Ned Segal is a dedicated and passionate San Franciscan, having grown up, raised a family, and worked in the City for most of his life. Prior to his role as San Francisco’s Chief of Housing and Economic Development, Ned served as Twitter's Chief Financial Officer, leading the company's finance functions along with Corporate Development and Partnerships, including Global Content Partnerships, Developer Platform Commercial and Business Development. Previously he served as Senior Vice President of Finance for Intuit, where he led finance for the Small Business Group that delivered QuickBooks, Payments, and Payroll to millions of small businesses and self employed customers. In this role, Ned was responsible for the division's financial and strategic planning. Before joining Intuit, Ned served as Chief Financial Officer of then-public RPX Corp, the leader in patent risk management solutions to technology companies around the world.

Ned began his career at Goldman Sachs, most recently as a Managing Director and Head of Global Software Investment Banking. In this capacity, he advised technology companies from around the world on mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, and other equity and debt financings, and led Goldman Sachs investments in multiple technology companies. Ned's career highlight may still be his tenure as a hot dog vendor at Candlestick Park from 1988-1992.

His professional board service includes terms on the Boards of RingCentral, BostonGene, and BeyondMeat.

Ned earned a BS from Georgetown University in Spanish. He is an active volunteer in the non-profit sector, having served as a Board Member of Tipping Point Community, where he led the Development Committee responsible for teaming with Tipping Point’s leadership to raise nearly $50M to fight poverty in the Bay Area every year. He is a previous Trustee of Lick-Wilmerding High School and Town School for Boys, where he co-led the search that brought the first woman leader of an independent boys’ school to Town in 2017. He also was a founding board member of the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation, where Ned worked with other civic leaders to help save a number of single-standing theaters, including the Vogue, the Presidio, and the Marina theaters.

Ned and his wife live in their hometown of San Francisco with their three children, where he loves walking the neighborhoods, watching kids' sports, eating at San Francisco’s many amazing restaurants, and attending Giants, Niners, and Warriors games.

Zach is Head of Acquisitions, Co-CIO, and a member of the Executive Team at Prado Group, where he oversees all investment and acquisition activity at Prado. In this role, Zach is responsible for managing the team that sources, underwrites, structures, and executes acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and recapitalizations at Prado Group. He also works closely with the leadership of the asset management, retail, and office teams.

Prior to joining Prado Group in 2010, Zach worked at Lehman Brothers and Marcus & Millichap in New York where he won awards including #1 Broker. Zach is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). He received his B.A. with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Geoffrey C. Brown joined USA Properties Fund in 1989 and became President and Chief Executive Officer of USA Properties Fund in 1997. USA Properties Fund has developed through construction or acquisition and rehabilitation, over 12,000 units of affordable housing for families and seniors, throughout California and Nevada. In addition, its subsidiary, USA Multifamily Management, manages its own projects in a portfolio consisting of over 10,000 units.

Before joining USA in 1989, Mr. Brown was employed by Lloyds Bank in their commercial Credit Department. Subsequently he went to work as a commercial real estate construction loan officer. After Lloyds was acquired by Sanwa Bank, Mr. Brown became Vice President and Manager of the Pasadena Real Estate Office, where he oversaw the construction lending activity for residential and commercial loans. Mr. Brown earned a BA in Economics from Willamette University and an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Washington. Mr. Brown is a licensed Real Estate Broker and Contractor in California and currently serves on the boards of California Housing Consortium, National Housing and Rehabilitation Association and the National Multi-Housing Council.

David Feinberg is currently a Managing Partner at Sack Capital Partners. He has closed over a billion dollars in apartment acquisitions over his career. He joined Sack Capital Partners in 2017 and is responsible for all acquisition and disposition activities. Prior to Sack Capital Partners, David was a Vice President of Acquisitions with Sares Regis, with primary acquisition responsibility for value-add multifamily properties in the Bay Area and Pacific Northwest. He closed on $333M in apartment transactions while at Sares Regis. Before joining Sares, Feinberg served as vice president of acquisitions at RREEF. He was responsible for identifying, negotiating, underwriting and closing purchases, both direct and joint venture, of more than $300 million in properties for RREEF clients. Feinberg started his career with Archstone, where he was in the acquisitions group covering the Pacific Northwest first and later the East Coast through the Boston office. Mr. Feinberg received a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Puget Sound and a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University – Kellogg

