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Barry Sternlicht

Barry Sternlicht

Chairman & CEO

Starwood Capital

Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes

CEO, Capital Markets Group and East Region

Hines

Jay Weaver

Jay Weaver

Managing Principal

Walton Street Capital

Robert Bellinger

Robert Bellinger

CEO

ASB Real Estate Investments

Rob Kochis

Rob Kochis

Principal

The Townsend Group

Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor

Head of DC Regional Office

MetLife Real Estate Investors

Joseph Shaw

Joseph Shaw

Managing Director

John Hancock Financial

Richard Cohen

Richard Cohen

MD & Head of US Capital Markets

GTIS Partners

David Iannarone

David Iannarone

President

CWCapital

Jim Grant

Jim Grant

Managing Director, Commercial Loan Origination

Aegon USA Realty Advisors

David Lawson

David Lawson

Vice Chairman

JP Morgan

Jacqueline Young Perrins

Jacqueline Young Perrins

MD & Market Manager

JP Morgan

Barbara Murphy

Barbara Murphy

Managing Director

Carlyle Group

Robert Stuckey

Robert Stuckey

MD & Head of US Investments

Carlyle Group

Rob Vahradian

Rob Vahradian

Partner, Head of US Investments

GTIS Partners

Bruce Childs

Bruce Childs

Managing Director

USAA Real Estate

Drew Abernethy

Drew Abernethy

Principal

Prudential Mortgage Capital Company

Julie Chon
KEYNOTE

Julie Chon

Managing Director, Global Head, Public Investment Strategy

Perry Capital

Chris Ludeman

Chris Ludeman

Global President, Capital Markets

CBRE

Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins

Head, Capital Advisors, Americas

JLL

Steven Kohn

Steven Kohn

Vice Chairman & President, Equity, Debt & Structured Finance

Cushman & Wakefield

David Rubenstein

David Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman

The Carlyle Group

Sue Carras

Sue Carras

Co‑Head Washington, D.C. Office

HFF

Bill Collins

Bill Collins

Executive Vice Chairman

Cushman & Wakefield

John Duffy

John Duffy

Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets

JLL

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Senior Managing Director

Starwood Capital Group

Barry Sternlicht

Chairman & CEO

Starwood Capital

Barry Sternlicht is Chairman & CEO of Starwood Capital Group, the private alternative investment firm he formed in 1991 focused on global real estate, hotel management, oil and gas, and energy infrastructure. Mr. Sternlicht also serves as Chairman of Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), the largest commercial mortgage REIT in the U.S.; and French crystal maker Baccarat S.A.; as well as member of the Board of Directors of Invitation Homes (NYSE: INVH) the largest publicly traded investor, owner and operator of single-family homes in the U.S.

For the past 26 years, Mr. Sternlicht has structured investments with an asset value of approximately $92 billion. Starwood Capital’s funds have invested in approximately 172,500 multifamily/condo units, 2,900 hotels, 74 million square feet of office properties, 54 million square feet of retail and 52,000 lots of land in residential subdivisions. The Firm currently manages approximately $56 billion of assets on behalf of its high net worth and institutional partners. Starwood Capital, its affiliates and externally managed public companies employ more than 3,700 professionals, while approximately 9,000 additional employees are involved with a dozen portfolio operating companies. The Firm maintains offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Greenwich, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., and affiliated offices in London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.

From 1995 through early 2005, Mr. Sternlicht was Chairman and CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, a company he founded in 1995. During his tenure, he built Starwood Hotels into one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world, employing more than 120,000 people with 895 properties in 100 countries. Mr. Sternlicht created W Hotels, perhaps the world’s most successful “boutique” brand, and built the St. Regis Hotels brand from a single hotel to a global brand.

In 2008, Mr. Sternlicht founded SH Group, his new hotel management company. SH Group is the owner and manager of Baccarat Hotels & Resorts and 1 Hotels brands.

In 2016, Mr. Sternlicht was the recipient of PERE’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015, he was named the Global Industry Figure of the Year by PERE, received the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Hotel Investment Forum. In 2013, Mr. Sternlicht was named the Most Important Person in Commercial Real Estate Finance by The Mortgage Observer. In 2010, Mr. Sternlicht was named Executive of the Year and Investor of the Year by Commercial Property Executive. Mr. Sternlicht was also named America’s Best Lodging CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine. He is a member of the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame. He has received the Preston Robert Tisch Distinguished Industry Leadership Award from New York University, the CEO Diversity Award from Diversity Best Practices/Business Women’s Network, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Travel Marketing Executives, the Hospitality Heritage Award from the American Hotel and Lodging Association, and the Marketer of the Year Award from Brandweek. Mr. Sternlicht’s humanitarian efforts have garnered prestigious national honors such as JDRF’s Man of the Year, JDRF’s Living and Giving Award and JDRF’s Chairman’s Award.

