Steve Erdman began his career in real estate in 1977 by joining the firm of Goldrich and Kest, a company specializing in the development and construction of thousands of housing units and retirement facilities throughout California.

In 1983, Steve became a Vice President in charge of Goldrich and Kest’s entire Construction Operations division including all phases of the development process. Steve managed multiple projects, including large developments of multi family subsidized apartment projects, high-end and high-rise apartments, condominiums and single-family homes, housing tracts, board and care facilities, convalescent hospitals, hotels, commercial, and large industrial projects.

He has a wealth of experience in dealing with many government and public agencies such as HUD, CRA, CHFA, OSHPUD, Los Angeles Housing Department, universities, non-profit organizations, and has extensive practice doing business with numerous city and county officials throughout the state.

In 1990, Steve began to develop projects on his own as the Owner and President of Canfield Development, Inc. He develops apartments, condominiums and custom homes in the Los Angeles area.

As Senior VP of Western Development for EdR, Steve brings 35 years’ experience in construction and

development. Steve’s recent career has focused on public-private and mixed-use real estate

development in association with universities and colleges, public entities, not-for- profit organizations

and other institutions. His most recent projects include Roosevelt Point at Arizona State University-

Downtown in Phoenix, AZ, the renovation of Bowles Hall at UC Berkeley – a 1928 historic residential

college, and a new honors college and residence hall at Boise State University. In his current role,

Steve is responsible for providing leadership to project development teams and management of EdR’s

projects in the western U.S. region. Prior to joining EdR, Steve was SVP Development for Concord

Eastridge, a development company focused on public-private partnerships, and was Director of

Alternative Finance and Delivery for Turner Construction Co., where he was responsible for

management of design/build/finance and public-private partnership development projects on a

national basis. Steve also previously served as SVP Technical Services with Westin Hotels & Resorts.

He earned his M.Arch. from University of Washington and his B.A. in architecture from Yale

University.

Real Estate and Financial Advisory: PS&A is a full service real estate brokerage and economic consulting firm that specializes in matching private sector real estate opportunities with public sector land use policies, joint development opportunities, economic development policies and financing/incentive programs.

Affordable Housing: Provides Consulting Services to improve existing affordable housing supply and to expand the supply of housing for low to moderate individuals with grant administration and affordable housing development.

Blake Wettengel is Chief Executive Officer of NB Private Capital, LLC and its related entities. After beginning his career as an attorney, Orange County native Blake Wettengel turned to real estate investment as Chief Operating Officer of Nelson Brothers Professional Real Estate. Under his leadership, the investment company acquired nearly $1 billion of real estate holdings, and the company was ranked in the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing companies in the country. In his tenure, Mr. Wettengel has overseen the acquisition and management of over 8,000 beds of multi-family properties, securing nearly $1 billion in debt and equity. Today, he manages the acquisition and investment process of the Sponsor, including asset acquisition and due diligence, debt and equity financing, construction and development. Mr. Wettengel has a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctorate (JD) from the UCLA School.

Mark Cunningham is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Housing, Dining and Hospitality Services at the University of California, San Diego and is in his 36th year of service to the campus. As an Auxiliary enterprise, Housing, Dining and Hospitality Services is required to be self-supporting financially and receives no Federal, State, UC or UC San Diego funding. Income is generated from his customers and it is their choice to live/dine in his facilities. He is responsible for 8M+ sq. ft. of facilities providing a wide variety of housing and dining options to just over 16,000 students, staff, faculty and their dependents through 725 career staff and 1,300+ student staff. Currently, he has three new housing projects totaling over 4,200 new beds going into construction in 2017-18.

Pete Angelis is Assistant Vice Chancellor of UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services and has served in his current position since 2007. In his current capacity at UCLA, he oversees a service driven auxiliary enterprise that generates over $330M in annual revenues and employs approximately 2700 team members. The operation houses more than 17,000 students, faculty and staff and serves roughly 30,000 meals daily. The hospitality division includes the 4 star Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center, UCLA Guest House and Lake Arrowhead Conference Center; Bruinwoods Resort. Prior to his appointment as Assistant Vice Chancellor, Pete worked in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years with industry leaders working with industry leaders such as Hyatt Corporation and Hilton Worldwide Hotels. Pete received his B.A. in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and completed the Executive Program at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Pete and the UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services team are focused on continuing a tradition of excellence in providing premier residential housing, dining, and other hospitality services for students, visiting conference guests, and UCLA faculty and staff. Under Pete’s leadership, the H&HS team has consistently achieved top customer and team member satisfaction scores, while funding well over $1 billion dollars in housing developments and renovations that are either underway or in the early planning stages.

