David oversees and leads all of LV Collective’s endeavors. He possesses a unique ability to create and inspire forward-thinking design and innovation, incorporating a keen understanding of complex capital structures combined with a knowledge of how to practically execute a timely and cost-effective construction project and bring the concept into existence. His leadership and direction of the company, paired with a heart for the success of everyone involved, has curated a unique environment in which team members thrive and enjoy collaboration while deftly producing cutting-edge projects with unmatched market appeal.

David founded LV Collective in 2012 with the vision and passion to help shape the future of Austin’s real estate landscape. Since its inception, the company has acquired, developed and managed student housing, multi-family, creative office, residential, retail, restaurant, mixed-use and office assets valued in excess of $1.4 billion. LV Collective primarily employs value-add and opportunistic strategies to generate above-average, risk-adjusted returns for its investors. The company’s expertise spans ground-up development, adaptive reuse, value-add acquisitions and strategic re-positioning projects. LV’s structure as a privately held company allows for flexibility to underwrite and execute deals of all asset types, sizes and structures in order to secure the best opportunities in the market.

David is very involved in several neighborhood groups such as University Area Partners and The Central Austin Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee, as well as local and national organizations such as The Real Council of Austin, ULI, and NMHC. David graduated with distinction from the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he received his B.S. in Construction Engineering. David is married to his wife, Lauren, and they reside in Central Austin with their two children.

Ryan Lang, vice chairman and head of Newmark Knight Frank’s Student Housing division, spearheads best-in-class investment sales, capital markets and advisory services on behalf of the firm’s clients. He has represented many of the largest global institutional, public and private real estate companies and has completed approximately $10 billion in real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank, Ryan was vice president with CBRE’s National Student Housing Group, where he helped lead their team to number one market share position in the country. Before that, Ryan worked as director of multifamily investments for New Orleans-based Stirling Properties, where he specialized in the sale of conventional and student housing assets. While there, he was recognized as the top investment sales broker at Stirling Properties for both 2011 and 2012. Ryan began his real estate career in New York City at Marcus & Millichap, where he gained experience in seller representation, acquisitions and investment underwriting. During his first year there, his investment team was recognized as the number one top-earning team in the office. He was also awarded the Pace Setter award for 2008.

Ryan was named to the NKF Chairman’s Circle in recognition of being one of the top producing brokers in the entire company and he regularly speaks at acclaimed student housing events throughout North America and Europe. Ryan has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and on National Public Radio for his expertise and leadership within the sector. Ryan serves on the board of directors of the National Brain Tumor Society, the largest non-profit brain cancer organization in the world.

Professional Achievements

NKF Chairman’s Circle, 2017-Present

Top Five Producer, Newmark Knight Frank

Top Producer, Stirling Properties, 2011-2012

Connect Media Top Broker Award, 2019

Co-Star Power Broker Award

Pace Setter Award, Marcus & Millichap, 2008

Based in Lafayette with offices in New Orleans and Austin, TX, Roger has over 25 years of experience in the acquisition, development and management of multi-family and student-housing properties throughout the U.S. He spent his early career acquiring multi-family and student competitive assets in from Baton Rouge to Lake Charles, LA along the I-10 corridor. This built up into an approximate 2,000 unit portfolio that was sold in 2000. Roger subsequently went to work for student-housing firms JPI, American Campus Communities, and CLV. During his tenure has acquired, developed and disposed of approximately $750 million in conventional and student housing real estate. These transactions have involved multiple financing structures including tax-exempt bonds and conventional debt financing. Since starting Texla, he has acquired approximately $275 million in student housing assets for JV partners Harrison Street and Crow Holdings. Roger holds a B.B.A. from Louisiana State University.

Joe is a managing director of asset management at Principal Real Estate Investors, the dedicated real estate group of Principal Global Investors. He is responsible for real estate development and the performance of the firm’s existing real estate equity portfolio in the Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas markets. Joe joined the firm in 1995. He has been responsible for 7.3 million SF of real estate development costing $2.1 billion. Joe received an MBA in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in finance/real estate from the University of Northern Iowa.