Mr. Sternlicht serves on the Board of Directors of The Estée Lauder Companies and the Real Estate Roundtable. Additionally, he formerly served as Chairman of the Board and is currently a Board member of The Robin Hood Foundation, and also serves on the Boards of the Dreamland Film & Performing Arts Center, and the Executive Advisory Board of Americans for the Arts. He is a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation Trustee Council, the World Presidents Organization and the Urban Land Institute.

Barry Sternlicht received his BA, magna cum laude, with honors from Brown University. He later earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Chris Hughes

CEO, Capital Markets Group and East Region

Hines

Mr. Hughes is CEO of the Capital Markets group and CEO of Hines’ East Region. He is a member of the firm’s Executive, Steering, Strategy and global Investment Committees. Additionally, Hughes chairs the Capital Markets Committee. He is responsible for all institutional capital raising activities globally, including structuring of commingled funds and joint ventures. As head of the East Region, Hughes oversees all development, acquisitions and operations activity in the Eastern United States. His past experience includes serving as a development officer in Hines’ Washington, D.C. office.

Hughes graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BA in History. He is a registered representative of Hines Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer affiliate of Hines, and holds FINRA Series 22 and Series 63 licenses.

Robert Bellinger

CEO

ASB Real Estate Investments

Responsible for overseeing all functions of the ASB's Real Estate Division. Mr. Bellinger has 30 years of real estate investment experience, and has completed over $10 billion in real estate capital transactions during his career. Prior to joining ASB Capital Management in 2002, Mr. Bellinger worked with Lend Lease Real Estate Investments as a Principal and Executive Vice President heading the Private Client Group, directing the National Asset Sales group, and leading the acquisition of equity and debt investments in the Washington, DC region. Prior to joining Lend Lease in 1990, Mr. Bellinger worked as a Development Project Manager with Trammell Crow Company. He is the founder and a current advisory board member of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia. Mr. Bellinger also serves on the Board and Executive committee of the Zell Lurie Real Estate Center of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bellinger received a BA with honors from Haverford College and an MBA from the Wharton School where he received the Dean’s Award of Excellence.

Richard Cohen

MD & Head of US Capital Markets

GTIS Partners

Richard Cohen is a Managing Director of GTIS and is responsible for developing relationships with US based institutional investors on behalf of the firm. Prior to joining GTIS, Mr. Cohen was an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley, responsible for new business development and investor relations in Morgan Stanley Real Estate. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Real Estate from 1999 to 2006, Mr. Cohen served in a similar capacity for ING Clarion a global real estate investment manager where he was Senior Vice President of marketing and client relations. Before joining ING Clarion in 1999, Mr. Cohen held positions in marketing and investor relations at Schroder Real Estate Associates and Prudential Real Estate Investors. From 1984 to 1992, Mr. Cohen was an assistant portfolio manager and financial manager for a large European institutional investor at DB RREEF. Prior to that, he was a public accountant with Drescher Dorkin Kaplan & Co, a NY based firm.

Mr. Cohen received his M.S. in Real Estate Investment from New York University in 1992 and a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College in 1980. He is a member of Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), the National Association of Real Estate Managers (NAREIM), Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) and a frequent speaker at the FPPTA Trustee School.

David Iannarone

President

CWCapital

A recognized leader in the US CMBS industry, Mr. Iannarone currently holds the position of President of CW Financial Services LLC (CWFS). In this role he oversees the operations CWFS and all of its affiliate businesses, including CWCapital Asset Management LLC, CWCapital Investments LLC, CompassRock Real Estate LLC, ConvergentRisk Insurance Agency LLC, and CWFS Insight LLC.

Mr. Iannarone oversees the planning and tactical oversight of these subsidiary companies including the oversight and development of the company’s $100 billion plus special servicing portfolio. During his tenure as President, CWCAM has grown to be the second largest special servicing operation in the country, with assignments representing over 20% of the US CMBS market.

A 20-year veteran of the CMBS and commercial real estate industries, Mr. Iannarone has led and managed some of the most complex commercial real estate loan modifications and restructures in US history. Prior to joining CW, Mr. Iannarone was Director of Capital Markets for Allied Capital Corporation, a publicly traded finance corporation. In this capacity, he managed the company’s securitization activities, including corporate and real estate debt products. Prior to joining Allied Capital, Mr. Iannarone served as General Counsel and later as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at CRIIMI MAE Inc., a publicly traded mortgage REIT. While at CRIIMI MAE, Mr. Iannarone pioneered a variety of innovative initiatives, including the first ever CRE CDO of non-investment grade CMBS. He also led the company through its successful Chapter 11 reorganization. Mr. Iannarone also held positions at the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), where he pioneered CMBS and the packaging and selling of distressed assets, as well as at Citibank and the law firm of Kaye Scholer.

Mr. Iannarone received a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, a Juris Doctorate from University of Villanova Law School and a Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law School.

