Board Co-Chairs
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Annemarie DiCola*
Chief Executive Officer
Trepp
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Sam Chandan, PhD
Founding Director
NYU Stern Chen Institute
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Board Members
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Keith Breslauer*
Chief Executive Officer
Patron Capital Partners
Gunnar Branson‡
Chief Executive Officer
AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate)
Elliott Bross*
Principal
INBR
Gwen Hatten Butler
Independent Director
Goldman Sachs Real Estate Income Trust, Goldman Sachs Real Estate Finance Trust, and
Mutual of America Financial Group
Charles Chen*
Chairman
Eyon Holding Group
Christina Chiu†*
President
Empire State Realty Trust
William Ferguson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ferguson Partners
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Robert E. Hart
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President
TruAmerica Multifamily
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Matt Henry
Chief Executive Officer
Chatham Financial
Steven Kassin*
Founder and Managing Director
Infinity Real Estate
Lesley Lisser*
Senior Director, Asset Management
Empire State Realty Trust
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Steven Maksin*
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Moonbeam Capital
Rob Naso*
Managing Partner and
Head of Asset Management
BGO
Deborah Markus-Quinsee*
Co-Founder
Columbus Advisors
Dino Paparelli
Chairman of Global Real Estate
Deutsche Bank
Dana Roffman*
Board of Directors
Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT,
Savills, and Covercy
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Mitchell E. Rudin
Chairman (Retired)
Savills
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Franck Ruimy*
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Dunmor and
Silver Creek Development
Yesenia (Yessi) Scheker Izquierdo
Managing Partner and
New York Market Leader
KPMG
Steven Schwartz*
Executive Vice President
Real Estate Credit
RXR
Christopher Shehadeh*
Managing Director
Tishman Speyer
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Alumni Council Representatives
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John Lippman†*
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Real Estate
NYU Stern Chen Institute
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Emeritus Board Members
Jerry Cohen*
Senior Advisor
Tishman Speyer
Philip L. Milstein*
Principal
Ogden Cap Properties
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Brian Ward
Chief Executive Officer
Windward Partners
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† Alumni Council Representatives
* NYU Alumni
‡ Industry Association Representative