Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference South

Sue Ansel

CEO
Gables Residential

Sue Ansel is President and Chief Executive Officer. In her 25 plus years with Gables, she has held positions in acquisitions, development, and operations and has led important company initiatives including the advancement of real estate technology efforts and third-party client services. Sue serves on several boards and committees including serving as an officer on the Executive Committee of the National Multi-Housing Council, The Dallas Summer Musical Board of Directors and DePauw University’s Board of Trustees. Sue is also a member of the Urban Land Institute and a graduate of DePauw University.

Kendall Pretzer

Owner & President
The Strategic Solution

Kendall has an aptitude for helping groups reach consensus, solve common issues, and document their decisions. She began her real estate career with R&B Commercial Management. Subsequent promotions and job experience led her to Trammell Crow Residential, Gables Residential, and Security Capital (formerly Archstone Communities). Kendall has served as Vice President of Training and Marketing, Senior Regional Manager, Property Analyst, and Assistant Director of New Business Development. Other responsibilities included supervising the corporate housing department and regional maintenance operations. Kendall has owned and operated two locations of a franchise business for five years and currently volunteers in multiple local organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Tech University.

Valerie Williams

SVP, Community Development Banking
Bank of America

Valerie A. Williams is a Senior Relationship Manager in Community Development Banking Group. Valerie focuses on managing the client relationship efforts in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and all Native American Affordable housing lending throughout the US. Valerie has a breadth of experience in all types of real estate lending and brings over 30 years of commercial real estate, underwriting, and client management experience to the team. Valerie’s experience affords her a unique understanding of the bank’s entire structure and operations. She serves on various boards and committees advocating for affordable housing. Valerie received her Bachelor degree from Central Michigan University and MBA from Texas Woman’s University.

Larry James

CEO
CitySquare

Larry James has provided executive leadership since joining CitySquare in 1994. Known in the Dallas faith, business and media communities as a social entrepreneur and committed servant to the people of East and South Dallas, Larry came to CitySquare after serving 14 years as senior minister with the Richardson East Church of Christ in Richardson, Texas. He is a graduate of Harding University (BA 1972), Harding University Graduate School of Religion (MA 1973), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv 1977) and Tulane University (MA—American History 1986). His first full-length book, The Wealth of the Poor, was published by Leafwood Publishers in 2013. Larry spent eight months in 1998 as executive director for the Greater Dallas Community of Churches but returned to CitySquare with a renewed clarity that his place was with the people of Dallas’ inner-city community. Since 1999, Larry and wife, Brenda, have made their home in the inner city and have been active members of First United Methodist Church-Dallas. He currently serves the church in a dual appointment to CitySquare and Highland Park United Methodist Church.

