Gary Cline, AIA is the President and Managing Principal of Cline Design Associates, an integrated architecture, planning and interiors firm with offices in Raleigh and Charlotte. Cline Design specializes in the design of multifamily and mixed use communities throughout the Southeast and celebrates their 30th Anniversary this year. The firm has received numerous design awards and features in national trade magazines for their work on affordable housing, market rate apartments, senior living and student housing of all types.

A veteran entrepreneurial multifamily sales leader with 20 years of experience leading innovative organizations to success and profitability, Jeff Morrison joined STRATIS after a career of innovating Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems specifically for MultiFamily and Student Housing. Morrison experienced the pain points of multifamily owners and managers and chose a platform that represents the needs of the market.

Jeff has represented a diverse list of real estate products and services including financial transaction processing solutions, SaaS, electric utility infrastructure and metering technology, energy management, and online marketing/advertising. His extensive experience working with all levels and facets of multifamily operations and property management brings added value to STRATIS clients implementing smart-home technology.

Morrison is a staunch advocate for the (literal) underdog - fundraising, transporting and fostering for local canine rescue groups MCPRescue.org, K94Keeps/CBBR.org, Second Chance Rescue NYC, Safe Humane Chicago - and an advocate in equal measure for the ocean’s underrepresented at SharkStewards.org - Earth Island Institute, a 501c3 non-profit ocean conservation group. where he works as an Advisory Board Member.

Michael Patton is the Founder & CEO of Fetch. Founded in 2016, Fetch is the first off-site

package solution for the multifamily industry. Michael and the Fetch team work to solve

last-mile delivery for apartment buildings, accepting all resident packages at off-site

warehouses and coordinating scheduled, door-to-door delivery. A native of Nashville, TN,

Michael graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BSB in Finance. Prior to Fetch,

he held various corporate finance and pricing roles at UnitedHealth Group and Constellation

Brands. Michael is also an avid marathon runner, having completed 14 and qualified for

Boston.

Windsor Stevens Managing Partner Rod Mullice is an experienced developer who believes deeply in the crucial role the built environment plays in creating healthy communities. His vision is not just about creating spaces where people live, work and play. His approach to development focuses on crafting a built environment that encourages social interaction, technological innovation, environmental sustainability, and transportation options, facilitating the Connected Lifestyle.

Rod has closed on over $150 million in transactions of urban development, financing and acquisitions since 2009. He led the team that renewed the leases of a 217,000 square foot office building in Historic Downtown College Park for the Federal Aviation Administration Southern Regional headquarters. Rod successfully conceived, planned, financed and managed the construction of the $20.9 million apartment community, The Pad on Harvard, next to the College Park, GA, MARTA Station as the Managing Partner of Air Realty, LLC. The Pad opened for residents in December 2017 and is now at 96% occupancy. He has recently completed construction on Phase I of Temple Square, a $5 million townhouse community in College Park

Rod has engaged actively with the College Park community by initiating the Rose Stevens Mullice Academic Achievement Awards at College Park Elementary School, named for his mother. He serves on the City of Atlanta’s Office of Buildings Technical Advisory Committee; the Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance Board of Directors; the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors Board of Directors, who’s Mentoring Committee he chairs, and a member of its Million Dollar Club, the Urban Land Institute Committee. He Born in Liberty County, GA, where his multigenerational family ties continue, Rod is a graduate of Savannah State University with a BA in Political Science and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Advanced Management Development Program.

Since the success of The Pad on Harvard and the launch of College Park’s special TOD District, which he actively supported, Rod has been invited to speak to a number of professional organizations. His presentation offers insight about the benefits of TOD and how to leverage transit for thriving communities.

As Partner and Lead Designer at BKV Group, Jonathan brings 19 years of national and international experience in housing, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. He cultivates value through developing close working relationships with colleagues, clients, contractors and consultants, providing a high level of personal involvement and investment in projects so they are successful and rewarding for everyone involved. Since helping launch BKV Group’s newest practice site in Dallas, Texas and Hanoi, Vietnam, Jonathan has leveraged the opportunity to design and strengthen the community with each project he touches, creating them to be unique and innovative, while nimbly adapting to the environmental, contextual, and sociopolitical nuances each site presents. In currently working on projects all over the world including but not limited to Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, Canada, and Asia, Jonathan takes a holistic and long-term approach to his projects, constantly exploring how BKV Group can be a positive change for the community, and the people his buildings serve.

