SoCal CRE Leadership Conference

Nelson C. Rising

Chairman
Rising Realty Partners

Nelson Rising is a veteran of over 40 years in the real estate industry and the Chairman and CEO of Rising Realty Partners, LP, a real estate investment and operating company. He has led two large publicly traded real estate companies, chaired the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and built some of the most iconic buildings and new communities in California and the West. Mr. Rising has also served as a top political strategist to some of the most powerful elected officials in the United States and has the distinction of having a street named after him in San Francisco, CA: Nelson Rising Lane. Prior to forming Rising Realty Partners, Mr. Rising was President & CEO of MPG Office Trust, Inc., the owner of over half of the institution-quality office space in downtown Los Angeles. From 1994-2005, Mr. Rising served as Chief Executive Officer of Catellus Development Corporation. During his tenure, he oversaw the company’s successful evolution from a railroad land company to a diversified development company and a real estate investment trust. Most notable of the many Catellus developments is Mission Bay in San Francisco, the largest mixed-use development in the history of the city. Catellus merged with ProLogis in September 2005 in a $5.5 billion transaction. From 1983-1994 Mr. Rising was a senior partner of Maguire Thomas Partners. During this time he was the partner-in-charge of the Library Square development in downtown Los Angeles, which included the 73-story, 1.3 million square foot US Bank Tower (tallest office building West of the Mississippi) and the 54-story, 1.4 million square foot Gas Company Tower. He was also partner-in-charge of Playa Vista, located between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Marina del Rey. Playa Vista is one of the largest and most complicated multiuse developments in the history of Los Angeles and it includes the re-use of what was the heart of the Howard Hughes aircraft empire, including the famed “Spruce Goose” Hangar. A former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Mr. Rising is recognized as an authority in corporate and public finance. Mr. Rising is Chairman Emeritus of Washington, DC-based Real Estate Roundtable, which brings together leaders of the nation’s top publicly-held and privately-owned real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms to jointly address key national policy issues relating to real estate and the overall economy. Mr. Rising has also served as Chairman of the Grand Avenue Committee, and real estate advisor to and negotiator for the Joint Powers Authority, which consists of the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, and the County of Los Angeles. The Joint Powers Authority oversaw the Grand Avenue Project, a 3.6 million square foot, $3 billion development located on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Rising currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of The Irvine Company, which controls over 98 million square feet of commercial, office, residential and resort properties in coastal California. He also serves on the board of Foley Timber & Land Company. Mr. Rising is also a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committees of the California Institute of Technology and the W.M. Keck Foundation. Mr. Rising is well respected for his role in advising elected officials at all levels of government and is credited with managing the successful Mayoral campaigns of the late and legendary Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, who served for twenty years as Mayor. He has chaired campaigns for California Governor and U.S. Senate as well. Mr. Rising received a B.A. with honors in Economics from UCLA and a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the UCLA Law Review. He practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers prior to entering the real estate industry.

Richard Ziman

Co-Founder and Chairman
Rexford Industrial

Mr. Ziman serves as Rexford Industrial's Chairman and on our Board of Directors since July 2013. Mr. Ziman has served as the Co-Founder, Chairman and Director of our predecessor business since its inception in December 2001. Mr. Ziman’s industrial real estate experience comprises over forty years of industrial real estate investment experience overseeing his personal, family and foundation-related investments in Southern California as well as having co-founded and served as Chairman of the management companies that we will acquire as part of the formation transactions. Mr. Ziman’s overall commercial real estate experience also includes his role as the founding Chairman and CEO of Arden Realty, Inc., a real estate investment firm focused on the commercial office real estate markets in infill Southern California. Mr. Ziman served as Arden’s Chairman of the Board and CEO from its inception in 1990 until its sale in mid-2006 to General Electric Co. in a $4.8 billion transaction involving Arden’s portfolio of twenty million square feet in more than 200 office buildings. Arden was publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol “ARI.” In 2006, Mr. Ziman also co-founded AVP Advisors, LLC and AVP Capital, LLC, the exclusive advisor to American Value Partners, a real estate fund of funds deploying capital on behalf of pension funds throughout the United States. In 1979, Mr. Ziman formed Pacific Financial Group, a diversified real estate investment and development firm, of which he was Managing General Partner. Mr. Ziman also serves on the boards of directors of The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and The Gilbert Collection Trust. In 2001, Mr. Ziman established and endowed the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Ziman has held many significant leadership positions in the cultural, educational and social services life of Southern California. Mr. Ziman received his Bachelor’s Degree and his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Southern California and practiced law as a partner of the law firm Loeb & Loeb from 1971 to 1980, specializing in transactional and financial aspects of real estate.

