GLOBAL REAL ESTATE - Key Persons

A. James Clark

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Chairman and Associate Professor of Finance / Steers Center
Chairman and Associate Professor of Finance at Georgetown University

Francesco D'Acunto is A. James Clark Chair and Associate Professor of Finance at Georgetown University. Prior to joining Georgetown, Professor D'Acunto was on the faculty of the Smith School of Business of the University of Maryland and Boston College. His research interests are in the areas of beliefs and decision-making, inequalities, and FinTech. In these areas, Professor D'Acunto studies the formation of beliefs and the financial decision-making of households and corporations as well as how regulation and the financial sector affect inequalities and discrimination through lending. His work has been published in top academic journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. His work has been awarded two Cubist Systematic Strategies Awards for Outstanding Research and has been covered in popular media outlets, such as The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, the Washington Post, The American Interest, Reuters, as well as in international media outlets, such as the World Economic Forum, the Daily Mail, the Globe and Mail, Die Welt, Haaretz, La Stampa, Dinheiro Vivo, and Al Balad. Professor D'Acunto received his PhD and MSc in Finance from the University of California at Berkeley.

Aaron Bothner

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Vice President - Acquisitions / Wafra Inc.
Vice President of Acquisitions for Wafra

Aaron Bothner is a Vice President of acquisitions for Wafra and based in New York. Bothner primarily covers underwriting and sourcing new investment opportunities for Wafra's direct equity real estate platform where he has completed multiple acquisitions throughout the United States over the past 6 years. He joined Wafra in August 2016 after earning his MBA at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. While attending McDonough, Bothner held internships at AvalonBay Communities and StoneBeck Capital and he earned a Poland Fellowship. Prior to enrolling at McDonough, Bothner taught high school social studies through Teach For America and coached teachers throughout the U.S.

Adriana Fini

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Associate
Associate: Starwood Property Trust

Adriana Fini is an associate on the loan originations team at Starwood Property Trust. At Starwood, she is responsible for commercial loan originations across all major asset types and geographies. While at Georgetown, Fini served as a Portfolio Manager in the Georgetown University Public Real Estate Fund (GUPREF) and as a board member in the Real Estate Club. Fini graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, where she received a B.S. in Business Administration with majors in Finance and Accounting.

Alex Hermance

Job Titles:

Member of the Steering Committee
Associate for ASB Real Estate 's Capital Investments Group
Investment Associate / ASB Real Estate Capital Investments Group

Alex Hermance is an Investment Associate for ASB Real Estate's Capital Investments Group. His responsibilities include valuing, underwriting, and due diligence of potential real estate acquisition opportunities as well as asset management responsibilities for the existing ASB portfolio. Prior to joining ASB, Hermance worked at M&T Bank for five years in a variety of roles including as a Financial Analyst in Corporate Finance in Buffalo, NY; as a Business Banking Relationship Manager focused on SBA loans in Northern New Jersey; and as a Commercial Banking Relationship Manager targeting closely held and private companies with revenues of $25 million or more in the Greater Washington Region. Hermance received his BS in Finance and Management in 2011 and his MBA in 2018 from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

Alex Yaraghi

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Associate Director: Cohen and Steers Capital Management

Amit J. Luthra

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Member of the Steering Committee
Managing Principal of Barrington Residential
Managing Principal: Barrington Residential

Amit J. Luthra is the Managing Principal of Barrington Residential since 2007. Luthra led the tenfold expansion of Barrington Residential's portfolio consisting primarily of multifamily communities, as well as commercial space and proptech investments. He serves as a strategic advisor to Newbond Holdings, an investment and operating platform with a primary focus in the hospitality industry. Prior to Barrington Residential, Luthra worked within the US Real Estate division at The Carlyle Group and the Private Wealth Management division of Goldman Sachs & Co. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Georgetown University and a Masters of Science in Finance with a concentration in Real Estate Investment & Development from New York University.