Marc Silverman is the founding director of Kastle Systems’ multifamily division and has been with Kastle since 2014. Kastle’s Multifamily business, under Marc’s leadership, has been instrumental to some of the industry’s most influential projects.

Norman Radow established The RADCO Companies in 1994, founded on his lifelong passion to improve the

lives of people and neighborhoods. Norman was born and raised in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. His

harrowing experiences as a young boy showed him firsthand the influence that property management and

public policy can have on the quality of life for residents and the greater community.

Norman founded The RADCO Companies, a real estate investment firm, in 1994 focusing on developing for-

sale urban condominiums until 2006. Then it pivoted to manage workouts and became the leading

restructuring firm in the United States, overseeing much of Lehman Brothers’ real estate assets in bankruptcy.

RADCO identified multifamily as the next investment opportunity coming off the Great Recession in 2010.

Since then, RADCO acquired and invested in approximately 30,000 apartment units in 15 markets and

completed and sold over 100 multifamily transactions totaling $3.2 billion. Norman launched Radco

Residential in 2014, to deliver superior human-centric data-driven property management, construction, and

asset management services for The RADCO Companies’ rapidly evolving portfolio and for third party clients.

The company delivered substantial operational success while embracing a warm and nurturing culture and

cutting-edge business practices while always delivering on life lessons that Norman learned in his youth.

In addition to multifamily, RADCO’s Hospitality Division was created in 2021 in response to the pandemic’s

operational and capital markets disruptions. RADCO has since acquired twelve hotels in three states and

continues to seek out hospitality assets in the southeast US as well as other markets.

Norman was the long-time chairman of Kennesaw State University’s Board of Trustees, serves on The Board

of New York Law School, and along with his family, is an active philanthropist. He has received many awards

for his service to the community. In 2020, the State of Georgia Board of Regents named “The Norman J.

Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences” after him. Norman was awarded an honorary PhD in 2023

from KSU. He also earned a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and a BA in history from SUNY

Plattsburgh.

Denise Cleveland-Leggett is the Southeast Region Administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s largest region in the nation. Based in the Atlanta Regional Office, she oversees HUD programs and operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Southeast Region consists of twelve field offices and approximately 840 employees. As the Regional Administrator she oversees and coordinates with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development annual funding of over $519 million, multifamily and public housing funding of $5.3 billion and single-family housing insurance in force of over $236 billion across the southeast region.

Prior to the appointment in July 2017 as the HUD Region IV Regional Administrator, Denise Cleveland-Leggett, garnered over thirty years of combined extensive leadership and legal experience in the public and private sectors while also being actively involved as a business and community leader in Atlanta. An accomplished corporate lawyer she represented various healthcare clients in transactional and regulatory matters, including multi-million-dollar hospital acquisitions, hospital and physician contract negotiations, and clinical integrations, as well as, assisting in resolving and defending matters, such as Antitrust and Employment Law, including discrimination. Considered an expert in her field she was called upon to address varying Healthcare related issues, Stark Law, Fraud and Abuse, employment, commercial leases and complex litigation matters. Additionally, she served as transaction co-counsel on multi-million-dollar tax-exempt bond issuances to finance capital projects while also serving as a member of the Litigation team on Anti-Trust, Qui-Tam and successfully representing clients on State Ethics matters before the Georgia State Ethics Commission.

Denise Cleveland-Leggett is a strong advocate for fair treatment of women and served with distinction on the Georgia Commission for Women, Georgia State Ethics Commission, State Personnel Oversight Commission and Council for the Hearing-Impaired Legal Clinic, Co-Counsel. She values service and educational literacy not only within her profession but also to the community at large as she served on several non-profit boards, including chairing Literacy Action, Inc. which seeks to remedy Adult Literacy.