Carrie is CEO of The Nikols Company, which is Manager of Nikols Mortgage Fund, LLC, a private commercial real estate construction & bridge lender providing $5-40 million loans on California properties. She directly leads all loan originations and structuring, and oversees closings, loan servicing and loan payoffs. She has led Nikols Mortgage Fund since 2008, closing over $1.3 billion of loan commitments. Carrie’s commercial real estate experience, which spans more than four decades, ranges from institutional permanent lending and large balance bridge loans to smaller bank and private money construction and tailored transactions. As the top producing Region Manager for DaimlerChrysler Capital Services, Carrie originated and was responsible for a portfolio of $10 to $75 million highly leveraged commercial property bridge loans, all handled as agreed with no defaults. She has also pioneered various loan structures and product types including mezzanine loans, tax-exempt bond letter of credit enhancements with taxable tails, assisted living facilities, self-storage facilities and single-tenant biotech properties. Carrie has also written approximately 50 income property and residential subdivision appraisals as a state certified appraiser and MAI candidate. She holds a California Real Estate Sales license and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration-Real Estate Finance.

John Meany serves on the Acquisitions & Development team at Presidio Bay Ventures, where he leads new business development, project execution, asset management, and business operations. Since joining the firm in 2022, he has played a key role in advancing several of Presidio Bay’s signature projects, including the acquisition of 345 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, the lease-up and recapitalization of Ventana Residences in San Francisco, the acquisition of Olume, and the entitlement of Charleston Plaza in Mountain View—an 11-acre site now approved to move forward in the city’s formal planning process.

Before joining Presidio Bay, he served as an Assistant Vice President in Newmark’s Multifamily Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance group, where he spent more than five years originating and underwriting loans through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other institutional capital sources. He holds a master’s degree in real estate from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia. Outside of work, he enjoys playing tennis, skiing, and live music.

Doug is directly responsible for Land Acquisition, Entitlements, Design and Construction, Asset Management, Asset Disposition, and Finance. Doug has been with SummerHill since 2001. Before assuming his current role as President of SummerHill Apartment Communities, Doug held the COO and CFO roles for SummerHill Apartment Communities and the CFO role for SummerHill Homes. As CFO he secured nearly $2.5 Billion in project level construction debt and equity capital. Prior to joining SummerHill Homes, Doug was Manager of Strategy and Business Architecture for Accenture in San Francisco. Doug was also Division Controller – Carolinas for Pulte Homes and Supervising Senior Accountant for KPMG Peat Marwick, both of Charlotte, North Carolina. Doug is a former certified public accountant. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration – Finance and a Master of Accounting degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Doug also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business, where he graduated with distinction and received the annual Innovation Award. Doug is a member of the NAHB Multifamily Leadership Board and is involved with various other industry and charitable organizations.

Mike Kim serves as Senior Managing Director of Mill Creek’s Northern California office, where he leads the development activities in the San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, and Silicon Valley metro regions. During his 24-year real estate career, he has been involved in the development and construction of multifamily mixed-use communities, and commercial developments with aggregate values in excess of $2.2 billion in the NCAL and PNW markets.

Prior to joining Mill Creek, Mr. Kim served as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at SIMEON Properties where he led the firm’s multifamily and commercial development activities. He began his real estate career in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he was involved in complex urban developments across various typologies including high-rise, horizontal and vertical mixed-use, master plans, and commercial developments. Prior to his career in real estate development, Mr. Kim served the nation for seven years as a Naval Officer leading maritime missions and expeditions in all major theaters of operation.

Mr. Kim holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He has served on various boards such as the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley CA, NAIOP San Francisco, and several municipal Advisory Councils.

I cover all new ground up development for entire region Northern California through Northern Nevada.

I have launched our first Birchway and LTD branded (missing middle) projects in California for Greystar.

2004 and 2008 Olympian, and Olympic Gold Medalist

Mark Knudsen, PE, QSD/QSP, has spent more than two decades helping complex projects take shape across the Bay Area. As a Principal at Kier + Wright and leader of the firm’s Silicon Valley civil engineering department, Mark works closely with developers and project teams to solve the infrastructure and site development challenges behind projects of every scale. As prefab, modular, and mass timber continue gaining momentum, he brings a grounded understanding of how these evolving approaches are changing project coordination, timelines, and long-term sustainability throughout the region.

Erica has been in the building design and delivery industry for nearly 15 years, with experience on the West Coast, East Coast, and internationally. Throughout her career, she has utilized the unique combination of her business acumen from her MBA as well as her design and technical knowledge as a registered architect to successfully manage and deliver a variety of different project typologies and scales. Prior to opening her own project management firm, she served as the Manager of Preconstruction and Strategic Projects at Hines for several major mixed-use masterplan developments in the Bay Area. Erica employs her combination of development, design, and project management skills to bring the best strategy to each project.