Andrew Lohrfink

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Senior Director - Acquisitions & Development: Tishman Speyer

Andrew McNeill

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Vice President - Real Estate Strategy
Vice President - Real Estate Strategy: Exclusive Resorts
Vice President of Real Estate Strategy for Exclusive Resorts

Andrew McNeill is the Vice President of Real Estate Strategy for Exclusive Resorts, a privately-owned members-only vacation destination club, where he is responsible for maintaining and growing the $800M+ portfolio of residences across 75 destinations. Prior to joining Exclusive Resorts, he was on the Investments team at Host Hotels & Resorts where he was primarily responsible for acquisitions and dispositions. Before joining Host, he was an Associate at Eastdil Secured / Wells Fargo Securities Real Estate Investment Banking team in Washington, DC. McNeill holds an MBA from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business and earned a B.S in Finance and Marketing Management from Syracuse University.

Andrew Pence

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Vice President at Monument Marine Group

Andrew Pence is a vice president at Monument Marine Group, a DC-based investment firm focused on marinas and supporting waterfront properties. In his role he focuses on acquisitions, capital markets, and investment management for Monument Marine Group's portfolio along the eastern seaboard. Prior to joining Monument Marine Group, Pence was a Managing Director at the Meridian Group (TMG), where he focused on new acquisitions and oversight of Meridian's existing investments. At Cushman & Wakefield's Washington, DC investment sales team, he was involved in more than $1 billion in commercial transactions within the DC metro area. He currently serves as a board member of the Real Estate Group of Washington, DC. Pence received his B.S. with honors in International Economics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.

ASB Real

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Member of the Steering Committee
Investment Associate

Atara Kaufman

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Member of the Steering Committee
Atara Kaufman Professor of Real Estate
Atara Kaufman Professor of the Practice

Bay West - Chairman, Founder

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Chairman
Founder

Ben Tenzer - VP

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Sterling Investor
Vice President
Vice President: Sterling Investors

Ben Tenzer joined Sterling Investors in 2022 and is responsible for executing and sourcing real estate investment opportunities across all asset classes. Prior to Sterling, he was on the Real Estate Private Equity team at KKR, focusing on acquisitions for their core and opportunistic vehicles across the Industrial, Multifamily, Office, and Life Science sectors. Prior to KKR, Tenzer worked at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, where he was responsible for acquisitions across all asset classes for both the North Haven fund series and Prime Property Fund. Tenzer graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business with a major in Finance.

Brendan Glavin

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AION Partner
Vice President at AION Partners
Vice President: AION Partners

Brendan Glavin is a Vice President at AION Partners where he focuses on acquisitions and asset management across the firm's portfolio. His primary responsibilities include underwriting and originating new investment opportunities as well as managing the day-to-day activities for several of AION's assets. Glavin also supports the team with business development by interfacing with current and future stakeholders. Prior to joining AION Partners, Glavin was a Credit Analyst in M&T Bank's New York City Commercial Real Estate office where he helped to structure and underwrite over $500M of retail, office, and multifamily transactions. Glavin graduated from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a BSBA in Finance and a minor in Economics.

Bret D. McLeod - CFO

Job Titles:

Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer / Citycon Oyj

Bret D. McLeod is Chief Financial Officer and serves on the Corporate Management Committee (‘CMC') for Citycon, a publicly listed, mixed-use real estate owner of 35 grocery-anchored centers and over 250 employees throughout the Nordics (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Estonia). He is responsible for all finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations, FP&A, tax, corporate strategy, communications and legal departments. He is chair of Citycon's Capex Committee, in addition to serving on the Investment and IT Steering Committees. Prior to Citycon, McLeod was co-founder, Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Lakewood Hotel Group, a private investment firm that has made over $175 million of hotel investments to date on behalf of its institutional investment partners and where he continues to serve on the Board. Prior to forming Lakewood, McLeod was Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Host Hotels & Resorts, the largest public lodging REIT and S&P 500 company. In that role, he oversaw the management of a $20 billion balance sheet and was responsible for all capital markets, investor relations, cash management, corporate finance, corporate strategy, strategic planning, and merger and acquisitions activities. McLeod was involved in over $15 billion of real estate transactions in his nearly 15-year career at Host. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Business Administration from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where he double-majored in Finance and Management.