She is a member of the American Bar Association, American Health Lawyers Association, Georgia State Bar Association and National Employment Lawyers Association. Additionally, Denise Cleveland-Leggett was honored with the 2009 State Bar of Georgia’s Justice Robert Benham Award for exemplary and unparalleled Community Service and was recognized in Who’s Who in Black Atlanta. She is also a 2019 graduate of The Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, Executive Education, Senior Managers in Government Certification Program.

A graduate of Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts (J.D., 1984) and Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama (B.A., 1981) she is married to Dr. Christopher J.W.B. Leggett, Interventional Cardiologist and they are the proud parents of two wonderful children Alexandria and Christopher II.

In his role as Founder and Principal of Columbia Residential, LLC, Mr. Khalil directs the company in its

mission to provide quality affordable housing in major metropolitan communities. He formed the company

in 1991 as the Affordable Housing Partnership, Inc. and concentrated on real estate development consulting.

By 1995, he expanded the scope of the organization to include full-service real estate development and

management, changing its name to Columbia Residential. Today, Noel is responsible for the company’s

strategic planning and development operations, as well as the formation of alliances with local communities,

non-profit CDCs, financial institutions, governmental entities, and public housing authorities. He leads

Columbia Residential’s development team in the selection and acquisition of residential sites and personally

handles the structuring of multifamily housing transactions financed through low income housing tax credits,

HOME loans, FHLB subsidy, HOPE VI loans and conventional bank loans.

Prior to establishing Columbia Residential, Noel acted as President of Gibraltar Land, Inc., (a subsidiary of

H.J. Russell & Company) an Atlanta-based real estate development company. In this position, he managed all

real estate investment, acquisition, and development activities. His additional professional background

includes positions as Executive Vice President of H.J. Russell & Company and Senior Vice President of U.S.

Home Corporation. During his extensive career in the industry, Noel has been responsible for the

development of more than 10,000 multifamily and single-family housing units throughout the United States.

Jeffrey Lawrence, managing director, is responsible for originating both market rate and affordable multifamily loans. Based out of Walker & Dunlop’s Atlanta office, Mr. Lawrence and his team have a geographically diverse client base and originate loans nationwide.

Mr. Lawrence has over 25 years of real estate experience, including originating both market rate and affordable loans, underwriting, analysis, and portfolio management. Prior to Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Lawrence served as vice president at CWCapital LLC within the Agency lending division. Previously, Mr. Lawrence was a director in the Atlanta office of Prudential Huntoon Paige, where he was responsible for the origination of HUD-insured loans nationwide. Mr. Lawrence’s prior experience includes serving as director for Prudential Mortgage Capital Company (PMCC) in Chicago and Atlanta, where he generated hundreds of millions in loans across multiple platforms, including conduit, Fannie Mae, and HUD. Prior to joining PMCC, he originated loans and managed commercial real estate portfolios for NationsBank, LaSalle National Bank, and Cohen Financial.

Mr. Lawrence received a Bachelor of Arts in finance from Morehouse College and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Bisnow went back to find our Atlanta reporter. Waaay back. As in the 1980’s back. As far as we can tell, Jarred has not left the decade of pastel colored sport coats and crazy, wavy hair, and will regularly challenge all to 80s music trivia fights (we try not to provoke him). Outside of having the largest collection of cassette and VHS tapes in Atlanta, Jarred has been steeped in Atlanta media for more than a decade, most of the time focused on commercial real estate. You can also find Jarred spittin’ out lyrics with our Data Center and Denver newsletters.

Kristin Rick is VP of Originations for Pender Capital. She brings over 15 years of national commercial real estate finance and management experience to the team. With the majority of her background in traditional bank funding, she is thrilled to now work on the side of private bridge financing. To Ms. Rick, Pender Capital’s common sense approach to funding transactions has been a breath of fresh air when compared with the stringent bank underwriting guidelines used in her past. Ms. Rick has lived and worked in major markets from LA to DC, and currently lives in Chicago with her family.

Patrick Carroll is the founder and CEO of CARROLL. As CEO, Patrick Carroll defines and implements strategic plans designed to further expand CARROLL's existing platforms. He infuses a hands-on approach to guide every aspect of the company leveraging his diverse real estate investment experience, asset management expertise, and overall industry knowledge. This approach, along with an aggressive acquisition strategy, led to the national growth and rapid success of “CARROLL”.

