Our Team
Jim Lee
As the founder of 720 Companies, LP, Jim has been the managing partner since the company’s inception in 1993. He currently oversees all company operations, with a primary focus on acquiring new development sites and overseeing new equity partner and debt relationships.
Prior to entering the development, management and ownership aspect of the self-storage industry, Jim was an independent, fee-based commercial real estate appraiser certified in the states of Texas and Oklahoma and a designated member of the Appraisal Institute. His appraisal practice had a primary focus on self-storage valuation for owners, lenders and tax appeal clients. He currently holds the SRPA & SRA designations from the Appraisal Institute.
From 1973 to 1985, Jim was president of a Louisiana based regional wholesale distributor of consumer products for Louisiana, Arkansas and East Texas, with an annual sales volume of $20,000,000.
Mary Catherine Ward
Mary Catherine serves many functions for all the 720 Companies, LP, and has most recently been instrumental in the turnaround of our acquisition, of the Riverside Boat & RV Storage facility in Oklahoma City.
She has an extensive background and experience with financial reporting, financial analysis, investor relations, and cash management. She worked for 16 years in the oil & gas industry, for SemGroup (NYSE: SEMG), in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mary Catherine graduated from University of Oklahoma, with a major in Finance, while on athletic scholarship for women’s soccer and attaining Big 12 all-academic honors.
Mary Catherine is currently a board member at Monte Cassino Catholic School in Tulsa, assisting with financial planning. Mary Catherine lives in Tulsa, OK, with her husband, Jeremy, and two very active teenagers.
Andy Heard
Andy provides expertise in capital formation, partnership structure, and investor relations. He is currently a managing principal with Novak Brothers in Georgetown, Texas, and serves as city leader for the Austin office of Hines.
With Hines, Andy has been directly involved in the feasibility, analysis, development, asset management, and acquisition of commercial property throughout the southwest.
