Francisco Canestri
Director of Development | Architect and Interior Designer
Francisco Canestri is an architect and interior designer with more than twenty years of experience developing luxury hospitality, residential and retail projects in the Americas and Europe.
Knowledgeable of all phases of development including site and feasibility analysis, scheduling, budgeting, conceptual design, consultant selection, project management, consultant coordination, construction management, hotel pre-opening and turnkey projects to owners and tenants.
His demonstrated experience reduces client risk, shorten the planning and project phases, improve the quality of the built environment while creating value for clients their investment partners and the community at large. Working effectively with clients, consultants and contractors to create distinct projects in a financial responsible way.
Francisco Canestri has an Architecture Diploma from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas and a master’s degree from Pratt Institute where he graduated with Honors. He also has Certificates on Real Estate Development from New York University and Hotel Real Estate Investment from Cornell University.
Cindy Busch-McRoy
Director of Marketing
As Director of Marketing, Mrs. McRoy is responsible for the creation and management of all on and offline marketing initiatives for Skyline Equities and its related entities.
With more than twenty-five years of marketing and entrepreneurial experience, Mrs. McRoy is a hands-on C-level marketing executive focused on results; She has specialty skills in Internet Marketing and Direct Marketing Enhancement with the goal of exponentially increasing response rates and catapulting an online presence.
Mrs. McRoy holds a bachelor’s degree in communications with a focus in advertising and public relations from Augusta University.
Yianni Valsamas
Advisory Board Team Member
Mr. Valsamas is an Advisory Board Team Member to the Skyline executive team regarding Skyline’s real estate development business. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Auto-agent Data Solutions LLC in Chicago and is the former Chief Financial Officer of Tomaras Investments LTD.
Mr. Valsamas is also the former Executive Director of the Pan Hellenic Scholarship Foundation and is now an acting Board Member of the Foundation.
Mr. Valsamas holds a Master of Business Administration Degree with a focus in Finance and Financial Management Services from Roosevelt University.