As President and CEO of Landmark Properties, Wes has overseen the design, financing, development, and operations of nearly $2 Billion worth of new construction student housing. Wes and Landmark have largely focused on developing student cottage communities under the “Retreat” brand, and, more recently, have expanded into luxury urban infill. Wes is responsible for establishing and implementing Landmark¹s overall corporate strategy. He is very involved in the development and finance side of the Company¹s business, but his hands on leadership style keeps him engaged in all aspects of the business. Landmark currently has approximately $800 Million in student housing currently under construction, making the Company one of the most active developers in the Space.

Wes, an Athens, GA native, obtained his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1999 and his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from UGA in 2004. While finishing up his MBA, Wes partnered with James Whitley to form Landmark Properties in May 2004. Wes lives in Athens with his wife, Kimberly, and sons, James, Harrison and William.

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.

John Diedrich serves as the Senior Vice President of Investments for CA Ventures and is in charge of investment oversight as well as the analyst and research groups

Mr. Gronlie joined the firm in 2010 and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. As a Director and Head of Education Real Estate in the Transactions group, he oversees the firm’s education investment platform. He is responsible for defining and implementing the firm’s investment strategy in university markets throughout the US as well as expanding Harrison Street’s Public Private Partnerships (P3’s). Mr. Gronlie has fostered relationships with public universities, academically selective private colleges and various other institutions, which has allowed Harrison Street to invest capital enabling its higher education partners to further their academic missions.

Prior to joining Harrison Street, Mr. Gronlie was an Assistant Vice President within the Commercial Real Estate Group at Citizens Bank. In this capacity, he was responsible for underwriting and portfolio management in the Mid-Atlantic region. He also served as the bank’s student housing specialist, whereby he analyzed each lending opportunity the bank evaluated within the asset class. Before working at Citizens, Mr. Gronlie was a Senior Acquisitions Analyst at GMH Communities Trust, a student housing REIT.

Mr. Gronlie holds a BBA in Finance from James Madison University.

Michael is charged with the execution of Investment Services for Campus Advantage. This entails the evaluation and analysis of potential investments – both real estate and corporate investments. Mr. Orsak supervises the processes of investment and acquisition, from consideration and evaluation, through underwriting, contract negotiations, and due diligence, to closing, including securing debt and equity. Additionally, Michael works with Campus Advantage’s Development Services division to evaluate potential development opportunities and oversees securing debt and equity on these transactions as well.

Michael has been active in real estate for 15 years with versatile experience in student housing development, acquisition, and asset management. Prior to joining Campus Advantage, Michael held the role of Assistant Vice President for GMH Communities Trust, acquiring properties for College Park Communities in its student housing division. Prior to GMH, he held the Director of Investment position at American Campus Communities. He has participated in evaluating over $10 billion in potential investments and closed on over $1.8 billion, encompassing over 45,000 beds.

As Chief Executive Officer & President of GMH Communities, Gary Holloway Jr., draws on 20 years of acquisition, property management, asset management, and development experience to lead the second generation of the family business. Gary focuses on GMH’s current portfolio of real estate assets while researching and investing in new niche-related multifamily housing opportunities nationwide. Gary sets company goals to meet the ever- changing market trends in the multifamily space making sure that GMH is at the forefront of the industry. Gary takes the lead in sourcing joint venture partnerships with institutional investors and takes pride in maintaining long term partnerships with well know institutions.

Gary pursues many philanthropic interests. Currently, he serves as a Trustee for the Westtown School. He is the Clerk of the Buildings, Grounds, and Environment Committee and serves on the Executive Committee and Athletic Advisory Council. Gary is a past board member of the Pennsylvania Apartment Association (PAA) and is a lifetime member of the J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholars program that benefits deserving caddies in their pursuit of higher education.

Gary regularly lends his real estate knowledge by speaking at events for the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and BISNOW. He has also been a featured speaker for Villanova University and The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Gary is currently a member of NMHC’s Student Housing Advisory Group.