Doug Holte

President
Irvine Company Office Properties

Doug Holte is President of Irvine Company Office Properties. In his position, Mr. Holte is responsible for the overall performance of the Irvine Company’s portfolio of office properties in Orange County, San Diego, West Los Angeles, Bay Area, Chicago and New York. These responsibilities include supervision of leasing, operations, marketing, design, development and acquisition of office properties. Mr. Holte joined the Irvine Company in 2009 after a 22-year career as a principal in development, investment and asset management with the international real estate firm Hines. During his Hines career, Mr. Holte has been responsible for more than 15 million square feet of office development, property acquisition and third-party client service assignments throughout the West Coast and Southeast regional markets. Mr. Holte is on the Advisory Council for the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, and a Board Chair for the Orange County Community Foundation. He is a graduate of University of Southern California and received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.

Bob Hart

CEO
TruAmerica Multifamily

Real estate investment industry veteran Robert E. Hart is the founder, chief executive, and president of Los Angeles-based TruAmerica Multifamily, a vertically integrated multifamily investment firm with regional headquarters in Arlington, VA; Seattle, WA and Dallas, TX. Since its founding in 2013, TruAmerica under his leadership has become one of the most active multifamily investors in the United States and today has approximately $10.3 billion of assets under management. Hart is responsible for the phenomenal growth and national expansion of the firm’s value-add investment platform, which currently includes 46,000 units in 14 states. He has led TruAmerica to a top 50 ranking of the largest apartment owners in the United States the past four years by the National Multifamily Housing Council. As CEO, Hart chairs TruAmerica Multifamily’s Investment Committee to skillfully select value-add assets for acquisition, repositioning, and eventual disposition to deliver outstanding risk-adjusted returns for the company and its 30 global institutional partners. With a career that spans nearly four decades, Bob is a recognized leader in the multifamily industry where he contributes his time and energy as a board member to a variety of industry organizations including the National Multifamily Housing Council and the Urban Land Institute. Named one of the most influential business leaders in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal, he was also recently recognized by Real Estate Forum as the “Best of the Best Bosses” in the real estate industry. Understanding the value of giving back, Hart also generously gives of himself – both in time, talent and treasure – to a wide variety of charitable and academic organizations, raising tens of millions of dollars to better the lives of others in his community. For nearly 16 years, half as Chairman, Bob has been a member of the board of directors of Chrysalis, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a pathway for homeless and low-income individuals to find and retain employment in Los Angeles. Recognized for his professional and philanthropic contributions to elevate the human condition, he was celebrated by the City of Hope in 2017 with the Spirit of Life Award. He is also the proud recipient of the Humanitarian Leadership Award presented to him by the Alumni Association of his alma mater Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Hart is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Marlborough School in Los Angeles and a member of Board of Governors of the City of Hope. Prior to founding TruAmerica Multifamily, Hart earned industry accolades as the transformational chief executive of Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Management Group, a part of the NYSE-listed Kennedy Wilson global real-estate concern. Hart envisioned and launched Kennedy Wilson’s value-add apartment portfolio strategy that profitably acquired and disposed of more than 20,000 units in 13 years, with a total transaction value of more than $4.5 billion. Previously Hart was senior vice president of portfolio management for global real estate investment management firm, Heitman Capital Management where engineered the turn-around and disposition of a $500 million property portfolio on behalf of pension funds, endowments and domestic and foreign lenders. Previously, he served as Director of Real Estate Marketing for Executive Life Insurance Company, where he was responsible for the orderly liquidation of more than $1 billion in real estate assets and securities. Hart is a sought-after interview by leading publications, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, The Los Angeles Times and innumerable industry and trade media outlets for his insights into the real estate markets. Hart holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts and continues to serve his alma mater as a member of the Board of Trustees. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles and where he serves on the leadership board for UCLA’s Ziman Center for Real Estate.

