Bruce A. Percelay is chairman and founder of The Mount Vernon Company, a real estate investment firm considered among the leading apartment landlords in Massachusetts. The company has grown over the past 30 years to include approximately 1,600 apartments, 5 hotels, as well as select commercial and vacation properties.

The company received the Community Excellence Award from the Rental Housing Association of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, the Paragon Award for Industry excellence by the National Apartment Association, Best Landlord in Boston by Boston Magazine and Best Places to Work in Boston by the Boston Business Journal.

Percelay created the Allston Green District, an eleven building assemblage which was the largest new construction project in Allston in over half a century. The three centerpiece buildings in the Green District set a new standard for environmentally sensitive living and have won over nine awards for their forward- thinking sustainable design.

Percelay began his career in advertising and helped manage the marketing efforts for Parker Brother's Games, Keds Sneakers, and Converse Athletic Shoes. He is also credited with the development of the idea for Sunkist Orange Soda, the most successful new soft drink launch in the history of the industry.

Combining his marketing savvy with his real estate experience, Percelay next authored the top selling business book, Packaging Your Home for Profit, published by Little Brown and Company. The success of the book prompted appearances on CNN, Good Morning America and over 50 newspapers and magazines around the country. Percelay pioneered the concept of marketing and staging homes for sale and has used the theories in his book to build The Mount Vernon Company to where it is today.

Percelay has recently created a boutique hotel division of The Mount Vernon Company including 21 Broad, rated by Conde Nast as the top new boutique hotel in the world. The hotels are strategically located in resort communities including: Nantucket, Newport, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Camden, Maine as well as a 200- room hotel in Boston.

Extremely active in support of the communities in which he lives, Percelay was the driving force behind the construction of Nantucket's new whaling museum, the most significant new building on the island in the last 100 years and is chairman of the $120 million capital campaign for the new Nantucket hospital. He is also a Presidents Council Board Member of Massachusetts General Hospital. Percelay was the chairman of the Massachusetts chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, helping it to become the most successful in the country, and chairman of Habitat for Humanity in Boston where he launched the largest urban project ever built in America during his tenure.

Percelay is the publisher of N Magazine, a publication he co-founded 15 years ago. The magazine is the leading publication of its kind on the island, has won national awards for its quality and boasts the highest income demographic of any seasonal magazine in America

In recognition of his significant service to his community, Percelay was the recipient of the Ten Outstanding Leaders award from the Boston Chamber of Commerce, as one of Boston’s top leaders in The Boston Globe’s Leaders of Boston book and received the Outstanding Achievement Award from YouthBuild Boston. Percelay received a special commendation by former Senator John Kerry for his contributions to Boston which appear in the permanent archives of the United States Congressional Record and was recently honored by the Children’s Advocacy Center for his support of children’s issues.

Percelay currently serves on the board of the Rappaport Institute at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is honorary chairman of the Nantucket Cottage Hospital capital campaign.

Bruce shares his time between Nantucket and Boston with his wife Elisabeth and two sons William and Charlie. He is an avid boater, tennis player, and is a collector of vintage automobiles.

David Manfredi, CEO and Founding Principal of Elkus Manfredi Architects, has been privileged to work with industry leaders from across the country on a diverse portfolio of planning and building projects. Committed to the strong belief that the quality of our environment directly influences the quality of our lives, David effectively advocates for building and protecting vital, sustainable, and durable urban places. During his career, he has planned vital new urban neighborhoods, recast tired retail precincts into 21st-century main streets, the edges of universities from barriers into connective seams with adjacent neighborhoods, urban research parks into lively innovation districts that support the collaborative imperatives of today's science and technology, and obsolete manufacturing and warehouse buildings into active places that have become the heart of vibrant urban neighborhoods. From the game-changing life science research center, The Eli and Edythe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, to some of our country’s most iconic “people places” such as The Grove in Los Angeles — at every scale, in every context, David's mission is to create common ground that brings people and communities together.

An active member of the Boston Preservation Alliance, A Better City, the Urban Land Institute, and NAIOP, he also serves on the Boston Civic Design Commission, University of Notre Dame School of Architecture Advisory Council, Northeastern University School of Architecture Advisory Council, and the ULI Boston Advisory Board.

David is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with Bachelor degrees in both English and Architecture, and the University of Chicago, where he received a Master of Arts. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the Boston Society of Architects, and a LEED Accredited Professional.

A founding partner of National Development, Ted has been named by Boston Business Journal as one of the 50 most influential Bostonians. He has directed many of National Development’s award-winning development projects such as Ink Block, The Circle (Boston/Brookline), MarketStreet Lynnfield, Station Landing, Woodland Station, Waterstone at Wellesley, Forge Park and over twenty-five senior housing projects. He has been involved in permitting and developing projects in forty different communities for over 30 years.

