Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference (BMAC) East

Greg West

President & CEO
ZOM Living

Greg T. West is President and Chief Executive Officer of ZOM Living and is responsible for all aspects of the Company with particular focus on development activities nationally. He joined ZOM in 1997 and since been involved with all aspects of the development process including identifying new opportunities, compiling due diligence and underwriting parameters. He is also responsible for project design, permitting, and construction. Mr. West also plays a key role in business development and investor relations. Presently ZOM has under construction 3,700 units in Florida, Texas, Chicago, Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic. Over the next twelve months the company will start 2,200 additional units bringing active development volume over $1.7 billion dollars. Mr. West received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Southern Methodist University and has received two Masters of Science degrees from Texas A&M University in Land Development and Construction Management. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Multifamily Housing Council, is a board member of the Miami Downtown Development Authority and on the Advisory Board of the University of Miami Master of Construction Management program. Mr. West is the current Chair of the ULI Southeast Florida and Caribbean District Council and is a member of the Gold Multifamily Council.

Allina Boohoff

MD & Head of Multifamily Sector
JP Morgan

Allina Boohoff, managing director, is the head of asset management’s Multifamily Sector at J.P.Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets. An employee since 2003, she is responsible for leading the asset management efforts for the group’s multifamily portfolio in the U.S., a 50,000 unit, 190-property portfolio valued at $14 billion. Allina is responsible for major joint venture partner relationships in the multifamily sector and has significant involvement in client meetings and presentation related to multifamily investments. She has 20 years of real estate experience and was previously the financial controller for the multi-family portfolio and a financial controller for the Alternative Property Fund and transferred to asset management in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Allina worked for Ernst & Young LLP, where she was a senior accountant in the Real Estate Group. Allina holds a B.S. in finance and economics from the Stern School of Business at New York University, an M.S. in accounting from Mendoza School of Business at University of Notre Dame and is also a CPA. She is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and is a holder of the CFA designation. She also serves on the board of National Multi Housing Council and is a member of ULI’s bronze multifamily council.

Joe Muffler

Managing Director
Mill Creek Residential

Joe Muffler serves as Managing Director of Development for Mill Creek Residential, Mid-Atlantic. He is responsible for managing all aspects of the development process, including site acquisition, design, entitlements, financing, and eventual disposition for Mill Creek Mid-Atlantic communities. Mr. Muffler joined Mill Creek as an Associate in 2013, and prior to his role in Development, was responsible for developing company-wide research, portfolio allocation, and investor relation strategies. Prior to joining Mill Creek, Mr. Muffler served as Director of Operations for the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast divisions of Bisnow Media, Inc. He began his career at Jones Lang LaSalle, as an Analyst on the Washington, D.C. Investment Sales team, participating in approximately $1.0 billion in asset transactions. Mr. Muffler graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature.

Jack Boarman

CEO and Senior Practice Leader
BKV Group

Jack Boarman founded the multi-discipline and award-winning firm, BKV Group, in 1978 and over the last 40+ years has expanded the company to be national student housing leader with over 190 design professionals working on projects throughout the United States. Jack is a Senior Practice Leader of Housing at BKV Group, focusing his work on the development of residential environments that utilize trend-setting ideas with a creative effort that translates client’s vision into a reality. Jack embraces a vision of growth and quality, which he incorporates in each of his designs. Jack is a renowned student housing expert, and speaks frequently at national and regional events and conferences including Interface, NMHC, Bisnow, and more. Recent and notable student housing projects Jack has designed include WaHu Student Apartments and The Marshall, both in Minneapolis, MN; Georgia Heights Apartments in Athens, GA; The Standard at New Brunswick in New Brunswick, NJ; The Standard at Raleigh in Raleigh, NC; and, The Standard at Auburn in Auburn, Alabama.

