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John is the Regional Production Manager for the Great Lakes region and oversees the origination of multifamily and commercial loans across the Midwest. In addition to his production responsibilities, John has been active in the new production innovation for the Commercial Mortgage Group. Most recently, John helped in developing CMG’s non-recourse “debt fund” programs. Prior to taking his role as the team leader for the Midwest John oversaw the commercial production team from the Mid-Atlantic to the West Coast. Before joining Key, John worked at The Private Bank (CIBC) where he was a Managing Director. Prior to The Private Bank, John was the Co-Head of the Nomura Credit and Capital Inc’s Chicago office, responsible for sourcing CMBS and balance sheet loans throughout the Midwest. John started his career at LaSalle Bank where he originated large loan and structured CMBS transactions. John received his Bachelors of Science from Miami University and Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He is a member of the ICSC and Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Greg Cazel is a Managing Director with Hunt Mortgage Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hunt Companies. He has a senior loan production role based in Chicago, and focuses on sourcing opportunities for both the proprietary lending and conventional agency businesses in the Midwest. Mr. Cazel has more than 32 years of commercial real estate finance, acquisition, loan origination and securitization, mortgage banking, underwriting, analysis, and investment experience. Throughout his career, Mr. Cazel has been responsible for closing in excess of $4.5 billion of commercial real estate loans including: fixed-rate, floating-rate, construction and mezzanine financings throughout the United States. Prior to joining Hunt Mortgage Group, Cazel was a Managing Director in Wells Fargo’s Real Estate Capital Markets group, where he handled CMBS lending in the Midwest region of the United States. Between June 2010 and May 2013, Mr. Cazel was an Executive Vice President and Principal with A10 Capital, which specializes in financing commercial real estate and providing advisory and management services for the workout of all types of troubled loans and real estate assets. Prior to joining A10, Mr. Cazel was a Partner with Prairie Realty Advisors, Inc., a Chicago-based mortgage banking firm. From April 2007 to June 2008, he was an Executive Director with Dexia Real Estate Capital Markets Company, a Division of Dexia Bank, a Belgium-based financial institution, where he was responsible for establishing the Chicago office and managing the Midwest presence for the CMBS loan program. From 1999 to April 2007, Mr. Cazel was a Vice President at JP Morgan Mortgage Capital where he ran a commercial loan production team that closed more than $3.6 billion in permanent, floating, and mezzanine loans, representing the highest loan production volume in the country for JP Morgan. During his tenure there, he earned the number one ranking throughout the JP Morgan branch office CMBS loan production system. Before JP Morgan, Mr. Cazel opened and ran a Fannie Mae DUS loan origination office for Washington Capital in Chicago from 1993-1997. Prior to that he spent 7 years from 1985-1992 as an analyst and mortgage banker with the predecessor to Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, the Chicago-based Republic Realty/First Interstate Mortgage. He began his career at Landauer, a New York based real estate consulting firm in June, 1984 as a commercial real estate appraiser. Mr. Cazel earned a B.A. with a concentration in Real Estate and Accounting, from the University of Illinois in June 1984. He’s the former President of Rho Epsilon, the real estate business fraternity, and former President and Director of the Illinois Real Estate Forum, a non-profit University of Illinois alumni organization providing financial support to Illinois real estate students while developing an effective network of Illinois alumni in the real estate industry.

Derrick McGavic is a Managing Principal for Newport Capital Partners, and serves on the firm’s Management Committee and Fund’s Investment Committee. Derrick’s career spans more than 23 years during which he has managed seven co-mingled funds with assets in excess of $3.5 billion and executed in excess of $3.8 billion of real estate transactions. Prior to founding Newport Capital Partners, Derrick was a Managing Director with RREEF, worked with JE Roberts Companies and held senior roles with LaSalle Partners

Mr. Kavanau is a Senior Managing Director and co-head of the London office of HFF (NYSE: HF) with more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate, including debt, investment advisory and equity placement. He is primarily responsible for originating debt transactions throughout the U.K., as well as being responsible for the day-to-day operations of the firm’s London office. Mr. Kavanau’s focus is on multi-housing, office, retail and hotel properties. Throughout the course of his career with HFF, Mr. Kavanau has completed in excess of $16 billion in commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Kavanau joined the firm in 1988. Prior to HFF, he was the Director of Acquisitions for Concord Assets Group.

Prior to joining Walton Street, Mr. Bloom was an acquisitions Vice President in Goldman Sachs' Real Estate Principal Investment Area (Whitehall). He has a BA from Yale University and a MBA from Stanford University.