Brian Milberg

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Member of the Steering Committee
Senior Partner: Sitex Group

Brian Milberg joined Sitex Group in 2010 where he is now a senior partner. Prior to joining Sitex Group, Milberg was senior vice president of Acquisitions at KTR Capital Partners where he served since the firm's founding in 2004. In 2013, he was nominated as a "Real Estate Forums 40 under 40 in Commercial Real Estate." Milberg graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in marketing from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Brodie Boland

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Adjunct Faculty: Steers Real Estate / Partner: McKinsey & Company / Read More
Partner With McKinsey & Company

Brodie Boland is a Partner with McKinsey & Company, and leads the Firm's work addressing climate change in the built environment. He serves investors, governments, technology firms, and other clients on both decarbonization and climate adaptation. Brodie has led decarbonization efforts addressing >20 megatonnes annual CO2e emissions across >$1T in real estate assets. Brodie's team has developed new approaches and technologies for decarbonization of real assets which dramatically improve the pace and economics of building decarbonization. Brodie has also supported broader clean technology development, including helping to establish one of the leading investment funds dedicated to catalyzing development and scaling of the technologies that are critical for global decarbonization. In addition to his work on decarbonization, Brodie has worked with cities, infrastructure firms, banks, and real estate investors to understand and adapt to the impacts of climate change and the energy transition. This includes leading one of the first climate stress-tests of a North American financial institution and helping investors incorporate climate considerations into their capital allocation, investment, and operating decisions. He has developed adaptation and resilience strategies for multiple cities and helped companies in multiple industries develop services that can support climate resilience. Brodie has written extensively on decarbonization and adaptation, including influential pieces on physical climate risk, decarbonization, and urban adaptation. Brodie earned his PhD from Case Western Reserve University, where his research focused on sustainability transitions in complex institutional landscapes. Prior to his time at McKinsey, he was a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, and President of AIESEC International.

Campbell Hudson - VP

Job Titles:

Vice President
Vice President - Debt Capital Markets
Vice President in M & T Bank

Campbell Hudson is a vice president in M&T Bank's debt capital markets group. In this role Hudson is responsible for the syndication and distribution of commercial real estate mortgages to outside investors. Prior to joining M&T's debt capital markets group in 2016, Hudson was a relationship manager in M&T Bank's Washington, DC commercial real estate group where he was responsible for originating commercial mortgages. Previously, Hudson held roles as a commercial real estate leasing broker and as an analyst for a real estate investment firm. He received a B.A. in History from the University of Texas and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Chad A Provost

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Portfolio Manager
Senior Director
Senior Director - Portfolio Manager: Invesco Real Estate
Senior Director at Invesco Real Estate

Chad Provost is currently a Senior Director at Invesco Real Estate ("IRE"). His current role is as a Portfolio Manager for IRE's flagship, core, open-end, commingled fund, and he has worked in this capacity since 2015. Prior to Provost's current role, he worked on IRE's Transaction team focusing on new equity placements in the Northeast US. Prior to joining IRE, he served stints in Marriott's Corporate & Development Finance group, SunTrust's Real Estate Risk Management group and on Keystone Consulting Group's Real Estate Valuations team. He holds an MBA from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida.

Chase Ladman

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Vice President - Acquisition: LXP Industrial Trust
Vice President - Acquisitions / LXP Industrial Trust
Vice President at LXP Industrial Trust

Chase Ladman is a Vice President at LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE: LXP) where he is focused on the acquisition and development of industrial real estate primarily located throughout the Sunbelt and Midwest markets. Prior to joining LXP, Ladman was a portfolio manager at Starwood Capital Group where he was focused on the firm's opportunistic real estate funds. Before that, he began his career as an analyst at Citigroup where he provided corporate risk management solutions through interest rate, currency, and credit derivatives. Ladman graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business and competed on the Men's Varsity Swimming and Diving team.

