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Winter Real Estate Private Funds
January 21-23, 2026
Montage Laguna BeachLaguna Beach, CA

See who spoke at last year's event

  • John Gottfried, CFO, Acadia Realty Trust
  • Kyle Jeffers, CIO & Senior Managing Director, ACORE CAPITAL
  • Marc Davidson, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, AEW Capital Management
  • Jonathan Watson, Managing Director, AEW Capital Management
  • Asaf Raz, VP of Marketing, Agora RE
  • Laus Abdo, CEO, AGP Capital
  • Dean Pappas, Partner, Allen Matkins
  • Michael Dombai, Managing Director, North America, Alter Domus
  • Kevin McHale, Partner, Anchin
  • Zurab Moshashvili, Partner, Anchin
  • Mark Tronstein, Managing Director, Real Estate, Andell Holdings
  • Mike Sebastian, Industry Principal, Investment Management, Appfolio
  • Kevin Collins, Tax Partner, Northeast Real Estate Co-Leader, Aprio Advisory Services
  • James Lockhart, Tax Partner, Real Estate, Aprio Advisory Services
  • Quincy Allen, Managing Partner, Arc Capital Partners
  • Sam Averbach, Managing Director, Real Estate, Ares Management
  • David Butler, Co-CEO & Managing Partner, Argosy Real Estate Partners
  • Andy Stewart, CEO & Managing Partner, Argosy Real Estate Partners
  • Jim O’Brien, Managing Director, Real Estate, Baird
  • Howard Kang, Director, Baker Tilly
  • Salvador LaVina, Partner & Chair, Real Estate Group, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Matt Bear, Founder, Bear Real Estate Advisors
  • Aaron Weaver, President, Bendetti
  • Dara Friedman, Managing Director, BGO
  • Ember Erickson, Co-founder & COO, Biproxi Capital Network
  • Brett Turner, Senior Managing Director, Acquisitions & Dispositions, bkm Capital Partners
  • Brian McGowan, Managing Partner, BlueWave Ventures
  • John Layton, Vice President, Real Estate, Bow River Capital
  • Kevork Zoryan, Managing Partner, Braewood Capital
  • Paul Jones, Managing Director, Bridge Investment Group
  • Trevor Vincent, VP, Corporate Counsel, Bridge Investment Group
  • Daniel Katz, Managing Director, Head of Originations, BrightSpire Capital
  • Heather Boelens, Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
  • David Hitchcock, Shareholder, Buchalter
  • Chris Loeffler, CEO, Caliber Companies
  • Jake Lehmkuhl, EVP, Senior Regional Director of Real Estate, California Bank & Trust
  • Jay Rollins, Managing Principal, Canopy Real Estate Partners
  • Aaron Wessner, Managing Director - Head of Capital Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management
  • Frank Liu, Managing Director, Canyon Partners Real Estate
  • Robin Potts, Partner, CIO, Canyon Partners Real Estate
  • Spencer Schlee, Managing Director, Canyon Partners Real Estate
  • Rick Gross, Attorney at Law, Carlton Fields
  • William Najmy, Attorney at Law, Carlton Fields
  • Daniel Vitulli, Partner, National Real Estate Group Leader, CBiz
  • Brad Zampa, Executive Vice President, CBRE Capital Markets
  • Diann Hsueh, Managing Director & Deputy Portfolio Manager, CBRE Investment Management
  • Kit Barmeyer, Managing Director, Development, Cedar Street Companies
  • Dan Magder, Managing Partner, Center Creek Capital Group
  • Jeff Reder, Managing Director, CenterSquare Investment Management
  • Daniel Schapiro, Managing Director, Investments & Co-head of Credit, CIM Group
  • Jolly Singh, Principal, CIM Group
  • Maram Salaheldin, Attorney at Law, Clark Hill
  • Sander Zagzebski, Member, Clark Hill
  • Hamid Tabib, SVP & Head of Real Estate Acquisitions, North America, Cohen & Steers
  • Wesley Prato, Partner, CohnReznick
