Christopher Volk

Christopher Volk serves on the audit, corporate strategy, finance, and investment committees.

Volk has an extensive background in finance and asset management.

In August 2003, he created Spirit Finance Corp., a real estate investment trust that has grown to over $3 billion in total assets.

Prior to forming Spirit Finance, Volk served for more than 16 years in numerous capacities with Franchise Finance Corporation of America (FFCA) and its successor, GE Franchise Finance.  Prior to the 2001 sale of Franchise Finance Corp., Volk served as president, chief operating officer and a member of the company’s Board of Directors, with responsibility for guiding the growth of the company’s portfolio of more than 6,000 properties, as well as capital markets strategies.
  
Volk has written extensively in the areas of finance and valuation and has been a frequent university guest lecturer and speaker in the areas of finance and capital markets trends. 

He is a past president and board member of the Desert Southwest chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and currently serves on the Finance Committee of the International Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  He is a member of Greater Phoenix Leadership.  He received his BA from Washington and Lee University and his MBA from Georgia State University.  Chris lives in Paradise Valley, Ariz. with his wife and two children.