Vicky Schiff

CEO
Aviro Management

Christopher Rising

CEO
Rising Realty

Christopher Rising is the CEO of Rising Realty Partners (RRP), a Los Angeles-based real estate investment and operating platform that owns and manages over five million square feet of properties. He serves on the company's Executive and Investment Committees, drawing on his extensive experience in managing acquisitions and creative development. Prior to joining RRP, Christopher was Senior Vice President of Asset Transactions at MPG Office Trust, where he worked directly with the CEO to improve finances through debt reduction and restructuring. Under Christopher's visionary leadership, RRP has spearheaded the revitalization of historic buildings in Downtown Los Angeles into creative office spaces, attracting unique businesses back to the region. The company's transformation and subsequent sale of the PacMutual Campus, one of the oldest office buildings in the heart of DTLA, was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "record price for a pure office building downtown." More recently, RRP has generated great success by entering the industrial space, acquiring five multi-tenant light industrial properties in the past year. Christopher's success in the real estate industry has earned him recognition by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the 500 most influential people in Los Angeles. In 2003, Christopher founded The Rising Real Estate Group (RREG) and eventually partnered with Barker Pacific Group to create Hamilton Capital Partners (HCP), an equity fund vehicle. RREG is also a principal in 626 Wilshire Blvd, a 156K square foot office building located in downtown Los Angeles. Christopher began his career as an associate at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and later worked at Cushman Realty Corporation (CRC) under brokerage legend John C. Cushman, III. He then served as a Director at Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. (C&W), joining C&W after its merger with CRC in 2001. Outside of work, Christopher is an active member of the Los Angeles community, serving on the River LA Board and The Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation. He formerly sat on the Board of Overseers at Loyola Law School and the Duke Athletic Advisory Board. He is a past President of the Board of Chandler School in Pasadena and served for ten years on the Board of Regents of Loyola High School, where he chaired the Investment Committee. Christopher holds a J.D. in Real Estate Law from Loyola Law School and a B.A. in History and Political Science from Duke University. He also attended Duke on a football scholarship and was a member of the 1989 ACC Championship team.

Robin Potts

Co-Head of Real Estate Investments
Canyon Partners Real Estate

Robin Potts is the Co-Head of Real Estate Investments and Director of Acquisitions for Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC. Ms. Potts has been with Canyon for 11 years and is responsible for overseeing the origination and acquisitions of debt and equity investments across Canyon’s real estate platforms and holds a seat on all real estate investment committees. During her tenure at Canyon, Ms. Potts has facilitated the acquisition, financing and development of over $5 billion of commercial real estate transactions across all asset classes including multifamily, condominiums, office, retail, hospitality, industrial, student housing and mixed-use. Ms. Potts previously worked in the Financial Institutions Group of Credit Suisse in Los Angeles and focused on equity, debt, and M&A transactions in the mortgage real estate investment trust sector. Ms. Potts is a graduate of Harvard University, and received a B.A. degree in Economics.

Kevin Traenkle

CIO
Colony Northstar

Mr. Traenkle is the Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Colony NorthStar, Inc., having previously held the position of Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer for Colony Capital, Inc., the predecessor to Colony NorthStar. Mr. Traenkle is involved in many facets of Colony NorthStar, including business strategy, product development, global client relations, oversight of individual investment and divestment decisions, as well as portfolio construction and risk management. Prior to rejoining the Colony Capital business in 2002, Mr. Traenkle worked for a private equity investment firm, where, among other responsibilities, he focused on the firm's real estate-related investment and management activities. Prior to originally joining Colony Capital in 1993, Mr. Traenkle worked in the municipal finance department for the investment bank First Albany Corporation in Albany, New York. Mr. Traenkle received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

Mark Sanders

Co-Founder & Principal
Fifteen Group

MARK SANDERS is co-founder and Principal of Fifteen Group. While Mark and his brother Ian are the entrepreneurial spirit behind Fifteen Group which they founded in 1992, Mark’s primary role is evaluating potential new opportunities and overseeing the transaction side of the business. Mark’s responsibilities also include raising capital from investors and lenders and overseeing Fifteen Group’s West Coast operations. Under Mark’s leadership, Fifteen Group has completed more than 75 unique real estate transactions with an investment performance that is extraordinary by any measure. After assembling a portfolio of nearly 20,000 apartment units nationwide, Fifteen Group monetized the majority of its portfolio between 2005 and 2007. During the subsequent downturn Fifteen Group strategically deployed its capital in South Florida and Southern California across multiple property types and continues to be an early mover in emerging neighborhoods. Fifteen Group's transactions range from simple property acquisitions to acquisitions of distressed debt, complex land entitlements, land development and vertical development. Mark received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Councilors of the USC Price School of Public Policy. He is active in a number of local and national philanthropies, and he leads the Fifteen Group Foundation with his brother Ian

Nicholas Colonna

President - Commercial Investments & Fund Management
Kennedy Wilson

Mr. Colonna is President of Commercial Investments and Fund Management. He serves on Kennedy Wilson's Investment Committee as well as the KWIA Investment Committee. Mr. Colonna has over 30 years of real estate and capital markets experience. Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, he was co-founder of PCCP, a real estate investment management firm with activity in both the debt and equity space. Mr. Colonna co-managed all the firm's investment activities from 1998 to 2014. Before starting PCCP, he was a senior executive at Wells Fargo where he held several senior positions in the lending and workout areas of the bank. Mr. Colonna has been involved in over $20 billion of real estate transactions during his career. Mr. Colonna graduated from USC with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Real Estate Finance.

