Jonathan Fearn

Biography: Jonathan Fearn is Sr. Vice President, Development with Signature Development Group, an Oakland-based development firm specializing in the acquisition and development of commercial, residential, mixed-use, master-planned and adaptive reuse properties. Prior to his current role, Jonathan was Head of Development of Oak Impact Group, a locally based investment and development firm, and has spent over 15 years in institutional scale residential development – serving as Managing Director of Greystar, where he oversaw all development activities for Greystar in Northern California – a pipeline of over 5,000 units and $3B in value, and as Vice President at SummerHill Housing Group. Jonathan spent his early career working for Em Johnson Interest, a development firm that specialized in affordable housing and economic development projects within low-income communities. Jonathan recently completed a seven-year stint as a member of the Oakland Planning Commission. He also serves a board member of MidPen Housing, Housing Trust Silicon Valley, Housing Action Coalition, and the Council of Infill Builders. He was formally a Co-Chair of the AllHome Regional Impact Council (RIC) – a roundtable of stakeholders convened to address housing insecurity and homelessness, and a founding member of the Casita Coalition, a non-profit created to advocate for ADUs and small building forms.