Mr. Manning is one of the two original founders of Boston Capital Corporation, which was formed in 1974. From its beginning, Boston Capital’s goal was to focus on providing equity investment capital for the development of apartment properties throughout the country. Under Mr. Manning’s leadership as CEO for the past 43 years, Boston Capital has grown into one of the largest owners/investors in apartment properties in the United States. Through a number of affiliated partnerships, Boston Capital’s present portfolio is comprised of approximately 1,855 properties with an original development cost in excess of $18.7 billion. These properties are located in 49 states, the Virgin Islands and Guam, both of which are U.S. territories.

As CEO of Boston Capital, Mr. Manning continues to oversee the company’s business development goals. Capitalizing on its core competencies of tax credit investment underwriting, those business development goals include an expansion of investment capital for market rate real estate investment as well as providing mortgage financing for a limited and exclusive number of property acquisitions.

Mr. Manning is a recognized leader in the housing and real estate industries, and has served on the boards of a number of national housing organizations and governmental commissions. In 1997, President Clinton appointed Mr. Manning to the President’s Export Council, a board comprised primarily of Fortune 500 CEOs that advised the President on government policies and programs that affect U.S. trade performance. He was also a Presidential appointee to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts. Mr. Manning serves on the boards of numerous organizations and charities including The Alliance for Business Leadership, the American Ireland Fund and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation, where he is Chairman of the Distinguished Visitors Program. Mr. Manning is also a member of the Board of Directors of Liberty Mutual Group, the parent company of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and sits on Liberty Mutual’s investment and compensation committees.

Mr. Manning is a graduate of Boston College.

Bob Moss led CohnReznick' s federal and state government relations efforts as their

lobbyist focusing on the affordable housing industry from 2013 to 2021. In this capacity,

he helped protect client interests in the affordable housing industry through the

legislative process. Before joining CohnReznick, Bob was the Senior Vice President and

Director of Origination, Affordable Housing, from 1993-2013 of Boston Capital.

Bob has 30 years of affordable, multifamily housing experience ranging from LIHTC

syndication to preservation and development. He served as the Chairman of the

National Leased Housing Association, a unique organization serving both public and

private organizations in the affordable multifamily rental housing field. He is also active

with the Council of Independent State Housing Associations (CISHA), the Affordable

Housing Tax Credit Coalition, and the ACTION Legislative Steering committee. His

extensive industry and government experience includes serving as the Chairman of the

non-partisan Housing Advisory Group, which is active in preserving the Low-Income

Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in Congress. He has also served as the Federal

Legislative Subcommittee Chair for the Housing Credit Group of the National

Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

Bob has testified before the full House Ways and Means Committee on tax credit

reform and residential real estate hearings, as well as Senate and House

Subcommittees on affordable housing issues. In 2015, he was inducted into the

National Affordable Housing Hall of Fame by Affordable Housing Finance magazine. He

was also honored with the Daniel M. Grady Memorial Award by NAHB for his

commitment to advocacy.

Douglas J. Manz is a Partner and the Director of Development at The HYM Investment Group, LLC. HYM is currently leading the development of over eighteen (18) million square feet of mixed-use development in Greater Boston, including Bulfinch Crossing (Government Center Garage Redevelopment) and Suffolk Downs. Mr. Manz previously served as a Development Partner for JPI and Vice President of Development for Northland Investment Corporation where he focused on the permitting and development of high-rise, mid-rise and low-rise multifamily projects. Prior to that, he held various positions with Leggat McCall Properties in Boston. In 2013, Mr. Manz was appointed to and served on the City of Cambridge Transportation Advisory Committee and is a member of ULI and NAIOP. Mr. Manz is a graduate of Cornell University and the Harvard University School of Design.

David Chattman is a Vice President with Related Beal and has been with the Related Companies for over nine years. Mr Chattman is intimately involved in all of Related's development efforts in Boston, including the ground-up development of Lovejoy Wharf. In addition to Mr. Chattman's efforts in Boston, he oversaw the ground-up development of Riverwalk Point on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

Mr. Chattman completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Janice Dumont is the Chief Executive Officer of Advisors Living, a Division of Boston Realty Advisors, with over 20 years of residential real estate experience. Prior to joining Boston Realty Advisors, Janice was co-founder and Managing Director of Sales & Marketing at PrimeTime Communities LLC, a company she expanded into five states in 10 years.

With over $1 Billion in sales management over the last decade, she has experience in large multi-family projects with both national and regional developers, residential sales, leasing and marketing.

