Daniel Abramoff is the director of Tax at PGIM, Inc. Based in Newark, New Jersey, Daniel is responsible for the oversight and strategy in delivery of essential fund tax services across PGIM, Inc., including its real estate business, PGIM Real Estate. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, Inc., the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

Daniel started his career in real estate as a transactional attorney working on development deals in New York City before obtaining his master of business administration in Professional Accounting from Rutgers Business School. After Rutgers, Daniel joined the real estate tax group at Price Waterhouse Coopers and immediately prior to joining PGIM Real Estate, Daniel was a supervisor of the internal tax oversight team within the tax department of Vornado Realty Trust, one of the largest publicly held REITs in the United States, where he was responsible for supervision and oversight of tax return compliance.

Daniel has a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude, from Yeshiva University, a juris doctorate from Fordham Law School and a master of business administration in professional accounting from Rutgers Business School, where he received the Pruder Memorial Academic Award for graduating at the top of his class.

Neal Armstrong is a Director in the North American real estate fund administration group within Alternative Investment Services. His responsibilities include relationship management serving a number of real estate clients, accounting technical support to the real estate fund accounting teams, and support and guidance throughout the onboarding of new mandates. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in February 2015, Neal was a Director at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and Head of Fund Finance for Americas Alternatives and Real Assets. Prior to joining Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management in 2004, Neal was a senior manager in KPMG LLP’s real estate audit practice.

Neal is a CPA and received a B.S. in accounting from Valparaiso University in 1992. He has been involved with the Accounting Committee of the National Council of Real Estate Fiduciaries (NCREIF) since 2000 serving as co-chairman in 2011 and 2012 and co-vice chairman 2009 and 2010. From 2007- 2011 he served as a member of the NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards (formerly REIS) Council. He currently sits on the NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards Board having served as Chair for 2015. In November 2018 he was appointed to the NCREIF Board and serves as Treasurer.

Prior to joining Dune in 2004, Mr. Berk was Controller at SFM Capital Management LP, an affiliate of Soros Fund Management LLC. Prior to joining SFM, Mr. Berk was the co-manager of the Fund Accounting Group at Ivy Asset Management Corp., a $14 billion fund of hedge funds investment manager. Before joining Ivy, Mr. Berk worked for Goldman Sachs from 1996 to 2003, where he most recently was manager of the Principal Investment Area Fund Accounting Department, which provided fund accounting support and administration for Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking business. Before moving into that position, Mr. Berk was responsible for the accounting and administration of Goldman Sachs’ AAA-rated Derivative Product Company. Mr. Berk transitioned into that role after having been the initial member of the Investment Accounting department responsible for supporting the Asia Special Situations Group distressed fixed income funds, where he was responsible for building an infrastructure that could provide Fund Accounting support for the new group of funds with an investment focus exclusively in Asia. Prior to his employment at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Berk was an auditor with KPMG LLP from 1994 to 1996.

Mr. Berk received a B.B.A. (with Distinction) from the University of Michigan in 1994 and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.

Reisa is a Global Chief Operating Officer for Nuveen Real Estate. Located in the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina office, she leads investment governance and operations, supports the planning, coordination and execution of U.S. business process and initiatives. Reisa is a member of the Global Executive Leadership and the Americas Executive Leadership teams and also serves as the chief of staff to the head of Nuveen Real Estate, Americas and is the central point of contact for senior leaders.

In prior roles, Reisa has served as head of human resources for Nuveen Real Estate Americas, where she was responsible for leading all human resources programs and initiatives, including compensation, talent acquisition, talent management, organizational development, diversity and inclusion, and learning/training for the U.S. real estate and private investment teams. In addition to implementing people management strategies, Reisa ensured that firm policies and procedures were implemented across the business area including the annual promotion, performance review, and compensation processes.

Reisa graduated with a B.A. in Communications from Hofstra University an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Phoenix and a certificate of financial planning from Queens College. She also holds the Series 26, 7 and 6 securities registrations.

Nuveen Real Estate is one of the largest real estate investment managers in the world with $130 billion of assets under management. Managing a suite of funds and mandates, across both public and private investments, and spanning both debt and equity across diverse geographies and investment styles, we provide access to every aspect of real estate investing.
With over 80 years of real estate investing experience and more than 500 employees located across over 20 cities throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, the platform offers unparalleled geographic reach, which is married with deep sector expertise.

