About Us

Great Texas Regional Center and Great NY Regional Center (GTRC, GNYRC) have been designated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as a “Regional Center” for participation in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program. GTRC, GNYRC was formed to create permanent jobs in the states they operate.

GTRC, GNYRC will raise foreign investment capital to finance the development of various projects.GTRC, GNYRC will seek out and encourage the creation of new business opportunities to permanently stimulate the economy within the State of Texas metropolitan statistical area (MSA). The primary services provided by GTRC, GNYRC will be the provision and management of investment opportunities to foreign investors that will benefit economy through job creation and economic growth. GTRC, GNYRC will serve as a management company that will operate the investment vehicle through limited partnerships that will facilitate the EB-5 investment opportunities. GTRC, GNYRC will:

• Monitor the performance of the loan/fund extended to each subject project;
• Monitor the employment statistics credited to each subject project for EB-5 investor purposes;
• Monitor the repayment of the loan/fund by the project entities;
• Establish and monitor quality control guidelines for credit analysis and loan monitoring;
• Manage relationships with immigration agencies to assure that EB-5 investors are recruited efficiently and ethically;
• File all required reports with the USCIS for each subject project.

Great Texas Regional Center and Great NY Regional Center (GTRC, GNYRC) is extremely selective in its investor process. Potential investors are identified by referral only. GTRC, GNYRC gives priority to investors who are related to present and past investors. The Board of GTRC, GNYRC has developed a procedure to assure that only the finest candidates are invited to participate in the investments made by GTRC, GNYRC.

Qualifications and Experience

Great Texas Regional Center and Great NY Regional Center is staffed by the appropriate personnel to supplement business development, marketing, project lending and oversight of ongoing investment projects. Additional responsibilities for the personnel will include, but not be limited to, maintaining current employment tracking statistics and other data generation as required by USCIS for the regional center pilot program.

Roger W. Christoph, CEO

Mr. Christoph has over 40 years of financial securities experience, including investment management of public & private equities. In addition, he was lead compliance officer overseeing SEC and FINRA reporting. As Founder and CEO of Great Texas Regional Center, he shares responsibility for the general management, investment policy and transaction origination. His experience allows him to follow an extensive due diligence process to understand the business fundamentals and identify opportunities for the regional center. He will be actively monitoring the portfolio companies and pursuing new investments for the regional center.

Mr. Christoph is the founder and CEO of Keystone Solutions, Inc. a single family office since 1998, with a focus on private equity and commercial real estate investing. In addition, Mr. Christoph is President of Christoph Securities, Inc. formerly a registered broker-dealer with FINRA and the SEC. He has over 40 years of experience in the financial industry that includes private equity, investment banking, portfolio management, trading, financial operations, and securities compliance.

Evan Betzer, COO

Mr. Betzer is a Chinese-speaking entrepreneurial executive with Fortune 500 and U.S. Diplomatic Corps experience, combining experience living and working in China with exceptional business development, strategic thinking, relationship management and deal-making skills. He is the co-founder of Stoneworth Financial, a Houston-based investment banking boutique with a decade-long track record in middle market transactions.

Mr. Betzer has a special interest in the impact of China as a competitor, a market and a destination and source of investment for US middle market companies. Mr. Betzer served as a Foreign Service Officer with the United States Department of State, fulfilling assignments in Washington, DC, Taipei, Taiwan and Beijing, China. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. He serves on the Wharton Alumni Executive Board and on the board of the International Trade Center – Houston.

William E. Wolf, CIO

Mr. Wolf is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Method Capital, LLC. Method manages a $120 million fund focused on investing in B2B SaaS opportunities. Prior to founding Method Capital, Bill was an investment banker at Salomon Brothers Inc. and William Blair & Company; an executive overseeing operating company investments for Henry Crown & Company; and a principal at Talon Asset Management, where he managed the firm’s private equity business and was Talon’s Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Wolf currently serves in the Board of Directors of the Chicago Child Care Society, Ezassi, ForeverCar, Mindcrest, Pangea Universal Holdings, SpiderOak, SwiftIQ and WellRight. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Columbia College Chicago.

Mr. Wolf received an AB degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.