Prior & Associates

Prior and Associates Staff

John Prior, Principal

The founder and principal of Prior & Associates has over 25 years experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. He oversees all company projects. John has directed over 2,000 market studies for affordable housing projects for real estate developers, investors, housing authorities and government agencies in urban, suburban and rural areas throughout the United States. Before establishing the company, John was a principal with Community Sciences Corporation, a full-service planning, civil engineering and surveying company in Corrales, New Mexico and a program manager for the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. John has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Rutgers University. He is a founding member of the National Council of Affordable Market Analysts, a registered appraiser and an associate member of the Appraisal Institute.

Phil A. McDonald, Appraiser

Phil, with over eleven years of commercial appraisal experience, has completed approximately 120 apartment building appraisals. He has conducted appraisal work on residential subdivisions, bed and breakfast inns, restaurants, farm and ranch land, mountain property, eminent domain, vacant land, industrial land uses and commercial office and retail spaces. He is a Certified General Appraiser. Phil has a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and is working towards a master’s degree in Real Estate and Construction Managements from the University of Denver.

Thad Rhan, Senior Project Manager

Thad directs the preparation of housing market studies. Thad has conducted field research and prepared or directed the completion of over 500 market analyses. Before joining the firm in 2002 he was a financial analyst with the Janus Corporation. Thad has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and History from Coe College.

John Harmon, Project Manager

John conducts field research and analyzes economic, demographic and housing market data and conditions. Since joining the firm in 2004, he has participated in the preparation of approximately 250 market studies. Before joining the firm, he worked for the Sheraton Hotels. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Colorado.

Brandon Davis, Research Analyst

Brandon conducts field research and analyzes housing market factors and conditions. In the last two years, while employed at Prior & Associates, Brandon has participated in the preparation of approximately 75 studies. Before joining the firm in 2007, Brandon was a market analyst for a company that acquires and renovates mobile home parks. He has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Arkansas.

Andrew Rydell, Research Analyst

Andrew conducts field research and analyzes housing market factors and conditions. Before he joined the firm in early 2008, Andy worked for two years with Town & Country Appraisal, a residential appraisal company, as a licensed registered appraiser in Colorado and Arizona. He has a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Robert Bratley, Research Analyst

Robert conducts field research and analyzes housing market factors and conditions. Robert previously worked for 18 months with Sperry Van Ness, a commercial real estate company, as an Associate Advisor’s Assistant in Fort Collins, CO. He has a bachelor’s degree with concentrations in Real Estate and Finance from Colorado State University.

Nadia Roshan, Field Analyst

Nadia conducts field research and analyzes housing market factors and conditions. She has participated in the completion of over 100 reports. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Colorado.

Dan Arrowood, Field Analyst

Dan Arrowood has conducted field research with Prior & Associates since 2002. He has worked in institutional real estate for more than 20 years and has a broker's license in Colorado and California. He is fluent in Spanish and volunteers as a substitute ESL teacher with Intercambio de Communidades, a non-profit organization which teaches English to recent immigrants. He has completed field research in more-than 30 states and Puerto Rico and conducts many assignments in markets with large Hispanic populations. Dan has an MBA in real estate from the University of Pennsylvania.

Aric Wallen, Field Analyst

Aric has conducted field research assignments in over 100 urban and rural markets throughout the United States since 2001. He has eight years experience in the real estate industry and is the owner and manager of a real estate investment company. He is also the owner and managing broker for a residential real estate brokerage. Aric has a master’s degree in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver.

Julie Kling, Field Analyst

Julie Kling has conducted approximately 50 field research assignments for new construction and rehabilitation projects in urban and rural areas throughout the United States since 2004. Her fieldwork includes age-restricted and Low Income Housing Tax Credit housing projects. Julie has a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Management from Auburn University and spent nine years as an officer in the Air Force.