Fred Pierce (“Pierce”) is CEO of Pierce Education Properties (“PEP”), a leading national student housing

investment, development and operating company that was listed amongst the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private

Companies in America (2018 & 2019). Mr. Pierce was selected a “Student Housing Pioneer” by Real Estate

Forum Magazine (2013), received Ernst & Young’s San Diego Region “Entrepreneur of the Year®” Award for

the Real Estate & Construction Industry (2012), named one of “50 Influential Leaders in San Diego” by the San

Diego Daily Transcript (2017–2019), included in “San Diego 500 Influential Business Leaders” by the San

Diego Business Journal (“SDBJ”) (2018–2023), named finalist for the “Most Admired CEO” by SDBJ (2018-

2019) and received the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “Moving San Diego Forward Award”

(2019) on behalf of “Friends of SDSU”, for his work on the successful SDSU West Ballot Initiative (Nov. 2018)

that has become San Diego State’s (“SDSU”) Mission Valley Campus and Snapdragon Stadium (opened Fall

2022). Fred was twice awarded SDSU’s “Distinguished Alumni Award” by the Alumni Association (2022) and

Fowler College of Business (1999), he being one of six alumni to have won that award twice in the last 25+ years.

Since 2007, PEP has completed $1.3 billion in student housing acquisitions and operated more than 34,000 beds

serving 34 universities in 19 states, ranking it among the leading buyers and managers of student apartments in

the country during that period. PEP was ranked by Student Housing Business Magazine (“SHB”) in 2023 amongst

the “Top 25 Owners” of student housing in the U.S. and has been listed by SHB as an “Industry Titan” every

year since 2016. PEP has ranked #6 nationally amongst student housing companies in J. Turner’s “Online

Reputation Assessment (ORA) Power Rankings”. For 10+ years, the firm served as master developer of the

award-winning, 131-acre, multi-billion-dollar College Community Redevelopment Project at SDSU together with

SDSU Foundation (now known as SDSU Research Foundation). PEP has earned numerous national and

international awards for its development projects including three “Gold Nugget Awards of Merit” from the Pacific

Coast Builders Conference and the “Award of Excellence” as The Outstanding University Real Estate Project in

the country from the Association of University Real Estate Officials.

Previously, Fred was a principal and CFO of Los Angeles-based Platt Companies where he directed the acquisition

and financing of $400 million in real estate assets. Prior to that, Fred was West Region Director of Real Estate

Consulting for Price Waterhouse (now known as PwC), and Director of Real Estate Investment Consulting for

KPMG Peat Marwick/Goodkin Group (now known as KPMG). Fred is Chairman of the NMHC Student Housing

Research Fund Board, Chairman-Elect of The Campanile Foundation Board (SDSU’s Endowment), Vice

Chairman of Beta Theta Pi Foundation Board, and Executive Committee Member of SDSU’s Corky McMillin

Center for Real Estate Board. He is a Member of the Franklin Pierce University Board of Trustees (immediate

past Chairman), SDSU Fowler College of Business Board (immediate past Chairman), SDSU Mission Valley

Campus’ Residential Advisory Board and Public Art Advisory Board, Sonoma State University Wine Business

Institute Board and University of Georgia Residential Property Management Board. Mr. Pierce is a Trustee

Emeritus of the 460,000-student, 23-campus California State University (CSU) System Board and Past Board

President of the City of San Diego’s Pension Fund (SDCERS, $10.6 Billion AUM), where he also chaired its Real

Estate Investment Committee. Fred is a former Board Member of INVESCO’s $350 million Real Estate Fund I,

and Past President of the CSU Alumni Council, SDSU Alumni Association and Poway Unified School District

Foundation Board. Fred completed real estate finance studies in the MBA program at SDSU, and earned a

bachelor’s degree in finance, cum laude, from SDSU.