Nilesh K. Bubna is a founding partner and chief financial officer of Longpoint Realty Partners. Mr. Bubna has 20 years of commercial real estate and consulting industry experience in portfolio management, debt structuring, and operations. He oversees portfolio management for Longpoint’s commingled fund, is responsible for real estate operations in Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Nashville, and is a member of Longpoint’s investment committee.

Prior to co-founding Longpoint, Mr. Bubna was a partner at TA Associates Realty. During his tenure at TA, he was responsible for portfolio management of the value-added funds and real estate operations covering various East Coast markets. As a member of the finance committee, he participated in the debt financing of over $3 billion of real estate properties across multiple funds. Prior to TA, Mr. Bubna spent 10 years at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in public accounting and management consulting, serving clients in real estate and other industries around the globe.

Mr. Bubna earned his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating cum laude, and his B. Com from Sydenham College, Mumbai, India where he played snooker at the state level. In addition, he holds a Chartered Accountant designation.

He has served as a guest lecturer of real estate finance at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business in Nashville, TN. He is a member of the United Way Real Estate Breakfast Committee and is on the Board of the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) in Boston. He is an avid squash player and equestrian.

Eva Carman is resident in Ropes & Gray’s New York Office and Co-Head of the firm’s Securities and Futures Enforcement Group. She is a Chambers & Partners Ranked Practitioner for Nationwide, Securities: Regulation: Enforcement.

Eva has 25 years of experience representing investment advisers in connection with Securities & Exchange Commission examinations, investigations and litigated actions, focusing on representing private equity and real estate investment funds. Eva’s experience stems from involvement in over 25 PE and real estate exams and from acting as lead counsel on a number of key enforcement investigations in this area, giving her unique first hand insight into SEC’s focus and approach with regard to these advisers.

This experience combined with her deep understanding of these industries enables her to give her clients practical, timely guidance on how best to prepare for and achieve successful outcomes for both exams and enforcement investigations. Her practice is nationwide having handled recent cases in five of the SEC’s regional offices and its home office. Her current year successes include a rare mid-enforcement investigation dismissal of a fees and expenses matter. Her experience and reputation make her a sought after speaker by securities industry groups where she regularly presents on developments in securities enforcement and hot topics related to effective defense of regulatory inquiries.

John is managing director and head of finance, Americas for Nuveen Real Estate. He is responsible for all financial activities of the business including corporate finance, fund finance and accounting, investor reporting, operational and financial planning and analysis, property and portfolio level performance returns and strategic management metrics.

John currently serves on the NCREIF/PREA Reporting Standards Council (formerly the REIS Council) and is currently Chairman of the Council’s Global Workgroup, and is leading a joint global initiative between NCREIF, PREA, INREV and ANREV, serving as co-chairman of the Global Standards Steering Committee (GSSC). The GSSC is charged with developing a global set of information reporting and disclosure standards relevant to private unlisted real estate investment vehicles. John’s extensive experience covers the real estate, construction and software industries including 11 years in public accounting. Prior to joining the company, John served as CFO and COO for various domestic and international firms across the real estate industry.

John graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College and received his CPA certification from New York State.

Nuveen Real Estate (NRE) is one of the largest real estate investment managers in the world with $133 billion in AUM as of December 31, 2019. NRE manages 80+ open and closed end funds and mandates spanning both debt and equity investments across diverse geographies, sectors, investment styles and vehicle types. With over 80 years of investing experience, and more than 600 real estate professionals located across 26 cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia Pacific, the platform offers unparalleled geographic reach, which is married with deep sector expertise.

Mr. Cayten has more than 20 years of experience in sustainability consulting, architecture and development in commercial real estate in New York City and overseas. Mr. Cayten works with private and public sector leaders to improve the sustainability of the built environment while delivering positive value to building owners, occupiers and investors. Chris has extensive experience developing and implementing strategic energy-efficiency and sustainability programs for more than 300 million sf of commercial property around the country including many of the largest commercial portfolios in New York City and Washington, DC. Mr. Cayten has worked closely with the NYC Mayor’s Office since 2009 supporting their voluntary and mandatory energy-efficiency programs for new and existing buildings to help the city reach its ambitious 80% carbon reduction goal by 2050. Mr. Cayten has spoken domestically and internationally about sustainable real estate and energy efficiency policy. He sits on the Advisory Council to the New York City Climate Museum, Fitwel Advisory Council, and is an active member of Urban Green, and serves on the sustainability committees of BOMA-NY and REBNY.