Recognized both locally and nationally by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Sales and Marketing Council (NSMC) for her unique understanding of site demographics, product branding, market requirements as well as site-specific sales models, Ms. Dumont has continually delivered sales results exceeding developers’ expectations while adhering to budgetary commitments.

Bill Lovett is the Regional Director of Acquisitions and Development in the Toll Brothers’ Boston office,

which covers New England. Bill rejoined Toll Brothers in 2014 since working in Toll’s homebuilding

operations from 1998 – 2007. Bill oversees development and acquisitions for Toll Brothers Apartment

Living’s ongoing development and expansion in the Boston market. Bill has overseen numerous

developments from the initial conceptual design process through the marketing and completion stages

of development for the Hanover Company and New England Construction. Previous projects include The

Lodge at Foxborough in Foxborough, MA, Hewitt’s Landing in Hingham, MA. For Toll Brothers

Apartment Living Bill has completed Parc Westborough project and is currently in construction for 390

units in Needham and a mixed-use site including 112 apartment units and 37,000 square feet of retail in

Belmont. Bill is also overseeing the permitting and approvals of other projects in the market which

represent approximately 2,050 additional units for a total of just under 2800 units.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Law / English from Lafayette College.

Edward Zuker is Chief Executive Officer of Chestnut Hill Realty (CHR), one of New England’s leading vertically integrated residential real estate companies, specializing in multifamily housing. CHR is notable for its award winning horticulture, 24-hour maintenance guarantee and cutting edge Internet marketing platforms. CHR also has significant experience and expertise in third party condominium management, development and property sales.

Since founding the Company in 1969, Mr. Zuker has expanded CHR’s market share from its base of operations in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Metropolitan Boston and its surrounding suburbs and Rhode Island. The Company’s holdings now include a portfolio valued in excess of $1 billion, comprising more than 4,500 residential units and over 160,000 square feet of commercial property. He has overseen the conversion and sale of more than 2,000 condominium units, and the acquisition, renovation, repositioning and operation of 6,000 rental apartment units. Over the last decade, Chestnut Hill Realty has built and/or rehabilitated more than 1,000 apartments. Mr. Zuker has real estate in his DNA. Collectively, five generations of the Zuker family have been active in the industry. His mission for Chestnut Hill Realty, “Managing People’s Homes with Pride,” is at the core of the Company’s business philosophy.

A dedicated advocate and influential leader in the real estate industry, Mr. Zuker served as President of the Rental Housing Association (RHA), Vice President and Clerk of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), and President of the Brookline Property Owner’s Association. His accolades include the coveted RHA Industry Excellence Award.

Philanthropy and giving back to the community are very important to Mr. Zuker. Over the years, CHR as a company and Mr. Zuker as an individual have provided support to numerous charitable organizations through donations and the provision of in-kind services. His achievements include the Distinguished Achievement Award by B’nai B’rith International and the Mollie L. Moon Volunteer Service Award for his contributions as Chairman of the Building Committee for the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. Mr. Zuker currently chairs the Real Estate Council of B’nai B’rith Housing New England. Mr. Zuker received the 2010 Urban Land Institute’s Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award for his contributions to the B’nai B’rith 33 Comm condominium development. He also co-chaired the Building Committee for Temple Beth Avodah in Newton and spearheaded the creation of the West Roxbury Community Center. More recently, Mr. Zuker donated a Cardiac MRI unit to Children’s Hospital and provided funding for the design, construction and maintenance of the rooftop garden for the Neonatal Department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

A native of Brookline, MA, Mr. Zuker studied finance and architecture and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Miami

Alex Moulle-Berteaux is the Chief Operating Officer for Starry, Inc., a Boston-

and New York-based technology company focused on re-imagining and revolutionizing how consumers connect to the internet by developing an eco-system of products designed to make broadband access simple and affordable. At Starry, Alex is responsible for overseeing the business performance and operations, network deployment and maintenance, product deployment, customer care, sales and marketing.

Prior to joining Starry, Alex served as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for Aereo, Inc., the groundbreaking online television platform. As Chief Commercial Officer, Alex oversaw the company’s marketing initiatives, customer care, distribution partnerships and product management, and played a critical role in helping develop Aereo’s overall

business and its nationwide expansion efforts.

Before joining Aereo, Alex served as Global Head of Marketing and Public

Relations for Rockstar Games, the leading development and publishing label of

publicly-traded Take Two Interactive, maker of blockbuster video game franchises

Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne, Midnight Club and the

investigation game LA Noire. At Rockstar Games, he led the game launch efforts for

the company, including the record breaking 2008 launch of Grand Theft Auto IV,

heralded as the biggest entertainment launch in history.

