Our Team
At Alliance, our human capital is our most valuable asset, and we value diversity of thought. Our team is comprised of dedicated professionals that are passionate about bringing innovative and collaborative ideas to our partners.
Executive Team
Heather Fernstrom Border is a versatile, performance-driven entrepreneur, philanthropist, co-founder and speaker leading the way in the real asset private equity space through her deep Limited Partner and Consultant networks. Her diverse experience helps create new investment products, best-in-class marketing materials and elevated corporate governance, along with defining capital formation goals and objectives for investment managers looking to differentiate themselves amongst their peers.
Prior to Alliance, Heather was Managing Director for National Real Estate Advisors and held positions with Hunt Investment Management and The Townsend Group. At those firms, she was responsible for assisting institutional clients in developing investment objectives, strategic planning, underwriting investments and capital raising. Heather’s professional experience also includes twenty years within the private and public real estate sector, where she developed, implemented and led Investor Relations platforms. Heather speaks on various industry panels, including PREA, IREI, PERE, RELPI and Markets Group, among others.
Heather Fernstrom Border
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Jennifer Stevens is an executive-level professional with real asset expertise and extensive knowledge of the General Partner & Limited Partner Universe.
Her professional experience includes sixteen years of institutional portfolio management and consulting, strategic and investment planning, real asset investment underwriting, and a specialization in areas including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and industry best practice.
Jennifer held several positions within The Townsend Group, advising clients with cumulative total plan assets of over $300 billion and approximately $20 billion in Real Estate allocations. She was a voting member of Townsend’s Advisory Investment Committee, responsible for reviewing and approving due diligence reports and strategy for all advisory clients of the firm. Her clients included Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Fire & Police, Orange County, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City, San Diego City, Sacramento County and Queensland Superannuation Plan.
Jennifer Stevens
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Leah Dillon is a senior-level investment professional with extensive real asset knowledge of the institutional landscape.
Prior to joining Alliance, Leah was a member of the Client and Partner Group at KKR, covering institutional clients and consultants in North America with an exclusive focus on the KKR Real Estate platform. Prior to joining KKR, she was a senior vice president for Prologis Inc, covering European and Canadian clients for their strategic capital business. Ms. Dillon brings over two decades of experience working in various roles within real estate investment banking, asset management and capital raising at Sabretooth Capital Management, Macquarie Group Limited, Citigroup Property Investors and AEW Capital Management.
Leah is a current member of WX and CHIEF. She is a former Board Member of Friends of Larchmont Parks and was a co-host and mentor of IREI Springboard. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Babson College. She holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
Leah lives in Mamaroneck, NY, with her two boys, Jack and Sam and their cat, Mono. In her spare time, she enjoys paddle boarding on the Long Island Sound, listening to live music, spending time with friends and family and learning new things (currently pickleball and tennis).
Leah Dillon
Chief Operating Officer & Head of Partner Engagement