As Chief Development Officer for Selig Development Company, Baile oversees Selig’s commercial, residential, and mixed-use development platform. Co-founding Selig Development alongside Scott Selig in 2014, Baile is recognized as one of Atlanta’s leading developers whose dossier accounts for over 5,500,000 square feet of commercial, hospitality, residential and mixed-use developments and acquisitions.

Current projects include three new towers started in 2018, The Epicurean Atlanta Hotel, 40 West 12th Street (Condominiums) and 1105 West Peachtree (Office) plus street-level retail. The Works, a mixed-use 80+/- acre development on Atlanta's Upper Westside represent 1.5 million square feet of office, residential, retail and entertainment, 550 North Highland (residential) and two additional towers in Midtown round out Selig Development's current initiatives. Baile's ventures represent in excess of $2.5 Billion in the Atlanta Region since 2004.

A graduate of Auburn University, professional and civic associations include: National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Atlanta Apartment Association and Board of Directors for the Midtown Alliance.

H. Jerome Russell, Jr. is president of Russell New Urban Development, the entity that leads the family’s real estate strategic direction and new business development focus. He oversees the company’s real estate portfolio and chairs the Herman J. Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE). In addition to real estate development, Jerome has experience in property management, beverage distribution, logistics and banking. Jerome serves on the boards of H. J. Russell & Company, Concessions International, LLC, RICE, the Georgia Historical Society, Central Atlanta Progress, the Urban Land Institute, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Tiger 21, and The Carter Center, among others.

Mr. Fransen serves as Coro’s President. In this capacity, he is responsible for Coro's acquisitions, dispositions and financing activities, as well as overseeing its strategy and investment management. From 2010 to 2017, Mr. Fransen served as Coro’s Chief Investment Officer.

Prior to joining Coro in 2010, Mr. Fransen was President, North American Operations of the Slokker Group, headquartered in Washington, DC. There he oversaw commercial, residential and specialty properties in 13 U.S states and Canadian provinces.

Mr. Fransen previously served as legal counsel at Baker Botts LLP and Battle Fowler LLP. Mr. Fransen received a B.A. from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Fransen is a member of International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute and Midtown Alliance, a director of the Buckhead Coalition, and board member of Central Atlanta Progress.

Katherine has over 25 years of experience in the design and construction fields. She incorporated

Yellow Bird Project Management in April of 2017 as a boutique brand representing developers

and owners. Her expertise includes capital improvement work, building re-envisioning, corporate

workplace strategy, and base building development. Her projects span office, retail, medical and

civic sectors. Katherine takes great pride in balancing aesthetics with schedule and budget

management.

Katherine was recognized as a ULI Atlanta ChangeMaker in 2025. ULI notes "these bold, visionary

women are shaping the future of the Atlanta region — leading in real estate and land use,

mentoring the next generation, and making powerful impacts in their communities."

Current clients include the Woodruff Arts Center, Cousins Properties, Daniel

Corporation/Metlife, The Cathedral of St. Philip, Woodruff Foundation, Busy Bee Cafe and Drew

Eckl Farnham. Katherine currently serves on the Cliff Valley School Board of Trustees and the

Dad’s Garage Advisory Board, and provides pro-bono consulting services to several Atlanta

non-profits.

Candace is a Director in the interiors studio at Fogarty Finger and the head of the firm’s Atlanta office. She has over 15 years of experience and a passion for interior design that spans both commercial and residential interiors. Candace brings a wealth of furniture, finish, and art knowledge to the design process, where she enjoys seeing a client’s vision materialize in direct collaboration.

Candace’s clients include New City Properties, Portman Residential, Haslam Sports Group, BXP, and Rockefeller Group. Her recently completed projects include a commercial repositioning project at 1100 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, as well as multifamily interiors at Sora at Spring Quarter, a mixed-use project located at 1020 Spring Street in Atlanta. In addition, her project roster includes award-winning commercial amenity spaces in New York at 1700 Broadway Club, 141 Willoughby, and Oasis at 437 Madison. Currently Candace is working on the design of premium suites and clubs for a new stadium.

She received her Bachelor of Architecture and Interior Architecture at Auburn University, where she completed a design-build thesis at the prestigious Rural Studio in Western Alabama.

Brian McGowan is the President of Centennial Yards Company building the most exciting sports, entertainment and business district in the UNIVERSE - in the coolest city in the United States.