Prior to Rockstar Games, Alex served on the management team of Media Arts

Lab/ Chiat Day, Apple’s marketing agency out of Los Angeles and London. While

there, he led the day-to-day management of the global marketing campaigns for the

Apple account across products including the Mac, iPod and iTunes, Apple TV, and the launch of the iPhone. Prior to joining Media Arts Lab, Alex worked in various New York-

based advertising agencies on a wide variety of global brands.

Alex was born and raised in Paris, France before he moved to the United States

in junior high school. He is a graduate of Boston College and resides in Brooklyn, New

York with his wife and three children.

John Cannon joined Freddie Mac Multifamily in February 2012 as Senior Vice President,

Multifamily Production and Sales where he serves as chief point person for our Program

Plus® Seller network.

John has over 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Prior to Freddie Mac,

John was executive vice president with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage where he led the

conventional mortgage banking network, GSE lending, proprietary lending, and

investment sales platforms. In his last five years at Berkadia, they originated more than

$86 billion in loans with a variety of capital sources, including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,

FHA/HUD, insurance companies, capital markets and other institutional lenders, and

proprietary sources.

Prior to his role with Berkadia, John held several leadership roles at Capmark Finance,

where he managed the conventional and HUD production networks, the conventional

sales force, and was the lead corporate liaison with the GSEs and conduit lenders. While

at GMAC Commercial Mortgage, John originated servicing-retained commercial

mortgage loans for the GSEs, correspondent insurance companies, and pension fund

clients.

John is an alumnus of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and earned his Master

of Science in Finance at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Paul is the founder and President of Cornerstone Realty Capital LLC. In the past 15 years, Cornerstone has become one of the top commercial mortgage brokerage firms in New England. The firm specializes in sourcing construction and permanent debt for all property types including multifamily, retail, office, industrial, hotels and self-storage. Its clientele includes some of the best known and respected owner/operators in the business.

Paul started his career as a commercial lender with National Westminster Bank in New York City in 1985. Over the subsequent 15 years, Paul worked for several banks managing real estate lending teams as well as commercial real estate and corporate workout groups responsible for restructuring and disposing of commercial loans and assets.

Paul left banking in 1999 to join The Mount Vernon Company, Inc., a privately held company that owns and manages multifamily, office and retail properties in the Boston area. While at Mount Vernon, Paul restructured millions of dollars in loans and implemented a program to dispose of under-performing assets to create value and liquidity using the 1031 exchange process for acquiring new properties.

Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rental Housing Association, a Division of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and is a past President and member of the New England Chapter of CCIM. Paul is a graduate of Babson College and was awarded the CCIM real estate designation. He is the TomorrowNite Benefactor Committee Co-Chair which raises over $500,000 annually for Saint Jude Children’s Hospital.

Mr. Weissman has been selling homes for more than 20-years and oversees Advisors Living – the largest brokerage agency of new home construction in Massachusetts, with new project sales at approximately $1.8 Billion (pre-covid). Alongside Janice Dumont, CEO of Advisors Living, Jason Weissman exclusively represents new developments from Fall River to Newburyport and into the Boston’s core including – The Mark in East Boston; 100 Shawmut in South Boston – both for the Davis Companies; Pier4 on the Waterfront for Tishman Speyer; and 88 Wareham in SoWa for Cresset Development – just to name a few. Jason will unveil market insights from BRA’s Q2 Condo Market Reports and discuss the COVID effect on the housing market throughout the Commonwealth.

David and his brother Jake represent the fifth generation of the Grossman family to work in our business. David is President of First Boston Capital Partners, our real estate private lending business. First Boston provides construction and acquisition financing (debt and equity) to New England-based builders. David has spearheaded the business’ growth, overseeing its $225 million loan portfolio. In addition, he is actively involved in the asset management and financing of the family’s 4mm SF+ commercial real estate portfolio. Prior to joining The Grossman Companies in 2009, David served as vice president of acquisitions at Louis Dreyfus Property Group in New York. Earlier in his career, he worked for five years at Wells Fargo's Real Estate Merchant Banking Group in Boston; Washington, DC; and New York.

Robert Brown, a Senior Vice President and Division Executive of the Commercial Real

Estate Group at Brookline Bank, leads a professional commercial real estate team with loan

commitments in excess of $2.4 billion. He has been with the Bank since 2010 and has

approximately 25 years of commercial real estate experience. Prior to joining the Bank, he

was a SVP, Market Manager for KeyBank’s CRE Income Property Group, and also held real

estate-related positions at BankBoston and Moran & Associates. Mr. Brown’s career in

lending includes construction, non-stabilized, mezzanine, permanent (agency, balance sheet,

CMBS, and Life), syndications and asset recovery. Mr. Brown earned his B.S. in Business

Administration from the University of Connecticut, is on the Board of the Real Estate

Finance Association, and belongs to RELA and NAIOP.