Dino Christoforakis brings over 14 years of experience in international real estate investment and development in the United States and Europe across all asset classes and strategies. In his current role with AFIAA in New York City, Dino is responsible for the transaction execution, asset and portfolio management of Core, Core-plus, and Value-add office and retail real assets across North American gateway cities and major MSAs. AFIAA is a $2.5 billion Zurich-based Swiss pension fund investment foundation, member of the Avadis Group, one of the largest pension fund investment managers in Switzerland.

Before joining AFIAA, Dino was responsible for acquisitions, dispositions, and asset management of value-add and opportunistic retail, industrial, and mixed-use real estate across major U.S. east coast markets at MCB Real Estate, an institutionally capitalized private equity group out of Baltimore, Maryland.

Earlier in his career, Dino was part of the acquisitions and development teams at J Street Companies and Concord Eastridge in Washington, DC and before that he was managing the international business development and fundraising division for one of the largest multifamily, residential, and hospitality developers in southeast Europe.

Dino earned an MBA in Real Estate and Finance from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he currently serves on the Advisory Board at the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis. He is a mentor and an active member of the Global Exchange Council, New York Mixed-Use Council, and the New York Advisory Board at the Urban Land Institute (ULI), as well as various other organizations, including the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP), the New York Private Equity Network (NYPEN), and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

AFIAA is a center of competence for international real estate investments offering products to Swiss pension funds. AFIAA pursues a strategy of sustainable cost leadership, and attaches great importance to stable income development. By investing in AFIAA products, investors have the opportunity to directly or indirectly diversify their existing real estate portfolio by adding the International Real Estate investment category. AFIAA seeks to achieve balanced portfolio growth, focusing on selected target markets. The foundation's assets are managed by AFIAA Real Estate Investment AG, a subsidiary of Avadis Vorsorge AG.

Patrick Connell is a Managing Director and Head of Capital Raising at L&L Holding Company, LLC. Prior to joining L&L, Mr. Connell was a Principal at Riverstone Holdings LLC where he focused on raising capital for numerous private equity and credit funds, developing strategic partnerships, and managing existing relationships with institutional investors including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, endowments, and foundations. Before joining Riverstone, Mr. Connell was an Associate at Partners Group where he was responsible for fundraising and investment origination. Mr. Connell started his career at J.P. Morgan Private Bank.

Mr. Connell has an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Boston College.

Kate Davis joined Broadstone as a member of the Executive Team in September, 2017, with over 15 years of experience in real estate and finance. As President & Portfolio Manager of Broadstone Real Estate Access Fund, a 1940 Act closed-end interval fund managed by Broadstone, Kate oversees the ongoing development and implementation of investment strategy and growth planning for the fund. Through the creation and management of a diversified portfolio of real estate investments across sectors and asset classes, Kate is responsible for achieving business and investment objectives.

Prior to Broadstone, Kate served as Portfolio Manager and Head of Research & Operations for the Resource Real Estate Diversified Income Fund at Resource America, Inc., where she constructed and co-managed a portfolio of 100+ real estate investments across sectors and asset classes, as well as oversaw business operations. Kate began her career in real estate private equity, and has also held roles in Corporate Finance and Business Development at Microsoft.

Lisa Davis is an executive director at PGIM Real Estate and portfolio manager of Impact Investing. Based in New York City, Lisa is responsible for developing and leading PGIM Real Estate’s Impact Investing Strategy, including the creation of a new impact investing fund.

Most recently, Lisa was director of Investor Relations and Specialty Originations at Pembrook Capital Management, where she raised capital from institutional investors for commercial real estate investment, primarily focusing on affordable housing and community development.

Before joining PGIM Real Estate, Lisa spent six years at the Ford Foundation, where she made grant investments in affordable housing and community development, led the foundation’s Detroit program, and helped to start Ford’s impact investing initiative. Prior to the Ford Foundation, Lisa spent 12 years doing commercial real estate development in Boston, first with non-profit community development corporations such as Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation and Asian Community Development Corporation, and then with the private equity firm New Boston Fund. She led the redevelopment of some the most significant publicly-owned sites in the city, including the former Boston State Hospital site and MTA Turnpike parcels that came available as part of the Big Dig. Lisa started her career in Texas and the Bronx as a community organizer and advocate on housing and homelessness issues.

