Alexander E. Perriello, III, served as president and chief executive officer of the Realogy Franchise Group since April 2004. The Group is the largest franchisor of residential and commercial real estate brokerage offices in the world. Perriello oversees the Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, ERA® and Sotheby’s International Realty® real estate brands, which combined have approximately 13,700 franchised and company-owned offices and 247,800 brokers and sales associates doing business in 103 countries around the world. In addition, Perriello is responsible for the Franchise Group’s shared support services, including domestic and international franchise sales, administration, finance, business development, information technology, learning and human resources.

With more than 35 years in the real estate industry, Perriello is widely recognized as a real estate industry leader and keen observer in the areas of policy and market trends. He serves on the National Association of REALTORS® as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. In addition, he chaired the 2010 Strategic Planning Committee and has been a member of the Large Firm Advisory Council since 2005.

Perriello previously served as president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation from 1997 to 2004. During this time, he was acclaimed by REALTOR Magazine as “The Great Innovator” and one of its “25 Most Influential People in Real Estate.” Perriello’s visionary leadership continued to bring Coldwell Banker to the forefront of the real estate industry through groundbreaking initiatives as well as new business and service models.

Perriello, who began his career as a sales associate, has worked in almost every facet of the real estate business. Perriello shares the entrepreneurial spirit of his affiliates as a one-time independent real estate broker and owner of a chain of retail stores. After joining Coldwell Banker in 1983, Perriello held management positions in product development, real estate services, marketing and operations. Perriello played an integral role in the restructuring and development of Coldwell Banker following its 1996 acquisition by Cendant (then HFS) and its relocation to Parsippany, N.J.

Perriello has long been a distinguished industry leader and is a frequent speaker at industry events such as Inman News’ Real Estate Connect, RISMedia conferences and forums, and Real Trends’ Gathering of Eagles. He has also appeared as an industry expert on various news networks, including CNN, CNBC and FOX News. In addition, he has been widely quoted in real estate trade magazines as well as business and consumer publications, including USA Today, Fortune, Money and The Wall Street Journal. In 2006, Perriello co-authored the book, “Ten Traits for Top Performers – A Real Estate Professional’s Guide to a Winning Career.”

Alex Jessett is Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Camden Property Trust. In this capacity, Alex oversees all of the capital markets activity, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, financial operations, risk management, and tax compliance for Camden. In addition to his daily management responsibilities at Camden, Alex has been responsible for over $20 billion of debt and equity issuances and structured real estate transactions.

Mr. Jessett has been employed in the real estate industry since 1997 and has worked at Camden in various roles since 1999. Prior to joining Camden, he worked at Comerica Bank of Texas in the Real Estate Lending department.

Mr. Jessett serves as Treasurer and is on the Board of Directors for Central Houston, Inc., an organization that focuses on the redevelopment and revitalization of downtown Houston, and serves as Vice-Chairperson for the Board of Directors of Legacy Community Health Services, a full-service, Federally Qualified Health Center. Alex also is a member of the Executive Council of the Center for Real Estate Finance at The University of Texas and serves on the Executive Advisory Board for the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business Real Estate Program. He has been a guest lecturer and formal mentor for students pursuing their MBAs at both The University of Texas and the University of Houston. He is also a graduate of the Center for Houston’s Future.

Mr. Jessett has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Houston, where he received the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Texas.

Bill has served as Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives since 2014. He has more than 30 years of wide-ranging experience in the banking, mortgage and financial services industries, covering areas of financial management, capital markets, credit and mortgage operations.

From 2006 to 2012, Bill was a member of ING Direct USA’s senior management team, serving as chief lending officer. His mortgage-related experience includes various senior positions in finance, operations, credit and capital markets at ContiMortgage Corp. Bill began his career as a CPA with KPMG LLP, specializing in financial services and mortgage banking.

He holds a BBA in accounting from the University of Notre Dame.

Bob Faith is the Founder and CEO of Greystar. Greystar has grown from a manager of 9,000 units in the United States through the acquisition of the company’s predecessor Greystone to managing and operating over an estimated $200 billion+ of real estate in nearly 200 markets globally throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Today, Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing approximately 693,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform with approximately $35.5 billion of assets under management, including over $15 billion of assets under development. In 2019, Greystar was ranked as the 43rd largest real estate investment manager in the world despite the company specializing in only residential rental housing.

Bob Flannery is Managing Director at EQT Exeter. EQT Exeter is the successor firm to Redwood Capital Group after a successful June 2022 merger of Redwood into the EQT Exeter platform. Redwood Capital Group's 15 year track record of success o

The US multifamily platform of EQT Exeter is leveraging the merger of Redwood Capital Group's 15 year track record of success on over $3 billion of multifamily investments serves as the foundation for the future growth of EQT Exeter's US multifamily platform.

