Our Team
With unique experience and expertise, each team member actively contributes to our clients’ success. Our elite teams collaborate strategically to communicate complex value propositions to hyper-targeted audiences at every stage of the funnel.
Leadership
Kelly Shen
PRESIDENT & Chief executive officer
Zhaoju Shen(Kelly) received her PhD degree in Veterinary Medicine from China Agriculture University in Beijing in 2000. Beyond her Ph.D. degree, her experience includes teaching at a college, and doing research related to veterinary, pulmonary, and gynecological medicine. Her last job before becoming a real estate agent was as a lab manager in the Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Kelly and Rose Jarboe founded WePartner in 2015. WePartner is an Atlanta-based, fully integrated real estate investment and management firm specializing in acquisition, development and management of commercial office, industrial, retail and residential properties, and had been owning and operating with more than 200 million assets.
Kelly founded CentryStone in 2021. CentryStone is a real estate investment and management firm specializing in acquisition, development and management of Flex office, apartments and short term and long term rentals. As the President of CentryStone, Kelly brings her extensive experience in real estate investment. Her primary responsibility is raising funds, managing investor relationships, and helping underwrite new acquisitions and developments.
Kelly founded non-profit organization True Love for Special Need Families, INC, otherwise known as “True Love” in 2018. True Love focus on providing love and support to kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Caitlin Yang
Chief Operating Officer
Caitlin Yang immigrant to United States at age 14. She went to Georgia Institution of Technology for under-graduate and graduate school and got her master’s degree in computer science. She worked in the IT industry for the past 20 years and always has a passion for real estate. She bought her first house in 2004 and her first rental property in 2010. With her father’s guidance and her self-learning attitude, she has gain knowledge on various aspect of the residential real estate business. She enrolled in a two-year real estate training program operated by Robert Kiyosaki who is the author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. She has successfully managed multiple rental properties, a full-time job and being a single mother. She started involving in commercial real estate investing in 2015. Inspired by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez’s book “Your Money or Your Life”, who started the FIRE movement, she set up her goals and reached her financial independence.
She found Kelly on the YouTube channel and attracted by Kelly’s honest and humorous personality. She got in touch with Kelly and started part-time at Kelly’s Company CentryStone in the beginning of 2021. After some serious consideration and preparation, she quit her full-time IT job and joined CentryStone in June of 2021.
Advisory Board
Edward Bolden
Multifamily Operation
- Founder & Chairman of Bolden Capital Group, an Atlanta-based investment firm that acquires opportunistic real estate investments;
- Held positions at UBS Securities in New York as well as BMO Capital Markets in Chicago
Josh Clark
Construction
Josh Clark is an expert in strategic leadership, personal growth, and organizational change. Josh has been scaling leaders and organizations for over 25 years. His results include leading an Inc 5,000 FinTech company to an 8-figure sale and pastoring one of the 100 fastest growing churches in America over 1,000 people. Today he maximizes value for high-net-worth individuals through a network of real estate developers and builders in the Great Smoky Mountain region of East Tennesse. Josh is an outdoors enthusiast passionate about investing time with his wife of 24 years and their five children. He is a frequent public speaker and high-level coach helping entrepreneurs, professional athletes, and c-suite executives create a legacy by growing their impact and liberating their time.
Rose Jarboe
General consulting
- CEO and Co-founder of WePartner;
- Over 20 years of experience in accounting, finance and real estate investments;
- Co-founder and chairwoman of Loyal Trust Bank.
Yachen Lin
Risk Managemwnt
Dr. Lin is currently serving as the Vice President and CRO of Mashang Consumer Finance Company in China. Prior to that, he served as CCO (the chief credit officer) of Guangfa Bank of China (ranked as the 63th of 1,000 largest banks in the world). He also served as the Vice President of Fidelity Information Services in United States, and the head of Risk Management and Analytics for First National Bank of North America.
Dr. Lin, Yachen is an invited professor at the Virtual Economy and Data Science Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an invited expert at the Credit Information Center of the People's Bank of China. His name is recognized in “ International Who's Who of Professionals” and “Marquis Who's Who in America”.
Dr. Lin Yachen graduated from Beijing Normal University with a BA in Mathematics and a MS in Probability Statistics in China, and also graduated from Syracuse University with a MS in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Statistics in United States
Eric Liu
Business Analytics
Eric has 15 plus years of experience in building data and analytics teams and leading big-impact, fast-paced, cross-functional projects and programs for Fortune companies and global brands. His proven track record of success includes building systems from scratch and driving business results across Marketing Services, Telecom, Healthcare, Retail, Higher Education and Research Industries. Eric is recognized as a Big Picture, results-oriented and passionate analytics leader with integrity and excellent communication skills. A highly rated faculty member, Eric teaches data science at Northeastern University. Eric has a Ph.D. degree and MBA in Business Analytics. During his off hours, Eric enjoys woodworking and traveling with his family.
Ming Liu
Tax/Accouting
- Managing partner of CPA firms, Super Solution and Super Financial Group;
- Specialize in assisting international companies expanding operations to US;
- Experienced in real estate industry and participated in hundreds of real estate investment.
Hengjiang Mu
Deal Sourcing
Hengjiang Mu began his career working for a Wall Street investment bank for three years. He resigned and started his own business in 2011. Throughout his entrepreneurial endeavors, Hengjiang has successfully founded and operated multiple million dollar companies, including an auto parts import and export business, real estate investment companies, and land development companies. In the real estate field, Hengjiang and his team employ several strategies including value-add, off-market distress property, creative real estate finance, land flip and development, mobile home park strategies and more. He currently owns and manages 700+ apartments and mobile home parks, and 500+ self-storage Although he does not teach publicly, he has helped many people obtain six-figure annual returns on real estate investments. Hengjiang currently resides in Houston, Texas.
Steven Zhang
General consulting
- Emory Goizueta MBA, focusing in PE and Real Estate;
- Co-founder of Yi Investment, an Atlanta-based real estate investment company;
- Specialized in deal structure, due diligence and investor pitching.