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TITLE SPONSOR Welcome to the 23rd Annual CU Real Estate Forum

On behalf of the CU Real Estate Center, the International Advisory Board, and the Forum Planning Committee, we would to welcome you to this year’s Annual Forum. As those of you who have attended over the years know, the Forum has grown to become one of the premier annual real estate events in Colorado, and a platform through which the Real Estate Center can showcase its thought leadership in the commercial real estate community. We are proud each year to draw in local, national and international experts, and this year is no exception.

The Real Estate Center sits uniquely at the intersection of and . It bridges the space between important academic research, training the next generation of leaders, and integrat- TIER 2 SPONSORS ing that knowledge and expertise into the community. We are excited today to further that tradition, welcoming distinguished University professors and scholars-in-residence to discuss the trends they are studying and teaching, as well as industry leaders to talk about cutting edge projects in our region and the big-picture direction of the commercial real estate industry. In particular, we are thrilled to feature remarks from the President of the University and the Dean of the Leeds School of Business, along with two University professors – an economic expert, and an entrepreneur with unique insight into real estate disruptors. We will also be exploring the growing trend of entertainment-driven real estate developments, and offering expansive perspectives on the evolution of the multi- sector. Finally, a fireside chat with two industry icons will provide a national perspective on the global and political trends that are impacting our industry as we kick off a new decade and an election year.

As always, we design the Forum to provide exceptional educational content and create a premier networking opportunity for the community and our talented , the

future leaders of this industry. In that spirit, please take some time to network with students throughout the day – your next superstar could be seated across the table from you.

Thank you for joining us and we hope you enjoy the premier experience the Center has assembled for you today.

Noelle Riccardella Campbell Davis Co-Chair – Annual Forum Co-Chair – Annual Forum [email protected] [email protected]

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1 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM ______2020 CU Real Estate Annual Forum Agenda 10:15 – 10:30am ______BREAK Wednesday, February 26th and Thursday, February 27, 2020 10:30-11:00am The Economic Crystal Ball: Brian Lewandowski, past President of the Denver Association of Business Economists, Associate Director of the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business, and nationally recognized Wednesday, February 26th economist looks behind the numbers foretelling the outlook for the local, regional and national economies. 5:30 – 7:00pm THE Industry Networking Reception at Los Chingones, RINO Presented by: Presented by:

11:00-11:45am Intersection of Entertainment and Real Estate: A growing trend of real estate Thursday, February 27th projects driven and anchored by entertainment uses is taking the by storm. Our marquee panel of experts includes: 7:30 – 8:15am Networking Breakfast, Mile High Station, Denver Presented by: • Marc Perusse, Director of Acquisitions of Revesco , developer of the River Mile project, Denver’s new to experiential-art disruptor Meow Wolf’s; • Patrick Walsh of the McGregor Square development adjacent to Coors Field; 8:15 – 8:30am Welcome – 2020 Forum Co-Chairs Noelle Riccardella, Director, Lewis Bess Williams & Weese P.C. and Campbell Davis, Senior Associate, CBRE Investment • Daniel Aizenman, Senior Principal, of Stantec, member of the CU Properties; and Michael Kercheval, Executive Director, CU Real Estate Center Real Estate Center International Advisory Board and part of the design team for McGregor Square. 8:30 – 8:45am State of the Business School – Prof. Sharon Matusik, Dean, Leeds School Presented by: of Business

8:45 – 9:00am Colorado’s Flagship University – Dr. Mark Kennedy, President, University of Colorado

9:00 – 9:30am The iBuying Revolution: iBuyer companies, who purchase based on market data without inspections or brokers, are aggressively increasing ______their market share. Mike Delprete, Leeds School of Business Scholar in 11:45 – 12:30pm ______KEYNOTE AND FIRESIDE CHAT Residence, internationally recognized iBuyer expert and real estate tech strategist, shares his exclusive insights on this leading edge of the real Does Washington Still Matter? Jeff DeBoer, President and CEO of the DC-based estate technology revolution. national Real Estate Roundtable shares his lifetime of experience with a candid look inside the beltway, discussing the anticipated impact on real Presented by: estate of politics, trends and the upcoming elections. Fireside Chat: Jeff DeBoer and Ric Clark, Senior Managing Partner and Chairman, Brookfield Group, one of the world’s largest and most 9:30 – 10:15am Focus on Multi-Family: Doug Bibby, President and CEO of the Washington, DC active real estate players will help divine the future of global real estate. – based, National Multi Council (NMHC), and former senior executive ______of , provides a critical review of the nation’s multi-family housing 12:30pm ______LUNCH trends, issues and opportunities, followed by a moderated panel of local and national multi-family players. The panel of developers, owners and Presented by: operators includes:

• Scott Johnson, Division President, LMC a Lennar Co., and CU Real Estate Center International Advisory Board member • David Kim, CEO, Bascom Group, and CU Real Estate Center International Advisory Board member • Nick Koncilja, Managing Director, Bow River Capital • Kim Sperry, Managing Director, RangeWater Real Estate

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Keynote Speakers Annual Forum Co-Chair Campbell Davis Welcome Capital Markets – Investment Properties, [email protected] Michael P. Kercheval linkedin.com/in/campbell-davis-546a061a

Sherm Miller Executive Director Campbell Davis is an investment sales broker development experience in the University of Colorado Real Estate Center with CBRE’s Capital Markets, Investment and sectors prior to his linkedin.com/in/michael-kercheval-b757283/ Properties group. Campbell joined CBRE in transition into capital markets. Campbell 2018 and specializes in helping private capital began his capital markets brokerage career clients with the disposition and recapitalization with Cushman & Wakefield in 2016. Since We are proud to once again assemble and stakeholders, welcome, and thank you for your of office properties located throughout that time, he has completed over $325 million host Colorado’s most important annual participation, which plays a major financial role Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region. in commercial sales transactions. Campbell leading- edge real estate event. Our unique in supporting the University of Colorado Real serves as the 2020 co-chair of the CU Real combination of an academic platform and Estate Center (CUREC). Campbell brings a dynamic skill set and a Estate Annual Forum. industry insights makes the Annual Real unique perspective gained through eight Estate Forum truly special and invaluable. On years of project management and business behalf of our staff, faculty, students and many

State of the Business School

Prof. Sharon Matusik Annual Forum Co-Chair Dean, Leeds School of Business linkedin.com/in/sharon-matusik-66b4b411 Noelle Riccardella Director, Lewis Bess Williams & Weese P.C. Sharon Matusik is the Dean and Professor of takes a group of MBA students to an emerging [email protected] Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Leeds economy, most recently to Cuba, to linkedin.com/in/noelle-riccardella-80203517 School of Business, University of Colorado. the role of entrepreneurship and in . Dr. Matusik’s research focuses on entrepre- Noelle is a real estate attorney and a Director and large-scale ground up developments. neurship, innovation, knowledge assets and Dr. Matusik has served in a variety of leader- with the Denver law firm Lewis Bess Williams Noelle enjoys working with all types of clients venture capital. For example, she has looked ship roles, including senior associate dean for and Weese. She represents a wide range of to bring her many years of experience and a at topics such as how markets value inno- faculty and research and academic director clients in commercial real estate transactions, practical business perspective to help get real vation activities of firms, what accounts for of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at including acquisitions, dispositions, financing estate deals done. Noelle has been an active variation in profitability levels of entrepreneurial the Leeds School, and as a board member for and leasing. She also has extensive experi- supporter of the CU Real Estate Council since firms, how the diversification of a venture capi- nonprofit organizations such as the Strategic ence with projects, 2015, and serves as the 2020 co-chair of the tal firm affects its performance, the develop- Management Society and MBA Women Inter- including and projects CU Real Estate Annual Forum. ment of capital markets around the globe, national (formerly Graduate Women in Busi- and gains from innovation activities in emerg- ness [GWIB]). She speaks regularly on topics ing markets. Her work has been published in related to innovation and entrepreneurship, top international academic journals, and is and advises local entrepreneurial ventures. widely cited in the management field. She is the 2014 recipient of the Leeds School’s William H. Baughn Distinguished Her teaching interests are in the area of stra- Service award, and has also received awards tegic management and entrepreneurship, and for her research, teaching and service to her she has taught extensively at the MBA, under- profession. Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. graduate, PhD and executive level. She also Matusik worked in the field of consulting for spent a semester as a visiting professor at seven years. Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) in , Chile; UDD is ranked number one in entrepre- neurship in Latin America. Each spring, she

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Colorado’s Flagship University The iBuying Revolution PRESENTED BY:

Dr. Mark Kennedy Mike Delprete President, University of Colorado Adjunct Professor, Leeds School of Business linkedin.com/in/cumarkkennedy/ CUREC Scholar-in-Residence linkedin.com/in/mdelprete/ Mark Kennedy was named 23rd president of Washington University. He has lectured or the University of Colorado on May 2, 2019, led research projects on five continents, iBuyer companies, who purchase homes entrepreneur, CEO, strategy director, and and officially started leading the CU system including at the University of , based on market data without inspections head of corporate development with broad July 1, 2019. He oversees a university system University of , Johns Hopkins or brokers, are aggressively increasing their expertise in online real estate tech, and a with four (Boulder, Colorado University, University of Notre Dame, New market share. Mike Delprete, Leeds School of passion for growing new . Springs, Denver and the Anschutz Medical York University, University of , National Business Scholar in Residence, internationally ), more than 67,000 students, 37,000 University of and Tecnológico de recognized iBuyer expert and real estate tech Mike is internationally recognized as an employees and a $4.8 billion annual budget. in . strategist, shares his exclusive insights expert and thought-leader in real estate tech. won this leading edge of the real estate His evidence-based analysis is widely read Before assuming the presidency of CU, From 2001 to 2007, Kennedy served in the technology revolution. by global leaders, and he is a sought-after Kennedy distinguished himself in successful U.S. of Representatives, first for strategy and new ventures consultant. roles in business, and higher ’s Second Congressional District Mike is a global real estate tech strategist, education. and then for its Sixth Congressional District. and a scholar-in-residence at the University While in Congress, he sat on the , of Colorado Boulder. He’s a former tech Kennedy firmly believes in the power of a and Transportation public research university such as CU to committees, where he established a reputation improve lives and have a positive impact for bipartisanship. After leaving Congress, at home and around the globe. A first- Kennedy was appointed to the Advisory generation college graduate from a family Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations, of modest means but a strong belief in the serving under both Presidents George Bush power of education, Kennedy is a staunch and Barack Obama. advocate for increasing first-generation college graduates while providing educational Before his time in government and higher opportunities for all. education, Kennedy had a successful career in business, including helping Pillsbury buy His focuses at CU include fiscal sustainability, and expand Häagen-Dazs and serving as keeping a CU education affordable and an executive on the leadership teams of the accessible, elevating success and company that is today known as Macy’s. growing CU’s significant research portfolio and Kennedy also served as the Global economic impact. Business Development Lead for Accenture, a global management consulting and Kennedy came to CU from the University of technology firm. North Dakota, where he served as president from July 2016-June 2019. Kennedy is the founder of the Economic Club of Minnesota and a member of the During his time at UND, Kennedy led the Council on Foreign Relations. He founded the adoption and implementation of a strategic Frontiers of Freedom Lecture Series at St. plan that positioned the university for John’s University and authored Shapeholders: success in a fast-changing higher education Business Success in the Age of Activism, environment. UND increased graduation rates published by Columbia University Press. by 10 percentage points under his leadership. The university also expanded research and He earned a bachelor’s degree from St. online offerings, underwent significant campus John’s University and a master’s in business renewal and was listed among the 25 Most administration (MBA) with distinction from the Innovative Universities by U.S. News & University of Michigan. World Report.

Before the UND presidency, Kennedy served as director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George

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Focus on Multi-Family PRESENTED BY: Multi-family panel of developers, owners and operators includes:

Focus on Multi-Family: Doug Bibby, President and CEO of the Washington DC based, National Multi Housing Council David Kim (NMHC), and former senior executive of Fannie Mae, provides a critical review of the nation’s multi-family housing trends, Managing Partner issues and opportunities, followed by a moderated panel of local and national multi-family players. The Bascom Group Member of the CU Real Estate Center IAB Doug Bibby linkedin.com/in/david-kim-79661110/ President National Multi-Family Housing Council (NMHC) David S. Kim is a co-founder and Managing University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has linkedin.com/in/mdelprete/ Partner of The Bascom Group, LLC. attended executive level programs at the Bascom has completed over $16.2 billion Institute of Technology. He Douglas M. Bibby is President of the National Mr. Bibby began his career with the worldwide in multi-family and commercial value- often serves as guest lecturer at the University Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), a communications firm J. Walter Thompson added transactions since 1996 including of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Colorado, national organization of more than 1,400 where he served a variety of clients both 614 multifamily transactions and 163,118 University of Southern , University of member firms involved in the nearly $2 trillion domestically and internationally over his units. Bascom has ranked among the top California and Irvine. multifamily housing industry. Under his 12-year career with the company. At the time 50 multifamily owners in the U.S. Bascom’s leadership NMHC represents the industry on of his departure from J. Walter Thompson, subsidiaries and joint ventures include the Mr. Kim currently serves and has served Capitol Hill and before the regulatory agencies, he was Senior Vice President and General Southern California Industrial Fund, Rushmore on the Board of Directors for the “I Have A promotes research and the exchange of Manager of the firm’s Washington, D.C. Properties, Bascom Portfolio Advisors, Shubin Dream” of Los Angeles, Theta information, and advocates for rental housing operations. Mr. Bibby has been active in the Nadal Associates, Spirit Bascom Ventures, Chi PSI Chapter Foundation, The U.S Fund across a broad spectrum of issues. Prior to non- community of Washington, D.C. for REDA Bascom Ventures, MHF RM Holdings, for UNICEF Southern California, University joining NMHC, Mr. Bibby spent 16 years as a the past 30 years. Bascom Northwest Ventures, Bascom Arizona of California, Irvine Center for Real Estate, senior officer of Fannie Mae, where he served Ventures, Harbor Associates, Village Partner University of Colorado Center for Real Estate, on the company’s Management Committee Mr. Bibby graduated from Denison University Ventures, and the Realm Group. Bascom’s University of , Real Estate throughout his tenure. He was part of the top with a B.A. degree and was honored with subsidiaries also include Premier Business Finance and Development Founders Council, management team that is credited with the the university’s Alumni Citation Award in Centers, the largest privately held executive University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni remarkable turnaround at Fannie Mae in the 2004. He also holds a Masters of Business suite company in the U.S. Association, Urban Institute (ULI), book Good to Great. Administration degree from the University of Young Presidents’ Organization – Golden Texas at Austin. Prior to founding Bascom, Mr. Kim served West Chapter, The Pedro Pallares Autism and as a Senior Analyst and Development Behavioral Health Foundation and Boys Hope Associate, from 1989 to 1995, for the Disney Girls Hope of Southern California. Mr. Kim also Development Company, a wholly owned serves on the advisory board of the Special subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Olympics Orange . where he was responsible for business development and analysis of more than $400 Mr. Kim was a recipient of the Real Estate million in retail, office, entertainment, and Conference Group’s Executive of residential projects. Prior to joining the Disney the Year in 2004, Orange County Business Development Company, Mr. Kim served as Journal’s Entrepreneurship of the Year Portfolio Associate with the State of Wisconsin Award in 2010, and was recognized in the Investment Board. 2011 Multi-Family Executive Magazine. In 2016, Mr. Kim was awarded with the Mr. Kim holds Bachelor of Business prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Administration degree in Real Estate & Urban Ernst & Young. Land Economics and in Marketing from the

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Scott Johnson Kim Sperry Division President Managing Director LMC RangeWater Real Estate Member of the CU Real Estate Center IAB Member of the CU Real Estate Center IAB linkedin.com/in/scott-johnson-99750422 linkedin.com/in/kimberly-sperry-6a5783a

Scott Johnson – Lennar Multifamily and established a successful development, Kim Sperry is Managing Director for high-rise project built in the Communities, Division President - Mountain construction and asset management RangeWater Real Estate. In her role, Sperry current cycle. States/Southwest platform in the Mountain States. He also identifies development, acquisition and third- was the Managing Director of Trammell Crow party opportunities Kim serves on the ULI Silver Multifamily Scott is currently the Division President of Residential and, along with his team, was for the firm in both markets. A decorated Product Council, is co-chair of the Colorado the Mountain States/Southwest for Lennar’s responsible for the sourcing and development real estate veteran, Kim’s extensive track Multifamily Product Council, and serves on the Multifamily Apartment Division. At LMC, he of over $500 million in luxury multifamily record includes oversight of major acquisition International Advisory Board for the University has been responsible for sourcing over $1.50 communities. Scott is a graduate of the and new development opportunities, joint of Colorado Real Estate Center. She is also billion of development in 16 communities with (BA) and the University venture structuring, asset management and a member of National Multifamily Housing over 5,300 apartment homes since late-2012 of Colorado (MBA), where he currently serves disposition of multifamily, industrial, and Council and the Denver Partnership. in Denver and Phoenix and a team on the Leeds School of Business Real Estate office properties. Kim graduated from the University of Colorado of development, construction and property Center International Advisory Board. Scott is with a bachelor’s degree in finance and management professionals. With over 20 an active member of ULI, NMHC, Vail Valley Sperry has sourced and managed new graduated with honors from the University years of experience in multifamily, Scott Foundation and Judi’s House. investments totaling over $1.2 billion in previously served as the Managing Director a variety of markets across the U.S. over of Denver with a master’s degree in real of Mill Creek Residential Trust, where he the course of her 20-year career, and was estate and . She sourced the development of over $100 million instrumental in the successful development also holds the CCIM designation, and has and sourcing of high-profile projects such as volunteered at area schools and with the 2785 Speer , Verve apartments Colorado Children’s Campaign. and The Coloradan, downtown Denver’s first Nick Koncilja Managing Director Bow River Capital linkedin.com/in/nkoncilja

Mr. Koncilja is responsible for overseeing In 2004, Mr. Koncilja took a position in the Bow River’s real estate platform which Denver Mayor Hickenlooper’s administration includes approximately $300 million of capital as the Deputy Director of a $400M bond deployed across a variety of strategies. The initiative to overhaul the of portfolio currently includes approximately 2.5 the criminal courts and detention facilities. million SF of industrial, 800,000 SF of office, He was intimately involved in every aspect 400,000 SF of retail, and 490 senior housing of the project from the initial programming units. Bow River is also invested in multi-family and budgeting to the bond campaign and mixed use projects. and through the execution of the final construction contracts. Before joining Bow River Capital, he founded a real estate development company with Mr. In 2007, Mr. Koncilja left the Mayor’s Office Richardson. Prior to that, Mr. Koncilja served to work with Urban Villages. While there as the Chief Operating Officer of St. Charles he became the VP of Development and Company. At St. Charles he oversaw Operations. Nick oversaw the completion the company’s retail development and land of multiple office projects and the acquisitions, as well as 2.1 million SF of third re-positioning of multi-family, retail, party real estate services. and flex industrial portfolios.