McGowan has over 20 years of economic development experience working at all levels of government. He was appointed to senior economic positions in both the Schwarzenegger and Obama Administrations and was the CEO of Atlanta’s economic development agencies where he served under two Mayors. He was also the Executive Vice President/COO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber and Principal with the global law firm Dentons. He was also the founding CEO of Greater Seattle Partners which promoted and grew one of the most economically influential regions in the world.

McGowan is currently a Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institute.

Kristi Brigman is the Chief Economic Development Officer at the Metro Atlanta Chamber

(MAC). She leads the Chamber’s economic development strategy, ecosystem development,

global commerce, and business recruitment.

Before joining MAC in 2024, Kristi served as Deputy Commissioner for Global Commerce at

the Georgia Department of Economic Development. In this role, she oversaw the state’s

business recruitment and retention efforts. She successfully recruited many new

businesses to locations across the state, in both office and industrial markets, and worked

alongside existing Georgia companies expanding their facilities.

Prior to her role at the state, she spent five years working in the State and Local Tax practice

of KPMG LLP in Atlanta. As part of the Income & Franchise tax group there, she provided

advising, planning, controversy, and technical research services to her multi-state clients,

focusing on economic development and tax incentives work.

Kristi is a four-time University of Georgia graduate with a juris doctor, a master’s in

accounting, and a bachelor’s in accounting and art history. A Rome, Georgia native, she now

lives in Atlanta with her husband, three children, and dog.

In 1970, following his college graduation, David began his real estate career as a Land Specialist in the Land Department of the Georgia Power Company, selling, leasing and analyzing the Company’s land holdings. Thus began a 50+ year career, which has focused primarily on land marketing, investment & development.

David has successfully negotiated a number of Atlanta’s most significant land and investment properties transactions, including the ground lease for IBM’s 50-story office tower in Midtown Atlanta; the acquisition of Alltel’s 68 acre regional headquarters campus in Alpharetta; the land assemblage of the 25-acre Securities Centre office park in Buckhead (now Ameris Bank Center); and the sale of the three city block Peachtree Portal Property in Downtown Atlanta, which was recognized as the Atlanta Business Chronicle 2003 Land Deal of the Year.

In 2011, David successfully completed the assemblage of the ~1300-acre LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center mixed-use development, located just north of Atlanta. The LakePoint Project (featuring one of America’s largest amateur & youth sports complexes, with indoor & outdoor sports venues valued at over $100 million) now attracts over three million visitors annually and has been the recipient of numerous industry awards, including Bartow County’s Economic Development Deal of the Century and the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Best of Atlanta Real Estate Award (Best Special Use/Mixed Use Development). David also received the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors’ Alvin B. Cates Award, recognizing the LakePoint land assemblage as Atlanta’s Most Outstanding Real Estate Transaction in 2011.

As a corporate real estate advisor, David has represented clients on numerous national and regional headquarters relocations and build-to-suit requirements throughout the United States, which collectively total well in excess of one million square feet of space.

A frequent speaker and seminar panelist on land marketing and land investment services, David has also represented numerous banking, office, hotel, retail, residential and industrial/logistics users and developers in site acquisition, disposition and land assemblage assignments.

David is married to Ginny Branch, and their family includes three daughters and two granddaughters.

He is a graduate of Davidson College with a BA in English/Creative Writing, where he played both football and rugby.

Albert Butler is a CPA, MBA, strategic advisor, and resident partner of a national accounting firm. He works with business owners, family enterprises, and leadership teams on financial clarity, governance, enterprise structure, and long-term value creation. His work sits at the intersection of accounting, strategy, risk, and legacy, helping owners make better decisions before growth, transition, or complexity exposes gaps in the business.

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.

Lance Patterson is the CEO of Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, LLC, which he founded in January 2010. Patterson is a capital placement and real estate finance advisory firm based in Atlanta, with additional office locations in Charlotte, Charleston, Dallas, Nashville and Tampa. Under Lance’s leadership, the firm now employs 25 full-time professionals and has closed more than 450 transactions representing approximately $11 billion in capital placement. Patterson is active in all asset classes and capital platforms, primarily throughout the southern United States with growing activities in the Mid- and Mountain West.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Immediately prior to forming Patterson, Lance served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Barry Real Estate Companies where he oversaw the company’s capital market activities and general administration. While at Barry, he was responsible for the financing, acquisition, and development of more than $1.5 billion of transactions.

