Featured Speakers
Boaz Abramson,
Assistant Professor of Business, ColumbiaBusiness Schoo
Alex Cherner ’19,
Principal, Cherner Development Group
Jacob Feingold ’14
Managing Director, Canyon Partners Real Estate
Suraj Gupta ’17
Co-Founder, President, CEO, Rogue Insight Capital
Cecily King ’15 MSRED,
Founder, Kipling Development
Tony Malkin,
Chairman, President, and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust
Jeff Organisciak ’13,
Director, Eastdil Secured
Siddharth Shrivastava,
Managing Director, Head of Large Loan Originations – RealEstate Financing Group, Goldman Sachs
Ali (Stefanik) Taylor,
Vice President PGIM Real Estate
Eric Wu ’08,
Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Real Estate Americas Blackstone
Uchenna Akujuo ’13,
International Real Estate Development, Simon Property Group
Catherine Chen ’10,
Managing Director, Real Assets, Apollo
Brian Feldman ’17,
Site Selection Manager, Meta
Samer Hanini ’17,
Managing Partner, Hanini Group
Kasia Kolpa-Zarowska ’22,
Manager, Americas Consulting, Advisor & Transactions, CBRE
George Manahilov,
Managing Director, UBS Asset Management
Onay Payne,
Managing Director at Lafayette Square Holding Company
Alin Sigheartau ’17,
Head of Real Estate Equity Acquisitions– Eastern U.S., Macquarie Real Estate
Pamela Thomas,
Managing Director, Head of US Real Estate, CPP America
Richard Yancey,
Executive Director, Building Energy Exchange
Louis Pierre Anderson-Morshead ’15
Senior Vice President of Workplace Experience, The New York Times
James Chung,
Senior Managing Director, CIO, Bridge Debt Strategies, Bridge Investment Group
Jonathan Flaherty ’07,
Global Director, Sustainability and Building Technology Innovation, Tishman Speyer
Mary Hogan Preusse,
Senior Advisor, FifthWall & Independent Board Member, Kimco Realty Corporation, Digital Realty, Host Hotels & Resorts, and Realty Income
Mary Lang,
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, CBRE
Roland Merchant ’01,
Senior Managing Director, Head of Institutional Advisory, CBRE Capital Advisors
Sara Queen,
Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Equity, MetLife Investment Management
Alin Sigheartau ’17,
Head of Real Estate Equity Acquisitions – Eastern U.S., Macquarie Real Estate
Kenny Thompson ’19,
Vice President, L+M Fund Management
Jodie Zhang ’19,
Real Estate Program Lead, Bridgewater Associates
Tim Bellman,
Global Real Estate Strategist
Ivo de Wit ’17,
CEO of Evolution Global Investors
Gideon Gil ’00,
Vice Chairman, Capital Markets Group, Cushman & Wakefield
Aditya Jain ’19,
Senior Associate, Welltower
Tricia Craig ’19,
Investment Associate, JMA Ventures
Matt Giammanco ’13,
Senior Director of Development, Avalon Bay Communities
Sheena Iyengar,
S.T. Lee Professor of Business in the Management Department at Columbia BusinessSchool
Joycerine Lee ’19,
Associate Portfolio Manager, Invesco Real Estate
Mark Momongan ’99,
Founder and Managing Partner, Maple Hill Search Partners
Spencer Rascoff,
Co-founder & Chair of Pacaso, Recon Food, Queue, dot.LA, 75 & Sunny Ventures
David Simon ’85,
Chairman, CEO, and President of Simon
Jillian White ’02 CU,
CEO, Appraisal Insights
Joseph Smith,
CIO, CBRE Investment Management – Listed Strategies
Hillary Widlitz ’17,
Senior Director, Investments, Greystar Real Estate Partners
Kim Lew,
CEO & President of Columbia Investment Management Company
Alfonso Munk,
Chief Investment Officer, Americas, Hines
Matt Rosenzweig ’91,
First Vice President Investments, Marcus & Millichap
Julie Stein,
Executive Director, “New” New York Panel
Beth Wolfowitz ’09,
Director, Head of Commercial Asset Management and Development, The Olayan Group
Nicholas Bienstock ’96,
Co-Chairman & CEO, Savanna
Jeff Fastov ’92,
Senior Managing Director, Square Mile Capital Management
Zach Gorn '18,
Senior Vice President, Questar
Sonny Kalsi,
Co-CEO, BentallGreenOak
Matthew Lustig,
Chairman of Investment Banking, N.America; Head of Real Estate and Lodging, Lazard
Matt Nunn ’14,
Principal, Trammel Crow Company
Kevin Shields,
Owner, Griffin Capital
Susan Swanezy,
Partner, Hodes Weill & Associates
Thomas Campbell ’09,
Founder & Managing Member, Thorobird Companies