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The Economic Crystal Ball PRESENTED BY: Patrick Walsh General Manager Brian Lewandowski McGregor Square Associate Director, Business Research Division linkedin.com/in/patrick-walsh-863b2416a Leeds School of Business linkedin.com/in/lewandowskibrian Patrick Walsh is the General Manager for events to movies. Patrick graduated from the McGregor Square. Opening in January 2021 University of Kansas in 2005 and has been Brian Lewandowski, the past President of the Boulder. Brian provides regional business and McGregor Square will be a complete mixed- the principal owner of D & P of Colorado since Denver Association of Business Economists, economic information and education, includ- use development encompassing an entire city 2009 which focuses on investing in real estate Associate Director of the Business Research ing economic and revenue forecasts, policy block in the heart of LoDo which will feature and private companies across a variety of Division at the Leeds School of Business, and studies, economic impact analyses, and data a boutique hotel, 103 For-Sale residences, industries. Patrick, his wife Annie, and their nationally recognized economist looks behind . Brian has 14 years’ experience an office tower, 75,000 square feet of curated two dogs Henry and Waylon live in Denver. the numbers foretelling the outlook for the conducting economic studies at CU Boulder. retail, and a 30,000 square foot plaza which local, regional and national economies. Prior to CU, he worked in both the private will host everything from concerts to sporting sector and government. He is currently the Brian Lewandowski is Associate Director of president of the Denver Association of Busi- the Business Research Division at the Leeds ness Economists. School of Business, University of Colorado Daniel Aizenman Senior Principal Stantec Member of the CU Real Estate Center IAB PRESENTED BY: Intersection of Entertainment and Real Estate linkedin.com/in/daniel-aizenman-a785424 A growing trend of real estate projects driven and anchored by entertainment uses is taking the market by storm. Daniel Aizenman brings his creative vision as an AIA award, and placement on ICSC’s Our marquee panel of experts includes: to the visitor experience for resorts, retail, 20 under 40, class of 2016. He is known mixed-use development, healthcare facilities, for delivering groundbreaking projects like sports and entertainment, urban districts, and Distrito Santa Fe, a 9.2 million square foot, Marc Perusse corporate . He leads a multidisciplinary mixed use development in ; Gran Director of Acquisitions design staff; has designed projects in over Santa Fe in Mexico City, a 2.1 million Revesco Properties 35 countries; and experience in , square foot, mixed-use retail center in one city planning, placemaking, wayfinding, block; Cityset, Denver’s latest gastronomic linkedin.com/in/marcperusse , , and hospitality village and silver Medal for the healthcare planning. ICSC US Design and Development Award Marc Perusse is the Director of Acquisitions of commercial real estate transactions as a in 2014 for Best Mixed Use project; and for Revesco Properties. Prior to joining broker, investor, and consultant. Marc received Originally from Mexico City and fluent in Commerce Square in downtown , Revesco Properties, Marc was a Principal a Bachelor of Science from the University of English, Spanish, and Hebrew, Daniel uses where he shifted the paradigm of a corporate with Cress Capital, Chase Merritt and a Vice Denver cum laude with a major in Real Estate his travel experiences to inform his design, environment. President with Andrews Securities where and Construction Management. Marc has bringing a love of culture to each of his he acted as a principal investor, placement provided opinions and quotations on topics projects. As a senior principal and architectural For Daniel, every situation brings an agent and adviser to leading institutional and pertaining to real estate securities and finance designer for our Visions. Brands. Experiences. opportunity to learn something new, and every entrepreneurial real estate investors, operators for various publications, including the Group, he creates tangible, memorable design requires some reinvention. It keeps and developers. Prior to these activities, he Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Week, connections for the end user. things interesting held an investment and due diligence role and Colorado Real Estate Journal. He holds with an independent broker dealer focusing his Colorado Real Estate License and has Daniel has won several ICSC design on the syndication of commercial real estate been associated with ULI, and NAIOP where competitions on the future of retail as well transactions to high net worth investors. Marc he was awarded the Developing Leader of the has been involved in over $750 million worth year in 2016.

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Keynote Address and Fireside Chat Lower Association, he serves on Mr. Clark holds a Bachelor of Science in the executive committee of the Real Estate Business from the University of Board of , and he is on the board Pennsylvania. Does Washington Still Matter? Jeff DeBoer, President and CEO of the DC-based national Real Estate Roundtable shares his of directors of the Real Estate Roundtable, lifetime of experience with a candid look inside the beltway, discussing the anticipated impact on real estate of politics, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, trends and the upcoming elections. The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center and the Fireside Chat: Jeff DeBoer and Ric Clarke, Senior Managing Partner and Chairman, Brookfield Property Group, one of the National Eating Disorders Association. world’s largest and most active real estate players will help divine the future of global real estate.

Ric Clarke Senior Managing Partner and Chairman Jeff DeBoer Brookfield Property Group President and CEO linkedin.com/in/ric-clark Real Estate Roundtable rer.org/about-us/roundtable-staff Ric Clark is a Managing Partner and Chairman company, adding 125 properties; and Forest of the Brookfield Property Group and City Realty Trust, a $12 billion portfolio of Jeff DeBoer has been at the forefront of Management Policy. Mr. DeBoer also served Brookfield Property Partners. high-quality office, multifamily, retail and national policy affecting the real estate on the Advisory Board of Washington DC’s development assets across the U.S. industry for the past thirty-five years. He is Smithsonian National Zoological and Mr. Clark has been with Brookfield and its the founding President and CEO of The Real Conservation Biology Institute. predecessors since 1984 in various senior Recently, under Mr. Clark’s leadership, Estate Roundtable. roles, including Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield has grown its already-significant Jeff has discussed real estate and economic Brookfield Property Group, Brookfield Property portfolio in over the last two The Real Estate Roundtable represents policy issues on FOX News, Bloomberg Partners and Brookfield Office Properties. years. Recent office acquisitions include 666 the leadership of the nation’s top 150 , MSNBC and CNBC; and his Under his leadership, the property group grew Fifth Avenue, 1100 Avenue of the Americas privately owned and publicly-held real editorials have been published in the Wall its assets under management from less than and the more than 5-million square feet of estate ownership, development, lending and Street Journal and USA Today. In 2010, $5 billion to more than $180 billion, expanded office space within the Forest City Realty management firms, as well as the elected Globest.com named Mr. DeBoer a “top its investments beyond the office sector into Trust portfolio that includes MetroTech in leaders of the 17 major national real estate 10 Industry Newsmaker of the Decade”; the multifamily, industrial, and hotel sectors, Downtown Brooklyn and the New York industry trade associations. Roundtable in 2013 Executive and extended its geographic footprint beyond Times building in . member portfolios contain over 12 billion named him one of the “30 most influential North America and to , , Recent Multifamily development includes the square feet of office, retail and industrial people in real estate”; in 2016 Real Estate and . 844-unit Eugene at Manhattan West, four properties valued at nearly $2 trillion; over Forum honored him as the “Voice of the sites at Greenpoint Landing on the Brooklyn 2 million apartment units; and in excess Industry” and one of the nation’s top CRE As President and Chief Executive Officer of waterfront where Brookfield will build more of 2.5 million hotel . Participating bosses; in 2017 Washington Life Magazine Brookfield Office Properties from 2002 to than 1,900 apartments, two sites in the Mott trade associations represent nearly than 2 included Mr. DeBoer in its “Power 100” list of 2012, Mr. Clark spearheaded the repositioning Haven section of the Bronx where Brookfield million people directly employed in the real Washington DC’s most influential unelected, of the company into a global business with will build seven towers and 1,300 apartments, estate industry. non-governmental people; and, in 2018, The the acquisition of the Trizec office portfolio in and Waterside Plaza, a 1,400-unit complex Hill placed Mr. DeBoer on its list of the top the U.S., the Hammerson office portfolio in on the East Side of Manhattan. Brookfield’s Mr. DeBoer also chairs the National Real lobbyists in Washington DC, a list it called: in 2012, as well as 18 Class A office New York portfolio now includes $32 billion in Estate Organization, a 20 member real estate “the players at the top of their , known properties in Australia in 2010. assets under management, with major mixed- trade association coalition focused on industry for their ability to successfully navigate the used placemaking destinations Brookfield communication, advocacy and diversity Brookfield is the largest commercial property byzantine and competitive world of federal Place and Manhattan West, a total of 26 efforts. He also serves as Chairman of the owner in New York, , London, , policymaking.” MSF of office space, 2.7 MSF of retail, 9,200 Real Estate Industry Information Sharing and Calgary, and London, and it is one of the apartments and another 2,900 apartments Analysis Center (RE-ISAC), an organization Mr. DeBoer holds degrees from Washington top owners in , , Seoul and under construction or in planning. dedicated to enhancing communication and Lee University School of Law (JD) and . Over the past eight years, Brookfield between the industry and federal policymakers from Yankton College (BA). He is a member of has built a major Multifamily business, with a Mr. Clark serves as a director on several of terrorism threats, building security, and major the Virginia Bar Association; the American Bar $17 billion portfolio covering 67,000 units in Brookfield’s real estate affiliate company incident reporting. He is a founding member Association; the Historic Georgetown Club; the 225 properties. boards, including Chairman of Brookfield of the steering committee of the Coalition City Club of Washington; Belle Haven Country Property Partners and board member of In 2018, Brookfield made a series of major, to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and he Club and Old Dominion Boat Club. Canary Wharf. He is Chairman of the Alliance strategic acquisitions, including General co-chaired the Advisory Board of the RAND for Downtown New York and the Downtown- Growth Properties, the U.S.’s #2 mall Corporation’s Center for Terrorism Risk

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About the CU Real Estate Center Katie Latier Associate Director CUREC is one of the nation’s premier real estate centers. The A newly approved real estate “major” (area of emphasis) in [email protected] Center is a powerful collaboration between CU’s Leeds School the business school’s undergrad- uate program complements our MBA in real estate and an exceptional one-year Masters Katie Latier is the Associate Director of the Real Estate Center, Katie was a change of Business and the real estate industry, designed to both train of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) degree. Every year the CU Real Estate Center and has been with the management specialist for Motorola in Austin, top leaders in the real estate industry and spearhead thought Leeds School of Business graduates and places over 100 Center since 2001. Her primary responsibilities Texas. Her responsibilities included providing leader- ship in the global property sector. exceptionally-educated professionals into the global real estate include overseeing the student placement, consulting and support to Motorola Business indus- try. We invite you to explore our academic programs for A key resource for graduate and undergrad- uate students, internship and mentor programs, counseling Groups in the area of change strategy and your own career development. the Center plays a significant role in helping students network students on coursework and career issues, planning, organizational design, business with industry professionals and obtain internships and full- time Once in the workforce, our CU-educated real estate coordinating networking opportunities for the process development, and training and jobs. In addition to raising and directing scholarship dollars to professionals retain lifelong access to the Center’s networking, students, and working to build relationships performance. Katie holds a master’s degree students, the Center also sponsors student business treks to professional learning and career development resources through with local real estate companies. She is in career counseling from the University visit real estate firms in our real estate alumni network. also the staff advisor to our Young Alumni of Colorado and a bachelor’s degree in Board, and spends time counseling and psychology and zoology from the University of major domestic and international markets, and sponsors critical Since graduating our first class of real estate MBAs almost assisting alums with their career aspirations Wisconsin-Madison. skills development with courses in Advanced Excel, ARGUS, 25 years ago, many of our alumni have become our greatest and progression. Prior to joining the CU LEEDS Green Building certification, and real estate case supporters and mentors to the next generation. These alumni analysis and presentation (which is along with our broad base of industry supporters truly make CUREC the outstand- ing Center it is. We invite you to join us preparation for international real estate case competitions). The as we continue to build out one of the world’s finest and most program graduates top real estate professionals prepared to respected real estate programs. Jennifer Smoot add value for their employer on the first day of their job. Program Manager

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Jennifer Smoot is the Undergraduate Program Prior to joining the CU Real Estate Center, Manager for the Real Estate Center. Jennifer has spent most of her career working Her primary responsibilities include helping in numerous real estate related industries CU Real Estate Center Staff students at the beginning of their real estate including residential sales as a licensed education and career journeys. Through Realtor®, real estate marketing, and sales Michael Kercheval internship and career advising, advising and technology training for Realtors®. In on real estate courses, and coordinating her most recent role, she was a business Executive Director networking opportunities, Jennifer works owner educating those in real estate sales on [email protected] directly with undergraduate students pursuing how to grow a successful business through the real estate area of emphasis to discover education in technology, branding/marketing, As the Center’s Executive Director, Mike companies, the final three years working in which in real estate interests them the and business strategy. Jennifer holds a manages and promotes the important Latin America as CEO of Lend Latin most. Jennifer also acts as the Real Estate master’s degree in Technical and Professional relationships between the real estate industry American Realty Advisors. Club Advisor, liaison to the Young Alum Board, Communications from the University and the academic community through and is tasked with helping to grow our MS of Wisconsin - Stout and a bachelor’s initiatives focusing on business education Earlier in his career, Mike was a senior in Real Estate program through our degree in English from the University of preparedness, career development and economist with Equitable Life Assurance 4 + 1 initiative. Wisconsin-Madison mentoring, and advancement of industry best Society, taught Urban Economics at Columbia practices. University in New York and worked in the 1980’s as a staff economist on the Colorado Prior to joining the Center, Mike served for Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Growth sixteen years as President and CEO of the Management. International Council of Centers (ICSC), the world’s largest commercial real A Colorado native and Boettcher Scholar, estate trade association. Mike holds a master’s degree and PhD (ADB) in economics from Columbia University Prior to ICSC, Mike spent thirteen years as a and graduated with honors from the portfolio manager and real estate investment University of Colorado Boulder with a triple banker in New York, at Equitable Real Estate major in economics, political science and Investment Management and its successor international affairs.

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Lisa Peck CU Real Estate Center Faculty Administrative Assistant [email protected] Tom Thibodeau Global Real Estate Capital Markets Professor Lisa serves as liaison to the International Prior to joining the real estate center, Lisa Academic Director, CU Real Estate Center Advisory Board, budget manager, event worked at The Ohio State University Alumni planner, and assistant to the Executive Association as the reunion coordinator for 50 [email protected] Director of the Real Estate Center, and 60 year out graduates while attending Michael Kercheval. college at night. Having lived in Ohio my Tom Thibodeau is the Global Real Estate overseeing the Leeds School of Business real entire life up to this point, we saw the move to Capital Markets Professor and the Academic estate curriculum, staffing real estate courses Lisa and her husband enjoy traveling, trying Colorado as our big adventure and it has been Director of the University of Colorado Real with qualified, committed research faculty, new restaurants, going to concerts and that and more! Estate Center in the Leeds School of Business directing the Center’s academic research, spoiling their dog, Maya. at the University of Colorado-Boulder. In and continuing to develop relationships with 1980, Tom received a Ph.D. in Economics and members of the real estate industry. an M.S. degree in Statistics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. After Tom’s professional research has been completing his Ph.D., Tom was a Research published in numerous nationally recognized Associate in the Housing Division of The refereed journals. Tom is currently teaching Angela Gorbold Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. At the Real Estate Finance and Investments and Membership Engagement Urban Institute, Tom developed house price and he has taught indices; developed econometric models courses in Real Estate Fundamentals, Real [email protected] designed to explain spatial and temporal Estate Markets and Valuation, Real Estate variation in house prices; evaluated Federal Development, Backed Prior to joining the CU Real Estate Center, for a Property Development firm focused on programs for subsidizing low-income housing; Securities, Managerial Economics Angela spent six years living overseas commercial and residential projects. She and served as a staff consultant for President and Macroeconomics. in Africa, and the UK. Prior to started her career working at JPMorgan Chase Reagan’s Commission on Housing. From 1983 Tom serves on the Technical Advisor Board traveling, she founded Parade Home Ltd, a on the London Stock Exchange. Angela holds to July 2004, he was on the Real Estate faculty for Zillow.com. In addition, he has consulted and lifestyle boutique, serving as a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies at the Cox School of Business, Southern for the Rocky Mountain Institute, Boulder Managing Director for 10 years with 3 stores from the Robert Gordon University, Methodist University. During the 1998-1999 Tomorrow, the Boulder Area Realtors, the City and online commerce platform. Concurrently, in , . academic year, he was a Visiting Professor of Arvada, Colorado, Converium Reinsurance, Angela served as Non-Executive Director of Real Estate at the Wharton School of AIMCO, Criterion Economics, L.L.C., Zurich Business, the University of Pennsylvania, and Reinsurance, Fannie Mae, The Urban Institute, a Visiting Scholar at the Philadelphia Fed. the US Department of Housing and Urban Tom is currently the Academic Director of Development and the Government Accounting the University of Colorado’s Real Estate Office, among others. Center (CUREC) where he is responsible for:

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Curtis Sears Emily Gallagher Teaching Professor Assistant Professor [email protected] [email protected]

Following a 25-year career as a real estate Seminar in Real Estate (REAL 4850). He is Emily Gallagher is an assistant professor of quasi-experimental designs, using large attorney, developer and broker, Prof. Sears also responsible for the undergraduate real finance in the real estate track of the Leeds policy changes or natural disasters as tools began teaching part-time at Leeds in 2008. estate case competition teams and events. School of Business. She received her Ph.D. to better understand the financial calculus of In 2011 he became a full-time Instructor, Prof. Sears received the Marinus Smith Award in economics from the School of . In the mutual fund space, Emily’s was promoted to Sr. Instructor in 2014, and (2014) given by the students and their Economics (Sorbonne) in 2015 and completed research centers on identifying the factors became the first finance faculty member to faculty/staff who have had a particularly her post-doctorate work at Washington driving fund investors to redeem shares during at Leeds to receive the title of Teaching positive impact on their students. Prof. Sears University in St. Louis (Olin) in 2017. She is down markets and what, if any, consequences Professor in 2018. In 2013 and each year was nominated for the Marinus Smith award also a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve these redemptions carry for the stability of the since, Prof. Sears has been recognized as again in 2019. He has been nominated by his Bank of St. Louis. global financial system. the CU Real Estate Center’s Instructor of students for the Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Distinction. Prof. Sears has taught many Excellence Award every year since 2011, Her research is empirical and centers on two Emily teaches Real Estate Finance and undergraduate courses including Principals having been a finalist three times (2016, `17 & areas: finance and mutual funds. Investments, REAL 4100, at the Leeds of Real Estate (REAL 3000), Real Estate Law `18). Prof. Sears received his undergraduate Recent papers in household finance examine School of Business. “Her research has (REAL 4000), Real Estate Internship (REAL degree from the Cox School of Business, the effect of changes in U.S. health policy been published in the Journal of Financial 4810), Real Estate Development (REAL 4820), Southern Methodist University (1983), his Juris on rent and mortgage delinquency rates, Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Sr. Seminar in Real Estate (REAL 4850) and Doctor degree from the University of Colorado / costs, and household Journal of Public Economics.” Real Estate Case Competitions (REAL 4900). Law School (1992; Order of the Coif) and savings decisions. Her work often involves He currently bookends the undergraduate completed the AACSB Bridge Program for curriculum, teaching the first and last courses: Professionally Qualified Faculty (2008). Principals of Real Estate (REAL 3000) and Sr. Mike DelPrete Adjunct Professor, Leeds School of Business Stephen Billings CUREC Scholar-in-Residence Associate Professor linkedin.com/in/mdelprete/ [email protected] Mike is a global real estate tech strategist, Mike is internationally recognized as an and a scholar-in-residence at the University expert and thought-leader in real estate tech. Dr. Stephen B. Billings, Associate Professor and Economics. Steve’s research focuses on of Colorado Boulder. He’s a former tech His evidence-based analysis is widely read of Real Estate in the Department of Finance a number of important policy issues including entrepreneur, CEO, strategy director, and by global leaders, and he is a sought-after at the University of Colorado, earned his the impact of public investment in light-rail head of corporate development with broad strategy and new ventures consultant. doctorate in economics at the University of transit on neighborhoods, the impact of school expertise in online real estate tech, and a Colorado, a master’s degree in Urban and segregation on academic achievement and passion for growing new businesses. at University of North crime, the role of peers and youth environment Carolina and a bachelor’s degree from on adult criminal outcomes as well as number Georgetown University. He is a nationally of ongoing studies that examine the role of recognized scholar in urban economics lead-based paint on neighborhoods, home and real estate with over 10 peer-reviewed values and childhood outcomes. He works publications including the Quarterly Journal of extensively with large administrative datasets Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Real with a number of studies based on data from Estate Economics, Regional Science & Urban Charlotte, NC and Denver, CO. Economics and Journal of Real Estate Finance

