Mark Ruff

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Mark Ruff brings four decades of diverse experience across the real estate industry, blending expertise in finance, investment, development, brokerage, teaching, and consulting. He began his career in 1988 as a Financial Analyst with a Southern California development firm and later joined Arthur Andersen’s Real Estate Capital Markets Group, where he worked on high-profile transactions including bank mergers, securitizations, and large-scale acquisitions.

He went on to establish his own brokerage and property management firm before taking leadership roles at an affordable housing development company, where he advanced from Director of Acquisitions to Vice President of Investments. In these positions, he directed affordable housing acquisitions, site underwriting, and investment strategy for complex real estate assets. Mark has also advised international investors, prepared pro-formas for residential and mixed-use developments, and consulted on U.S. real estate market cycles.

As an educator, Mark has taught at USC, UCLA Extension, and through national professional training programs. At UCLA, he designed and delivered courses in real estate development, market analysis, finance, and investment, including UCLA’s first course in affordable housing development. He recently designed and launched a groundbreaking course, Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate, in Fall 2025.

Mark holds a Bachelor’s degree from USC, an MBA from Woodbury University, a Master of Real Estate Development from USC, and a Professional Designation in Construction Management from UCLA. Beyond his professional work, he has served with nonprofit organizations focused on housing rights and LGBTQ+ advocacy, and he is an avid cyclist who has participated in charity rides such as the 545-mile AIDS LifeCycle ride.

Anthony Mason

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Anthony Mason is the Founding Principal of AMA Project Management (an Anthony Mason Associatiates, Inc. Company), an Independent Project Management Consultancy established in 1984 and incorporated in 1987 in Los Angeles whose primary focus is the representation of Clients in the Project Management of commercial / non-profit projects of various types, scales and complexities.

In 1984, Tony created the Intent of Design IGMP/GMP Project Delivery Method as an alternative to Design/Bid/Build which was subsequently renamed by Harvard GSD as the “Integrated Project Management Approach” (IPMA) to Project Delivery in response to the challenges encountered on the Four Seasons Hotel Development in Los Angeles.

Since then, he has successfully completed approximately 130 projects utilizing this method that was the subject of a Publication by Harvard GSD in 2009 of the LMU William H. Hannon Library.

AMAPM’s project list includes:-

  • Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles
  • Loews Hotel (now Regent), Santa Monica
  • Bacara Resort & Spa (now Ritz Carlton), Santa Barbara
  • Beverly Hilton Hotel Renovation, Beverly Hills
  • Beverly Wilshire Hotel Renovation, Beverly Hills
  • LMU Life Sciences Building, School of Film and TV, Student Housing, Palm Court, Los Angeles
  • Atrium Office Development, El Segundo
  • DreamWorks Campus Development, Glendale (including the subsequent campus expansion)
  • Sony LOT Master Plan Projects, Culver City
  • LA Chargers Headquarters and Training Center, El Segundo
  • Sony Imageworks, Culver City
  • Warner Bros. Animation Studios, Glendale, Sherman Oaks and London
  • Warner Music and Warner Records Headquarters, Burbank
  • Endeavor and Paradigm Talent Agencies, Beverly Hills
  • GoodRx Headquarters, Santa Monica
  • JHA Projects: Goldenberg-Ziman, Factor Foundation, JEKMC Acute Psychiatric Care Facility, Fountainview Independent Living Facility, Reseda
  • Awesomeness TV Studios, Santa Monica
  • Inter Active Corporation Headquarters and Ticketmaster Headquarters, Sunset Blvd.
  • Extron Headquarters, Anaheim and Raleigh
  • Malibu Beach Inn
  • Del Toledo High School and Wildwood High School Renovations
  • Post Production Studios for TVN, Four Media, Ascent Media, Liberty Media, Burbank
  • Telepictures Live Audience Show Stages and Production Facility Phase 1 and Phase 2, Glendale

For a full list, see www.amapm.com

Prior to founding AMA in 1984 (and incorporating in 1987), Tony worked as a Senior Project Manager for Project Management Consultants, PMI/APC International in London, UK in the project management of commercial offices, retail galleria developments and industrial catering facilities, and as a London based project coordinator for a design/build contractor Mid Orient Technical Services / Mid Mac Corporation on multi-site Middle-Eastern projects in Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Iraq.

Prior to this, Tony worked for General Contractors in the UK (Sir Robert McAlpine and Wiltshire Construction, where he was a Construction Project Manager / Project Engineer focusing on Office, Department Stores and Hospitality Projects.