Prior to EQT Residential, Bob was president at CA Ventures with a focus on CA’s national multifamily development platform, along with involvement in CA’s strategic planning, acquisitions, capital markets and asset management activities. Bob is also active in decisions regarding the holding, selling, repositioning and refinancing of CA assets. He was also Chief Operating Officer at JRG Capital Partners and Chief Financial Officer at Jameson Real Estate, an affiliated company of JRG.

Bob has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate and executive leadership. He has worked for many of the industry’s top firms, including Prudential Insurance, JP Morgan Chase and Sam Zell’s Equity Office. He has been involved in transactions totaling over $2 billion and has managed real estate portfolios consisting of office, retail industrial and multifamily in major markets throughout the United States.

Bob holds a BS in Finance from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in International Business from Wayne State University.

As a president of Capital Markets, Brian leads the multifamily investment sales business, including student housing, senior housing and affordable housing, and debt businesses in the Americas focusing on borrower/buyer relationships

Brian began his real estate career at CBRE in 1983 as a multifamily investment specialist based in Chicago. During the subsequent 22 years with CBRE, Brian was recognized as a perennial top producer for the firm with a specific emphasis on the institutional market. He was involved in representing institutional investors and public companies in the acquisition and disposition of approximately $4 billion of multifamily properties.

In 2005, Brian joined Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (formerly RREEF) as a Managing Director in the Transactions Group. He served as an active member of its Investment Committee during his seven-and-a-half-year tenure at the firm. In 2007, he became Chair of DAWM’s Investment Committee and Head of DAWM’s Transactions Group, with specific responsibility for all acquisitions, dispositions and capital markets decisions. Throughout his tenure on DAWM's Investment Committee, the company acquired more than $15 billion of properties and sold over $12 billion of properties.

CBRE was pleased to welcome Brian back to the firm in January 2013 as a Senior Managing Director, responsible for the national production of multifamily investment sales. His extensive experience in institutional multifamily sales combined with proven management skills provides the expertise needed to lead CBRE sales professionals nationwide.

Director of Strategic Planning and Initiatives for a leading residential real estate brokerage company, overseeing 48 offices and over 3400 agents. Responsible for shifting blend from a reliance on traditional marketing to interactive/web, which includes integrating digital, social media and video into company's marketing plans. Strong focus on maintaining budget and fiscal responsibility while increasing reach and strength of the brand.

Maintain market share by retaining top producing agents and helping to grow current business and spur organic growth through recruiting successful competitive agents.

Experienced in direct mail creation and distribution, database compilation and management, print advertising creation and management, graphic design, agent training, campaign presentation.

Previously he was a Marketing Manager, Advertising Manager Direct Mail / Database Marketing Coordinator with Coldwell Banker.

Clyde Holland is responsible for the strategic direction of Holland Partner Group, which is active in developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing multifamily communities in some of the Western U.S.’s most demanding markets.

Prior to establishing the Holland Partner Group, Clyde served as the West Coast Group Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Residential (“TCR”). Over the course of his career, Clyde has directed the development or redevelopment of over 30,000 units and $7.5 billion of total transaction volume.

Within the multifamily industry, Clyde has taken a significant lead in the development of new multifamily product concepts focused on high-density, urban infill, and mixed-use opportunities. He has been recognized by the industry for excellence in urban planning and design, and his

work has received numerous awards from the Urban Land Institute, National Multifamily Housing Council, Multi-Family Executive, and NAIOP. Clyde serves on the Executive Board of the National Multifamily Housing Council and is a current Vice-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Multi-Family Bronze Product Council.

Craig Cheatham is president and CEO of The Realty Alliance, an invitation-only network of the largest, full-service real estate firms in North America. In addition to their residential operations, which boast more than 120,000 agents concentrated in more than 70 selected companies, the group’s members also operate mortgage, insurance, title/settlement, concierge, commercial, property management and other related business lines. Cheatham coordinates the network’s significant influence on industry policy in conjunction with major industry organizations, leverages the group’s size and strength to negotiate favorable agreements with various providers on behalf of the organization, and coordinates benchmarking and networking programs for member firm representatives, among other responsibilities for this powerful network. Cheatham is well known in real estate circles, having built his strong reputation during more than 30 years of positive experience in leadership roles for a state association of the National Association of Realtors, for the international federation of real estate licensing and regulatory agencies (ARELLO) and for The Realty Alliance. Cheatham represents The Realty Alliance on the board of the Real Estate Service Providers Council (RESPRO) and on the NAR Real Estate Services Advisory Board. He has served on the board of directors of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) and the St. Louis-based multiple listing system MARIS. He also was named to the DocuSign Real Estate Advisory Board, the Moderne Network and is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council. Cheatham holds the prestigious Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation, an undergraduate degree in communication from Harding University and a master of business administration degree from Samford University.

