Board Co-Chairs
Annemarie DiCola*
Chief Executive Officer
Trepp
Sam Chandan, PhD
Founding Director
NYU Stern Chen Institute
Board Members
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
Robert E. Hart
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President
TruAmerica Multifamily
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
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
Mitchell E. Rudin
Chairman (Retired)
Savills
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
Alumni Council Representatives
John Lippman†*
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Real Estate
NYU Stern Chen Institute
Emeritus Board Members
Jerry Cohen*
Senior Advisor
Tishman Speyer
Philip L. Milstein*
Principal
Ogden Cap Properties
Brian Ward
Chief Executive Officer
Windward Partners
† Alumni Council Representatives
* NYU Alumni
‡ Industry Association Representative