Gary received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Villanova University.

Isaac J Sitt co-founded Vesper Holdings to focus on private equity real estate investments in both commercial and residential properties. Throughout his professional career, Mr. Sitt has invested in, developed and managed retail and residential real estate. He utilizes his keen understanding of the industry to lead Vesper in the acquisition of varied asset classes.

In 2010 Vesper Holdings launched its student housing acquisitions fund. Mr. Sitt identified a confluence of market factors that make this niche likely to experience accelerated growth over the next few years. Mr. Sitt has led the fund's rapid acquisition of multiple large student housing assets located in close proximity to major universities throughout the country.

In 1999 Mr. Sitt began to build a powerful portfolio of key urban retail and residential real estate throughout the country in partnership with Thor Equities, a family owned business. He recognized retail real estate in dense urban city locations as an underserved market. Major active investments included the Military Circle Mall in Norfolk Virginia and the Gallery at Fulton Street Mall which was sold in 2008 to Acadia Realty Trust.

In 1992, Mr. Sitt began his career at Baby Togs Inc., a manufacturer and importer of children's apparel. His initial responsibilities were to source and manage production for the firm in Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. Mr. Sitt rose to become the company's President where he led a massive re- branding and customer centric marketing effort. Under his leadership, the company successfully completed a turn around and was restored to a position of industry leadership. Mr. Sitt's keen understanding of retail market trends were a quintessential element of the company's success.

Isaac J Sitt is a graduate of the NYU Stern School of Business and sits on the boards of several charitable institutions.

Avi Lewittes leads Scion’s analysis, planning and execution for new acquisitions and financing, as well as advising the company’s strategic evolution. He has 25 years of experience in corporate and real estate finance, including 20 years at major Wall Street investment banks and three years as the Chief Investment Officer for a healthcare real estate REIT.

With over 16 years of experience in multifamily finance, Will Baker, managing director, is responsible for new loan originations with a focus on manufactured housing and student housing properties throughout the country. Mr. Baker also focuses on conventional multifamily loan originations through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, bridge, CMBS and HUD executions. Throughout his career, Mr. Baker has originated over $6.0 billion in Agency financing, including over $1.3 billion in 2016 placing him at the top of the origination rankings for Walker & Dunlop.

Mr. Baker also serves as a consultant to Four Point Student Housing Investments and assists buyers with a variety of financing options on their student housing sales listings. He was involved with the first and largest manufactured housing loan through Freddie Mac’s new manufactured housing program in 2014 and played a large role in placing Walker & Dunlop at the top of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s student housing production rankings. Mr. Baker is an integral part of Walker & Dunlop’s production team, which has been ranked as the #1 Fannie Mae® DUS lender for the past three years and is the fastest growing Freddie Mac® Seller/Servicer in the country.

Mr. Baker is a frequent speaker at student housing industry events and has served on panels at Real Share, Interface, NMHC, George Allen Roundtable, and Bisnow events. In addition, he helped Walker & Dunlop climb to the top of the Agency leaderboard in student housing loan volume with over $1.2 billion in 2016. He is also a member of the NMHC’s Student Housing Committee and “40 under 40” group. Mr. Baker was also selected as one of Bisnow’s “top 35 under 35” in 2011 for the greater Washington DC area.

Mr. Baker earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics at Washington & Lee University in 2001.

Beyond the Company, Mr. Baker qualified for his Certified Commercial Investment Member (“CCIM”) designation and currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama along with his wife Susannah, and their son, Wilson, and two daughters, Eliza and Annie.

Timothy S. Bradley is a principal of TSB Realty, a full-service, national

investment sales firm specializing in the valuation and disposition of

student housing communities and conventional multifamily

communities. Since starting TSB Realty in 2014, the company has closed

over $2 billion in student housing sales for a diverse client base,

encompassing more than 22,000 beds in everything from tier 1 markets

to tertiary markets.

