Safehold Inc. announced that Ryan Howard has joined iStar, Safehold's external manager, as Senior Vice President, Investments focusing on the Southeast region. Mr. Howard joins iStar from Centennial Bank where he established the bank's Miami office and grew its Southeast commercial real estate loans business across all property types. Prior to Centennial Bank, he founded Brookdell Capital, was a Principal at the Barlington Group, and worked for Trez Capital.

In addition, his early career was spent at Torchlight Investors and Ernst & Young. Mr. Howard holds a BS in Finance and a BS in Accounting from Syracuse University.