Lance’s career spans nearly 40 years in commercial real estate finance and includes experience as a banker, capital advisor, developer, loan guarantor and investor – all built on a foundation of deeply analytical capital skills. Over his career, Lance forged relationships across the capital markets and enjoys working closely with clients to help leverage great products through appropriate capitalization.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Finance and Bachelor of German – University of Missouri

Master of Business Administration – Washington University in St. Louis

Robert Bosch Stiftung – Fellow in Bonn and Stuttgart, Germany

INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT

Lance is past Chair of the Urban Land Institute (“ULI”) Atlanta District Council, ULI Atlanta Governance Committee and ULI Urban Development-Mixed Use Commercial Silver Council. He is currently a member of the ULI Atlanta Executive Committee.

He has been on the boards of New Horizons for Children and Central Atlanta Progress, and is currently on the boards of TVS Design and The Atlantic Companies. He was also on the steering committee for the Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing.

In addition to his Series 63 and Series 79 licenses, Lance holds broker licenses in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

LIFESTYLE

Lance is originally from Columbia, Missouri where he still has strong family ties. He resides with his wife in Atlanta, and together they enjoy an active love of travel. Lance has three grown sons with whom he spends as much time as possible, and has a growing number of grandchildren, soon to be four. He speaks fluent German and is a member of The Cathedral of St. Philip Episcopal Church.

Jay Patel is a principal with JMS Family Office and directs all investment activities of the fund. Mr. Patel is responsible for origination, underwriting, financing, execution and disposition of all investments, including litigation against borrowers. Since founding JMS, Mr. Patel has acquired in excess of $250MM of distressed commercial real estate debt and owns or has developed a number of hotel properties. Mr. Patel serves on the board of Budgetel Franchise System, which he and several investors purchased from the Blackstone Group in 2007. Mr. Patel also serves on the board of Inn Distributors, which is a Platinum LEED hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment manufacturer affiliate of the iEVO Group in Udaipur, India.

Mr. Patel was formerly an investment banker in the Principal Finance Group and the Structured Finance Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York, NY. His responsibilities included advising financial sponsors on LBO and M&A transactions, executing private equity investments, and securitization on transactions totaling $60+ billion.

While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Patel advised Ford Motor Company on the sale of Triad Financial, a subprime auto finance company, for $2.1 billion and invested $100 million equity with the buyer consortium. Mr. Patel advised on both the sale and LBO financing of Hertz to a private equity consortium for $17.1 billion, in addition to structuring and the executing a $4.2 billion rental car securitization. Additionally, Mr. Patel worked on Aramark’s sale to GS Capital Partners and a private equity consortium for $8.3 billion and Lord & Taylor’s sale to Federated Department Stores for $1.2 billion. Mr. Patel formed a JV with Huntington National Bank to purchase $100MM of auto loan originations per month, warehouse and securitize the assets in GSALT. Generally, Mr. Patel was involved in the financial engineering, trading and arbitrage of loan pools through securitization and credit default swap derivatives. Other notable clients Mr. Patel advised were General Electric, Capital One, Citibank, MBNA, Providian and GMAC.

Prior to working at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Patel served as a capital markets analyst for GE Capital in Connecticut where he executed credit card, aircraft, equipment, real estate and healthcare securitizations and assisted in managing a $40 billion investment portfolio.

Mr. Patel earned a B.A. in Economics at New York University in 2003 and attended the London School of Economics. He is licensed by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) for Series 7 and 63 and conversational in French, Spanish and Gujarati.

Chris is the managing partner at KJA Architecture, and brings over 30 years of experience in a wide variety of project types. His work spans land planning, community design, housing, hospitality, retail, mixed use, and educational projects. Chris is the creative force and design director at KJA, guiding the team though the planning and design phases of a development, and stays involved to construction completion to ensure the integrity of the design.

He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994, and has several professional affiliations. Chris also has a passion for travel and sports, building things, a love of the arts, and getting his hands dirty.

McRae Thompson has more than 20 years of real estate and tax consulting experience, including a vast background in transaction advisory and management consulting. Mr. Thompson is a trusted advisor who is recognized as one of the industry’s leading transaction tax experts. He has a long history of developing deep relationships with client executives, enabling him to help clients identify opportunities to add value and guide them through all business cycles.

Mr. Thompson has advised some of the largest asset managers, private equity funds, public and private real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), pension funds, insurance companies and other global investors in structuring billions of dollars of real estate transactions. These have included asset, portfolio and business acquisitions, dispositions and restructurings.