Clare De Briere

EVP, Regional Manager
Skanska USA Commercial Development

Clare De Briere is a native Angeleno and has spent her career creating special places for the citizens and visitors of Los Angeles. Clare joined The Ratkovich Company as a summer intern in 1991 after graduating from UCLA and worked her way through property management, leasing, construction, financing and development management while earning her graduate degree at USC's prestigious Lusk Center for Real Estate. In her career with the company she has overseen the acquisition, entitlement, planning, development and/or disposition of millions of square feet from The Wiltern Theatre, 5900 Wilshire, 800 Wilshire, The Alhambra, The Hercules Campus in Playa Vista and, most recently, The Bloc in downtown Los Angeles. Clare retired from the Company after 26 years, the last decade of which she spent as its Chief Operating Office and Executive Vice President. She remains affiliated with the Company through its Advisory Board. Clare and her husband, Chef Christopher Barnett, have started a new company, C+C Ventures, a Los Angeles based experience company to develop places that inspire creativity, curiosity and delight whether through a wonderful neighborhood restaurant or a fantastic renovated work or living space. Clare is an active member of the Urban Land Institute serving on the National Advisory Committee for Building Healthy Places and Building Healthy Corridors, and on the Los Angeles District Council'€™s Executive Committee and Advisory Board. She has served on a ULI Advisory Panel in the City of Denver and on a local Technical Assistance Panel for the Huntington Hospital and Cal Poly Pomona. She has been named on the Los Angeles Business Journal's Women Making a Difference list and has been on the Real Estate - Southern California's Women of Influence list every year since 2003. Clare is also on the Advisory Board of the UCLA History Department; and served on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Los Angeles Conservancy.

Brad Cox

Senior Managing Director
Trammell Crow Company

Brad Cox serves as Senior Managing Director for Trammell Crow Company where his primary focus is raising capital, setting investment strategy, creating deal flow, and overseeing the day-to-day activities for the Los Angeles Business Unit. Trammell Crow Company is a 69-year national development company, a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE, with offices in 16 cities across the United States. The Los Angeles division portfolio currently includes $1.8B of in process development including 200 acres of industrial development in Santa Clarita, Irwindale and Compton; 400,000 SF Office Building for LA County Department of Mental Health Services; 50,000 SF Medical Office Building for MLK Hospital; and over 4,000 multifamily units in Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, Hollywood, North Hollywood and Bakersfield. Prior to joining Trammell Crow Company, Brad was Senior Managing Director of the Southern California region for Cushman & Wakefield that included six offices and 135 brokers. His career experience has included the development, marketing and leasing activities of real estate portfolios totaling in excess of 10M SF for institutional and entrepreneurial owners in Southern California. Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, past development and leasing experience includes the 1.2M SF Westwood Gateway project in West Los Angeles, the 600,000 SF 550 South Hope Street Office Building and the repositioning of the 1.2M SF 55 story 333 South Hope Street building in downtown Los Angeles on behalf of, Bren Investment Properties, The Koll Company and MetLife.

David Fishbein

Principal
The Runyon Group

Percy Vaz

CEO
AMCAL

Mr. Vaz founded AMCAL Multi-Housing, Inc. in 1978 and has led the company’s dramatic growth, developing more than $1.5 billion of student, faculty, affordable, for-sale, and high-quality, market-rate housing representing 90 developments—mostly in California, including more than 70 public private partnership (P3) deals, with $1 billion of development projects in the pipeline over the next three years. A highly regarded leader in the real estate development field, Mr. Vaz has spearheaded the building of 7,000 affordable apartments, and the raising of more than $900 million in tax credit financings. AMCAL housing has changed thousands of lives by providing quality apartments and single-family homes. AMCAL partners with local non-profit organizations to empower residents at its affordable housing communities through education and supportive services. Seeing the massive need for affordable housing in fast-growing Texas, Mr. Vaz expanded AMCAL’s operations into that market in 2012. Under Mr. Vaz’s leadership, AMCAL also entered the competitive student housing field in 2012 to serve California universities that face a housing crisis, and he quickly become a recognized expert and AMCAL a preferred builder. AMCAL was just listed as one of the top-10 most active developers of student housing in the nation, as well as the top most active developer of student housing in California by Student Housing Business Magazine’s April/May 2017 issue. Mr. Vaz is a frequent speaker on affordable and student housing, and urban redevelopment at major forums including the Urban Land Institute, Pacific Coast Builders Conference, the National Housing Conference, the Building Industry Association, the University of Southern California, Bisnow and numerous affordable housing groups.