Prior to founding PEP, Fred was a principal and chief financial officer of Los Angeles-based Platt Companies where he directed the acquisition and financing of $400 million in real estate assets. Prior to that, Fred was Western Regional Director of Real Estate Consulting for Price Waterhouse, as well as Director of Real Estate Investment Consulting for KPMG Peat Marwick/Goodkin Group. For six years (1999-2004), Fred served as a Trustee of the 23-campus, 460,000-student California State University (CSU) System, where he chaired the Institutional Advancement, Audit, and University and Faculty Personnel committees. Fred is also Past President of the Board of Trustees of the City of San Diego’s Pension Fund ($4+ Billion), where he also chaired its Real Estate Investment Committee. He is currently Chairman of SDSU’s Fowler College of Business Board and Executive Committee Member of SDSU’s Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate. Mr. Pierce is also a board member of Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute and The Aztec Club at SDSU. Fred is a former board member of INVESCO’s $350 million Real Estate Fund I, and Past President of the CSU Alumni Council, SDSU Alumni Association and Poway Unified School District Foundation. Fred completed real estate finance studies in the MBA program at SDSU, and earned a bachelor’s degree in finance, cum laude, from SDSU.

Laurie Stone was named associate senior vice president for real estate and asset management in September 2013. She is responsible for the oversight and management of a wide variety of real estate matters, including the acquisition and sale of university property, negotiation and management of university leases, negotiation and oversight of ground lease agreements with third-party developers, management of all tenant-occupied properties owned by the university, land use master planning and entitlements, management of the faculty-staff housing assistance programs, property tax payments, exemptions and appeals, and the management of title to certain non-real estate assets. Laurie Stone and her staff also work with the office of planned giving and restricted fund accounting to document the acceptance of gifts to the university and to manage the disposition of all gifted real estate and gifts-in-kind.

Laurie Stone joined the university in 2006 as university counsel and program director for capital construction development before joining the real estate department in 2010. From 2010 to 2013 Laurie served as executive director for real estate and asset management. Prior to joining USC, Stone was an associate with the law firm of Latham & Watkins from 1997 to 2006, where she specialized in land use and environmental law.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s degree in construction management from USC, and graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine School of Law.

Nolan Zail is a founding principal of Impact Urban, a real estate development

company that advances innovation, sustainability and equity to create positive

impacts in urban environments.

Nolan contributes over 30 years of experience in real estate development

including design and construction, developing and re-developing residential,

commercial, historic and mixed-use projects.

Nolan’s mixed-use and residential development experience includes founding

principal of Transform Urban (CA), Senior Vice President of Development with

Carmel Partners (CA) and development manager with Santa Clara Development

Co. (CA). In addition, Nolan has commercial development experience with

Cushman & Wakefield (NY) and non-profit housing redevelopment experience

with Common Ground Community (NY). Prior to real estate, Mr. Zail has worked

for award winning architectural firms on residential and commercial projects.

Nolan was the Project Executive with Carmel Partners for UC Davis West

Village, a 130-acre planned net zero energy mixed-use development that

received the Urban Land Institute Global Award of Excellence.

Nolan received a Master of Science (Real Estate) from New York University; a

Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Horticulture) from the University of

Melbourne; and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Royal Melbourne Institute of

Technology.

Notable Projects include UC Davis West Village, Davis, CA; Grand Central

Terminal Redevelopment, New York; Prince George Affordable Housing

Redevelopment, NY and ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia.

Determined to find and execute on opportunistic real estate opportunities, Scott Gale formed Ventus Group (“Ventus”) in 2006. From 2007-2013, Scott acquired nine distressed properties from various banks and builders. The acquired assets, located through California and Oregon, included semi-improved single-family lots, subdivisions and master-planned communities, as well as retail, office and industrial buildings. All but one of those properties were sold between 2012-2015.

Through 2012, Ventus also entitled, managed and/or consulted on several residential, retail and hotel projects/assets owned by third-parties (national homebuilders, market analysts, and private developers). The company’s consulting activities included entitlements processing, cash flow analysis, market research, and project management.

Since 2014, Ventus has dedicated its efforts solely to The Fig. During this period, Scott and his team assembled more than eight contiguous acres in a prime Los Angeles location, all along advancing the design, analysis, and entitlements for The Fig- a 4.42-acre mixed-use development (hotel, residential, retail).

Prior to forming Ventus Group, Scott served as Vice President of Land Acquisition at Shea Homes where he acquired 3,146 residential lots (attached and detached) throughout Southern California. Before Shea Homes, Scott was a Project Manager at Woodside Homes, where he was responsible for design team coordination, entitlements processing, horizontal development purchasing, as well as sales/construction support.