Relevant Experience – Patrick Carroll started his real estate investment and development career in December of 2004, founding Carroll Organization and investing in residential properties in Georgia and Florida. Following these initial investments, M. Patrick Carroll developed several residential communities in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. With the success of those residential developments, he turned his focus to commercial real estate development and investment, successfully developing a retail shopping center, a mixed-use property, and student housing. In 2008 Patrick Carroll successfully sold his development projects.

In 2009, Patrick Carroll acquired three property management companies; creating a 20,000 unit Property Management Infrastructure for Carroll Organization. In 2010, in partnership with Institutional Investors, Carroll began acquiring Multifamily Properties throughout the Southeast and Texas. To date, Carroll has successfully acquired over $6.6 Billion in Multifamily Properties, as well as successfully exited sixty of these properties; resulting in $4.5 Billion in sales proceeds and producing an average gross IRR of ~28%.

Education/Affiliations – Patrick Carroll is an active supporter of Jesuit High School in Tampa, FL, Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa, FL, The Boys and Girls Club of Tampa Bay.

Patrick Carroll is currently a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council, and the Urban Land Institute.

Mr. Brad Barton, Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate Banking with CIBC Bank USA Brad began his career with Regions Financial Corporation in 1991, spending 24 years there in various commercial real estate and capital markets roles. In 2015, he left Regions for an opportunity to establish a Southeastern commercial real estate banking platform for The PrivateBank, now CIBC Bank USA, the US subsidiary of one of the largest banks in Canada. Mr. Barton is a graduate of the University of North Georgia, and is a member of the Urban Land Institute

(ULI), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the Real Estate Investment Advisory

Council (REIAC).

Alex Cathcart leads FCP’s Raleigh, NC office and specializes in the firm’s multifamily investments throughout the Southeast Region, including core, core-plus, and value-add acquisitions and dispositions, ground-up development and structured finance. Prior to joining FCP in 2012, Alex worked in the Real Estate Group of Wells Fargo Bank. Alex is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and holds a BSBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

James Kelly is a Director with Hunt Real Estate Capital. Mr. Kelly is based in the Atlanta

office and is responsible for structuring and financing multifamily and commercial real

estate through Hunt’s mortgage banking platform. Hunt offers Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,

and FHA executions as well as its proprietary products, which include fixed rate, bridge,

and equity.

Mr. Kelly has 21 years of commercial real estate experience in mortgage banking,

securitization, underwriting, and asset management. Before joining Hunt in 2010, Mr.

Kelly valued loan portfolios, failed bank assets, and distressed banks on behalf of private

institutional investors seeking acquisitions. Prior to this role, Mr. Kelly was a Senior

Production Associate at CWCapital where he focused on the origination of CMBS,

Mezzanine, and Bridge loans.

Mr. Kelly earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Virginia Tech. Mr. Kelly

is an active member of the Real Estate Group of Atlanta (REGA) and the Real Estate

Investment Advisory Council (REIAC).

David Harrington brings more than 17 years’ experience in finance and brokerage to his role as Executive Vice President and National Director for Matthews Multifamily Advisors™ division. He achieves success for his clients by leveraging the firm’s unique marketing platform and applying his unrivaled knowledge of the national multifamily market. This combination creates an ability to “make a market” for multifamily assets using aggressive underwriting and pricing strategies that ultimately connects buyers with sellers. During his career, he has executed over 500 transactions amounting to nearly $2 billion in sales. Recently, David has been a featured moderator and panelist at multifamily conferences across the country hosted by RealShare, Connect Media, Bisnow and Interface. PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS § National Sales Achievement Awards, Berkadia § National Sales Achievement Award, Marcus & Millichap § Rookie of the Year Award, Marcus & Millichap § Highest Cost per Square Foot Ever Recorded – Pasadena, CA (91103) § Highest Cost per Square Foot Ever Recorded – Los Angeles, CA (90066/Mar Vista) § Highest Cost per Unit & per Square Foot – Lawndale, CA § Highest Gross Rent Multiplier Ever Recorded – San Pedro, CA § Highest Cost Per Unit Ever Recorded – Ennis, TX BUSINESS BACKGROUND § Beginning his career at Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation in 1999, he made his foray into the business underwriting and processing debt for multifamily assets. After a short time in finance, he moved into brokerage at Marcus & Millichap’s Encino office specializing in multifamily investments sales. In 2010, David was recruited by and joined Hendricks & Partners, a national multifamily investment sales firm that later merged with Berkadia. In his career, David has earned multiple National Sales Achievement Awards as well as Rookie of the Year while at Marcus & Millichap. AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS § Member, National Multifamily Housing Council § California Bureau of Real Estate § License No. 01320460 EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS § B.S., Real Estate B.S., Marketing Florida State University

