Industry in the Classroom

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: Brian Lancaster, Chris Mayer, Tomasz Piskorski, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Asim Hamid, Blackstone
Melissa Pianko, Blackstone

Advanced Seminar in Real Estate
Instructors: Russell Platt, Michelle Felman
Dean Adler, Lubert-Adler
Jason Blank, Brockton Everlast
Jay Cross, The Howard Hughes Corporation
Tom Ellis, Dreamscape
Mike Fascitelli, MDF Capital
Olivia John, Osso Capital
Mike LaBelle, Boston Properties
David Marks, Brockton Everlast

Distressed Real Estate Investing
Instructors: Ron Kravit, David Sherman '82 
Julia Butler. KKR Real Estate
Maximo Lima, Hemisfiero Sul
Andrea Olshan '04, Seritage Group Properties
Billy Rahm, Centerbridge
Wendy Silverstein, Silver Eagle Advisors
Joe Smith '99, 1754 Properties|
Gil Tenzer, Contrarian Capital
J-P Toppino, PAG

Global Real Estate Investment
Instructor: Camille J. Douglas
Peter Ballon, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Dan Dubrowski, The Lionstone Group
Lorcain Egan, Starwood Capital Europe Advisors-Lending
Adam Gallistel ’04, GIC Real Estate
Benjamin Griswold, Blue Water Worldwide
Ankur Gupta ’12, Brookfield Properties
Suzanne Petrela, Red Reef Partners
Vitor Senra ’08, Brio Investimentos
Frank Sixt, Hutchinson Whampoa
David Smith, Starwood Capital Europe Advisers LLP
Zachary Vaughn, Brookfield Real Estate Group
Sam Zell, Equity Residential 

Real Estate Analytics
Instructor: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Swagat Banerjee, Welltower
Nikhil Chaudhri '16, Welltower
Dr. Kevin Stoll, Welltower

Real Estate Debt Markets
Instructor: Brian Lancaster 
John Lippman, New York Life Real Estate Investors  
Michael Nagelberg, Blackstone

Real Estate Equity Securities Analysis
Instructor: Ross Smotrich '83 
Hamid Moghadam, Prologis
Mary Hogan Preusse, Sturgis
Matt Rand, Blackstone
Sherry Rexroad, BlackRock
Owen Thomas, Boston Properties

Real Estate M&A Workshop
Instructors: John Haggerty, Blake Liggio
Nancy Davey, UBS
Hicham Hamdouch, Bank of America
Stephen G Hentschel, JLL Capital Markets of America
J.T. Jung, Citi Real Estate
Jonathan Litt, Land and Buildings Investment Management

Real Estate Portfolio Management
Instructor: Michael Giliberto
Uche Akujuo ’13, Simon Property Group
Manny Casanga, NYSCRF
Christina Chiu, Empire State Realty Trust
Ivo de Wit ’17, Former CBRE
James Glen, PGIM
Joycerine Lee ’19, Invesco
Anastasia Titarchuk, New York State Common Retirement System
Sophie Ulrike Dorrer ’14, Vonovia

Real Estate Private Equity
Instructor: Andrew Jacobs '96 
David Lei, BentallGreenOak
June Munshi, The CenterCap Group 
David Rose, USREM 
Sarah Schwarzschild, BentallGreenOak 
Marvin Shapiro, Avanti Properties Group 

Real Estate Transactions
Instructors: Karen Holdridge, Jennifer Morgan
Evan Baum, Ares Management Corporation
Jonathon E. Bell, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sarah R. Borders, King & Spalding
Emilie Cooper, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Susan Fine, Oases Real Estate
Elizabeth Gable, King & Spalding
Andrea Karp, Black Creek Group
Libby Kislak, Blackstone Group International Partners
Matthew J. Lustig, Lazard
Jon Mechanic, Fried Frank
Richard Monopoli, Boston Properties
Steve Plavin, Blackstone Group International Partners
Susannah Shaw ’18, Boston Properties
Ross Silver, Fried Frank
Rob Sorin, Fried Frank
Glen J. Weiss, Vornado Realty Trust
Richard Wolfe, Fried Frank

Residential Real Estate
Instructor: Brian Lancaster 
Melissa Burch, Lendlease Americas
Hope Burgess, Banana Kelly
Harry DeRienzo, Emeritus
Hugh Frater ’85, Federal National Mortgage Corporation
Jeff Hingst, Bloomberg Analytics
Meredith Marshall ’92, BRP Properties
Adam Rapport, Cross Lake Partners
Chris Prokop, DDG
Baron Silverstein, New Residential Corp

Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development
Instructor: James Patchett
Margaret Anadu, formerly of Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ben Baccash, Taconic Investment Partners 
Charlie Bendit, Taconic Investment Partners
Dave Ehrenberg, EDC 
Eben Ellertson, L+M Development Partners
Andrew Rosen, Related
Carl Weisbrod, HR&A Advisors

EMBA Block Week: Real Estate as an Asset & Business 
Instructors: Chris Mayer, Ivo de Wit '17 
Peter Hobbs, BFinance
Nils Kok, Geophy 
Michael O’Connor, Clarion Partners