Lisa has a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin, a master of science in real estate development, and a master of city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She has lived and worked in France, Costa Rica and Japan. Lisa serves on the board of directors of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and IMPACCT Brooklyn.

As one of the largest real estate managers in the world with US$190.4 billion in gross assets under management and administration1 , PGIM Real Estate strives to deliver exceptional outcomes for investors and borrowers through a range of real estate equity and debt solutions across the risk-return spectrum. PGIM Real Estate is a business of PGIM, the US$1.5 trillion global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM Real Estate’s rigorous risk management, seamless execution, and extensive industry insights are backed by a 50-year legacy of investing in commercial real estate, a 140-year history of real estate financing2 , and the deep local expertise of professionals in 32 cities globally. Through its investment, financing, asset management, and talent management approach, PGIM Real Estate engages in practices that ignite positive environmental and social impact, while pursuing activities that strengthen communities around the world. For more information visit pgimrealestate.com.

Hans DeWitte is a Managing Director of Prospect Ridge where he serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to the formation of Prospect Ridge, Mr. DeWitte spent four years in the AllianceBernstein (AB) Real Estate Investments group, where he built out the finance and operations function for both Real Estate and Commercial Debt Funds. He brings proven leadership and financial expertise, along with extensive experience in all aspects of fund management, operations, risk management and administration, with a strong focus on the fiduciary aspect of the fund management business. Mr. DeWitte serves on the Prospect Ridge and AB Real Estate Partners Investment Committees.

Prior to joining AB, Mr. DeWitte spent two years at J.P. Morgan as Managing Director and Global Head of Operations for Private Equity & Real Estate Services–Alternative Investment Services, where he transformed and led the fund administration service offering to over 60 private equity clients. Before that Mr. DeWitte spent 11 years with Deutsche Bank, for the last six of which he served as both the CFO for various closed-ended fund structures focused on real estate, infrastructure and private equity and as the Global Head of Fund Finance. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he was a financial services senior manager at KPMG Consulting and an assurance professional with KPMG Assurance in New York and Amsterdam.

Mr. DeWitte holds a BS in finance, accounting and business administration from VU University, Amsterdam, and is certified as a Registered Accountant.

Investment manager with 23 investment professionals specializing in private equity real estate investing in the U.S. led by Brahm Cramer and Jay Nydick, who established AllianceBernstein’s Real Estate Investments group in 2009. Together, this team has systematically developed and refined Prospect Ridge’s unique and disciplined approach to making investments across multiple asset classes, geographies and points in time. Through Prospect Ridge and its predecessor entities, the team has invested in over 200 assets totaling $7.7 billion of gross cost since inception.

Mr. Fishbach is a Principal of the originations team at Mesa West and heads the East Coast origination platform. Prior to joining Mesa West in 2010, Mr. Fishbach spent three years at Ramius LLC, an $8 billion asset management firm based in New York City with a specialty investment platform in real estate. As Director of Ramius’ Real Estate Group, Mr. Fishbach’s responsibilities included deal sourcing, origination and underwriting, negotiation of acquisitions, joint ventures and financings, as well as asset management. Mr. Fishbach was responsible for over $500 million of transactions. Previous to Ramius, Mr. Fishbach was at Wells Fargo Bank in the Real Estate Merchant Banking Group from 2000 to 2006, both in Los Angeles and New York. As a Vice President, Mr. Fishbach’s primary responsibilities included sourcing, structuring, negotiating, closing and managing senior loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments on various types of commercial real estate assets. While at Wells Fargo, Mr. Fishbach was directly responsible for over $1 billion of debt originations. Mr. Fishbach graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration with a bachelor’s degree.

Mesa West Capital (http://www.mesawestcapital.com) is a leading commercial real estate debt fund manager and portfolio lender. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, Mesa West has been one of the leading providers of commercial real estate debt since its founding in 2004. Mesa West provides non-recourse first mortgage loans for core/core-plus, value-added or transitional properties throughout the United States. Mesa West’s lending portfolio includes all major property types with loan sizes ranging from $20 million up to $400 million. Since inception, the firm has sourced and closed more than 350 transactions totaling over $21 billion.