Senior Vice President, Development at Waypoint Residential with leadership responsibility for the firm’s rental residential, senior housing and student housing development efforts in the Northeast region, including land acquisition, construction and lease-up of new properties, as well as supporting teams in other geographic regions. Driscoll, who has more than 25 years of experience leading the planning and development of residential and mixed-use properties, joined Waypoint from LCOR, where he served as senior vice president of development. Previously, Driscoll held senior-level positions as at M/I Homes, K. Hovnanian Homes and Archstone.

Mark Barer brings more than 20 years of experience in acquisitions, design, construction,

permitting, marketing, and financing to a broad range of complex mixed-use urban

developments for Twining Properties. He currently serves as Senior Vice-President of

Development and is actively working the Mass + Main development in Central Square,

Cambridge. In addition, Mark is responsible for directing acquisition activities for the Twining

portfolio in Greater Boston.

Before joining Twining Properties, Mark served as Vice-President at Berkeley Investments

where he directed development activities and served as asset manager for their Seaport

Portfolio in downtown Boston.  Mark was responsible for the creation and execution of

Berkeley’s Seaport portfolio business plan, which included all development and management

aspects for 360,000 SF of retail, office and residential properties.   In this role, Mark directed

the repositioning of Berkeley’s retail holdings in the Fort Point District, managing the sell-out of

an AIA award-winning multi-family building, and securing four high-end restaurants within the

District.  Mark also worked closely with the local community to ensure the historic preservation

and continuity of the neighborhood, while securing affordable live/work space for local artists.

Prior to his position at Berkeley, Mark served as Senior Project Manager at Cathartes Private

Investments where he directed the development of 700 new residential units and nearly

1,000,000 SF of commercial property exceeding $350M in construction in the Northeast

Region.  This included permitting for a 400-unit mixed-use transit-oriented master plan in

Jersey City and leading Canyon-Johnson’s initial Urban Fund Boston development.

Prior to entering the real estate development industry, Mark worked as an architect on urban

mixed-use projects in Denver and Telluride, Colorado. He received his BA from University of

Wisconsin, MArch from University of California, Berkeley, and MSRED from Columbia University

in New York. Mark is also an active member of ULI and NAIOP.

Prior to founding KIG Real Estate Advisors (“KIG”), Mr. Krebs has over 25-years of real estate investment

and development experience ranging from institutional investment management at UBS and JP Morgan

to opening and leading the vertically integrated private equity firm Normandy Real Estate Partners

Boston office.

KIG operates under two ventures, Strategic Land Ventures (www.strategiclandventures.com) and

Washington Square Ventures (www.wsvllc.com), platforms that focus on residential development from

land acquisition and permitting through vertical development. KIG has a strong track record of the

successful re-zoning and permitting of its sites under special permit and Chapter 40b, creating significant

land value prior to the vertical development of its projects. KIG currently has 580 units in 5 apartment

projects under development throughout the Boston Metro, totaling over $225 million in total

development cost.

Prior to founding KIG, Mr. Krebs was a Partner at Normandy Real Estate Partners, responsible for

opening and overseeing Normandy's Boston office. During his 10 years at Normandy, Krebs built a $2

billion dollar office and residential portfolio with notable projects including the foreclosure,

repositioning, and sale of the John Hancock Building (now 200 Clarendon), the acquisition and

repositioning 99 Summer Street in downtown Boston, assembling and permitting Center 128 in

Needham, a 2 million square foot mixed project which included the development of Trip Advisors Global

HQ, and the permitting, design and development of Troy Boston, a 378-unit residential project in

Boston’s South End, co-developed with Gerding Edlen.

Mr. Krebs began his career in New York holding positions with global investment management firms UBS

and JP Morgan. While at JP Morgan, Mr. Krebs held the title of Senior Vice President and team leader,

responsible for more than $4 billion in real estate investment and development on the East Coast. At

UBS, Krebs was an Assistant Vice President, investing more than $500 million in equity into real estate

for pension funds and foreign investors. Mr. Krebs is a graduate from Providence College and has a MBA

in Finance from Fordham University.

Leslie Cohen is the COO and Head of Asset Management for Samuels &

Associates. She is responsible for executing the strategic vision of the firm

across numerous multi-billion dollar developments in Boston and the surrounding

communities. Since joining Samuels & Associates in 2002, she has successfully

overseen the rise of major projects like Pierce, a 30-story luxury residence in The

Fenway and Continuum, a pioneering mixed-use development in the heart of

North Allston, MA.

