Jonathon is a Director of Acquisitions at SomeraRoad, helping lead the firm’s acquisition and asset management efforts across the value-add and opportunistic verticals. A member of the Executive Committee, Jon oversees the Nashville headquarters and all of SomeraRoad’s investment activities within the growing market. Jon also leads the firm’s efforts in Pittsburgh, the Washington DC-metro area, and Las Vegas. Prior to SomeraRoad, Jon was a Vice President at Sovereign Capital Management, a San Diego-based firm focused on investing in distressed commercial real estate. At Sovereign, he led the acquisition and asset management of a $6 billion Tenant-In-Common portfolio with 150+ properties nationwide.

Jon received a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance from Point Loma Nazarene University. Originally hailing from San Diego, Jon and his wife Amanda now reside in Nashville, TN

Joe is a construction professional with more than 45 years of “hands-on” experience in

management, senior operations and executive leadership. Prior to joining The Congress

Group as the Project Director for the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences in Nashville, Joe was

with Lend Lease from 1986 – 2015. During his time at Lend Lease, Joe served as Operations

Manager, Principal in Charge for the Upstate NY and Boston offices, Northeast Region

Director, Executive Director for Design and Construction and Executive General Manager for

the Atlantic Region, a region consisting of multiple offices from Boston to Florida, including

two vertical markets, Pharmaceutical and Health Care.

Caroleen Wilkes is Vice President of Development at Wood Partners. Wood

Partners is a vertically integrated real estate company known for developing

high performing multi-family assets and is currently delivering ~ 3,000 units to

the Nashville market.

Caroleen has 12 years of experience in real estate and construction across

multi-family, office and hospitality asset classes in the Southeast and Midwest

regions. With a personal commit to use development as a responsible tool to

enhance communities in the sustainability, technology, and wellness realms.

She earned her Bachelors in Real Estate Development from the Ohio State

University and a Masters of Engineering in Construction Management from

Vanderbilt University.

Caroleen currently serves on the Board for the YMCA of Middle Tennessee,

as Treasurer for the neighborhood association of Wedgewood-Houston

(SNAP Inc.) and the Southeast Americas Advisory Group for the Royal

Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Marc previously served as the southeast regional development partner for Fairfield Residential, and prior to that as Senior Vice President of Novare Group. At Portman Residential, he is responsible for managing and executing our development activities nationwide. Marc’s career spans more than two decades, during which he has overseen the development of more than 6,000 apartment and condominium residences in markets throughout the country, valued at more than $1.5 billion. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Apartment Association and the Atlanta chapter of the Urban Land Institute.

Mr. Abair is Vice President, Development for The RMR Group, where he leads a team that is responsible for the sourcing, underwriting, design, entitlement and leasing of all development projects managed by RMR. He joined RMR in 2017 as an Assistant General Counsel, providing legal counsel and permitting oversight with respect to the company’s development projects. Previously, Mr. Abair was a partner at a Boston law firm, where he managed a comprehensive real estate practice that included assisting clients with land use regulation and development approvals. Mr. Abair earned a Bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a Juris Doctorate from the Seton Hall University School of Law.

Quan Poole assists real estate clients with the purchase, sale, development, construction, and exchange of

land, and he works with all principals involved to maximize the benefits for successful projects. Quan

guides clients through every step of the process, focusing his practice on clients’ land use and zoning and

regulatory compliance needs.

Quan has significant experience in zoning and land use regulations, public–private partnerships, and

government relations, and he regularly assists clients with variance requests and in gaining additional

entitlements. He also has experience representing clients in general business litigation.

Prior to joining Waller, Quan served as an associate for Spencer Fane. Prior to that, Quan served as an

assistant metropolitan attorney for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

During his time at Metro, Quan advised the Planning Department, Board of Zoning Appeals, and Metro

Public Health Department, among other departments. Quan also advised the Metro Codes Department on

short-term rental property regulations and handled their enforcement in Environmental Court. Prior to

working for Metro, Quan was an assistant public defender for Shelby County Government.

