Gregory Reaves

Co-founder & Principal

Gregory Reaves has spent more than 30 years working in publicly traded and private companies. He graduated from Howard University, Washington, DC, with a BS in Chemical Engineering.  He also played division I soccer in college. As a business professional, Greg has acquired significant expertise in healthcare, commercial real estate, government relations, public relations and entrepreneurship.

He began his career with McNeil Consumer Products Company, a division of Johnson and Johnson, where he worked as an engineer and supervisor in support of research, manufacturing and packaging operations.  He then joined Merck and Co. Inc., where he received eight promotions and held eleven different positions during his tenure with the company.  Early on, Greg received patent protection for a device he created while in tablet compression.  He was also awarded the Gadsden Fellowship, a prestigious company-sponsored fellowship that led to the creation of the Penn-Merck Science Initiative, an education partnership with the University of Pennsylvania, the National Science Foundation, and Merck to train elementary school teachers in science education. 

Notably, he headed college recruiting for the manufacturing division, was the director of State Government Affairs, managed all national and international media relations, coordinating all financial data releases with the CFO and investor relations, and worked closely with the CEO to communicate global policies, including those that led to the reduction in pricing of AIDS medicines to the developing world.  He was also Vice President, Research Communications and Policy, where he led worldwide communications strategies, including the management of the Merck Manual.

Greg left Merck and joined a mid-size real estate development company, where he became a member of the executive team.  He held specific responsibility for operations, hiring, marketing, public relations, commercial leasing and government relations.  He helped manage 5 million square feet of real estate and assisted in the acquisition of two highly desirable real estate assets, totaling more than $300 million in value.

In 2008, Greg and his partner formed Mosaic Development Partners, a boutique commercial real estate development company that focuses on investing in disenfranchised communities to reduce blight, increase jobs and drive new market-based approaches to create greater housing affordability.  To date, their investments have totaled more than $100 million is construction financing in the Philadelphia market.  

Greg continues to offer strategic consulting services to small business owners and executives on positioning, strategy, marketing and public relations.  He is trained as a Fasttrac and Covey facilitator and has provided specific training to more than 200 businesses in Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware.

Greg is married Beth B. Reaves.  They have three children: Jordan, Joshua and Mia.