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: 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