Chris Avallone is Head of Merchant Banking at Amherst. Chris is responsible for Amherst’s third-party capital partnerships, equity partnerships, financing, and portfolio management. 

Chris joined Amherst in 2018 and has used his 12-plus years of capital markets expertise to grow Amherst’s single-family rental platform and investment management business into one of the largest operators of single-family assets. Prior to Amherst, Chris was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. 

Chris graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and is a CFA Charterholder.