Christopher Hermance - Managing Director

Job Titles:

Managing Director
Member of the Steering Committee
Managing Director: the Carson Companies

Christopher Hermance is responsible for the Carson Companies' east coast operations including acquisitions, development, portfolio management, leasing, and property management. His acquisition activity is focused on development in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Hermance had 10 years of real estate investing and management experience prior to joining the Company in 2015. Prior to Carson Companies, Hermance was Vice President of Investments with KTR Capital Partners where he sourced and acquired development sites in Texas and Pennsylvania. He was with Grosvenor Fund Management as an Acquisitions Officer and with Starwood Capital Group as Lead Portfolio Manager. Hermance holds a B.A. in Finance and an M.B.A from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business."

Colleen Floberg

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GI Partner
Principal at GI Partners
Principal: GI Partners

Colleen Floberg is a principal at GI Partners where she leads capital formation for the firm's real estate platform. Prior to this, she was a senior vice president at Silverpeak, where she was responsible for the firm's real estate investor relations activities. Floberg began her real estate career at Lehman Brothers in the real estate private equity group, where she was involved in the investor relations and capital raising efforts related to five real estate private equity funds, which were comprised of three equity funds and two mezzanine debt funds. Floberg started her career at Chicago Partners, an economic consulting firm. She graduated from Georgetown University, where she received a B.A. with a double major in Spanish and Finance.

Dan Altscher

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Assistant Portfolio Manager & Co - Head of Macro Research: FJ Capital Management

Daniel P. Chappell

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Vice President - Investments: Elme Communities
Vice President, Investments

Dan Chappell joined Elme Communities in June 2014 and serves as Vice President, Investments. In this role, he is responsible for underwriting for new investment opportunities and asset dispositions, transaction due diligence, contract negotiations, and closing activities. Prior to joining Elme Communities in 2014, Chappell worked in the Multifamily group at Federal National Mortgage Association. Before that, Chappell had a successful seven-year career at Navigant Consulting, Inc. Chappell holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with triple-majors in Finance, Marketing, and International Studies. Chappell received a Masters of Business Administration from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business where he graduated with honors.

Daniel Scarda

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Director of Corporate Finance: the Crest Group

Danielle Van Fossan

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Director: Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board

David Crowley

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Senior Associate - Acquisitions
Senior Associate - Acquisitions: FD Stonewater
Senior Associate of Acquisitions at FD Stonewater

David Crowley is a Senior Associate of Acquisitions at FD Stonewater in Arlington, VA. Prior to his role at FD Stonewater, he was an Associate in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Baird. Crowley earned his MBA from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, where he was named the Class of 2016 McGowan Fellow. Crowley earned his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame with a major in Finance and is a CFA charterholder.

David Egan

Job Titles:

Member of the Steering Committee
Senior Vice President / Stockbridge
Senior Vice President at Stockbridge Capital

David Egan is a Senior Vice President at Stockbridge Capital and is the co-portfolio manager of the Niche Logistics Fund. Egan has more than 17 years of real estate industry experience and is widely revered as an expert in capital markets and industrial supply chain fundamentals. Prior to joining Stockbridge, he served as Global Head of Industrial Research and the Head of Strategy and Consulting for CBRE Industrial Capital Markets and was a member of CBRE National Partners where he focused on developing and offering strategic investment advice to institutional investors. While with National Partners, he advised on over $30 billion of industrial transactions which included several of the largest portfolios sold in the United States. Egan received a B.A. in Classical Humanities from Georgetown University and a M.B.A. in real estate and finance from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

David Greek

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Member of the Steering Committee
Development Associate: F. Greek Development

