Leadership
Shelter Growth Capital Partners was founded in 2015 by former leadership of Goldman Sachs’ mortgage department, who, after more than a decade of collaborating together, formed SGCP.
Dan Sparks
CEO/CIO
Mr. Sparks is a Founder of Shelter Growth Capital Partners and its affiliate SG Capital Partners, where he serves as CEO and CIO.
Prior to founding SGCP, Mr. Sparks owned and managed DLS Advisors, established in 2008 to invest in mortgage and other fixed income securities, equities, equity derivatives and real estate. Before that, Mr. Sparks spent 19 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., serving as a Partner from 2002 to 2008 and a Managing Director from 1999 to 2008. At Goldman Sachs, Mr. Sparks spent most of his tenure in the firm's Fixed Income Division, with a focus on the mortgage business, ultimately serving as head of the Mortgage Department. His responsibilities included oversight of trading, capital commitment, finance, and risk management for the firm’s residential and commercial mortgage loans, consumer loans, securities, and derivatives activities.
In addition to leading the Mortgage Department, Mr. Sparks was a member of Goldman Sachs' Firmwide Risk Committee, co-head of Goldman Sachs' Structured Products Capital Committee and Chairman of the Board of Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital. He also spent portions of his career at Goldman Sachs trading emerging market debt, asset-backed securities, and working in securitization and whole loan finance.
Mr. Sparks served on the Boards or Advisory Committees for Goldman Sachs subsidiaries Litton Loan Servicing, Avelo Mortgage and Senderra. He holds B.B.A. degrees in both Finance and Accounting from Texas A&M University, where he has served on the Board of Trustees for the 12th Man Foundation. He currently serves on multiple Mays Business School boards including the Texas A&M Real Estate Advisory Board and the Finance Department Advisory Board, which recognized him as an Outstanding Alumnus in 2008. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Visitors at Southwestern University and a Mentor with the American Corporate Partners Program.
Kevin Gasvoda
COO/CFO
Mr. Gasvoda is a Founder of Shelter Growth Capital Partners and its affiliate SG Capital Partners, where he serves as COO and CFO.
Prior to founding SGCP, Mr. Gasvoda was a partner of Goldman Sachs & Co. and, until April 2013, served as a Goldman Sachs Advisory Director. He joined Goldman Sachs’ Mortgage department in 1997 and ran the Credit Loan Trading business from 2002 through 2007, during which time he also oversaw mortgage investments in external operating companies. He served on the Boards or Advisory Committees for Goldman Sachs subsidiaries and portfolio companies including Essent Group, Litton Loan Servicing, LownHome, Avelo Mortgage and Senderra.
From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Gasvoda headed the Strategic Portfolio Solutions Group (SPSG), sourcing portfolios of mortgage and consumer-related assets for principal, agent and advisory purposes. In 2011, he managed Goldman Sachs’ residential loan servicing company, Litton Loan Servicing, and successfully led the sale process to exit the business.
Mr. Gasvoda was a CPA for KPMG from 1991 to 1995. He holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He has also served on the Board of Directors for several non-profit organizations, including Waterside School and the Darien Public Library.
Justin Mahoney
Senior Portfolio Manager
Mr. Mahoney is a Founder of Shelter Growth Capital Partners and its affiliate SG Capital Partners, where he serves as Senior Portfolio Manager.
Prior to founding SGCP, Mr. Mahoney was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co. From 2002 to 2007, he worked in the Mortgage Department’s Credit Loan Trading business, where he was responsible for trading whole loans, structuring and marketing securitizations and managing and hedging retained credit securities.
From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Mahoney helped establish the Residential Credit Trading Desk, which traded subordinate securities across residential products. From 2008 to 2011, he was a senior member of the Distressed Whole Loan Trading desk, where he focused on purchasing and managing portfolios of distressed loans. He also played a key role in forming and managing the Asset Management and Servicing Oversight teams.
Between 2011 and 2013, Mr. Mahoney was co-head of the Residential Loan Trading Desk, where he built and ran the non-Agency Conduit. Mr. Mahoney holds a B.A. in Finance from George Washington University.