Our Team

At Centerra Capital, we are fortunate to have the expertise and leadership of Mel in managing our financial operations. With an impressive background in both private and public accounting spanning over 20 years, Mel joined Centerra in 2017 and has since been instrumental in ensuring the success of our corporate finance division and real estate advisory/investment division.

As the head of financial operations, Mel oversees a wide range of critical areas including accounting, treasury, tax, financial planning and analysis, information technology, and investor relations.

Not only does Mel manage our financial operations, but also plays a vital role in the strategic decision-making processes of Centerra. By actively participating in underwriting, due diligence, and analytical aspects of our business activities, Mel brings valuable insights that shape the direction and growth of the company.

Mel graduated from California State University Stanislaus with a Business Administration/Accounting degree.

Paul is Centerra Capital’s founder and principal dealmaker. He works closely with a diverse mix of clients to overcome business challenges to get deals done. Since 1998, Paul and his team at Centerra Capital have allocated more than a billion dollars in financing and moved millions of square-feet of property across California and Oregon. He practices the craft of finance with equal parts discipline and creativity.

Paul is a lifelong resident of California’s Stanislaus County. He is active in the community and has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, as Trustee of the Gallo Center for the Arts, and sat on the Investment Committee and The First Tee of Stanislaus County.

Paul’s professional history includes decades of management experience for small and middle-market companies. His accomplishments span the sectors of finance, agriculture, food-processing and technology. Paul partnered in a joint venture that successfully moved a major food processor into the California nut industry. He was also instrumental in bringing two major technological innovations to agriculture: enterprise data-processing software in the 1970s, and drip irrigation in the early 1980s.

Paul graduated with honors from the University of California, Davis in Agricultural Economics and Business Management and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.