EXPERTISE BEHIND EVERY CLIENT

Meet Our Silicon Valley Team.

The power of our approach lies in the expertise brought together behind every client. From disciplined strategy and Harvard-certified negotiation to global marketing platforms and seamless operational logistics, our team is built to deliver exceptional results.

Dawn Thomas

Dawn Thomas

License Partner | Global Real Estate Advisor

With over 22 years of experience and over $677 million in closed transactions, Dawn provides clear counsel, disciplined strategy, and representation centered entirely on her clients' best interests. Trained through Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation and a Certified Mediator, she ensures her clients hold the strongest position in every transaction.

Paul Benson

Paul Benson

Co-Founder & CEO, Engel & Völkers Gestalt Group

Paul represents the most exclusive real estate worldwide. With extensive reach in global cross-marketing, he connects top-tier properties with an invaluable international network of buyers and elite advisors across 40+ shop locations and over $5.77B in sales volume.

Tanner Cook

Tanner Cook

Director of Marketing & Creative Director

Tanner translates property stories into compelling, high-impact creative that captures attention and distinguishes listings in the market. From campaign concepts and messaging to art direction, he ensures every property is presented with polished prestige.

Jordan Eck

Jordan Eck

Director of Marketing Operations

Jordan shapes long-term marketing strategy and aligns the people, platforms, and resources supporting our practice. He turns ambitious goals into actionable plans, ensuring each initiative is thoughtfully coordinated and executed.

Jin Lustiva

Jin Lustiva

Operations Manager

Overseeing day-to-day transaction flow, listing logistics, and operational infrastructure, Jin ensures every client timeline moves forward with absolute technical precision, seamless vendor coordination, and strict compliance from preparation through closing.

WHAT WE DO

The Standard of Representation.

Undivided Advocacy

Dawn Thomas will never represent both the buyer and seller in the same transaction. Every pricing recommendation, strategy, and negotiation is conducted strictly from one position: yours.

Probate & Trust Expertise

As a Probate & Trust Certified advisor, Dawn navigates complex procedural requirements, court timelines, and fiduciary duties to protect estates and trusts from costly delays or liability.

Certified Mediation

Trained as a Certified Mediator through the Bar Association of San Francisco, Dawn excels at keeping transactions together when multiple heirs or decision-makers hold differing priorities.

OUR PURPOSE

Our Mission

Our mission is to create the most remarkable real estate experience in Silicon Valley, one person, one family, one home, one neighborhood at a time. Every negotiation, every phone call after hours, all of it is in service of that one goal.

OUR DIRECTION

Our Vision

Our vision is straightforward. We hold ourselves to the highest standard in the industry, and we work to be the team Silicon Valley trusts first, not because we say so, but because our clients keep coming back and keep sending us the people they love.

  • We go above and beyond because relationships, not transactions, are the business we are actually in. Every interaction matters, even the small ones.
  • We stay ahead of the market so our clients do not have to. Pricing strategy, negotiation, timing, we do the homework so they can make confident decisions.
  • We guide people toward the life they actually want, not just the house. You are a person first with us, always.
  • We work hard and we have fun doing it, as a team, for our clients, and with our own families waiting for us at home.

OUR NON-NEGOTIABLES

R-E-A-L-T-O-R

Respect

Respect for people, full stop. We respect our clients' time and their trust. We respect our colleagues. We respect ourselves enough to keep family first.

Enthusiasm & Excellence

Enthusiasm is contagious, and excellence is not optional. Happy people make happy clients, and we pride ourselves on delivering results that hold up under scrutiny.

Authenticity

We are authentic, grateful, and grounded. Success is not owed to us. We earn it again with every single client, every single time.

Love

We love this work and it shows. We love our communities and the people in them, and we show up for the ones who show up for us.

Teamwork

We work as one team toward one goal, with communication that stays open and honest. Strong teams protect their personal lives as fiercely as their work, and so do we.

Obsessed

We are obsessed. With our clients, our communities, our families, our dogs. You get the idea. Our clients are the reason we have a business at all.

Responsibility

We take responsibility for our work and for our community. We use the best tools available so our clients can make smart decisions, and we show up as good neighbors in the places we serve.