There’s so much to say about Morris Kaplan. He’s definitely a man of high energy. Also one of engineering knowhow, family closeness, spiritual conviction, keen insights, operational acumen, land discoveries, constant integrity, vanguard achievements, widespread generosity, worldly travel, New Jersey roots and a Florida address.

That’s the CliffsNotes bio. Here’s the longer one.

It all started in 1976 when Morris graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in civil engineering. Educated, eager and motivated, he applied his energies to gaining hands-on experience.

Morris’ roots began by learning construction from the ground up during 25 years in the field. Over the next two decades, his development expertise blossomed into all the various disciplines of real estate – closely following the career path of his revered father.

It’s not surprising. Family is and always has been universally central to Morris. A dad of three and grandfather as well, he’s married to the wise and lovely Sandra Lisman Kaplan, who puts it this way:

“My biggest and most important titles are Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, and Friend. For me, my family is what always comes first.”

Besides being occupied with the responsibilities listed above, Sandra makes it her business to support Morris and provide exceptional insight on issues that sometimes frustrate him. She has been a great sounding board for the whole Kaplan team. Her passion to see the firm’s projects succeed is evidenced by her participation in various aspects of communities that have been developed and ones currently on the drawing board. Behind every successful man is a great woman . . . that is Sandra. Morris is wholeheartedly thankful to have a great partner like her.

Ranking second in devotion is the couple’s love of community. Giving back is instinctive, their service to Jewish organizations undeniable. He’s a past president of Young Israel of Bal Harbour, KSpace, Bris Avrohom and Monmouth Torah Links and is active in these and many more. On top of that, he’s built four synagogues, two in Florida and two in New Jersey. Sandra has also been actively involved for 35 years in Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO).

With religion such a huge part of his life, integrity is a credo without boundaries for Morris. He’s resolute about doing the right thing. All the time. Regardless. In and outside of work.

His track record is an eye-opener. Kaplan has developed 30,000 homes and 3 million square feet of non-residential projects over the last 46 years as a family company. Very focused on big dreams, Kaplan has a long-term goal of developing a billion dollars of real estate on a bi-annual basis. On the way to that target, he’s accomplishing some very daunting feats.

From developing master-planned communities, working through environmentally challenging sites to build apartments, implementing new technologies like lightweight steel framing and modular constructions, building in urban or suburban markets, Morris has overseen projects that would have stymied most large and national developers.

Operating ahead of the curve, Morris has instituted a slogan – The Impossible is Possible.

Following his 1986 move to open up new markets in the Southeast, his 450 Piedmont development made headlines as the first private development in downtown Atlanta. Soon more and more Kaplan Residential developments were rising up in cities throughout Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas . . . and the groundbreaking announcements just keep on coming. All of this has come full circle in that Kaplan Residential recently broke ground in downtown Atlanta on a 17-story high-rise utilizing a lightweight steel framing technology, the first installation of its kind in the U.S.

Like we said, Morris Kaplan is definitely a high-energy guy.

Steve Gorning is Vice President of Development at Lennar Multifamily Communities (LMC).

Based in the company’s Atlanta office, he is responsible for the acquisition, permitting,

design and execution of ground-up Class A multi-family development throughout the

southeast United States.