Linda McMahon

President & CEO
The Real Estate Council

Linda McMahon is the President and CEO of The Real Estate Council, The Real Estate Council Foundation and The Real Estate Council Community Fund. Founded in 1990, The Real Estate Council (TREC) is Texas’ largest and most influential organization of its kind representing more than 1,700 commercial real estate professionals and 500 companies which make up over 95% of the top commercial real estate businesses in North Texas. Over the last 23 years, The Real Estate Council Foundation has been a leader in efforts shaping the future of Dallas including the original $1.5 million investment that spearheaded Klyde Warren Park, as well as $6.3 million in pro bono legal and title services and $250,000 in funding that helped create Dallas’ Urban Land Bank. We are known for our long term investment in the city’s neediest neighborhoods – St. Phillips, Jubilee, Fair Park, to name a few. The Real Estate Council Community Fund is a community development financial institution – and makes loans to nonprofits who are engaged in our core mission related activities – housing, education, job creation and the environment. Linda has been actively engaged in community development initiatives for more than 25 years as part of her three decade‐long banking career. Formerly, Linda was the Southwest Director of Community Development Banking for JPMorgan Chase Bank. As such, managed a team of commercial real estate banking professionals covering Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. The team specialized in providing financial products that support the development and revitalization of low and moderate-income communities. She is a Principal with Neighborhood Strategies, an advisory consulting firm in the areas of affordable housing and community development. Linda is Founding Chair of Impact Dallas Capital – a new nonprofit organization – which has created a private investment capital initiative to invest in Southern Dallas commercial real estate projects through the GrowSouth Fund and is part of Mayor Rawlings’ GrowSouth Initiative. She is a member of the Dallas Regional Chamber Board, Downtown Dallas, Inc. Board, Commit! Leadership Board, Dallas Habitat for Humanity Honorary Board; and the Dallas Center for Architecture Columns Advisory Board. Linda serves as a Judge for the Dallas Business Journal Best Real Estate Deals; serves on the Dallas Independent School District Future Facilities Task Force; a member of the Downtown 360 Planning committee; a Judge for the Connected City Design Challenge and the planning committee for the Urban Summit. She is a member of The Dallas Assembly, The Real Estate Councils of Texas, the Urban Land Institute, The Texas Lyceum Alumnae, Leadership Dallas Alumnae (1991) and Lifetime member of the Texas Exes. Linda is the past Vice Chair of The Real Estate Council (2006‐2007), past President of the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (2009‐2010). She is a founding member of Housing Texas and the Louisiana Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers. She has served on the Fannie Mae National Housing Advisory Council (2006‐2008) and was actively engaged with the Louisiana Recovery Authority in redevelopment initiatives following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Linda has been a frequent speaker nationally on issues surrounding economic and community development. Linda has a B. A. in Government from The University of Texas at Austin. Linda is married to Patrick McMahon. They have three daughters, McKay, Colleen and Lindsey, son-in-law Vincent and grandchildren Vince, Cole and Ivy.

Chris Dischinger

Co-Principal
LDG Development

Chris Dischinger is a proven leader within the real estate development industry and is co-principal and co-founder of LDG Development in Louisville, KY. He is committed to the business of building better lives through developing quality, affordable communities for hard-working families and active seniors to grow and thrive. In 1994, Chris formed LDG Development with his business partner Mark Lechner, successfully focusing on acquiring, developing, building and managing single-family homes. The company eventually grew to have a portfolio of more than 500 homes as well as acquiring and managing commercial real estate properties in 17 states. In 2002, LDG saw an opportunity to enter the Housing Tax Credit Program and by using this model, LDG has developed over 8000 units in multiple states. Today, LDG has three main divisions, all focused on maximizing growth and production. With the mission statement, “Everyone Deserves a Quality Place to Live”, the company has over 30 employees in its offices located in Louisville, KY and Austin, TX and are focused on developing and managing quality properties for the thousands of families of residents and families it serves. Chris has served as president of four different trade organizations including the national president of the Society of Exchange Councilors. He resides in his hometown of Louisville, KY with his family.

Ryan Wehner

President
Wehner Multifamily

Mitchell Voss

Managing Partner
WindMass Capital

Mr. Voss accumulated over 10 years’ experience in Commercial Real Estate across; Investment Banking, Structured Finance, Asset Management and Acquisitions. Mitchell Voss launched WindMass Capital, a Real Estate Private Equity Firm in 2017. Prior to forming Mitchell was a Vice President in Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Group where he focused on originating CMBS, balance sheet and bridge loans. Prior to working at Goldman Sachs Mitchell was at UBS Realty, UBS' Real Estate Investment Arm where he worked as an acquisitions and asset management associate performing both development and acquisitions along with asset management on multifamily, industrial, office and retail. Immediately prior to UBS Mitchell was in Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Structured Finance Group. In total Mitchell has developed in excess of 1.0 million square feet of Industrial, 1,000 apartment units and underwritten in excess of $35.0 billion in potential deals while placing over $6.0 billion of both debt and equity. Furthermore, Mr. Voss started his commercial real estate career holding an analyst position at Centerline Capital, a firm focused on multifamily lending and due diligence. Immediately after graduation and prior to his position with Centerline Mr. Voss worked for a private equity group based in Chicago where he completed a rigorous two-year analyst program. Mr. Voss holds a Certificate in Commercial Real Estate from Cornell University’s SC Johnson School of Business and a BSBA from the Daniel's College of Business at University of Denver where he double majored in Finance and Marketing.