Scott also served as a Senior Consultant in the Real Estate Capital Markets at Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal. There, Scott analyzed and supported large real estate transactions, including asset and company sales, as well as capital procurement and due diligence.

Scott earned a Master of Business Administration and Master of Real Estate Development (“MRED”) from the University of Southern California. He also holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.

Scott serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center. He also taught several Real Estate Development and Finance courses at University of California-Irvine in the Light Construction & Development Management program.

Ned brings over 20 years of real estate experience in finance, acquisitions, and development for both the public sector, notably for the fourth largest university system in the country, and for companies in the private sector.

Bob Champion is the Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Champion Real Estate Company, a family office that specializes in real estate investment with multiple business strategies currently being executed via the company’s platform. Under Bob’s leadership, the Champion platform has generated in excess of a 20 annual return (XIRR) to its investors over the past 20-years. Bob has a Master's of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California where he also taught real estate investment, development, and urban planning for over 16 years. He has also taught at the graduate level at UCLA, ICSC University, and the CRA University. He is an expert in shopping centers, multifamily, ertical retailing, public-private partnerships and mixed-use development with retail, residential, office, and entertainment components. Bob is a nationally recognized speaker at real estate industry events and has published numerous articles on real estate, the economy, and public policy. He has developed and invested in all of the major real estate product types and has completed over $1 billion in transactions.

Moderating/Speaking Engagements:  RealShare Apartments – The Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles: Oct 20, 2016  15th Global Real Estate Private Equity Summit – Sofitel Beverly Hills: Sept 15, 2016  Multifamily Annual Conference West – Omni Downtown, Los Angeles: July 20, 2016  Greater Los Angeles Development Summit – DoubleTree by The Hilton: June 21, 2016  Marcus and Millichap/IPA Multifamily Forum – The Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles: June 2, 2016  RealShare Los Angeles – LA’s Emerging Neighborhoods – The Beverly Wilshire: March 24, 2016  Bisnow Annual Multifamily/Mixed-Use Event – Montage Beverly Hills: February 24, 201  Lido Wealth Management Event – Intercontinental Hotel, Century City: November 19, 2015  Bisnow’s BMAX West- A Developer’s Outlook on California’s Booming Multifamily Industry – JW Marriot, Los Angeles: July 28, 2015  Bisnow The Future of Hollywood Event – The W Hotel, Los Angeles: April 29, 2015

 2nd Annual Multifamily Forum Socal – California Market Center: June 5, 2014.

Ella Shaw Neyland serves as President and affiliated director of Steadfast Apartment REIT III. She also serves as President and an affiliated director of Steadfast Apartment REIT and Steadfast Income REIT, positions she has held since October 2012. From October 2011 to September 2012, Ms. Neyland served as an independent director and Audit Committee Chair of Steadfast Income REIT. Ms. Neyland has considerable experience in real estate investment, development and finance. Most recently, while with Montecito Medical Investment Company, she advised the company in the acquisition of 43 medical properties with over two million square feet in 13 states, as well as the acquisition of 8,300 apartments in 29 communities. From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Neyland served as Executive VP, Treasurer and Investor Relations Officer of United Dominion Realty Trust (“UDR”), where she was responsible for capital market transactions, banking relationships, and presentations to investors and Wall Street analysts. Ms. Neyland also was a voting member of UDR’s Investment Committee, which oversaw the repositioning of over $3 billion of investments. Prior to 2001, Ms. Neyland served as the CFO at Sunrise Housing, a privately-owned multifamily development company, and as the Senior VP of Finance and the VP of Troubled Debt Restructures/Finance for the Lincoln Property Company, a multifamily development and property management firm. In addition to her extensive real estate background, Ms. Neyland has held executive positions in the banking industry, including CIBC, BancOne and Frost Bank. Ms. Neyland is currently a Board member for the Investment Program Association (IPA) and she is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Ms. Neyland received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Jo Campbell is the university’s Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Executive Director of University Housing. She has responsibility for and leadership of University Housing, which includes residential life and education, facilities maintenance, custodial, and housing administration. As a division leader, Dr. Campbell will also develop new residential facilities, including the programming of the Student Housing South project (1,475 first-year student beds) scheduled to open in fall 2018, as well as additional residential opportunities. Cal Poly currently houses approximately 40 percent of its student body and seeks to house up to 65 percent in the future.