21 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 22 Craig Ferraro as an owner, contractor and designer. of Construction-Education.com, a learning Matt is currently a Senior Instructor in the platform with a mission to foster rapid growth [email protected] Department of Civil, Environmental and in , architecture, construction and Architectural Engineering at the University of real estate development education. Craig is currently an adjunct professor in hard rock to medical devices to ski Colorado, Boulder. Matt is also the Founder Real Estate. He has recently retired from his resorts (yes, he doesn’t have a clue on what position as Managing Partner at East West he wants to do). Craig has a BS degree in Partners, a real estate development firm with Accounting from University of Colorado and a projects nationwide. Previously Craig held MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of various positions including Chief Financial the University of Pennsylvania. He is married Tom Ragonetti Officer, Director of Business Development, to Kristi, also a CU alumni, and has two sons [email protected] Vice President Finance, and Director of who both attend CU. Marketing Services in industries ranging from Thomas J. Ragonetti is a senior shareholder Intl Magazine Global Award as “ and director of Otten Johnson Robinson Neff Law – Attorney of the Year in Colorado.” + Ragonetti PC, a leading commercial law He is an adjunct professor in the School firm in Denver, where he specializes in land of Architecture and Planning, University use, government regulation, urban and real of Colorado at Denver, where he teaches estate development and . He and “The New American represents private and public sector clients ,” and he is an adjunct professor in John Gallo locally and nationally in matters involving the University of Denver College of Law where [email protected] complex governmental approvals and large he teaches Land Use Planning and related scale development and construction, and he subjects. He also teaches at the University is active in civic matters including the same of Colorado Leeds School of Business on John has thirty years in business academia He also has over twenty-five years of issues. He has degrees in law from Harvard the same topics. He is Chairman and past teaching graduate and undergraduate finance experience in the investment industry serving Law School and in City Planning from Cornell President of the Rocky Mountain Land Use and real estate courses. He received a PhD as a portfolio manager, research analyst, University. He is listed in The Best Institute and has served on the Colorado in Finance and an MBA from the University and financial advisor. He currently is Chief in America, in both land use and real estate; Land Use Commission. He has served as of Texas at Arlington, and a BS from the Investment Officer for Liberty Partners in the top tier of land use lawyers, the top co-chair of The Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel University of Iowa. He was previously at the Financial Services, LLC, a Charleston, SC tier of real estate lawyers, and the top tier of on Housing. He frequently chairs and speaks University of Iowa Tippie College of Business based FINRA member broker-dealer and resort lawyers in the Chambers USA guide in continuing legal education and planning before joining CU-Boulder in 2018. His Registered Investment Advisor as well as Chief and in Colorado Super Lawyers. He has just programs devoted to land use, development, research has been published in financial Compliance Officer for Aeneas Capital, LLC, been named the winner of a 2014 Corporate and related topics. journals including Real Estate Economics, a Hong Kong based FINRA member broker- Journal of Real Estate Finance and dealer. John holds the Chartered Financial Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, Analyst and the Certified Financial Planner Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial professional designations in addition to six Analysts Journal, Journal of Banking and FINRA securities licenses. Joel Starbuck Finance, and Journal of Financial [email protected] Services Research.

Joel is an adjunct professor of Real Estate Joel has also served as a board member of at Leeds School of Business. He has over CUREC. Joel graduated from the University twenty-five years’ experience in commercial of Colorado with a degree in Real Estate and Matt Morris real estate, most of which was developing enjoys playing golf, fly fishing and coaching [email protected] grocery-anchored shopping centers for King youth sports. Joel lives in Arvada with his Soopers and City Market, a division of The wife, Drenea, and their three children. Matt Morris is a registered professional Academy at West Point, the University of Co. A member of NAIOP and ICSC, engineer and has extensive experience Colorado Boulder and Colorado School of in many aspects of the engineering and Mines, Matt has taught over 2,200 students construction industry. He holds a BS and through 16 different university courses. Matt’s MS in from the University experience spans across many markets, of Colorado, Boulder. In his roles as a civil including federal government, , engineering officer in the U.S. Air Force and healthcare, higher education, hospitality, a for a major commercial manufacturing, laboratory, pharmaceutical, , Matt has led over 160 corporate, heavy civil and water conveyance. projects totaling nearly $1 Billion. As a Additionally, Matt’s varied roles have enabled professor at the Military him to manage every phase of a project

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Sebastian Corradino [email protected] Bradford Kirby

Sebastian Corradino is an instructor in the public and privately-held finance companies. [email protected] Real Estate Program at the Leeds School of Sebastian has served on several non-profit Business. He is an entrepreneur and busi- boards and consults to for-profit and Bradford Kirby works in public equity investing, and has taught investing classes since 2011. ness leader, whose career has focused on real non-profit firms. estate development, finance and . Sebastian holds his Masters of Public Admin- istration from Columbia University, his Juris An experienced CEO, he has led a number of Doctor from George Mason University’s Kim Lord businesses throughout his career, including Antonin Scalia Law School, and his B.A. from a successful real estate development firm St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. [email protected] he founded, grew and sold. He has also led Kim Lord is a real estate and business formation, contract preparation, acquisitions attorney in Boulder with Parkard Dierking. and sales and employment issues. Kim is Her practice focuses on real estate a graduate of the CU Law School. And has transactions, including purchase and sale, practiced law in Colorado since 1989. Over Ben Wolf leasing, construction, formation of common the years. she has represented numerous interest communities and the land use developers, contractors, , , approval process. Kim also represents clients tenants, homeowner associations, brokers, Ben Wolf graduated with his MBA in real of Colorado. Previously, Ben worked for the in general business matters, including entity property owners and business owners. estate, finance, and entrepreneurship from University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation the University of Colorado Leeds School of as Project Manager, InSite Medical Properties Business in 2004. Ben is currently Director of in acquisitions and as asset manager for Commercial Investments for Conscience Bay Prime West development. Ben holds an Company, a private equity firm focused on real AB in Engineering focused on construction assets in and around Colorado. Conscience management from Lafayette College in Easton, Bay’s $225M portfolio is made up of 4000- Pennsylvania. Ben is the father of nine-year- acres of farm and ranch land, and 1.5M SF old twins, enjoys travel, sport and family time. of commercial space along the Front Range David Paul [email protected]

David is an adjunct professor of Finance and micro lending program. He provides expert Real Estate at Leeds School of Business. testimony to public bodies on a regular basis, Since the 1980s, he has advised state and and has worked as a speechwriter and advisor local , as well as international on gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. Jay Mankamyer clients, on the structuring and funding David received a BA in Economics from of over $50 billion of infrastructure and Yale University, an MBA in Finance from the [email protected] education projects. David is President of Wharton School, and a doctorate in Higher Fiscal Strategies Group, and was previously Education Management from the Graduate Jay Mankamyer graduated with his JD from care, hospitality and resort matters. Jay Managing Director of Public Financial School of Education of the University of the University of Colorado Law School and has been an adjunct professor at the Leeds Management, a public and project finance Pennsylvania. He is the author of When his MBA in real estate from the University of School of Business since 2016, teaching subsidiary of Hongkong and Bank. the Pot Boils: The decline and turnaround Colorado Leeds School of Business in 2007. real estate transactions and law to MBA and He also served as the Vice Provost of Drexel of Drexel University, and since 2004 has Jay is a Partner in the Real Estate Department MS candidates. Jay serves on the Board of University, and founded and served as CEO published regular commentaries on politics of Fox Rothschild, an national law firm. Directors for the Denver Metro Homebuilders of Mathforum.com, a mathematics and math and economics on the Huffington Post, Jay represents developers, homebuilders, Association and on the Habitat for Humanity education company and virtual Medium.com, and at appalled.blogspot. purchasers, sellers, landlords, tenants Finance and Audit Committee. Jay enjoys community that is now part of the National com. David is married to Kathy Schultz, the investors and lenders in complex commercial coaching soccer and traveling with his wife, Council of Teachers of Mathematics. David Dean of the CU School of Education, and real estate transactions, and has worked on Beth, and their three young children. worked with the International Organization has three adult children scattered across the numerous multifamily, office, retail, health for Migration after the 2004 tsunami in Aceh, United States. Indonesia to create a sharia-compliant

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Logistics real estate is about much more than distribution centers. At Prologis, we believe it’s Prologis Park Torrance, Torrance, California about making modern life possible—and helping our employees, customers and communities stay ahead of what’s next. As an integral part of the global supply chain, Prologis serves the world’s best brands—including Amazon, BMW, FedEx and more—by providing logistics real estate solutions that position our customers for success today and tomorrow. A Culture of Inclusion, Innovation and Opportunity We are committed to growing and promoting talent—and creating an inclusive workplace where every voice drives us forward. To innovate and stay ahead, we need people with varied experiences and different thinking styles. We aim to create an environment where everyone can give their very best. McGregor Square is an exciting new development in to see their favorite team in a different forum. The the heart of Lodo that will bring many unique ideas hotel will also feature 30,000 square feet of event and concepts to an already thriving and dynamic space which will allow it to host events ranging from area in downtown Denver. Set to be completed in weddings to company functions. January of 2021 and located directly south of Coors The 103-unit residential tower will feature for-sale Quick Facts Prologis encourages Field, the iconic home of the Colorado Rockies, its people to roll up McGregor Square will feature a new 176- hotel, condos that range from 480 square feet units to 6,000 square foot penthouses and everything in Assets Under their sleeves and dig in. a 103-unit residential tower, over 200,000 square 5,500 Customers $90B Management feet of commercial office space, and approximately between. The residential tower will be connected to No matter what your 70,000 square feet of retail. All three buildings will the hotel via a bridge 12 stories high making this an background is, you can iconic structure in Lodo. Global Most surround a 30,000 square foot content plaza that 1,600 Employees 100 Sustainable Corporations learn, develop, grow and will host everything from concerts and festivals to McGregor Square will be an urban jewel and will contribute here. an ice-skating rink in the winter. The plaza will be provide a much-needed public amenity for families Deborah Briones an ideal meeting place before or after a game and and the neighborhood. This project will bring an 4 Continents S&P 500 Member SVP, Associate General Counsel throughout the year. It will feature a grass berm, inspired mix of residential units, commercial space, an 80 X 20-foot screen, and a mix of both national curated retail, and a hotel right across from Coors and local restaurants and bar concepts along with Field. retail shops. Currently we are over 50% sold on our for-sale The hotel will be home to the Colorado Rockies condos at a record per foot sales price for Lodo and Seeking Talent of fame which will be a cutting-edge and interactive they are going fast! If interested please reach out to Where do you see yourself at Prologis? tribute to the rich history of the franchise and allow Dee Chirafisi at Kentwood City at: Visit .com/careers to search for the annual 3 million visitors to Coors Field a chance [email protected] jobs and learn about our extensive benefits packages.

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The CU Real Estate Center is honored to partner with the Bascom Group in vastly expanding the academic and industry-collaboration activities of the Center. In addition to being this year’s Title Sponsor of the Real Estate Forum, Bascom Group has enabled and funded the nation’s first case-study method program for teaching commercial real estate, incorporating multiple real-life competitions.

Koelbel.CUREC.Full.Page.Progam.Ad.8.5x11_11.OL.indd 1 2/11/20 2:46 PM INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS TITLE SPONSOR:

International Advisory Board Annual Forum Committee

IAB Chair of the Board Annual Forum Co-Chair Cyndi Thomas Noelle Riccardella Managing Director – Institutional Advisory Services, RCLCO Director – Lewis Bess Williams & Weese [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/cyndithomas/ linkedin.com/in/noelle-riccardella-80203517/

Cyndi is a Managing Director at RCLCO in Other experience includes real estate Noelle is a real estate attorney and a Director developments. Noelle enjoys working with the Institutional Advisory Services group and acquisitions, financing, restructurings, with the Denver law firm Lewis Bess Williams all types of clients to bring her many years is focused on driving performance of asset and asset management at CenterSquare and Weese. She represents a wide range of of experience and a practical business plans for an extensive portfolio on behalf Investment Management, Buchanan Street clients in commercial real estate transactions, perspective to help get real estate deals done. of various pension funds. Previously, Cyndi Partners, and Clarion Partners. Outside of including acquisitions, dispositions, financing Noelle has been an active supporter of the was a partner and executive vice president RCLCO, Cyndi is member of the Urban Land and leasing. She also has extensive CU Real Estate Council since 2015, and of Etkin Johnson’s Asset Management team, Institute – Small Scale Development Product experience with real estate development serves as the 2020 co-chair of the CU Real and oversaw the management, financial Council and the Chairman of the CU Real projects, including city infill and redevelopment Estate Annual Forum. performance and business strategy for the Estate Center International Advisory Board. projects and large-scale ground up company’s extensive Colorado portfolio.

IAB Past Chair of the Board Annual Forum Co-Chair Campbell Davis Richard Morgan Capital Markets – Investment Properties, Office Senior Vice President / Commercial Banker – Academy Bank [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/campbell-davis-546a061a/ linkedin.com/in/morganrichardb/

Richard is responsible for growing Academy and users of capital, principally commercial Campbell Davis is an investment sales broker and manufacturing sectors prior to his Bank’s relationship clientele and expanding real estate investors and developers, and with CBRE’s Capital Markets, Investment transition into capital markets. Campbell its loan portfolio secured by commercial real also owner-users, who seek project financing Properties group. Campbell joined CBRE in began his capital markets brokerage career estate assets to include a broad spectrum in up to $20 million. Richard focuses on early 2018 and specializes in helping private capital with Cushman & Wakefield in 2016. Since the categories of office, industrial, retail, self- stage acquisition, development, construction, clients with the disposition and recapitalization that time, he has completed over $325 million storage, hospitality, and multifamily housing. mini-perm loans, as well as longer terms for of office properties located throughout in commercial sales transactions. Campbell He is a builder of bridges between the Bank stabilized, income-producing assets. Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region. began his capital markets brokerage career with Cushman & Wakefield in 2016. Since that Campbell brings a dynamic skill set and a time, he has completed over $325 million in unique perspective gained through eight commercial sales transactions. years of project management and business development experience in the construction

Committee Erik Anderson (Sponsorship) Kim Sperry Peter Vitale

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Membership Committee Events & Advancement Committee

Membership Chair Events & Advancement Chair Wade Houser Courtney Schneider Partner – Lewis Brisbols Director - Hines [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/wade-houser-3703887/ linkedin.com/in/courtney-schneider-39017040/

Wade Houser is a partner in the Denver office Mr. Houser’s leasing practice includes years Ms. Schneider focuses on industrial the financing team in on loans totaling of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Real of experience representing regional and development and acquisitions for Hines in nearly $220M. Estate, Land Use, and Environment Practice. national retail clients in leasing and acquisition Colorado and Arizona. In these two markets He is also a member of the Banking & Finance transactions. He also has extensive experience she is charged with the sourcing, planning, Courtney is active in the CU Real Estate Practice. He is a skilled real estate attorney, in office and industrial leasing and in the underwriting, due diligence, negotiating, Center and currently sits on its International experienced in commercial real estate acquisition and disposition of commercial financing and closing of developments and Advisory Board (“IAB”). Chair of the Events transactions of all types, with an emphasis on real estate. acquisitions of industrial and logistics projects. and Advancement Committee and, she is commercial lending and leasing. He represents actively involved with the Young Alumni financial institutions, retail businesses, Mr. Houser’s comprehensive real estate Prior to joining Hines, Courtney was a Board, having served as its co-chair from developers and other companies in a wide experience includes the representation of Development Manager at United Properties 2015 – 2017. Courtney is an active member of range of real estate and finance matters. contractors, owners and financial institutions in their Denver office. Courtney facilitated NAIOP, specifically their Developing Leaders in connection with construction contracts, projects of all product types in her time at Program, currently serving on its Developing Mr. Houser’s real estate experience includes mechanic’s lien disputes, asset and business United Properties – industrial, office, retail Leaders Mentor Committee. She is also a representing regional and national commercial acquisitions and sales, and entity formation for and senior housing – and was responsible member of the International banks and lending institutions in real estate and commercial real estate and other transactions. for all facets of the project from due diligence Association (ICSC). construction loans, loan workouts, , in acquisition to project completion and and disposition of creditor-owned assets. closeout, with an emphasis on managing Courtney is a graduate from the University the design, budgeting and construction of Colorado Leeds School of Business process. This included the ground up where she earned her bachelor of science in development of more than 2.5M sq. ft. of business administration as well as her real estate certificate. Committee office and industrial product, acquisitions and dispositions exceeding $150M, and assisting Erik Anderson Richard Morgan Rich Etzkorn Cyndi Thomas Michael LaBelle Committee Tom Brinegar Amy Cara Craig Fimple Brad Segall Erin Barrett Eliot Hoyt Kevin Kelley Andrea Woodham

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Alumni Committee Golf Committee

Co-chair Alumni Co-chair Golf William Haass Chad Murphy Debt & Equity Analyst – JLL Managing Director - Hines [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/william-haass-66343ab8/ linkedin.com/in/chadmurphy1/

Will Haass is an Analyst in the Denver office of Real Estate Advisors while attending the Chad Murphy is the head of JLL. He is primarily responsible for performing University of Colorado to receive his BSBA for Hines Colorado. He is focused on land financial and market analysis, preparing with an emphasis in Finance and a Real Estate acquisitions, home builder relationships, and offering documents and coordinating the Certificate. In his free time, Will is an avid skier project execution. Chad is a graduate of the due diligence process for the debt team. and also enjoys biking. University of with a Bachelor’s degree Prior to joining JLL, he interned at DePaul in and the University of Colorado with an MBA in Real Estate Development.

