Threshold Sacred Development offers a unique, full-service development journey for houses of worship because of the integrated teams of professionals at Threshold Development, Threshold Builds, and Threshold Equity and a partnership with RootedGood, a national nonprofit leader in church property use.
Mark Elsdon, MBA, MDiv
Principal
Mark lives and works at the intersection of money and meaning as a serial social entrepreneur, strategic executive, and author. He is a national thought leader and speaker on subjects of faith-based impact investing, social enterprise, and property development. Mark’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Wisconsin Public Radio, Bloomberg, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Religion News Service, the Wisconsin State Journal, and CBS Nightly News with Katie Couric; among other publications and podcasts.
Mark is the editor of Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition which offers inspiration and practical help for churches and municipalities responding to the national wave of sale and repurposing of church property; and the author of, We Aren't Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry, about the use of faith-based property and investments for social enterprise and impact investing.
Previously Mark Elsdon was the Executive Director and Co-Pastor at Pres House, a faith-based non-profit serving students at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. In twenty years of executive leadership at Pres House Mark led major programmatic, financial, and organizational growth, and transformed a dormant non-profit into a strong, vibrant, multi-million dollar organization. He led the organization through the development of the $17 million, 250 bed, Pres House Apartments which is now a national model for faith-based property development and impact investing. Mark is a past president of the board of directors for Working Capital for Community Needs, an impact investing fund that provides microfinance funding to the working poor in Latin America.
Mark has a BA in Psychology from the University of California - Berkeley; a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary; and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin School of Business. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Mark is an avid cyclist and considers it a good year when he rides more miles on his bike than he drives in his car.
Tyler Krupp Qureshi
Principal / Development Lead
Tyler is the development lead for Threshold projects and the Founder of the Threshold Companies. He focuses on Threshold's financial and business operations, site visits and collaborating with our lenders, investors, counsel, government, architects and neighborhood associations.
Tyler is an entrepreneur and educator with 15 years of experience in small business management and community building. He is passionate about how the built environment can support a sustainable and thriving community.
Tyler has a MS Degree in Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A student of law and philosophy, he also has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Yale University; the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sean Meyers
Development Lead
Sean oversees design, documentation, and passive building practices in our architecture studio at Threshold Builds. Having expertise in architecture, sustainability, and real estate development gives Sean a unique perspective when approaching projects from a value, performance, and impact standpoint.
Sean is interested in using design-thinking and an integrated design process to solve complex problems. Sean is particularly interested in using integrated project delivery methods to deliver high-performance architecture and to maximize value for all stakeholders. Sean’s focus is on housing, particularly low-rise high-density housing, which is in high demand. Sean believes the integration of architecture and construction yields the best value and provides the best opportunity for thoughtful architecture.
Sean is a registered architect (WI) and a certified passive house consultant (Phius). Sean holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Science in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin.
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