David Hammerman - COO

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Chief Operating Officer
Member of the Steering Committee
Chief Operating Officer, Global Real Estate Funds
Chief Operating Officer, Global Real Estate Funds: Fortress Investment Group, LLC

David Hammerman is a Chief Operating Officer, Global Real Estate Funds for Fortress Investment Group, based in Los Angeles and responsible for equity and structured debt investments. Prior to Fortress, Hammerman was a vice president for Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies, L.P., based in Los Angeles and responsible for leading West Coast originations. Previously, Hammerman was a vice president for ICONIQ Capital's real estate direct investing team as well as the senior-most investment professional in the Los Angeles office for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies with responsibility for sourcing, underwriting and executing West Coast debt transactions across all property types. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Elizabeth Cotter

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Senior Vice President - Capital Markets
Senior Vice President of Capital Markets at FCP

Elizabeth Cotter is Senior Vice President of Capital Markets at FCP, a privately held real estate investment company based in Chevy Chase, MD. Prior to joining FCP, Cotter was Senior Vice President and Head of Debt Capital Markets at JBG SMITH, where she was responsible for sourcing and managing all aspects of the Company's debt portfolio and capital planning. Prior to joining JBG SMITH in 2014, Cotter spent 8 years at Bank of America where she underwrote and structured commercial real estate transactions for clients in the Mid-Atlantic region. Cotter began her career in the CRE Group at LaSalle Bank in Chicago. She holds a Masters in Real Estate from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University.

Federico Stubbe Jr.

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Member of the Executive Committee
CEO / PRISA Group
CEO of PRISA Group

Federico Stubbe Jr. is CEO of PRISA Group, a family-owned developer and builder of residential, resort, hospitality, and entertainment projects in Puerto Rico and Florida. With five hotels in operation, including Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Stubbe is presently developing three Marriott select service hotels in Orlando and Tampa, Florida, all currently in construction. In addition, PRISA has recently started construction of The District, a $120 million urban entertainment district in San Juan. Stubbe holds a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, and an MBA and civil engineering degrees from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

George Mosle

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Partner: of Place

George Yeonas

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Managing Director: Steers Real Estate

Gil Tenzer

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Member of the Executive Committee
Partner & Director of Real Estate
Partner & Director of Real Estate: Contrarian Capital

In 1995, Gil Tenzer co-founded Contrarian Capital where he currently serves as partner and director of real estate. From 1993 to 1995 he was a senior analyst and co-Head of the real estate group at Oppenheimer & Co. Tenzer received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University in 1984 and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1987.

Gregory D. Canzano

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Member of the Steering Committee
Founder & CEO: Rosemary Capital

GS REIT - COO

Job Titles:

Chief Operating Officer

Hodges Ward Elliott - Managing Director

Job Titles:

Managing Director
Member of the Steering Committee

Hossein Fateh

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Chairman of the Executive Committee
Chairman & CEO / CloudHQ LLC
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CloudHQ LLC

Hossein Fateh is the founder and chief executive officer of CloudHQ LLC, a wholesale data center developer, owner, and operator. Prior to CloudHQ, Fateh was the CEO and co-founder of DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) and its predecessor, DuPont Fabros Development (DFD). He co-founded DFD in 1997, where he managed the acquisition, development, leasing, and management of all of the firm's properties including Central Business District office buildings located in Washington D.C., suburban office and industrial parks located in Northern Virginia and wholesale data centers. Building on his experience with DFT, Fateh founded CloudHQ, a next generation data center company as well as WindHQ, a renewable energy company to meet the growing demand of wind power from technology companies throughout the Americas. Fateh earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and his Master of Science in finance from The George Washington University.

