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Stephanie O’Rourk
Moderator

Stephanie O’Rourk

Partner - Hospitality Industry Practice

CohnReznick

Joe McMillan

Joe McMillan

Founder, Chairman & CEO

DDG

Tim McEntee

Tim McEntee

Director

Wood Partners

Jon Macentire

Jon Macentire

Head Developer

McGloughan

Hugh Acheson

Hugh Acheson

Chef & Partner

Five & Ten, The National, Empire State South, Cinco y Diez, The Florence

Roy Kardon

Roy Kardon

VP - Industrial

NAI Mertz

Knox Singleton

Knox Singleton

CEO

Inova Health System

Charles Turner

Charles Turner

Principal

PinPoint Commercial

Jesse Clem

Jesse Clem

Co-Founder & CEO

Loquidity

Howard Stern

Howard Stern

Bill Brown

Bill Brown

CIO

Granite Properties

Jon Knorpp

Jon Knorpp

Managing Director

SF Giants

Jeffrey Elliot Palmer

Jeffrey Elliot Palmer

CTO & Partner

PMI Properties

Laurie Golub

Laurie Golub

General Counsel & COO

HFZ Capital

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Chairman

Brennan Investment Group

Raymond Bjorklund

Raymond Bjorklund

President

BirchGrove

Mark Cover

Mark Cover

Sr. Managing Director & CEO - SW Region

Hines

Charlie Walters

Charlie Walters

Partner

Pureland Group

Christopher Meany

Christopher Meany

CEO

Wilson Meany

Federico Castellucci III

Federico Castellucci III

President and CEO

Castellucci Hospitality Group

Amy Cara

Amy Cara

Managing Partner

East West Partners

Jon Jeffries

Jon Jeffries

CFO

Some Company

Clyde Holland

Clyde Holland

Chairman & CEO

Holland Partner Group

Jim Yoder

Jim Yoder

Principal

Velocis

Antonio "Tony" F. Marquez

Antonio "Tony" F. Marquez

EVP, Chief Real Estate Lending Officer

EagleBank

Jeffrey Quicksilver

Jeffrey Quicksilver

Managing Principal

Walton Street Capital

Jimmy Dorn

Jimmy Dorn

Head Mongoman

Crevibe

Alexa Arena

Alexa Arena

EVP

Lendlease

Greg Johnson

Greg Johnson

President

Wright Runstad & Company

George Sowa

George Sowa

EVP and Senior Managing Director – NJ & Delaware

Brandywine Realty Trust

Erik Hagevik

Erik Hagevik

COO

Holland Development

Steve Simon

Steve Simon

Partner

Fifth Group Restaurants

Patricia Will

Patricia Will

CEO & Founder

Belmont Village Senior Living

Melissa Burch

Melissa Burch

Executive General Manager

Lendlease

Mike Reschke

Mike Reschke

Chairman & CEO

The Prime Group

Dan Ivanoff

Dan Ivanoff

Founder & Managing Investment Partner

Schnitzer West

James Whitesell

James Whitesell

VP - Leasing & Marketing

Whitesell

Byron Rhett

Byron Rhett

Deputy Director - Planning & Development

Port of San Francisco

Chris Waggett

Chris Waggett

CEO

D4 Urban

Aron Will

Aron Will

Vice Chairman

CBRE National Senior Housing

Paul McGunnigle

Paul McGunnigle

CEO

Howard Building Corporation

Bill Cawley

Bill Cawley

Chairman & CEO

Cawley Partners

Jeff Wayman

Jeff Wayman

CEO

Equaprop

Frederick Rothmeijer

Frederick Rothmeijer

Founding Principal

MRP Realty

Jeff Sime

Jeff Sime

VP - Operations

Legacy Restaurant Partners

Nick Clark

Nick Clark

Founder

Common Desk

Robert Byron

Robert Byron

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Blue Vista Capital

David Simon

David Simon

EVP

Kilroy Realty Corporation

James Madsen

James Madsen

Partner

Orton Development

Gerry Klaskala

Gerry Klaskala

Chef & Owner

Aria Restaurant

Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis

SVP - Land Development

Conifer Realty

Sean Caldwell

Sean Caldwell

Executive Managing Director, Development

Mill Creek Residential

Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson

Principal & Co-Founder

McFarlin Group

Matthew Joblon

Matthew Joblon

CEO

BMC Investments

Simon Koster

Simon Koster

The Collective

Head of Development, US

Brian Bollins

Brian Bollins

Project Executive

Choate Construction Company