Jim Grant

Managing Director, Commercial Loan Origination

Aegon USA Realty Advisors

James Grant is a Managing Director for Commercial Mortgage Loan Origination for Aegon USA Realty Advisors, LLC (AURA), a fully integrated real estate asset manager involved in real estate debt (commercial and agricultural), housing tax credits, and servicing/special servicing. AURA is part of Aegon Asset Management, an international asset management organization based in The Hague. AURA invests for life company affiliates such as Transamerica and non-affiliated institutional real estate investors.

Located in Baltimore, Jim oversees a team responsible for the origination and management of primarily core oriented commercial loans within the Midwest region of the U.S., including most of the Midwestern and Mountain states as well as Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He also leads AURA’s marketing efforts with respect to commercial loan third party origination and asset management.

Prior to his current role, Jim has originated and managed loans in every region in the country over his nearly 30 years with AURA.

Jim received his B.S. in Business Administration/Real Estate Finance from The Ohio State University.

David Lawson

Vice Chairman

JP Morgan

David Lawson opened the Washington, D.C. Private Bank office in 1999 and built the team that manages assets for families, foundations and endowments in the Washington, D.C. area. He also serves as Chairman of J.P. Morgan’s Market Leadership Committee for the region. Mr. Lawson and his team are committed to providing customized solutions and advice for clients to help them achieve their current and future financial goals.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan Asset Management in 1998, Mr. Lawson spent 22 years in the firm’s Investment Banking group. He lived in Melbourne, Australia, as Co-Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand investment management, global markets and investment banking businesses, and was a member of the J.P. Morgan Asia Pacific Management Committee. Previously, he worked in the J.P. Morgan Leveraged Buyout and M&A groups in New York and Tokyo. Mr. Lawson spent the early part of his career in the firm’s institutional private placement and oil and gas groups.

He has been actively involved with the Federal City Council, National Presbyterian School and the Washington Ballet. He has served as an advisor to Venture Philanthropy Partners, BlueWater Capital and Americans Elect 2012.

Mr. Lawson graduated from Washington & Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

Jacqueline Young Perrins

MD & Market Manager

JP Morgan

Jacqueline Perrins is the Market Manager for J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Washington, D.C. Ms. Perrins leads a team of 50 professionals that oversee more than $20 billion in assets from local families, public and private foundations, and endowments. She and her team help high-net-worth clients grow and sustain their wealth across multiple generations. They provide ongoing advice and customized solutions to address clients’ complex wealth planning and balance sheet needs.

Ms. Perrins began her career in asset management and, in 1995, became a Sales Trader in the J.P. Morgan Securities Institutional Foreign Exchange Group. She joined the Private Bank in 1996 and served as an Investment Specialist for the Southeast Region before changing her focus to clients in Europe and the Middle East. In 2001, she moved to Washington, D.C. to help build the local Private Bank team using her experience across the firm and within the practice. Most recently, she was an Investment Team Lead at the Private Bank in Washington, D.C., overseeing an eight-person team of Investment Specialists. Ms. Perrins was named a Top Advisor to the Ultra Affluent in Washington, D.C. by Barron’s magazine.

She graduated with honors from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. She received a M.B.A. from Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Robert Stuckey

MD & Head of US Investments

Carlyle Group

Robert G. Stuckey is a Managing Director and the head of all of Carlyle’s U.S. real estate funds. He has held that position since joining the firm in 1998. He is also a member of Carlyle’s Management Committee. He is based in Washington, D.C.

He is currently Chairman of CoreSite, a NYSE-traded REIT that owns data center properties.

His awards include Top 100 New York’s Most Influential Real Estate Professionals.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Stuckey was Chief Investment Officer for CarrAmerica Realty Corporation. He established and led the investment effort that resulted in CarrAmerica’s growth from a local to a national company. Prior to joining CarrAmerica, Mr. Stuckey was Senior Vice President of ProLogis (formerly Security Capital Industrial Trust). While at ProLogis, he held senior roles focusing on acquisition and development investments. Mr. Stuckey has also served as Chief Financial Officer for Trammell Crow Company, NE, the Northeast region of Trammell Crow Company. In addition, he was a member of Trammell Crow Ventures, a merchant banking affiliate to Trammell Crow Company.

Mr. Stuckey holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University and was twice an academic All-American at the University of Nebraska.

Rob Vahradian

Partner, Head of US Investments

GTIS Partners

Robert Vahradian is a Senior Managing Director of GTIS and a member of the General Partner’s Investment Committee. Mr. Vahradian is responsible for overseeing the firm’s U.S. investment business, including strategy, acquisitions, and asset and portfolio management.

Mr. Vahradian has 28 years of real estate experience at a variety of organizations. Previously, he was President of Allied Partners, a private real estate investment company, where he was responsible for the firm’s investment and development projects. Prior to Allied, Mr. Vahradian was Chief Operating Officer and principal of The Athena Group, a residential investment and development company based in New York, with projects located primarily in New York, Washington, DC and South Florida. Mr. Vahradian managed the investment, financing and operating activities of Athena and its affiliated equity funds. Prior to Athena, Mr. Vahradian was a Director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s real estate investment banking and principal groups. At CSFB, he participated in public and private debt and equity offerings, and also principal investments in real estate debt and equity transactions. Mr. Vahradian also developed and managed CSFB’s credit lease finance and securitization program, and a private equity investment vehicle targeting Central and Eastern Europe.