Bert Dezzutti

EVP of the Western Region
Brookfield Property Partners

Bert Dezzutti holds the position of Executive Vice President, Western Region for Brookfield Office Properties in the U.S. Brookfield Office Properties is a commercial real estate corporation that owns, manages, and develops premier assets in the world’s most dynamic markets domestically and internationally. Dezzutti’s primary responsibilities include the strategic acquisition, development and management of Brookfield’s Western Region Portfolio, which currently comprises more than 10 million square feet of premier Class-A assets. Brookfield Office Properties’ signature assets in the Western Region are strategically located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle – gateway cities to the Pacific Rim. Dezzutti is responsible for the region’s overall financial performance including leasing, operations, management, legal, construction and development. Dezzutti has more than twenty-nine years of commercial real estate experience, including a comprehensive background working with market-leading firms such as Equity Office Properties, Cushman and Wakefield, Koll Development and CB Commercial. Dezzutti is a graduate of the University of Southern California, and serves on the Boards of the Central City Association, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, BOMA of Greater Los Angeles and Orange Counties. He is actively involved in the Urban Land Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers, and the Los Angeles Commercial Real Estate Association.

Scott McPherson

Executive Managing Director
Merlone Geier Partners

Scott McPherson has been with Merlone Geier and its predecessor entity since 1995. His primary responsibility has been serving as a senior project partner with a particular focus on project development, entitlement processing and major tenant leasing, including oversight of the firm’s urban redevelopments. Mr. McPherson has led many of the firm’s larger and more complicated property redevelopments including Santa Fe Springs Mall from 1998 to 2001, Oxnard Esplanade from 2000 to 2001, and Mira Mesa Mall from 2000 to 2002. More recently, from 2007 to the present, he has overseen the entitlement processing and predevelopment activities for Delta Shores in Sacramento and for Metro Center in San Diego. In 2010, Mr. McPherson assumed the additional role of overseeing leasing, the project management function and coordinating its personnel to ensure the execution of the Company's strategy for each asset. In 2015 Mr. McPherson assumed full oversight responsibility for the firms North Hollywood and Laguna HIll's redevelopments. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McPherson was a Development Associate at Donahue Schriber and a Retail Leasing Specialist with C.W. Clark. Mr. McPherson is a graduate of UCLA with an undergraduate degree in history. He is an active participant in the International Council of Shopping Centers, where he earned the Senior Certified Leasing Specialist designation, a member of the Urban Land Institute and a licensed real estate broker. Mr. McPherson is also a past member of the Board of Directors and current President of the Monarch Ambassador Council of the Monarch School in San Diego, and a past member of the Board of Trustees of The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California. He is resident in the firm's San Diego office.

Kim Snyder

President - West Region
Prologis

Kim Snyder is President of Prologis’ Southwest Region and is responsible for all regional activities including development, acquisitions and operations for Prologis. Key markets included in this region are Southern California, the Inland Empire, Las Vegas and Phoenix. A thirty-year veteran in the development business, he joined AMB (pre-merger) in 2005, bringing experience in real estate development and construction, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, marketing and finance. As Managing Director and Senior Vice President during his tenure at AMB, Kim managed AMB's Airport Group, Mexico and Brazil operations. Prior to AMB, Kim served as President of Paragon Capital Corporation and CEO of Paragon Development, Inc. and was Managing Director for Insignia-ESG's Western region development operation. Prior to Insignia, he was a partner with Investment Building Group. Kim has a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University, summa cum laude, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is on the advisory board for the NAIOP-Inland Empire Chapter, and is a past President of the Chapter. Kim is also on the Technical Committee and Advisory Board of the Prologis Fibra (Mexico), a publicly traded real estate investment company based in Mexico City. He is currently serving on the Industry Advisory Board at the Drucker School at Claremont University, and is a Trustee on the Board of the Gooden School in Sierra Madre, California.