Dan McCauley

Principal/Partner
Martin Architectural Group

Since joining the Martin Architectural Group in 2007 Dan has focused his efforts on Multi-Family Residential and Mixed-Use projects. His responsibilities include: client representation, project proposals, conceptual designs, construction documentation, coordination and on-site construction administration. From concept meeting to project close out, Dan works directly with the client and the design team to integrate building design. He regularly attends industry events, is jointly responsible for business development and is an active public speaker. Prior to joining The Martin Architectural Group, Dan led a twelve-person team as a Studio Leader at Toll Brothers, primarily on residential and clubhouse projects. He is a graduate of Drexel University and a member of ULI, NCARB, NAHB, Delaware Green Building Council and ICSC. Two of Dan’s passions are supporting and more often than not, judging the “Build a House...Build a Dream" event for Habitat for Humanity and getting a team together and raising awareness and dollars for the “The Dude Hates Cancer” event.

Phyllis Hartman

Founder
Hartman Design Group

Phyllis Hartman is founder and principle of Hartman Design Group Inc., an award-winning commercial interior design firm based in Rockville, MD. Founded in 1987, Phyllis brings 36 years of design and leadership experience. HDG today, is one of the largest interior design firms in the Washington, D.C. area and ranked within the 100 largest interior design firms nationally by Interior Design Magazine. Phyllis is committed to creating environments that enrich the lives of people who live and work in them.

Matt Jones

Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer
Harbor Group International

Matt Jones serves as Managing Director of HGI and focuses on developing and implementing HGI’s credit investment strategies. He oversees the credit investment team and plays a lead role in strategy, sourcing investment opportunities, investor communication, managing the due diligence process, sourcing financing relationships and closing transactions. In addition, Mr. Jones is a member of HGI’s Executive and Investment Committees. He joined HGI in 2002 from the investment banking division of Legg Mason Wood Walker. Mr. Jones graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Tech with a degree in finance. He is a former board member and Chairman of the Program Committee of the Baltimore CFA Society.

Matt Ferrari

Co-CIO
TruAmerica Multifamily

Matt Ferrari is the Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Acquisitions at TruAmerica Multifamily. Based in Miami, Florida Mr. Ferrari heads the firm’s acquisitions team and also oversees operations and asset management across their Eastern and Central United States portfolio of over 17,000 apartments. Mr. Ferrari also is a member of TruAmerica’s Investment Committee. Since joining the firm in 2016, Matt has played a meaningful role in the firm’s growth, having overseen the acquisition of over 38,000 apartments totaling $8.0 billion throughout the U.S., including TruAmerica’s expansion into the Eastern U.S. multifamily markets while also helping grow its stable of investors. Previously, Mr. Ferrari was an Investments Director at AvalonBay Communities Inc., an S&P 500 publicly traded multifamily REIT where he was responsible for acquisitions and dispositions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. During his four years at AvalonBay, Mr. Ferrari was responsible for $500 million in acquisitions and $1.3 billion in dispositions. Prior to his time at AvalonBay, Mr. Ferrari worked for Archstone Communities Inc. in their leadership and development rotational program as a Management Development Associate before becoming a Regional Operations Director for their Eastside Manhattan portfolio in New York City. Mr. Ferrari holds an M.B.A. from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a B.S. in Management and Business from Skidmore College. He is also a member of the Steering Committee at Georgetown University’s Steers Center for Global Real Estate.