Paul Panza

President & CEO
Nicholas Residential

Paul N. Panza is Founder, President and CEO of Nicholas Residential. In this capacity, he establishes and executes the strategy of the Company and oversees the financial and operational performance. Mr. Panza has over a decade of experience in the commercial real estate markets, focused largely on “value-add” and “opportunistic” investing. Under his leadership and direction, the firm has achieved strong growth and performance, and expanded its acquisition, development and managerial services to meet the goals of its clients, which include institutional money managers, insurance companies, family offices and high-net-worth investors spanning the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to founding Nicholas Residential, Mr. Panza was Managing Director of Westmount Realty Capital, a boutique private real estate investment firm with more than $1 billion in assets under management. As a member of the firms investment committee, Mr. Panza led the acquisition and disposition of more than $300 million in commercial assets across the United States. Prior to his role at Westmount, Mr. Panza worked as an analyst in the corporate real estate group at Jones Lang LaSalle, serving clients such as Affiliated Computer Services Inc., the worlds largest diversified business process outsourcing firm, during their $6.4 billion acquisition by Xerox. Mr. Panza is actively involved in the community and has served on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Jesuit Alumni Association and the Greater Dallas Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He is a guest lecturer at SMU’s Cox School of Business on topics including Real Estate Finance and Crowdfunding. Mr. Panza holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Cox School of Business, and earned his BS in Economics and Applied Finance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Zach Murphy

Co-Founder
Pender Capital

Zach is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pender Capital. Zach co-founded Pender in 2015 and brings over 16 years of experience in both commercial real estate finance and capital markets expertise. Zach oversees the firm’s Investment and Research program which includes deal sourcing, research, and structuring and is a member of the Investment and Research Committee and the Management Committee. Prior to Pender, Zach served as Managing Director/ Senior Vice President for Liberty SBF, a commercial finance company based in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for establishing Liberty’s Western Regional HQ in Los Angeles and directed West Coast originations and operations. Zach personally originated over $60 million of commercial loans during the first year of operations on the West Coast. In 2008, Zach joined Silver Point Capital, LP in New York, a Goldman Sachs partner fund, where he was responsible for commercial real estate loan originations and insurance-linked securities trading. During his tenure at Silver Point, Zach traded more than $500 million in distressed commercial real estate debt, insurance-linked securities, and assets in the capital markets. From 2004 to 2008, Zach served as Senior Vice President/Division Director of Velocity Commercial Capital where he was the company’s highest grossing originator in e

Heather Konopka, CCIM

VP Commercial Real Estate
C21 Commercial

Heather Konopka, CCIM, brings more than more than 18 years of Commercial Real Estate experience to her trade, with her primary expertise in Multifamily in the Mid Cities, Dallas/Fort Worth and Arlington areas. As an active Texas Real Estate Broker, Ms. Konopka holds the prestigious Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Designation. Additionally, Ms. Konopka is a member of the MetroTex Association of Realtors, a member of NTCAR (North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors), where she served on the New Initiatives Advisory Board and is a member of the Texas and National Association of Realtors. She has served on the board of the North Texas CCIM Chapter. Ms. Konopka has recently joined C21 Commercial, Mike Bowman, Inc in Grapevine Texas, where she serves as the VP of Commercial Real Estate. Her prior experience includes Senior Advisor at Marcus & Millichap and a Franchise Owner and Senior Investment Advisor of Sperry Van Ness/Konopka And Company. As an SVN Franchise Owner, she served on the Board of Advisors in 2009 through 2011 and was also a member of the Sperry Van Ness Asset Recovery Team. Ms. Konopka was the recipient of the TAR 2017 Outstanding Commercial Transaction of the Year. She was awarded the coveted Achievers Award her first year at Sperry Van Ness. Additionally, she was the Director of Commercial Real Estate for a large a Residential office of over 300 agents where she received numerous accolades for her consistent placement in the Top 10 Advisors. Ms. Konopka’s real estate success includes her involvement as a principal in a retail development project, as well as commercial land development, which were both completed in 2006. Her passion for the real estate market along with her extensive encyclopedic knowledge in her specialty, have facilitated opportunities in publishing her articles in distinguished journals and magazines. Ms. Konopka is active in her community, involved with her church and has served on the board of two private schools, where she was able to share her gifts of financial analysis on the Advisory Board and Finance Committee for her daughter’s high school. Ms. Konopka is devoted to her family; blessed with two beautiful, gifted and talented daughters. She enjoys exercising, the outdoors, vacationing at the beach, sailing and fishing.

