6th Annual Philadelphia State of the Market

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Dean S. Adler is CEO and Co-Founder of Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P., a real estate equity firm with over $7 billion in equity and $17 billion of assets under management. Dean is Head of the Investment Committee, and is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the team. Lubert-Adler invests on behalf of, among others, 30 major university endowments, state pension funds, and major foundations. Prior to Lubert-Adler, Dean graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a J.D. degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was an instructor at the Wharton School between 1981 and 1983. Subsequently, he worked at Ernst & Young, Baker and Hostetler and CMS. Currently, he is an Executive Committee Member and Research Sponsor for the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center of The Wharton School and currently serves on the board of directors of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY). He has been a keynote speaker for national real estate organizations such as the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Dean has served on numerous community boards and has served on the City of Philadelphia's Economic Development Summit.

Matthew Pestronk is co-founder of Post Brothers, a real estate investment, development and management company with singular and unique expertise in urban real estate development. Matthew serves as President of the company, engaged in the sponsorship of Class-A multifamily, mixed-use and retail development projects comprised of over 7,000 units that are operating, under development or disposed plus, over 400,000 sf of commercial space, with a total capitalized cost in excess of $2.5 billion. Matthew shares strategic leadership of the company with his brother, Michael, and is engaged in asset management, financing, and project and capital formation. Matthew has worked in real estate capital transactions for his entire 20+-year career and was previously a real estate financing executive in New York City prior to forming Post Brothers. Matthew is also very active in his community and has board service experience for multiple charitable organizations including the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Beat the Streets Philadelphia, West Nottingham Academy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and is the Immediate past Chair of Jewish Federation Real Estate.

Mr. Korman is Co-CEO of Korman Communities, Inc. The Company is one of the largest owners and managers of multi-family properties in the region with a portfolio of 24 properties, and total market capitalization in excess of $2 Billion. The Company operates throughout major markets in the United States, and is based outside of Philadelphia, PA. The Company was the innovator of short-term furnished apartments in the United States over 50 years ago, and Mr. Korman is a member of the fourth generation to lead this company. The Company operates three brands, including its ARK and AVE properties which feature full service multifamily operations at prime, infill locations. The Company introduced its AKA brand in 2004, an upscale, urban high-rise concept with properties located in New York City, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., Beverly Hills, CA, and London. Mr. Korman has lead the acquisition, development and financing program of all new properties by the Company, including the entrance into new markets such as New York City, Beverly Hills and London. This growth has allowed Korman Communities to establish relationships with some of the largest and most respected financial and lending institutions in the country. Mr. Korman oversees all new business development, including debt and equity relationships, throughout the Company. Mr. Korman serves on the Board of Trustees of The Philadelphia Police Foundation, Germantown Academy and the Duke University Library Advisory Board. He is also a member of the JFRE Executive Committee, President’s Leadership Council at Jefferson, Zell/Laurie Real Estate Center of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Pennsylvania and New York. Mr. Korman received his B.A from Duke University in 1987, and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1992.

As President, Michael Markman oversees acquisitions, leasing, financing and development for BET Investments, a real estate management and development company that owns, manages, develops and leases shopping centers, office buildings and apartment complexes throughout the United States. Mr. Markman was formerly general counsel of a publicly traded New York Stock Exchange real estate investment trust (REIT) with over $500 million in assets where he managed all legal matters. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the Temple University School of Law and is member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He is a Commissioner in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, past chairman Abington Township Planning Commission, a member of the Board of Directors of the John A. Robbins Company and on the Board of Trustees at Ursinus College. Mr. Markman is a frequent speaker on industry topics and serves on the boards of various charitable groups.

John Rilling is an assurance partner in RSM’s Pennsylvania market, and leads the Real Estate industry group in Philadelphia. John has over 25 years of industry experience, which includes real estate, manufacturing, distribution and nonprofits. He has worked with developers of both commercial and multi-family rental projects, including REITs. In addition, he has expertise in historic tax credit transactions, and has provided related forecast, cost certification, financial statement audit, and tax services to developers and investors. John is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee, and has served as a discussion leader for a number of continuing education seminars. John is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration with honors from La Salle University.

David Weinberg serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Equity Commonwealth. Prior to Equity Commonwealth, David worked on real estate investments for Equity Group Investments. Prior to joining Equity Group Investments, he was responsible for investments in the multifamily and office sectors at Helix Funds LLC, a private real estate investment company, and oversaw dispositions for American Residential Communities LLC, a Helix Funds portfolio company. David also served as Vice President of Investments and Asset Management at Equity Office Properties Trust where he oversaw a 16 million square foot office portfolio in Southern California. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President of acquisitions at LaSalle Investment Management and an attorney at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP. David received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and graduated with highest honors with a B.S. from the University of Illinois.

Jeff DeVuono is the Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director of Brandywine Realty Trust’s Pennsylvania Division. Mr. DeVuono joined Brandywine Realty Trust in January of 1997. Prior to Brandywine Realty Trust, Mr. DeVuono worked for LCOR, Inc., a private development company that had a previous association with Brandywine, where he held a variety of positions, all of which related to asset management. Before joining LCOR, Mr. DeVuono was a sales and leasing representative for Cushman & Wakefield of Philadelphia. Mr. DeVuono currently serves on the Board, and is a former Chairman, of the King of Prussia District and is a Board Member of the Center City District (CCD). He is also a member of CoreNet, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the Sunday Breakfast Club, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center. He is a Trustee and Master Planning Committee Member of The Westtown School and is a Master Planning Committee Member of Waynesborough Country Club. Past Boards include the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, University City District, Bartram’s Garden, and The Center for Emerging Visual Artists.

Mr. Rodio is a Senior Managing Director and co-head of the Philadelphia office alongside senior managing director Mark Thomson, who has served as an office head since the opening of the Philadelphia office in December 2013. Additionally, Mr. Rodio focuses on office investment sales in Greater Philadelphia and throughout the northeastern United States. During the course of his more than 13-year commercial real estate career, Mr. Rodio has been involved in more than 200 investment sale and financing assignments covering a wide range of office, industrial, retail and multi-housing totaling more than $6 billion in volume and 30 million square feet. Mr. Rodio joined HFF in July 2016. He was previously with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) where he was a managing director and co-head of the Philadelphia Capital Markets Group. Priorto joining JLL in 2010, Mr. Rodio held senior office investment sales positions at CBRE and Marcus & Millichap where he was consistently a top producer. He was elected to the National Board of Directors for NAIOP in 2014 and is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Rodio has served as a guest lecturer at the Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate at Villanova University and attended Penn State University where he was a member of the varsity baseball team.

Lisa heads the Construction Group in the WeiserMazars Real Estate Practice, serving general construction, construction management and specialty contractor clients. She has over 15 years of experience delivering expert accounting and auditing services, including tax preparation and planning, business consulting, forecasts and projections, capital and debt financing, and mergers and acquisitions support. Her other clients come from a variety of industries, with a focus on the real estate and transportation sectors. Lisa has extensive experience with audits of employee benefit plans (particularly in relation to the construction industry), including preparation and review of Form 5500 and required schedules, representations of IRS and Department of Labor examinations, and consulting on plan administration and design. Lisa holds a BA degree in Accounting from Holy Family University. She is currently a member of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.