Josh Parker is Ancora L&G’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He leads the Board of Directors and sits on the firm’s Investment Committee. As Chairman and CEO, he is responsible for overseeing all firm strategy, policies and procedures as well as day-to-day operations.

A national leader in the anchor institution, life sciences, and innovation real estate sectors, he has unique real estate experience spanning adaptive re-use, urban redevelopment, innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, university-leased real estate and mixed-use development.

After a stint in NY theatre, Josh began his real estate career in Durham, NC. In the two decades since as a serial entrepreneur, he experienced industry success that includes developing a combined 5 million square feet totaling over $4.5 billion in value.

He has served on non-profit, and government appointed boards including The Duke School (finance committee chair), Real Estate Round Table (Chair of Tax Policy Advisory Committee), Urban Land Institute (Vice-Chair University Development & Innovation Council), National Academies Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (council member), member of the Economic Club of Washington, DC, and the Council on Competitiveness (Commissioner on the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers).