Paula McDonald Rhodes
President & Co-Founder
InVictus Development

Paula McDonald Rhodes is the President and co-founder of InVictus with responsibility for managing or monitoring all aspects of the development process from inception through completion, lease-up, and operations. Prior to forming Invictus Development, LLC in October of 2015, Ms. Rhodes was Norstar Development USA, LP’s Director of Project Development for Norstar’s projects in the States of Florida and Alabama from 2006 – 2015 with responsibility for managing all aspects of the development process from beginning to end, including identification of projects, site development, construction, financing, operation, and compliance and is in charge of development of multifamily, affordable, and workforce housing throughout the State. Ms. Rhodes brings over 20 years of legal experience in the area of real estate and business financing, having worked for more than 15 years for the law firm of Carlton Fields in Tampa, Florida where she was an equity shareholder. After leaving Carlton Fields in 2001 and prior to joining Norstar in 2006, Ms. Rhodes served as embedded counsel for Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida where she was responsible for all aspects of the syndication of low-income housing tax credits at both the investor and developer level. Ms. Rhodes received her Bachelor’s degree from the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, Duke University, and her law degree from Duke University School of Law. Immediately following graduation from law school, Ms. Rhodes served as a judicial law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.