Cohen served as the President of CREW Boston (formerly NEWiRE); she is

currently on the NAIOP MA Board Management Committee, and is a member of

ULI. Cohen serves on the Board of Trustees and the building committee at the

West End House in Allston, on the Building and Grounds Committee at Tufts

University, and volunteers at the Heath School.

In 2013, Cohen was selected as a Boston Business Journal’s 40 under 40

honoree, and in 2014 she was chosen as a recipient of Bisnow’s 2014 Top 50

women in commercial real estate award.

Matt Edlen oversees acquisitions and development in the Midwest and East Coast for Gerding Edlen's various investment funds. Matt is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and executing on investment opportunities across key urban markets within those regions.

Prior to his role in acquisitions, Matt was focused on the development and management of the firms internal multifamily marketing and sales platform. His efforts have helped the firm invest over $500 million worth of real estate across the country in cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago.

Matt has also served as board member and Chair of the Site Selection Committee for PHAME Academy, board member and Co-chair of the Arts Connector Program of Business for Culture and the Arts Young and Young Alumni board member of Young People's Theater Project. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University of Chicago.

With over 15 years of diverse real estate experience, Travis D’Amato, managing director, joined Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales in March 2018. Mr. D’Amato is responsible for the origination and execution of investment sales and equity capital raise assignments for multifamily assets in the Greater Boston area.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. D’Amato served as a managing director with JLL and participated in over 60 sales, land, and equity transactions throughout the New England region with an aggregate value in excess of $3 billion. Earlier in his career, he accumulated nine additional years of real estate experience with CBRE, Apartment Realty Advisors, and WinnCompanies.

Mr. D’Amato holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College.

Beyond the company, Mr. D’Amato is a licensed real estate broker in the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. He is President-elect of the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA), and a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and NAIOP. He also serves on the board of trustees for the Greater New England Chapter of The Multiple Sclerosis Society and is co-chair of the Outreach Council for Heading Home.

Sue Hawkes served as the Senior Vice President for the Codman Company in Boston for 13 years before joining The Collaborative Companies as Partner and Managing Director in 1997, acquiring TCC and Velocity Marketing in 2008. The Collaborative Companies was acquired by Realogy/NRT in 2016. Ms. Hawkes is a recognized leader in the new construction industry and consults throughout the country. Active in the building industry, she served on the National Association of Home Builders Executive Committee (NAHB), as Chairman of the New England Builders Conference, and as Trustee of both the Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM) and the National Sales and Marketing Council, the latter of which she has chaired. Ms. Hawkes has also served as President of the Builders Association of Greater Boston.

TCC has been involved in culminating over $14 billion in residential sales transactions and represents most of the region’s premier developers including: Samuels & Associates, National Development, New England Development, The Davis Companies, The Related Companies, Federal Realty, Boston Properties, Lendlease, Nordbloom, Corcoran Co and WS Development, Hines, Fallon Companies, Fortis Companies, among others. Her extensive construction background and diverse marketing expertise has made her insight invaluable to ground up developments, both urban and suburban mixed use.

TCC has established itself as Greater Boston’s foremost leader in market research, design development and project positioning for Master Planned Communities under Ms. Hawkes’ tutelage.

Ms. Hawkes was awarded the NAHB “Bill Molster Award” for industry excellence, the highest honor awarded by the NAHB. She was honored by her alma mater, St. Lawrence University, as recipient of the Alumnae Leadership Award as well as Bisnow's 2023 Women Of The Year recipient and Builders Association Hall Of Fame. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for both Cushing Academy and the Alfond Youth Center in Waterville, ME.

Gilbert J. Winn is the Chief Executive Officer of WinnCompanies, an award-winning

national multifamily development and management company dedicated to the

highest standards of excellence. The company owns or manages real estate

holdings valued at approximately $14 billion across the United States, including

affordable, senior, mixed-income, market rate, military and mixed use properties.

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Boston, WinnCompanies is the nation’s fifth

largest multi-family housing manager and its largest manager of affordable

housing. Mr. Winn plays a leadership role in the creation, planning, implementation

and integration of the strategic vision and growth of WinnCompanies on behalf of

nearly 3,000 employees working in 22 states and the Disrict of Columbia.

As CEO, Mr. Winn oversees three affiliates: WinnDevelopment, the company’s

property development arm; WinnResidential, which manages multi-family

communities; and WinnReisdential Military Housing Services, which manages

privizated military housing.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, he was an Associate at Related Capital Company, a

full-service real estate investment company based in New York City, where he

originated and implemented more than $150 million of equity investments. Mr.

Winn graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earning a

Bachelor of Arts studying History and Psychology.