Ian Lundy

Job Titles:

Director
Director at MSquared

Ian Lundy is a Director at MSquared, where he manages efforts across the firm's real estate development business (developing mixed-income, mixed-use, sustainable communities) and impact investment business. He also focuses on opportunities to integrate technology and sustainability into all aspects of the firm's work. Prior to joining MSquared, Lundy worked as Director of public/private partnerships and special projects at the NYC Housing Authority. During his tenure, he managed the implementation of the NYCHA 2.0 strategy, utilizing RAD to finance approximately $2B of repairs for 10,000 residents, and structuring procurement for the rehabilitation of over 30,000 housing units. He also led work analyzing alternative public trust structures, infill development and air rights transactions. Prior to NYCHA, Lundy worked at the NYC Economic Development Corporation where he negotiated, led and managed initiatives delivering over 2,000 jobs, $680 million in investment, and 500 units of new housing through real estate partnerships. Lundy started his career with Tishman Speyer's New York team where he focused on development in Hudson Yards, redevelopment opportunities in Midtown East, long term asset strategy, and the firm's tech / innovation platform. Lundy received a B.A. from Georgetown University focused on urban policy and real estate finance. He is a fellow with the Progressive Policy Institute and was a Coro Leadership NY fellow.

James Gleason - VP

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Vice President
Vice President at Cloudland Capital
Vice President: Cloudland Capital

James Gleason is a Vice President at Cloudland Capital, a real estate private equity firm focused on scalable, small-format real estate, where he is responsible for sourcing and executing acquisitions across all major asset classes. Prior to joining Cloudland, Gleason was an Associate in Blackstone's Real Estate Debt Strategies team, where he originated whole loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments. While at Georgetown, Gleason served as Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown University Public Real Estate Fund (GUPREF) and Vice President of the Real Estate Club. Gleason graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Finance and a minor in Economics.

James McLoughlin

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Member of the Steering Committee
Director at Tishman Speyer

James McLoughlin is a Director at Tishman Speyer and is currently a member of its Debt group, where he is focused on launching the firm's first credit-focused investment platform and managing its debt capital markets activities. Prior to this, McLoughlin helped lead the acquisition and pre-development of Tishman Speyer's Enterprise Research Campus, a two million square foot mixed-use innovation campus at Harvard University. He has also held positions in Tishman Speyer's New York Acquisitions and Portfolio Management teams. During his time at Georgetown, McLoughlin served as the President of the Real Estate Club and co-founded the Georgetown Undergraduate Public Real Estate Fund (GUPREF). He graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business with a major in Finance and minors in Mathematics and Economics.

James Pearlstein

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Member of the Steering Committee
Founder and President of Pearl Properties
President / Pearl Properties, LLC

James Pearlstein is the founder and president of Pearl Properties where he jointly oversees the acquisition, development and management departments of the company. Before founding Pearl, he directed special acquisitions at Toll Brothers, Inc. for five years. Pearlstein is a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC). He graduated from Georgetown University in 1990 with a B.A. and went on to receive a J.D./MBA from Temple University's law school and business school.

Jamie Winchester

Job Titles:

Associate Director - Investments
Associate Director - Investments: DivcoWest
Associate Director on the Investments Team

Jamie Winchester is an Associate Director on the Investments team at DivcoWest where he is responsible for sourcing and executing transactions along the east coast. Prior to joining DivcoWest in 2022, Winchester was a Vice President at Lubert-Adler where he focused on value-add, opportunistic, and Opportunity Zone investments within the U.S. Winchester began his career in the Transaction Advisory group at EY in New York. He received his B.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and his MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where he was Executive Vice President of the Georgetown Real Estate Society. Winchester resides in Washington, D.C

Jason P. Hart

Job Titles:

Member of the Steering Committee
Managing Director / US Real Estate / the Carlyle Group
Managing Director of U.S. Real Estate for the Carlyle Group

Jason Hart currently serves as managing director of U.S. real estate for The Carlyle Group. Before joining Carlyle in 2005, Hart was a vice president of the Praedium Group, LLC. In addition, Hart is a board member of Graham's Foundation. He graduated cum laude from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance.

