Gerard Salernitano

Gerard Salernitano is the Director of Finance at Journey Capital, which he joined in June 2025. Mr. Salernitano is responsible for collaborating with the firm's executive team on financial strategy, including budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and investor reporting. He oversees the review of monthly operating reports at both the property and joint venture levels, ensuring financial transparency and alignment with investment objectives. Mr. Salernitano works closely with the acquisitions and asset management teams to support underwriting, portfolio performance, and capital planning, and is responsible for building the scalable financial infrastructure to support the firm's continued growth.

Mr. Salernitano began his career at Marcum LLP, where he served as a Staff and Senior Auditor in the firm's real estate practice. At Marcum, he served as senior lead auditor and primary client contact across a range of institutional engagements — working with REITs, family offices, and private equity real estate funds across multifamily, office, industrial, and retail asset classes. He gained deep experience in GAAP compliance, ASC 820 fair value measurement, fund-level financial statement review, and valuation procedures for real estate assets and partnership interests, collaborating directly with property managers, ownership groups, and fund administrators.

During his tenure at Marcum, Mr. Salernitano also served as a Senior Financial Analyst at Vornado Realty Trust, one of the largest institutional real estate platforms in the United States, where he supported budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio analysis across the firm's large-scale diversified portfolio before returning to Marcum to complete his CPA credentials.

Mr. Salernitano is a licensed CPA and holds a B.S. in Accounting and an M.S. in Accountancy and Financial Reporting, both from Rutgers Business School.

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