An accomplished real estate development professional, Gorning has more than 15 years of

experience in accounting, finance, project management and development. Prior to joining

LMC, he served as Vice President of Development at Novare Group, also in Atlanta, where

he was responsible for multifamily high-rise developments in Atlanta and Dallas. Gorning

was previously a Development Manager with AvalonBay Communities based in the

company’s northeast region office. Over the course his real estate career, he has been

directly responsible for the development of over 3,500 apartment homes, with a total

capitalization of over $850 million. His projects and experience has included the

development of mixed-use high-rise, mid-rise and garden multifamily communities in greater

Boston, Atlanta, Nashville and Dallas.

Gorning received his Master of Business Administration from The George Washington

University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Michigan State University.

Brian Oates is Managing Director of Development at Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, and leads all of the firm’s new development projects. His duties include managing the division’s construction and development teams from the pre-construction phase through lease-up of completed projects. Previously, Brian was a Project Developer at Pollack Shores, where he completed over 2,000 units at a cost of more than $400 million. Today, as the development team’s leader, Brian now manages active projects of more than 3,500 units that total more than $1.5 billion in value.

Before joining Pollack Shores, Brian led project teams at a gas and oil company in the acquisition, entitlement and development of new convenience and gas locations in Georgia and Florida. He also has over eight years of experience underwriting and developing residential communities across the Southeast with other development firms.

Brian earned a bachelor’s of science in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a concentration in finance and land development. An active member of ULI Atlanta, Brian graduated from its Center for Leadership program in 2018. Brian enjoys following local Atlanta sports teams, playing and coaching soccer and spending time with his son, Samuel.

Eric Hade is the Chief Development Officer of Waypoint Residential and responsible for monitoring the firm’s real estate portfolio, developing investment strategies for future growth and overseeing the company’s development activities. Mr. Hade has more than 18 years of real estate experience. Prior to joining Waypoint, Mr. Hade was the Chief Investment Officer, EVP of Operations and General Counsel of Lane Company. While at Lane, Mr. Hade oversaw all aspects of the company’s investment activities relating to more than $1 billion of transactions. Prior to Lane, Mr. Hade was an attorney focused on real estate and capital markets at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP. He holds a B.A. with honors from Colgate University and an M.B.A. and a J.D. from Emory University where he was an editor of the Emory Law Journal.

Founded by Jennifer Crosby in 2000, Crosby Design Group has been a trusted name in the multifamily community for over 23 years. Her love of taking on new challenges and passion for every part of design has cemented her place in the market as a go-to partner for developers looking to increase value and set themselves apart as creative leaders in the industry.

CDG commercial studio emphasis on multifamily, Jennifer's team has completed hundreds of projects throughout the country. With the best of the best design talents on board, our culture of collaborative approach ensures every square inch of your space functions beautifully for your target demographic.

As a relationship driven leader with a work hard, play hard mentality, Jennifer enjoys creating opportunities for fun and connection among her curated design team. When she is not working, you can find her sipping on Tito's with ginger beer and lime on a date night with her husband or enjoying lake life with her family and fur babies.

Richard Aaronson is CEO and Founder of Atlantic Realty Partners. He is responsible for all of the firm’s

operations throughout its two operating regions -- the Southeast based in Atlanta and the Midwest based

in Chicago -- including development, construction, leasing, and property management. ARP is a private

real estate development and management company headquartered in Atlanta. Through affiliated entities,

it currently owns and manages over 3,000 apartments. It has developed mixed-use and residential

projects with over 6,000 apartments and condos and an aggregate value of over $1.5 Billion since its

inception. It is currently developing eight new multifamily communities in Atlanta (3), Chicago (1),

Milwaukee (1), and South Florida (3) containing over 2500 apartments. Richard received his BS in

Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from Emory University. He is a past-president

of both the Atlanta Apartment Association and the Georgia Apartment Association.

John A. Topping, Jr. is an associate in the Atlanta office of Newmark Knight Frank where he is responsible for multifamily brokerage and advisory services, with a focus on institutional assets and core clients.

Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank, Mr. Topping co-led the Atlanta office of SRS NNLG Investment Sales Team, playing an integral role growing the team and launching the platform nationwide. He has commercial experience with transactions spanning over 44 states and sales transaction volume in excess of $1.5 billion. Prior to his tenure with SRS, Mr. Topping worked at Marcus and Millichap in Atlanta.