  • Marci Thompson, Partner – Tax, CohnReznick
  • Michael Mandel, Co-Founder & CEO, CompStak
  • K.C.Bissett, Partner, Cox Castle
  • Alexander DeGood, Partner, Cox Castle
  • David Schwartzman, Partner, Cox Castle
  • Daniel Sobelman, Managing Partner, CRE Bridge Capital
  • Adam Siegel, VP, Product Growth, Crexi
  • Ben Brundage, Director of Capital Formation & Investor Relations, Crystal View Capital
  • Sean Dalfen, President & CEO, Dalfen Industrial
  • Brian Hirsch, Partner, Davis Polk
  • Steven Song, Founder / CEO, Diald AI
  • Allen Ashley, Partner, Investment Funds, DLA Piper
  • Bradley Phipps, Partner, Investment Funds, DLA Piper
  • Jason Vismantas, Partner, Real Estate, DLA Piper
  • Aaron Wu, SVP & Head of Acquisitions, DLC
  • Matt Shore, CIO, DRA Advisors
  • Zhi Man Huang, Partner, Real Estate Services Group, EA RESIG
  • Joshua Katzin, CIO, Eldridge Acre Partners
  • Isy LeBlanc, Head of Tax & Portfolio Legal, Faropoint
  • Idan Tzur, CFO, Faropoint
  • Andrew Murphy, CIO, Foremost Pacific Group
  • Keith Space, President, Fort Hospitality Group
  • Jennifer Lin, Chief Compliance Officer, Fundamental Advisors LP
  • Louis Hellebusch, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, GEM Realty Capital
  • Allison Kidd, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
  • Krista DeGroot, Senior Associate, Goodwin
  • Mary Craig, Director of Investor Relations, Graycliff Capital
  • Daniel Ismail, Managing Director & Co-Head of Strategic Research, Green Street
  • Bayle Smith, SVP, Advisory Services, Green Street
  • Michael Baum, Senior Vice President, Greenberg Traurig
  • Michael Davis, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
  • Jim Lang, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
  • Sandy Presant, Chair, Real Estate Fund Practice, Greenberg Traurig
  • Patrick Kassen, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • James Rosebush, Chairman and CEO, GrowthStrategy, Inc.
  • Kate Davis, Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, Harrison Street
  • Kevin Conway, Managing Director, Ideal Capital Group
  • Michael Tillman, CEO, Inception Investments
  • Jonathan Glick, Managing Partner, Incubation Capital Partners
  • Justin Chausse, Managing Director, Invesco
  • Joshua Siegel, Managing Director, Invesco
  • Tommy Hoang, Director of Platform Expansion, InvestNext
  • Payton Mayes, CEO, JPI
  • Dexter Campbell, Managing Principal, JT Capital
  • Sapan Talati, Co-Founder, JT Capital
  • Jeff Drinkwater, Senior Director of Business Development, JTC Group
  • Alvin Katz, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
  • Devan Popat, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
  • Brian Spangler, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
  • Robert Durand, EVP, KBS
  • Evan Kantor, Head of Commercial Investment Group, Kennedy Wilson
  • Corey Hall, Director- Real Estate, KKR
  • Malcolm Johnson, CEO, Langdon Park Capital
  • Charles Tourtelotte, CEO, LaTerra Development
  • Heath Binder, Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations, LBX Investments
  • Philip Murphy, Managing Director - Head of Investments, Long Wharf Capital
  • Joel Mayer, EVP, LOWE
  • James Fogarty, Managing Director, Real Estate, Macquarie Asset Management
  • Amanda Brown, Director of Capital Markets, MAG Capital Partners
  • Esther Kim, Managing Principal, Marsh
  • Chris Smith, Of Counsel, Mintz
  • Paul Fuhrman, Managing Partner, Miramar Capital
  • Marie Murphy, Principal & CEO, MJD Capital Partners
  • Robin Kennedy, EVP, Chief Development Officer, Montage International
