Sean is a visionary architect who has enjoyed an over 30-year career designing

mixed-use and residential projects, primarily in Washington, DC. Recognizing in

the early 2000s that the District suffered from a lack of housing that would limit

its potential to be a prosperous, livable city, he and Jeff Goins began a career-

long focus working with the municipal government and private developers on

market-rate, luxury, and affordable housing, including residences within mixed-

use developments. His entrepreneurial spirit, design and communications skills,

and experience with planning and zoning have catalyzed numerous highly

successful projects that continue to invigorate the urban public realm and

provide satisfying returns for all stakeholders.

He is an exceptional designer who combines visionary design with pragmatic

considerations through his technical skills and construction experience. He was a

vital team member for the award-winning Pepco Headquarters in downtown D.C.

He was lead designer of 1827 Wiltberger Street NW, a mixed-use commercial

and residential historic landmark building approved by HPRB and BZA, among

numerous other residential projects requiring BZA approval. He served as an

expert witness for the Ward Four Short Term Housing that was part of the Closing

DC General initiative.

A senior real estate executive with over 33 years of real estate investment and development experience through multiple cycles. Bill recently joined Denver based McWhinney where he is serving as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to this new role, Bill was with Invesco Real Estate for 20 years, where he launched Invesco’s flagship fund, and was the Lead Portfolio Manager, growing the fund from $350M to over $18B during his tenure. In addition, Bill was also Chief Investment Officer for the last 4 years at Invesco. Prior to Invesco, Bill ran the real estate investment activity for Bailard, Biehl & Kaiser, and was a Senior Real Estate Investment Manager at Prudential. Bill’s experience includes, equity and debt transactions, portfolio management, development, and investor relations. Experience is on a national basis, and with multiple property types. Bill holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University.

Riki has advised private capital clients on commercial real estate investments in Colorado for nearly three decades. He has transacted over $3.5 billion in private capital real estate deals throughout his career and over the last 20 years and has been consistently recognized by both NAIOP Colorado and the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors (DMCAR) as one of Colorado’s top 10 investment professionals. Riki’s experience and relationships in Colorado’s real estate and private equity sectors make him an invaluable asset to the firm.

Peter is a Senior Managing Director and co-head of the Denver office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He returned to JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and has more than 19 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Peter is responsible for office and life sciences investment advisory transactions in Denver and throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Throughout his career, he has provided advisory services for numerous institutional and private wealth owners of real estate. Peter started with HFF in January 2017. Prior to that, he was a vice president at JLL from 2013.

Prior to that, he held positions at J.F. McKinney & Associates and Golub & Company, both in Chicago. He is an active member on the Economic Development Council for DDP (Downtown Denver Partnership).

Professionally, Matt Teeters works as the Regional President of the Front Range for Alpine Bank. In this

role, Matt’s responsible for all loan and deposit operations for the bank’s locations in Fort Collins,

Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs. Personally, Matt’s a Colorado native and was born and raised in

Denver. He attended Cherry Creek High School and from there, went on to Grinnell College, earning a

bachelor’s degree in Economics. He completed his MBA from the University of Denver in 2013. In

addition for working for Alpine Bank, Matt also serves as the board Chair for Roundup River Ranch, the

Board Treasurer for Judi’s House, The Sonoran Institute, and Developmental FX, and serves as a board

member for The Colorado Open Golf Foundation, and the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce’s Board

of Governors. As an acknowledgement for the leadership displayed with these organizations, Teeters was

selected as one of ColoradoBiz Magazines Top 25 Young Professionals in 2016. Personally, Matt was

married to Sarah in July 2017, has a 4-year-old daughter named Charlie and a 1.5-year-old named Dean.

Lastly, his hobbies include golfing, mountain biking, skiing, and spending time outdoors.

With over 35 years as a recognized leader in in CRE, I’ve built a career navigating the industry's complexities across market cycles, company structures, and geographies. From global public firms to nimble private enterprises, I've held leadership roles that span Principal, Managing Director, Senior Managing Director, Director of Asset Services, and Property Manager.

Throughout this journey, I’ve partnered with professionals in every CRE discipline and led initiatives for Fortune 500 companies as well as regional and local firms. My work has taken me across domestic and global markets, giving me a 360° perspective on what it takes to succeed and what often holds talented women back.

That’s why I founded The Moneypenny Collective: a platform dedicated to help women in commercial real estate lead with influence, rise faster, and claim more than just a seat at the table. Together, we’re going to build our own table. I know the barriers. I’ve faced them. And now, I’m here to dismantle them, one career strategy at a time.