In addition, Mr. Bradley is founder of TSB Capital Advisors and one of

the leading experts in the student housing market. Student Housing

Business magazine annually ranks Mr. Bradley among its “Industry

Titans” and he’s been featured in National Real Estate Investor

magazine, at the Interface Student Housing Conference, and at the

National Multifamily Housing Council Student Housing Conference and

Expo. Mr. Bradley is also an active member of the ULI Student Housing

Council.

Ari founded the Company in 2001 and is recognized as a trailblazer in student housing. Ari began by acquiring stabilized assets located in markets throughout the United States and grown the company to become one of the largest privately held student housing companies in the industry. Since, 2001, he has managed more than $250 million of equity and secured more than $800 million of debt financing. With equity partners ranging from family offices to institutional private equity funds, Vie has become recognized for its ability to deliver attractive returns on investment as a result of its value added investment strategy. The Company is known for its commitment to deliver a lifestyle brand and experience to Millennials. Ari is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Heidi is the Executive Vice President of Engineered Tax Services (ETS) and operates the Ogden, Utah office. ETS is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL and has 16 offices Nationally. ETS is a licensed Engineering firm focused on specialty tax services relating to federal tax incentives and strategies for Real Estate owners.

Heidi is a Real Estate Professional with over 25 years of tax and accounting experience in the Real Estate Finance, Development, Construction, and Commercial Property Areas. She is a consultant to business owners and investors to ensure tax efficiency, and optimization of federal, state and local incentives throughout the US. Her experience includes industry specific federal lobbying efforts in D.C., technical guidance on varying tax topics, and overseeing the marketing and sales efforts nationally.

Her projects range from small office buildings, restaurants, self-storage and rental homes to multi-million-dollar projects including the W Hotel in Manhattan, the Sea-Tac Marriott. She has published numerous articles in AccountingToday among other CPA and Real Estate publications, and has spoken to audiences ranging from AIA, USGBC, Energy Symposiums, Tech Symposiums, AICPA, varying International CPA Associations, and AccountingToday’s national conference, qualifying for Continuing Professional and Legal Education. Topics range between energy efficient options for Real Estate owners, depreciation, tax methodologies, and over tax efficiency. Heidi holds a Master’s of Science in Accounting, an Undergraduate degree in Business and Accounting and personally invests in Real Estate in her home state of Utah where she resides with her husband, three children, and a multitude of furry friends.

Bob joined the Company in 2003 and was named the Chief Executive Officer in 2015. He is responsible for directing all aspects of the Peak Campus operating platform, including oversight of all support departments, corporate finance, and strategic planning, as well as chairing the Executive Committee. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, he served as President and Executive Vice President of Operations for the Company with oversight of portfolio performance and support. Bob joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer and later served as Chief Acquisitions Officer, where he helped to establish a highly active joint venture investment platform. He is one of the longest-tenured members of the Peak Campus team and, as such, played a critical leadership role in establishing Peak as an industry leader. Prior to joining the Company, he spent his entire career in the hospitality industry, where he served as CFO for Hardin Capital and Vice President of Finance for Homestead Village, where he participated in raising more than $1 billion and was a key member of the team that led the firm through its IPO. He began his career at the Marriott Corporation where he was instilled with the people-first culture that remains a center point of the Peak operating doctrine. Bob is a frequent speaker panelist at industry events. He is a member of the NMHC Student Housing Committee, a member of the RealShare Student Housing Conference Committee, and Co-Chair of the 2014 and 2015 NMHC Student Housing Conference. He was recognized in 2013 as a Pioneer of Student Housing by Real Estate Forum Magazine. He was also honored in 2014 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution with its Top Leadership Award. Bob earned his BS in Accounting from Frostburg State University in Maryland.