Mr. Vahradian is a member of the Board of Directors of LGI Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGIH) a publicly listed homebuilding company. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Tufts University and holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Chris Ludeman

Global President, Capital Markets

CBRE

Mr. Ludeman is Global President of Capital Markets for CBRE. CBRE is the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm and the only firm of its kind in the Fortune 500. The firm spans over 60 countries and has more than 70,000 employees.

Mr. Ludeman drives the company’s advisory business for investors, including responsibility for equity sales, debt and structured finance and real estate investment banking. In 2014, the company was the intermediary for more than $220 billion in capital markets engagements. He serves as a member of the Global Operating Committee and the Americas Operations Management Board.

During his 35 years in the industry and with CBRE, Mr. Ludeman has served in several key management roles, including at various times serving as the President of various businesses including Brokerage, Transaction Management and Global Corporate Services. In these roles, Mr. Ludeman was responsible for all transaction units in the Americas as well as corporate outsourcing functions such as facilities management, project management, lease administration, transaction management and research and consulting. Prior to his national and international roles Mr. Ludeman served in several regional and local market leadership positions across the United States.

Mr. Ludeman began his career in 1980 with CBRE as a trainee.

Stephen Collins

Head, Capital Advisors, Americas

JLL

Stephen Collins is the lead of the Capital Advisors business within JLL Capital Markets, based in Washington, DC.

He shares responsibility for the strategic direction, growth and client activities of JLL’s global capital markets business.

Stephen's role is an expansion of his responsibilities with Capital Markets international capital, focused on executing cross-border transactions between the regions of the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

His efforts are aimed at collaborating and extending the reach of the existing local and regional Capital Markets teams. Our international network develops, manages and creates sell and buy-side mandates, focusing on assets valued in excess of US$100 million.

Stephen serves globally-oriented clients who wish to build international portfolios. He is primarily responsible for JLL’s international capital activity on the East Coast of the US, Canada, Mexico, and South America.

Since joining JLL as part of the Spaulding & Slye merger in 2006, Stephen has been instrumental in shaping the overall direction of international capital flow.

He has also made significant contributions to JLL’s direct business development through proprietary deal sourcing and has reshaped the firm’s Capital Markets presence over recent years, working to integrate several new components of the Mid-Atlantic business.

Experience:

Stephen has more than 25 years experience in commercial real estate. Prior to joining JLL in 2006, he was a partner in Spaulding & Slye Colliers as well as the Director of Ernst and Young Kenneth Leventhal’s (EYKL) Capital Markets and Corporate Services Group.

He also served as President of GVA Worldwide, a professional real estate organization with more than 3,600 professionals in offices throughout 20 countries and five continents.

Education :

Stephen received a BA from the University of Delaware.

Affiliations:

He is a member of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) and a member of the Urban Land Institute's Global Exchange Council.

He also serves as the leader of the JLL Americas Capital Markets Senior Leadership Council.

Steven Kohn

Vice Chairman & President, Equity, Debt & Structured Finance

Cushman & Wakefield

Steven Kohn is Vice Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. and President of its Equity, Debt & Structured Finance group (“C&W-EDSF”). He joined C&W-EDSF, previously known as Sonnenblick Goldman, in 1996 as a principal and managing director, and became the company’s president in early 2000. Sonnenblick Goldman merged with Cushman & Wakefield in July 2007.

Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance provides a full range of financial services for real estate owners and developers. Headquartered in New York, and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., the company’s primary capital market services include equity and debt financing, arranging joint ventures, and loan sales for virtually all property types. The firm also provides advisory services, offering clients advice on asset positioning and strategic capital structures

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Prior to joining Sonnenblick Goldman/Cushman & Wakefield, Mr. Kohn was vice president of Wexford Management LLC, a private equity fund, where his responsibilities included real estate acquisitions, portfolio management, loan workouts and dispositions. Before assuming his position at Wexford, Mr. Kohn was president of Trafalgar House Real Estate, Inc., the U.S. commercial real estate development subsidiary of Trafalgar House Plc, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate based in London.

Mr. Kohn serves as a trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and as a member of the Investment Committee of the ULI Foundation. He also has served as Chair of the Urban Mixed Use Red Council of the ULI and is a member of the ULI New York District Council Advisory Board. Mr. Kohn is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), for which he has also served on the Executive Committee. He is a member of the Wharton Real Estate Center Advisory Board and the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA).

Mr. Kohn serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Bucknell University (his alma mater). He also serves as President of the Board of Directors of The Catalog for Giving (http://www.catalogforgiving.org), a charitable organization that funds youth programs throughout New York City.

David Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman

The Carlyle Group

David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of

the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Mr. Rubenstein co-founded the firm in

1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing $230 billion from 30 offices around the world.

Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the

Performing Arts and the Council on Foreign Relations; a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation; a Regent of

the Smithsonian Institution; a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art, the University of Chicago, Memorial

Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National

Constitution Center, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum; a Director of the Lincoln

Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and President of the

Economic Club of Washington.

Mr. Rubenstein is a member of the American Philosophical Society, Business Council, Harvard

Global Advisory Council (Chairman), Madison Council of the Library of Congress (Chairman), Board of

Dean’s Advisors of the Business School at Harvard, Advisory Board of the School of Economics and

Management at Tsinghua University (former Chairman), and Board of the World Economic Forum

Global Shapers Community.

Mr. Rubenstein has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Duke University and the

Smithsonian Institution, and Co-Chairman of the Board of the Brookings Institution.

Mr. Rubenstein is an original signer of The Giving Pledge, a significant donor to all of the above-

mentioned non-profit organizations, and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and the

MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award, among other philanthropic awards.

Mr. Rubenstein has been a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made

transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of the Washington Monument, Monticello, Montpelier,

Mount Vernon, Arlington House, Iwo Jima Memorial, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, the National

Archives, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, and the National Museum of African American

History and Culture. Mr. Rubenstein has also provided to the U.S. government long-term loans of his rare

copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the

Emancipation Proclamation, the 13 th Amendment, the first map of the U.S. (Abel Buell map), and the first

book printed in the U.S. (Bay Psalm Book).

Mr. Rubenstein is the host of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on

Bloomberg TV and PBS, and Leadership Live with David Rubenstein by Bloomberg Media; and the

author of The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, a book published by Simon &

Schuster in October 2019, and How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and

Game Changers, a book published by Simon & Schuster in September 2020.

Mr. Rubenstein, a native of Baltimore, is a 1970 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University,

where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Following Duke, Mr. Rubenstein graduated in 1973 from the

University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

From 1973-1975, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton

& Garrison. From 1975-1976, he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s

Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1977-1981, during the Carter Administration, Mr.

Rubenstein was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. After his White House service and before co-founding Carlyle, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in Washington with Shaw, Pittman, Potts &

Trowbridge (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman).

Sue Carras

Co‑Head Washington, D.C. Office

HFF

Ms. Carras is a Senior Managing Director and co-head of the Washington, DC office of HFF.

With more than 35 years of experience in commercial real estate, she is responsible for

overseeing debt and equity placement business of the office.

Prior to HFF, Ms. Carras was a Principal and Managing Director at Sonnenblick Goldman

where she served on the operating committee and head of the office in Washington, DC

and Tampa, Florida. Earlier in her career, she completed credit training at Chase Manhattan

Bank where she was a lending officer in the Real Estate Finance Division. She is a recipient

of the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors Top Financing Award and

Top Sales Award for the Washington, DC Metro.

Bill Collins

Executive Vice Chairman

Cushman & Wakefield

William M. Collins has more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience focused primarily in the sale of commercial real estate office buildings and land in the Washington metropolitan area.

Bill works actively with institutional owners in the consultation and disposition of their real estate assets. During the past ten years, he has successfully completed more than $30 billion in investment property sales.

Areas of Specialization

• Investment Sales

• Finance, Debt, and Equity

• Land Acquisition & Disposition

John Duffy

Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets

JLL

John E. Duffy is an Executive Managing Director on the Capital Markets team for JLL's Washington, D.C. office.

Prior to joining JLL, John served as Managing Principal of Sage Capital Advisors.

He has over 25 years of experience in the key disciplines associated with the commercial real estate industry.

John's background includes extensive experience as a land use planner (comprehensive planning, zoning, architectural compliance), real estate developer (entitlement, architectural and engineering oversight, project financing, leasing, and disposition), real estate investor for his own account (joint venture office, retail and residential projects) and as a capital markets intermediary.

Prior to forming Sage Capital Advisors, John co-managed HFF's DC office as Senior Managing Director for 15 years where he was instrumental in building a capital markets team that was ranked #1 in the Washington DC region year after year.

John has a B.S. in Urban Planning from Virginia Tech and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Virginia.

Regional Capital Markets & Real Estate Finance

A In-depth Look at the DC Region's Capital Flow, Debt/Equity Markets, and How Deals Are Getting Done

Joe Carter

Joe Carter

EVP & Mid-Atlantic Head of Commercial Real Estate Lending

Wells Fargo

Tony Marquez

Tony Marquez

President of Commercial Banking, Sr. EVP

EagleBank

Esko Korhonen

Esko Korhonen

Co-Founder

FCP

Bob Donhauser

Bob Donhauser

Executive Managing Director

JLL

Adam Bieber

Adam Bieber

Managing Director

Phillips Realty Capital

Tim Taylor
Moderator

Tim Taylor

Head of Special Situations

Ten-X

Joe Carter

EVP & Mid-Atlantic Head of Commercial Real Estate Lending

Wells Fargo

Joe Carter is an executive vice president and division manager for Wells Fargo‘s

Washington, D.C., Commercial Real Estate (CRE) o ce in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

He is responsible for the lending and overall banking relationships with clients

covering Washington / Baltimore region through South Carolina. This includes team

members located in Washington D.C, Charlotte, and Charleston. Joe is based in the

group’s Washington, D.C o ce.