Gabriella Draney

Gabriella Draney

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Tech Wildcatters

Gerald "Jerry" Gordon

Gerald "Jerry" Gordon

President & CEO

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

Sarah Karlinsky

Sarah Karlinsky

Senior Advisor

SPUR

Stephen Livaditis

Stephen Livaditis

Sr. Managing Director

Eastdil Secured

Shlomi Reuveni

Shlomi Reuveni

Managing Director

TOWN Residential

John Zanetos

John Zanetos

SVP

CBRE

Margie Piliere

Margie Piliere

Director - Community Development

NJEDA

Dana Crawford

Dana Crawford

CEO

Urban Neighborhoods

Steve Rule

Steve Rule

Construction Executive

Turner Construction

Thomas Bianco

Thomas Bianco

Acting Director

Gloucester County Department of Economic Development

Scott Homa

Scott Homa

Director

JLL

Michael White

Michael White

EVP

CBRE

Efe Kababulut

Efe Kababulut

CEO

Lazzoni

Susan Arledge

Susan Arledge

Senior Managing Director

Newmark

Paul Zeller

Paul Zeller

Chairman & Founder

Zeller Realty Group

Chris Carter

Chris Carter

Founder & Partner

Vantage Realty Partners

Scott Shnay

Scott Shnay

Partner

SK Development

Sean Deaton

Sean Deaton

VP

Regus

Tiffany Bohee

Tiffany Bohee

Executive Director

SF Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure

Ryan Pernice

Ryan Pernice

Owner & Operator

Table & Main, Osteria Mattone

Kevin Reynolds

Kevin Reynolds

President

Cardinal Bank

Jeff Elowe

Jeff Elowe

Co-Founder & President

Laramar Group

Riccardo Ullio

Riccardo Ullio

Sole Owner

U Restaurants

Toni Portmann

Toni Portmann

CEO & President

INTERPRISE

Douglas Lyons

Douglas Lyons

Managing Principal

Pearlmark

Michael Caplin

Michael Caplin

President

Tysons Partnership

Poonam Sharma Mathis

Poonam Sharma Mathis

Private Real Estate Asset Management

Partners Group (USA)

Christina Winn

Christina Winn

Director - Business Development

Arlington Economic Development

Thad Ellis

Thad Ellis

SVP

Cousins Properties

Kevin Gillespie

Kevin Gillespie

Chef & Owner

Gunshow

Ron Pfohl

Ron Pfohl

Partner & Director - Leasing

North American Properties

Steve Hargan

Steve Hargan

Interim Business Development Officer

Loudoun Economic Development

Gale Evans

Gale Evans

Real Estate Partner

Seyfarth Shaw

Brian McVay

Brian McVay

EVP

Cushman & Wakefield

Susan Bourgeois

Susan Bourgeois

Executive Director

Rappaport

Brian Bollins

Brian Bollins

Project Executive

Choate Construction Company

Joe McMillan

Founder, Chairman & CEO

DDG

Joe McMillan is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DDG, an integrated

investment, development, design, construction and asset management firm focused on the

acquisition and development of real estate and underlying equity, debt or hybrid

securities.

Since founding the firm in 2009, DDG has become one of the most active developers in

Manhattan. Under McMillan’s tutelage the company has expanded its luxury real estate

portfolio to California and most recently Florida.

McMillan’s development portfolio of projects underway in prime locations in New York

City include 325 West Broadway in Soho, 12 Warren Street and 100 Franklin Street in

Tribeca, and his first tower at 180 East 88 th Street on the Upper East Side. The firm is also

developing its first residential development in Brooklyn at the former rental building The

Standish in Brooklyn Heights.

Other celebrated projects developed under his helm include 41 Bond in NoHo and the

price-record- breaking 345meatpacking in the Meatpacking District.

In San Francisco DDG is currently developing four architecturally adventurous

residential projects in the fashionable Hayes Valley neighborhood. McMillan also

recently spearheaded DDG’s acquisition of 532 West 20th Street in New York, and

Parcel T and 235 Valencia Street in San Francisco.