Daryl Carter

Chairman & CEO
Avanath Capital

Daryl J. Carter is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Avanath Capital Management, LLC, a California-based investment firm that acquires, renovates, and operates apartment properties, with an emphasis on affordable and workforce communities. Mr. Carter directs the overall strategy and operations of the Company. Since its formation in 2008, Avanath has acquired $2.5 billion of properties in 13 states in the U.S., comprising 12,000 apartment units. Avanath is vertically integrated and is an SEC registered investment advisor and an institutional fund manager, with capabilities that include acquisition sourcing and underwriting, construction, asset management, and on-site property management. Mr. Carter has 40 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Previously, he was an Executive Managing Director of Centerline Capital Group. Mr. Carter became part of the Centerline team when his company, Capri Capital Finance, was acquired by Centerline in 2005. Mr. Carter co-founded and served as Co-Chairman of the Capri Capital family of companies. He was instrumental in building Capri to a diversified real estate investment firm with $8 billion in real estate equity and debt investments under management. Prior to Capri, Mr. Carter was Regional Vice President at Westinghouse Credit Corporation and a Second Vice President at Continental Bank. Mr. Carter holds a Master’s in Architecture and a Master’s in Business Administration, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan. Mr. Carter serves on the Visiting Committee of the MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2015, Mr. Carter received the MIT Sloan School Distinguished Alumni Award and served as the 2015 commencement speaker for the Sloan School MBA graduation. Mr. Carter is a Past Chairman of the National Multifamily Housing Council. Previously, Mr. Carter served as an independent director on the boards of the following companies: Catellus Development Corporation (CDX), Silver Bay Realty Trust (SBY), and Whitestone REIT (WSR).

Jeff Jennison

President and CEO
Watson Land Company

Jeffrey Jennison is the President and CEO of Watson Land Company, a developer, owner, and manager of industrial properties throughout Southern California and the East Coast. Jeff joined Watson Land Company in 2000, serving as the Vice President of Asset Management and Chief Operating Officer prior to his appointment to President in 2015. As President, Jeff is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s 20 million square foot portfolio. His many years in the commercial real estate industry have made him an expert in customer service, portfolio management, new construction, project transition, tenant retention programs, and leasing & marketing. Prior to working at Watson, Jeff was the Vice President and Regional Manager at Charles Dunn Company. Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate from the University of Southern California and completed the Executive Education Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, and the Building Owners and Management Association. He serves or has served in leadership roles at various charitable organizations, including Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Big Brothers Big Sisters Orange County, and Serra Catholic School.

Robert Jernigan

Regional Managing Principal
Gensler

As Co-Managing Principal for the Southwest Region, Rob is responsible for Gensler offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Newport Beach, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver; and he also serves on Gensler's Board of Directors and Management Committee. Known to peers and clients as an accomplished architect, practice leader and collaborator, Rob is committed to design innovation, technical quality and a belief that we are only as good as the people we mentor to succeed us. Rob's technical expertise spans more than 32 million square feet of built projects that have reshaped city landscapes worldwide. A strong proponent of community service, he has shepherded Gensler's gServe program, which encompasses the firm's community outreach activities and socially conscious design efforts. Rob is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the Urban Land Institute, and he serves on the Boards of the Design Build Institute of America's Southern California Chapter and the Los Angeles Business Council. In 2012, the AIA California Council awarded Rob its Presidential Citation for changing the face of architecture in Los Angeles.

Dan Floriani

Partner & Co-Founder
Pacific Industrial

During his career, Mr. Floriani has been responsible for the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of over 10 million square feet of industrial real estate. Prior to co-founding Pacific Industrial, Mr. Floriani was a Partner and Executive Managing Director a privately held industrial real estate development and investment firm that completed more than $100 million in industrial transactions during his tenure. Prior, Mr. Floriani was a Vice President at DCT Industrial (“DCT”), the second largest publicly traded industrial REIT in the United States. At DCT, Mr. Floriani led all leasing, acquisition and development activities for the Southern California region and closed 14 transactions, increasing the 2.5 million square foot regional portfolio to 4 million square feet while simultaneously decreasing vacancy from 17% to 1% in 18 months. Prior to DCT, Mr. Floriani was a Partner at Phelan Development, a privately held development company that purchased, entitled, and constructed industrial properties throughout Southern California. Mr. Floriani joined Phelan Development by way of Panattoni Development where he worked on several million square feet of new ground-up development in Southern California valued at over $250 million. Mr. Floriani commenced his career at Spieker Properties which later merged with Equity Office Properties (“EOP”). During this time, Mr. Floriani helped negotiate a high volume of transactions culminating in the disposition of a $60 million dollar business park. Additionally, Mr. Floriani led a team that managed all construction activity for a 10 million square foot Class A office and retail portfolio and coordinated over $100 million dollars of construction projects. Mr. Floriani is a graduate of University of Southern California (B.S., Urban Planning and Development emphasis on Real Estate Development and Minor in Business Administration.) He currently lives in Newport Beach with his wife and three young children.

