Thank you to everyone who participated in our 18th Annual Real Estate Capital Markets (RECM) Conference, cohosted with Columbia University. We brought together an extraordinary lineup of distinguished speakers from across real estate and investment sectors to discuss trends in the industry with real estate fund managers, REIT executives, investors, and investment bankers who are shaping the future of the industry.
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Let’s keep the conversation going. Reach out to your Goodwin contact or connect with our Real Estate team to discuss points raised at the conference or any issues you may be facing.
2025 Speaker and Panel Videos
James Collins, Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Real Estate Investment Banking (Morgan Stanley)
Moderated by: Jarrett Vitulli, Senior Managing Director (Evercore)
Featuring:
Julia Butler, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer (KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc.)
Jennifer Dumas Hall, Senior Managing Director (Rockpoint)
Tim Mackey, Chief Investment Officer (LoanCore Capital)
RECM 2025: Partner Perspectives
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Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
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Beyond the classroom, curating more than 50 annual programs and activities and interweaving a powerful real estate community throughout, the Center provides a coveted platform for sharing expertise and strengthening networks among its various constituents, presenting specific opportunities for stimulating exchange among students, alumni, faculty members, and the real estate industry at large. Additionally, the Center coordinates and presents the Columbia Real Estate Alumni Circle and the Columbia Real Estate Forum.
RECM Alumni
Margaret Brennan
Moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan & CBS News’ Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Annemarie DiCola
CEO, Trepp LLC
Sonny Kalsi
Chief Executive Officer, BentallGreenOak
Joseph D. Margolis
Chief Executive Officer, Extra Space Storage Inc.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Blackstone
Owen D. Thomas
Chief Executive Officer, Boston Properties
Kenneth F. Bernstein
President and Chief Executive Officer, Acadia Realty Trust
Martin E. "Hap" Stein, Jr.
CEO and Chairman, Regency Centers
Tom Flexner
Vice Chairman of ICG and Global Head of Real Estate, Citigroup
Stephen M. Ross
Chairman and Founder, Related Companies
Roy H. March
Chief Executive Officer, Eastdil Secured
Erskine B. Bowles
Former Co-Chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010); President Emeritus, University of North Carolina; Former White House Chief of Staff
Austan Goolsbee
Former Chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and Chief Economist for Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Jonathan D. Gray
Global Head of Real Estate, Blackstone
Andrew J. Jonas
Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman Sachs
Rick Mishkin
Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions Columbia University, Graduate School of Business
Dr. Carmen Reinhart
Co-Author, This Time is Different, Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Alice Rivlin
Former Vice Chair, Federal Reserve Board and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Christina Romer
Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama (2009-2010) and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Shiller
Professor of Economics, Yale University, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
Mark M. Zandi
Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics
Zach Aarons ’13
MetaProp
Stuart Baldwin
Hodes Weill & Associates
Trish Barrigan
Benson Elliot Capital Management
Dr. Robin Bell ’89
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Nicholas Bienstock ’96
Savanna
Ted Bigman
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Michael Bilerman
Citi Research
Jackie Brady
PGIM Real Estate
Gunnar Branson
NAREIM
Keith Breslauer
Patron Capital Advisers LLP
Julia Butler
KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc.
Anar Chudgar
Artemis Real Estate Partners
Ann Cole
JP Morgan Investment Management
Ivo de Wit ’17
CBRE Global Investment Partners
Bryan Donohoe
Ares Management
Camille Douglas
LeFrak Organization
Jennifer Dumas Hall
Rockpoint
Robert Entin
Vornado Realty Trust
John Fitzpatrick
Blackstone
Adam Gallistel ’04
GIC Real Estate
MaryAnne Gilmartin
Forest City Ratner Companies
Saul Goldstein
ActivumSG Capital Management
Jacques Gordon
MIT Center for Real Estate
Miriam Gottfried
The Wall Street Journal
Alok Guar
LaSalle Investment Management
John Helm
Real Estate Technology Ventures
David Hodes
Hodes Weill & Associates
Merritt Hummer
Bain Capital Ventures
John Kessler
Empire State Realty Trust
Ronald Kravit
Cerberus Capital Management
Leanne Lachman
Columbia Business School
Nancy Lashine ’81
Park Madison Partners
Michael Lavipour
Square Mile Capital
Wilson Leung
Angelo Gordon
Craig Leupold '92
Green Street Advisors, Inc.
Ric Lewis
Tristan Capital Partners
Avi Lewitts
The Scion Group
Betty Liu
New York Stock Exchange
Bethany Logan Ropa
UBS Investment Bank
Tim Mackey '00
LoanCore Capital
Catherine Marcus
PGIM Real Estate
Christopher J Mayer
Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Andy McCulloch
Green Street Advisors
Lee Menifee
Prudential Real Estate Investors
Guy Metcalfe
Morgan Stanley
Kevin O’Shea
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
John Pattar
KKR Asia Limited
Albert Rabil ’88
Kayne Anderson Real Estate
Soultana Reigle
PGIM Real Estate
Stephanie Ricca
Hotel News Now
Marc Ricks
Sidewalk Labs
Eric Rosengren
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Robin Rossmann
STR
Richard Saltzman
Colony Capital, Inc.
Pari Sastry
Columbia Business School
David Sherman ’82
Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Wendy Silverstein
New York REIT
Allen Smith
Mohari Hospitality
Hilary Spann
Boston Properties
Walter Stackler ’94
Shelter Rock Capital
Brian Steinwurtzel
GFP Real Estate
Dr. Betsey Stevenson
University of Michigan
Susan Swanezy
Hodes Weill & Associates
Kent Tarrach
Brookfield Properties
Bill Thompson
Capital Advisory Group, Greenhill & Co., LLC
Bryan Thornton
PCCP
Rekha Unnithan
Nuveen
Jarrett Vitulli
Evercore
Tim Wang
Clarion Partners
Ahmad Wani
One Concern
Steve Weikal
MET Fund II
Dr. Shang Jin Wei
Columbia Business School
Brady Welch
Slate Asset Management
Jeff Wilson
Kasita
Yulia Yaani '08
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