A native of Atlanta, Mr. Topping attended the University of South Carolina where he received his undergraduate degree in finance and real estate with a concentration in investments. Mr. Topping is a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.

Derrick Barker is Principal and founder of Domos Co-Living the leading Co-Living developer in the southeast with a focus on building new construction and adaptive re-use co-living communities across the Southeast and California.

Prior to founding Domos, Derrick founded and managed Civitas Communities, an Atlanta-based real estate firm, with his Harvard University classmates in 2010. Derrick built Civitas into a diversified real estate investment company focused on multifamily redevelopment, scattered site co-living redevelopment and short term rentals. To date, Civitas has developed or managed real estate assets valued at over $300m.

Derrick, a Southwest Atlanta native, began his career at Goldman Sachs as a fixed income trader. He attended Harvard University where he was an All-American football player, Ivy League Champion and co-founded the largest pre-professional student organization on campus, Veritas Financial Group.

Brad Hargreaves is the founder and CEO of Common. Before founding Common in early 2015, Brad was the co-founder of General Assembly, a global education institution with campuses in more than 15 cities worldwide. As part of the General Assembly founding team, Brad led the growth of the company's education business from its launch in 2011 into a global institution with over a dozen campuses. Most recently, he was a Venture Partner at Maveron, General Assembly's lead investor. Brad has been named to Vanity Fair’s “The Next Establishment”; Inc Magazine’s “30 Under 30”; Business Insider’s “Silicon Alley 100”; and Crain’s 2017 “40 Under Forty.”

Alan Ferguson currently serves as Invest Atlanta’s Senior Vice President of Community Development and is responsible for leading the team dedicated to “building vibrant communities and increasing economic prosperity for all Atlantans.” This includes bringing together policy, strategy, and innovative tools to create and deliver diverse housing, development, and revitalization opportunities in the City of Atlanta. Prior to Invest Atlanta, Alan served as Senior Business Manager for Fannie Mae’s Lender Channel, responsible for customer relationships with lenders headquartered in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. Alan’s real estate career spans nearly 25 years and Alan has completed transactions valued at over $4.5 billion. Alan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Banking & Finance from Morehouse College, an MBA from The Goizueta Business School at Emory University, and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the J. Mack Robinson School of Business at Georgia State University. Alan Ferguson has also completed doctoral studies in Real Estate Finance at Georgia State University.

Bao Vuong is the President and Co-Founder of WhyHotel. Prior to WhyHotel, Bao was the VP of Development at PN Hoffman where he led acquisitions and developments of over 1 million square feet of mixed use projects. Prior to PN Hoffman, Bao was a Managing Consultant in IBM’s Global Business Services division and was responsible for managing and implementing finance solutions for Fortune 500 companies across the U.S. He has his B.S. from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and his M.B.A. with honors from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Bruce leads a variety of growth initiatives for Cortland, from capital under management to both geographic and product expansion. He brings 30 years of experience in real estate investment to Cortland, with a proven expertise in how real estate operating companies differentiate themselves and create value.

Mr. Fineman has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate

business. At ACORE, Mr. Fineman is responsible for originating, underwriting,

structuring and closing commercial real estate financing opportunities, and for managing

originations for the Eastern Region.

Prior to joining ACORE, Mr. Fineman was an Executive Vice President with Brickman

and a principal at Hillcrest Finance, where he was responsible for originating,

underwriting, structuring and closing equity and debt investment opportunities, and

financing new and existing equity investments. Prior to Brickman, Mr. Fineman held

various positions in commercial real estate finance including a senior role with

Wachovia Bank, where he managed, structured and closed more than $25 billion of

complex commercial real estate finance transactions often involving multiple lenders

and tranches of debt, and a role as a banker with Nomura Securities in the mid to late

1990s. In addition to his finance experience, Mr. Fineman has also spent a significant

amount of time on the equity side of the commercial real estate business where he was

involved in the development, ownership, management and operation of commercial real

estate, including in senior roles with Centres Inc. and Terranova Corporation, and in his

time with Brickman. Mr. Fineman began his career in commercial real estate as an

attorney representing institutional and private clients in a wide range of commercial real

estate transactions, including finance, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development

and land use. After college and prior to law school, Mr. Fineman spent several years at

IBM Corporation as a marketing representative.