Co-chair Alumni Co-chair Golf Austin Roberts Roy Romero Managing Director – Kittredge Ventures Assistant – Conscience Bay Company [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/austinroberts linkedin.com/in/royromero/

Austin Roberts oversees acquisitions, asset Before Austin’s career in real estate, he Roy Romero supports the real estate Accounting and a Real Estate Certificate. Roy management, and investments at Kittredge worked as a marketing consultant for Chipotle management of Conscience Bay Company, a is developing a new real estate technology Ventures. Kittredge Ventures is a Denver Mexican Grill and spent a few years as a private equity firm that invests and manages focused on improving building operations, based investment company that focuses financial analyst/advisor for UBS Wealth commercial real estate. He graduated from soon to be known as Capisce. In his free on real estate development, investment Management. the University of Colorado Leeds School of time, Roy is a sports fan and enjoys going on and management. Austin has experience Business in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in adventures with his labradoodle. managing a 95,000sf office building, which Austin holds an MBA in Real Estate and includes tenant improvement construction Finance from the University of Colorado and a management, property, and asset bachelor’s degree in Economics from management. Austin has also been involved College. He is a member of ULI, NAIOP, and in development of single family custom home serves on the CU Real Estate Center Young lots as well as over 2 acres of retail infill Alumni Board. In his spare time, Austin loves development. Austin is also in charge of real to travel, cook, play hockey, ski, and enjoy the estate acquisitions and opportunistic real outdoors in Colorado. Committee estate and traditional investments prospects. Michael Arnold Griffin Foulk Joe Mark Michael Mornelas Austin Roberts Devyn Bachman Tim Fredregill Alex McPherson Kama Newell Nathan Roberts Carly Beetham Andrew Hanna Lucas Michieli Haley Nist Katie Souder Committee Tyler Cande Kade Hiller Buzz Miller McCall Perry Drew Thomas Peter Aweida Paula Chavarria Rachel Ivers Brian Monahan Jarrett Primm Megan Turner Peter Cushman Sidney Federico Meredith Kaiser CJ Montante Matt Porteous Max Whittaker David Sonnenblick

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Education Committee Internship & Placement Committee

Education Chair Internships & Placement Chair Larry Preble Leon McBroom Of Counsel – Holland & Hart LLP Senior Director – JLL Capital Markets [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/laurence-preble-2493401b/ linkedin.com/in/leonmcbroom/

Larry has more than 50 years of experience real estate development firm and a subsidiary Leon is a senior director in the Denver and multifamily. The capitalizations have in the real estate industry as an attorney of Kajima Corporation in . At KUD, office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas included conventional permanent financing, and a business executive. He has served as Larry was appointed Director of Development with over 10 years in the commercial real construction financing, mezzanine financing, a senior partner with a major international and was responsible for the structuring and estate industry. He joins JLL as part of the bridge financing and equity joint ventures. law firm and as a senior executive with an negotiation of major public private partnership HFF acquisition and specializes in debt and Over the course of his career, Leon has been international development company. His legal transactions involving life science research equity placement. During his tenure, he has involved in more than $5 billion of debt and and business experience includes negotiating buildings, aquariums, stadiums, healthcare successfully capitalized a variety of properties, equity in commercial real estate transactions complex national and international commercial facilities, and other projects for public and including office, retail, hospitality, industrial in Denver and across the U.S. real estate transactions involving office, hotel, private institutions. retail, industrial, and mixed-use properties. He understands both legal and business issues Larry graduated from the Colorado School and is able to assist his clients in efficiently of Mines with a degree in Petroleum Refining negotiating agreements and developing Engineering and received his Juris Doctor successful projects. Prior to joining Holland degree from Loyola Law School of Los Co-Chair – Katie Latier, CU Real Estate Center & Hart, Larry served as the senior real estate Angeles. He was elected a fellow in the partner, Chair of the Real Estate Department, American College of Real Estate Lawyers Committee and a member of the Management Committee and is a past Chairman of the Anglo-American Chris Achenbach Tim Fredregill Aaron Johnson Cody Kirkpatrick Ty Ritchie at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and Institute. He is active in many Matt Ansay Matt Gangaware Jason Kaplan New York. He left O’Melveny to join Kajima civic and professional organizations. Karen Klerman Jamie Roupp Urban Development (KUD), an international He resides in Boulder, Colorado. Rob Brown Rob Gillis Andrea Karp Sarah Laverty Drew Torbin Courtney Crowder Dave Hadsell Mark Katz Ben Molk Kiely Wilson

Committee Peter Crosson Rich Etzkorn Scott Johnson Kim Koehn Chris Woodruff Anne Darnley Steve Hansen Dolf Kahle Mick Manning

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Research Committee International Committee Research Chair International Chair

Mark Goldberg Dan Markee President – Goldberg Properties Inc Founding Partner and CEO – Forterra Capital Partners LLC [email protected] [email protected] linkedin.com/in/mark-goldberg-a5438312/ linkedin.com/in/dan-markee-36676113/

Mark Goldberg is President of Goldberg director of the Rocky Mountain region and Dan is a founding member and equity partner foreclosures. His years of experience in this Properties a real estate development, as Western Division Governmental Affairs of Forterra Capital Partners, LLC. The firm was role, as well as origination and management of investment and asset management firm chairman. created in 1995 to acquire new investments, provided Dan with a unique established in 1981. Goldberg Properties foundation for the creation and management principal focus is retail real estate, small office, Goldberg Properties developments include and manage opportunistic acquisitions of real of diverse and enduring JV relationships. Dan’s multifamily and land development. multifamily and land development for single estate assets in the wake of the S&L Crisis. background also includes positions as the Vice family homes. Goldberg’s experience in He has managed the firm since inception, President of a large regional commercial real Mr. Goldberg has more than 42 years residential development is in urban infill and sourcing capital from a growing clientele of estate Brokerage and Property Management experience in real estate development, site transit oriented development in conjunction Family Offices and High Net Worth individuals. firm, and management of syndicated historic selection, land acquisitions, project design with authorities and public Investing in both acquisitions and new property re- developments for a group of and construction, leasing, and brokerage and private partnerships. Goldberg has recently development over a broad variety of asset private investors. property and asset management. Goldberg’s completed a 153 unit 5 story multifamily TOD, types throughout the United States, Forterra projects have been capitalized in a variety market rate development in Historic Olde primarily establishes joint ventures with local Dan has also been responsible for a variety of conventional debt and equity formats Town Arvada. operating partners or partners with specialized of substantial workout and turnaround including syndications, joint ventures, REIT, product expertise. consulting successes, including the successful and public private partnerships. Mr. Goldberg is a frequent speaker and restructuring from bankruptcy of a public moderator at real estate industry related Dan is responsible for oversight of investment international distressed debt purchaser and Mr. Goldberg’s retail real estate experience conferences and forums that include ULI, activity and enjoys his focus on working with bank holding company (NASDAQ:WFSG) draws from relationships with top retailers ICSC, CLE and others. Mr. Goldberg has existing investors and cultivating new investor and (NASDAQ:BHBC). Dan also sits on the such as Kroger, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, taught classes at the University of Colorado relationships. Previous to Forterra, Dan was International Real Estate Advisory Board for Costco, and Lowe’s have led many shopping Graduate School in real estate development Vice President - Real Estate of a major life the Leeds School of Business at the University centers developments in the Rocky Mountain and is a board member of the CU Real Estate company with a focus on work-outs of Colorado, Boulder. Region as well as several projects in Midwest Council. Mr. Goldberg has been an active of distressed joint ventures and problematic states, anchored by these and other nationally mentor to younger professional entering the recognized merchants. Mr. Goldberg real development industry. developments represent over 3,000,000 Graduate Real Estate Association square feet of retail and mixed use projects. Mr. Goldberg’s hands-on approach to Goldberg Properties has worked effectively in managing the firm’s portfolio has earned the public private partnerships in the development confidence of clients, as well as the respect Rob Key of retail projects in blighted urban and of government officials, who are playing an President of the Graduate Real Estate Association increasingly important role in approving and suburban situations. Mr. Goldberg has served [email protected] financing developments. in leadership roles in the International Council linkedin.com/in/rob-key-jr/ of Shopping Centers, serving two terms as

Rob is second-year MBA student focusing in In his most recent role as Senior Manager real estate and finance, and currently working at Inspirato, Rob oversaw portfolio growth in in asset management with institutional the European market, through partnerships, private-equity investor, Northwood Investors. leasing arrangements, and exclusive At Northwood, Rob helps develop and operating agreements. execute business and investment strategies across office, retail, multi-family, and hotel In addition to his MBA coursework and the assets for a portfolio representing $10B in ongoing internship at Northwood, Rob serves assets under management. as President of CU’s Graduate Real Estate Association, is a member of the CU Real Prior to business school, Rob worked for Estate Center’s International Advisory Board, seven years across roles within property and the 2019 recipient of the Urban , hospitality, and real estate. Institute’s Graduate Student Fellowship.

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Erik D. Anderson About the International Advisory Board Vice President The CU Real Estate Program vastly benefits from a powerful group of industry supporters. The International Advisory Land Title Guarantee Company Board provides counsel, curriculum advice, mentorships, industry insights and career opportunities for the program. linkedin.com/in/erik-anderson-3b019b5/ This invitation-only board commits significant resources to support the academic and co-curricular work of the center Erik is the Vice President of Business Council and Young Guns Art Show and Sale Development at Land Title Guarantee at the National Western Stock Show. He is CU Real Estate Center | Industry Governance | International Advisory Board Company and serves on the executive also a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) team. His responsibilities include business and Western Stock Show Association. He development for the Commercial Group, was the youngest serving president of the Scott Akerley business development and leadership of the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association CEO Builder Group and managing the company’s (CMLA) in 2014-2015 and was named one of office . Previously, he worked as the VP HousingWire’s 2014 Rising Stars. He served Pango Group of National Sales for GuardianDocs, a division on the board of the Young Professionals linkedin.com/in/scottakerley/ of LenderLive Network, a domestic-based Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado (YPAAC) mortgage services provider of residential loan from 2008-2012. Scott’s company, Pango Group, has been involved in a number of organizations, both fulfillment, lending and loan servicing. Erik graduated from the University of Colorado named Top 100 Best Places to Work in Los personally and professionally, including Young Erik currently serves on the boards of the at Boulder in 2001 with a Bachelors of Science Angeles by the LA Business Journal for the last Presidents Organization, Abundance 360, the Colorado Homeowners Coalition, University of in Business with an Emphasis in Finance. 6 years in a row. Serving the multi-billion-dollar Escrow Agency Fidelity Corporation, Glendale Colorado’s Real Estate International Advisory real estate industry as the largest independent Community College, Advisory Board of Oaks Board, Boy Scouts of America – Denver Area escrow company in California, Pango Group Christian School and Asian American Real consists of several settlement service Estate Advisory. He is Founder/President companies including Glen Oaks Escrow, on The Pango Group Foundation, which American Trust Escrow, CV Escrow, Escrow was formed in 2017 to provide scholarships Trust Advisors, California Elite Escrow, VOI to employees’ children and to give back to Jarrett Armstrong Insurance and Mosaic Signing Services. Scott’s the community. Partner and Co-Founder first office Glen Oaks Escrow, in Glendale, has been named Best Escrow Company of the Year It is, however without question, the time Armstrong Capital for the past consecutive 20 years. spent with his wife Cari, daughter Amanda linkedin.com/in/jarrett-armstrong-4b6403b0/ and sons Tyler and Ryan, Scott appreciates In addition to serving as CEO and Co-Founder and values the most. Jarrett Armstrong is a Partner and co-founder Company, a publicly traded investment bank at Pango Group, Scott is also actively of Armstrong Capital Development, focused on middle market transactions. During responsible for the strategic direction of his investment banking career which took him ACD as well as the oversight of acquisition, to New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, development, construction and property Jarret advised on acquisition transactions management functions within ACD. Prior to valued in excess of $1.5 billion and raised ACD, Jarret served as a Vice President in the in excess of $3.0 billion of debt and equity Investment Banking division of Jefferies & capital for corporate finance clients.

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Matt Ansay Peter Aweida President President & CEO National Valuation Consultants Inc Westland Development Services linkedin.com/in/matthew-ansay-mai-cre-9195997b/ linkedin.com/in/peteraweida/

Matt Ansay currently serves as the President service firm and operate multiple valuation Peter Aweida is the President and CEO 1994 through August, 1998 he worked for of National Valuation Consultants, Inc. (NVC) divisions, including: office, retail, industrial, of Westland Development Services, Inc. Westland Development in jobs ranging from and is involved in all aspects of the company’s multifamily, hospitality, land/subdivisions, Westland Development is an owner and tax planning to tenant finish. In August, 1998 day-to-day operations. NVC was established condominiums, luxury ranches, ski areas, manager of industrial properties in Boulder, he returned to the University of Colorado for in 1991 and has grown to become one of the golf courses, healthcare, and other specialty Colorado. Peter graduated with a BS in graduate school. He earned an MBA in Real largest privately-held commercial real estate property types. Their platform is geared Entrepreneurship and Small Business Estate in May, 2000. Peter has been President appraisal firms in the United States with over toward institutional real estate clients with a Management from the University of Colorado of Westland Development since 2004. 100 employees and 8 offices. They are a full- focus on quality of product and client service. in May, 1994. While an undergraduate he was Peter, his wife Lalenia and three kids live in co-vice chairman of the Cultural Events Board, Boulder and enjoy traveling, golf and staying which brought speakers and other cultural connected to CU. events to the Boulder campus. From May,

Daniel Aizenman Senior Principal Stantec Brad Blash linkedin.com/in/daniel-aizenman-a785424/ Managing Partner and Co-Founder Crossbeam Daniel brings his creative vision to the visitor Daniel has won several ICSC design linkedin.com/in/william-blash-797ab13/ experience for resorts, retail, mixed-use competitions on the future of retail as well development, healthcare facilities, sports an AIA award, and placement on ICSC’s W. Bradford (Brad) Blash co-founded Investments for the American Communities and entertainment, urban districts, and 20 under 40, class of 2016. He’s known Crossbeam and has responsibility for the Fund, and directed a nationwide equity corporate offices. He leads a multidisciplinary for delivering groundbreaking projects like company’s acquisitions, disposition, asset production team. design staff; has designed projects in over Distrito Santa Fe, a 9.2 million square foot, management and investment strategy. Mr. 35 countries; and experience in architecture, mixed use development in Mexico City; Gran Blash has over 20 years of experience in the Mr. Blash holds a B.A. in political science from planning, placemaking, wayfinding, Patio Santa Fe in Mexico City, a 2.1 million development and implementation of real estate the University of Colorado. He serves on the sustainable design, interior design, and square foot, mixed-use retail center in one city investment strategies and managing national Real Estate Advisory Board to the University healthcare planning. block; Cityset, Denver’s latest gastronomic acquisition programs including joint venture of Colorado Leeds School of Business, serves hospitality village and Silver Medal for the as a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Originally from Mexico City and fluent equity, mezzanine debt and structured finance ICSC US Design and Development Award Urban Land Institute’s Multifamily Council, in English, Spanish, and Hebrew, Daniel transactions. These efforts have produced over in 2014 for Best Mixed Use project; and and has served as a member of the Board uses his travel experiences to inform his 18,000 new and rehabilitated housing units with Commerce Square in downtown Philadelphia, of Directors of the National Multi Housing design, bringing a love of culture to each gross asset values exceeding $3 billion. where he shifted the paradigm of a corporate Council. Mr. Blash is a frequent speaker at of his projects. As a senior principal and environment. Fom 1993 to 2006, Mr. Blash worked in leading industry events and has been cited architectural designer for our Visioning. positions of increasing responsibility at Fannie in numerous publications, including The Wall Brands. Experiences. group, he creates For Daniel, every situation brings an Mae, most recently as the Director of Equity Street Journal. tangible, memorable connections for opportunity to learn something new, and every the end user. design requires some reinvention. It keeps things interesting.

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Tom Brinegar Albus Brooks VP & Chief Finacial Officer Vice President of Strategy and Business Development PEAK Resources, Inc Milender White linkedin.com/in/tom-brinegar-3392698/ linkedin.com/in/albus-brooks-m-b-a-34355631/

Tom Brinegar is the Chief Financial Officer for Mr. Brinegar is an alumnus of the Denver At the core of Albus Brooks’ identity is largest - affordable housing fund. To make PEAK Resources, Inc. and is responsible for Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation community development and servant Denver a more equitable place to grow management of all financial, administrative programs including Leadership Denver, leadership. Albus moved to Colorado in 1997 up he funded and expanded the Denver and operational functions at PEAK. Colorado Experience and Access Denver. to study and play for the University of Preschool Program, providing universal He serves as a member of the DMCLF Colorado. Sports Illustrated named him one of access to preschool for all 4-year-olds. He PEAK Resources is an innovative technology Alumni Advisory Council. Additionally, Mr. the Top 10 Hardest Hitters, and the NFL took also decriminalized marijuana possession for and systems integrator focused on the next Brinegar serves as the Board Chair of Public interest in him before injuries ultimately ended those 18-21 years old, preventing thousands generation of Data Center designs. We are Education Business Coalition, is the President his football career. of young people from entering the criminal experienced technologists who help clients of the Board of the Colorado Nonprofit Loan justice system. align business drivers and requirements to the Fund, is a member of the Advisory Board Albus Brooks pursued his calling for right solutions and services. for Colorado Succeeds, is a member of the community development by working with Albus Brooks received his M.B.A. from the Playworks Colorado Board and is a member young people in Denver’s poor communities. University of Denver. He is now the Vice Mr. Brinegar has been employed and a of the International Advisory Board at the He served as the Director of the Issachar President of Business Development and part-owner of PEAK since January 1, 1994. CU Real Estate Center. Mr. Brinegar also Center for Urban Leadership, an organization Strategy for Milender White, a Development Prior to that time, he was employed at serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors that invests in Denver’s emerging leaders. and Construction firm operating in Southern Capital Associates International in Boulder of the Colorado Charter School Institute as In 2010 Albus worked to elect then-Mayor California and Colorado. and Lakewood, CO holding a variety of re-appointed by Governor Jared Polis. John Hickenlooper as Governor of Colorado, positions including public and private equity acting as the statewide Outreach and Albus sits on multiple boards and syndications, fund management and contracts Political Director. commissions and has been a part of the following national and international fellowship Mr. Brinegar attended the University of This exposure to political leadership led him to programs: The Marshall Memorial Fellowship, Colorado, Boulder where he received a seek public office, and in 2011 Albus defeated the NewDEAL Leaders, and the Aspen Bachelor in Science in Finance. 38 opponents to become the youngest African Institute-Rodel Fellowship. American ever elected to Denver City Council. Serving two terms on Denver City Council, Although a rising global leader, it is in the heart including two terms as Council President, of Denver where Albus feels most at home. He Albus accomplished an ambitious range of lives in the Cole neighborhood with his wife progressive legislative victories with the goal Debi and their three young children, Makai, of building a truly inclusive city. and Kaya.