As Chief Investment Officer for NB Private Capital, Paul Perkins has over 26 years experience in the commercial real estate industry. He has a broad knowledge of property and note acquisitions, property dispositions and financing, as well as real estate investment brokerage and the acquisition of real estate operating companies. Perkins has worked in the private as well as the public sector of real investments and recently served as CIO for several local Southern California investment companies before joining NBPC. He received his undergraduate degree in Business from USC and a Masters in Real Estate and Development from New York University.

Current: Principal, Ryan, San Antonio office

- Specializes in the valuation, assessment, taxation, and exemption of real

property on a state and local level for clients in a variety of industries.

Previous:

- Director, Commercial Property Tax, Ryan, San Antonio office

- Senior Manager, Property Tax, national consulting firm

- Director, Property Tax, statewide consulting firm

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Mr. Fleming lectures on various tax topics for Ryan clients. Additionally, he has

appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:

- Institute for Professionals in Taxation

- Interface Student Housing Annual Conference

- Texas Golf Course Owners Association

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

- Institute for Professionals in Taxation

- Professional Golfers’ Association of America

- Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

- Bachelor of Arts Degree, Economics, The University of Texas at Austin

- Graduate of Golf Professional Training Program, PGA of America

Doug joined GFF in 2018 as our Education Practice leader. Over the past 15 years Doug

has lead project teams for Higher Education, Student Housing, Commercial Office,

Master Planning, Multi-Family, Condos, Single Family Homes, and Resort Planning

spanning 5 countries and over 15 states. Utilizing his multi-faceted background, he

concentrates his time working with the key stakeholders to ensure a cohesive design

that enriches their current and future lives.

One of his current areas of focus is studying how technology is changing today’s

pedagogical environment and learners. Through his work with various universities

over the years, he has become a knowledge leader in the area of applying technology

within the professional school environment. Another area of study is how the corporate

office environment and higher education environments are beginning to collide. During

his time at RAMSA he worked with Universities such as the University of Alabama-

Birmingham and Drexel to determine how their School and College of Business could

provide an environment that bridged the space between the student’s current lives and

future lives.

As a graduate of the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Architecture in 2003,

Doug has worked for RAMSA in New York, Jones Lang LaSalle in San Francisco as

an Owner’s Representative, and Stantec in Plano. His volunteer activities including

mentoring students through the ULI Urban Plan program and ACE.

Mike is the Vice President Higher Education at Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA), where he is responsible for building on current relationships and expanding the firm’s strategic opportunities in the industry. He is a demonstrated education professional skilled in strategic planning and conflict resolution. His experiences allow him to provide expertise and guidance on the development, design, and redevelopment of student housing developments.

Mike is the former Director of University Housing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a recognized and respected leader in the higher education industry with more than 35 years of experience in student life and housing. He was also a past president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers, International (ACUHO-I).

Bryan is the Business Unit Leader for the Central Region Austin office of DPR Construction. He provides vision and direction for the company with 22 years in the industry, and has established his reputation, as well as DPR's, by exceeding customer's expectations. As a DPR partner, Bryan brings the unique ability to lead project teams in team building by utilizing a collaborative process and high-performance problem-solving techniques.

Karlyn is the Director of Higher Education at Cambria, a global quartz surfacing manufacturer based in Minnesota. With over 21 years of experience in the commercial and residential design industry her background ranges from interior design practice, sales, and leadership. Since joining Cambria in 2011 she has held sales and sales leadership roles in the Chicago market. Karlyn is part of a new vertical segments team and is responsible for the development and performance of Cambria’s Higher Education business. She is a member of The American Society of Interior Designers, International Interior Design Association, and The Society for College and University Planning. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

"As chief executive officer, Bill provides the guiding vision for the organization while providing strategic input and supporting the team in their execution of the company’s business plan. Known for his contagious enthusiasm and true passion for creating environments conducive for student success, he is widely recognized as the nation’s foremost expert on the student housing business. Over his 30 year career, he has been involved in the development and acquisition of more than $12 billion of student housing assets.