Tyson Strutzenberg

Managing Director, Asset Management
Trinity Capital Advisors

Tyson Strutzenberg joined Trinity Capital Advisors in 2019 and leads the development and asset management efforts for Trinity’s life science platform. In this role, he is responsible for project design, construction, leasing, and finance. Prior to joining Trinity Capital Advisors, Tyson was COO and SVP of Asset Management at Rising Realty Partners, a vertically integrated developer and investor in Los Angeles. While at Rising, Tyson oversaw the company’s portfolio, executing business plans for 20 properties totaling over five million square feet (over $1.3 billion in value). Previously, he was a Managing Director in the commercial group at Kennedy Wilson in Beverly Hills for five years. Tyson has a total of 20 years of industry experience and holds a BS from Purdue University, an MS from Stanford University and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

Duane Carlson

President of Construction
Carmel Partners

Duane Carlson – President of Construction BIO: Since joining Carmel Partners in 2014, Duane Carlson has managed construction activities nationally for all new ground-up development projects. He provides long-range planning, strategic direction and supervision for the Construction Management team. In his 18 years of experience in the industry, Mr. Carlson has also worked with AvalonBay where he managed the company’s construction operations in the Pacific Northwest and the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Carlson has also managed a wide range of commercial projects in both Chicago and San Francisco for Orix Real Estate & Capital, Heitman Properties and Trammel Crow Commercial. His expertise is evidenced by his management of several award-winning properties, most notably the 2014 Multi-housing News Silver Award for Most Tech-savvy Community and the 2014 Pillars of the Industry Best High Rise Award for his work on 55 Ninth Street in San Francisco. Mr. Carlson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Building Construction from Michigan State University.

Jon Sully

Partner
StoreMatch

Jon Sully is a partner and co-founder of StoreMatch, the online platform revolutionizing the retail leasing industry. Jon’s career in retail, franchising, and property spans over 25 years. Jon began his career in the commercial leasing industry working on the landlord side and subsequently became a master franchise co-owner of Australia’s largest and most successful retail food chains, Michel’s Patisserie, amassing 350 stores at the point of sale. Thereafter, Jon co-founded BDC Australia, a real estate brokerage company that assists retailers in developing and executing national growth strategies as well as exiting under-performing stores. Jon led the team in acquiring retail companies with the capacity to be turned around. Having experienced firsthand the inefficiencies of the retail real estate industry, Jon co-founded StoreMatch, the modern solution connecting retailers with landlords instantaneously and confidentially.

David Hart

President & CEO
Steinberg Hart

David Hart is the President and CEO of Steinberg Hart, an international Architecture, Interiors, and Planning firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Founded in 1953, the firm’s seven offices focus on higher education, urban mixed-use residential, performing and visual arts, hospitality, government, civic and commercial projects. David developed Steinberg Hart’s reputation as a leader in Higher Education through the design of inspirational, sustainable projects that shape the way students learn and socialize for institutions such as Stanford, UCLA, and USC. He now leads the firm’s large-scale mixed-use practice in urban cores, with projects such as Los Angeles’ Vision on Wilshire and San Jose’s Miro Towers. Leveraging his experience working with public agencies, institutions, builders, and developers, he works to advance complex public-private-partnership projects with an emphasis on responsible density, affordability, community impact and value creation for clients. As a thought leader, David speaks regularly at conferences both nationally and locally, including Greenbuild, P3C, SCUP, Educause, and NACUBO, and he has been tapped by publications such as GlobeSt, Monocle, the Silicon Valley Business Journal, and Bloomberg CityLab for his insights on design and urban issues of our time. David serves on the ULI Urban Revitalization Council, the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Policy Advisory Board at the University of California at Berkeley, the Los Angeles Business Council Board of Directors, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Art Kozinski

Senior Vice President
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.