Andrew is a co-founder and principal of Lauderhill Partners, LLC. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of Campus Evolution Villages, LLC and Chief Operating Officer of Campus Evolution, LLC, and brings over 20 years of hands-on real estate experience to the table. Widely regarded as an entrepreneurial and innovative thinker in the real estate industry, Andrew’s experience crosses from legal, finance, architecture, land development, construction, strategic planning and capital markets. This is evidenced by his taking a regional residential developer/builder from $20 million in revenues to more than $235 million in annual revenues, and successfully completing two sales/recapitalizations with publicly traded firms. He served as President of WCI Communities, Inc. for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. regions after selling a company that he ran to WCI. Mr. Stark acquired and obtained approvals for approximately three thousand residential units, having secured financing of approximately $500 million from both domestic and international lending institutions, leading the firm to a dramatic increase in annual revenue.

Mr. Stark was also instrumental in launching American Campus Communities (NASDAQ: ACC), an early student housing company, which later went on to be the first company in the sector to go public on a US stock exchange. Andrew was successful in bringing creative thinking and capital to this student-housing vehicle in a sector that was in its infancy.

Prior to launching Lauderhill and Campus Evolution, Mr. Stark oversaw and consummated the recapitalization of a ’34 Act specialty finance company with private equity funding. He was responsible for negotiating and completing this highly complex transaction in the face of shareholder challenges and pending investigations. Mr. Stark secured capital commitments for the transaction, and after closing, immediately implemented action items to stabilize the management of the organization and commenced asset dispositions to move the company into positive cash positions for future originations and growth.

As Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald, Mr. Stark focused on opportunistic investments in real estate assets and platform vehicles, including distressed land assets, development projects and strategic investments in capital constrained assets. He developed platform focused real estate ventures under the Merchant Banking Group raising third party capital to be invested alongside partnership capital in such areas as distressed asset and debt acquisitions, and in specific sectors including a failed bank asset acquisition platform. Mr. Stark was also responsible for investment bank advisory services in connection with large-scale work-outs/restructurings and capital-raising for clients including government entities and debt and equity capital raises for real estate operating and development projects.

Mr. Stark practiced law for six years at Lord, Day & Lord Barrett Smith in New York City. He holds a BA from George Washington University and a Juris Doctor law degree from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He recently completed a 3 year term as Council Chair on the Residential Neighborhood Development Council of the Urban Land Institute and is a frequent panelist on emerging trends. For many years, he served on the Westchester Board for the March of Dimes.

Nathan S. Collier is principal and chairman of The Collier Companies, a developer, manager, and owner of multifamily housing with headquarters in Gainesville, Florida, home of the state's flagship university, University of Florida. Under The Collier Companies umbrella, Collier owns more than 45 properties and 10,500 apartments in Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa, Tallahassee, and other Florida locations, as well as in Norman, Oklahoma, Champaign, Illinois, and Athens, Georgia. The Collier Companies was recently ranked by Student Housing Business magazine as the third largest—and largest privately held—student housing owner in the country. The Collier Companies also is ranked seventh on Student Housing Business’s list of the top 25 management companies of student housing properties, based on October 2012 data.

He endowed the Nathan S. Collier Master of Science in Real Estate program at University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration, where he teaches a real estate case studies course.

He is lead author of “Construction Funding: The Process of Real Estate Development, Appraisal, and Finance,” published by John Wiley & Sons, now in its 4th edition and recently published in Chinese and Korean.

Collier is a life member of the University of Florida Foundation and on the executive committees of Gator Boosters, Inc. and National MultiHousing Council, where he served as founding chair of the Student Housing Committee. He is on the Multifamily Board of Trustees for National Association of Home Builders and the board of UF’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, is a member of Urban Land Institute, and is active in World Presidents' Organization. Collier also serves as a member of Columbia University's Columbia Journalism Review Board of Overseers.

