Gil Seton's Blogspot: Problems Caused by a Cleft Palate

Monday, September 11, 2017

Problems Caused by a Cleft Palate

A graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Gil Seton is an experienced real estate developer and investor. Currently, he applies his expertise as the manager of SP Investment Fund LLC and the president of Showplace Development, Inc., both based in Los Angeles. Outside of work, Gil Seton supports charitable organizations such as Operation Smile.

Headquartered in Virginia, Operation Smile is a charity that provides free surgeries in developing countries to individuals with facial deformities. The organization, founded in 1982, has helped thousands of people in over 60 countries. The most common facial deformities addressed by Operation Smile are cleft lips and cleft palates.

A cleft palate is a birth defect that causes a deformity on the roof of the mouth or upper lip. In addition to affecting a person’s appearance, a cleft palate can cause other issues, such as irregularly aligned teeth and nose shape, eating problems (which can lead to low weight gain and slow development), ear infections, and speech and language difficulties.

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About Gil Seton

For some 25 years, Gil Seton Jr. has been involved in the development and/or investment in affordable housing. Through SP Investment Fund LLC and its affiliates in Los Angeles, Gil Seton Jr. has invested in over 50 limited partnerships which own over 5,000 housing units.

Recently, some of the companies Mr. Seton manages have been working with Riverside Charitable Corporation to renovate three apartment buildings in Ilion and Saratoga Springs, New York, and Altoona, Pennsylvania. The New York residents will be seniors with low or very low incomes; families will occupy the Pennsylvania facility. The projects will offer social services to residents.

Previous to his tenure at SP Investment Fund, Seton was president of Showplace Development Inc. At that firm he facilitated the construction of four affordable housing complexes in central Los Angeles and Huntington Park, California. He worked closely with governmental agencies and private lenders and equity sources to obtain financing.

He also served as a project manager for Calmark Development, a company ranked 13th in the nation for building multi-family dwellings. He had authority over 1,100 units in seven locations.

Gil Seton Jr. is longtime personal supporter of the Women’s HIV Program at the University of California in San Francisco, and the Hearts with Hope Foundation.