Collete English Dixon has more than 30 years in investment management with a focus on commercial real estate investing. Prior to her current role at Roosevelt University, she was Executive Director - Transactions for PGIM Real Estate (formerly known as PREI), a business unit of Prudential Financial, and co-leader of PREI’s national investment dispositions program. In that role, she oversaw the sale of more than 200 investment properties located throughout the US, with a total value of more than $8.7 Billion, on behalf of PREI’s investment funds. Prior to her role in dispositions, English Dixon was responsible for sourcing more than $2.75B of wholly-owned and joint venture real estate investment opportunities in the Midwestern markets covering all property types, including office, multi-family, hotel, industrial and retail properties. Collete’s experience also includes property development and asset management. She is a Past President of CREW Network, a Past Chair of the CREW Network Foundation, a Past President of CREW Chicago, a full member of ULI and the 2016-2019 Chair of the UDMU Council/Purple. She is a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Investment Committee for the Housing Partnership Equity Trust, a member of the Board of Directors for BDREX and a member of its Audit and Governance committees, a board member of the Chicago Forum of the International Women’s Forum, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry.

My Team provides balance sheet lending and banking services for commercial real estate owners and investors throughout Chicago and the Midwest. Loan sizes from $5mm to $30mm. Product types include multifamily, industrial, medical office, select retail, and select office.

Thomas is responsible for planning, underwriting and financing urban mixed-use developments for McCaffery. Mr. Shanabruch joined McCaffery in 2011 and focuses on acquiring value-add properties, structuring equity investments in joint venture development projects, and providing advisory services on real estate investment strategies for institutions, pension funds and high net worth individuals. Previously Thomas was Vice President of Major Transactions at McKinley, Inc., leading a team through due diligence, repositioning and financing of multi-family assets in the McKinley portfolio. Thomas began his career at Border Group, Inc. where he worked in several finance and real estate positions. He graduated Suma Cum Laude with a degree in Economics from Beloit College, where he was a Rhodes Scholar nominee, and holds an MBA with High Distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.