A member of the Florida Bar and licensed in Florida as a real estate broker, a CPA, and a building contractor, Collier earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from University of Florida in 1974 and an MBA in 1978. He passed the CPA exam on the first sitting, scoring among the top 10 in that sitting in Florida. In 1982 he received a JD from University of Florida. Collier is a member of Harvard Business School's OPM 25 class.

A generous supporter of the arts, Collier supports Gainesville’s Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet as well as the University of Florida’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Harn Museum, and Museum of Natural History. He also is a financial patron of New York City’s Central Park Zoo, Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, Museum of Modern Art, American Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

As the Chief Executive Officer at Park7, Ron is responsible for the general management of each of the Group's businesses. He primarily focuses on identifying and executing on new business opportunities and ensuring that Park7's standards of excellence are upheld. Ron attended Penn State University, where he obtained an undergraduate and masters degree in Chemical Engineering. Thereafter, Ron became a founding partner of Copper Beech Townhomes, where he eventually became the firm's President.

In 2010, Ron co-founded Avalon Partners (now Park7), and assumed his current role. Ron is an avid Penn State fan and currently sits on the Penn State Smeal College of Business Real Estate Advisory Board.

Kevin White, Acquisitions Director – Alternative Multifamily, is responsible for the firm’s multifamily investing efforts including student housing and workforce housing. He is responsible for developing investment strategy, sourcing joint venture partners and investment opportunities, and overseeing all aspects of underwriting, due diligence, investment structuring, closing and disposition. Since joining Virtus in 2011, Kevin has acquired more than $860 million of projects. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the Ohio State University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining Virtus, Kevin was the Director of Acquisitions for a privately held real estate investment company. He was responsible for leading an acquisitions team that successfully closed $150 million of commercial real estate in 2 years. He has experience with numerous property types in sourcing, underwriting, due diligence, lender management, closing process, asset management and dispositions. Kevin is the President and one of the founding members of Club Blue of the Austin Area, which is a non-profit that supports the Boys and Girls Club of the Austin Area.

Bryan is the Business Unit Leader for the Central Region Austin office of DPR Construction. He provides vision and direction for the company with 22 years in the industry, and has established his reputation, as well as DPR's, by exceeding customer's expectations. As a DPR partner, Bryan brings the unique ability to lead project teams in team building by utilizing a collaborative process and high-performance problem-solving techniques.

Prior to joining Gilbane, Mr. Resetco was a Senior Director another development company, where he oversaw the development of several P3 on-campus developments as well as several award-winning off-campus developments. Prior to joining his previous company, Mr. Resetco was responsible for managing design and construction aspects of office, multi-family and hospitality projects for the Peterson Companies. He was formerly a Senior Associate at IBI Group – Gruzen Samton Architects in New York City, where he managed major educational and multi-family projects in both New York and New Jersey.

For more than 25 years, Brian has been distilling clients’ objectives into architecture that performs as beautifully as it looks. His primary focus at CUBE 3: architectural design and oversight of the studio teams. With extensive experience in base building and interior design for healthcare, commercial developers, and residences, Brian has seen and done it all. In the course of doing it all, he has amassed a wide range of skills, expertise and insight. On top of that, his abilities in design, production, and management of complex, time-sensitive projects have been critical to the firm’s rapid success. Brian has helped build almost every kind of building, a solid reputation and a great place to work all in just a few years’ time.

Judson King Stewart, Student Housing Practice Leader for PentaRisk Student Housing Insurance Specialists, and team bring 30 years of risk management and insurance consulting experience to the Student Housing industry working with owners, managers, lenders, and 501c3 Foundations to review and edit finance documents and certify contract compliance. To date, Stewart’s team has been involved in more than 100 successful closings of these unique facilities totaling over $3 billion in development costs. Judson and his team understand the complexities of student housing including 'delivery risk’ and specialize in coverage for student occupied residential facilities both on and off campus with a focus on developing innovative, cost effective, risk management solutions.