Matt Brendel

Senior Managing Director
Legacy Partners

Matt Brendel is the Senior Managing Director of Legacy's Texas office where is responsible for development, construction, acquisition, and operations. Prior to joining Legacy Partners, Mr. Brendel was the Divisional President and Managing Partner of JPI, a national developer and builder of Class A multifamily, where he led the acquisition, development, construction and operations of over 30 communities in Texas with a combined project value of over $2 billion. Matt received both his B.B.A. in Accounting and his M.S. in Finance from Texas A&M University and is a Multifamily Leadership Board Member of the National Association of Home Builders.

Taylor Bowen

President
AMLI Development Company

Mr. Bowen is Executive VP and Co-Chief Operating Officer of AMLI Residential and has been with AMLI since 1997. From 2000 to 2017, Mr. Bowen led AMLI's development activities in Texas. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1993 where he served on the SMU Board of Trustees. Mr. Bowen received an M.S. in Real Estate Development from Columbia in 1997. He previously served on the Dallas Citiplace TIF Board, the Downtown Austin Alliance Executive Board, and the Dallas Zoning and Ordinance Committee. He is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Brittani Sanders

Director of Multifamily
CRG

Brittani has been with CRG since 2015 and has almost a decade of experience in the commercial real estate industry. She is one of two ULI Foundation and ULI Chicago FY18 Jeffrey Kahan Fellows. Notable projects she has worked on include Fort Worth Apartments, Milwaukee and Armitage multifamily rental project in Chicago and the Everly on the Loop, a student housing development in St. Louis. Brittani has a Master’s Degree in Real Estate from Roosevelt University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University.

Kellie Sanders-Gardner

Regional VP
Village Green

Zach Smith

President
Bristlecone Construction

Zach as President and co-founder Bristlecone Construction Corporation is responsible for both the strategic direction of the business and client relationships. He has been working in the commercial construction industry for over 15 years and has continually has taken the lead on some of the most complicated projects in Colorado including Denver Union Station. Zach has performed every position on a project team from field engineer, superintendent, to project manager on projects ranging from $500k to $55m. He has also worked extensively in estimating and preconstruction with both the ownership and the design firms ensuring that trend log pricing, constructability reviews and design feedback happen real time so effective decisions can be made. In 2010, Zach founded Bristlecone Developments where he purchased, redeveloped and sold residential and multifamily properties. Zach has now started Bristlecone Construction Corporation and although he is the president he is actively involved on key projects for Bristlecone. Zach received his degree in Construction Management from Colorado State University.

Rick Graf

President & CEO
Pinnacle

As President and CEO of Pinnacle, Rick Graf provides strategic oversight for the company’s vision and long-term growth, while managing a spectrum of assets for major institutional clients across multiple states. He joined the company in 1996 and previously oversaw an expansive regional portfolio before assuming the role of President in 2008. Graf is a Certified Property Manager (CPM®) and is active in the National MultiFamily Housing Council (NMHC), the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Apartment Association (NAA), of which he is on the Board of Directors as Secretary. He is also a former President of the Texas Apartment Association (TAA). Graf has more than 40 years of industry experience and served as a former professor of real estate in the Dallas County Community College District.

