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Gary R. Johnstone, CFA, C.P.A./ABV

Managing Director

Designations and Professional Memberships

– Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute
– American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Accreditation in Business Valuation
– Certified Public Accountant, State of California
– LA Society of Financial Analysts


Mr. Johnstone established Valuation and Venture Consulting in 2000 after recognizing a need in Southern California for a firm of professionals that could provide independent, reliable opinions of value and specialized valuation services. At the time, Mr. Johnstone was a Manager in the high-technology valuation practice of Deloitte, LLP in Los Angeles and Orange County.

Mr. Johnstone has more than twenty years of experience providing quantitative financial and investment analyses to individuals, private and public companies and government entities. Mr. Johnstone formerly worked as an analyst for such large, well-known financial services companies as Merrill Lynch and Deloitte. Mr. Johnstone has also provided valuation-based consulting services to government organizations, including Rebuild LA and the Kuwait Ministry of Accounting.

Mr. Johnstone received both his M.B.A. and B.S. (Emphasis, Finance CFA, CPA/Accreditation in Business Valuation – Managing Director and Accounting) from the University of Southern California. He is also Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California. Mr. Johnstone is accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.

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Blake M. Coleman, ASA

Senior Vice-President

Designations and Professional Memberships

– American Society of Appraisers, Accreditation in Business Valuation


Mr. Coleman joined ValuationVC as Senior Vice President in 2015. Previously, Mr. Coleman worked for nine years at FMV Opinions, Inc. in the Irvine office. At FMV Opinions, Mr.Coleman opined on value and consulted to clients for the valuation of privately held business entities primarily for gift and estate tax planning purposes. Mr.Coleman specialized in the valuation of fractional interests in entities holding real property, marketable and illiquid securities, real estate assets, notes, and bonds, as well as direct interests in real estate.

More recently, Mr. Coleman worked with a private equity real estate investment company where he underwrote over $1B of commercial real estate and was involved in the acquisition of retail, medical office, and student housing properties throughout the United States.

Mr. Coleman has extensive analytic financial skills and considerable experience with financial advisory services including real estate and ASA (Accredited Senior Appraiser – Business Valuation) – Senior Vice-President Blake M. Coleman wealth management. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo and an M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Mr. Coleman is an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers.

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