To address the affordability crisis, he co-created Denver’s first - and Colorado’s

47 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 48 INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Peter Crosson Chief Real Estate Investment Officer Amy Cara Alaska Electrical Pension Fund Managing Partner Peter is currently serving as Real Estate Employed in 1988 by the Alaska Electrical East West Partners Portfolio Manager / Real Estate Investment Pension Fund as the first Real Estate Asset linkedin.com/in/amy-cara-b7a2845/ Officer for the Alaska Electrical Pension Manager in the history if the Fund. Hired Fund (AEPF) which is the largest, non public, to create and manage an “In House” Real Amy oversees the Denver office of East and the Landmark development represent pension fund in the State of Alaska. It is a Estate Asset Management Department that West Partners. As Managing Partner, she something important to Amy - creating a Taft Hartley pension fund with investment reports directly to the Board of Trustees of the oversees the team that recently delivered sense of place. assets totaling about 2 billion dollars. The Pension Fund. Peter is a CU Boulder Alumni. The Coloradan, at 334-unit condominium Real Estate Equity Investment Portfolio has an project, and 16 Chestnut, a 430,000-sf office Amy is deeply committed to responsible land asset allocation target of 8.5% and the Real building anchored by DaVita, among other development. She is deeply involved in the Estate Debt Portfolio allocation target is 3.5%. projects, as well as identification of new Urban Land Institute locally and nationally, opportunities in Denver. She has most recently a member of the University of Colorado been responsible for the revitalization of The Real Estate Center’s International Advisory Landmark, a mixed-use community with 271 Board and a board member of Community condominiums and 180,000 square feet of Builders, an organization that helps smaller Peter Cushman capacity build for conversations around entertainment-based retail development, Partner which she revitalized after the prior growth and identity. development stalled. Oakwood Real Estate Partners Also deeply committed to the arts, Amy is linkedin.com/in/peter-cushman-30ab715/ Prior to leading the revitalization of The a founding board member for the Riverfront Landmark, Amy helped to create the Riverfront Park Community Foundation, which fosters Park community and the Union Station organizations particularly in the areas of arts Mr. Cushman is a Partner with Oakwood Mr. Cushman is on the Board of Directors of redevelopment. More than a collection of and education in Denver, and Union Hall, a Real Estate Partners, a Denver based real the University of Colorado Leeds School of buildings, the Riverfront Park neighborhood of new model to support local and emerging estate private equity firm. Oakwood invests Business, the University of Colorado Real Denver, Denver’s Union Station Neighborhood artists in downtown Denver. nationally in commercial properties including Estate Center International Advisory Board, office, retail, multifamily, senior housing, and the Boy Scouts of America Denver Area industrial, and land. Mr. Cushman is jointly- Council. He is also a Cub Scout Leader responsible for fundraising and all real estate with Pack 461 in Littleton, Colorado. Mr. investment decisions. He also oversees all Cushman enjoys mentoring students within Rick Coe regulatory compliance. the University of Colorado Leeds School of President and Principal Business and the University of Denver Daniels Mr. Cushman holds an MBA from the Fidelis Realty Partners DFW, LLC College of Business. He is a council member University of Denver Daniels College of of the Urban Land Institute. He resides linkedin.com/in/richard-coe-40357111/ Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Political in Littleton, Colorado with his wife and Science from the University of Colorado two children. Rick serves as the President of Fidelis Realty Parkwood Rick spent more than 17 years at Boulder. Partners DFW, LLC where he is responsible for at Trammell Crow Company (TCC), where all acquisition, development and investment he served in many roles ending as a Senior activity in the DFW . Managing Director of the Development & Investment Group where he also served Anne Darnley Prior to his current role, Rick served as as a member of the company’s Operating the Chief Investment Officer for CNL Fund Committee. While at TCC, Rick was involved Senior Investment Professional Management. During his tenure, CNL with structuring, reviewing and approving more linkedin.com/in/annedarnley/ sponsored real estate funds completed over than $5 billion of acquisition, development and $2.5 billion in real estate investments. Before structured finance transactions. Anne Darnley most recently held the position extensive company analysis and detailed joining CNL, Rick was a founding partner of of Executive Director at Security Capital R&M, cash flow projections. In addition, she made Parkwood Real Estate Partners (Parkwood), a Rick graduated from the University of Colorado an investment advisor focused exclusively presentations to private boards and to existing privately-held real estate investment company with a degree in Finance and later completed on publicly-traded real estate companies and prospective clients. Prior to that, she formed in 2005. While at Parkwood, Rick and his Masters of Business Administration at (REITs) on behalf of institutional clients. has direct real estate experience was with his partners were responsible for sourcing and Southern Methodist University. He is a member During her tenure there, responsibilities Heitman and JMB Realty. Ms. Darnley is structuring over 60 real estate investments of the International Council of Shopping included collaboration and recommendations currently looking for career opportunities in the with total cost exceeding $1 billion. Prior to Centers and the Urban Land Institute. of equity, debt and preferred investments Denver area. as part of the portfolio management team,

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Jeff Day Prior to assuming this role in January 2020, role, he was Global President, Advisory & Mr. Durburg was CBRE’s Global Chief Transaction Services, which encompasses Head of Newmark Knight Frank Multifamily Capital Markets Operating Officer and had broad responsibility leasing and sales across all product types Newman Knight Frank and authority across the entire company for (office, industrial and retail) for occupiers linkedin.com/in/jeff-day-69606413b/ service line excellence, operating efficiencies and investors. In this role, he focused on and its Global Client Care program. He driving strong growth and differentiation and provided leadership for Advisory & Transaction cementing CBRE’s market-leading position Jeff Day is responsible for the strategy and volume each year. The platform currently Services, Capital Markets, Property throughout all Advisory & Transaction Services day-to-day operations of the Multifamily has $59 billion in assets under management, Management, Valuation Services and Project product lines around the globe. Capital Markets business of Newmark servicing internal and third party capital Management. He also had executive oversight Knight Frank. Multifamily Capital Markets sources. Jeff is a member of the Newmark for global Research and Marketing, global Earlier, he served as President, Central has approximately 600 employees in over 30 Knight Frank Executive Committee, Operating budgeting and KPIs, and worldwide M&A Division for CBRE. In this role, Mr. 0ffices throughout the United States and is Committee and the Capital Markets activity in partnership with CBRE’s Corporate Durburg directed a geographical division responsible for over $30 billion in transaction Executive Committee. Development team. encompassing more than 25 offices across nine states, with responsibility for all service Previously, Mr. Durburg served as Group lines. Before that, he served as Executive President and Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Director and overall market leader Americas. In this executive leadership role, he for CBRE’s region. had responsibility for all the firm’s geographies and service lines within the region. Prior to joining CBRE in 2001, Mr. Durburg Bryan J. Doering served a six-year tenure at Jones Lang AVP / Managing Director, Real Estate Investments Mr. Durburg has held several leadership roles LaSalle, Inc., Chicago, where he served as Pacific Life Insurance Company at CBRE. Prior to his Americas leadership Vice President and Regional Leasing Director. linkedin.com/in/bryan-doering-4856ba1/

Mr. Doering is responsible for the mortgage responsible for production Alan Engel loan production activities within the within selected territories of the Northwest/ Northwestern Region of the United States Region. In 2018, Mr. Doering took Principal and Canada. Mr. Doering joined Pacific Life over the leadership of the Region. Mr. Doering Crowne Partners Inc. in 1998 as a member of the Commercial has over 20 years of real estate experience linkedin.com/in/alan-z-engel-ab009476/ Mortgage Loan Servicing Group and in 2003 and holds a B.S. in Accounting from transitioned in to mortgage loan production. Pepperdine University and a Master of Real Since 2006, Mr. Doering has been based in the Estate Development from the University of Alan Engel is the President of Crowne Partners, Crowne is an owner-developer which builds for San Francisco Bay Area where he has been Southern California. Inc. He received his M.B.A. from The Kellogg its own account. It or one of its affiliates owns 20 School at Northwestern University in Evanston, of the apartment communities it has developed Illinois in June 1978 and received his Bachelor or purchased (including communities currently of Science in Business Administration from the under construction and development). University of Colorado in May, 1977. Jack Durburg Crowne or its affiliates have sold 28 apartment Alan Engel, along with Alan D. Levow, communities, one and one self- Global Chief Executive Officer established Crowne Partners in 1984. Crowne storage facility at a total value in excess of CBRE is the umbrella organization for Crowne’s $500,000,000. linkedin.com/in/jack-durburg-ba7a6b5/ construction, management and broker- dealer companies. Crowne or its affiliates Alan is a registered General Securities have constructed, developed and renovated Representative and a registered General Jack Durburg is Global Chief Executive As Global CEO of GWS, Mr. Durburg oversees 48 state-of-the-art apartment communities Securities Principal with FINRA. Active in Officer of CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions the delivery of all services to GWS clients, in 24 located in 12 different states Alabama’s business and civic communities, (GWS) business, a global, integrated, full- including facilities management, advisory and comprising a total of 11,691 apartment units, Alan serves on the Advisory service real estate outsourcing business transaction services, project management, and including 580 units that are currently under Board of Synovus Bank, and serves as serving the world’s largest real estate management consulting. Mr. Durburg serves construction and 546 under development. chair of the Board of Directors of Indian occupiers. GWS employs more than 50,000 as a member of the company’s Executive Springs School. people globally, serves clients in more than Committee, Global Operating Committee 100 countries, and produced more than $12 and Foundation Board, and Co-Chairs the billion of revenue in 2018. Executive Inclusion Council.

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Rich Etzkorn Craig Fimple Executive Managing Director Team Lead Cushman & Wakefield TCF Bank linkedin.com/in/rich-etzkorn-a218249/ linkedin.com/in/craig-fimple-791b033/

Rich Etzkorn is responsible for Strategic Client Prior to his overall leadership role, he was the Craig Fimple joined TCF Bank in 2017 and covering commercial real estate and public Relationship Development for several Cush- Account Manager for a foundational PSC client, currently serves as Mountain West Market finance. He worked for BBVA Compass for man & Wakefield’s Portfolio Services Center’s growing their 13,000+ office portfolio. This Manager for the Commercial Real Estate more than 10 years, holding several positions (PSC) key clients. Cushman & Wakefield included responsibility for the clients’ branch Banking Group. Craig focuses on developing with progressive responsibilities in commercial Global Occupier Services is a premier provider office expansion program in the United States, new, strategic lending relationships real estate loan administration covering the of outsourced services. Canada and the UK. throughout the greater Denver, Phoenix western U.S., and management of commercial and , markets. real estate and community development Prior to his current role, Etzkorn helped develop Etzkorn is experienced in Investor Services underwriting teams. and led the Portfolio Services Center and its Property Management and Project Leas- Craig has over 20 years of banking account teams comprised of approximately ing. His direct Investor Services experience experience, including credit administration, Craig is a graduate of the University of 500 associates. These teams are responsible includes managing a 36-story, 600,000 square relationship and portfolio management and Colorado, and lives in Denver with his wife for managing for Cushman & Wakefield clients foot, class A high-rise bank headquarters credit underwriting. Craig previously served as and two daughters. more than 28,000 locations across the United building in downtown St. Louis and numerous the Senior Credit Officer for CoBiz Financial, States and the globe. The teams provide stra- low-rise office and industrial properties in St. tegic portfolio consulting, project management, Louis County. He joined Cushman & Wakefield portfolio administration and facility management in 1986 as a Property Manager. centralized services. Clients include notable, well known retailers, large Fortune 500 corpo- Mark Fitkin rations, privately held firms and private equity Chief Operating Officer portfolio companies… retail, office, industrial NBP Capital and land users. linkedin.com/in/mark-fitkin-a1516817/

Mark Fitkin is Chief Operating Officer of NBP In addition, Mr. Fitkin serves as the leader Capital. NBP Capital is a private commercial of the funds relative to practices, investor Joe Ferguson real estate investment management firm with recruitment, third party service contracts and Founding Principal nearly $3B in assets owned or in development relationships. Prior to joining NBP Capital, Lake Union Partners stages. Mark is responsible for the day-to- Mark worked for CBRE Inc. for 33 years – his day operations of NBP Capital and leads the last 10 years as a leader of the firm’s Investor linkedin.com/in/joe-ferguson-b21b082/ organizational strategy around investment Services and Strategic Accounts. performance. Joe Ferguson is a founding principal of Joe leads the firm’s investment strategy, Lake Union Partners (LUP), an urban real property acquisition, and capital development estate develop­ment firm specializing in efforts. Utilizing his background in land use residential mixed-use, commercial and analytics and investment sales, Joe combines hospitality projects in metropolitan markets a clear market vision with strong transaction throughout the Pacific Northwest and Rocky instincts to guide the vision for firm. He is Mountain Region. LUP looks to advance its a licensed real estate broker in Wash­ington values for place, equity and community in State, and has served on the executive every project it builds. By finding creative boards for The Evergreen School and the solutions to typical development barriers, Urban Land Institute and was selected as an LUP delivers above-market investment Associate Fellow of The Runstad Center for returns while creating spaces that connect a Real Estate at The University of Washington. wide spectrum of people, prioritize attainable housing as well as local businesses, and seek Joe is a graduate of the Leeds School of to complement the fabric of the communities Business at the University of Colorado in in which they are located. Boulder and now sits on the International Advisory Board of its Real Estate Center.

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Bruce Friedman Todd Guthrie Managing Director President Commercial Real Estate Lending W.E. O’Neil Construction Genworth Financial linkedin.com/in/todd-guthrie-05819ab/ linkedin.com/in/bruce-friedman-a20ab7b1/ In 1999, Todd Guthrie established the W.E. to relocating to Denver. During his time as a Bruce Friedman has worked at Genworth commercial real estate. Prior to working at O’Neil Construction Company of Colorado for Senior Project Manager, Todd successfully Financial for the past 20+ years where he is Genworth, Bruce worked in San Francisco the O’Neil family of companies and has since managed numerous high profile projects in currently Managing Director of Commercial for 18 years in commercial real estate grown the local market presence bringing in the Denver area, laying the groundwork for his Real Estate Mortgage Lending, based in finance, investment sales, asset and property an average yearly revenue of $100 million. leadership in the construction industry. He has Stamford, Connecticut. Bruce oversees management and property development. As President, Todd leads Denver’s award his BS in Civil Engineering and Construction Genworth’s $7 billion commercial mortgage winning general contracting firm based on Management from the University of Colorado loan portfolio and directs all commercial real Bruce has served on several public and the values of integrity, teamwork, shareholder and his MBA from The University of Denver. estate lending throughout the United States. private boards and committees including the value, customer satisfaction and quality. Todd was inducted into the CU’s Real Estate On behalf of Genworth, and its predecessor Redevelopment Commission of the City of San Earlier in his career, Todd began working for Center’s International Advisory Board in company General Electric, Bruce was Rafael, People for the Presidio Development W.E. O’Neil Construction in 1988 as a Project July of 2019. previously based in Seattle, Washington and Board, as President of the Economic Round Engineer and Estimator in Los Angeles prior focused on commercial real estate lending Table of San Francisco, and as a member of primarily in the West and Mid-Western United the Board of Directors of Children’s States. He also managed CMBS Investments Autism Clinic and Olive Crest in Seattle. He studied history and economics at the on behalf of Genworth. Bruce has almost Stephen Hansen 40 years’ experience in various aspects of University of California at Berkley. Bruce is married and has four children. Retired Equity Partner & Managing Director Clarion Partners linkedin.com/in/stephen-hansen-92803368/

Doug Grogan Stephen is a retired Equity Partner and Stephen is a member of the Board of Directors VP Managing Director of Clarion Partners, of the James Campbell Company and Unico Shaw Construction LLC one of the largest and most well respected Properties . He also serves on the Board real estate investment management firms. of Directors of the University of Colorado linkedin.com/in/doug-grogan-45b12763/ He was a member of its Executive Board Foundation and served six years on the responsible for managing a business with University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation Doug Grogan is currently the Vice President of Jacobs Engineering, an international $42 billion of assets under management. Board of Directors. He is past Chairman of the for Shaw Construction, a Rocky Mountain firm specializing in public and institutional Throughout his tenure, Stephen was a Senior Board of Clarion Partners Property Trust. regional general contractor with a passion for projects, serving in the roles of estimator, Portfolio Manager accountable for investment personalized service and client satisfaction project manager, program manager and performance and client satisfaction. In his Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in the markets of commercial, multi-family, construction manager. His expertise includes executive leadership role, he was responsible in Business from the University of Colorado hospitality, education and custom residential. contract negotiations, team facilitation, for business strategy and planning, corporate Boulder and an M.B.A. in Finance from Having joined the company in 2001, he process management and conflict resolution. management, compensation, recruiting and Golden University in San Francisco. previously held the roles of project manager Throughout his 33 years in the construction developing professionals. and division manager, and is a partner in industry, Doug’s focus for customers has the firm. Today, Doug’s primary focus is been to understand their needs fully, commit helping clients get projects ready to build to providing them with service that surpasses through detailed and thorough planning their expectations, execute work safely with and preconstruction services and contract consistent discipline, nurture an outstanding negotiation and execution. Additionally, Doug team of employees and build on the leads the company’s risk management efforts relationships with strategic partners. as well as customer service after completion. Prior to Shaw, he spent his career with Doug received his Bachelor of Science degree construction and engineering subsidiaries in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado.

