Our Mission: Purpose Driven
SANTÉ is a purpose-driven company working to positively impact the next generation by investing in money making real estate.
Through our development of extremely effective acquisitions, deal structuring and asset management processes, SANTÉ manages numerous highly profitable real estate investment funds and is seeing a rapid growth in its institutional investor base; while offering greater secured returns to investors and extending our commitment to contribute to global funding of Rett Syndrome therapies, treatments, & ultimately a cure.
Key Executives
Jim Small
Executive Chairman
As the founder, former CEO, and now Executive Chairman of SANTÉ Investments, Mr. Small is responsible for setting the firm’s mission, vision, and strategic direction as an innovative real estate private equity company. Mr. Small’s background includes numerous executive and advisory roles with family-controlled businesses and operations. Prior to starting SANTÉ Investments, he founded, ran, and sold his property management company that managed over $2.5 billion of assets in U.S.
He holds an active Arizona Real Estate Broker’s license as well as holding the Equity Marketing Specialist™ designation from the National Council of Exchangors. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM).
Mr. Small previously served as an executive for the world’s largest corporate consulting firm, Accenture, while living in the United States and Europe while achieving performance rankings in the top 5% of his cohort. His educational background includes an MBA from Thunderbird International School of Management where he graduated with honors and a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University (cum laude).
Mr. Small’s professional accomplishments also include the “Top 35 Under 35′′Arizona Republic Entrepreneurial Award and the “Top 40 Under 40′′ Phoenix Business Journal Leadership Award. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). He has also completed real estate focused Executive Education at Harvard Business School (HBS).
Anessa York
Chief Operating Officer
As COO of SANTÉ Investments, Ms. York is responsible for firm-wide executive management, strategy, and driving operational excellence. Ms. York enables the success of the firm’s property portfolios through a laser focus on cash and treasury management, human resources, and IT functions.
Prior to taking the helm as COO, Ms. York was a Project Consultant and then Company Integrator, where her relentless focus on unlocking client value led to her current role and she has been the steward of executing the company’s mission and vision ever since.
She holds an active Arizona Real Estate License for nearly a decade, an Arizona Notary License for over two decades and her educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (cum laude) with a minor emphasis in political science.
Raised by entrepreneurs, Ms. York is fueled by adding value to the marketplace and businesses and is also the Founder of Ask Anessa, a boutique lifestyle management and concierge company.
Ms. York’s personal accomplishments include becoming the adoptive mother of three teenagers from the Arizona foster care system and strives to create the best memories both at home and while showing them life in traveling. A lifetime member of Tempe Sister Cities, Ms. York believes in the powerful responsibility to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation and is committed to creating a life in which everyone around her grows and succeeds at their highest level.