Wissam Francis oversees all aspects of Tricon’s financial management including financial reporting and analysis, treasury, capital market strategies, investor relations, information technology, internal audit and tax functions.
Mr. Francis has extensive experience in financial reporting, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and strategy formulation, with over 15 years of experience in real estate, and has been actively involved in various projects and sectors, including residential, retail, industrial, office, mixed-use and development projects.

Prior to joining Tricon in 2014, Mr. Francis was a senior member of Ernst & Young’s Transaction Real Estate advisory practice. Prior to that, he was the Director of Finance and Acquisitions at First Capital Realty. Mr. Francis has a CPA, CMA designation and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Waterloo, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance, and an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Tricon is a residential real estate company primarily focused on rental housing in North America, with approximately $7.9 billion (C$10.5 billion)* of assets under management. Tricon invests in a portfolio of single-family rental homes, multi-family rental apartments and for-sale housing assets, and manages third-party capital in connection with its investments. Since its inception in 1988, Tricon has invested in real estate and development projects valued at approximately $22 billion.

Melissa Gliatta is Chief Operating Officer of Thor Equities. Ms. Gliatta works closely with Thor Equities Chairman & CEO Joseph Sitt to expand the company’s business activities. Her responsibilities include overseeing asset management, leasing, human resources, development and construction, as well as marketing and property management in major markets including London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, DC and Montreal. In 1995, Ms. Gliatta joined Thor Equities and Ashley Stewart where she played a prime role in operating and expanding the company to 380 stores in over 100 cities. In 2000, Mr. Sitt decided to divest his interest in Ashley Stewart and focus exclusively on Thor Equities. Ms. Gliatta was named Vice President of Thor in 2003, focusing on operations and management of the company’s growing commercial real estate portfolios. She was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2010 and Chief Operating Officer in 2016. Ms. Gliatta’s strong leadership and operational skills – developed during her time at Ashley Stewart – enabled her to attract a team of experienced and dedicated professionals to Thor Equities, and help grow the company into a full-service real estate firm with offices in New York, London, Paris, Mexico City, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami.

Thor Equities is a leader in the development, leasing and management of office, industrial, residential, hotel and mixed-use assets in premier urban locations worldwide. The company operates in major cities around the globe and has a property portfolio totaling $20 billion with a development pipeline in excess of 50 million square feet. Thor has a strong presence on three continents and in addition to its US holdings, the company has assets in European gateway cities including London, Paris, Madrid, and Milan, and is the largest developer in Mexico through its Latin American division with a development pipeline of over 18 million square feet. Thor maximizes returns for institutional investors by recognizing a property’s potential, reducing operating expenses, increasing tenant satisfaction, leveraging market trends to maintain a long-term competitive edge.

Mr. Gordon has been associated with Harrison Street since its inception in 2005 and currently serves as the Firm’s CFO and General Counsel. Mr. Gordon also serves on its Investment Committees and on its Executive Committee. Additionally, Mr. Gordon also serves on the board of directors of all of Harrison Street’s international fund entities and on the Executive Committees of most of Harrison Street’s student housing, senior housing, medical office, self-storage and boat storage real estate joint ventures.

During his tenure with the firm, Mr. Gordon has overseen the structuring and formation of each of Harrison Street’s nine closed end real estate funds representing approximately $7.0 billion in capital commitments, the launch of Harrison Street Core Property Fund, L.P., as well as over 30 joint-ventures with real estate operating partners around the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, he was a lawyer and a partner of DLA Piper US LLP, an international law firm and continued to hold a position as senior counsel through December 31, 2016.

Mr. Gordon has participated on numerous panels regarding joint venture investing in the U.S. and Europe and structural and related aspects of REITs and domestic and European real estate private equity funds. Mr. Gordon is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and the legislative subcommittee of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Gordon received a BA in Accounting from Michigan State University, an MBA from Michigan State University, and a JD (with honors) from the University of Michigan.

Arshiya Khullar is a senior reporter for PERE. Based in New York, Arshiya covers news and trends in the private real estate markets across the Americas. Arshiya moved to the US in 2019, after spending five years leading PERE’s Asia-Pacific news coverage from the Hong Kong office. She is a two-time winner of the prestigious State Street Institutional Press Award for her investigative work on the real estate beat.

Evelyn Lee is Editor for PEI Group’s real estate-focused publication, PERE, overseeing global news coverage for both its digital and print platforms. Based in London, she manages a team of journalists across PEI’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.

