Michael Yarne is a principal at BUILD, a civic-focused residential developer with over 2,000 units in the pipeline in San Francisco.

Yarne's career includes over 17 years of experience in urban real estate, land use law, entitlements and public-private partnerships. He served four years as a senior advisor to San Francisco Mayor Newsom, negotiating the approval of the 152-acre $7 billion Park Merced Development Agreement. Prior to working in City Hall, Yarne was a real estate and land use attorney at Farella Braun + Martel. Yarne also served as Board Chair of City CarShare, North America's largest nonprofit car-sharing company. His passion for public service began in the Peace Corps, where Yarne launched three women-owned micro-credit banks and trained subsistence farmers to combat desertification at the edge of the Sahara.

Yarne graduated from Williams College, and received both his law degree and Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco and loves cycling to work.