Dan is the Founder and General Partner of Commerce Ventures, a venture firm focused on digital innovations in the payments, retail and commerce eco-systems. Commerce Ventures represents a broad, highly strategic set of investors and, thus far, the firm has invested in over twenty portfolio companies since its launch, including Bill.com (SaaS Platform for B2B payments), Bitnet (Crypto-currency Acceptance Gateway), Forter (Fraud Decisions-as-a-Service Platform), Marqeta (Next-generation Issuing Platform), MX (Saas Platform for Omnichannel Banking), RetailNext (In-store Analytics), Snapsheet (Auto Insurance Self-service Platform) and SavingStar (All-digital National eCoupon Network). Prior to creating Commerce Ventures, Dan was a Principal at Highland Capital and invested primarily in mobile, payments and digital marketing companies, such a Quattro Wireless (acquired by Apple), Triad, Zoove (acquired by MBlox) and WePay.

Before joining Highland, Dan worked at HarbourVest Partners, LLC - where he invested in and worked closely with several successful, growth-stage technology and communications businesses; in Corporate Development at RSA Security; and as a fintech software consultant for American Management Systems. He has served as a mentor or advisor in programs such as Commerce.Innovated, Mondelez’s Mobile Futures, PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards, Plug and Play’s FinTech Accelerator, Summer @ Highland, HBS Angels, NAR’s Reach Accelerator and First Growth Venture Network. Dan received his BS in Economics from University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and his MBA from Harvard.

Dayna Grayson is Co-founder and General Partner of Construct Capital, an early stage venture firm that invests in extraordinary founders building technology to transform the most foundational industries of our economy. Dayna was one of the first venture capitalists to invest in real transformation of industrial sectors of our economy through software based models. She backed companies creating new advances in manufacturing, automation, and vertically integrated consumer brands. She was the lead investor from the earliest stages and was on the board of companies including Desktop Metal (2015 - today), Tulip (2017 - 2020), Onshape (acqd by PTC) (2013-2019), Framebridge (acqd by Graham Holdings) (2014-2020), and Guideline (seed in 2015). She also led investments in Formlabs, Neuralmagic, Evenly, and Wirewheel.

She is now focused on building an exclusively early stage focused VC firm with Rachel Holt, starting with disruptions in sectors from manufacturing and supply chain and transportation that drive half our economy’s GDP are failing to meet customer expectations.

Prior to joining NEA, Dayna was an investor at North Bridge Venture Partners in Boston. She started her career in product development and led design efforts at Blackbaud [BLKB], the leading global provider of software to nonprofit organizations, as the company grew to over $130 million in revenue and completed a successful public offering.

She is a graduate of the University of Virginia (Systems Engineering) and Harvard Business School, where she serves as a venture partner today.

Eric Chesin leads AnywhereRE’s Strategy Office. In this role, Chesin oversees the development and execution of the company’s corporate strategy and leads a team directly responsible for executing AnywhereRE’s most strategic pilots, projects, and partnerships. His team works across the company’s four business units and five strategic programs, leveraging the full scale and power of AnywhereRE to better serve its affiliated real estate agents.

Chesin joined AnywhereRE in January 2017 with a background in disruptive innovation and management consulting. At McKinsey & Company, he served industry leaders on strategy and growth across Media, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, Finance, and Consumer Goods & Services. He has also served startups and early-stage companies both directly and through his boutique consulting firm, bringing both new products and new businesses to market and specializing in agile development, piloting, and in-market testing.

Chesin earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 2002 and holds both an MBA from Columbia Business School and a JD from Columbia Law School.

Tom Ferry is the CEO of Tom Ferry – Your Coach, an International Coaching and Training Company.

He is one of most influential people in real estate and is listed as the #1 Real Estate Coach by Swanepoel Power 200. Tom Ferry is the best-selling Author of Life! By Design and host of the popular YouTube series the #TomFerryShow.

During his 26+ years in the industry Tom has influenced over 500,000 real estate professionals to create inner and outer wealth by helping them grow a prosperous business that they love through events, coaching and his breakthrough by design training program.

Tom is a highly sought after and renowned speaker whose work embodies a passion for life and business, a commitment to discipline and the most innovative business strategies you will find anywhere.

Tom has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Huffington Post, Mashable.com, Inman News, Agent Genius, Realtor Magazine and many more.

Fran Broude is a Regional Vice President of Real Estate (Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota) at Compass. Most recently she was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Chicago and Milwaukee in January 2007. In this position, Broude oversees the operations of 55 Coldwell Banker offices and more than 3,500 sales associates in the Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana, Southwest Michigan, and Southeast Wisconsin areas.

Broude is a lifelong resident of suburban Chicago and a graduate of the University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida with a degree in Business Administration. Broude has served on the Board of Directors for Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois and is currently serving on the Board of Managers for Midwest Real Estate Data. In addition, she is a member of the North Shore-Barrington Association of Realtors and the Chicago Association of Realtors.

Gino Blefari is the CEO of HSF Affiliates. Previously, Blefari was president and CEO of Intero Real Estate Services, Inc., a leading U.S. real estate brokerage based in Cupertino, CA. Blefari founded Intero in 2002 and built the company into one of the fastest growing firms in real estate.