Jason Ward

Job Titles:

Principal

Jason Ward leads all aspects of FCP's multifamily development business, including strategic planning, business development and underwriting. In this role, Ward has expanded the firm's multifamily development platform geographically and through joint venture partnerships. Since joining FCP in 2011, he has also been a leader in the company's structured finance, multifamily acquisitions, multifamily development and commercial investing activities as well as led FCP's expansion into Florida. Prior to FCP, Ward managed a nationwide portfolio of commercial real estate debt with CapitalSource, a specialty finance company. Prior to CapitalSource, Ward worked in SunTrust Bank's Commercial Real Estate, DC Region. He is a member of the Associate Advisory Board at the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University and an active member of the Urban Land Institute. Ward earned an MBA from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Washington and Lee University.

Jeffrey H. Foster

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Adjunct Professor: Steers Real Estate / Independent Board Director: Broad Street Realty
Chief Financial Officer for Cloud Capital

Jeffrey Foster currently serves as the chief financial officer for Cloud Capital, a $2 billion private equity fund whose mission is to acquire data centers. Prior to this he served as the executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), a data center REIT, from 2013 until DFT was acquired in 2017. He also served as chief accounting officer from 2007 to 2014. Foster built the accounting department so DFT could meet the requirements of SEC reporting and was responsible for budgeting and forecasts. Prior to DFT, Foster was chief accounting officer at Global Signal, the first cell tower REIT. Foster currently serves as an independent director on the boards of Broad Street Realty, a publicly traded owner of shopping centers, Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp, a SPAC seeking an acquisition in the digital mobility space and Vault Digital Infrastructure, a private equity backed data center company. He is the audit committee chair for both Broad Street Realty and Pegasus Digital Mobility. He also serves on the boards of the Alzheimer's Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter and the Child and Family Network Center which provides free pre-K education to underprivileged children in Alexandria, Virginia.

Jeremy Healey

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR and ESG FELLOW
Adjunct Professor and ESG Fellow: Steers Real Estate

Jeremy Healey is an Adjunct Professor and ESG Fellow at the Steers Center for Global Real Estate, where he focuses on the impact of climate change on commercial real estate assets. Previously, he was CEO of Pacific Oak Realty Trust, a private REIT dedicated to workforce single-family housing. He also founded and led its predecessors, including Battery Point Trust and BPT Holdings, and led the acquisition of the NASDAQ-listed Reven Housing REIT. He is also a partner at Healey Development. Previously, Healey spent nearly 15 years investing in structured finance and real estate products for Eton Park Capital Management, R6 Capital Management, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse First Boston. He received his BA from Georgetown University, and his MBA from the Wharton School.

John Carroll

Job Titles:

Partner
Partner: Lakeland Capital

John Carroll is a Partner with Lakeland Capital, a multifamily investment firm, where he is responsible for investment and management activity. Prior to joining Lakeland in 2022, Carroll was a Director at Hines, where he was most recently a member of the Mid-Atlantic Acquisitions & Development team and participated in approximately $2bn of transactions. Earlier in his career, Carroll was a member of Hines' Capital Markets Group, where he worked on various capital raising initiatives, including the structuring and capitalization of the firm's global investment vehicles and one-off joint ventures. Carroll graduated with a BA in Economics from Georgetown University and was the captain of the Men's Varsity Rowing Team.

John Connors

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Investments: First Industrial Realty Trust

John Connors is on the Investment/Leasing Team at First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE: FR), a publicly traded domestic industrial REIT. At First Industrial, he works directly with the firm's Market Leaders in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the B-W Corridor to source/identify, underwrite, negotiate, and secure new speculative development opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeastern United States. Prior to FR, Conners worked in the Structured Finance Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young, with a particular focus on Agency Multifamily CMBS structuring and securitized products portfolio valuation. At Georgetown, he was a 4-year member of the McDonough School of Business Academic Council and the Finance Chair of the Class of 2018 Senior Class Committee.