Susan Powers is President of Urban Ventures, LLC, a Denver real estate development company that has

built multiple mixed income and mixed-use projects in and around downtown Denver over the past 24

years. The focus is to build communities which provide opportunities for residents and commercial

tenants to live and work in a healthy environment. Urban Ventures has led the redevelopment of a 17

acre former convent in northwest Denver into a model mixed income, neighborhood called Aria Denver

that will include 540 residential units and commercial space. She is also leading STEAM On The Platte, an

adaptive reuse of a former industrial property on the Platte River south of Mile High Stadium. It includes

the renovation of a 100 year old warehouse into office space for creative businesses and a separate

building that was renovated for the city’s first Latino owned and operated craft brewery, Raices

Brewing. Urban Ventures is currently involved in various roles with 4 affordable housing developments

in Colorado. Prior to creating Urban Ventures, she was Executive Director of DURA (Denver Urban

Renewal Authority) for 11 years (late 80’s and 90’s) and participated in the redevelopment of downtown

Denver. She is a member of the board of directors of the Elevation Community Land Trust and Denver

Health Foundation and participates in many community initiatives regarding equity and affordable

housing.

Cadie serves as Vice President of Investments & Development leading Confluent’s Office & Industrial platforms. Cadie has more than 13 years of institutional real estate experience ranging in asset management, acquisitions, and development.

Previously, Cadie was a vice president in Bow River Capital’s Real Estate Group. In this role, she was responsible for originating, structuring and managing real estate investments within the firm’s portfolios. Prior to joining Bow River Capital, she worked for EverWest Real Estate Investors as Director of Asset Management for the Mountain Region managing office and industrial product throughout Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Missouri.

Cadie started her career at AEW Capital Management in Boston where she rose to the title of Assistant Vice President. She worked as part of the Direct Investment team and her portfolio consisted of office, industrial and retail buildings located in several major markets throughout the U.S. including Boston, New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Dallas.

Cadie holds a M.S. in Real Estate Construction Management and a BSBA from the University of Denver where she played all four years on the Division I Women’s Soccer team. She is a member of NAIOP and ULI and is one of the 2024 Program Moderator for the ULI Partnership Forum.

The Downtown Denver Partnership announced Kourtny

Garrett as its President and CEO in January 2022. Garrett

joined the Partnership from Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI),

where she served as President and CEO for nearly seven

years.

With 25 years of experience in developing livable

communities, Garrett is fueled by her passion for cities. Her

expertise is rooted in building social, cultural and economic vibrancy, creating places for

people that provide access and opportunity for all. Garrett has expanded her work

nationally and internationally through research and participation in the International

Downtown Association, German Marshall Foundation, Brookings Institute and the

International Business of Cities. She has published through many of these

organizations, working toward the health and vitality of city centers across the globe.

Garrett is proud to sit on the Board of Directors of VISIT DENVER and the CAP

Advisory Board of the CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning.

Brie joined Prime West in 2020. She’s oversees business development and the property management team. Her expertise includes client and tenant relations, budget preparation, operating expense reconciliations, lease administration, physical management and financial reporting.

Phillip A. Washington was initially nominated by former Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in July 2021 and most recently by current Mayor Mike Johnston in July 2023. Phil was unanimously confirmed by the Denver City Council as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Denver International Airport (DEN) both times. In 2023, DEN was the world’s 6th busiest airport by passenger traffic. The annual economic impact of DEN is $36.4 billion, and the airport has over 40,000 total badged employees with 26 air carriers and a total of over 200 concessions. Within weeks of Phil’s arrival, he set forth a vision for DEN, Vision 100, that will prepare the airport to accommodate 100 million passengers, a 30% increase in passengers by 2030.

At DEN, Phil oversees a $10 billion dollar Capital Improvement Program (CIP). During his tenure at DEN, Phil has led the resurgence of the airport, i.e., creating an ambitious vision that includes completely retrofitting the airport to accommodate 50 million more passengers than the airport was originally designed for; early planning of a massive 15,000 space consolidated rental car facility and automated passenger mover; pre-environmental work on a 7th runway; opening of 39 new gates and relocation of airline ticket counters; accelerating the construction of the terminal (Great Hall) project; reducing the airport’s carbon footprint by plugging all abandoned oil wells and installing more solar panels on property; no deficiencies on the airport’s last three Part 139 inspections (safety); completed the training curriculum and wrapping up design for a one-of-its kind “Center of Equity & Excellence in Aviation” that will introduce young people to the aviation industry and create career pathways for thousands of young people; and most importantly, Phil has created a culture of safety throughout the airport and amongst the 40,000 employees on campus. Phil and DEN broke ground on the center in December 2023.

