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David Wolff

David Wolff

Chairman & President

Wolff Companies

Carolyn Wolff Dorros
Moderator

Carolyn Wolff Dorros

EVP

Wolff Companies

Kim Schell
EMCEE

Kim Schell

Houston Market Manager

Bisnow Media

David Wolff

Chairman & President

Wolff Companies

David Wolff is Chairman and President of Wolff Companies, a Houston-based holding company which manages his activities and investments in real estate development, financial assets, professional sports and agriculture.

Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Wolff graduated with honors from Amherst College in 1962 and with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1964. He has served as a Trustee of Amherst College and is presently a Trustee Emeritus. He has been an adviser to the faculty of Harvard Business School in the development of the study of entrepreneurship and was Chairman of his class’ 50th reunion campaign, which raised more money than any other reunion campaign in the school’s history.

He performed his military service with the U.S. Coast Guard and, subsequently, as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy.

David Wolff founded Wolff, Morgan and Company in 1970, which evolved into Wolff Companies in 1985 and has guided the company to its position as Houston’s largest developer of office, business and industrial parks as well as sites for healthcare, hotels, retail and multi-family.

He is a partner in the San Francisco Giants and Oracle Park, San Francisco. His current agricultural interests include a 1,680-acre working cattle ranch in Independence, Texas, which he has operated for 36 years. For 16 years, he owned and oversaw operations for private vineyards in the Napa Valley of California.

During his five decades in Houston, David Wolff has worked on many community endeavors including: the West Houston Association which he co-founded and then chaired for six years; the Houston Parks Board on which he served for 12 years, including two terms as Chairman; the Houston Grand Opera where he was Vice President and Chairman of the Finance Committee; and the Greater Houston Partnership. Mr. Wolff was Chairman of METRO (the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County) from 2004 to 2010.

David and his wife, Mary, have been married for more than 40 years and have two daughters, two sons-in-law, three granddaughters and two grandsons.

Carolyn Wolff Dorros

Moderator

Wolff Companies

Carolyn Wolff Dorros is currently Executive Vice President of Wolff Companies, a real estate development company based in Houston, TX. She works on the oversight and management of the company’s financial asset portfolios as well as land development, strategic planning, marketing and communications.

Ms. Dorros graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1997 and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she earned honors in her second year. She has served as President of the Harvard Business School Club of Houston and as Chair of her class’s 10 and 15 year reunions.

Prior to joining Wolff Companies, Ms. Dorros was the Administrative Director of Neurosciences at Stanford Medical Center, where she also served as Director of Business Development. She also worked at Medsite, Inc., as a Product Manager and as APM/CSC Healthcare as a Research Associate.

Ms. Dorros serves on the Boards of Texas Children’s Hospital, St. John’s School, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, New Hope Housing and the West Houston Association. She is also the past Chair of Breakthrough Houston.

Ms. Dorros and her husband, Chris, have a daughter and a son.

Kim Schell

EMCEE

Bisnow Media

Kim was born in Flushing, New York and come from many generations of New Yorkers. It was a culture shock when she first moved to Houston, Texas in the late 70's but can now say Y'all with the best of them. Kim graduated from the University of Houston with a BBA in Marketing and has worked in media her entire life. Kim played and coached soccer for many years and even spent a summer in England playing in tournaments. The oldest of three girls, she now has two sons (the first born Texans in her family), a husband and three male rescue dogs.

Summary

  1. How does this market disruption compare to past recessions, and what lessons can real estate professionals take from previous downturns to make thoughtful decisions today?

  2. What does the future of the Houston suburbs look like? Where will we see growth?

  3. What overall trends and themes do you think we will see post pandemic? ​

  4. How are you weighing out risk as a business leader? What is your strategy in decision making right now, risk vs reward when the playbook has completely changed?

  5. If you could offer a piece of advice to the younger generation who has never seen a downturn in their career. What would that be?

 

Agenda

Time Activity
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL: A DISCUSSION WITH WOLFF COMPANIES CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT DAVID WOLFF