John Kevill

Job Titles:

Managing Principal
Member of the Steering Committee
Managing Principal of Boutique Advisory and Investment for Solitude Cove Capital
Managing Principal: Solitude Cove Capital

John Kevill is the Managing Principal of boutique advisory and investment for Solitude Cove Capital. Prior to founding Solitude Cove Capital, he was President of Capital Markets for Avison Young, where he was responsible for leading the U.S. capital markets group. He has also been a managing director at Eastdil Secured and at Jones Lang LaSalle, based in DC and specializing in major property sales and recapitalizations in the Washington region and with key clients nationally. Kevill is actively involved in the real estate and business community including with ULI, the DC Chamber of Commerce, and various other trade organizations. He currently serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Washington DC and Northern Virgina and is engaged in several other community service pursuits. He has an MBA from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a B.A. in history from the University of Virginia

John Wilkinson

Job Titles:

Adjunct Professor: Steers Real Estate / President and Founder: Boundary Companies
Founder and Managing Partner of Boundary Companies

John Wilkinson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Boundary Companies. Mr. Wilkinson oversees Boundary's investment, development, asset management, and organizational activities. Since the inception of the company, Mr. Wilkinson has grown the firm's portfolio by investing in entitlement, vertical development, and existing projects across a range of product types including: industrial; self-storage; market rate and affordable housing; office; and retail assets. Prior to forming Boundary, Mr. Wilkinson served as Senior Vice President in the Investments Group for The JBG Companies. His previous work experience includes roles at The Meridian Group in Washington, D.C. and CB Richard Ellis in the Mid-Atlantic office. Mr. Wilkinson has been recognized by Forums' 50 Under 40 honorees; by DCA Live as one of Washington D.C.'s 40 under 40 rising stars in real estate; and by the Washington Business Journal as one of the 50 Greater Washington business leaders of the next generation. Mr. Wilkinson received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University.

Jonathan Cummings

Job Titles:

Managing Principal
Member of the Steering Committee
Westbrook Partner
Managing Principal, Westbrook Partners
Member of Westbrook 's Investment Committee

Jonathan Cummings works out of the Washington, DC office where he serves as a Managing Principal. Cummings is a member of Westbrook's Investment Committee and Management Committee, and participates in acquisition, value enhancement and realization activities within the United States. He joined Westbrook in July 2012. Prior to joining Westbrook, Cummings worked at JBG Companies in Washington, DC where he was a project manager for office, residential and hotel developments. Prior to JBG, he spent a year as a portfolio analyst with CapitalSource Finance in Washington, DC in the structured finance group. Cummings received a B.A. from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jonathan Rose

Job Titles:

Director of Acquisitions

JOSS Realty

Job Titles:

Founding Partner
Member of the Steering Committee

Julia Hyman

Job Titles:

Associate: GreenBarn Investment Group

Julia Hyman graduated from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, with a B.S. in Business Administration and a fellowship in Entrepreneurship. While at Georgetown, Hyman published a book entitled "Universal Housing: How to Revitalize Cities and Rebuild the American Dream" and was recognized by Forbes and Poets and Quants as one of the top 100 Best and Brightest Business Majors of 2019. She received her Master's in Real Estate Development from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning. After completing her Master's, Hyman worked at JOSS Realty Partners in New York City. At JOSS, she was involved in acquisitions, underwriting, and development. Currently, she is an Associate at GreenBarn Investment Group, in which she is involved in acquisitions, underwriting, and development.

K. Courtland Thomas

Job Titles:

Member of the Steering Committee
Co - Founder & Partner / Atlanta Property Group, LLC

In 2003, K. Courtland Thomas co-founded Atlanta Property Group (APG), where he currently serves as a partner. Prior to forming Atlanta Property Group, he spent five years with Lowe Enterprises, Inc., and also worked with GE Capital and The Brookdale Group in a variety of capacities. In addition, Thomas serves as president of the Westminster Alumni Association and as a mentor at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. His professional affiliations include NAIOP and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors. Thomas earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University and is a graduate of the Westminster Schools in Atlanta.