Education

 J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, 2013

o Managing Editor, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

o Member, Prince Evidence Moot Court Team

o Kolwyck Equal Access to Justice Fellowship, 2012

 B.S., Arkansas State University, 2009

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Matt Robinson has 17 years of experience in the real estate industry and pursues multi-family residential, mixed-use acquisition and development opportunities for MRP Realty. Since joining the firm in 2007, Matt has overseen the entitlement, development, and repositioning of over 3.2 million square feet including over 1,100 units. In his seven years at TCC prior to joining MRP, Matt developed a total of 1.5 million square feet comprising 924 residential units and 542,000 square feet of retail and commercial space totaling over $654 million. Before joining TCC, he was an architect with Dimella Shaffer Associates in Boston, Massachusetts focused primarily on age-restricted residential and hotel projects. Matt graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and received his MSRED from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Based in Nashville, Dave leads all of Hall Emery’s office and mixed-use development and investment activities in

the Southeast as well as overseeing all commercial services for their Nashville portfolio. Dave is a Founding

Partner of the firm and possesses more than 17 years of focused industry experience, specializing in the

leasing, marketing, and development of Class A office and mixed-use properties across a variety of geographic

markets. Dave began his career in 2004 as a junior leasing broker for the Spectrum Companies in Charlotte,

NC and relocated to Nashville in 2010 to help Spectrum open the office with Pat Emery.

Over his career, Dave has successfully negotiated over 9.5 million SF of office leases with a total value of over

$1.1 Billion, and most recently (since 2013) led the visioning, development, marketing, and lease-up of four

speculative Class A office projects in the greater Nashville area totaling over 900,000 SF, with a combined

stabilized value of over $400 million. These development projects included Franklin Park, a forward thinking 71-

acre mixed-use campus in Cool Springs including two, 280,000 SF office towers, 18 th & Chet, a boutique office

development in the heart of Nashville’s iconic Music Row totaling 136,000 SF anchored by EY, and 17 th & Grand,

which is currently under construction representing the firm’s second Music Row office development and

consisting of 165,000 SF. These developments have been recognized by ULI and NAIOP as “Best in Class” and

have attracted companies such as EY, Schneider Electric, CKE Restaurants, UBS, RBC, Wework, and HCA.

Dave brings extensive experience and relationships throughout the Southeastern U.S. and has consistently

delivered outstanding results for an array of institutional clients in two of the most dynamic markets in the

Country, Nashville and Charlotte. Notable owner clients include JP Morgan Asset Management, Bank of

America Employee Pension Plan, CIM Group, and Yarbrough Capital. Dave was awarded the “Developing

Leader Award” in 2011 and has received the distinguished “Broker of the Year” award twice.

Dave is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and resides in Nashville, TN with his wife Elizabeth and two

daughters, Maggie and Kate.

Melissa Alexander, SIOR serves as Senior Vice President for Foundry Commercial. Considered one of the foremost industrial

brokers in Nashville, she leads the Foundry Industrial Brokerage team in her hometown of Nashville, TN. Melissa has more

than 16 years of real estate experience focusing on the leasing, sale and development of industrial properties in Tennessee as

well as across the US.

Melissa got her start in industrial in Memphis, TN where she previously served as Principal of the Cushman & Wakefield

(C&W) affiliate there. She served as the only female partner and only female broker in the firm.

Melissa has a strong business presence locally and online. She is consistently named one of the top Commercial Real Estate

Influencers to follow on Twitter and LinkedIn. In 2018, she launched #CREchat with colleague, Casey Flannery. The monthly

chat hosts Commercial Real Estate thought leaders from across the US and has garnered participation and praise from CRE

professionals, organizations such as CREW, SIOR, Bisnow and CoStar as two women bringing change and innovation to the

industry. The chats have since evolved into a podcast called CREchat Live. Melissa regularly serves as a speaker/panelist for

national conferences and media outlets such as GlobeSt.com, Bisnow, Nashville Business Journal, Arco Murray’s Women in

Construction, CREI, Drastic Summit and Counselors of Real Estate.