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James Harrison Eric Herro President Director Harrison Properties, LLC Northwestern Mutual Real Estate Investments, LLC linkedin.com/in/jim-harrison-5a678b15/ linkedin.com/in/eric-herro-9b50824/

James D. Harrison, Jr, of Phoenix Arizona, multiple years. He spent the next five years Eric Herro is responsible for sourcing and Expertise has been developed among received a degree in Real Estate and Finance with Cushman & Wakefield managing the evaluating real estate investment opportunities the following property types: apartments, from the University of Colorado in 1983. real estate requirements nationwide for the throughout Sothern California across various industrial, retail, office, self-storage, He was honored with his accomplishment largest food distributor in the US, Fleming property types and deal structures with a manufactured housing, and senior housing. by receiving the 1983 Kenneth Good Real Companies, Inc. focus on commercial mortgages, direct Estate Scholarship for most entrepreneurial acquisitions, and joint-venture developments. Education / Accomplishments: Eric earned potential. Immediately upon graduation, Jim Jim has spent the past two decades building Over a 13-year career with Northwestern his Masters of Business Administration - participated in the Coldwell Banker training and managing Harrison Properties, LLC, Mutual Real Estate he has originated $5 Real Estate and Urban Land Economics program where he spent several months one of the largest industrial property firms billion of debt and equity investments, while at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, working in mortgage banking, appraisal, in the southwest. Harrison owns over 11 also servicing a mortgage loan portfolio of $4 and Bachelor of Science - Water Resource property management, retail, industrial and million square feet of industrial properties in billion. Responsibilities include due diligence Management at the University of Wisconsin - office properties. He continued his career with Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Albuquerque. He analysis, underwriting analysis, negotiation of Stevens Point. He has been actively involved CB for over ten years where he received many is an active member of the Young Presidents’ deal terms; investment approval processing, with ULI serving as Vice Chair of Outreach honors, including “Rookie of the Year” in 1985 Organization (YPO). He enjoys hunting, fishing, coordinating legal and closing staff to finalize on District Council’s Multi-Housing Initiative and was the top salesperson in Arizona for playing and team roping. transactions, training/mentoring junior staff. Council. Awards include: ULI Orange County/ Emergent Leadership Award, Professional Interests and Expertise: Eric is UW Research Assistantship Award, UW involved with local industry and university Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, UWSP David Harvey Jr groups including: ULI, NAIOP, Wisconsin Chancellor’s Leadership Award, UWSP CEO Real Estate Alumni Association, CU Real Leadership Award. Estate Center International Advisory Board, D.E. Harvey Builders and actively attends industry conferences. linkedin.com/in/david-harvey-1b6ba2122/

David E. Harvey, Jr. was born and raised building tilt-wall complex on Yale Street for in Houston, Texas. He enjoyed and played Tim Gustafson Development. His brother, Mike Christina Hill sports such as , football, basketball Harvey, was the superintendent. Managing Director and intramural volleyball in college. David started his college education with two years in David Married Mikki in 2002 and has five PGIM Real Estate the architecture program at Notre Dame. He children, David, Christopher, Jackson, Lily linkedin.com/in/christina-hill-6487724/ then transferred to the University of Colorado and Caroline. His son Christopher has a son at Boulder and received his degree in Civil named Hank, David’s first grandchild. In his Christy Hill is a managing director at PGIM assistant portfolio manager for the firm’s Engineering and Architectural Engineering. free time, David enjoys running, swimming, Real Estate and the head of Americas Asset flagship core real estate fund. In that role, His love of construction came from his father, biking, triathlons, marathons and snow skiing. Management. Based in New York, she she was responsible for acquisitions and David E. Harvey, Sr. who started DE. Harvey He is involved in Rice Design Alliance (RDA)- is responsible for representing the Asset dispositions, asset management and investor Builders in 1957. David and his brothers were President Ameritas (Post), Catholic Charities- Management function as part of the Americas communications. Prior to that, Christy was a always anxious to get to the jobsites to work chairman of the Board of Directors, Legatus- leadership team and partners with the U.S. senior member of Clarion’s asset management and earn a paycheck. His first job was as a founding member of the Houston Chapter, and Latin America portfolio teams to lead group, overseeing investment results of laborer when he was just 13 years old. During Catholic CEO Group, Cristo Rey Jesuit and implement PGIM Real Estate’s asset core and value-add investments in multiple this job he mostly moved rock for exposed High School-founding Board Member and management strategy for all our investments West Coast markets. Previously, Christy aggregate tilt-up panels by loading it and University of St. Thomas-Vice Chairman in the region. She is a member of the U.S. worked at American Realty Advisors for more moving it in a wheelbarrow. David officially of the Board of Directors. Management Council, Americas Executive than a decade in senior roles across asset began his career at Harvey in 1977 on a three Council, a member of the Debt Investment management and portfolio management. Committee, PRREF Investment Committee, and the U.S. and Latin America Investment Christy has a bachelor of science in sociology Committees. from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in real estate development from the Most recently, Christy was with Clarion University of Southern California. Partners as a managing director and

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Eliot Hoyt Dan Ivanoff Principal Managing Investment Partner Brightview Design Group Schnitzer West LLC linkedin.com/in/eliot-hoyt-0811b26/ linkedin.com/in/daniel-ivanoff-a0369367/

Eliot Hoyt is a principal in the Brightview As a part of BrightView, a $2.3 billion Dan Ivanoff is founder, owner and Managing He volunteers as a guest speaker at the Design Group (BVDG) Denver office, with landscape services company, BVDG Investment Partner of Schnitzer West LLC, a University of Colorado School of Business expertise in project management, urban has access to expertise in construction, leading real estate investment, development Undergraduate and Graduate programs, the design, Transit Oriented Development (TOD), maintenance, tree propagation and care, golf and property management companies University of Washington Undergraduate Real and planning for resort and new community course design and more; enabling the design headquartered in Seattle with a Denver Estate program and MBA Graduate School developments. Eliot is a certified planner team to provide unparalleled services to its regional office. “Outperform The Expected” and Seattle Law Seminars. (AICP) with a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard clients. With projects across the U.S. and in is Schnitzer West’s philosophy, founded University and an MBA from University of select foreign markets, Eliot has worked on upon primary market research; qualitative/ Dan has served on the executive boards of Colorado Denver. In addition to working as master planned communities, warm and cold quantitative analytics; highly disciplined risk Eastside Catholic High School, Urban Land a planner and managing design projects, he weather resorts, industrial , mixed use identification, mitigation and opportunity Institute and NAIOP and was a member of has worked as a market and financial analyst centers, and urban . In each arbitrage; all in an entrepreneurial culture the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban for real estate projects across the country. He case, he has applied a quadruple bottom- to advance professional growth. Schnitzer Economics at the University of California brings many perspectives to bear on every line perspective to achieve a market feasible, West is recognized for creating innovative at Berkeley. In his spare time, Dan enjoys new project with his project management environmentally sound, socially engaging, and workplaces and living spaces, for delivering the family ranch in Montana, hunting, skiing skills, facilitation training, abilities as aesthetically pleasing results for his clients. superior-to-market returns and for best in and mountain biking with his friends and an interpreter of complex content, and The most satisfying projects are those that class value maximization to commercial real immediate family. understanding of the business of real estate continue from feasibility, through planning and estate investment. A graduate of the university of idaho’s development. design, into brand identity and marketing, and engineering program (BSME), Dan received ultimately construction and implementation. Dan is a member of the CU Leeds School of Business Advisory Board, CU Real Estate both a masters degree in construction Center International Advisory Board and management (MSCE) and an MBA from the CU Civil Engineering Management Industry University of Colorado. Advisory Board. He is also a member of the CU Foundation Trustees.

Scott Johnson Division President - Mountain States/Southwest Lennar Multifamily Communities linkedin.com/in/scott-johnson-99750422/

Scott is currently the Division President of construction and asset management the Mountain States/Southwest for Lennar’s platform in the Mountain States. He also Multifamily Apartment Division. At LMC, he was the Managing Director of Trammell Crow has been responsible for sourcing over $2.1 Residential and, along with his team, was billion of development in 19 communities with responsible for the sourcing and development over 6,600 apartment homes since late-2012 of over $500 million in luxury multifamily in Denver and Phoenix and building a team communities. Scott is a graduate of the of development, construction and property University of Virginia (BA) and the University management professionals. With over 20 of Colorado (MBA), where he currently serves years of experience in multifamily, Scott on the Leeds School of Business Real Estate previously served as the Managing Director Center International Advisory Board. Scott of Mill Creek Residential Trust, where he is an active member and supporter of ULI, sourced the development of over $100 million NMHC, Vail Valley Foundation, 22Kill and and established a successful development, Judi’s House.

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Dolf Kahle David Kim Corporate Development Managing Partner iBuyer.com The Bascom Group linkedin.com/in/dolf-kahle linkedin.com/in/david-kim-79661110/

Dolf graduated cum laude with a business From 2011-2015 Dolf was President of New David S. Kim is a co-founder and Managing University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has degree from the University of Colorado and Planet Energy which co-developed a $150 Partner of The Bascom Group, LLC. attended executive level programs at the graduated cum laude with a law degree from million renewable energy project (the world’s Bascom has completed over $16.2 billion Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He the University of California. After law school, first commercial-scale bio-ethanol facility). in multi-family and commercial value- often serves as guest lecturer at the University Dolf joined the law firm of Winston & Strawn added transactions since 1996 including of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Colorado, in Chicago, where he practiced corporate Dolf recently joined the real estate technology 614 multifamily transactions and 163,118 University of Southern California, University of law. Later, Dolf started a family-owned real startup iBuyer.com where he is responsible units. Bascom has ranked among the top California Los Angeles and Irvine. estate development business in Vero Beach, for Corporate Development. 50 multifamily owners in the U.S. Bascom’s Florida where he has personally assembled, subsidiaries and joint ventures include the Mr. Kim currently serves and has served In his leisure time Dolf enjoys CrossFit, developed, and sold over 4,000 acres of land Southern California Industrial Fund, Rushmore on the Board of Directors for the “I Have A boating, skiing, and hiking. and developed a wide range of communities Properties, Bascom Portfolio Advisors, Shubin Dream” Foundation of Los Angeles, Theta ranging from golf to polo to ranch Nadal Associates, Spirit Bascom Ventures, Chi PSI Chapter Foundation, The U.S Fund to oceanfront. REDA Bascom Ventures, MHF RM Holdings, for UNICEF Southern California, University Bascom Northwest Ventures, Bascom Arizona of California, Irvine Center for Real Estate, Ventures, Harbor Associates, Village Partner University of Colorado Center for Real Estate, Ventures, and the Realm Group. Bascom’s University of Texas, San Antonio Real Estate subsidiaries also include Premier Business Finance and Development Founders Council, Kevin Kelley Centers, the largest privately held executive University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Executive VP suite company in the U.S. Association, Urban Land Institute (ULI), United Properties Young Presidents’ Organization – Golden Prior to founding Bascom, Mr. Kim served West Chapter, The Pedro Pallares Autism and linkedin.com/in/kevin-kelley-71508b4/ as a Senior Analyst and Development Behavioral Health Foundation and Boys Hope Associate, from 1989 to 1995, for the Disney Girls Hope of Southern California. Mr. Kim also Kevin Kelley, who joined United Properties was employed with Northland Financial (now Development Company, a wholly owned serves on the advisory board of the Special in 2005, oversees all commercial real estate NorthMarq) and Baird & Warner Real Estate as subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Olympics Orange County. development activity in Colorado. He has more a loan producer. where he was responsible for business than 30 years’ experience in the development, development and analysis of more than $400 Mr. Kim was a recipient of the Real Estate acquisition, financing and disposition of Kevin is currently serving on the NAIOP million in retail, office, entertainment, and Conference Group’s Apartment Executive of properties representing nearly $4 billion in Colorado Chapter Board. Kevin was 2016 residential projects. Prior to joining the Disney the Year in 2004, Orange County Business value. Kevin is also a member of the United NAIOP Colorado Chapter President. He is also Development Company, Mr. Kim served as Journal’s Entrepreneurship of the Year Properties executive team. an active member of the Urban Land Institute Portfolio Associate with the State of Wisconsin Award in 2010, and was recognized in the (ULI) Colorado and the University of Colorado Investment Board. 2011 Multi-Family Executive Magazine. Before joining United Properties, Kevin was Real Estate Council. He is a past President of In 2016, Mr. Kim was awarded with the with Miller Weingarten Realty in Colorado and the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association, Mr. Kim holds Bachelor of Business prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Faison Associates in Charlotte, NC. In both and has served on the Board of Rocky Administration degree in Real Estate & Urban Ernst & Young. roles, he was involved in the acquisition and Mountain Human Resources. Land Economics and in Marketing from the development of retail centers. Prior to that, Kevin was involved in his own investment Kevin holds a B.A. degree in history and an consulting firm, Renaissance Realty Group. He MBA in real estate from the University of started his career in the mortgage banking and Wisconsin–Madison.

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Kim Koehn J.D. Lumpkin Owner Managing Principal K2 Ventures, LLC Cushman & Wakefield linkedin.com/in/kim-koehn-1872b314/ linkedin.com/in/jdlumpkin/

Kim Koehn is a 35 year+ veteran of the He has been an adjunct professor within the J.D. Lumpkin is the Executive Managing A recognized authority within the real estate real estate industry. He currently owns CU Real Estate Center at the Leeds School of Director and Investor Services Lead of community, J.D. is a regular guest speaker and operates a real estate investment and Business since 2012. He holds a Bachelors Cushman & Wakefield’s San Francisco, one of on numerous industry panels and a prolific development entity, K2Ventures, LLC, an of (BENVD) degree the company’s most productive offices. J.D.’s thought leader who has appeared regularly in opportunistic firm with retail, office, resort from the University of Colorado (1980), and brokerage practice is primarily focused on the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, and multifamily interests. For 13 years, he an MBA from the University of Chicago agency leasing in downtown San Francisco The San Francisco Business Journal, The ran the Denver Region office of Equity Office (1985). He is a former Board Chair of the and he is consistently ranked among the San Francisco Chronicle and other industry Properties Trust, the largest public office REIT following entities: the International Advisory top commercial real estate brokers in publications. (real estate investment trust) in the country. Board (IAB) at the CU Real Estate Center; the Bay Area. He has held executive positions at national Downtown Denver, Inc. the business advocacy J.D. earned his BA in English from the University developers Opus Corporation, Corporex arm of the Downtown Denver Partnership; J.D. leads C&W’s Investor Services Council of Colorado, Boulder. J.D. is an active supporter Companies, and Fifield Realty. He began NAIOP-Colorado, the industry association for in San Francisco and is among 15 members of Back on My Feet San Francisco , The his career with Baker Companies in 1981. commercial real estate; and Special Olympics- of the company’s National Investor Services Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, NJ, and He has extensive development and asset Colorado. He has chaired and/or served on Leasing Group. is on the International Advisory Board of the Real management experience in all product types, numerous committees within the above- Estate Center at the University of Colorado’s including residential, hospitality, office and mentioned organizations. He is an avid skier, J.D. has leased and sold over 9 million square Leeds School of Business. J.D. resides in Marin retail properties. Mr. Koehn has managed fisherman, reader and golfer. Mr. Koehn hails feet of real estate in his 22 years at C&W, County with his wife, daughter and son. projects and staff in many major cities across from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. including the Salesforce Tower (714,000 SF). the country, including the Midwest, Mountain West, West Coast and Pacific Northwest. Mick Manning President & Chief Executive Officer Michael LaBelle Pacific Oak Capital Markets Executive Vice President & CFO linkedin.com/in/mick-manning-9a854913/ Boston Properties Mick Manning is the Chief Executive Mick has more than 30 years of experience in linkedin.com/in/michael-labelle-55454a45/ Officer of Pacific Oak Capital Markets and the financial services industry, with a diverse is responsible for overall firm strategy and background in retail sales and operations, Mr. Michael LaBelle serves as Executive Prior to joining the Company, Mr. LaBelle provides strategic and tactical guidance to the financial distribution and team building. His Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of was a Vice President & Relationship Manager organization, with particular focus on product experience comes from previous leadership Boston Properties. He was recently named with Fleet National Bank for nine years with development, distribution, sales management, roles with MFS/Sun Life, Northwestern Mutual Executive Vice President in January 2016 and the responsibility of financing large scale business planning and oversight of the firm’s Life and KBS Capital Markets Group. At KBS, Chief Financial Officer in October of 2007. commercial real estate developments. He operations and activities. his team raised 7.1 billion in private equity thru Prior to that, Mr. LaBelle served as Senior Vice started his career as an Associate National a series of private / public investment funds President of Finance & Capital Markets. He Bank Examiner with the Office of the Pacific Oak Capital Markets Group is a growing the firm from 1.8 billion to over 14 joined Boston Properties in March 2000. His Comptroller of the Currency in New York City privately held asset management company billion of assets under management. primary responsibilities include overseeing specializing in commercial real estate debt whose focus is on sponsoring and distributing finance, capital markets, accounting, internal portfolio analysis and valuation in commercial financial products. The Pacific Oak team Mick is a graduate of the University of controls, investor relations, cash management, banks located throughout the Mid-Atlantic and provides institutional quality alternative Colorado, Boulder, and the American College, information technology and financial planning. Northeastern United States. Mr. LaBelle holds investment opportunities to financial advisors Bryn Mawr, PA. He is past President of the CU He is also involved in the structuring and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and their clients. Pacific Oak’s mission is Buff club and currently serves a member of the analysis of the company’s new investments. from the University of Colorado. to match capital with opportunity through a CU Real Estate Program International Board of broad range of Real Estate, Private Equity, and Advisors. He resides in Littleton with his wife other alternative investment product offerings, of 31 years, Kimberley and three kids, Conner, available exclusively through investment Rachel and Peyton. professionals.

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Neil Mishurda Marc Painter Co-founder & Partner Partner Pacific Industrial Holland & Heart LLP linkedin.com/in/neil-mishurda-12369448/ linkedin.com/in/marcpainter/

Neil Mishurda, as Co-Founder and Partner, Mr. Mishurda’s previous experience includes Marc Painter’s real estate practice focuses on parties in a deal and an ability to effectively oversees all operations for Pacific Industrial a role as an industrial real estate broker at complex real estate transactions, finance and work through those issues early to reach a while co-leading the strategic and long-term CBRE, where he established and co-managed development, as well as banking and related favorable agreement. planning for the firm with a focus on the firm’s Los Angeles Private Client Group. business counseling. Marc’s prior experience as a commercial, business development and overall He started his career at Horton Lees Brogden, For over 30 years, Marc’s regional and national banking and real estate litigator affords him development standards. where he helped design architectural development and lending clients have sought a thorough understanding of the reasons systems for multifaceted projects. Prior to co-founding Pacific Industrial, Mr. his creative counsel in navigating difficult for disputes and a unique sensitivity to the Mishurda was a Partner and Executive Mr. Mishurda graduated from the University transactions to profitable completion. potential for, and the distractions of, litigation. Managing Director of a privately-held industrial of Colorado with a B.S. in Architectural Clients value his experience in helping them Marc’s past experience as an economist and real estate development and investment Engineering. He currently lives in Manhattan anticipate and then develop effective strategies banker brings a unique and valuable cost- firm. In this role, he sourced and completed Beach with his wife and three children. to structure deals in ways that avoid disputes benefit approach to transactions and disputes. complex transactions with private and or in positioning their transactions properly if That experience also gives him knowledge institutional capital partners. During his tenure, litigation is a necessity. of the financial and business needs of other the firm constructed and acquired well over $400 million of industrial assets.

James Payne Suzi Morris Senior Vice President – Commercial Real Estate Market Manager Senior VP U.S. Bank Lowe Enterprises linkedin.com/in/james-payne-38225aa/ linkedin.com/in/suzi-morris-9b3b6015/ James has been with U.S. Bank Commercial Prior to moving to Seattle, James started Real Estate for 13 years. He and his family as an analyst in Denver for U.S. Bank and Suzi Morris, as Senior Vice President is Land Institute, serving on the Northwest moved to Seattle, WA from Denver, CO in became a top performing Relationship responsible for Pacific Northwest commercial chapter’s Multifamily Product Council, and Fall 2015 for his current role with U.S. Bank Manager on the West Coast having closed property development, investment and is an International Advisory Board member of leading the Washington Commercial Real over $740 million of new loans during a 5 year management activities, and leads Lowe’s of the Real Estate Center at the University of Estate department. In April 2018, James’ role period. He is a two-time “Vanguard” award national multifamily platform. She has over Colorado’s LEED Business School. A resident expanded to include the market as winner which recognizes top loan and revenue 20 years as a senior level development of Seattle, Suzi and her family enjoy biking, well. Today, James leads both the Washington production among the national U.S. Bank professional responsible for over 4,000 hiking, skiing and traveling. & Oregon Commercial Real Estate teams and Commercial Real Estate footprint. In Summer multifamily units and more than 1 million is directly responsible for approximately $40 2019, James was named “CRE Banker of the square feet of commercial project Education: University of Colorado, BA million of annual revenue for the bank. Year” by the Puget Sound Business Journal. development and leasing in the Seattle and Seattle University, MS Portland areas. She is a member of the Urban James and his team provide commercial real James received a bachelor’s degree in estate loans, usually starting at approximately Business Administration and M.B.A. in Finance $15 million up to $200 million+. Loans from University of Colorado. James sits on the are generally up to 5 years and are used International Advisory Board for the University for acquisition, construction, rehab, and of Colorado Real Estate Center, is a member lease-up purposes. Additionally, James’ of the Board of Directors for Communities in team also provides capital markets, treasury School of Washington and is on the Finance management/deposit solutions to their Committee at his local church. commercial real estate clients.