As one of the nation’s leaders in the real estate industry, Wells Fargo provides a

comprehensive platform of banking and fi nancing solutions to regional and national

owners, operators and developers, real estate funds, and real estate investment trusts

(REITs). The CRE business line serves real estate clients nationwide as well as in

Canada and the United Kingdom.

Joe joined Wells Fargo in 2001 as the o ce manager and in 2009 was promoted to his

current position. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Joe was with Wachovia Bank for 12 years

and had various positions in the real estate and corporate lines of business in both

Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Joe also is a board member of the Washington Airports

Task Force as well as an Advisory Board Member of George Mason University’s Center

for Real Estate Entrepreneurship/Masters in Real Estate Development Program.

Joe holds a B.S. degree in business from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem,

N.C., and an M.B.A in real estate and corporate fi nance from the University of Georgia

in Athens.

A native of the D.C. area, Joe currently resides in Oakton, Va., with his wife and

two sons.

Tony Marquez

President of Commercial Banking, Sr. EVP

EagleBank

Mr. Marquez, Sr. EVP and President of Commercial Banking joined the Company in August 2011. Mr. Marquez has over 29 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to joining EagleBank, he established the real estate lending franchise for HSBC for the Washington, DC market. Earlier he was the head of Commercial Real Estate lending at Chevy Chase Bank from 1997 to 2005 and previously held various lending positions at The Riggs National Bank in Washington, DC after starting his career at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

Esko Korhonen

Co-Founder

FCP

Esko Korhonen has company responsibilities in commercial investment, capital markets and fund raising. He has more than 33 years of experience in real estate investment and development and serves on the Investment and Executive Committees for FCP.

Prior to founding FCP, Mr. Korhonen was a Principal of The Carlyle Group where he served on the company’s real estate fund’s Investment Committee. Before joining Carlyle, Mr. Korhonen was Vice President of ING Group, where he was responsible for ING’s North American real estate portfolio. He began his real estate career with the Trammell Crow Company. Mr. Korhonen has served on the Board of Directors of Tower Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE-TOW), the Board of Trustees of The Maret School in Washington, DC, Founding Member and Advisor for Fair Chance Fund, and currently is Co-Chair of The Northwestern University Leadership Council, Washington, DC, Regional Board Member of the Northwestern University Campaign Committee and a Trustee of the MD-DC chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Mr. Korhonen is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, Urban Land Institute and District of Columbia Building Industry Association. He received his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University and BA from Colgate University.

Bob Donhauser

Executive Managing Director

JLL

Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Donhauser served as Principal of Sage Capital Advisors. He has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate.

Over that time, he has provided capital market expertise in financing, joint venture, structured finance, and investment sales. Bob has worked his entire career in the Washington metropolitan area and has closed over $25 billion in transactions. His primary focus has been in financing and joint venture work in office, multi-family, and retail properties.

Prior to forming Sage Capital Advisors, Bob was a Senior Managing Director at HFF for 12 years where he and his partner, Bill Asbill, lead the finance group and consistently ranked #1 in the Washington region.

He has a B.S. in Business Administration from Ithaca College.

Adam Bieber

Managing Director

Phillips Realty Capital

Mr. Bieber joined Phillips Realty Capital in 2015 as Managing Director. Previously, Mr. Bieber was employed as a Vice President at a large, national mortgage banking company. He has also enjoyed stops at an agency lender and a prominent, DC multifamily developer and operator. Mr. Bieber earned his bachelor's degree at the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tim Taylor

Moderator

Ten-X

Tim Taylor is head of Special Situations within the Commercial Division of Ten-X. Special Situations targets special servicers, CRE bankruptcy practitioners and impaired CMBS borrowers. Mr. Taylor’s client base also includes a select group on institutional CRE firms.

Prior to joining Ten-X, Mr. Taylor was a Managing Director at Cantor Commercial Real Estate (CCRE), the real estate finance arm of Cantor Fitzgerald in New York. Mr. Taylor led the high yield/mezzanine real estate pricing and placement effort for CCRE in addition to the placement of any non-securitized mortgage debt. In 2015, Mr. Taylor and team were responsible for more than $900 million in private placements.

Mr. Taylor’s previous employers included Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending where he was responsible for the sale of more than $6 billion of high yield debt, Capital Trust, a New York mortgage REIT now owned by The Blackstone Group, and Banc of America Securities.

