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, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
- Thomas Campbell '09, Thorobird Companies
- Judy Herbstman, Settlement Housing Fund
- Mary Lang, CBRE
- Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition
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
- David Marks, Brockton Everlast
- Laura Rapaport, North Bridge
Distressed Real Estate Investing
Instructors: Ron Kravit, David Sherman '82
- Ed Adler '88, Silver Eagle Advisors
- Saul Goldstein, Activum SG Capital
- Laurie Golub, Square Mile Capital
- Erika Jobson '22, Lazard
- Alex Russo, Lazard
- Ryan Simonetti, Convene
- Joe Smith '99, 1754 Properties
- Samir Tejpaul, Square Mile Capital
- Gil Tenzer, Contrarian Capital
- J-P Toppino, PAG
PropTech & Real Estate Disruption
Instructor: Tomasz Piskorski
- Lisa Cations '17, Industrious
- Jim Costello, Real Capital Analytics
- Drew Foulkes, Enertiv
- Sophia Ghadamian '19, Nine Four Ventures
- Gary Kao, Dealpath
- John Kuruvilla
- Adam Kaufman, ArborCrowd
- Gijo Mathew, VTS
- Matthew Micksin '12, Common
- Bradley Petersen, Aetos Capital Real Estate
- Zak Schwarzman '13, MetaProp
- Jonathan Wasserstrum '12, The Squarefoot
- Janine Yorio, Everyrealm
Real Estate Analytics
Instructor: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
- Swagat Banerjee, Welltower
- Nikhil Chaudhri '16, Welltower
- Richard Koss, Recursion
- Kevin Stroll, Welltower
Real Estate Debt Markets
Instructor: Brian Lancaster
- Catherine Chen '10, Apollo
- Sharri Linnick, Trepp
- John Lippman, New York Life Real Estate Investors
- Steven Marks, Fitch Ratings
- Michael Nagelberg, Blackstone
Real Estate Equity Securities Analysis
Instructor: Ross Smotrich '83
- Hamid Moghadam, Prologis
- Mary Hogan Preusse, Fifth Wall
- Matt Rand, Links Logistics Real Estate
- Owen Thomas, Boston Properties
- Mike Schall, Essex Property Trust
Real Estate M&A Workshop
Instructors: John Haggerty
- Nancy Davey, UBS
- Sheheryar Hafeez, JLL Markets of America
- Hicham Hamdouch, Bank of America
- Stephen G Hentschel, JLL Capital Markets of America
- J.T. Jung, Citi Real Estate
- Jonathan Litt, Land & Buildings Investment Management
- Neil Rudisill, Goldman Sachs
Real Estate Portfolio Management
Instructor: Michael Giliberto
- Uche Akujuo '13, Simon Property Group
- Manuel Casagna, NYSCRF
- Christina Chiu, Empire State Realty Trust
- Ivo de Wit ‘17, CBS and (former) CBRE
- James Glen, PGIM Real Estate
- Joycerine Lee '19, Invesco
- Sophie Ulrike Reuss '14, Vonovia,
- Anastasia Titarchuk, New York State Common Retirement System
Real Estate Private Equity
Instructor: Andrew Jacobs '96
- Sam Kornblau '22, PrimeSpace Capital
- June Munshi '98, The CenterCap Group
- Gianmarco Rea '22, Welltower
- David Rose '83, USREM
- Marvin Shapiro, Avanti Properties Group
- Dan Vasserman '22, CIM
Real Estate Transactions
Instructors: Karen Holdridge, Dave Powell
- Aaron Abraham, Troutman Pepper
- Sarah R. Borders, King & Spalding
- Andrea Karp, Black Creek Group
- Matthew J. Lustig, Lazard
- Janice MacAvoy, Fried Frank
- Jon Mechanic, Fried Frank
- Richard Monopoli, Boston Properties
- Jennifer Morgan, King & Spalding
- Doug Rosner, Goulston & Storrs
- David Sherman '82, BGO
- Ross Silver, Fried Frank
- Rob Sorin, Fried Frank
- Glen J. Weiss, Vornado Realty Trust
- Richard Wolfe, Fried Frank
Residential Real Estate
Instructor: Brian Lancaster
- Hope Burgess, Banana Kelly
- Harry DeRienzo, Emeritus
- Hugh Frater '85, Federal National Mortgage Corporation
- Isaac Henderson, Lendlease
- Jeff Hingst, Bloomberg Analytics
- Meredith Marshall '92, BRP Properties
- Adam Rapport, Cross Lake Partners
- Chris Prokop, DDG
- Baron Silverstein, New Residential Corp
EMBA Block Week: Real Estate as an Asset & Business
Instructors: Chris Mayer, Ivo de Wit '17
- Nick Bienstock '96, Savanna
- Fernando Carrasco, Locatium
- Peter Hobbs, BFinance
- Mary Lang, CBRE Investors
- John Mandyck, Urban Green Council
- Michael O'Connor '01, Clarion Partners
- Geoff Regnery, Harrison Street