Fridge, Litera Microsystems and Robert Half.