Mr. Taylor receive his MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina as well where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, the oldest merit based scholarship program in the United States. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Board of Trustees of Explore Schools, a network of charter schools in central Brooklyn serving more than 1,800 students. His professional affiliations include the CREFC, ICSC, NAIOP and ULI.

National Capital Markets & Real Estate Finance

How DC Stacks up Nationally, the Cycle, Hot Markets and Asset Classes

Mark Hertz

Mark Hertz

Head of U.S. Investments

AIG Global Real Estate

Sujan Patel

Sujan Patel

Managing Director and Co-Head of Investments

NorthStar Realty Finance

Tony Fineman

Tony Fineman

Senior Managing Director, Head of Originations

ACORE Capital

Bryan Cullen

Bryan Cullen

Managing Director

Hunt Real Estate Capital

Stephanie Lynch

Stephanie Lynch

Senior Managing Director

Savills Studley

David Kessler
Moderator

David Kessler

Managing Partner

CohnReznick

Mark Hertz

Head of U.S. Investments

AIG Global Real Estate

Mr. Hertz is responsible for AIG Global Real Estate’s equity investment activities in the U.S. He oversees the acquisition or development of all product types, including multi-family, retail, office, industrial, hotel, and senior/student housing, and the oversight of various real estate teams that source, underwrite and close new investment opportunities.

Prior to joining AIG Global Real Estate in 2009, Mr. Hertz was a Managing Director at Amstar Global Advisors, a private equity fund, where he was responsible for real estate investments and dispositions, with assets in Russia, Turkey and India. Prior to Amstar, Mr. Hertz was a Managing Director at AIG Global Real Estate where he was responsible for U.S. retail property investments, managing a portfolio of approximately 7 million square feet of stabilized and under-development properties. Prior to AIG, Mr. Hertz was a Senior Vice President at Prime Retail, a Baltimore based REIT, where he was mainly involved in acquisitions and development, property dispositions, asset management and structuring lender and equity partner work-out strategies.

Mr. Hertz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate from The Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in real estate investment from Johns Hopkins University.

Sujan Patel

Managing Director and Co-Head of Investments

NorthStar Realty Finance

Mr. Patel is based in New York and is responsible for overseeing the sourcing, structuring and execution of NorthStar’s equity, debt and strategic investments across all asset types and geographies. At NorthStar, he has been directly involved in or overseen $9Bn+ of closed investments. Prior to joining NorthStar in 2007, Mr. Patel was with Thayer Lodging Group, a lodging dedicated private equity firm, focusing on all aspects of sourcing, acquiring, financing and disposing of over $2Bn of hotel investments. Mr. Patel began his career at Morgan Stanley in their investment banking division based in New York. Mr. Patel received a BA in Engineering Sciences modified with Economics from Dartmouth College. Mr. Patel is involved in several real estate industry organizations including ULI, CREFC, MBA, RELA and NYPEN and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars. Mr. Patel was named by the Commercial Observer in March 2014 as a member of its “Power 100” list honoring top commercial real estate professionals.

Tony Fineman

Senior Managing Director, Head of Originations

ACORE Capital

Mr. Fineman has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate

business. At ACORE, Mr. Fineman is responsible for originating, underwriting,

structuring and closing commercial real estate financing opportunities, and for managing

originations for the Eastern Region.

Prior to joining ACORE, Mr. Fineman was an Executive Vice President with Brickman

and a principal at Hillcrest Finance, where he was responsible for originating,

underwriting, structuring and closing equity and debt investment opportunities, and

financing new and existing equity investments. Prior to Brickman, Mr. Fineman held

various positions in commercial real estate finance including a senior role with

Wachovia Bank, where he managed, structured and closed more than $25 billion of

complex commercial real estate finance transactions often involving multiple lenders

and tranches of debt, and a role as a banker with Nomura Securities in the mid to late

1990s. In addition to his finance experience, Mr. Fineman has also spent a significant

amount of time on the equity side of the commercial real estate business where he was

involved in the development, ownership, management and operation of commercial real

estate, including in senior roles with Centres Inc. and Terranova Corporation, and in his

time with Brickman. Mr. Fineman began his career in commercial real estate as an

attorney representing institutional and private clients in a wide range of commercial real

estate transactions, including finance, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development

and land use. After college and prior to law school, Mr. Fineman spent several years at

IBM Corporation as a marketing representative.

Mr. Fineman received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a J.D.

from the University of Florida. Mr. Fineman serves on the board of enCourage Kids

Foundation. Mr. Fineman is married to Lori and they have two children, Mia and Rocky.

Bryan Cullen

Managing Director

Hunt Real Estate Capital

Bryan Cullen is Managing Director with Hunt Mortgage Group, a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Hunt Companies. Based in Tyson’s Corner, VA, he is responsible for

national loan originations for the Fannie Mae DUS, Freddie Mac, and FHA product lines.