In addition, Mr. Thompson provides tax planning guidance across a wide variety of complex areas, including fund structuring, unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”), Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (“FIRPTA”), cross-border structuring and real estate transfer pricing. He also advises his clients on M&A, debt restructuring, due diligence, REIT qualifications and conversions, partnership tax and general tax consulting. He has worked across numerous sectors converging with real estate, including hospitality and entertainment, transportation and logistics, digital infrastructure, energy and financial services.

Mr. Thompson brings deep experience in building, developing and motivating successful teams of professionals, including executives and highly diverse groups of individuals. He provides practical, timely and creative advice, always looking for ways to develop solutions tailored to each unique situation.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Thompson was a partner and the U.S. Central Real Estate Tax Market Segment Leader at Ernst & Young. Preceding this role, he held positions at Alvarez & Marsal and Deloitte.

Kwanza Hall currently serves as Chairman of Develop Fulton, the Development Authority of Fulton County. In this role, Kwanza helps shape the organization's strategic direction, championing policies that drive investment, job creation, and inclusive economic development across Fulton County. Under his leadership, Develop Fulton has amplified its focus on catalytic growth sectors such as clean technology, logistics, advanced manufacturing, biomedical innovation, and fintech.

Originally appointed to the board in 2023 and elected chairman in 2024, Kwanza brings over 30 years of experience in public service, business development, and civic engagement. In 2020, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th District, completing the late Congressman John Lewis's term. He also served on the Atlanta School Board and spent 15 years as an elected member of the Atlanta City Council. Beyond his public service, Kwanza leads a government affairs and consulting firm that connects the public and private sectors to advance community-focused economic strategies and innovation.

A native of Atlanta, Kwanza graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is widely recognized for his commitment to equity, smart growth, and long-term community transformation.

Matt Bronfman is a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of Jamestown. Mr.

Bronfman joined the company in 1998 as General Counsel and in 2002 was

named Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. He became CEO in 2012,

and is responsible for managing Jamestown’s global operations and overseeing

corporate strategy and execution. Under Matt’s leadership, Jamestown has

grown its portfolio of assets in the U.S. and expanded into Latin America and

Europe.

Mr. Bronfman has more than 25 years of experience in real estate and has led the acquisition,

redevelopment and oversight for over $20 billion in projects, including Chelsea Market in New York City,

Ponce City Market in Atlanta, Industry City in Brooklyn, the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, and

Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.

Prior to joining Jamestown, Mr. Bronfman practiced law at Holland & Knight. He currently serves on the

boards for the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Jewish Federations of North

America, and is Board Chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. Mr. Bronfman also serves as

President of the board of Directors for the Jamestown Charitable Foundation, which supports nonprofits

to help make cities more enjoyable places to live and work. He has been recognized as a leader in the

industry and is a recipient of the Real Estate Roundtable President’s Circle Award; New York Observer’s

100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate in 2013 and 2014; Commercial Observer’s Top 100

Most Powerful People in Commercial Real Estate from 2015 to 2020; Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Most

Admired CEO in 2017; 2019’s 100 Most Influential Georgians by Georgia Trend; and Atlanta Magazine’s

Top 500 Most Powerful Leaders of 2019.

Mr. Bronfman graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Tufts University in Boston and

attended law school at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, graduating magna cum laude.

John J. Wiles is the Managing Partner of Wiles & Wiles, LLP. With more than 40 years of experience, Mr. Wiles has built a distinguished practice representing commercial landlords, shopping center owners, developers, and property management companies throughout the Southeast and beyond. He provides practical, business-oriented counsel that enables clients to protect their investments, minimize disruptions, and resolve lease disputes efficiently. His clients range from local property owners to regional and national commercial real estate firms.

A recognized leader in the industry, Mr. Wiles has been selected to Super Lawyers (2021–2026) and holds the AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has dedicated significant time to public service, serving in the Georgia House of Representatives (1995–2003) and the Georgia Senate (2005–2011), where he rose to Majority Whip and Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, shaping key business legislation. He is actively involved with the ICSC, most recently serving in leadership roles as a member of the Legal Advisory Council and previously as the Southeast Regional P3 Chair.

He regularly lectures on landlord-tenant law for the Law Conference, and oversees the Wiles & Wiles, LLP Real Estate School, providing continuing education for industry professionals.

Mr. Wiles earned his Bachelor of Arts from George Washington University and his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, where he served as a Staff Member of the Stetson Law Review.