She joined the company in its New York office in July 2011 as a reporter covering the industry in the Americas. She became senior reporter in January 2014 and was promoted to news editor in July 2015. Evelyn relocated to PEI's headquarters office in London in 2018 and was promoted to editor in 2019. Prior to joining PEI in 2011 she covered commercial real estate, economic development and environmental issues at NJBIZ, a New Jersey-focused business publication.

Spencer Levy is the Chairman of Americas Research and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE, the largest commercial real estate firm in the world. Spencer is the chief spokesman on real estate matters for CBRE in the Americas. He is regularly quoted in major business publications and frequently is a guest on business television, including Bloomberg, CNBC, PBS and Fox Business. He is widely considered one of the finest commentators in the entire Commercial Real Estate industry.

By leveraging his 23 years of experience in commercial real estate, including the past 11 at CBRE, Spencer has redefined the role of research leader. Spencer combines his experience as a lawyer, investment banker and capital markets leader to create presentations that go deep and touch on all aspects of commercial real estate. Combined with his unique and engaging presenting style, this makes him one of the most respected commentators and advisors in the business. Spencer regularly speaks at major events of the country’s leading commercial real estate organizations, including CORENET, NAIOP, ULI, ICSC, NAREIM and CREW. He also has guest lectured at major universities, including his alma maters Harvard and Cornell, in addition to Columbia, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Indiana, Georgetown, Pitt, Auburn and many others. Spencer is a recipient of multiple industry awards, including the CORENET Luminary Award for Excellence in Public Speaking, the CBRE Trammell Crow Master Builder Award, the CBRE Gary J. Bebon Teamwork Award, the CBRE Capital Markets “MVP”, and was named a State of Maryland Influencer in Real Estate.

While a New Yorker for most of his life, Spencer currently hails from Baltimore and is a proud husband of 19 years and father of three children. Spencer sits on the boards of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women and Harvard Alumni Real Estate.

CBRE Group, Inc. is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2018 revenues of $21.3 billion and more than 90,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #146 in 2019. It also has been voted the industry’s top brand by the Lipsey Company for 18 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBRE.”

CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

Mark Maduras joined Angelo Gordon in 2001 and is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for real estate and private equity at the firm. He manages a team that provides dedicated finance support to Angelo Gordon’s real estate teams in the U.S., Europe and Asia, as well as the private equity group in New York. Mark is a voting member of the firm’s real estate investment committees for all real estate funds and is responsible for all real estate investment and fund structuring. Prior to joining the firm, Mark was the Chief Financial Officer of ATC Management, L.L.C., a real estate partnership that included Angelo Gordon. Before that, he worked at Merrill Lynch, Tishman Speyer Properties, Olympia & York, USA and Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Mark is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. degree from New York Institute of Technology and an M.S. degree from New York University.

Mitch Melfi joined Drake Real Estate Partners (“Drake”) in 2015 and is Drake’s Chief Financial Officer. Mitch serves an integral role in leading the global operations of the Firm, primarily overseeing Drake’s financial and administrative operations, including accounting, treasury, fund administration, reporting, legal and tax structuring. Previously, Mitch was a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group, where he played an active role in the management of a dynamic team responsible for the accounting, administration, and reporting for real estate funds totaling over $1 billion in capital commitments. Mitch began his career in public accounting as a financial services professional with KPMG LLP’s Audit Services Practice based in New York City. He graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting from Binghamton University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of New York.

Drake Real Estate Partners (“Drake”) is a real estate investment and asset management firm based in New York City. Drake partners with best-in-class operators with expertise in their specific markets to invest in real estate opportunities where the venture can drive value and maximize cash flow through repositioning, leasing and operational strategies. The firm targets investments across diverse property types that require $5–20 million of equity and are primarily located in non-major U.S. markets with attractive fundamentals and limited competition for capital. Founded in 2012, Drake’s aggregate investment activity totals $1.4 billion across a diverse range of geographies and property types, including multifamily, industrial, medical and creative office, self-storage, senior housing, retail and hospitality.

Christopher Mulligan is a Senior Special Counsel and Co-Coordinator of the Private Funds Specialized Working Group at the SEC where he advises exam staff on investment adviser issues, drafts risk alerts and develops exam initiatives and priorities related to private fund advisers. Before joining the SEC in 2012, Chris spent seven years in private practice counseling private equity advisers with respect to fund formation, the purchase and sale of portfolio companies and regulatory issues.