Erica holds a Masters of Architecture, MBA, and Bachelors of Architecture, from the University of Cincinnati, and is an active member of the AIA and ULI. In her free time, she loves hiking, skiing, and being in the mountains with her husband and dog. 

Paul J. Niewiadomski is a Partner in Lubin Olson’s Real Estate and Finance Groups. He has

represented clients in hundreds of multifamily acquisitions, dispositions and financings, as well

as the formation of numerous joint ventures to acquire and develop multifamily/residential

assets. He has experience with market, rent controlled, senior and affordable housing. He

previously worked as counsel to the Asset and Economic Development group at the County of

Santa Clara, where he participated in the structuring and negotiation of a number of public-

private developments resulting in thousands of multifamily units.

I am originally from Fresno, then went to Pennsylvania and played D1 baseball at Bucknell University from 2000-2004. My wife and I met while living in Baltimore, then we moved to San Francisco in 2008.

Ever since graduating college, I’ve been involved in real estate in one way or another. Before joining Mission Housing, I managed real estate assets for union pension funds and various union locals throughout Northern California. I started with Mission Housing in December 2011 as an Asset Manager, then Director of Asset Management and became Executive Director in September 2013.

I oversee the administration of all Mission Housing assets, programs, and services. I also make sure that each and every day our mission, and the short and long-term vision for Mission Housing are achieved. Every day is different! I am often in meetings at City Hall and throughout various San Francisco communities pushing for more support of the Affordable Housing industry. On other days, my time at Mission Housing might be spent with issues like human resources, operations, budgets or board meetings.

Working in Affordable Housing is very rewarding, and I’m very thankful for finding Mission Housing. The most satisfying part of my job is watching our employees represent Mission Housing in the community, interacting with and supporting our residents and our neighbors in the Mission. Since 2012, our staff has grown from eight people to 25 people! Seeing how we can make change for the better is very gratifying.

I love working on behalf of the current and future residents of the Mission. The people before me who paved the way for Mission Housing sacrificed a great deal. I’m reminded of their hard work whenever I look at one of our 35 buildings, or meet one of our residents.

My wife and I enjoy seeing live music and going to Giants games. I’m also happy to play pool at my local bar and not do much else. San Francisco is such an amazing city, I’m lucky to be able to simply hang out in North Beach or the Mission all weekend, enjoying an awesome burrito!

As the Chief Real Estate Development Officer (CREDO) / Assistant Secretary at EAH Housing, Mr. Jordan is responsible for all real estate development activities including, business development, real estate acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction activities in California and Hawai`i.

He presides over a current active pipeline of 60 deals totaling nearly $2 billion while leading a team of more than 25 development professionals, including several newly created positions such as director of development and director of portfolio finance and policy.

Mr. Jordan has been with EAH Housing since 2013 and is the first person to be appointed to the CREDO position in EAH Housing’s 50+ year history. Under his leadership, he has increased overall visibility of EAH within the industry, grew and spearheaded a reimagination of the real estate development department, and has expanded the organization’s footprint into Sacramento, Southern California and the Central Coast.

He has more than 15 years of experience in real estate development, construction and finance for new construction and rehabilitation of a variety of multifamily developments. He has worked with many private and public funding sources to build affordable/family, market rate, mixed income, mixed use, workforce and permanent supportive housing.

Prior to joining EAH Housing, Mr. Jordan was a Development Project Specialist for the Housing Authority of the City and County of Fresno (HACCF).

Originally from Portland, Oregon, Mr. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in Finance from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and earned a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He has worked in public and private sector housing finance throughout California and received certification as a Housing Development Finance Professional from the National Development Council.

Smitha Seshadri is Executive Vice President of Development at BRIDGE Housing Corporation and leads the organization’s real estate development activities in Northern California. Smitha brings 20+ years of experience with a strong background in architecture, community development and real estate finance. She has successfully structured several complex multi-family affordable housing developments and is responsible for overseeing the execution of several mixed-use/mixed-income developments for BRIDGE in Northern California, including new construction and acquisition-rehab over the past 5.5 years. Earlier this year, BRIDGE was honored with the “Nonprofit Developer of the Year Award” from the San Francisco Business Times for delivering approximately 1,000 new and rehabbed affordable housing units in the Bay Area over the past 2 years. Her team is currently working on 7 construction projects with a total of 735 affordable housing units and several new construction projects in predevelopment. Prior to BRIDGE, Smitha served as Vice President of Real Estate at Habitat for Humanity, San Francisco and Director of Development for the Santa Clara Housing Authority.

