Dan Kingsley
Co-Founder & Managing Partner , SKS Partners
Dan is the co-founder of SKS Partners and has 40 years of experience in commercial real estate, primarily in real estate development. Over the course of his career, Dan has played a major role in the planning, entitlement, design and construction of over 11 million square feet of Class A office, hotel and mixed-use building development. He has a 100% career success rate in the approval of entitlements for development projects.
From 1985 until founding SKS, Dan was a Vice President with Maguire Thomas Partners, one of the nation’s five largest investment builders during the 1980’s, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, where he participated in the development of over 3 million square feet of office space. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon, a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Regional Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dan’s civic volunteer work includes serving as: Board Member of Schwab Charitable; Board of Trustees of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Board Member of Battery Powered, the philanthropic arm of The Battery social club; Board Member of Advance SF, a San Francisco business advocacy organization.