Carlton Einsel

CEO
The Donaldson Group

Mr. Carlton E. Einsel is Chief Executive Officer of The Donaldson Group, LLC (TDG) and a Principal of TDG Capital Partners, LLC. In this capacity, Carl oversees all operating companies of The Donaldson Group and leads The Donaldson Group’s executive team in furthering TDG’s vision, mission and values. Carl also oversees the acquisition, financing and disposition program of TDG Capital Partners and assists TDG’s clients with their acquisitions, financings and dispositions. Carl’s experience includes multifamily acquisitions in excess of $1.75 billion, dispositions of over $1.25 billion, recapitalizations in excess of $350 million and assisting in management takeover of over 30,000 multifamily units. Carl is also a Partner in TDG/SilveRock, LLC, a full service commercial real estate firm focused on office and retail acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, property and asset management, investment sales, debt financing and project management. Carl is a 1989 graduate of Fordham University, where he graduated first in his class and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant into the United States Army, and a 1992 graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the Law Review. Upon graduating law school, Carl was accepted into the U.S. Army’s Honors Program where he served as Assistant Counsel for Fiscal and International Law in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, advising clients regarding the application of federal appropriations law and authorizing legislation to military and Army civil works programs worldwide. When Carl’s service in the U.S. Army was completed, he accepted an associate position at the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York where he advised clients on a wide range of securities, commodities and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives matters, including regulatory and compliance issues and related transactional work. Prior to joining The Donaldson Group in early 2003, Carl was Vice President in Morgan Stanley’s Structured Credit Products Group in New York, where he was responsible for the execution of all synthetic credit product transactions (transactions which combined credit derivative and securitization technologies). In this capacity, Carl assisted in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of, among other products, static and managed synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), single name and basket credit linked notes, unfunded credit default portfolio swaps, bond strippings and asset repackagings.

Sean Belfi

Principal
AION Partners

Sean Belfi is a Principal of AION Partners. Sean focuses on new acquisitions and asset management responsibilities across AION’s portfolio. He also structures and oversees equity and debt partnerships. Prior to joining AION, Sean was a Vice President at Citi Private Bank. At Citi, he worked with High Net Worth clients and Institutional clients investing in real estate development projects and real estate funds. Prior to Citi, Sean practiced law in New York. Sean received a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University. He received a Professional Certificate in Real Estate Investment and Finance from New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate. He also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jason Bonderenko

Principal
FCP

Jason Bonderenko specializes in the acquisition, asset management and disposition of FCP’s apartment properties. Since joining FCP 11 years ago, he has been involved with acquiring or investing in approximately 23,000 apartments valued at over $3.0 billion as well as with the investing of all four of FCP’s real estate funds. Prior to joining FCP, Mr. Bonderenko worked with the Capital Markets group of CB Richard Ellis, where he was involved with financing $3 billion of commercial real estate transactions throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Bonderenko began his career with a mortgage REIT, where he focused on the asset management of lender-owned commercial real estate and non-performing commercial real estate loans. Mr. Bonderenko is a member of the National Multi-Housing Council and a graduate of Ithaca College, where he earned a BS in Economics.

Doug Firstenberg

Founding Principal
Stonebridge

A founding principal of Stonebridge, Douglas Firstenberg directs firmwide strategic planning, oversees landmark development projects, and plays a key role in major transaction negotiations. Under his leadership, Stonebridge has developed several of the region’s most innovative and successful urban mixed-use properties, including breakthrough transit-oriented developments and public/private initiatives. Mr. Firstenberg has more than thirty-five years of real estate industry experience, leading complex development projects totaling more than 10 million square feet and $4 billion in value. Mr. Firstenberg started his career with K.S. Sweet Associates, a Philadelphia-based real estate and investment firm where he was named partner. In 1993, he co-founded Stonebridge Associates in Washington, D.C., and led the transformation of the firm into an urban infill mixed-use developer. Mr. Firstenberg graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts and currently serves in leadership roles of several industry and charitable organizations.

Scott Melnick

Founder
Melnick Real Estate Advisors

Scott Melnick formed Melnick Real Estate Advisors (MREA) in 2018 to offer clients a hands-on boutique investment sales platform focusing on multifamily disposition, acquisition, equity/debt placement, and 1031 exchange assignments. Scott, one of the leading multifamily brokers in the nation, has transacted over $25 billion of transactions throughout his career including the largest transactions for their respective years in the Washington and Baltimore metro regions, as well as Northern Virginia. Scott created and led dominant multifamily sales teams at Transwestern, JLL, and Berkadia from 1999-2018, and immediately prior to forming MREA Scott led Berkadia’s national Institutional Client Services platform for investment sales and debt. Scott earned an MBA/Finance from New York University and a BA/Economics from Ithaca College and also completed specialized real estate coursework at Cornell University and NYU Law School. Scott is an active Advisory Member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and has been a prominent speaker at NMHC national and local conferences.