Dr. Campbell brings over 35 years of higher education leadership, inclusive practices and administration to Cal Poly. She was formerly a director of residential life at the University of Toledo, Ohio and Senior Associate Director of Housing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has served on dozens of committees and advisory boards to improve the campus climate related to academics, crisis and conduct, student enrollment, equity and inclusion, and drug and alcohol abuse prevention. Notably, she served on ACPA-College Student Educators International’s Executive Council as chair of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender awareness committee, and she chaired the committee on gay, lesbian and bisexual issues for the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International.

Dr. Campbell earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in student personnel services from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and a certificate of business administration with a strategic planning focus from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, she earned a doctorate in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University. Her doctoral research was on the behaviors, attitudes, skills and knowledge of senior student affairs professionals and their perceptions of leadership success. She lives in San Luis Obispo with her wife Ellen Broido.

As Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Pepperdine University, Robin provides oversight for all housing operation processes and residential programming to the Malibu campus residential community of 2600 students in 26 residential communities for undergraduate and graduate populations. This includes supervision of personnel, administration of room assignments, meal plans, billings, accommodations, review and final appeal for exemptions, fiscal oversight, residential facility management, programmatic development, review and updates to policies and procedures, and response to critical incidents. Additionally, Robin serves as a member of the Pepperdine Student Care Team, and is serving the ACUHO-I association as a STARS faculty member, expert for the CAS Standards review process, and as a reviewer for the Funded Research Grant submissions.

Robin is a Wisconsin native where she received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, her masters in Student Affairs Administration from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, and her doctorate in Educational Leadership in Higher Education from Edgewood College, Madison, WI. Now in her 21st year of working in higher education within housing and residence life, Robin is passionate about women’s issues, student development, spiritual development, and health and nutrition. Prior to Pepperdine, Robin was employed at UW-Platteville as the Assistant Director for Residence Life in charge of Resident Assistant selection, hiring, training, diversity education for residential communities, living and learning communities and interest communities, Resident Director training and supervision, and residential conduct adjudication.

She is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys the beach, running, hiking, traveling, and spending time with family.

Jenny is a graduate of Drew University where she studied history and psychology. She earned her master’s degree from Springfield College, majoring in psychology and counseling with a concentration in higher education administration. She is currently ABD in her doctoral program at New England College, focusing on completing her dissertation. Jenny has had a variety of experiences in student affairs. She has worked in admissions, student activities/community service, academic advising, orientation, and residential life. She is also an adjunct professor of psychology at another institution. Jenny is passionate about the liberal arts education. Her main areas of interest include positive psychology, issues around access and equity, partnering with parents and family, and creating a strong sense of community within the residence halls. Originally from New York City, Jenny is thrilled to be on the west coast! When not in the office, she spends her free time working out, swimming at the beach, teaching or practicing yoga, reading, kayaking, skiing, checking out new movies and documentaries, exploring California, and spending time with her beloved dog Mackie.

Ann Volz has over 25 years of real estate experience in program/project management, property management, student management, business development, and marketing. She has been actively involved in virtually all aspects of project development, from strategic planning through ongoing operations in student housing. Her background includes leadership positions at a national program-management firm and an international architecture firm, as well as being on the management team of three large development projects, a significant mall renovation and a 52-story urban mixed-use building.

As Senior Project Executive with The Scion Group, Ms. Volz provides and supervises delivery of student housing real estate advisory services to Scion’s clients. With a strong focus on higher education residential life facilities over the past 15 years, Ms. Volz bears keen expertise and experience in market studies, programming, P3 Advisory Services and owner’s representation.

Ms. Volz received her Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Marketing.

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

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

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

Professional Achievements

NKF Chairman’s Circle, 2017-Present

Top Five Producer, Newmark Knight Frank

Top Producer, Stirling Properties, 2011-2012

Connect Media Top Broker Award, 2019

Co-Star Power Broker Award

Pace Setter Award, Marcus & Millichap, 2008

Donna Preiss is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Preiss Company. For nearly 30 years, The Preiss Company has specialized in the development, acquisition, and management of off-campus student housing and is currently the 3rd largest privately owned student-housing provider in the country.

The company employs over 500 team members and is one of the largest and fastest growing student housing providers in the United States—currently owning and/or operating properties in 16 states. The Preiss Company is the leader in the development of new technologies, tools, and strategies for the student housing industry.