Tom Gonser is the founder of DocuSign and leads the company's overall strategy. A well-regarded thought leader, Tom is considered by many to be the father of electronic signatures. Prior to starting DocuSign, Tom was founder and CEO of NetUPDATE, a leading online transaction management system that handled millions of mortgage transactions yearly. NetUPDATE was recognized as one of the Pacific Northwest's 'Hot Companies' in 2001.

Prior to NetUPDATE, Tom served as senior vice president of business development at Point.com, where he led large-scale portal relationships and developed strategic partnerships, growing web traffic from a few thousand unique visits per month to more than 700,000.

Prior to working with startup companies, Tom held senior management positions at AT&T Wireless Services and McCaw Cellular Wireless Data Division. He also spent six years with Apple Computer in business development. Tom earned a BA in Economics with an emphasis in Business Systems Analysis and Design from the University of Washington.

Mike is responsible for leading the data management and technologies within JLL’s Americas Research group. He leads a team and technology platform that is responsible for managing the overall property, company, lease, sale and tenant demand data for the brokerage and investment sales organization. Mike’s additional responsibilities include strategy and data management of JLL’s externally facing property listing site. Along with the tracking, categorization and relationship management of over 70 CRE Tech startups companies that can add value to the JLL’s platform.

Tom Heneghan is chief executive officer of Equity International (EI). He provides strategic direction and oversees all of the company’s activities and investment portfolio.

Prior to joining Equity International, Mr. Heneghan was chief executive officer of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS). From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Heneghan was with Equity Group Investments (EGI), the privately held investment company founded and led by Sam Zell. At EGI, he held multiple executive-level positions at Zell-related companies including Great American Management and Investments, Inc., a publicly traded holding company with subsidiaries in agricultural chemicals and fertilizers, building products and other manufacturing; Capsure Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded insurance company; and Greenberg & Pociask, LLC, the in-house financial services provider to Zell-affiliated companies. Previously, Mr. Heneghan was a financial analyst with Nicor Gas, and he began his career as a staff accountant at Peat Marwick, now part of KPMG.

Mr. Heneghan is currently co-vice chairman of the ELS Board of Directors, and serves as a board member for three EI portfolio companies: Acosta Verde (a Mexican company owning retail shopping centers), eShang-Redwood (an Asian company owning warehouse properties), and SAMHI Hotels (an India company owning hotels), as well as Home Partners of America (a U.S. company owning residential real estate) and Chai Trust (the Zell Family Trust Company). He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute’s Global Exchange Council, and the board of advisors for the Global Real Estate Institute. He graduated with a BA in Accounting from Augustana College and is a certified public accountant.

Kristy Heuberger is an International Director at LaSalle and is the Head of US Asset Management, as well as a member of LaSalle’s Americas Board. Kristy leads the asset management function across LaSalle’s US real estate platform, responsible for developing and executing asset level strategies and driving active asset management. Kristy is also a member of LaSalle’s Growth Through Inclusion Board, and chairs the Americas Data & Technology Strategy Committee.

Kristy has over 21 years of real estate experience including equity asset management, debt structuring/originations, debt workouts, operations, marketing/market segmenting, and process improvement. Prior to joining LaSalle, she held several leadership roles with GE Capital, including leading the Central Region Originations and US Equity Asset Management groups and as Chief Marketing Officer for the North American region.

Kristy earned a MBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago and a BS in Accounting from Indiana University. She also holds a Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification.

Jeff is a seasoned professional in the residential real estate space. He focuses on both building connections between, and providing solutions to, real estate brokerages and proptech companies. He currently works as the Vice President of Sales and Partnerships at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, where is responsible for managing the company’s preferred vendor program, servicing over 135,000 agents in 80 countries. Jeff’s career spans over 3 decades, including have previously owned his own successful mortgage brokerage in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jeff attended Queens University of Charlotte and has earned a Sales and Sales Operations Certification from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

Jennifer Alter Warden is the former chief operating officer and executive vice president of Baird & Warner. She works closely with the presidents of Baird & Warner’s three divisions -- Residential Sales, Key Mortgage Services and Baird & Warner Title Services -- to ensure they have the marketing and technology strategies and resources they need to operate effectively.

Jessica Edgerton joined Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® in January 2018, helping oversee operational areas of the company, including technology, marketing, learning and development, preferred vendor relationships and events. She previously served as Associate Counsel for the National Association of REALTORS®, where she interfaced with NAR’s communications, conventions and technology teams, as well as its membership. Her responsibilities included contract negotiations for NAR’s various divisions, helping ensure regulatory compliance, speaking on risk management topics at industry events and authoring content on various legal issues relating to the industry.