Adrian Washington

CEO
Neighborhood Development Company

Mr. Washington has over 20 years of experience in urban real estate development, construction and management. Mr. Washington founded NDC in 1999 and served as President from 1999-2005. From 2005 until early 2007, Mr. Washington took a leave of absence from NDC to serve as the President and CEO of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC), the entity charged with leading a $10 billion, 20 year initiative to revitalize Washington, DC’s Anacostia Waterfront and surrounding communities. Mr. Washington grew up in the city’s Anacostia neighborhood and is a lifelong resident of DC. Adrian has a B.S. in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Alysha Buck

Senior Associate
Cooper Carry

Alysha is a Senior Associate in Cooper Carry’s Mixed-Use and Residential studios. After receiving her Masters degree in Architecture from Georgia Tech, Alysha founded a design firm in Atlanta, specializing in single family residences and renovation/ adaptive re-use of historic structures. Since joining Cooper Carry in 2010, Alysha has gained expertise in a variety of project types, including master plans, high-rise apartments, and mixed use environments. Alysha is a member of several organizations, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU), and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. She is also involved with the Atlanta chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), as a member of the Young Leaders Committee and the Womens Leadership Initiative. She is registered to practice architecture in the state of Georgia.

Dean Sigmon

EVP
Transwestern

Michael Meers

Executive Vice President
MidCity Development

Michael oversees the acquisition, management, and capitalization of MidCity’s portfolio, which features over 9,000 units of market rate and government assisted multifamily properties primarily located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Michael has been pivotal in the repositioning of several key assets, most significantly the redevelopment of the Brookland Manor Apartments and Brentwood Village Shopping Center into RIA, a 20-acre mixed-income, mixed-use project in the heart of Washington, DC. Among Michael’s philanthropic activities, he presently serves on the Board of the Agnes and Eugene Ford Foundation, where he oversees social impact investments in resident services and community-based organizations that enrich the communities in which MidCity owns assets. Michael holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.

Shelley Murphy

President & CEO
Wesley Housing

Shelley Murphy serves as President and CEO for Wesley Housing. A former senior executive with Verizon Communications, she provides strategic direction and general executive leadership to Wesley Housing’s award-winning affordable housing programs. Since coming to Wesley Housing in 2007, Murphy has overseen a retooling of the organization, including the acquisition and renovation of more than 850 new affordable housing units and the expansion of Resident Services to more than double the number of residents served. Strongly committed to improving the lives of individuals and families in her community, Ms. Murphy is a member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for Fairfax County, the Communities of Faith United for Housing, sits on the Board of the Virginia Housing Coalition, and is the President of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance (NVAHA). She also serves on the Advisory Board for Virginia Community Capital. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies and a master’s in business administration from Willamette University.

Joe LeMense

Managing Director
United Bank

Joseph LeMense is the managing director of community development & nonprofit banking at United Bank, the largest headquartered community bank in Greater Washington. With over 40 years of experience, LeMense guides the Bank’s nonprofit business development and lending initiatives throughout the Bank’s markets in eight states and the District. He focuses on providing personalized financial solutions to mission-based organizations involved in community development, affordable housing, education, social services and trade associations. LeMense joined United Bank in 2004, most recently serving as a senior vice president of commercial banking. In this role, he developed and managed long-term lending relationships, primarily in the nonprofit, biotech and government contracting industries. LeMense’s areas of expertise include tax exempt bond finance, tax increment finance, Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) financing and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) and New Market Tax Credit (“NMTC”) financing. A fifth-generation Washingtonian and fourth-generation graduate of Georgetown University, LeMense is a board member of the Jubilee Housing Advisory Board and a former mayoral appointee to the D.C. Public Charter School Credit Enhancement Fund Committee. He is an active volunteer and advisor with the Georgetown University Alumni Club of Washington, D.C. as well as a guest lecturer at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. A 2015 graduate of Leadership Montgomery, Joe was also a charter member and past president of the Metro Bethesda Rotary Club.