In addition to his developments in New York and California, McMillan led DDG through

its first foray into Florida with a new residential project in Palm Beach. Located at 3550

South Ocean Boulevard, the development will be the first new oceanfront luxury

condominium in the area in over a decade.

Prior to founding DDG McMillan was a senior member of the U.S. private equity

investment team at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, an institutional alternative asset

management firm with over $45 billion of assets under management. He was also a

principal at Greenhill & Co., and a founding member of Greenhill Capital Partners

investment team managing $1.1 billion of equity capital.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, he holds a B.S. in Commerce, Concentration in

Finance. McMillan also served in the U.S. Army.

Knox Singleton

CEO

Inova Health System

J. Knox Singleton is chief executive officer of Inova, the Washington, DC, region’s leading not-for-profit healthcare system that serves more than 2 million people annually.

Since joining the organization in 1983, Knox has led Inova’s evolution from a collection of small, stand-alone hospitals into the award-winning health system, nationally recognized for clinical excellence, innovation and outstanding patient care. Inova’s comprehensive network comprises hospitals, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care practices, and health and wellness initiatives. Under Mr. Singleton’s stewardship, Inova is now a leader in genomics and personalized health, which uses an individual’s genetic make-up to predict and prevent disease.

With his leadership and vision, Mr. Singleton has proactively pursued a paradigm-shifting strategy of health promotion and optimization – anticipating and preventing illness. The Inova Center for Personalized Health is at the heart of this vision – a place that connects researchers, clinicians and consumers to transform medicine from a reactive to predictive model.

In keeping with Inova’s community service mission, Mr. Singleton is an active member of organizations that improve lives both here and abroad. He serves on several boards and is co-founder of the Global Good Fund, which works to coach and mentor future leaders. Additionally, he is co-founder and past president of the Community Coalition for Haiti, which creates community-driven solutions in healthcare, education, and community development in Haiti.

Numerous personal accolades include Citizen of the Year (The Washington Post, 1990); Community Care Award for Health (Northern Virginia Community Foundation, 1993); Distinguished Regent’s Award (American College of Health Care Executives, 2000); Distinguished Leadership Award (Washington Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. 2000); Virginia Governor’s Award (Governor Mark Warner, 2004); Washington Business Hall of Fame (2009); 300 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know (Becker’s Hospital Review, 2012); 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare finalist (Modern Healthcare, 2013 and 2014); and CEO of the Year (Washington Business Journal, 2015); and Lifetime Achievement Award (Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2016).

Mr. Singleton is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1970. He received his Master’s degree in health administration from Duke University in 1973. He holds honorary degrees from Northern Virginia Community College and Cumberland College in Williamsburg, KY. He is married to Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons and together they have seven children.

Bill Brown

CIO

Granite Properties

"We are an active investor with the history and insight to bring value to every transaction."

Bill joined Granite in 1993 and is the Chief Investment Officer overseeing all investment activity—acquisitions, dispositions and financial structuring. Prior to joining Granite, Bill was with Financial Resource Management, Inc. (Nations Bank). Bill serves as a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks and past board member of The Real Estate Council. He is also an alumnus of The Real Estate Council's Associate Leadership Council.

Bill received his bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from Texas Christian University.

Mark Cover

Sr. Managing Director & CEO - SW Region

Hines

Mr. Cover is the CEO of Hines’ Southwest Region, which includes Mexico/Central America, where he is responsible for key investment partner relationships and oversees all development and acquisitions. He is a member of the firm’s Executive and IT Steering Committees.

Cover graduated from Bob Jones University with a BS in Accounting and is a retired certified public accountant.

Christopher Meany

CEO

Wilson Meany

Chris Meany is the managing partner of Wilson Meany, where he strives to develop real places that offer the kind of life we all aspire to, where we get to engage with one another in an authentic community. Communities under construction that Chris and his team are actively shaping include Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, Hollywood Park, and Bay Meadows. Notable completed projects include the Ferry Building, the Flood Building and 140 New Montgomery. Chris is a California native and a graduate of Georgetown University. He currently splits his time between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Federico Castellucci III

President and CEO

Castellucci Hospitality Group

Federico Castellucci III is the President and CEO of Castellucci Hospitality Group. Federico has

been working in the restaurant business his entire life, holding his first job as an eleven year old

in a bakery in Rhode Island. Soon after as a teenager he began working in the family business

holding various roles in the kitchen including cook and kitchen manager before heading to

college.