Jim Dobbie

EVP
Hunt Companies

Mr. Dobbie has over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate. With Hunt, he has been responsible for the management of ABQ Uptown, a 220,000 square foot retail lifestyle center, multi-family assets, infill commercial developments and other projects for national retailers. Jim oversees a $300 million dollar portfolio of assets consisting of over 3,300 multifamily units, 762,000 square feet of office buildings and directs various acquisition and development opportunities throughout the southwest. In 2010 through 2012 Jim completed $500 million in acquisition, sale, and development transactions. Prior to joining Hunt Jim served as Chief Operating Officer with a regional real estate development company. His primary responsibility was structuring all acquisitions and directing the development and leasing activities for the company. Mr. Dobbie holds a BA from Southern Methodist University. His affiliations include Senior Certified Leasing Specialist, ICSC Licensed Real Estate Broker, and Urban Land Institute​ ​member.

Stephanie Brock

Senior Vice President ​
McWHINNEY

Matt Greene

VP, Sales
Fetch

Matt Greene is the VP of Sales at Fetch. Founded in 2016, Fetch is the first off-site package delivery solution for the multifamily industry. Matt and the Fetch team work to solve last-mile delivery for apartment communities, accepting all resident packages at off-site warehouses and coordinating scheduled, door-to-door delivery for all residents. Matt oversees Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success and is planning all national market rollouts. Prior to Fetch, Matt held senior roles with multifamily smart home technology company, IOTAS, and vacation rental management platform, Vacasa. After graduating from the UC Santa Barbara, Matt embarked on a decade working in sports marketing with teams and agencies with a focus on sponsorships and endorsement deals for teams, agencies, events and personalities/athletes. This was followed by the founding of three companies with two exits.  A native of San Diego and currently living in Portland, Matt is the father of two crazy boys aged 3 and 1 and of the largest known French Bulldog named Meatball his wife, Jody, and Google searches can confirm, tipping the scales at a buff 51 pounds! Matt is an avid traveler, sports enthusiast and is slowly adopting to the ways of the Pacific Northwest.

Marcie Williams

President
Rivergate KW Residential

Marcie Williams is the President of RIVERGATE KW RESIDENTIAL and is the overall leader of all aspects of multifamily property management operations, new business development and strategy. She has over 20 years of multifamily experience from companies such as Greystar, Camden Property Trustand Summit Properties. Marcie is active in the community and holds several professional designations including Certified Apartment Manager (CAM®), Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS) and Certified Property Manager (CPM®). Marcie is an active member of the Greater Charlotte Apartment Association (GCAA) and is the recipient of several industry awards from GCAA, including Manager of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Instructor of the Year and The Lex Marsh Award (Lifetime Achievement). She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Marcie is a member of IREM and ULI.

Ricardo Rivas

CEO
Allied Orion Group

Mr. Rivas joined Allied Realty in 2001 and he has successfully directed or assisted the acquisition/development of over 2,300 multifamily units for a total aggregate value of over $240 million. Mr. Rivas’ responsibilities include all aspects of managing Allied Realty’s multifamily investment businesses that include acquisition and development. Mr. Rivas oversees the acquisition and disposition of assets, market feasibility, site selection, project design, permitting, construction management, and project financing. Mr. Rivas formed and oversees Allied’s first private equity fund launched in 2013 to develop multi-family assets in the major metropolitan areas of Texas. Mr. Rivas’ professional affiliations include being a member of the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC) Emerging Leaders Committee, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the Houston Apartment Association (HAA). A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Mr. Rivas is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and he is currently C.P.A. eligible while pursuing his Master of Science in Accountancy at the University of Houston. Mr. Rivas received his M.B.A. from the University of North Alabama. He is a also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Alabama and was named All-Gulf South Conference and Academic All-Gulf South Conference for two consecutive years as a 4-year member of the Men’s Varsity Tennis team (both as player and Assistant Coach).