Chris received his J.D. from Georgetown.

Mr. Ray is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Stabilis Capital Management and oversees all legal and compliance matters for Stabilis. Mr. Ray was previously the General Counsel of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, a private debt-focused investment manager and also served as its Chief Compliance Officer. Before White Oak, Dave was the General Counsel of Greywolf Capital, another credit-focused investment manager, and was initially its Chief Compliance Officer as well. Dave began his legal career as a corporate associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and has held other roles in-house and in private practice.

Dave graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania as a University Scholar with undergraduate degrees in Physics and Mathematics and graduated from Columbia Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Anthony Ross, CPA is a Managing Director with State Street Global Services and Head of Real Estate Product Management. He is responsible for driving growth for State Street’s Real Estate Fund Administration platform and providing clients with operational transformation solutions through fund administration outsourcing. Mr. Ross brings over 20 years of experience in Real Estate and Private Equity Fund Administration.

Prior to joining State Street, Mr. Ross was a Director and Real Estate fund CFO at BlackRock where he was responsible for oversight of a number Real Estate Private Equity and Debt Funds. Mr. Ross started his career with Deloitte as an auditor of Real Estate and Private equity firms, he then spent a number of years as a finance professional at Goldman Sachs serving as a member of the Real Estate Principal Investment Area Fund Accounting Team, which provided fund accounting support and administration for Goldman Sachs Merchant Bank’s White Hall Real Estate Private Equity Fund Platform.

Mr. Ross received his MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business and his B.B.A.in Accounting from Suffolk University’s Sawyer School of Management.

State Street’s Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) is a global leading alternative investment service provider servicing hedge funds (approximately $627 billion), and private market funds (private equity and private credit consisting of approximately $320 billion and approximately $184 billion in real assets) as of Q4 2020. AIS is supported by over 4,700 professional staff exclusively focused on alternative asset servicing. Building on over 25 years of experience working with leading alternative investment managers and global asset managers, AIS offers extensive product expertise and innovative solutions specifically developed for alternative investments. State Street specializes in alternatives fund administration and data management servicing business.

Leigh Roumila joined Basis in 2010 and is a member of the firm’s senior management team. As head of the Securitization and Asset Management Groups, Leigh manages Basis contribution to CMBS securitizations and the purchase and sale of CMBS B-Pieces. She also oversees the management of all of the firm’s bridge, mezzanine/preferred equity and B note investments.

Leigh is a hands-on real estate finance and management professional with over 30 years of experience and an established track record in originating, structuring, underwriting, monitoring, closing, redistributing and working out commercial real estate loans. Prior to joining Basis, Ms. Roumila was Senior Vice President at CWCapital, where she helped establish the Cobalt brand, CW’s first proprietary platform for issuing fixed-rate commercial mortgage backed securities. At CW, she oversaw and coordinated teams of about 100 people in the issuance of approximately $7 billion in CMBS and $3 billion in commercial real estate CDO securities.

Prior to CW, Leigh served as Vice President of Securitization at GMAC Commercial Mortgage (now Capmark Financial Group), where she worked on 20+ CMBS and CDO pools representing about $12 billion in fixed and floating rate U.S., Canadian and European commercial real estate loans. Prior to her five years at GMACCM, Ms. Roumila held positions at Bank of America, Triquest Financial Services Corporation, US West Financial Services, Hibernia Bank and Societe Generale French Bank where she helped originate, underwrite, and close over $1 billion in U.S. commercial real estate loans.

Leigh has previously held a California real estate broker’s license, received a BS in Business Administration from NYU Stern and an MBA in International Finance from Golden Gate University.

Matthew Scholl serves as Union Investment Real Estate's Executive Director, Head of Investment Management in the Americas. Mr. Scholl is responsible for strategic development of the real estate portfolio in the Americas, based in Union Investment's New York representative office. In the course of the past few years, Union's Americas portfolio, made up entirely of the two international open-end funds, Unilmmo: Europa and Unilmmo: Global, has grown by more than EUR 3.2 billion to reach over EUR 5.5 billion in assets under management. New investment activity continues to be focused towards gateway markets on the US coasts, with an increased appetite for targeted innovation-driven secondary markets throughout the United States. In Latin America, Union Investment aims to concentrate on expanding its portfolio in Mexico City, where Union remains one of the largest off-shore investors in that market. Union Investment Real Estate currently has EUR 41.4 billion in real estate assets under management in 23 countries around the globe.