Federico studied Hospitality Management at Cornell University and while away he partnered

with his father and consulted on new restaurant openings for his family back home in Atlanta.

Upon graduation he assumed the reigns of the family business and since 2007 changed the

direction of the company from a single unit mom-and pop-operation to a multi-unit, multi-concept

restaurant group.

As President and CEO, Federico is responsible for high-level operations and leadership

development and training. In addition, he makes all of the company’s growth decisions - where

and how to expand, as well as concept research and origination. Federico is focused on building

and implementing systems across the restaurant group that streamline operations and improve

communication. While working on the business takes most of his daytime focus, Federico

spends time in the restaurants during the evening hours building customer relationships and

developing employee talent.

In addition to his roles within the company, Federico serves on the Board of Directors of the

Georgia Restaurant Association and is actively involved as a mentor, advisor and investor in

early stage hospitality technology companies. In his free time he enjoys regular yoga practice,

discovering new independent musicians and having daddy-daughter dates with his baby girl,

Olivia.

Amy Cara

Managing Partner

East West Partners

Amy is the Managing Partner of East West Partners in Denver. East West Partners is devoted to

creating terrific places. Since 1986, the firm has developed and sold over $7 billion of residential

and commercial real estate.

Amy is always looking for ways to connect people with the places they live and work. Amy is

responsible for bringing the new Cherry Creek West development to life. Her team recently

completed one of the Denver Union Station transit hub redevelopment and much of the

adjacent residential and office including The Coloradan and 16 Chestnut. She also oversaw the

revitalization of The Landmark, a distressed mixed-use community that needed new eyes and

perspective. Prior to this, Amy helped to create the Riverfront Park community in Denver. More

than a collection of buildings, the Riverfront Park neighborhood of Denver, Denver’s Union

Station Neighborhood and the Landmark development represent something important to Amy -

creating a sense of place.

Amy is deeply committed to the community. She a founding member of the Center City

Collaborative, which is a coalition of civic-minded, business and community leaders working to

find creative and inclusive solutions to the current challenges facing downtown. She is also on

the boards of Habitat for Humanity, the Denver Metro Chamber’s EDC, Downtown Denver

Partnership’s Civic Ventures Board, the University of Colorado Real Estate Center’s

International Advisory Board, and a member of Colorado Concern and the Urban Land

Institute’s national Mixed-Use Council, Also deeply committed to the arts, Amy is a founding

board member for the Riverfront Park Community Foundation, which fosters organizations

particularly in the areas of arts and education in Denver, and as a founding board member of

Union Hall, a new model to support local and emerging artists in downtown Denver.

Antonio "Tony" F. Marquez

EVP, Chief Real Estate Lending Officer

EagleBank

Mr. Marquez is Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer - Commercial Real Estate of EagleBank and Executive Vice President of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. He joined EagleBank in August 2011. Mr. Marquez has over 35 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to joining the Company, he established the real estate lending franchise for HSBC for the Washington, DC market. Earlier he was the head of Commercial Real Estate lending at Chevy Chase Bank from 1997 to 2005 and previously held various lending positions at The Riggs National Bank in Washington, DC after starting his career at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

Jeffrey Quicksilver

Managing Principal

Walton Street Capital

Investment and Management Committee, Acquisitions

Principal overseeing acquisitions. Prior to forming Walton Street, Mr. Quicksilver was a Managing Director of JMB Realty Corporation in the Acquisitions Group and, prior thereto, an Associate at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. He has a BA from University of Michigan and a JD from Stanford University

Alexa Arena

EVP

Lendlease

Alexa Arena, Executive Vice President, is responsible for leading and growing Lendlease’s development

capabilities throughout the California market, pursuing and identifying urban regeneration projects, as well as supporting the development efforts nationally. Prior to joining Lendlease, Alexa ran Forest City’s Northern California office serving as Senior Vice President. Under her leadership the Company grew a pipeline of major mixed-use projects. She had over 6 million square feet of residential, office and retail space in development and completed hundreds of housing units. Two of these high profile projects include the 5M Project, the largest private SOMA up-zoning in San Francisco’s history, and Pier 70, a 30 acre public-private partnership with the Port of San Francisco. At Forest City she likewise partnered with Westfield on building out Bespoke in our San Francisco Center; a model for co-working and product marketing in a retail environment. She is deeply

knowledgeable around products that serve the tech sector and the creative class in cities, and has pioneered several models in San Francisco to that end.