Ned Stiker

Senior Managing Director
Cortland Partners

As Senior Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and Capital Markets, Ned Stiker spearheads the firm’s capital generation, fund, and investor relation strategies. To this role, Ned brings a successful track record of developing and managing successful institutional investor relationships, as well as extensive expertise in financial analysis and modeling. Ned joined Cortland from Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group, where he served in several leadership roles in interest rate products over the course of his 16 years with the company. Most recently, he was Managing Director, Global Interest Rates Products and Head of Global Macro Derivatives Product Marketing, Americas, where he was responsible for expanding Morgan Stanley's structured rates client business, both domestically and globally. Previously, he served in other roles including head of US interest rate sales and head of US agency/GSE coverage, in which capacity he was responsible for Morgan Stanley's interest rate relationships with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHLB system. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ned worked with UBS Securities as Director of Interest Rate Derivatives Marketing and with Bankers Trust Co. as an associate in their investor coverage group. Ned holds his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Williams College, Williamstown, MA.

Doug Gunn

Principal
Trinity Private Equity Group

Doug serves as a principal and portfolio manager at Trinity, with a focus on real estate. Doug has 35 years of experience in real estate private equity, including ten years as a portfolio manager in the private equity real estate division of Goldman Sachs, where he oversaw $4 billion in real estate and operating company positions in the firm’s funds. Doug held similar positions at the Caroline Hunt Trust Estate and Lincoln Property Company after beginning his career in 1981 at First National Bank in Dallas. Doug continues to serve as managing partner at Corinthian Apartment Investments, an apartment investment management and property management company he founded in 2004. Corinthian's primary client is Guggenheim Real Estate Fund. Corinthian was the sponsor of a successful Trinity real estate investment offering that was acquired in 2010 and sold in 2015. Doug received his BS in finance from Miami University and his MBA from Indiana University. Doug lives in Dallas, where he and his wife have raised four children.

Stuart Wernick

Managing Director
Walker & Dunlop

With more than 25 years of mortgage banking experience, Stuart Wernick, managing director, is responsible for nationwide loan originations out of Walker & Dunlop’s Dallas, Texas office. Throughout his career, Mr. Wernick has originated over $10 billion in commercial real estate financings for a wide array of asset classes across the United States. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Wernick served as a senior managing director at Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC., where he was responsible for leading the team’s loan production efforts and building a fee-based business through the origination of conventional debt/equity, securitization, REIT, Agency, Life Company, and mezzanine transactions. Before joining Berkadia, Mr. Wernick served as president of Quantum First Capital, a real estate finance and advisory firm, which was later acquired by Grandbridge Real Estate Capital in 2009 where he ran the Dallas office until 2012. Mr. Wernick’s loan production experience began in the late 1980’s where he served as vice president for Wallentstein/Grubb & Ellis and later joined L.J. Melody and Company and Chase Bank of Texas. Mr. Wernick received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin where he was president of the Texas Relays and an officer of various fraternal and student organizations. Beyond the Company, Mr. Wernick is a member of The Real Estate Council, Mortgage Bankers Association, International Council of Shopping Centers, National Multifamily Housing Council, and Manufactured Housing Institute.

Steve Lamberti

President
Milestone

Steve T. Lamberti is President of Milestone. Mr. Lamberti has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry and is responsible for establishing and operating Milestone’s platform, asset strategy, property and portfolio acquisition selection, acquisition due diligence, and maximizing property value. He has executed on over $10 billion in real estate transitions. Prior to his involvement with Milestone, Mr. Lamberti served as Vice President of Archon Group & Chief Operating Officer of Archon Management Services, a majority-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, where he led the expansion of Archon’s owner-managed division from approximately 3,000 multifamily units to over 30,000 units. He spent 14 years with Walden Residential Properties, Inc. (a NYSE Multifamily REIT) as COO. At Walden, Mr. Lamberti was responsible for property management, coordinating acquisition selection, due diligence, asset management, marketing and human resources. Mr. Lamberti received two Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Nevada – Reno. He holds the Certified Property Manager designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management, is on the Board of Directors of the National Multi Housing Council and has served in various positions with the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas and the National Apartment Association.