Bob Keane, AIA, is a managing principal and owner of WDG Architecture, PLLC. Keane leads WDG’s

Higher Education Studio and has over 30 years of experience in the higher education sector. Prior to

joining WDG Architecture in 2004 to initiate the Studio, Mr. Keane spent 17 years at Design Collective,

Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland), where he led the design of a nearly two-and-a-half billion dollars of higher

education work. Mr. Keane’s university design experience is vast, ranging from campus master planning

and mixed-use developments, to health science and chemistry laboratories, to performing arts facilities,

and to student housing. His designs can be seen across the United States on more than 15 campuses.

Since joining WDG, Mr. Keane has directed numerous university projects, developing a national portfolio

with recent projects in Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana and Michigan. Keane

has master planned and designed over 9.5 million-sf of student housing over the past 15 years,

providing public and private clients nearly 22,000 beds and wide-ranging amenities, totaling nearly three

billion dollars in higher education work. Projects have included on- and off-campus, traditional suites

and apartments, living-learning with classrooms, and retail.

In addition to his design experience, Mr. Keane speaks professionally and academically on the subjects

of urban planning, campus planning, student housing, and the profession of architecture. His ability to

conceptualize, coordinate, and explain solutions to complex design problems among team members and

client/user groups has proven invaluable to clients and the firm.

Mr. Keane has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Maryland. He is a member of

the American Institute of Architects, and regularly participates in The Association of College and

University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) and the Society of College and University Planners

(SCUP).

Daniel Carr is a real estate private equity associate at Ares Management, LLC. Dan joined Ares in 2013 and is responsible for new investments and investment management, primarily focusing on development, redevelopment and distressed opportunities. Prior to joining Ares, he worked at JP Morgan in the Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking group focusing on M&A, capital markets and corporate advisory. Dan hold a BS in Business Administration from Fordham University and received a MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.

The Real Estate Office, in collaboration with other University divisions and departments, supports the University’s strategic and operational goals through acquisition/disposition and leasing of real property, management of land records, and tracking of local market conditions. Working with the Office of General Counsel and the University System of Maryland, Real Estate staff are responsible for assuring full transactional analysis and completing appropriate due diligence in order to leverage assets for maximum benefit and return. Responsibilities include the following: (1) Real property acquisition, disposition, and leasing (2) Due diligence (financial analyses, studies, title, survey, appraisals, etc.) (3) Document review and preparation (property agreements, easements, covenants, deeds, legislation, etc.) (4) Private development activities requiring University coordination with non-University stakeholders (e.g., residents, developers, and local governments)

Richard Keyser joined Toll Brothers, Inc. in 1998 and is responsible for overseeing Toll’s foray into Student Housing Development. He is charged with sourcing Student Housing opportunities, steering those opportunities through the municipal approval process and management of the development process.  Prior to his responsibilities with the Student Housing Group he was responsible for managing the development and management of Toll’s retail and office undertakings.

Richard holds a BA from Tulane University, an MBA from American University, and a Graduate Diploma in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Stephen is responsible for client management, portfolio growth, and underwriting deals. He utilizes his skill set to assist our current and potential clients with all aspects of the investment and/or development process.

He has over 12 years of student housing experience focused on site selections, acquisitions and asset management. Prior to joining ACH, Stephen spent nine years in the student housing industry with two firms, Peak Campus Management and Place Properties, where he was responsible for all business development and acquisition activities.

Stephen earned his M.B.A. from Goizueta Business School at Emory University and his B.S. in Finance from Kennesaw State University. Stephen is a married father of three. He enjoys exercising, trading cars and he is always the first ACH team member on the dance floor.

Joseph M. Coyle is an innovative leader with more than 25 years of experience in the housing and development industry. As President, Joe is focused on the joint venture opportunities for the development and management of on-campus and off-campus student housing communities. Additionally, he oversees fee-management opportunities available from other private student housing owners, as well as acquisition opportunities in this market segment.