Alexa received her MBA from the Harvard Business School, her MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and her Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science from Columbia University. At HBS she wrote a case study on the financial consequence of political risk, which is continuously used across real estate programs and business schools nationally. She was recognized as one of The Most Influential Women in Business on years, and Top 40 under 40 by the San Francisco Business Times. Additionally, Alexa currently serves on several cultural and economic boards including SPUR, a leading civic planning organization focused on developing solutions to urban issues, United Playaz, a local non-profit for youth development and job training, the Museum of Craft and Design, Lamda Alpha and UC Berkely’s Fisher Center Policy Advisory Board.

Patricia Will

CEO & Founder

Belmont Village Senior Living

Mrs. Will co- founded Belmont Village Senior Living in 1997 as a fully

integrated owner, developer and operator of first-rate senior housing and

care communities. The company is known for built-to- purpose

developments, best in class hospitality, and proprietary resident

programming. The Company’s $3.0 Billion real estate portfolio has capacity

of over 5,000 apartment and employs over 3,800 people across eight states

and Mexico. For the third year in a row, Belmont’s team members voted

the Company a Great Place to Work on FORTUNE®’s list of Best Workplaces

in Aging Services.

Belmont Village has been a leader in senior living in Los Angeles for two

decades. In addition to seven purpose built operating communities, plans

are underway for a second project in Westwood and a ground-up

development in Pasadena. The Company has a rich history of partnering

with major academic institutions, including UCLA and USC. Mrs. Will serves

on the Boards of The Center for Longevity at UCLA Medical School and the

Davis School of Gerontology at USC.

Aron Will

Vice Chairman

CBRE National Senior Housing

Mr. Will began his career with the predecessor company to CBRE Capital Markets, and helped launch the senior housing debt practice for the firm. In 2016, Mr. Will was named the youngest Vice Chairman in company history. Today, Mr. Will Co-Heads National Senior Housing for CBRE Capital Markets. Mr. Will along with partners Lisa Widmier, Matthew Whitlock, possess a combined 73-year Senior Housing-specific industry experience and $25 billion in transaction volume.

His specialty is the capitalization of Independent Living, Assisted Living, Alzheimer’s Care and Skilled Nursing facilities. Mr. Will’s primary focus is on the origination of new business, the analysis of debt and equity investment opportunities, valuation and investment underwriting. Over the past 11 years, Mr. Will’s DSF team closed approximately $7.8+ billion in debt and equity for this specialty type and is one of the few real estate investment advisors whose platform includes: Fannie Mae (DUS certified lender), Freddie Mac (seller/servicer) and HUD/FHA, along with all the traditional lending sources. CBRE has been a Top 2 senior housing originator from 2010 through 2017. In 2015 through 2017, the team originated over $3.7 billion in senior housing debt across 176 assets nationwide. In 2016, CBRE was Fannie Mae’s #1 senior housing originator in the country. CBRE was the #1 GSE lender in the nation in 2017 with $18B in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac originations. In addition to permanent debt placement and construction financing, the team has helped structure joint ventures between seasoned operators and institutional partners and has also sourced equity for development and acquisitions on a project specific and programmatic basis.

Bill Cawley

Chairman & CEO

Cawley Partners

Bill Cawley is the brand and vision behind Cawley Partners, a

full-service, Dallas-based real estate company historically focused

on commercial office product. Over the course of his career, Bill has

owned all classes of commercial real estate in multiple markets

across the country. He is continually recognized as one of the most

influential business leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 2020, Bill was

named Developer of the Year by D CEO Magazine, and most recently,

he was the 2022 inductee to the NTCAR (The North Texas Commer-

cial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals) Hall of

Fame. Bill has acquired and developed more than 15 million square

feet of commercial office product. His company, Cawley Partners,

has been the premier office developer along the Dallas North Toll-

way, developing more than $500 million of Class A office space and

totaling more than 1.5 million square feet within the last 5 years.