  • William Milam, Managing Director & Head of US Investments, Morgan Stanley REI
  • David Pringle, Executive Director, Real Assets, Morgan Stanley REI
  • Ian Russell, Senior Managing Director, Morning Calm
  • Sam Battle, Assurance Partner, Moss Adams
  • Duane Lund, CEO, NAI Legacy
  • Laura Stumm, Vice Chairman, Newmark
  • David Blumenfeld, Co-founder, NextRivet
  • David Barksdale, Partner, Nixon Peabody
  • Jim Hibbert, Managing Director, CEO, Noble Street Advisors
  • Cory Jubran, Senior Director, Originations - West Coast, Nuveen Green Capital
  • Taejo Kim, Managing Director, Oaktree Capital
  • Warren Min, Managing Director & Assitant Portfolio Manager, Oaktree Capital Management
  • Kenya Williams, Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management
  • Abraham Tieh, Director of National Commercial Property Tax, O'Connor & Associates
  • Pablo Clarke, Partner, Real Estate, Paul Hastings
  • Keegan Bisch, VP of Originations, Peachtree Group
  • Jason Danley, COO, Peak Capital Partners
  • Nevena Vujic, Executive Director – U.S. Transactions, PGIM Real Estate
  • Joseph Friedman, EVP, Senior Counsel, PIMCO
  • Matt Lougee, President, Capital Markets, Pine Tree
  • Cameron Weil, Shareholder, Polsinelli
  • Andrew Gindy, Managing Partner, REM, Range Equity Management LP
  • Louis Dubin, Managing Director, Redbrick LMD
  • Chad Carpenter, CEO, Reven Capital
  • Alex Bhathal, Executive Chairman & Managing Partner, Revitate
  • Andy Weiner, President, RockStep Capital
  • Matt Posthuma, Partner, Ropes & Gray
  • Eric Requenez, Partner, Ropes & Gray
  • Jon Mirkin, Managing Director, Sabal Investment Holdings
  • Dennis Cisterna, CIO, Sentinel Net Lease
  • Dustin Lauermann, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
  • Stacy Paek, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
  • Bill Shopoff, President, Shopoff Realty Investments
  • Douglas Faron, Managing Partner & Co-Founder Shoreham Capital
  • Vincent Criscuolo, Vice President, Singerman Real Estate
  • Divya Tandon, Managing Partner, SJI Properties
  • Bryan Shaffer, Principal & Managing Director, Slatt Capital
  • Nader Pakfar, Partner, SPC LLP
  • Jai Lee, Business Development Officer, Stewart Title Insurance Company
  • Lisa Strope, Vice President, Research, TA Realty
  • Cyrus Khadivi, Regional Director, Ten-X
  • Bo Menkiti, Founder & CEO, The Menkiti Group
  • Matt McCormick, Managing Director, The Roxborough Group
  • Howard Eisen, Global Account Director, Fund Services, TMF Group
  • Fred Cooper, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Toll Brothers
  • George Maravilla, Partner, Tower Capital
  • James Idol, Managing Director, U.S. Real Estate, TPG Angelo Gordon
  • Heath Linsky, Partner, Troutman Pepper
  • Rodgers Harshbarger, Senior Director of Investments, UNC Management Company
  • Henry Manoucheri, CEO, Universe Holdings
  • Joseph Soleiman, Principal, Vivo Investments
  • Mark Strauss, Managing Director, Walker & Dunlop
  • Duncan McHale, Senior Director, Walker & Dunlop
  • Jeremy Stern, SVP Acquisitions, Waterton
  • Malcolm Davies, Founder & CEO, WAY Capital
  • Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge, Real Estate Services, Weaver
  • Kevin Prince, Director of Originations, West Bay Capital
  • Cory Bultinck, Partner, Wipfli
  • Danielle Johnson, Director of Technology Consulting, Wipfli
  • Scott Tavolacci, Director, Yardi
  • David Auerbach, Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Capital Markets, Zions Capital Markets

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