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Lorne Polger

Co-Founder, Pathfinder Partners
Franklin L. Burns School Advisory Board

Lorne is the co-founder and senior managing director of Pathfinder Partners, a real estate private equity firm based in San Diego that has acquired over $2 billion in assets since its inception. Prior to co-founding Pathfinder in 2006, he practiced real estate law for more than 20 years, and was the head of the Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use team at Procopio, San Diego’s largest law firm. Lorne is recognized for his multifamily expertise, having directly participated in the acquisition, disposition, financing and development of apartment and condominium transactions exceeding $7 billion in value. Mr. Polger graduated with a BA in Political Science from Colorado College, cum laude, in 1984 and earned his law degree from UCLA in 1988. Lorne was a 2015 finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Program. He is currently a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Bank, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tony award winning La Jolla Playhouse, the president of the Board of Directors of the HealingNET Foundation, and a member of the Board of Directors of Jewish Colorado. A resident of both Denver and San Diego, he has been an active member in various community organizations, local charities and businesses.