Throughout his career in student housing, Joe has been committed to working closely with colleges and universities to develop student living solutions that address financial, academic and cultural goals that stand the test of time.

Joe received a B.S. degree from Villanova University. He is a former Certified Public Accountant, and served on the Board of Directors of Hyperion Bank as the chairman of the Audit Committee.

Bob has been a top loan originator with a 20-year career in the commercial real estate finance industry with Berkadia and its predecessor companies; GMACCM and Capmark. Bob’s extensive loan origination experience includes, construction loans, interim loans, permanent mortgages, tax-free financing, participating mortgages, and equity investments.

During his career in commercial real estate finance, Bob has originated transactions totaling more than $8 billion with more than 50 different capital sources including life insurance companies, banks, credit companies, investment banks, REITs and pension funds. Under Bob’s leadership, the Philadelphia Branch has established itself as a dominant capital markets provider and intermediary both in the region and nationally producing over $22 billion in new financing over the last decade.

As CEO, Michael Pestronk heads all property development and operational activities of the company. Post Brothers Apartments was founded in early 2007 and since that time Mr. Pestronk has focused exclusively on creating a best-in-class enterprise with a current portfolio of in excess of 1,100 class-A apartments throughout Philadelphia, with a total capitalization of approximately $165,000,000. Michael has 12 years of experience in the multi-family real estate industry, having previously worked for NWJ Companies and Historic Landmarks for Living, as well as being a principal of Iron Stone Real Estate Group, where he was collectively responsible for the repositioning, operations and capitalization of over $300,000,000 of real estate. During this time his responsibilities encompassed all aspects of apartment ownership including acquisitions, financing, development, construction, management, and leasing. During 2004-5 he was fully engaged in the property and asset management leadership of Historic Landmarks and was instrumental in the operational turnaround of a large portfolio of urban Class A apartments, where he increased NOI without capital spending, and facilitating a $200mm recapitalization of the portfolio. Michael takes great pride in his focus on identifying the right product to build, building simultaneously with high quality and cost effectiveness, and rapidly renting all of our units at top of the market rents.

Julie Skolnicki is senior managing director of University Partnerships for Greystar, leading on-campus

development, acquisition, and long-term management partnerships nationally. She has executed over $3 billion

in mixed-use student life projects during her career advising and developing for universities, with an additional $2

billion in the pipeline. Julie joined Greystar in 2018 through the company’s acquisition of student housing leader

EdR, where she served as senior vice president of university partnerships. She came to EdR in 2013 with 15 years

of higher education planning and implementation experience at Brailsford & Dunlavey (B&D), the University of

Cincinnati, and Turner Construction.

Provident founder Steve Hicks serves as the company's Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer. Steve practiced law for 25 years for a number of prestigious regional and national firms, specializing in the area of public finance with additional concentration in the area of legislative law. He participated in many public finance issues over his 25 year career in a variety of roles including bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and counsel to the issuer. He played a major role in the formation of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, one of the nation's largest issuers of debt securities for a wide range of public projects. While practicing public finance law, Hicks was the principal attorney or supervisory partner on approximately $12 billion in project financings from 1973-1996 for acute care general hospitals, nursing facilities, affordable housing, and numerous other health care and other essential state and local government projects.

Hicks served as General Counsel to the Louisiana Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (1976-1980) where his primary responsibility was for bond and tax legislation referred to the Committee and the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority from 1974-1980.

He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Research Park Corporation, a public, nonprofit corporation organized by the Louisiana State Legislature to promote the development of high technology industries and research in Louisiana and Chairs the Audit Committee of the Research Park Corporation.

With 23 years’ experience in strategic planning, capital budgeting and operations, and other financial and administrative functions, Demareski comes to Lafayette from Princeton where he has served as assistant vice president for facilities operations since 2008. Previously, he was associate vice president for finance and administration at Seton

Hall University.