Robert McClennan

Managing Director
ZDS

Robert McClennan is a registered Architect and Managing Director in our Washington, DC. He brings over 25 years of experience in the Architectural field working with multiple scales, styles, and typologies. His range of project experience from design through construction includes retail, mixed-use, master planning, adaptive reuse, educational, luxury residential, and affordable/ special needs housing. Rob has been involved with the design success of numerous projects throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region including Jackson Crossing, Midtown Row, Pennsylvania Ave, and Lightfoot Market. Specifically, he has overseen the design and implementation of urban retail and planning projects which integrates into their context while enhancing the pedestrian experience. He received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the University of Virginia and his Master of Architecture from the University of Maryland. Rob has maintained an active relationship in the academic community teaching multiple courses at the University of Maryland Real Estate Development (MRED) program. He is affiliated with the American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC chapter, currently serves on the DC Preservation League Board of Trustees, and the Lambada Alpha International, George Washington Chapter.

Kevin Schaar

Principal, Multifamily
MRP Realty

Kevin Schaar has 25 years of experience in development and construction and is responsible for pre-development design and construction for MRP Realty. Prior to joining the firm Kevin was Director of Development for Bonaventure and Vice President for JPI in their Mid-Atlantic region. In these roles, he was responsible for the development and construction of multi-family and mixed use space. Kevin has completed over 7,000 multifamily units and over 250,000 square feet of mixed use retail. He earned his degree in Building Construction from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University as well as his MBA from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business.

Tim Doherty

EVP, Head of Investments
Safehold & iStar

Tim Doherty currently serves as Executive Vice President, Head of Investments. In this role, Mr. Doherty leads the investment team of Safehold Inc (NYSE: SAFE), a public REIT focused on the acquisition and creation of ground lease investments across all property types nationwide. Safehold is the first publicly traded company focused solely on ground lease investments and is externally managed by iStar. Mr. Doherty worked at iStar between 2000 and 2008 and recently rejoined iStar in 2013. Prior to becoming the Head of Ground Lease Investments, he focused on structured finance having worked on over 60 transactions totaling more than $5 billion during his tenure at iStar. The transaction structure types included first mortgage, mezzanine, B-notes, preferred equity, DIP financing, participations and corporate finance investments and included all traditional property types (office, retail, hotel and industrial) and non-traditional product types (self-storage, entertainment and land). Prior to his latest tenure at iStar, Mr. Doherty co-founded and operated Shem Creek Capital (“SCC”), a boutique real estate finance fund located in Boston, MA. Prior to joining iStar Financial in 2000, Mr. Doherty was at Archon Group, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, investing on behalf of the Whitehall funds. He received his BS in Finance from Georgetown University.

Marley Dominguez

Managing Director
Sonder

Marley serves as the Managing Director of Real Estate at Sonder. Prior to Sonder, Marley led the acquisitions and asset management for a JV fund led by the Kuwait Pension Fund focused on value add and opportunistic deals throughout the US and Western Europe. He also lead acquisitions for the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi and was a Development Manager for John Laing Homes prior to its merger with Emaar.

Ashleigh Dubost

SVP
CO OP

Ashleigh Dubost is the SVP of Marketing at CO OP, a destination brand company based in New York City. CO OP has created brands for some of the country's most transformative real estate and hospitality developments. Prior to joining CO OP, Ashleigh spent the majority of her career working in real estate marketing at both Bozzuto and Greystar. She's been able to leverage her experience and fulfill her passion of creating smart strategies and meaningful brands for places that make a difference for the people they serve