Mr. Fineman received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a J.D.

from the University of Florida. Mr. Fineman serves on the board of enCourage Kids

Foundation. Mr. Fineman is married to Lori and they have two children, Mia and Rocky.

Chad DuBeau is the Senior Managing Director of Mill Creek's development efforts in the North Florida

and Atlanta, where he is responsible for pursuing new development opportunities, product design, and

the pursuit of entitlements to meet all local jurisdictional requirements. Prior to this position, Chad served

as Managing Director in Mill Creek's Mid-Atlantic region where he notably had oversight of the 703-unit

apartment community, Avenir Place, at the Dunn Loring Metro Station in Merrifield, Virginia.

Prior to joining Mill Creek, Chad was a Managing Director with Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) and was

with the company from 2004 through 2010. Prior to joining TCR, Mr. DuBeau was a Regional Operations

Manager/Team Leader with the Bozzuto Group, a role in which he was active throughout the Mid-Atlantic

region with a concentration on the Washington, DC and Baltimore markets.  At Bozzuto, he was

responsible for all phases of development for multiple product categories, including multifamily homes,

town homes and single-family homes, and land development projects.  Prior to Bozzuto, he worked as a

Project Manager for Milestone Communities and as Project Engineer for VIKA, Inc.

Chad obtained a BS from University of Delaware in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an MBA

from the George Washington University.

Lisa Taylor is senior managing director for client services, with responsibility for the company’s North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee portfolios consisting of 59,000 units totally 11.44B real estate. Lisa has extensive experience in property management, business development, portfolio management, property operations, and strategic positioning of conventional assets. Her expertise includes new construction, lease ups, acquisitions, renovations, repositions, and financially and physically stressed assets. Prior to joining Greystar in 2005, she held regional positions at Summit Properties and Trammell Crow Residential Services. Lisa is highly engaged in multifamily industry organizations. She has served on the Greater Charlotte Apartment Association board of directors in many roles, including president. She currently serves on the executive board of directors of the Apartment Association of North Carolina as Treasurer, serves on several committees at the National Apartment Association. Lisa is a Lex Marsh Award (Lifetime Achievement) recipient. She graduated from the American Business & Fashion Institute (now known as The Art Institute of Charlotte) in North Carolina. Lisa holds CPM®, CAM, and CAPS designations, as well as a North Carolina real estate broker’s license.

Mr. Robinson is a corporate and commercial real estate attorney whose practice includes representing lenders, real estate investors and middle-market companies in a variety of corporate and commercial real estate matters including the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, mixed-use developments, acquisition, construction and mezzanine financing projects, commercial leasing, and real estate-related loan sales and purchases. Mr. Robinson's clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and include private equity real estate funds, family offices national REITs, construction companies, national real estate and asset management companies, community banks, hedge funds, and medical practices.

Robinson Franzman LLP is based in Atlanta, Georgia and serves clients across the United States in the multifamily acquisitions and development, commercial real estate finance, private equity, financial services, commercial real estate development and investment. Robinson Franzman is committed to providing the highest quality work product in the industry and immediate responsiveness to its clients’ needs.

With a focus on practice areas such as multifamily finance transactions and syndications, commercial real estate development, commercial lending, and general corporate and business law, Robinson Franzman is able to provide a full suite of legal services to clients from all sides of the deal – whether buying, selling, or financing. Robinson Franzman also specializes in structuring and negotiating private equity real estate investment deals on behalf of multifamily sponsors and investors, which includes negotiating waterfalls, preferred returns, and handling securities filings on behalf of its clients.

Robinson Franzman’s clients include multifamily investment firms, family offices, commercial real estate developers, community and regional banks, institutional non-bank lenders, investment and asset managers, national REITs, commercial real estate investors, and small business owners. It is Robinson Franzman’s commitment to client services and success that has enabled the firm to develop long-standing professional relationships with each client. Robinson Franzman strives to become an integral strategic partner with all of its clients and to add value through high quality and efficient legal services.