Outside of work, you will find Melissa hanging out by a fire pit, watching sports or traveling with her husband, John, and their

two children.

Dustin joined Tricera Capital in September 2021 and serves as Executive Vice President, Head of Office Leasing. He is responsible for the leasing, marketing, and business development of the company's office portfolio.

Dustin is a seasoned leasing and marketing executive with institutional experience in both the public and private sectors. Previously, Dustin was a Vice President, Office Leasing for Related Urban in Santa Clara, CA in which he oversaw the leasing and marketing of the largest ground up, mixed use development on the west coast. Prior to joining Related Urban, Dustin was Senior Director, Leasing for Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) in which he was directly responsible for the leasing and development of HPP's Silicon Valley and Southern California portfolios. Prior to Hudson Pacific Properties, Dustin was an Executive Director with Madison Partners, a boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm based in West Los Angeles that specializes in investment sales, agency leasing and tenant representation.

Dustin is a longtime member of NAIOP and CoreNet Global. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver in which he was a member the Men's Basketball program and participated in the 2004 NCAA Division II Elite Eight.

In his spare time, Dustin enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids and playing golf.

Andrea Barry has over two decades of experience in creative professional services, with a focus in the real estate development, hospitality, architecture, engineering, construction, and design industries. She holds a BFA in Visual Communication with an emphasis in Design and Marketing and is a Certified LEED Green Associate. Throughout her roles in design, advertising, marketing, program management, and business leadership, her passion has been helping clients achieve their business objectives through creative storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and innovative communication strategies. As the Director of Client Success for NINE dot ARTS, Andrea focuses on strengthening client relationships while helping partners achieve maximum value and engagement through their curated art programs and creative placemaking efforts. She is especially focused on helping clients leverage opportunities for positive social impact and meaningful contributions to the creative economy.

Based in Gensler’s Nashville office, Brian leads creative, collaborative teams dedicated to bringing new approaches to design processes and strategies to help clients achieve their aspirational goals. He is responsible for working with clients across a wide range of projects and leverages his design experience that spans multiple continents, scales, and project types. Brian has completed projects ranging from small-scale buildings to complex urban developments and master plans.

Real estate emphasis with results-oriented approach

Clients with challenging development schedules or complex real estate acquisitions rely on Steve Kirkham to bring their transactions to successful closings. Steve efficiently handles high-value and high-transaction real estate portfolios for clients operating locations across the country. Despite the heavy development schedules set out by these clients, Steve maintains their timeline and gets the deals done. Described as "unflappable," Steve confidently solves problems with a persistent, yet pleasant style.

Steve is also the top-of-mind attorney for owners and developers of apartment complexes across the country, regardless of whether the project is to acquire new property or assist with complex ownership structures and securitized lending. Steve often oversees his client's broader legal needs, assisting C-suite executives with corporate finance, litigation management, corporate governance and other matters and supervising multi-disciplinary legal teams.

Stephen Yalof is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., a

leading operator of upscale, open-air outlet centers with 36 locations across 20 states and Canada. Steve

joined in April 2020 as President and Chief Operating Officer before succeeding Steven B. Tanger as CEO

in January 2021, bringing with him over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry,

with a primary focus on the retail space. He oversees the operations of the executive and senior

leadership teams, emphasizing evolving the customer shopping experience, and sits on the board of

directors.

Before joining Tanger Outlets, Steve served as the Chief Executive Officer of Simon Premium Outlets,

where he drove forward the expansion and development of their real estate portfolio. He previously

served as Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Ralph Lauren and Senior Director of Real Estate for The

Gap, Inc.

Steve serves on the board of directors for HeadCount and the advisory board for the Center for Real

Estate & Urban Analysis (CREUA) at George Washington University, his alma mater, where he earned a

B.S. in Business Administration.