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Danny Prosky Erich Sengelmann Managing Director Managing Director American Healthcare Investors JLL linkedin.com/in/danny-prosky-b119341/ linkedin.com/in/erichsengelmann/

Danny Prosky has served as our president LLC from September 2009 to November 2011, Erich Sengelmann does corporate advisory Managing Director of Silicon Valley Markets, and chief operating officer since January having served as executive vice president, and transaction services and is based in and Member of Brokerage Leadership 2015. He is also one of the founders and and managing director, Silicon Valley and San Francisco. While Council. Prior to joining JLL, Erich was a owners of AHI Group Holdings, which owns healthcare properties of several investment he works with clients in a broad range of Senior Vice President at Colliers International a 47.1% controlling interest in American management subsidiaries within the Grubb industries, he has extensive experience specializing in office leasing. Erich holds a Healthcare Investors. Since December 2014, & Ellis organization from March 2006 to representing technology companies, from BA in International Affairs from the University Mr. Prosky has also served as managing November 2011, and was responsible for all start-ups to major corporations. In this of Colorado, Boulder and a MA in History, director of American Healthcare Investors, medical property acquisitions, management regard, Erich has completed transactions International Relations from the London which serves as one of our co-sponsors and and dispositions. He served as the executive and solutions including leases School of Economics. Erich is an active owns a majority interest in our advisor. Mr. vice president - acquisitions of Grubb & and purchase acquisitions, dispositions and participant and speaker for Corenet, NAIOP Prosky has also served as president and chief Ellis Healthcare REIT, Inc. (now known as consolidations, specialized facilities, and and AFIRE. Erich is a past member of the operating officer of GA Healthcare REIT III Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.) from April headquarters and campus developments. Board of Trustees for The Carey School. As since January 2013 and as one of its directors 2008 to June 2009, having served as its vice While at JLL, Erich has held various positions a senior member of The Guardsmen, Erich since December 2014 and previously served president - acquisitions from September 2006 including Northwest Tenant Representation helps to raise funds to serve the needs of as president, chief operating officer and a to April 2008. Mr. Prosky previously worked Group Team Leader, Founding, Executive underprivileged children in the Bay Area. director of GA Healthcare REIT II from January for HCP, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare 2009 to December 2014. He has also served REIT, where he served as the assistant vice as executive vice president of Griffin-American president - acquisitions & dispositions from Healthcare REIT Advisor since January 2012. February 2005 to March 2006 and as assistant He served as the president and chief operating vice president - asset management from Noah Shore officer of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT November 1999 to February 2005. From 1992 Managing Director Advisor, LLC, from January 2009 to November to 1999, he served as the manager, financial 2011 and as executive vice president and operations, multi-tenant facilities for American Fortress Investment Group, LLC secretary of GEEA Property Management from Health Properties, Inc. Mr. Prosky received a linkedin.com/in/noah-shore-3a456/ June 2011 to November 2011. He also served B.S. degree in Finance from the University of as the executive vice president, healthcare Colorado and an M.S. degree in Management Noah Shore is a Managing Director in the firm’s on enhancing existing value, as well as real estate of Grubb & Ellis Equity Advisors, from Boston University. Los Angeles office. Mr. Shore is responsible for unlocking and/or creating new value. During sourcing and executing real estate debt and his tenure at Taubman, Mr. Shore worked on equity transactions, as well as overseeing the the development and leasing of over 10 million Fund’s retail real estate investments. square feet of new shopping centers with a combined cost of over $2 billion. Mr. Shore has spent 19 years of his career focused on commercial real estate with a Mr. Shore is a full member of the Urban Land primary focus on the shopping center industry. Institute and on the National Advisory Board Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Shore was a Vice for the Real Estate Center at the University of President at The Taubman Company where he Colorado. Mr. Shore received a B.S. in Finance spent nine years working in all aspects of real from the University of Colorado at Boulder. estate acquisitions and development, focused

67 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 68 INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD TITLE SPONSOR:

David Sonnenblick Kim Sperry Principal Managing Director Sonnenblick- Eichner Company RangeWater Real Estate linkedin.com/in/david-sonnenblick-b0529a57/ linkedin.com/in/kimberly-sperry-6a5783a/

David Sonnenblick is a Co-Founder and the origination of real estate equity and debt Kim Sperry is Managing Director for high-rise condominium project built in the Principal of Sonnenblick- Eichner Company. transactions for all product types of real estate RangeWater Real Estate. In her role, Sperry current cycle. Prior to forming Sonnenblick-Eichner on behalf of his clients. Mr. Sonnenblick identifies development, acquisition and third- Company, Mr. Sonnenblick was a major is currently a Governor of the Urban Land party property management opportunities Kim serves on the ULI Silver Multifamily shareholder and managing partner of Institute (ULI), a member of the International for the firm in both markets. A decorated Product Council, is co-chair of the Colorado Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, a national Council of Shopping of Shopping Centers real estate veteran, Kim’s extensive track Multifamily Product Council, and serves on the real estate advisory firm. Throughout Mr. (ICSC) and a Trustee of National Jewish record includes oversight of major acquisition International Advisory Board for the University Sonnenblick’s career, he has been active in Health, located in Denver. and new development opportunities, joint of Colorado Real Estate Center. She is also venture structuring, asset management and a member of National Multifamily Housing disposition of multifamily, industrial, hotel and Council and the Downtown Denver Partnership. office properties. Kim graduated from the University of Colorado Sperry has sourced and managed new with a bachelor’s degree in finance and Ann Sperling investments totaling over $1.2 billion in graduated with honors from the University Senior Director a variety of markets across the U.S. over of Denver with a master’s degree in real Trammell Crow Company the course of her 20-year career, and was estate and construction management. She instrumental in the successful development also holds the CCIM designation, and has linkedin.com/in/ann-sperling-9101b425/ and sourcing of high-profile projects such as volunteered at area schools and with the 2785 Speer apartments, Verve apartments Colorado Children’s Campaign. Ann Sperling is an executive who has served firm then owned by ProLogis (NYSE:PLD) and The Coloradan, downtown Denver’s first in numerous leadership roles in private and and subsequently as Chief Operating Officer, public real estate companies as well as a Americas and then President, Markets West, principal investor and developer of commercial at Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL). property assets. She is a leader in a many industry Colton Sudberry Ann currently serves as Senior Director organizations, acting as Assistant Chairman President and CEO in the Denver office of Trammell Crow of her ULI council, member of the University Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of of Colorado National Advisory Board to the Sudberry Properties, Inc CBRE (NYSE:CBRE), focusing on sourcing, Real Estate Center, and was formerly on the linkedin.com/in/colton-sudberry-89503237/ capitalization and development of office, regional boards of NAIOP and ICSC. Ann is industrial, and mixed use projects. This is her active in the civic activities, serving on the Colton Sudberry, as President and CEO, has for the Corti Gilchrist Partnership and CBRE. second round at Trammell Crow Company Board of Advisors of Tufts University School maintained the company’s focus on mixed- Sudberry has a master’s degree of Real Estate having previously spent twenty-five years at of Arts and Sciences, as prior Treasurer use and town center developments with an Development from the University of Southern the company ending with her role as Senior and Chair of the Finance Committee of the emphasis on urban in-fill and master-planned California and dual bachelor’s degrees in Managing Director and Area Director for the Colorado Children’s Hospital, Center communities. The firms’ major projects under International Business and Marketing from Rocky Mountain region, and as a member for Regenerative Medicine Board of Advisors development include the award-winning the University of Colorado, Boulder. At UC of the Operating Committee of the firm. and previously was an officer of the Colorado 235-acre master- of Boulder, Colton was a member of the 1990 She continued her career, first as the lead Outward Bound School Board of Trustees. Civita in San Diego’s Mission Valley, the National Champion, Big 8 Champion, and operating executive and Managing Director of 465-acre El Corazon mixed-use community Orange Bowl Champion football team. Catellus, a mixed use and land development Ann has a Bachelor of Science from Tufts and SoCal Sports Complex in Oceanside, Sudberry is a member of the International University and an MBA from Harvard University. the 850,000-square-foot Watermark mixed- Council of Shopping Centers and Urban Land use project in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch Institute. He is also a member and former as well as several others throughout San member of the board of directors of NAIOP Diego County, Riverside County, and Los San Diego. He serves as a board member Angeles. The firm also specializes in entitling of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, the particularly challenging and complicated National Advisory Board of the University properties. Before joining the firm in 1997, of Colorado Real Estate Center, the San Sudberry was involved in all aspects of the Diego City College Foundation and Santa Fe retail leasing process in both the development Christian Schools. and re-development of major retail properties

69 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 70 INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD TITLE SPONSOR:

Case Swenson Philip Welch President Founder Swenson Development & Construction Somerset Partners linkedin.com/in/case-swenson-728023174/ somersetpartnersllc.com/about/management-team/philip-welch/

Case Swenson managed his own construction and accounting. He provides executive Philip Welch is a founder of Somerset Partners finance at Donaldson, Lufkin + Jenrette. Mr. company, Swenson Development & support throughout the life cycle of and Director of Multi-family operations. He Welch is a benefactor of numerous charities Construction (SDC) for over two decades prior each project from contract negotiations, has over 20 years of experience in commercial including: American Red Cross, YMCA and to joining SWENSON in 2013. Throughout his pre-construction planning and design with real estate and is involved in all acquisition, The Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. career, Case has successfully managed the clients and project team to construction debt + equity financing and capital market Mr. Welch holds a B.S. Degree from the construction of all building types, including feasibility, monitoring cost and schedule activities for the firm. Prior to founding SP, Mr. University of Colorado and an MBA from the residential, commercial, educational, financial through the final stage of project completion. Welch was Vice President in the Princeton (NJ) Wharton School. projects and multiple public works jobs. office of LCOR and an Associate in real estate He graduated from the University of Colorado As president of SWENSON, Case is and is an active member of various community responsible for the operations as well as organizations such as San Jose/Silicon Valley project development and construction, real Chamber of Commerce, First Tee of San Jose estate development, property management and is chairman of the Metro A Trust. Cooper Williams President/Principal Essex Financial Group Bruce Tabb linkedin.com/in/cooper-williams-6503553/ Managing Principle Inspire Development Cooper Williams is a principal at Essex K. Hovnanian Homes in Southern California Financial Group. Cooper’s responsibilities where he was responsible for managing Bruce Tabb is a founder and managing In January 1986, Mr. Tabb formed for the company include sourcing and the development, construction, marketing, member for Inspire Development. Bruce is Environmental Development and moved to underwriting new debt and equity and sales process for several residential also President of Environmental Development, San Diego to develop Symphony Towers, opportunities, building borrower and lender communities in San Diego and Bakersfield, a real estate development firm with holdings a 1.2 million square foot mixed-use relationships, and helping with the day-to-day CA. Cooper holds an MBA from the University throughout the western United States. A development, in partnership with the Charlton management and strategic planning of the of Colorado and an undergraduate degree graduate of the University of Colorado with Raynd Company. In 1988, Environmental firm. Cooper has extensive experience along in business administration and real estate a degree in finance and real estate, Mr. Tabb Development began acquiring and entitling the loan production continuum. Since 2010, finance from the University of Southern earned his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine raw land for commercial, industrial and Cooper has helped source, underwrite, and California. Cooper is a proud Colorado native, University School of Law. residential development. Since that time, Mr. close over $1.4 billion in first mortgage debt. supporter of the CU Real Estate Center, and Tabb and related entities have acquired or active member in NAIOP Colorado. In 1980, after practicing real estate law for a developed real estate projects throughout Prior to joining Essex, Cooper worked in number of developers in Denver, Colorado, California, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. various project management positions for Mr. Tabb accepted a position with LaSalle Partners, Inc., a full-service real estate Mr. Tabb is a member of the State Bar of company based in Denver. During his tenure at Colorado, the State Bar of California, the LaSalle, he was involved in the development Building Industry Association of San Diego of over two million square feet of office County and the Urban Land Institute. In space and the purchase and financing of an addition, Mr. Tabb is on the Board of the additional one million square feet. University of Colorado School of Real Estate and is a past Board member of the Building Industry Association of San Diego County.

71 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 72 INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD TITLE SPONSOR:

Gregg Wolpert Christopher Woodruff Co-President President The Stahl Organization The Cotton Companies linkedin.com/in/gregg-wolpert-6425a122/ linkedin.com/in/christopherwoodruff/

Gregg Wolpert is Co-President of The Stahl Mr. Wolpert graduated from DeWitt Clinton Christopher Woodruff, a real estate professional Award, an accolade bestowed upon an Organization [“Stahl”], a privately held High School in the Bronx. He holds a Bachelor of 15+ years, is the President of The Cotton outstanding young leader in the Columbus New York based real estate investment, of Science degree in accounting from the Companies, an independent real estate community. In 2013, he was named Georgia construction, and banking company. Stahl University of Colorado. He also holds diplomas development and investment company in Trend Magazine’s “40 Under Forty” - a owns more than 6 million square feet of office in both , and Construction Columbus, Georgia. Established in 2015, The recognition of the state’s best and brightest in and retail space, 3,000 residential units, and Management from . Cotton Companies mission is to create positive business, government, nonprofits, education, the 79 branch, $15 billion Apple Bank for growth in the community through the built politics, media, healthcare and the arts. During Savings. In addition, Stahl owns Cauldwell Greg has served on a number of boards environment. It accomplishes this with creative this same year, Chris was recognized with the Wingate Construction Company, Manhattan including: Apple Bank for Savings as and sustainable real estate development and city’s Mayoral Columbus Service Award. Three Athletic Club, The Baseball Center NYC, Executive Committee (Co-Chairman), prudent regional real estate investment. The years prior, he was named one of Columbus’ (co-owns) the Lunt-Fontanne Broadway Operations & Technology Committee company’s inaugural project was a 10,500- “Top 5 Under 40”– an honor awarded by Theatre, and more than 40 Private Equity (Chairman), Real Estate Loan Committee, square foot LEED Silver Certified, adaptive Columbus & The Valley Magazine each year to and Hedge Fund investment positions. Mr. Investment Committee, Risk Committee, reuse development located in downtown outstanding business leaders in the area under Wolpert’s experience includes negotiating Human Resources Committee (Co-Chairman); Columbus. Shortly thereafter, the company the age of forty. acquisitions, leases, and financing, planning SGI-USA (a lay Buddhist Organization); completed a project working alongside Uptown and overseeing large ground-up construction Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; the Apollo Columbus, Inc. to create Columbus’s first urban His present community involvement includes and renovation projects, approving all Theatre: Real Estate Advisory Committee; pocket park in the median of Broadway. Known service on the Board of Directors for Boys & lending activities at Apple Bank, and placing amd the University of Colorado, Leeds as “The Grove”, this development activated Girls Club of the Chattahoochee Valley and private investments. Prior to joining Stahl in School of Business: International Real Estate an underutilized parcel of land to create a Uptown Columbus, Inc. He also serves on 1989, Mr. Wolpert was a Vice President for a Advisory Board. new gathering place for visitors to enjoy the the Board of Trustees for Columbus State commercial real estate company (now part beautiful downtown environment. University Foundation, Historic Columbus In addition, Mr. Wolpert is an officer of more of the Colliers network) where he pioneered Foundation, Inc. and is Chairman of The J.W. than 70 Stahl affiliated LLC’s, and an advisor the use of computers to analyze complicated Christopher is an advocate and leader in the & Ethel Woodruff Foundation. to several multi-generation families with management, leasing, and acquisition issues. Columbus community and has recently been significant local real estate holdings. Christopher received his Bachelor of Arts from He started his business career in 1977 as an accepted into the Leadership Georgia Class of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He holds auditor for the NYC Comptroller’s Office. 2018. In 2017, the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce awarded him with a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development the prestigious, Young Entrepreneur of the from Auburn University where he now sits Year award. Three years prior, Christopher’s on the Master’s of Real Estate Development civic leadership efforts and successes were Program Advisory Council. Chris received his recognized when the Chamber of Commerce MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from awarded him with the J.R. Allen Yong Leader Clemson University in June 2018.