The son and grandson of steelworkers, Bill was born and raised in the northern panhandle of West Virginia and first forged his vision of what would someday become American Campus Communities while he was still a student at WVU working as a dishwasher, grill cook, night desk attendant, and as a resident assistant at Summit Hall. He saw students and parents as under-served consumers, worthy of better products and services. He saw the need and the opportunity to provide modern, high quality, well-amenitized student communities that could foster an environment conducive to academic success.

Bill spent the first six years of his career with traditional real estate companies that were intrigued by student housing as a side business. In 1993, with less than $3,000 in the bank, the 29-year-old moved his wife and two small children to Austin, Texas where he co-founded American Campus Communities with Wayne Senecal and Joseph Domberger. The fledging company, with only one third-party student housing management contract, established an ambitious mission statement: “To be the nation’s premier provider of quality student housing communities and services through a unique understanding of, and an unrelenting commitment to, students, parents and educational institutions.”

From 1993 to 2003, Bill worked to establish the company as the nation’s premier third-party developer and manager of on campus student housing, pioneering large development transactions with the SUNY System, the University of California System and the Texas A&M University System. In 1997, he secured venture capital from a fund controlled by Reckson Associates to buy out his original partners and to fund the company’s expansion from a third-party service provider to an owner of student housing communities. In 2004, after building the company to more than $300 million in owned assets, Bill led the student housing industry to a new plateau when American Campus successfully consummated its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly-traded student housing company in the nation and introducing the sector to Wall Street and institutional investors.

Under his executive leadership, American Campus has been one of the top performing publicly traded real estate companies in America. In the twelve years since going public, the company has averaged a compounded annual growth rate in net operating income in excess of 26 percent. In addition, the company’s same store portfolio has achieved average fall occupancy of 97.7 percent and has produced positive same store growth in rental rate, rental revenue and net operating income each and every year, even during the great recession. From the IPO to June 30, 2017, ACC stock has delivered a total shareholder return of more than 370 percent, outperforming the Morgan Stanley REIT Index, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq; with the company having grown to total enterprise value of nearly $9 billion.

Beyond the company’s operational success and financial performance, under Bill’s purview, American Campus has been widely recognized as the sector’s “Best in Class” company. In 2011, ACC achieved an investment grade rating from both Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s. The company received national accolades in 2013 when it was named “Development Firm of the Year” by the National Association of Home Builders and also named by Forbes as one of “America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies.” ACC has also been voted as one of the best companies to work for in its home state of Texas on three separate occasions. In addition, American Campus developments have won more than three dozen national and regional real estate awards.

Bill’s vision, passion, and tenacious determination have not only fueled the success and prominence of American Campus, but have also served as a catalyst for the entire student housing industry becoming a well-respected asset class within the commercial real estate sector, resulting in students and parents across the nation now having a wide variety of modern, high quality, professionally managed, affordable student housing options from which to choose.

In 2007, Bill was the Regional Winner of the coveted Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and was subsequently named as a National Finalist. In 2015, he was featured by Commercial Property Executive as one of commercial real estate’s Most Innovative Executives. In 2017, he was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the category of real estate, construction and lodging. He has also been featured in prominent publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The New York Times; has made numerous appearances on CNBC; and has been featured on ABC’s Nightline. He is frequently invited to speak nationally and at business schools regarding American Campus’ success and his personal success as an entrepreneur. He has been recognized by his alma mater, West Virginia University, where he was added to the College of Business & Economics Roll of Distinguished Alumni and has been inducted into the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni. Bill is also a member of Mensa International.

On the charitable front, Bill serves as the Chairman and was instrumental in the formation of American Campus Charities Foundation, which supports charitable activities focused on disadvantaged youth and education in ACC’s hometown of Austin, Texas, as well as in the local markets served by ACC’s communities. The Foundation has raised in excess of $1 million for the causes consistent with its focus. Bill also currently serves on the Board for the Rise School of Austin, which provides high quality early childhood education for gifted, traditional and developmentally delayed children in an inclusive setting, using individualized learning techniques."