Mr. Kozinski joined Hathaway Dinwiddie in 1984 and has over 33 years of valuable experience in the construction industry. He has a proven track record in his ability to successfully manage and deliver major Developer-driven projects through preconstruction, construction services, budgeting, estimating and value engineering. Mr. Kozinski provides oversight for the project, keeps the project on-track for both schedule and budget, and ensures that the team has adequate support and resources to meet all project requirements. He establishes the strategic direction of the team and is committed throughout the life of the project by steering the team to ultimately deliver high quality, well-coordinated, and meaningful deliverables for the project. Mr. Kozinski’s early involvement enables him to effectively manage the preconstruction process in coordination with the design development process, thereby assuring quality, budget, schedule, and certainty for optimum project delivery, within the Client’s expectations. He is currently involved with Los Angeles Business Council, Los Angeles Headquarters, Design-Build Institute of America, Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. He received his B.S. in Construction Management from Purdue University.

Ray Haj

SVP & Region Manager
Swinerton

Swinerton Senior Vice President and Region Manager Ray Haj is responsible for the overall vision, financials, and management of all operations totaling over $2.0 billion annually within Swinerton's Southern California and Hawaii Region. Ray manages 1,600 Swinerton employees within this region. Ray is responsible for the oversight and success of the entire region. His focus with his core team in recent years has been developing a Best-in-Class culture, client relationships, establishing a diverse market portfolio, and leading and managing rapid business growth as a master builder. Recently Ray's primary focus has been on building a shared vision and leading succession planning to ensure Swinerton's continuous success in the future years, led by the rise of the next generation of leaders. Ray has nearly 30 years of experience in the construction industry (22 years with Swinerton), with a Master's Degree in Engineering Management from Brigham Young University, a Master's Degree in Project Management from the University Centre of Business Administration in Vicenza, Italy, and a Bachelor's of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. Ray first worked with a top Italian contractor overseas before joining the Swinerton Los Angeles office in early 2001.

Abdul EL Baba

Vice President
Gray Construction

Abdul EL Baba joined Gray’s West regional office in 2011 and has more than 15 years of experience in the construction industry. As Vice President, he works with Project Executives, Project Managers and Design and Construction teams to market, develop, implement and manage Industrial projects. Since joining Gray, Abdul’s ability to develop and maintain customer relationships has led to growing Gray’s customer base. He acts as a liaison between the company, subcontractors, and customers by preparing, implementing, and monitoring the annual operating plans, proposals, and sales. His contributions have been instrumental in the sale and execution of many core projects over the years. He has a master’s degree in Engineering Management from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Keith Labus

Principal
KTGY Architecture + Planning

As a Principal at KTGY, Keith Labus has led the design and planning of award-winning urban infill and mixed-use communities throughout California. Over his 20-year career Keith has established himself as an architect that creates value for even the most challenging projects. Over the last several years he has led KTGY’s Construction Innovation Committee, a dedicated team of architects, designers and interdisciplinary professionals who come together to assess and develop opinions about technical advances in construction. This leadership has propelled KTGY as one of the most sought-after designers for modular and prefab communities. KTGY has designed over 1,300 units for residential and hospitality developments. A notable project is Hope On Alvarado, which is the first in a series of Los Angeles-area developments using modular construction to provide supportive transitional housing for the formerly homeless and is currently under construction.

Arnold Craig Levin

Workplace Strategist
SmithGroupJJR

Arnold brings over 45 years of experience in workplace strategy, design and research resulting in client business focused solutions. A strong believer that design strategy can result in design solutions that enable a client’s business suc- cess, he has developed frameworks and methodologies that connect workplace design solutions to each client’s intrinsic organizational design. “These frame- works enable us to work with our clients in developing appropriate change management programs to realize the full potential of our design strategies and workplace design solutions,” Arnold observes. “The workplace has the poten- tial to serve as a true catalyst for organizational performance when developed through the right lens,” he adds. With an undergraduate degree in design and two graduate degrees in business, Arnold has worked with clients in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Despite these degrees, he has learned more about workplace issues from his two daughters. His youngest on technology interfaces and his oldest on the relationships between learning styles and work styles.

Dora Gallo

CEO
A Community of Friends

Ms. Gallo joined ACOF in February 2003. As CEO, Ms. Gallo is responsible for leading ACOF’s efforts in project development, asset management, residential services, advocacy and fundraising. Prior to joining ACOF, she served as Chief of Staff for Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas (now a County Supervisor). With 12 years in the public sector, Ms. Gallo comes to ACOF with experience in housing policy, planning and entitlements, environmental quality, public art, advocacy, government affairs, and constituent development. Ms. Gallo holds a Master’s degree in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.