73 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 74 CUREC FOUNDERS TITLE SPONSOR:

CUREC Founders CUREC Founders

John E. Freyer, Sr. Cal Fulenwider III Ken Gillis William J. Mark, Jr. Randy Nichols Bill Reynolds Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Board Retired Founder and Principal President and CEO President and Founder Founder Land Title Guarantee and CEO Centennial Realty Advisors American Real Estate Nichols Partnership W.W. Reynolds Companies Company L.C. Fulenwider, Inc. Advisors, LLC

Mark Goldberg Buz Koelbel V. Michael Komppa J. Jeffrey Riggs Jeffrey S. Robinson Charlie Baughn President President and CEO President Founder and Chairman Managing Partner Retired Senior Managing Goldberg Properties Koelbel and Company Corum Real Estate Group Essex Financial Group Hampton Partners Director and CFO Hines

75 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 76 MBA GRADUATE STUDENTS CLASS OF 2020 TITLE SPONSOR:

MBA Graduate Students Class of 2020 Martin Eguiguren [email protected]

Tyler Barber Martin is a second year MBA student at the His family has been in the real estate business [email protected] Leeds School of Business, University of for more than 30 years, and Martin plans to Colorado Boulder, graduating in May 2020. participate eventually in the family business in Second year M.B.A. at University of Colorado mother currently working in financial lending He is concentrating his studies in real estate Chile, after gaining experience working in the at Boulder focusing his degree on real estate for residential homes, and brother owning a and finance. Martin is from Chile and has United States. and management. A Navy veteran having full-service contracting company focusing on an undergraduate degree in Architecture. moved from Florida for the opportunity to build community public spaces. Real Estate is in He is the founder and owner of a small professional career in the real estate field. Tyler’s blood and is a professional venture he architecture studio based in Chile, with three Ability to passionately coordinate, organize, is passionate to take apart of with the skills other partners. His firm designs a variety of collaborate, and build relationships are being learned through CU’s M.B.A. Real Estate buildings, including multi-family, distribution apparent in his business practices and will all program. Working as an aircraft maintenance centers and warehouses, and mixed-use aid the accomplishments of Tyler’s real estate manager in the U.S. Navy, exposures to buildings. professional goals. situations of great responsibility were a part of daily life and he could be counted on to get Real estate and development have been a the job done. The organizational skills learned part of Tyler’s life since birth and his interest in his military experience will undoubtedly in this field has been instilled from a young aid in the quest of success in the real Zach Fromm age. Tyler’s father and grandfather have held estate community. [email protected] positions of lead developers of multiple master planned communities in , Zach Fromm is currently a 2020 MBA drivers that inform portfolio acquisitions as candidate at the University of Colorado well as understanding real-time levers that Boulder, Leeds School of Business, investors require when making investment completing his MBA requirements in Real decisions. On the Capital Markets team, Zach Estate and Finance. Prior to beginning his furthered his knowledge of the intricacies and Hannah Berkowitz MBA objective, Zach enjoyed success at dynamics of Real Estate Finance. [email protected] Oppenheimer Funds, where his position as Investment Strategy Analyst and Consultative Upon completion of his MBA, Zach’s mission Hannah Berkowitz is a 2020 candidate Prior to the MBA program, Hannah spent Sales Specialist provided him with the is to secure a position in Real Estate and MBA student focusing on Real Estate and five years working at Boston Consulting depth and scope of knowledge necessary to Finance, where his passion for performance Finance at the Leeds School of Business, Group, a top management consulting firm, advance his studies in the Real Estate and excellence will provide a launchpad to his University of Colorado Boulder. A longstanding while simultaneously pursuing an MA in Finance industry. career. Zach graduated with a BS in Finance personal interest in Real Estate and Finance Psychology at Columbia University. Combining and Economics from Pace University in 2013. ultimately led to the decision to pursue a her experience in the consulting industry Zach’s high level of Emotional Intelligence, He has lived in the Denver area for 5 years and career combining these concepts. Fostering and a passion for leadership positions, coupled with his industry and investment is an avid, accomplished skier. this passion through an internship at Hannah is also the President of Leeds MBA knowledge, secured him an internship last Partners, Hannah focused on current and Consulting Club. summer with the Forum Real Estate Group. prospective development projects for a At Forum his responsibility focused on two leading multi-family national developer. teams: Acquisitions and Capital Markets. As part of the Acquisition team his responsibilities included underwriting, micro and macro

77 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 78 MBA GRADUATE STUDENTS CLASS OF 2020 TITLE SPONSOR:

Sarah Galloway Kris Groh [email protected] [email protected]

Sarah Galloway has spent 15+ years helping Wood Johnson Foundation funded initiative Kris Groh is a 2020 MBA candidate at the position he aided CBRE’s new coworking authorities, municipal agencies, to improve health outcomes in low-income, Leeds School of Business, University of subsidiary, Hana, with their site selection and non-profit organizations navigate urban neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky. vColorado Boulder. and lease negotiations. Other functions the intricacies of the publicly-subsidized of this internship included conducting residential sector, tackling challenges related Ms. Galloway holds a Bachelor of Arts degree In the past, Mr. Groh worked as a project financial analysis to determine the most to site planning, environmental assessments, from Swarthmore College and completed a and operations manager for three large title cost-efficient options for lease renewal or financing, scheduling, resident relocation, unique three-semester, UNESCO-sponsored insurance firms on projects in Orange County, relocation; lease and license management procurement, legal agreements, leasing/ graduate program in International Peace California. After starting 2 for healthcare and telecommunications firms; occupancy plans, federal compliance, and and Development Studies at the Universitat companies for subprime mortgage lenders compilation of marketing documentation for more. During her career, she has helped create Jaume I in Castellon, Spain. She is currently and a default title division, Mr. Groh began the brokerage services. 3,300+ affordable and mixed-income a second-year MBA candidate at the Leeds MBA program at CU Boulder. Post-graduation units, co-authored six successful HUD HOPE School of Business, University of Colorado in May of 2020, he seeks a position within the Mr. Groh received an undergraduate VI and Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Boulder, pursuing a concentration in commercial real estate sphere where he can degree in international relations with a grant proposals; and coordinated a Robert real estate. leverage his project management skills with minor in economics from the University of his newly achieved degree. Pennsylvania. In his free time, Kris enjoys exploring all Colorado has to offer. He has For his summer MBA internship, Kris worked already summited 6 of the state’s 58 14ers and for CBRE in the Occupier side of the Advisory hopes to complete the rest in the near future. Kara Garrison and Transaction Management team. In this [email protected]

Kara Garrison is a passionate, self-driven She is an analytical thinker, problem-solver, MBA Candidate pursuing her interests in and natural leader who enjoys working on Andrew Hossley Real Estate and Finance at the Leeds School diverse teams. In her free time, Kara enjoys [email protected] of Business. Post-graduation, she plans to snowboarding, jiu jitsu, cooking, traveling, work as an analyst in commercial real estate hiking, , and woodworking. Andrew Hossley is a second year MBA student operations. Prior to graduate school, Andrew (acquisitions or capital markets). Prior to focusing in Supply Chain and Logistics at worked as an executive chef for Vail Resorts graduate school, Kara graduated from Purdue the Leeds School of Business, University where he used Six-Sigma operating methods University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering of Colorado Boulder. He recently interned to improve resort operations. After Graduation and minors in Spanish and Management. Her as a senior program manager for Amazon Andrew hopes to work in a logistics based role work experience was as a Product Developer focusing on improving Prime Now Fulfillment as a consultant or program manager. leading global innovation projects in the consumer products industry.

Barbara Garza [email protected]

Barbara was born and raised in Monterrey, future projects. Barbara has assumed a Mexico. She completed her undergraduate student leadership position as a member of studies at St. Edward’s University in Austin, the school’s Communication’s VP of the Real Texas, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Estate Group. This position requires gathering degree in Communication. Barbara Garza is feedback from classmates and collaborating a thriving MBA candidate with a Real Estate with the team for planned events and new and Sustainability focus at the University of opportunities. With her sustainability focus she Colorado Boulder- Leeds School of Business. prepared by taking the university’s Integrated She is also Argus certified. Barbara has Reporting class. Her plans are to find a four years’ experience managing project career where she may grow and learn from development teams for a real estate company experience while making business a more in Monterrey, Mexico. She is currently sustainable matter. working as a land acquisition analyst for

79 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 80 MBA GRADUATE STUDENTS CLASS OF 2020 TITLE SPONSOR:

Nicholas Jokela Huberth Marak [email protected] [email protected]

Nick Jokela is currently an MBA candidate marine environmental protection and mass Huberth Marak is a 2020 MBA Candidate Pipeline decks. from the Leed’s School of Business, University migration scenarios. He is currently still at Leeds School of Business, University of of Colorado Boulder. Nick’s MBA focus serving in the military, attending Leed’s as Colorado Boulder. When he moved to the Huberth believes that a Master’s Degree in is on real estate and expects to graduate part of the Advanced Education program. U.S 6 years ago, he started working at a Business Administration will enable him to in May 2020. Nick obtained a Bachelor Upon graduation, Nick intends on bringing local architectural firm in Casper, Wyoming assess and develop short- and long-term of Science degree from the Coast Guard his experience with real estate back to the as an architectural designer and he left that course of actions to maximize opportunities Academy in 2010 with a focus on Business Coast Guard, to revamp military housing firm as a partner/associate. Huberth intends for the business. He is skilled in growing Management and has served the last nine facilities, rental compensation and commercial to use his experience in the architecture territories and opportunities through years as an Officer in the Coast Guard. developments (Coast Guard Sectors) and construction industry towards planning, developing a comprehensive knowledge of Nick’s previous military experience has nationwide. development and property management in products, services, competitors, and markets been focused on maritime drug interdiction, real estate. He has an extensive experience while collaborating with multi-cultural teams, in working with eclectic clienteles, in optimizing revenue, and over-exceeding goals. coordinating with multiple consultants, and Huberth received his undergraduate degree in in managing a variety of projects ranging Architecture from Goa University, India prior to from small homes to schools, and business school and worked as an commercial spaces. Rob Key for several years in India where he is licensed. [email protected] For his summer internship, Huberth worked at Recently, Huberth was blessed with a baby Forum Real Estate Group as a Development girl, and juggling between fatherhood and Rob is second-year MBA student focusing in Inspirato, Rob oversaw portfolio growth in Intern where he identified and capitalized on business school has taught him efficient real estate and finance and currently working the European market, through partnerships, potential projects in the market by supporting time management between sleep, study, in asset management with institutional private- leasing arrangements, and exclusive the development and acquisition underwriter family and running. equity investor, Northwood Investors. At operating agreements. team; facilitated the smooth execution of Northwood, Rob helps develop and execute upcoming projects by creating IC decks and business and investment strategies across In addition to his MBA coursework and the office, retail, multi-family, and hotel assets for ongoing internship at Northwood, Rob serves a portfolio representing $10B in assets under as President of CU’s Graduate Real Estate management. Association, is a member of the CU Real Daniel Nicolls Estate Center’s International Advisory Board, [email protected] Prior to business school, Rob worked for and the 2019 recipient of the Urban Land seven years across roles within property Institute’s Graduate Student Fellowship. management, hospitality, and real estate. In Daniel Nicolls is an MBA Candidate at the After graduating cum laude with a B.S. in his most recent role as Senior Manager at Leeds School of Business, University of Economics from Montana State University, Colorado Boulder. He is working toward a Dan spent the next three years ski & alpine dual focus in finance and real estate with an guiding in Alaska and Colorado. His time as expected graduation of May 2020. Dan is a guide lead him to integrate the economic currently working as an intern with ArrowMark cost of risky behavior and mountaineering in Partners, a Denver-based asset management order to understanding decision making in firm, on their Commercial Real Estate team. the mountains. In 2017, Dan founded a family Prior to joining ArrowMark, Dan spent the office with his dad focused on private equity summer and fall as an intern on McWhinney’s investments; his responsibilities included: Commercial Asset Management team where sourcing deals, conducting due diligence, he assisted with development underwriting running financial statement analysis, and and portfolio management. producing quarterly reports.

81 | 23RD ANNUAL REAL ESTATE FORUM LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 82 MBA GRADUATE STUDENTS CLASS OF 2020 TITLE SPONSOR:

Stephanie Sagey MS Real Estate Graduate Students Class of 2020 [email protected] Daniel Belk Stephanie Sagey is a second year MBA at The Boston Consulting Group and in [email protected] student focusing in real estate and finance at financial services at Merrill Lynch in Boston. the Leeds School of Business, University of Upon graduation this May, Stephanie hopes Colorado Boulder. She is currently interning to work in real estate finance acquisitions or Daniel Belk is on a mission! While earning his and application, taking full advantage of with Northstar Commercial Partners, a Denver- asset management. 2020 MS degree in Real Estate, Daniel has extracurricular activities and the professional based real estate private equity company. In been serving The Triangle region of North network connected to the program. Here, her role, she works with the financial analytics Carolina as a residential broker. He sold 19 he was able to fine tune his modeling skills team to analyze potential acquisitions and homes last year, but is excited to begin a while taking a deeper dive into the world of maintain reporting of portfolio financials by career in commercial development in 2020. commercial real estate. Daniel believes that asset. Prior to graduate school, Stephanie the knowledge he has gained while in the MS As a Colorado native, Daniel is eager to worked in communications and coordination program coupled with his unique experience in his roots on the Front Range. He received his the real estate industry will prove to be a great undergraduate degree from the Kenan-Flagler value add for any future employer. Business School at the University of North Carolina where he earned All-ACC honors as a In his free time, Daniel enjoys backcountry co-captain on the track team. Through the MS snowboarding, summitting 14-ers, and taking program, Daniel has refined his understanding RV road trips with his best friends. of business practice through both lecture

Drew Bodensteiner [email protected]

Drew Bodensteiner is currently an MS Post-graduation in May of 2020, he seeks a candidate at the Leeds School of Business, position with an acquisition/development firm University of Colorado Boulder. He is working where he can leverage his financial modeling towards a focus in Real Estate Finance/ and investment skills with his Master’s degree. Investment with an expected graduation date of May 2020. Prior to graduate school, Drew Drew has a Bachelor of Science in Finance worked with the investment team at Western and Accounting from the Leeds School of Wealth Management analyzing different REITs Business, University of Colorado. and commercial real estate investments. Additionally, Drew worked at Gates Corporation working on the corporate finance team creating financial models and reports on inventory and capital expenditures.

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Andrew Byrne Peter Glyman [email protected] [email protected]

After getting undergraduate degrees in That being said, his interest are mainly in the Peter Glyman is currently a master’s student During the summer of 2018, he interned at Finance and Accounting, with a minor in analysis and underwriting of development studying Real Estate at the University of UBS and was part of the corporate cash Spanish, he returned to the University of and acquisition projects. Given his bilingual Colorado, Leeds School of Business. After management team located in Chicago. Colorado to receive his MS in Real Estate. capabilities and upbringing in , he graduating in May 2019 with an undergraduate Consequent to graduation this May, Peter His limited real estate industry experience is interested in international development, degree in Finance, he decided to return is striving to work in Development, Asset thus far comes from spending 3 months as specifically in Latin America. to develop a more technical knowledge of Management, or Consulting. an underwriting intern for NP-International, the Real Estate Industry. In the past he has one of the larger boutique development firms interned for a private developer in Denver, operating in Miami, FL. While working there, McCaffery Interests, where his duties included he spent the majority of his time analyzing primarily market analysis and feasibility. and underwriting hotel developments and is interested in the hospitality sector.

Charles Dagher Drew Hyde [email protected] [email protected]

Charles Dagher is currently an MS candidate Charles received a Bachelor of Science in Drew Hyde is a Senior Vice President of Debt Stanley focusing on multiple asset classes. at the Leeds School of Business, University of Business Administration with a dual focus Capital Markets at Duncan Williams Inc. His Client engagement and business development Colorado Boulder. His post-graduate focus is in operations management and talent daily tasks include identifying institutional have been his primary duties throughout in real estate, with an expected graduation of management from the University of Colorado trading counterparties, communicating with his career, and working with public market May 2020. Prior to graduate school, Charles Boulder. While there, he also received a these entities and executing appropriate mortgage investors has been a focal point for worked within the property management and certificate in global business and a minor investment strategies. In conjunction with the past decade. leasing sectors of real estate with a small firm in French. these efforts, Mr. Hyde is a MS in Real Estate in Boulder, Colorado. Candidate in May 2020 at the Leeds School of Mr. Hyde has a Bachelor of Arts degree Business, University of Colorado Boulder. in Political Science from the University of Mississippi, and he moved to Boulder with his Mr. Hyde has specialized in fixed income wife and two children in 2010. In his free time, sales and trading since 2004, but before that he likes to mountain bike, fly-fish and connect he worked as a Financial Advisor at Morgan with friends.

Trevor Dahl [email protected]

Trevor James Dahl is a research analyst/ Trevor has his bachelors in Applied Economics exam proctor at the University of Colorado and Business Society from the University of Boulder. Performing research in real estate Oregon. He is also pursuing his Masters of related studies. Science in Real Estate Development from the University of Colorado Boulder. Previously he was an Accounting Executive/ Office manager for Oilstop inc. for Southern Oregon/Northern California. Where he oversaw accounts payable/receivable, payroll, and assisted in site acquisitions.

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Jack Mangini Riley O’Connor [email protected] [email protected]

Jack Mangini is currently an MS Real Estate volunteer, volunteering with CU Restorative Riley O’Connor is a 2020 MS in Real Estate Fellows history (Center for Ethics and Social candidate at the Leeds School of Business, Justice and homeless outreach within candidate at the Leeds School of Business. Responsibility) where he served as the University of Colorado Boulder. He has past Boulder. As a passionate outdoorsman, he He recently received his undergraduate Executive Director of Programming. Riley also internship experience supporting project can be found enjoying the mountains when degree in May 2019 from the University of served as the President of his 140-member managers on an 800,000-sqft redevelopment not working or volunteering. Jack holds a Colorado - Boulder with a degree in Finance fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon and was an Inter- project, as well as supporting a private Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the and certificate in Real Estate. During his senior Fraternity Council Board Member representing investor in the acquisition of a multifamily University of Colorado. year he worked two part-time internships. At the 1,600 member Greek Community. During property. Additionally, Jack is an active Nexus Commercial Realty he assisted in the his time serving as President he implemented development and organization of client leads, various career development workshops, generation of OMs, and financial analysis volunteer efforts, mentorship programs, of various properties. While at TTEC he and new finance processes to pay off assisted in the site selection and due diligence $50,000 of debt. of domestic and international properties, contributed to the portfolio management of Riley is a Colorado native with great familiarity 149 properties around the world, and led of the Commercial Denver market and an relationships with domestic and international unparalleled desire to learn the intricacies Robert Nommensen investment agencies. of the commercial real estate landscape in [email protected] Colorado. He is actively seeking opportunities Riley has held many leadership roles within commercial brokerage, specifically Robert Nommensen is a Master’s in Real Robert has a Bachelor in Science from Indiana throughout the years. He was the youngest capital markets. Estate candidate at Leed’s School of Business University and has built a strong business elected executive board member in CESR at the University of Colorado, with expected acumen from his career before graduate graduation in May 2020. He is focused on school. He is looking to meet with industry finding opportunities in private equity and leaders and learn as much as possible. investments within Real Estate finance. Robert Robert’s goal is to build a reputation for Brooke Rose is developing his technical skills to provide delivering a valuable impact for his team and [email protected] analysis and create innovative investment for bringing a proactive approach to solving recommendations. He has worked in Private problems. Brooke Rose is a 2020 master’s in real estate Management for a year and a half. At Vukota, Wealth Management and Commercial Real candidate at the Leeds School of Business, Ms. Rose underwrote over 300 multifamily Estate Brokerage in the past, and is looking University of Colorado Boulder. She graduated deals. She performed secondary research forward to bringing his strong relationship from Leeds in May 2019 with an emphasis on new markets for potential expansion and skills to the table for his next employer. in finance and real estate certificate. While worked on a team with many successful pursuing her master’s degree, she works part- acquisitions. time as an acquisition and development intern at Baron Properties. Brooke is interested in Brooke is originally from the New Jersey sustainability and received her LEED Green metro-area but, has found Colorado to be her certification in August 2019. new home. She looks forward to her full-time career in real estate. In the past, Ms. Rose worked as an acquisition’s analyst for Vukota Capital

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Nathan Walters [email protected]

Nathan Walters is a 2020 MS Real Estate over 40 projects spanning the northeastern US candidate at the Leeds School of Business, for the conglomerate’s Energy Management University of Colorado Boulder. Prior to group. He is actively seeking a position within moving to Colorado in August 2019, Nathan the real estate capital markets space and worked as a summer analyst for Cape Asset desires to begin his career in Colorado. Management, a private commercial real estate firm in Charlotte, NC. He assisted in Nathan received an undergraduate degree the underwriting of various properties for the in economics from the University of North firm, among other responsibilities. He gained Carolina at Chapel Hill in December 2018 additional experience outside of the real estate (Go Heels) and in his free time enjoys playing industry as project management support for soccer, traveling, and attending concerts with Siemens in Raleigh, NC, where he supported his friends.

Antonia Wurth [email protected]

Antonia Würth is currently an MS Real Estate real estate company, were she demonstrated candidate at the Leeds School of Business, skills in underwriting deals for acquisitions. University of Colorado Boulder. She is Antonia holds a bachelor’s degree in Business working towards a focus in real estate finance and Administration from Pontificia Universidad with an expected graduation of May 2020. Catolica de Chile, the most competitive She is from Chile, was born and raised there. university of Chile. Prior to business school, Antonia was a global brand manager of a retail bicycles distributor Antonia looks forward to continuing to her company, Sportxperts, she was in charge of career and building relationships in the Front the marketing and sales team. Before starting Range real estate investment industry. the program, she was a financial analyst intern in Ebco Rentas, a fully integrated multifamily

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