Ms. Seshadri holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates.

Ken serves as the Executive Vice President of Investments at Avanath. In this role, he oversees the firm's acquisition, disposition, and asset management activities. Prior to his current role, Ken served in various other departments within Avanath, including Portfolio Management, Asset Management, and Financial Planning & Analysis.

Before joining Avanath, Ken worked at Healthpeak Properties, a publicly traded healthcare REIT, where he was part of the Senior Housing Finance group. Prior to Healthpeak Properties, Ken worked at Deloitte in their Real Estate Consulting practice.

Ken earned his MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from California State University, Long Beach.

Chrissie Davis is the founder and president of a value-based general contracting firm, INCORAGE, which stands for Integrity, Collaboration, Regularly Achieving Goals Effectively. INCORAGE focuses mostly on multi-family housing including affordable housing and projects that provide impact to the community. Chrissie has a civil engineering degree from Loyola Marymount University and a master's from Stanford in Construction Engineering Management. Before starting INCORAGE, Chrissie grew her last organization from a $30M in-house general contracting firm to a $100M powerhouse. At that time, they were named the 25th largest general contractor in Silicon Valley and the best multi-family general contractor to work for with fewer than 50 employees. In her career, she has constructed and rehabilitated over 3,000 units and managed over $1Billion of total construction and preconstruction work in the Bay Area. Chrissie takes great pride in creating a diverse and inclusive environment for team members to flourish. INCORAGE is currently more than half women and almost three-quarters people of color. INCORAGE is slated to be a next-generation general contractor redefining collaboration across the AEC triangle and proving that values-driven leadership isn't just viable in this industry...it's essential to its future!

Ed Hanley is a Managing Director in CBIZ’s San Francisco tax practice, where he advises high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and closely held companies on complex tax matters. His work focuses on strategic tax planning, real estate investments, business transactions, succession planning, and long-term wealth strategies.

Ed has extensive experience working with real estate owners, investors, and

developers, helping clients structure acquisitions, dispositions, and partnerships

while maximizing tax efficiency. He is known for providing practical, business-

focused advice and collaborating closely with legal and financial advisors.

Before joining CBIZ, Ed worked in Ernst & Young’s National Tax Department and later served as tax counsel at GE Capital. In 2002, Ed was recruited to Shea Labagh Dobberstein, CPAs in San Francisco to lead its tax practice. Following the firm’s merger with CBIZ in 2021, he continues to serve his clients on the CBIZ platform.

Ed earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from Boston College Law School.

Dave Hopkins joined Sares Regis Group in 2007. His responsibilities include leading the strategic direction for Sares Regis and Regis Homes’ development activities, as well as executive management of the various Sares Regis operating divisions. Dave is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.

Phoebe Zhang is a Director at DivcoWest Ventures, an early and growth-stage fund that invests in technologies shaping the future of real estate and the urban environment. DivcoWest Ventures is part of DivcoWest, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm. Previously, Phoebe was a Senior Consultant at IBM’s Strategy and Corporate Development team where she helped the company in identifying new growth opportunities and potential acquisitions in the data and AI sector. Before that, she was an Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, offering advice to technology firms on equity financing. Phoebe holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from University of British Columbia.

Matthew Berglund serves as the Director of Design at Presidio Bay Ventures, overseeing all design, planning, and engineering processes from ideation to fruition. As an accomplished architect, Matthew is focused on the development of high-performing buildings and the elevation of design culture within organizations.

Matthew brings two decades of experience in comprehensive building design and active construction management to the firm. Prior to joining Presidio Bay, Matthew served as Associate Principal at Handel Architects in San Francisco, leading the design and execution of multi-family, hotel, and office projects with exceptional proficiency in urban mixed-use and high-rise developments. Prior to that, with Goettsch Partners in Chicago, he was instrumental in the establishment of the firm’s Middle East operation and the completion of significant projects in the region, including the Abu Dhabi Global Market Square.

Mr. Berglund holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is a licensed member of the American Institute of Architects, a LEED Accredited Professional, and a member of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Mr. MacDonald is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), SPUR, and the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC), and he has been a featured speaker at numerous local and regional real estate industry events, including the San Francisco ULI Residential Local Product Council, the Fisher Center Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium, the Marcus & Millichap Multifamily Forum and the Bisnow Residential Summit.