Hayley Suminski, Vice President and Senior Multifamily Mortgage Banker with KeyBank Real Estate Capital. With over 20 years of well-rounded commercial real estate experience on both the private equity and debt sides of the business, Ms. Suminski draws on a variety of loan programs including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, CMBS, life company, bridge and balance sheet executions to finance properties in the Northeast, as well as, nationally.

Prior to KeyBank, Ms. Suminski led the Boston office for Hunt Mortgage Group where she originated multifamily financing nationally. She was also previously part of the Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage platform where she oversaw and managed a portfolio totaling $6.4 billion of loans nationwide. Before that she was a Vice President at TriSail Capital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. While at TriSail Capital, Ms. Suminski underwrote, structured and negotiated deal terms to originate more than $120 million in new mezzanine and participating equity loans. In addition, she managed a portfolio of $80 million of mezzanine and participating equity debt structures subordinated to $900 million of senior debt across all property types. Prior to TriSail, Ms. Suminski worked as an Acquisition Analyst at GID Investment Advisers and was responsible for project managing and financially modeling all multifamily development deals. Ms. Suminski began her career in commercial real estate at Berkshire Property Advisors where she was a financial analyst in the acquisition and disposition groups.

Ms. Suminski graduated Cum Laude with a BA in economics and a minor in finance from Simmons College.

After serving in both World War II and the Korean Conflict, Harold Brown converted his MIT degree in Engineering into a senior officer position at Walworth Value Co. of NY, managing annual sales of $170 million. Thereafter, Mr. Brown returned to his hometown of Boston, where he acquired his first six-unit apartment building in 1954.

Recognizing the long-term stability of the residential real estate industry, Harold Brown leveraged his contractor and brokerage licenses and began to acquire and develop over 10,000 residential units during his 50 plus-year real estate career. Today, as Chairman and sole stockholder of The Hamilton Company, Inc., Mr. Brown works with seven senior officers and 130 full-time Property Managers, brokers, accountants, architectural, maintenance and legal staff supporting the day-to-day activities of over 4,100 apartment units and 2,500,000 SF of commercial real estate.

Harold Brown established the Hamilton Charitable Corporation in 1985. Hamilton Charitable was formed to encourage the growth, education and rejuvenation of community-based private and public institutions. The Corporation contributes $500,000 annually to medical research, educational scholarships, area community groups, local and private projects and arts organizations. Recipients of funds include Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, West End House, Allston Main Streets and the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation.

In addition to Harold Brown's personal accomplishments, he has also successfully restructured New England Realty Associates (NERA), the only Massachusetts Limited Partnership actively traded on The American Stock Exchange (AMEX®). Prior to taking on the responsibility of managing general partner in the mid 1970's this company was insolvent. Today it enjoys close to a 25 year history of dividend payments and profitability.

Chrystal Kornegay currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of MassHousing which lends over $1

billion annually to produce and preserve affordable rental housing and create homeownership

opportunities for low- and moderate-income borrowers. Under Chrystal’s leadership,

MassHousing launched a highly successful Down Payment Assistance program; secured over

$80 million to expand its Workforce Housing initiative; and developed a nationally recognized

program for homeownership production in communities of color.

Before joining MassHousing, Chrystal served as the Baker-Polito Administration’s

Undersecretary for Housing and Community Development where she successfully advocated to

increase state capital dollars for affordable housing by almost 18%; partnered to increase rental

subsidies for low income families by 42%; and collaborated to dramatically reduce the number

of homeless families in motels.

Prior to her work as Undersecretary, Chrystal was President and Chief Executive Officer at

Urban Edge, one of New England’s largest community development corporations. She is

credited with leading the organization’s financial transformation, resulting in a $3 million

increase in the Agency’s net asset position.

Chrystal serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the National Housing Trust and is a member of the Federal

Home Loan Bank of Boston’s Advisory Committee. Chrystal holds a Master’s in City Planning

from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from Hunter College.

Rodger Brown, Managing Director for Real Estate Development, holds 30 years of experience producing affordable housing and has been a part of the POAH organization since 2004. During his tenure at the organization he has participated in the growth of POAH’s portfolio to 9,000 units.

He is responsible for overseeing the activities of all real estate development staff, managing resource allocation, department budgets, establishing strategic initiatives and providing direction on the most complex real estate transactions including active neighborhood transformation initiatives in Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. creating and preserving over 2500 of affordable housing. He directed the award winning, $42 million transformation of the United Front Homes into the Temple Landing neighborhood in downtown New Bedford. This innovative project involved the complete reconstruction of 5 new city blocks and public infrastructure while incorporating substantial rehabilitation and new construction of 173 units of affordable housing and a community center into a new neighborhood.