Kimberly A. Adams, managing director, is co-portfolio manager for J.P. Morgan’s flagship U.S. core real estate strategy, Strategic Property Fund. Kim joined the Strategic Property Fund portfolio management team in July 2012. Since joining J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets in 2003, Kim has served in various investment roles including Sector Head for office/industrial asset management in the Central region. In this role, Kim was responsible for leading the asset management efforts for the region’s office and industrial holdings, a $5.0 billion portfolio in gross value totaling approximately 66 million square feet. Previously, Kim served as a senior asset manager in the retail group as well as in the East/South region, and as an acquisitions officer in the Midwest region. Earlier in her career, Kim worked for Prudential Real Estate Investors and LaSalle Investment Management. Kim received a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She serves as a council member for the Urban Land Institute, and a member of PREA.

Richard is currently the Managing Principal for White Oak Realty Partners and oversees all of the firm's activities with a focus on acquisition, financing, operations and disposition activities. Prior to forming White Oak Realty Partners in 2009, Richard was Executive Vice President, CFO & Principal at Fifield Companies managing all transaction and property level operations in the acquisition, disposition, and financing process including responsibility for all offices, parking, retail and residential properties. After initially joining Fifield in 1994 for the acquisition, financing and repositioning of the Civic Opera Building in Chicago, Richard rejoined Fifield as a principal in 1996 where he spent 14 years placing over $4 billion in debt and equity for all of the firm's projects including the USG Headquarters Building, Dulles View office campus in Northern Virginia, the Quaker Oats Company Headquarters Building, the Windy Point office complex, the Zurich American Insurance Headquarters, the 550 West Washington Building, all residential projects and numerous land acquisitions. Prior to Fifield, Richard was a mortgage banker at Mesirow Financial, a leading Chicago financial services firm, where he specialized in real estate finance and acquisitions of several bank REO and RTC owned office properties. Prior to Mesirow Richard was with Banbury Development/BASSAC Financial where he was responsible for the firm's development financing and placement of third party equity and debt for several local and national based real estate owners. Richard received his real estate education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA in Real Estate Finance at DePaul University in Chicago.

Ari Glass joined Zeller Realty Group in 2002. As President of Zeller Realty Corporation, he is engaged in locating, analyzing and recommending potential acquisition opportunities for ZRG, including financing, equity sourcing and transaction structuring. Previously, Glass was Leasing Director and responsible for leasing and marketing the commercial space at 401 North Michigan Avenue and 211 East Ontario Street. In his acquisition/recapitalization role, Glass has been integrally involved in structuring and executing 15 transactions worth over $1.5B. Glass led the successful restructuring of the securitized first mortgage on Meridian Mark I & II with JE Roberts (now part of C-III Asset Management). In his capacity as Project Manager, he has led the award winning repositioning of The Wrigley Building which has included securing Landmark status; structuring equity co-investment in Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits; planning and executing a $125MM renovation and re-leasing strategy for the 22% leased project. Prior to joining Zeller Realty Group, Glass worked for Golub & Company as the Director of Marketing. During his four year tenure, he was responsible for leasing and marketing Golub’s downtown Chicago portfolio, completing 140 transactions for nearly 700,000 square feet of space in three and a half years. Glass also worked as a financial analyst and leasing representative for Jones Lang LaSalle in Chicago. Among the properties he was responsible for were 500 West Madison Street, 30 North LaSalle Street and One East Wacker Drive. Glass is a graduate of Bradley University, where he earned a BS in Business with a concentration in Finance. He earned an MBA with honors at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Glass is on the Board of Directors of Landmarks Illinois, and active in the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF). In addition, he is a past President of the board of FTC Chicago.

Bruce leads a variety of growth initiatives for Cortland, from capital under management to both geographic and product expansion. He brings 30 years of experience in real estate investment to Cortland, with a proven expertise in how real estate operating companies differentiate themselves and create value.

Eugene "Gene" J.M. Leone is a Partner in the Global M&A Practice Group and a member of the Real Estate Industry Group, based in the Chicago and New York offices. Gene represents some of the most recognizable names in real estate and has a track record of leading, structuring and executing complicated deal transactions for a broad universe of investors, including private equity, entrepreneurs and public companies. His practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate, including joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financings and workouts. A highly rated lawyer and sought-after speaker, Gene is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Real Estate Roundtable and frequently speaks on a variety of real estate topics at conferences around the country.