Todd joined U3 Advisors in 2015, bringing over 20 years of diversified real estate, finance, and investing experience across the United States and across asset classes, and has served both as an investor, developer, and consultant to complex, urban, mixed use real estate development projects. At U3A, Todd is responsible for managing the New York office, servicing the firm’s existing clients in the greater New York area, and for new business development.

Prior to joining U3A, Todd was Senior Director of Financial Strategies at Street Works Development, a national developer and consultant. In this capacity, Todd directed all finance and analytic activities including securing debt and equity; structuring and negotiating public private partnerships; market analysis; and financial modeling. Todd also project managed the acquisition and development of individual parcels for Street Works’ owned portfolio, and consulted to Street Works’ clients on land development strategy and transaction execution.

Prior to joining Street Works, Todd was Vice President of the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group where he was responsible for identifying, negotiating and asset managing private real estate investments throughout the United States and across asset classes. Todd’s expertise also includes tax oriented public private financing mechanisms such as tax-­‐exempt debt and tax credit equity. He directed one of the country’s first awards of New Markets Tax Credits, deploying capital across several retail and mixed-­‐use projects. Todd first joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 in the Municipal Finance Department, where he was involved in underwriting over $500 million in tax-­‐exempt bonds for public and nonprofit debt issuers.

Todd is a graduate of Cornell University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and is a resident of Westchester County, New York, where he lives with his wife and three children.

Ms. Kurtz Baxter has over thirteen years of investment banking and financial advisory experience in the public finance industry. Ms. Kurtz Baxter leads Fairmount's education and non-profit advisory practice. She focuses on plan of finance development, transaction advisory management and provides credit analysis, covenant calculations, debt restructuring, refinancing analysis, rating agency and credit enhancement strategies and presentations for higher education, health care, and other non-profit clients. In addition, she provides guidance on the investment of bond proceeds and derivative products. Before joining Fairmount, Ms. Kurtz Baxter was Assistant Vice President and Analytical Department Manager of a regional investment banking firm, where she assisted in the structuring and sale of fixed rate, variable rate and synthetic debt for various nonprofit and municipal clients.

Ms. Kurtz Baxter has a BS in business administration from The College of New Jersey and an MBA in finance and management of information systems from Drexel University. She is the Vice Chairperson of Drexel University’s MBA Career Services Advisory Board. She is also a member of the Municipal Bond Club of Philadelphia and has served as president of her condominium association. Ms. Kurtz Baxter was a licensed municipal securities principal (Series 53) as well as Series 7 and 66 licensee and has successfully completed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination program.

Teri M. Guarnaccia is known for her work on real estate finance transactions, including representation of large institutional lenders. She has a particular focus on the public finance area, where she has acted as underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, and bond counsel in numerous tax-exempt and taxable bond financings. Ms. Guarnaccia has experience with a wide range of financing structures, including traditional fixed-rate, variable-rate, and multimodal structures involving various forms of credit enhancement and liquidity support.

Representative Matters:

(1) Serves as bond counsel to the State of Maryland

(2) Involved in more than 60 innovative public-private partnerships for student housing transactions nationwide, including more than 20 in the State of Maryland

(3) Involved in determination and recommendation of alternative municipal financing tools to fund the construction, expansion, or renovation of public facilities, specifically public schools, recreation centers, and historic park buildings throughout Baltimore City

Involved in more than 20 Capital Fund Financing Program transactions throughout the country, serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and special HUD counsel to housing authorities

(4) Represented the New York City Housing Authority in the closing of the one of the largest public-private partnership tax credit bond deals in U.S. history, providing approximately $400 million in initial public and private funding for the modernization of more than 20,000 public housing units and an additional $65 million to $75 million each year in federal subsidies for ongoing operations

(5) Represented the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration in connection with the nation's largest Low Income Housing Tax Credit acquisition/rehabilitation transaction, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's first private activity housing bond issue involving more than $700 million in funds generated for the modernization of more than 4,000 units within 33 public housing developments