Alex Moulle-Berteaux

COO
Starry Internet Services

Alex Moulle-Berteaux is the Chief Operating Officer for Starry, Inc., a Boston- and New York-based technology company focused on re-imagining and revolutionizing how consumers connect to the internet by developing an eco-system of products designed to make broadband access simple and affordable. At Starry, Alex is responsible for overseeing the business performance and operations, network deployment and maintenance, product deployment, customer care, sales and marketing. Prior to joining Starry, Alex served as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for Aereo, Inc., the groundbreaking online television platform. As Chief Commercial Officer, Alex oversaw the company’s marketing initiatives, customer care, distribution partnerships and product management, and played a critical role in helping develop Aereo’s overall business and its nationwide expansion efforts. Before joining Aereo, Alex served as Global Head of Marketing and Public Relations for Rockstar Games, the leading development and publishing label of publicly-traded Take Two Interactive, maker of blockbuster video game franchises Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne, Midnight Club and the investigation game LA Noire. At Rockstar Games, he led the game launch efforts for the company, including the record breaking 2008 launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, heralded as the biggest entertainment launch in history. Prior to Rockstar Games, Alex served on the management team of Media Arts Lab/ Chiat Day, Apple’s marketing agency out of Los Angeles and London. While there, he led the day-to-day management of the global marketing campaigns for the Apple account across products including the Mac, iPod and iTunes, Apple TV, and the launch of the iPhone. Prior to joining Media Arts Lab, Alex worked in various New York- based advertising agencies on a wide variety of global brands. Alex was born and raised in Paris, France before he moved to the United States in junior high school. He is a graduate of Boston College and resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and three children.

Michael Patton

Founder & CEO
Fetch

Michael Patton is the Founder & CEO of Fetch. Founded in 2016, Fetch is the first off-site package solution for the multifamily industry. Michael and the Fetch team work to solve last-mile delivery for apartment buildings, accepting all resident packages at off-site warehouses and coordinating scheduled, door-to-door delivery. A native of Nashville, TN, Michael graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BSB in Finance. Prior to Fetch, he held various corporate finance and pricing roles at UnitedHealth Group and Constellation Brands. Michael is also an avid marathon runner, having completed 14 and qualified for Boston.

Jim Butz

CEO
Jefferson Apartment Group (JAG)

Jim has served as President and CEO of Jefferson Apartment Group (JAG) since establishing the company is 2009. Jim is responsible for corporate strategy, including all operations and investment decisions. He leads the Executive and Investment Committees, as well as JAG’s Advisory Board. Jim is an industry veteran with over thirty-two years of experience in real estate development focused on multifamily communities. Prior to forming Jefferson Apartment Group, he was President and Managing Partner at JPI East. Additionally, Jim serves on the Executive Committee of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Leadership Board. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), as well as a variety of local real estate and charitable organizations. A graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BA in Business Administration, Finance and Economics, Jim is married and has three children.

JM Schapiro

CEO
Continental Realty Corporation

JM Schapiro is the third-generation leader of Continental Realty Corporation (CRC), a diversified real estate company co-founded by his grandfather and father. JM has served as Chief Executive Officer of CRC since 2002. Headquartered in Baltimore and founded in 1960, CRC is a full-service commercial real estate investment and management company. The privately-owned firm owns and manages a diversified portfolio of retail shopping centers consisting of more than 3 million square feet of space, as well as apartment home communities featuring more than 8,000 multi-family apartment homes. Positioned throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, the value of the portfolio exceeds $1.5B. JM’s family connection to Baltimore extends back to his great-great-grandparents arrival from Europe in the early 1900s. JM was born in Baltimore and lived in Baltimore City until he was four years old on West Lanvale Street in Bolton Hill. JM graduated from Bucknell University in 1991 and joined CRC before leaving for several years to develop his own skills running the real estate department at Sylvan Learning Systems.Screen Shot 2015-11-03 at 9.43.05 AM JM received a Master’s Degree in Real Estate in 1995 from Johns Hopkins University. He rejoined CRC in 1998 and, after progressing up the ranks, was named President and CEO in 2002. Under JM’s leadership, CRC has more than doubled in size and acquired in excess of $1 billion in real estate. In addition to his role at CRC, JM currently serves as a member of the LifeBridge Health Board, the Board of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, and the Board of The Park School, where he is also an alumnus. He is actively involved with The Associated Jewish Charities (‘The Associated’) where he serves on the Board of Governors and chaired its 2014/2015 Capital Campaign. Through The Associated, JM was named the recipient of the 2008 Julius Rosenberg Award and the 2010 Harry Greenstein Award. He is the Washington/Baltimore Chapter Chair Emeritus for the Young President’s Organization (YPO), the former Network Chair for the YPO Real Estate Industry Network, and was named a 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Real Estate and Construction category. JM lives in Baltimore County with his wife, Mindy, and two sons, Landon and Harrison, where they are active members of the community and committed to philanthropic endeavors in the surrounding region.

