Who We Are

Stephen A. Masciola, Managing Partner, is the founder of Pantheon Capital Partners. Steve has been involved in commercial real estate finance, development, sales, and leasing for over 20 years. Steve has negotiated and provided debt & equity for countless Washington DC and national clients. Originally introduced to the real estate industry as a broker/agent in 1988, Steve has also been a developer and principal of several successful real estate projects in the Metro Washington market, from land development, redevelopment of shopping center properties to condominium ground-up development. Steve is currently an advisor and principal in various real estate projects in the Metropolitan Washington Area. Additionally, Steve is the Managing Partner of a significant condominium development project in Orlando, Florida, which continues to be a market of interest. Steve has always considered that the success of the financing company is enhanced by the successful development experience of the Pantheon staff. He attended The University of Massachusetts- Amherst and received a degree in Finance.

Robert M. Wenger, Partner, has 30 years of experience in a variety of legal, entrepreneurial, and business activities. He began his career as a real estate attorney in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to Washington, DC in 1976 and spent six years working for the federal government, the last five as Senior Counsel to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research. In 1982, he was one of the founders of ENVIRON International Corporation, a multidisciplinary consulting firm providing health and environmental risk and liability assessment and management services to clients worldwide. The company entered the public marketplace in 1990. In his last seven years at ENVIRON, Bob was President and Chief Operating Officer. Among his duties, he had primary responsibility for leasing several hundred thousand square feet of office space. Since then, Bob has devoted his time as an investor/developer of early stage technology companies and of a variety of multifamily and commercial real estate projects in the Washington metropolitan area. Bob has a JD from the Columbia University School of Law and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Amy J. Lemieux, Senior Underwriter, has over 12 years of experience in client financial relations, contract negotiations, and customer service. Amy came to the Washington DC area in 1996 with MBNA America as an Affinity Program Manager handling marketing and promotions for many of MBNA's top 100 affinity credit card programs. Since joining Pantheon Capital in 1999, she has developed and maintained an active client base while handling all aspects of loan underwriting. Amy specializes in multifamily, shopping center and office building transactions. From the initial interview through closing, Amy is in constant contact with our clients and lenders, bridging communication between the two. Her primary role is to collect and analyze all information about our clients, their properties, and their financing needs and match them with lender requirements. She is a graduate of Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia.

Karyn Davis Mitchell, Client Development, has been working in real estate and private industry for over 25 years. She began her career working for a Maryland settlement attorney from 1978 until 1984. Karyn then took a position with Freddie Mac from 1984 until 1989, where her primary responsibilities involved financial management, placing investor paydown notices and tombstone ads in national papers, and analyzing the secondary mortgage market. Since 1989, Karyn has worked with successful venture capital firms, organizing the entities, negotiating and maintaining their commercial leases, and managing their profit and loss. She joined Pantheon Capital Partners in 2003 and is responsible for client marketing and referral programs, managing quality control procedures, and financial reporting. She is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.