Bill Cawley served as the 2020 Chairman of TREC (The Real Es-

tate Council) and is a past board member of NTCAR. Bill is an ac-

tive member of ULI (Urban Land Institute) and serves on the SMU

COX Folsom Institute for Real Estate Advisory Board. In addition to

his industry related committee positions, Bill supports numerous

charitable organizations.

Sean Caldwell

Executive Managing Director, Development

Mill Creek Residential

Sean Caldwell is one of the founding partners of Mill Creek Residential and serves on the Investment Committee and the Audit and Administrative Committee. He currently serves as an Executive Managing Director with overall responsibility for development in Mill Creek’s Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, including Washington, D.C., Boston, the greater New York City metropolitan area, and North Carolina. Prior to this role, Mr. Caldwell served as Senior Managing Director where he managed the company’s development activity for the Mid-Atlantic region. During his career, he has been involved in the entitlement, development and construction of over 10,000 multifamily homes.

Prior to joining Mill Creek, Mr. Caldwell was a Managing Director for Trammell Crow Residential where he was responsible for all phases of the development process for both rental and for-sale multifamily communities. Prior to joining Trammell Crow, Mr. Caldwell was a Senior Project Manager with the civil engineering firm of VIKA, Inc. In this role, his responsibilities included the design, coordination, management, and approval of multiple development projects throughout the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area. Projects varied from 500 home multifamily development communities to 200,000 sf commercial redevelopment projects.

Mr. Caldwell received his Bachelor of Science Degree from George Mason University in Civil Engineering and his Master of Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association (NVBIA), the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He also has served in various capacities with the Northern Virginia Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

Matthew Joblon

CEO

BMC Investments

Matt Joblon is a founding partner and serves as Chief Executive Officer for BMC Investments. Since

2010, BMC has acquired and managed over 8,000 multifamily units in metro Denver comprising an asset

value just over $1 billion. Also in that time span BMC has developed or is in the process of developing

over $500 million in projects, all in Cherry Creek. Some of the projects include market leaders such as

the Steele Creek luxury apartment project and the new Halcyon Hotel. Through those projects, BMC has

been instrumental in bringing world class retail and restaurant concepts to Cherry Creek including

Matsuhisa, Quality Italian, Le Bilboquet, Soul Cycle, CB2 and Departure. BMC currently has over 200

employees and is growing at a fast pace. Lastly, BMC has another $500 million in development projects

in the pipeline in Cherry Creek, Boulder and the Fitzsimmons Medical Campus, and is in the process of

sourcing thousands of multifamily units outside of Denver. Mr. Joblon received a B.B.A. in

Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Finance from Babson College and is on the Board of the Blue Sky Fund.

Simon Koster

The Collective

Head of Development, US

Simon Koster brings his unique engineering background and leadership to oversee development planning, design, coordination, and construction management teams across all projects. Focused on teaching, Koster builds people and teams who can build skyscrapers. His philosophy is to push design boundaries through rigorous process and by aligning incentives to bring forth a superlative product, regardless of sector.

Koster graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Materials Engineering, and the University of Michigan with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to leading JDS, Koster gained invaluable experience working in research with Rutgers University, the United States Navy, the University of Michigan, and ExxonMobil. As a result, he is deeply familiar with fundamental scientific methods, writing, patents, and critical analysis.

Sarah Karlinsky

Senior Advisor

SPUR

Sarah Karlinsky is an expert in housing and land use policy. She has led the publication of numerous SPUR policy reports, including A New Transit-First Neighborhood for San Francisco, Affordable By Design, Secrets of San Francisco, Defining What San Francisco Needs From Its Seismic Mitigation Policies, Safe Enough to Stay, On Solid Ground, Taking Down a Freeway to Reconnect a Neighborhood and Historic Preservation in San Francisco: Making the Preservation Process Work for Everyone. From 2009 to 2014, Sarah served as SPUR’s deputy director, where she was responsible for managing SPUR’s policy and public engagement efforts. From 2005 to 2009, Sarah was SPUR’s policy director, staffing all of SPUR’s housing and land use work. Prior to joining SPUR, Sarah developed affordable housing throughout the Bay Area with Mid-Pen Housing, one of the largest nonprofit developers of affordable housing in the Bay Area. She has served on the boards on many Bay Area nonprofits, including Community Housing Partnership, TransForm and Urban Ecology, and has taught land use planning at San Francisco State University. Sarah began her career teaching urban planning to middle school students as a Teach for America corps member in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Master’s degree in public policy and urban planning from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University She is the author of Smart Growth and Community Development Corporations: Putting Policy into Practice, published by the National Reinvestment Corporation and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. Sarah holds a BA in history from Columbia University.