Joe F. Hanauer has served as one of the Company’s directors since November 1996, as vice chairman of our board of directors from November 2001 to January 2002, chairman of the Board since January 2002, and lead independent director since December 2004; he was the National Association of REALTORS® representative on the Board through November 2000. Since 1988, Mr. Hanauer, through Combined Investments, L.P., has directed investments in companies primarily involved in real estate and financial services. Mr. Hanauer is a former chairman and director of Grubb & Ellis Company, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Group, Inc. and a member of the National Association of REALTORS®. Mr. Hanauer was a trustee of the Calamos Fund Complex, a fund complex of 19 portfolios, from 2001 to December 2009. Mr. Hanauer served as a director of MAF Bancorp Inc. from 1990 until its acquisition in August 2007. Mr. Hanauer serves as one of the Company’s representatives on the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

Serial entrepreneur Jason Johnson brings nearly twenty years of technology expertise to the role of CEO at August. Jason is also a managing partner of startup incubator Founders Den and the chairman of the Internet of Things Consortium. Prior to August, Jason co-founded mobile security software company AirCover (acquired by M Dream, HK:8100) and ebook software startup BookShout!. Previously he was vice president of Dolby Laboratories, vice president of Global IP Solutions (acquired by Google) and was the co-founder and CEO of InterQuest (acquired by Darwin Networks).

Karen Hollinger (New York) joined KKR Capstone in 2022 as a Managing Director, focused on the firm’s Real Estate business in the Americas. In this role, she helps on the creation of investment ideas, the assessment of new investment opportunities, and value creation within KKR’s real estate portfolio. Prior to KKR, Ms. Hollinger was a senior vice president at AvalonBay Communities, a large public REIT, focused on strategic initiatives. At AvalonBay, Ms. Hollinger focused on digitization, operations, innovation, venture investing and organizational transformation across the organization. Previously, Ms. Hollinger was a management consultant, providing strategy and technology guidance to developing countries and started KPMG’s technology consulting practice in China. Ms. Hollinger holds a Finance degree, with highest honors, from the College of William & Mary.

Keith Krach took the oath of office as Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment on June 21, 2019.

Previously, he was a businessman and entrepreneur, noted for bringing transformational leadership to many sectors, including factory automation, engineering, commerce, education, philanthropy, and even the way people sign official documents. He is the former CEO and Chairman of DocuSign (2009–2019), which provides electronic signature and digital transaction management solutions to accelerate commerce between companies, while reducing the ecological impact of paper transactions. Mr. Krach led the company through its transformation from a startup to a publicly traded global enterprise with 400 million users in 188 countries.

Concurrently, Mr. Krach served as Chairman of the board of Trustees for Purdue University (2007–2013) where he recruited Governor Mitch Daniels, and initiated a new model for STEM education that drove progress in student affordability, online learning, global reach, and retraining the workforce.

Kristy Simonette is Senior Vice President of Strategic Services and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Kristy is responsible for information technology, marketing, internal help desk, and Camden's Contact Center.

Before joining Camden, Simonette was Director of Sales and Customer Service for Ashford.com, an e-Commerce company that offers luxury goods and corporate gifts. Prior to Ashford.com, Kristy spent three years implementing, training and managing support for SAP at Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) and nine years at a multifamily management company, where she worked on-site and in the corporate offices as an internal auditor, technical trainer and help desk manager.

Kristy holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Schreiner University.

Larry Levy is a founder of Diversified Real Estate Capital, LLC. He has more than 40 years of experience in the real estate industry. His experience includes all aspects of real estate brokerage relating to office and industrial property. He has been an owner/developer of several major projects in Chicago including One Magnificent Mile, Woodfield Lake Office Campus, Waterfall Glen Office Park, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center and Butterfield Center for Business. Mr. Levy also owns an interest in the Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas.

In addition to his long history in the real estate industry, Mr. Levy is also the founder of Levy Restaurants. With Mr. Levy’s guiding creativity, Levy Restaurants blossomed from a single delicatessen in Chicago into a specialized food service organization with a network of internationally acclaimed restaurants, the leading market share of high-end sports and entertainment facilities throughout North America and England, and resort and hotel dining. Levy Restaurants had revenues in excess of $350 million annually and approximately 12,500 employees. Mr. Levy sold his interest in Levy Restaurants in 2007 to focus on investment for his own account. He holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Northwestern University.

Mr. Merrill is the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Harrison Street, a real assets investment management firm he co-founded in 2005 that has completed approximately $24 billion in transactional volume and currently has over $19 billion in AUM. Mr. Merrill is currently the largest individual shareholder and serves as Chairman of the Board and the Investment and Executive Committees of the Company. The firm was an innovator and early adopter of a focused investment strategy around the Education, Healthcare and Storage segments of the real estate market (launching nine closed end funds as well as industry leading open-end funds). In 2018, Mr. Merrill sold 75% of the firm to the Colliers International Growth (CIGI) in order to create long-term stability and an orderly succession of the business to key employees. Over 300 investors ($12 billion) participate in Harrison Street funds including include US, European and Asian Pension Funds, Corporate Plans, Insurance Companies, Endowments, Foundations and family offices. The firm has main offices in Chicago and London.