Donna received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MA Degree from the University of Maryland at College Park. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the NMHC, the Board of Trustees for Ravenscroft School & the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Donna also serves on the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board and is a member of the NAA National Student Housing Committee, the NMHC National Student Housing Committee, and the Women President’s Organization.

Mark is the President and Founder of MJW Investments. After beginning his career as an attorney, Los Angeles native Mark J. Weinstein founded MJW Investments in 1983 when he discovered the potential of real estate investment and development through several successful ventures. Under his leadership MJW has acquired approximately 1 billion dollars of real estate holdings in all asset types. He also spearheaded the adaptive reuse of Santee Village, one of Los Angeles’ largest adaptive reuse projects of over 800,000 sqft. of mixed-use in the Fashion District of Downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Weinstein’s passion for, and expertise in property repositioning has been a guiding factor in the company’s growth and success.

Mark is the majority owner of the firm’s $800MM diversified real estate holdings. More recently, Mark has led the firm’s strategic growth into student housing and has amassed a portfolio of student housing properties at Michigan State, Washington State, Brigham Young University, UC Santa Barbara, Texas Tech, University of Illinois and University of Oregon. The firm continues to expand its Southern California multifamily portfolio.

Throughout his career, Mr. Weinstein has maintained active associations and leadership with numerous civic and philanthropic groups. These include a three year term as Chair of the Jewish Federation’s Real Estate Construction Division; and active associations with the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), the Guardians, an agency dedicated to serving the elderly, and the Jewish Venture Philanthropy fund.

Mr. Weinstein holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara (summa cum laude), and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School (dean’s list).

Senior Vice President-Development, Student Living with The Michaels Organization (Michaels), leading the company’s public-private partnerships with higher education institutions in California, by bringing nearly 20 years of real estate development and finance experience including the development of large-scale housing and dining facilities that utilized public-private partnership (P3) delivery models. In addition to delivering P3 real estatement development projects on-campus, Raoul is the company's leader for off-campus student housing development in California.

A graduate of Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo, David formed McCullough Landscape Architecture as a sole proprietorship in 1999 while consulting for another firm. After wife and partner, Catherine joined the business in 2001 and became Chief Executive Officer and President in 2002; the firm became a woman-owned corporation and a certified Small Business by the State of California.

With offices in San Diego and the Bay Area, McCullough creates spaces for hospitality, retail, mixed-use and institutional properties around the world. As principal landscape architect, David oversees all aspects of the design and production of firm projects at McCullough. He serves as head designer on all projects and maintains quality control on all work completed. Previous projects have earned awards and recognition in several national publications.

David finds time in his schedule to take leadership in creative organizations such as the the San Diego Architecture Foundation (SDAF) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) local Urban Design Committee. He currently serves as Chair of the Pecha Kucha Night program, which is on its sixth successful year. He finds it inspiring to take part in such a diverse mix of creative minds while bringing them together to share with the public their wild ideas.

In addition, recently David was appointed by San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer to serve on the Historical Resources Board as Chair, which governs the identification, protection, retention and preservation of historical sites in San Diego. Concurrently, he has been invited to serve on the city’s Code Monitoring Team (CMT).

David’s design philosophy is centered around merging context and creative passion with grit, soul, and style. The firm takes every project with a uniquely creative approach that centers around diversity, discovery and conservation. David feels it’s important to engage the human spirit with nature, while expressing empathy.

Recent projects include a large waterfront development in Shanghai, China, Seaport San Diego redevelopment, several multifamily projects in Calgary and Vancouver, along with other notable hospitality, entertainment, and mixed-use collaborations in the Western US and Canada.

Peter Worstell is a sales and business development executive with over thirty years of travel and field experience in multiple industries. His last five years have been spent specifically in the dynamic glass industry with experience in both thermochromic and electrochromic technology. His primary focus is on the Higher Education vertical.

Today, Peter serves as the National Business Development Manager for SageGlass. SageGlass manufactures electrochromic glass technology that provides sustainable, self - tinting capabilities automatically mitigating heat and glare, allowing constant daylighting while reducing energy usage and offering non-stop views to the outdoors. Peter travels the country meeting with campus faculty and facility executives discussing todays challenges and solutions.

SageGlass is a division of Saint-Gobain, the global leader in high performance building materials.