Susan Arledge

Senior Managing Director

Newmark

Susan Arledge, SIOR, currently serves as a Senior Managing Director in the company’s Dallas office. Arledge has over three decades of experience advising corporate clients on location decision-making, having worked with notable companies to identify and establish real estate locations including headquarters sites, distribution/e-commerce and manufacturing centers, customer support/shared service centers, back office and tech support operations.

Susan specializes in securing real estate locations for clients globally, focusing on a proprietary Total Cost Analysis model that identifies all labor costs, transportation costs, incentive opportunities, and real estate costs. She focuses on finding locations that reduce attrition, increase productivity and allow clients to remain competitive by finding a labor force that meets their unique needs.

Arledge has received numerous professional honors throughout her career. She was the recipient of the prestigious “Stemmons Service Award,” given annually to a Dallas commercial broker that best represents the industry’s standards for business success and community service. Arledge has served as President of the SIOR North Texas Chapter, the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association and as Chair of the Go Red for Women Luncheon in Dallas. She maintains the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) designation and has been honored as one of the Dallas Business Journal’s “Heavy Hitters.” Arledge is a frequent speaker and author whose insights are often highlighted in publications including D CEO, D Magazine and Bisnow.

Prior to joining Newmark, Arledge served as Executive Managing Director at Dallas-based commercial real estate firm ESRP. Arledge’s prior experience included being the Managing Principal for Cresa Dallas and The Staubach Company.

Douglas Lyons

Managing Principal

Pearlmark

Douglas W. Lyons is a Managing Principal of Pearlmark, with responsibility for the firm’s capital

markets and debt investment activities. He is also a member of the firm’s Management and

Investment Committees. Prior to joining Pearlmark in 1996, Mr. Lyons was Vice President of

Equity Institutional Investors, Inc. where he was responsible for merchant banking activities and

strategic portfolio management projects for the Zell/Merrill Lynch Real Estate Opportunity

funds, the Zell/Chilmark Fund, and other Sam Zell-related affiliates. In addition, Mr. Lyons

actively managed an institutional portfolio of REIT stocks. Previously, he worked in the New

York Real Estate Capital Markets groups for Bankers Trust Company (1989-1991) and Merrill

Lynch & Co. (1987-1989).

Mr. Lyons earned a BA degree in History from Amherst College where he was a two-time All-

American in soccer, and his MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business

Administration. He currently serves several nonprofits including the Harvard Alumni Real Estate

Board, the U.S. Soccer Foundation, and the JDRF Illinois Chapter as Chairman of the Real Estate

Games. Mr. Lyons is also a member of the Pension Real Estate Association and the Urban Land

Institute, where he is a Trustee. Mr. Lyons currently serves as a Trustee of the Loomis Chaffee

School chairing its Buildings and Grounds Committee and previously served as a Trustee for

Lycée Français de Chicago and Chair of its Facilities Committee and as Treasurer of St. James

Cathedral in Chicago.

Michael Caplin

President

Tysons Partnership

Michael Caplin is President of Tysons Partnership – an association of business, government and community leaders working together to redevelop Tysons, Virginia from a 1970s business park into an exciting, sustainable 21st century downtown. Caplin is responsible for all aspects of operations, including membership, programs, communications, government and community relations.

His career experience includes service as a public defender, a federal prosecutor, performing arts counselor and producer, a program director at the Smithsonian Institution, and senior executive and advisor for array of nonprofit agencies working in the arts, education and social services. He is a member of the George Mason University Center for Social Entrepreneurship Global Advisory Board; the FONZ Board; and the U.S. Presidential Scholars Commission, appointed by the President in 2010.

Summary

Join Bisnow and some of the most innovative restaurateurs in the Atlanta area for an inside look in to the restaurant development scene. Learn about the hottest neighborhoods for up and coming and well established restaurants alike, and hear the real estate perspective on the growth of Atlanta as a veritable restaurant hub. As always enjoy plenty of networking time before and after our panel discussions!