Prior to Washington’s arrival at DEN, he was the CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) from March 2015 to May 2021. As Metro’s CEO, Washington managed a balanced budget of $8.5 billion, was responsible for overseeing between $18-$20 billion in capital projects and provided oversight of an agency with 11,000 employees that transported 1.2 million boarding passengers daily on a fleet of 2,200 clean-air buses and six rail lines. Metro is the lead transportation planning, programming, and financing agency for LA County. As such, it is a major construction agency that oversees bus, rail, highway, and other mobility-related infrastructure projects – together representing the largest modern public works program in North America. Washington was also engaged and partnering in all facets of transportation and infrastructure in LA County including aviation, goods movement, freight/railroads, water, public works, housing, congestion pricing/mitigation, and transit-oriented communities (TOCs).

Washington led the 2016 successful effort to pass Measure M, a new half- cent sales tax in Los Angeles County (the most populous county in the United States), which garnered 71.15% voter approval. Measure M is allowing Metro to build 40 major highway and transit projects over the next 40 years, create 778,000 jobs and provide $133.3 billion in economic impact for the region. Measure M has no sunset and will end only if voters vote to end it. LA County residents are currently benefiting from the Measure with recent rail, highway, and bus facility openings.

Washington went to Los Angeles from Denver, where he served as the CEO of the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) between 2009 and 2015. He was previously the assistant general manager of RTD for nearly 10 years before being named CEO. In Denver, Washington led and implemented the FasTracks program, one of the largest voter-approved transportation expansion programs in the country. Under his leadership, Denver’s West Corridor Rail Line project was completed under budget and eight months earlier than scheduled, and the award-winning Denver Union Station project was completed five months early and is now realizing tremendous revenue and value capture from the surrounding development. Also in Denver, Washington implemented the nation’s first and still only operating $2.2 billion rail transit public private partnership (P3), which opened in 2016 and is in operation and exceeding ridership estimates.

Washington has received numerous prestigious assignments and honors. In October 2023, Phil was inducted into the American Public Transportation Association Hall of Fame. In July 2022, Phil was nominated by President Biden to be the next Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator. In 2020 and 2021, Phil co-chaired the Biden/Harris Infrastructure Policy Committee, he was later asked to lead (Captain) the Biden/Harris Transportation Transition Team. In both 2021 and 2019, he testified before the full U.S. Congressional Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was honored with the Eddy Award for Outstanding Leadership in Economic Development and was awarded the prestigious CORO Crystal Eagle Award for a “Legacy of Leadership.” In 2018, he was awarded the Honorable Ray LaHood Award (former U.S. Secretary of Transportation) by the national Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS) for his outstanding contribution in promoting opportunities to advance and advocate for women in the transportation industry. In 2017, he was presented with the Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Award for his service to U.S. military veterans and was honored with the Norman Mineta Award for exceptional leadership in the transportation industry. In 2016, he was chosen by the National Safety Council as one of the CEOs Who “Get It” – an honor bestowed on CEOs who demonstrate leadership in safety at the highest levels. Washington was also named 2013-2014 Outstanding Public Transportation CEO of the Year in North America by APTA. In 2012, President Obama named him a White House Transportation Innovators Champion of Change. In 2009, he was appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to serve on the State of Colorado’s Workforce Development Council to help the state create a 21st century workforce. And, in 2007, he was appointed by the mayor of Denver to lead the Host Transportation Committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Originally from the South Side of Chicago – the housing projects of Altgeld Gardens – Washington is a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Army, where he held the rank of Command Sergeant Major, the highest non-commissioned officer rank an enlisted soldier can achieve. He retired from active duty, is a disabled veteran and was awarded the prestigious Defense Superior Service Medal for exceptional service to his country. He holds a B.A. in Business from Columbia College, an M.A. in Management from Webster University and is a graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School for Senior Executives in State and Local Government. Phil is a past chair of APTA and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board and the Eno Center for Transportation. Finally, Phil was recently appointed by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, to serve on its Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity and in March 2024, Phil was nominated to serve on FAA’s Management Advisory Council (MAC).

Wendy McCray-Benoit is the lead real estate audit partner in the Denver office of PricewaterhouseCoopers and serves real estate, asset management and private equity clients throughout the west region including Denver, California, Salt Lake, and Portland. She has 31 years of experience providing auditing services to public and private REITs and real estate funds as well as owners/ operators of real estate, and other asset management entities. She has served nearly all property types including office, multifamily, industrial, healthcare, single family, student housing, hotels and manufactured housing.

She holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Colorado State University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She serves on the advisory board for the Colorado State University College of Business and the advisory board to the dean of accounting. In addition, she is on the board of Governors of the Downtown Denver Partnership and has served on the Women United committee for Mile High United Way.