Prior to co-founding Harrison Street, Mr. Merrill was a partner, owner and Managing Director of a large US Pension Fund Advisory firm where he developed the firm's presence in Europe, creating the first ever real estate funds exclusively targeting the markets of Central Europe. This initial fund was one of the Top 10 performing global funds during vintage years 1996-2000 as noted by Preqin.

Mr. Merrill has appeared on television and in numerous real estate journals as well speaking engagements regarding real asset investing. Over the years, National Real Estate Investor Magazine has named him one of the "10 To Watch" leaders in the industry, PERE nominated him as one of the top real estate executives in North America, Real Estate Forum named him one of “Chicago's Real Estate Icons” and he was included as one of “Crain’s 40 under 40.” In 2018, Mr. Merrill was one of the finalists in PERE’s North American Industry figure of the year.

Mr. Merrill is a member of the NAREIM Board of Directors, Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), The Real Estate Advisory Board of two Chicago based family offices (Gore Creek and Kinship Capital), The Board of the First Tee of Greater Chicago, Lurie’s Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Facilities Committee), Chicago Botanic Garden (Financial Committee) The Economic Club of Chicago, the Chicago Commonwealth Club and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Mr. Merrill is also an active angel investor in many early stage companies. Mr. Merrill earned his MBA in the evening from the CASS school of business in London, England.

Mike Wallach has served as Vice President of Acquisitions & Investments for Levy Acquisitions Corp. since 2013. Mr. Wallach joined Levy Family Partners in 2013 to work with and to assist the family with other alternative investments. Prior to joining Levy Family Partners, Mr. Wallach was a Director of Strategic Investments at Sachs Capital Group, a family investment office which was the sponsor of an $80 million special purpose acquisition corporation that completed a business combination with two companies and is now called RMG Networks Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: RMGN). At Sachs Capital Group, Mr. Wallach’s responsibilities included global deal origination, structuring and due diligence for both the special purpose acquisition corporation and the family office. Prior to Sachs Capital Group, Mr. Wallach worked in the research department of a multi-family investment office where his responsibilities included sourcing, evaluating and monitoring alternative investments across the globe. His primary areas of investment focus included global water, clean energy, Africa and cyber-security investments.

Mr. Wallach holds an M.B.A from Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mike believes the emotional connection a buyer has with their home and the memories they make while living there is what makes homeownership so special. Appointed president and chief executive officer for Century 21 Real Estate LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) in January 2019, Miedler leads the iconic C21® brand and the organization’s approximately 9,700 independently owned and operated offices and more than 129,000 independent sales professionals in 82 countries and territories worldwide.

A 20-year plus veteran with the CENTURY 21 brand, Miedler is a leader in residential and commercial real estate franchising, brokerage, and management, and understands the important role the international markets play in expanding the brand and the System’s growth opportunities. Mike recognizes that buying and selling a house can be the most complex transaction a person ever makes, which is why he is so passionate about helping Century 21’s more than 129,000 independent sales professionals defy mediocrity every single day as they transform the homebuying process from just a transaction to an extraordinary experience for their clients.

Miedler previously served as global chief growth officer (CGO) of Century 21 Real Estate LLC. leading the Franchise Sales team with a focus was on capturing share in emerging and diverse markets as well as senior vice president overseeing brand development and market share strategy in the U.S

Before joining Century 21, Miedler was managing director for ONCOR International, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate networks where he facilitated commercial real estate transactions across the U.S. and around the globe.

For over 28 years, Pam O’Connor, SCRP, has managed networks which ultimately were consolidated into Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®. She was the first woman to head a major real estate network and previously held marketing positions for WSB-TV television in Atlanta and a major national real estate development firm, as well as co-owning Bryson-O’Connor Public Relations in Atlanta. Pam has been named one of the top 25 thought leaders by the National Association of Realtors, as well as one of the top 100 most influential people in real estate by Inman News. She was also named among the Top 50 Women in Real Estate in a 2008 Stefan Swanepoel poll. Pam is a Senior Certified Relocation Professional (SCRP) and serves on the board of directors and executive committee of Worldwide ERC. She has received ERC’s Meritorious Award, President’s Award, and Distinguished Service Awards and was named to its Hall of Leaders in May, 2009.

With over 20 years of experience in luxury real estate, Paul Boomsma has created the highly successful Luxury Portfolio program. Paul began his career marketing luxury office towers and later joined a top residential firm, later becoming National Marketing Director for a major franchise. Paul is a frequent industry speaker on the topics of raising the bar for real estate branding, agent listing presentations, synergies with the resort/second-home market, and the luxury market. He has been named one of the Most Influential People in Luxury Real Estate and has received Unique Homes’ Luxury Marketer of the Year Award.

Ryan Gorman is the co-founder of btcRE. btcRE is a boutique real estate development, investment, and consulting firm that brings hands-on, institutional-caliber expertise to revitalize properties, communities, and client organizations.