Prior to joining Union Investment Real Estate in 2016, Mr. Scholl was Managing Director at AFIAA, Swiss Foundation for International Real Estate Investments in New York. Mr. Scholl started his career with TMW Real Estate in Atlanta before relocating to Munich, Germany in 2003 to work with Prudential Real Estate Investors where he was based until 2012. Mr. Scholl holds Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Managerial Economics & German from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and a Master in Business Administration from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Mr. Schwartz joined Contrarian in 2015 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Contrarian, Mr. Schwartz served as Chief Financial Officer for Strategic Value Partners, LLC, a distressed and deep-value investment firm with approximately $5 billion in assets under management across hedge fund and private equity vehicles. Mr. Schwartz joined SVP in 2005 and became CFO in 2006. From 2001 to 2005, he was a Senior Auditor at American Express Tax and Business Services, where he performed audits and tax compliance for hedge fund and private equity vehicles.

Mr. Schwartz received a BBA with a focus in Accounting from Pace University.

He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.

Scott has over 30 years of experience working in the real estate software technology field and has worked with 100’s of real estate companies select and deploy software technology. He started in financial and real estate technology consulting with the public accounting firm of Laventhal and Horwath, and went on to manage a real estate technology consulting practice for numerous years. Since then, Scott has worked for a number real estate software companies in various roles from consulting to development to Strategic Account Management. He currently is the Eastern Regional Director over Yardi’s Investment Management Solutions and is assisting their Private Equity Real Estate clients create efficiencies with software technology in their front to back office operations.

Jeff Taylor joined Black Creek Group in 2003, serving in various management capacities. He has served as Chief Operating Officer since January 2017.

Mr. Taylor's background includes investment management, risk management, product management, operating company analysis and strategic planning within financial services companies.

Prior to joining Black Creek Group, Mr. Taylor served in various positions with INVESCO Funds Group, most notably in management roles within the investment division and the distribution company, as well as positions within the transfer agency.

Mr. Taylor holds a Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver. He also is a CFA charter holder.

Black Creek Group is a leading real estate investment management firm that has bought or built over $20 billion of investments throughout its more than 25-year history. The firm manages diverse investment offerings across the spectrum of commercial real estate – including office, industrial, retail and multifamily – providing a range of investment solutions for both institutional and wealth management channels. Black Creek Group has seven offices across the United States with approximately 300 professionals.

Beth Zayicek is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Invesco Real Estate (IRE) and Invesco Private Markets. As COO, Ms. Zayicek is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of IRE's global real estate and private markets businesses and serves as a member of its Global Executive Committee.

Ms. Zayicek joined Invesco in 2008 and entered the industry in 2003. Prior to her COO role, she served as the senior director of investment analytics, where she led the team responsible for the analysis of all US direct real estate acquisitions and served as a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Previously, she served as an associate portfolio manager responsible for portfolio strategy for several of IRE's separate account clients and as a senior investment analyst responsible for the analysis of new acquisitions in the Northeast.

Prior to joining Invesco, Ms. Zayicek worked as a member of the corporate and investment banking analyst program and real estate private equity group at KeyBank. She also worked as the director of capital markets at DOR Corp.

Ms. Zayicek earned a BS degree in management with a concentration in finance from Case Western Reserve University. She is a member of the Women's Bond Club and is an active participant in the Invesco Women's Network.

As Director of Environmental Impact, Lauren Zullo is responsible for leading environmental and healthy building initiatives across the portfolio. Working closely with our Asset Management, Development, and Construction practices, she identifies and implements green retrofit opportunities and advances environmental innovation in new development. She also tracks building performance metrics and develops environmental reporting for investors and other stakeholders.

Lauren joined Jonathan Rose Companies in 2017. Prior to joining Jonathan Rose Companies, she worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental non-profit where she led initiatives to scale up market-based strategies to improve the environmental performance of large buildings and tenant spaces.

Lauren previously held roles in development, property management and sustainability for the commercial real estate firm Greenebaum & Rose Associates in Washington, DC. She received her A.B. from Bowdoin College with a focus on Biology and Sociology and has served on the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Advisory Committee since 2013.