Up to the Minute Data From the Field
Companies value the human capital available through the MBA Real Estate Program. Through case studies, guest lectures, and Q&A, students trade insight with corporate participants, many of them important players in the field, including the following from the most recent academic year.
Real Estate Finance
Instructors: Boaz Abramson, Chris Mayer, Tomasz Piskorski, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Bakari Adams ’07, Starwood Capital Group
Nicholas Bienstock ’96, Savanna
Mary Lang, CBRE
Diane Yentel, NLIHC
Advanced Seminar in Real Estate
Instructors: Russell Platt, Michelle Felman
Dean Adler, Lubert-Adler
Jay Cross, The Howard Hughes Corporation
Olivia John, Osso Capital
Mike LaBelle, Boston Properties
Laura Rapaport, North Bridge
Distressed Real Estate Investing
Instructors: Ron Kravit, David Sherman '82
Ed Adler ’88, Lubert-Adler
Matt Borstein, Oak Hill Advisors
Saul Goldstein, Activum SG Capital
Maximo Lima, Hemisferio Sul Investimentos
Erika Jobson ’22, Lazard
Joe Smith ’99, 1754 Properties
Phillip Summers, Lazard
Gil Tenzer, Contrarian Capital
PropTech & Real Estate Disruption
Instructor: Tomasz Piskorski
Lisa Cations ’17, IWG
Ivan Chomer, Dividenz
Jim Costello, MSCI
AtlafGanihar, Snaptrude
Sophia Ghadamian ’19, Nine Four Ventures
Brad Hargreaves, Common
Felix Lipov, Enertiv
Gijo Mathew, VTS
Matthew Micksin ’12, Common
Dan Miller, Fundrise
Kevin Rippon, VTS
Brett Robbins, Orchard
David Rose ’83, USREM
Zak Schwarzman ’13, MetaProp
Greg Thompson ’14, K Hovnanian Homes
Zach Wade, LightBox
Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12, SquareFoot
Real Estate Analytics
Instructor: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Swaget Banerjee, Welltower
Stephen Buschbom, Trepp
Kevin Stoll, Welltower
Salam Turki, Welltower
Real Estate Debt Markets
Instructor: Brian Lancaster
Stephen Buschbom, Trepp
Catherine Chen ’10, Apollo
Ron Kravit, Cerberus
Steven Marks, Fitch Ratings
Michael Nagelberg, Real Estate Debt Strategies Group
Real Estate Equity Securities Analysis
Instructor: Ross Smotrich '83
Angela Aman, Kilroy Realty Trust
Ric Campo, Camden Properties Trust
Jay Leupp, Terra Firma Capital Management
Hamid Moghadam, Prologis
Mary Hogan Preusse, Sturgis
Larry Raiman ’89, LDR Capital Management
Matt Rand, Link Logistics Real Estate
Owen Thomas, BXP
Real Estate M&A Workshop
Instructors: John Haggerty
Nancy Davey, UBS
Sherheryar Hafeez ’11, JLL Capital Markets of America
Hicham Hamdouch, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
J.T. Jung, Citi
Jonathan Litt, Land & Buildings Investment Management
Neil Rudisill, Goldman Sachs
Real Estate Development
Instructor: Ben Atkins
Miriam Harris, MGH Advisory
Ayush Kapahi, HKS Capital Partners
Sam Kim, Edge Principal
Alex Oshansky, Zenith IOS
Philippe Visser ’04, Related
Jeff Walker, Edge Principal
Real Estate Private Equity
Instructor: Andrew Jacobs '96
David Rose ’83, USREM
Marvin Shapiro, Avanti Properties
Roberta Waxman-Lenz, Townsend Group
Real Estate Transactions
Instructors: Karen Holdridge, Dave Powell
Aaron Abraham, Troutman Pepper
Chris Balestra, Taconic Investment Partners
Zach Bernstein, Fried Frank
Charles Fyfe, Cerberus
Chris Herron, Ironhound
Andrea Karp, Ares
Matthew Lustig, Lazard
Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93, Dune Real Estate
Sean McSweeney, Mitsui Fudosan America
Rich Monopoli, BXP
Jennifer Morgan, King & Spalding
Doug Rosner, Goulston & Storrs
Rob Sorin, Fried Frank
Glen Weiss, Vornado
Rick Wolfe, Fried Frank
Residential Real Estate
Instructor: Brian Lancaster
David Benson, Fannie Mae
Hope Burgess, Banana Kelly
Harry DeRienzo, Banana Kelly
Jeff Hingst, Bloomberg
Meredith Marshall ’92, BRP Properties
Caaminee Pandit ’22, Lendlease
Chris Prokop, DDG
Adam Rapport, Cross Lake Partners
EMBA Block Week: Real Estate as an Asset & Business
Instructors: Chris Mayer, Ivo de Wit '17
Fernando Carrasco, Locatium
Kate Davis, Harrison Street
Peter Hobbs, BFinance
Mary Lang, CBRE Investors
Michael O’Connor ’01, Clarion Partners
Brian Steinwurtzel ’04, GFP Real Estate