Council Chair

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Sam Chandan, PhD (he/him)

Founding Director and Professor,

Chen Institute for Global Real Estate

NYU Stern School of Business

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Council Co-Chair

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Jon Tilli (he/him)

Chair, dbPride and Director, Commercial Real Estate Credit

Deutsche Bank Securities

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Board Members

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Russ Bates (he/him)

Managing Partner

ElmRidge Property Group

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Michael William Briggs (he/him)

General Counsel and Senior Vice President

Mortgage Bankers Association

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Anna Coltrane (she/her)

Senior Vice President, Development & Construction

Jamestown

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Dominic Cottone (he/him)

Senior Managing Director

Ferguson Partners

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Lourdes Fisher (she/her)

Senior Managing Director

Bridge Investment Group

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Chris Fraley (he/him)

Chief Investment Officer

Realty Mogul​

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Rachel Hodgdon (she/her)

President & CEO

International WELL Building Institute

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Brian Klinksiek (he/him)

Global Head of Research and Strategy

LaSalle

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Lauren Partovi (she/her)

Senior Project Advisor

Sterling Project Development

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James Repking (he/him)

General Counsel

Savills NA

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Tres Seippel (he/him)

Construction Lending Specialist 

Arbor Realty Trust

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Matthew Scholl (he/him)

Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Americas,

Union Investment Real Estate GmbH

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Rob Shmalo (he/him)

Partner

Proskauer Rose LLP

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Thomas Vecchione (he/him)

Vice Chairman & Managing Principal

Vocon

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Allyship Ambassador

 

Cathy Cunningham (she/her)

Executive Editor

Commercial Observer

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Early Career Ambassadors

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Grace O'Meara (she/her)

Development Analyst

MSquared

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Matthew Vona (he/him)

Senior Analyst

Clarion Partners​​​