Prior to joining the firm in 2004, he originated agency and FHA loans for American

Property Financing (now Wells Fargo) beginning in 1994. Over his career he has

originated more than $2.5 billion in Agency loans. He began his career servicing FHA

loans at AMI Capital (now also Wells Fargo) and later became an underwriter for the

fledgling Fannie Mae DUS product from 1991-1993.

He has served on various boards for Catholic Charities including the Board of St. Martins

Apartments, which oversaw the $50 million construction of 178 affordable apartments in

Washington, DC, and for 12 years on the Board of the Annual Golf Classic, which has

raised more than $2 million for local charities.

Mr. Cullen graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and never needed a

post-graduate degree due to nepotism and excellent timing.

Stephanie Lynch

Senior Managing Director

Savills Studley

Stephanie Lynch is a Senior Managing Director in the Structured Finance Group, responsible for sourcing and executing structured debt and equity capitalizations of ground-up development, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of multifamily, office, industrial, retail and hotel property types in single asset and portfolio/programmatic structures.

Over her 14 year career, Ms. Lynch has structured and executed over $4 billion of debt and equity transactions on behalf of institutional and entrepreneurial owners. She has also advised domestic and multinational bank holding companies and foreign sovereign wealth funds on $2.5 billion of U.S. loan sales, debt restructurings and fund investment decisions.

Prior to joining Savills Studley in 2014, Ms. Lynch was Managing Director of PRC, LLC, and Co-founder and Managing Director of Ceres Capital Partners. Before that, Ms. Lynch served as Senior Vice President in Jones Lang LaSalle’s Real Estate Investment Banking division. Ms. Lynch started her career with Spaulding & Slye LLC, structuring and executing debt and equity in conjunction with the firm’s private investment development activities as well as for third party clients.

ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS:

Ms. Lynch serves on the Advisory Board of Georgetown University’s Real Estate Finance Initiative. She also currently holds an Executive in Residence position at Georgetown University, counseling students in the innovative Real Estate Finance Clinic, an intensive experiential learning practicum underwriting and modeling $2 billion per year of institutional quality real estate acquisitions in partnership with top US investment companies.

Ms. Lynch is a member of Urban Land Institute, (Urban Development Mixed-Use Council/Silver), and she currently serves on the Board of Trustees for New Hope Housing, a not-for profit organization which provides comprehensive shelter and services to Northern Virginia’s homeless individuals and families.

EDUCATION:

Ms. Lynch received her Bachelors of Arts from Colby College, and earned an M.B.A. in Finance from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

David Kessler

Moderator

CohnReznick

David Kessler serves as Managing Partner of CohnReznick's Real Estate Industry practice. He has over 30 years of experience providing audit, tax, and management advisory services to the real estate and financial services industries, representing clients nationally.

David represents developers, private equity funds, institutional investors such as life insurance companies and pension funds, lenders, asset management companies, property management companies, REITs, and loan funds. His clients operate and develop hotels, office, multifamily, industrial, retail, nursing and assisted living, land projects, military housing, and student housing units.

David's services for commercial real estate clients involve audit and management advisory services including assisting new and existing private equity funds with structures, compliance, and asset or portfolio due diligence. He works with RIA’s, fund managers, and is proficient with real estate accounting and reporting as well as real estate operations. David frequently works with the Firm’s Advisory Practice.

David designed and has taught a real estate accounting graduate-level course at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies and the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation as part of each university’s graduate degree program in real estate development. He speaks frequently at real estate industry conferences throughout the country. David serves on the Board and is Treasurer of Junior Achievement of Greater Washington and is a Board Member of Barker Adoption Foundation.

Summary

This Premium Morning Event will be the gathering point for the leading participants of all sectors of the commercial real estate industry. The program will address topics pertaining to the State of Capital Markets, Investing in a 'Trump America' and Real Estate Finance

In today's hot market, where do the risks and opportunities lie? How does DC stack up nationally? Who's investing, who's lending, and where are they doing it? What does it take to get a deal done in today's market? Could an increase in GDP temper the pace of transaction activity? What does a Trump administration mean for Banking Regulations? How might looming Tax Reforms impact the CRE industry?

Find out the answers to these questions and more from our all-star panelists on March 16th at our Capital Markets and Real Estate Finance Summit. As always, enjoy breakfast, coffee, and ample networking time!

Join the fun on Twitter using hashtag #BisnowDC and follow us @BisnowDC!

Venue

Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036

Ballroom: State Room & Palm Court Ballroom


$28 per car for Valet
Self-park options: 17th St Garage (immediately behind the Mayflower) — $12 per car if in before 9 AM
DeSales St. Garage $20

Agenda

Time Activity
12:30 PM
1:15 PM
Coffee, Networking, & Breakfast
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
Keynote Interview: Julie Chon
1:30 PM
2:15 PM
National Capital Markets & Real Estate Finance
2:15 PM
3:00 PM
Regional Capital Markets & Real Estate Finance
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Post-game Networking

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