Prior to btcRE, Ryan Gorman was named President & CEO of Coldwell Banker. Mr. Gorman was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of NRT. In this capacity, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of NRT’s company-owned brokerage operations doing business under the Coldwell Banker® brand. The 2019 Swanepoel Power 200 recognized Gorman as the 12th most powerful leader in residential real estate.

From 2007 to 2012, Gorman served as Corporate Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Development for Realogy, NRT’s parent company. In that role, he oversaw strategic development and merger and acquisition activities for Realogy and its four business units. During his AnywhereRE career, Gorman was the driving force behind AnywhereRE’s strategic acquisition of ZipRealty as well as the Title Resource Group (TRG) acquisition of Texas American Title Company, Cartus’ acquisition of Primacy Relocation and NRT’s acquisition of Coldwell Banker Preferred in Philadelphia. He also contributed significant strategy work for Realogy’s world-renowned brands and franchisees. He began his AnywhereRE career in 2004 as TRG's Head of Strategic Development.

Before joining AnywhereRE, Gorman held advisory and principal investment roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Credit Suisse and The Blackstone Group. He graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

As the Senior Vice President of Technology, Scott Pechersky’s responsibilities include managing Alliance’s corporate infrastructure, developing and implementing new technologies across its portfolio, and providing support and training to property Associates for the latest IT initiatives. Mr. Pechersky also oversees Alliance’s property management software solutions, business intelligence division, online leasing platforms, resident portals and additional third-party programs for communities. Mr. Pechersky graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Arizona, and has served as moderator and speaker at multiple National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC) technology and MFE conferences.

Mr. Brandwein joined JLL as Managing Director in 2019. He was formerly an Executive Vice President at CBRE. Mr. Brandwein is widely regarded as one of Chicago’s most experienced and successful commercial real estate brokers and consultants. Since beginning his real estate career in 1979, he has been personally involved in more than 2,000 projects that span the range of commercial real estate, including office and industrial tenant representation, land sales and assemblage, disposition of surplus properties, and a variety of agency, leasing and sale assignments He has participated in over 150 consulting engagements on behalf of users, developers, lenders, property owners, municipalities and economic development groups and has been a member of project teams on a variety of development projects, including business parks and speculative office buildings and industrial and retail developments.

Sean Breslin is AvalonBay's COO, a role he assumed in 2015. Prior to being COO, he was the Executive Vice President— Investments and Asset Management, with overall responsibility for the Company’s Asset Management platform, including Operations, Asset Management and Redevelopment; and Investment activity, including Portfolio Strategy, Acquisitions and Dispositions. In addition, he is a member of the Company’s Management Investment Committee.

Prior to assuming being the EVP, Mr. Breslin was responsible for the Company’s Investment and Redevelopment platforms during 2010-2011, which included directing the company’s portfolio allocation strategy and leading the market research function. He was the Senior Vice President – Redevelopment and Asset Management beginning in 2008, with national responsibility for the Company’s redevelopment function, and Senior Vice President - Investments from 2006 through 2007. Mr. Breslin joined the Company as Vice President - Investments in 2002. Prior to joining AvalonBay, he was the Chief Operating Officer of CWS Capital Partners, where he was responsible for that company’s operations and investment activity.

Mr. Breslin received his Bachelor’s Degree from California State University, Long Beach and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Breslin is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Multi Housing Council and is Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Multi Family Council. In addition, he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Finance & Investment Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sherry Chris currently serves as president and CEO of AnywhereRE’s Expansion Brands portfolio, which include Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate and ERA®, focusing her efforts on guiding the strategic growth of the brands within the division. Sherry most recently served as president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. Under her leadership, the brand grew significantly across more than 40 states and 6 countries, and established a unique position as real estate’s lifestyle brand. Well known within the real estate industry, Sherry is a frequent speaker at real estate and technology conferences. She serves on Zillow's broker advisory board and has served on a number of industry- and technology- related advisory boards, including Trulia and Google Real Estate. She is a past chairman of The Realty Alliance. Sherry is a graduate of The University of Western Ontario, and earned an MBA from the Ivey School of Business.

Most recently, she has won a 2010 Stevie Award for Best Executive in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, an award that recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, entrepreneurs and the organizations they run. She was also named 2010 Inman Innovator of the Year.

Jennifer is responsible for the strategic oversight of Western Wealth Capital’s in-house property management company – Western Wealth Communities. Her role includes operations, marketing, training, revenue management and human resources. Jennifer began her career in the multifamily industry over 20 years ago. Since that time, Jennifer has served in numerous capacities at two of the nation’s largest property management firms focusing on digital marketing strategies, employee development, corporate communications, revenue enhancement and client relations. Jennifer holds a B.A. in French from West Chester University and an M.A. in International Commerce & Policy from George Mason University. Jennifer is a regular guest speaker, facilitator, and moderator at many of the industry’s most renowned conferences as well as an active participant in NAA, NMHC, the Zillow Rental Advisory Board and the Multifamily Social Media Summit Advisory Board. Jennifer is a member of AZCREW and a 2016 recipient of the Women of Influence Award.