Jonathan Morgan

President
Morgan Properties

Jonathan Morgan is a Managing Director and President of Morgan Properties JV Management LLC (http://www.morgan-properties.com/), one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing apartment owners. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Morgan Properties owns and operates an existing multifamily portfolio of over 30,000 apartment units located across country in 10 states throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region. Morgan Properties primarily targets its Core Markets consisting of Suburban New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and the Baltimore-DC Corridor. Over the last two years, Mr. Morgan has spearheaded Morgan Properties’ recent acquisitions of over $850 Million and 7,500 units. Mr. Morgan is seasoned real estate investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in value-enhancement investment opportunities. He is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and closing acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing all transactions consummated by Morgan Properties. He also sources and establishes all of Morgan Properties’ Joint Venture partnership relationships with institutional investors. Mr. Morgan is an alum from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Business School. Mr. Morgan has previously worked at Bear Stearns and Apollo Real Estate Advisors (AREA), where he focused on distressed debt and real estate private equity.

Zach Murphy

Co-Founder
Pender Capital

Zach is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pender Capital. Zach co-founded Pender in 2015 and brings over 16 years of experience in both commercial real estate finance and capital markets expertise. Zach oversees the firm’s Investment and Research program which includes deal sourcing, research, and structuring and is a member of the Investment and Research Committee and the Management Committee. Prior to Pender, Zach served as Managing Director/ Senior Vice President for Liberty SBF, a commercial finance company based in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for establishing Liberty’s Western Regional HQ in Los Angeles and directed West Coast originations and operations. Zach personally originated over $60 million of commercial loans during the first year of operations on the West Coast. In 2008, Zach joined Silver Point Capital, LP in New York, a Goldman Sachs partner fund, where he was responsible for commercial real estate loan originations and insurance-linked securities trading. During his tenure at Silver Point, Zach traded more than $500 million in distressed commercial real estate debt, insurance-linked securities, and assets in the capital markets. From 2004 to 2008, Zach served as Senior Vice President/Division Director of Velocity Commercial Capital where he was the company’s highest grossing originator in e

Michael Cohen

VP
CoStar

Michael Cohen serves as Vice President, Advisory Services with CoStar Group (CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. Founded in 1987, CoStar conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. Our suite of online services enables clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on commercial property values, market conditions and current availabilities. CoStar Group's websites attracted an average of approximately 40 million unique monthly visitors in aggregate in the second quarter of 2018. Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Canada with a staff of over 3,800 worldwide, including the industry's largest professional research organization. With views on markets in the United States, Canada and Europe, CoStar’s Advisory Services supports clients with independent expertise in real estate market analysis, real estate portfolio analysis, capital market conditions, investor communications and the design of actionable real estate investment strategies. Under Mr. Cohen’s leadership, Advisory Services provides a range of bespoke research services to a client list that represents a “Who’s Who” of global real estate market participants including commercial banks, insurance companies, Wall Street firms, government agencies, pension funds, investment advisors, real estate investment trusts, and private investors. Mr. Cohen regularly speaks to industry organizations, is often quoted in the national press, and has appeared on both CNBC and Bloomberg Television. Professional associations include the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA). Prior to joining CoStar Group, Mr. Cohen worked for leading analyst organizations in both the real estate and technology industries. He received his B.A. from SUNY at Buffalo, J.D. from Cornell Law School, and M.B.A. from the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College. Mr. Cohen can be reached by e-mail at mcohen@costargroup.com.