Katie Bloom

Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

Katie Bloom was named Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in 2015, managing the US Multifamily team within the Realty Management Division. She is responsible for the acquisition, development and asset management of apartments across the United States. Previously, Ms. Bloom was responsible for acquisition at Archon Group from 2006 to 2012. She joined Archon, formerly a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, in 2000 as an analyst. Ms. Bloom earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance with real estate and marketing emphasis from Texas Christian University in 2000 and currently serves on the board of the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Bryant Nail

Executive Vice President and Managing Director
Madison Marquette

As Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Bryant Nail oversees all mixed-use, high-density urban development projects for Madison Marquette. Prior to the June 2018 merger of PMRG and Madison Marquette, Mr. Nail served as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Multi-family Development for PMRG. Mr. Nail brings more than 20 years of experience in real estate development, not only in high-density urban development but also in retail, office and the hospitality industry. Prior to joining PMRG, Mr. Nail served as Partner and Vice President of Development for Amicus Partners, Ltd. where he was responsible for all aspects of mid to high-rise residential development projects in Addison Circle, Dallas, Houston, and Plano. Among the notable projects he worked on is the Eastside Village development, a four-story wood frame project adjacent to the Downtown Plano DART Station. Before Amicus Partners, Ltd., Mr. Nail worked for Post Properties, a publicly-traded REIT based in Atlanta, as Vice President of Development in the Western region, encompassing all aspects of real estate development, including land acquisitions, financing, political interface, design and construction, property development, as well as leasing and marketing. He was responsible for development projects in Jackson, Mississippi, Dallas, Addison, and Denver, Colorado; including the highly received and awarded new mixed-use community, Addison Circle Phases I and II, in Addison, Texas, and the St. Luke's hospital site development in Denver. Both prospects were public private partnerships where the municipalities contributed over $20 million for infrastructure to support the developments. Mr. Nail is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and its Urban Revitalization Council, The Real Estate Council (TREC) of Dallas and serves on the board of directors for the Addison Business Association.

David Lynd

President & CEO ​
LYND​

​David Lynd joined LYND in 1997 where he served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for 16 years. During this time Mr. Lynd oversaw the collection of $250 million in annual rent collections which span across the country in 15 states and 50 different metros. Mr. Lynd has also acquired over $2.8 billion in total real estate value. As a Co-founder of the acquisition company known as Lynd Residential Properties, Mr. Lynd led joint ventures into both commercial management and the hospitality sector. This resulted in acquiring 50% of the Easton Group in 2007 which launched LYND to becoming the 7th largest manager of office and industrial space in Miami (7 million square feet). In 2009, the BC LYND Company was established. As one of its founders, Mr. Lynd created a hospitality group which currently operates 12 luxury hotels. Mr. Lynd received his Bachelors in Administration from Southern Methodist University and holds a CPM designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management, as well as, the CAPS designation from the National Apartment Association. Mr. Lynd also Co-founder LYND Development Partners who earned the prestigious “High-Rise of the Year” award from Multifamily Executive for their development project EnV in Chicago. Other impressive high- rise assets include The Bowie Austin and Joule Denver. Accepting his new role as CEO for LYND Opportunity Partners in 2016, Mr. Lynd leads a very skilled investment team that searches for and invests in opportunistic real estate transactions throughout the United States. LYND Opportunity Partners also serves as the investment advisor to American Veterans Housing CORP. This is a nonprofit organization that focuses on providing Veterans with affordable housing. Mr. Lynd has been the driving force for unit growth at LYND. Increasing the unit count from 1,100 units to over 34,000 units to date. This ranks LYND as the 34th largest property management group in the United States. In addition to his role as CEO, Mr. Lynd has committed 19 years to his real estate career. He has a vast understanding of all operational tasks needed to manage and operate real estate successfully.

David Kahn

Managing Analyst
CoStar Group

David Kahn is a Managing Analyst for CoStar Group, concentrating on the Southern United States. David serves as the resident expert on the South, covering regional economic and real estate trends. He also leads a team of analysts that provide granular insights into all commercial property types on the market and submarket level. David presents on market conditions to lenders, developers, brokers and owners, and is a frequent speaker at industry events hosted by Bisnow, ULI, CCIM, ICSC and various Economic Development Corporations.