He also led the team responsible for structuring and executing one of the largest single transactions in the history of MassHousing, the acquisition and rehabilitation of the 841 Boston/Cape Cod/Hudson portfolio. This $290 million transaction involved 6 properties, financed utilizing privately placed tax exempt bonds, 4% low income housing tax credits and Massachusetts State Low Income Housing tax credits.

Brown has also directed POAH projects in several new geographies, including Washington, D.C., Maryland, Illinois and most notably Florida where he coordinated the acquisition and rehabilitation of a troubled 825 unit, 5 property portfolio and is working with local officials to develop public policies which promote the preservation of affordable housing.

Prior to joining POAH, Mr. Brown operated a real estate consultancy providing project structuring and development consulting services to a range of for-profit, non-profit and governmental entities.

Rodger is active in the Urban Land Institute Affordable and Workforce Housing Product Council, the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, he is a trustee of the Boston Architectural College and a member of the Zoning Board of Appeal in Sherborn, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Boston College and held a two year HUD fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Planning.

Shanna Dion is Vice President of Property Management, overseeing operations for Equity Residential's 7,000 unit multi-family portfolio in Greater Boston since 2016. She has over 15 years of industry experience having served in leadership positions for Equity in a variety of major markets across the country, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. She is currently serving on the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and is passionate about giving back to the local community. Shanna is actively involved in local housing-oriented charities including- "Caritas Communities" focused on preventing homelessness and "Christopher's Haven" providing temporary housing for pediatric cancer patients.

Allina Boohoff, managing director, is the head of asset management’s Multifamily Sector at J.P.Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets. An employee since 2003, she is responsible for leading the asset management efforts for the group’s multifamily portfolio in the U.S., a 50,000 unit, 190-property portfolio valued at $14 billion. Allina is responsible for major joint venture partner relationships in the multifamily sector and has significant involvement in client meetings and presentation related to multifamily investments. She has 20 years of real estate experience and was previously the financial controller for the multi-family portfolio and a financial controller for the Alternative Property Fund and transferred to asset management in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Allina worked for Ernst & Young LLP, where she was a senior accountant in the Real Estate Group. Allina holds a B.S. in finance and economics from the Stern School of Business at New York University, an M.S. in accounting from Mendoza School of Business at University of Notre Dame and is also a CPA. She is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and is a holder of the CFA designation. She also serves on the board of National Multi Housing Council and is a member of ULI’s bronze multifamily council.

A passionate believer in the power of teamwork and collaboration to elevate design outcomes, Fred stresses the importance of client-centered process, communication, investigation, and inquiry.

Fred’s commitment to “design with community in mind” translates into his active engagement in numerous industry, cultural, and philanthropic organizations—where architects’ problem-solving abilities stand to make a real difference. A past chair of the Urban Land Institute, Fred is also a member of the Boston Society of Architects and NAIOP.

Prior to joining Stantec, Fred was the long-time president of ADD Inc. There, his focus on diversifying markets and services created a well-balanced multidisciplinary practice, and his mentorship of young designers and mid-career professionals cultivated the next generation of design and management leaders.

Based in EMJ’s Boston office, Ed develops opportunities to drive growth and identify new markets for diversification in the Northeastern United States. He leads the business development team in building new relationships with regional clients and spreading awareness of EMJ’s brand and unique construction approach. He also represents EMJ on a national basis, focusing on the mixed-use, student housing and senior living markets. Having represented construction management firms with cumulative revenues of over $25 billion, Ed brings a unique perspective to the discussion.

Ed joined EMJ in 2017 and has more than 30 years of sales and sales management experience for large private commercial construction firms. He has been active for more than 26 years at North River Community Church in Pembroke, Mass., where he is active on the drama team and has served as head of the Board of Overseers. He is also a member of the Boston Irish Business Association and is active in the city's philanthropic community.

In his free time, Ed enjoys spending time with his family at the beach, hiking and camping.

Elizabeth Sherwood Krol, National Client Manager for Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. She has more than 20 years of experience in the environmental and engineering consulting industry. Elizabeth provides comprehensive transactional support services for real estate owners, operators, investors, and developers as well as environmental and real estate attorneys and financial services companies nationwide. Her background in environmental science, in addition to her knowledge of current environmental regulations and the real estate industry, allows her to offer comprehensive environmental consulting services for real estate transactions.

Brian is a Licensed Project Architect with over 16 years of experience on a wide variety of project types including but not limited to, Residential, Office and Mixed Use, Hospitality, Convention Centers, State Courthouses and Border Crossing Stations. Brian is an experienced leader of large design/consultant teams on complex multi-phased projects, from programming/concept through Construction Administration to project closeout. He is a technical design leader and mentor on complex custom exterior building envelopes, with a focus on one off custom curtain and window wall systems.