Stephanie Fuhrman is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Entrata. Prior to Entrada, Stephanie led Innovation at Catalyst Housing Group. The company started the Catalyst Innovation Lab to focus on innovation that drives incremental affordability, efficiency while at the same time enhancing the resident experience. Stephanie was previously the Managing Director, Global innovation at Greystar, and an Executive Vice President for Riverstone Residential.

Stephanie L. Williams has been ensuring that The Bozzuto Group is providing extraordinary experiences to residents, clients, partners and employees since 2004. She oversees an apartment portfolio valued at over $15 billion and comprised of more than 68,000 units across 245 properties in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Midwest and Southern regions.

Prior to her current position, Stephanie served as Senior Vice President of Advisory Services and Business Development—a division she conceived and grew to a pipeline of more than 15,000 units. With a thorough understanding of how technology can enhance a home, she continues to support and guide this division as it leads the planning, development and coordination efforts of all new management opportunities. Williams also successfully expanded market-rate and mixed-income development opportunities, with a principle focus on growing the company’s affordable housing initiative, as a Development Associate and Development Manager for Bozzuto Development Company.

In 2017, Stephanie earned the Multi-Housing News Excellence Award for Executive of the Year, was named Minority Business Leader by Washington Business Journal and was honored as a member of Baltimore Business Journal’s 2017 Top 40 Under 40. In 2018, under her leadership, Bozzuto Management Company was awarded #1 Property Management Company by the National Association of Home Builders. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the District of Columbia Building Industry Association and the Real Estate Executive Council.

Stephen Baird serves as chairman of The Realty Alliance — a consortium of the nation’s top real estate firms — and has testified before the U.S. Congress on matters of vital interest to the real estate community. In addition, he has long worked for the preservation of open space as past-president of CorLands, The Openlands Project and, currently, as a national board member of the Trust for Public Land.

A 1975 graduate of Harvard University, Baird remains active in the Harvard community. Baird earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Business Management in 1985, and also serves as director of that school’s Alumni Board.

Thaddeus Wong began his real estate career in 1996 and quickly established himself as one of the most successful Realtors® in the city of Chicago. During the early years of his career, Wong personally recorded more than $300 million in sales and earned three consecutive Golden Eagle Awards from the Chicago Association of Realtors as the top-producing agent among the organization’s more than 17,000 members.

In 2000 Wong and business partner Michael Golden co-founded @properties, and in 10 years have grown the company from $40 million to almost $2 billion in annual sales. Today @properties is #1 in market share in the city of Chicago and #3 in market share in the Northern Illinois region. The company has seven Chicago-area offices and separate divisions for residential brokerage, commercial brokerage, development marketing, relocation, property management and REO / institutional services. @properties ranks 42nd on the Real Trends list of the largest real estate companies in America.

Tim Berry is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pennybacker Capital, a real assets investment management firm with $4.0 billion in real estate value under management. Since Pennybacker’s inception in 2006, Tim has lead the firm’s execution of over $7.2 billion of real estate investments across various strategies, sectors, and geographies. Tim provides overarching strategic vision and directional leadership across all functional business units, orchestrates overall team building and advances the firm’s culture. With over 19 years of real estate investing experience, Tim leads investment strategy development and is head of the Firm’s Investment Committee.

Tim’s early career and professional training began as an investment banker in KPMG’s Corporate Finance Division. He later joined Qualcomm’s Strategic Investments Group and then worked as a restructuring advisor for Deloitte.

Tim is a member of the McCombs School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council, Pension Real Estate Association (“PREA”), Columbia Business School Real Estate Circle, Young Presidents’ Organization, and the Executive Council of the Real Estate Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He is engaged in numerous civic and charitable endeavors and is most passionate about family.

Tim completed his undergraduate studies in Accounting at the University of Houston. He earned a Master’s degree in Professional Accounting from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds dual MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

Tom is currently President & CEO of Northwest Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (Northwest MLS). Northwest MLS is a trade association of about 2000 member real estate firms and delivers services to over 23,000 real estate licensees spanning western and central Washington State.

Besides the primary services of providing active and off-market real estate listings, public property records, and key-boxes, Northwest MLS also provides the standard residential real estate forms for Washington State. Additionally, Northwest MLS actively supports the governmental affairs efforts and funding for many local Realtor® Associations, aids the state Realtor® association with funding and collaboration for special projects, and maintains close relations with regulatory agencies.

Prior to working at Northwest MLS, Tom’s association management career included roles as:

Vice President of Products for the California Assoc. of Realtors® subsidiary, Real Estate Business Services

Vice President of MLS Relations for Realtor.com and Move

President & CEO for Northern Ohio Regional MLS

EVP for Lorain County (OH) Association of Realtors®

Legislative Analyst for National Association of Realtors®