Mr. MacDonald received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering with Distinction from Stanford University in 1993 and a Master of Science in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007. Mr. MacDonald is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi honor societies.

Ian Murphy is an integral member of the BDE team having joined the firm in 2013. Ian’s

primary focus is on market rate multi-family housing projects ranging from 40 to 400 units,

that involve managing a project team, coordinating professional consultants and meeting

deadlines to hit project milestones, design and cost objectives.

Ian’s contribution to the firm is immeasurable. He is responsible for all phases of a

project from the earliest planning and programming, tackling the complexities of

obtaining appropriate approvals from local jurisdictions through to the final construction

administration.

Varun Sawhney, SVP of the Western Region at Parity, leads the company's expansion across California and the Pacific Northwest. His career has focused on helping real estate owners and operators adopt technology-driven solutions that improve building performance, reduce operating costs, and advance sustainability goals across energy, water, and facilities operations.

Prior to joining Parity, Varun held leadership roles at Redaptive and HydroPoint, where he worked with some of North America's largest commercial, multifamily, and institutional organizations on energy efficiency, Energy-as-a-Service, and water conservation initiatives. Earlier in his career, he held business development and sales leadership positions with ServiceChannel, GridPoint and other technology companies serving the built environment. Varun holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Tyler advises the program design and impending launch of the Builders Lab program, which will help companies pursuing innovative and industrialized construction methods refine and scale up their work. He has a background in research and practice across numerous fields in the built environment industry. These include civil and environmental engineering, construction management, energy efficient architectural design and analysis, urban planning and data science, climate change impact modeling, and housing development and policy. He also conducts research at the Terner Center. His research includes work both in the U.S. and abroad, particularly on the topic of industrialized construction as a means of expanding and improving housing production. This interdisciplinary experience and curiosity are critical in his research, which hopes to align policies and industry towards critical housing, environmental, and social goals.

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.

Janusz Sakowicz is the Chief Development Officer and Managing Partner at Colt Builders, where he leads national and regional strategy across preconstruction, estimating, and project execution. Since joining Colt in 2013, Janusz has been instrumental in expanding operations into new markets and driving scalable systems that have enhanced performance across the company’s multi-regional platform.

With over 15 years of experience in commercial construction, Janusz has worked in nine states across the U.S., holding leadership roles and playing a key role in Colt’s growth. Prior to Colt, he managed construction teams in Massachusetts, where he began his career while earning a degree in Political Science in Worcester, MA.

Janusz specializes in multi-family, senior living, and student housing projects—key segments of focus for Colt Builders. His project experience ranges from complex urban infill developments to large-scale, garden-style communities.

In his current role, Janusz oversees key development functions that support Colt’s growth, with a focus on operational efficiency, client relationships, and strategic partnerships. He works closely with field leadership and executive teams to ensure alignment between project delivery and long-term business objectives.

Janusz is passionate about building strong teams, fostering innovation in construction operations, and delivering results that exceed client expectations.

Timothy Haley, Architect, is an innovative and client-focused Senior Associate at MBH Architects with over 20 years proven success providing quality designs for multi-family residential projects and mixed use developments. As Technical Director of MBH’s Housing Studio and a leader of the firm’s design technology practice group, he is a strong proponent of leveraging technology to bring about the most creative and expedient solutions to design and construction challenges. Timothy uses his extensive knowledge of design technology to advise on projects across the firm from workspace and laboratory to hospitality and modular housing. Creating projects to meet the clients’ needs by synthesizing program context, technology, and budget, Timothy is recognized for his top performance by repeat client selection and architectural awards of merit

Omari Robinson is a business development and real estate executive focused on helping organizations identify new growth opportunities and bring innovative housing solutions to market. As a leader at Villa Homes, he works with multifamily owners, developers, and strategic partners to expand housing supply through offsite construction and ADU development. He specializes in identifying underutilized real estate opportunities and developing partnerships that unlock additional value through innovative housing solutions.

Prior to Villa Homes, Omari served as Vice President of Acquisitions & Business Development at redT Homes and Vice President of Acquisitions & Investor Relations at Skymount Property Group, where he led business development, acquisitions, and investor relationships. Earlier in his career, he developed his sales and client acquisition expertise at Paycom and began his professional career in group sales with the Cleveland Browns.

Omari earned his Bachelor's degree in Sport and Fitness Administration and Business from Grand Valley State University, where he was also a collegiate football player. His background across athletics, technology sales, real estate, and business development has shaped a collaborative, relationship-driven leadership style centered on creating long-term value for clients, partners, and the communities they serve.