Divya Aathresh

Founder & CEO

MaxHome.Ai

Divya Aathresh is the Founder and CEO of MaxHome.AI, an AI-powered operating system for real estate brokerages. Prior to MaxHome.AI, she built and scaled the real estate business line at Better.com and worked at McKinsey, where she advised companies on operations, process design, and scaling complex, regulated businesses.

Tadros ‘Teddy’ Abdelmalek

Senior Vice President Of Business Development

HH Red Stone

Tadros “Teddy” Abdelmalek is the Senior Vice President of Business Development at HH Red Stone, bringing over 20 years of executive leadership experience in student housing, real estate, and property management. With a proven track record of driving growth and building high-impact partnerships, Teddy plays a key role in advancing HH Red Stone’s strategic vision and national expansion. HH Red Stone is a national student housing and multifamily real estate platform known for aligning operational excellence with ownership interests. Based in Kansas City, Teddy leads the firm’s strategic growth efforts, forging new partnerships and expanding the company’s national management footprint across multiple asset classes, including student housing, multifamily, affordable, and mixed-use communities. In this role, he works closely with institutional investors, developers, ownership groups, and higher education partners to identify opportunities where strong management can create meaningful long- term value. At HH Red Stone, named a Top 10 Student Housing Company for 2025, Teddy is a driving force behind the firm’s continued expansion and operational innovation. He works hand-in-hand with owners and investors to elevate property performance, maximize NOI, and create community-driven environments that resonate with today’s students and residents. His leadership style blends urgency, integrity, transparency, and a deep sense of ownership alignment, earning the trust of stakeholders ranging from campus partners to capital sources. Teddy holds a Master’s degree in Higher Education with a focus on Student Affairs from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, grounding his work in a student-focused approach that informs both operational strategy and community engagement. This background gives him a unique perspective on student housing, where resident experience, campus connection, and asset performance all have to work together. From repositioning challenged assets to launching new developments, Teddy is passionate about delivering results that make a lasting impact, both on the bottom line and in the lives of the residents served. He believes strong property management is not just about systems and reporting, but about people, accountability, and consistently executing the fundamentals that protect and grow asset value. Teddy is married to his wife, Ciera, and together they are raising two young children who keep life moving fast. Their son, Fred, is 3, and their daughter, Elle, is nearly 2. Family is a big part of what grounds him, and time at home with Ciera, Fred, and Elle is where he recharges and keeps perspective, no matter how busy work gets. Interested in connecting or exploring partnership opportunities? Reach out to Teddy at Teddy@HHRedStone.com Teddy’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadrosabdelmalek/ Teddy featured on the Multifamily X Podcast

Victor Aguilar

Director Of Operations

Carbon Thompson Management

Victor Aguilar, CAPS serves as Director of Multifamily Operations for Carbon Thompson Multifamily Management and Thompson Realty Capital, bringing more than 25 years of multifamily housing and real estate management experience. Since joining the companies in 2006, he has overseen the operations of more than 30 newly developed apartment communities totaling over 11,000 units. Prior to joining Carbon Thompson, Victor held leadership positions with two REITs with approximately 35,000 apartment units and 1,500 employees, Victor played a key role in the transition and implementation of company-wide policies and procedures. These early experiences provided a strong foundation in property operations, asset management, and investor relations that continue to influence his leadership approach today. His expertise includes financial management, property performance, due diligence & acquisitions, strategic planning, policy development, team building, sales excellence and operational leadership. Victor holds the Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS) designation through the National Apartment Association and is an active member of several national and regional apartment industry associations. His career is distinguished by a commitment to operational excellence, leadership development, and driving long-term portfolio performance.

Kevin Albert

General Manager & VP Of The Autonomous Solutions Group

JLG Industries

Kevin Albert is General Manager and VP of the Autonomous Solutions Group at JLG Industries, where he leads the development of autonomous equipment for construction. Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Canvas, a construction technology company known for pioneering the use of robotics for trade work and was acquired by JLG. Kevin has more than 20 years of experience developing rugged robotic systems. His work includes fundamental contributions to Boston Dynamics’ seminal BigDog and LS3 programs, as well as founding the robotics research group at Otherlab, where he led autonomy programs in collaboration with DARPA, NASA, the Office of Naval Research, and commercial aerospace partners. Kevin is a graduate of Lehigh University and holds a master’s degree from MIT.

Keats Ali

CTO

Dalfen Industrial

Keats Ali is a technology executive with more than 20 years of experience leading transformation across real estate, energy, and financial services. As Chief Technology Officer at Dalfen Industrial, he is helping reshape the firm’s operating model around data, AI, and automation, embedding technology into how the business evaluates investments, manages operations, and scales. His work centers on a defining opportunity for real estate investment management: turning data and AI into core business capabilities. He partners with executive leadership to connect technology strategy with investment priorities and translate emerging capabilities into practical changes in how teams work and make decisions. Previously, Keats served as CTO at Lincoln Property Company and Head of Emerging Technologies at Hines, where he advanced digital capabilities across commercial real estate and investment management and worked with venture funds to identify promising technology companies. Earlier in his career, Keats spent nearly a decade at Chevron, leading large-scale digital finance transformation through AI, machine learning, and analytics, alongside initiatives across HR, infrastructure, and operations. His experience also includes roles at BMC Software and HSBC, bringing a global, cross-industry perspective to the evolution of real estate.

Lauren Alpeyrie

Co-Founder

Build Order

Lauren Alpeyrie is the Co-Founder of Build Order, a media and research platform decoding the systems behind real estate growth. Previously, she was Vice President, Global Innovation at PGIM Real Estate, where she led strategic initiatives across emerging technology, partnerships, data strategy, and venture investment for the firm’s global debt and equity businesses. Her background spans real estate strategy, management consulting, and technology. Lauren holds a B.E. from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business.

German Aparicio

Program Manager Of Early Innovation And Partner Development

Trimble Ventures

German Aparicio is the Program Manager of Early Innovation and Partner Development at Trimble Ventures, where he leads the Trimble 0-60 for Startups program to accelerate early-stage startup collaboration. A California-licensed architect with degrees from MIT and Cal Poly Pomona, German combines expertise in architectural computation and emerging technology to help founders scale their impact across the built environment.

Tyler Ashby

Partner

GroundBreak Ventures

Tyler Ashby is a Partner at GroundBreak Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on real estate, housing innovation, and construction technologies based in Toronto. Before venture, he spent a decade as a licensed mechanical engineer delivering large infrastructure and energy projects for global construction and engineering firms.

Ibrahim AshShohail

CEO

Aqar

Ibrahim AshShohail, an experienced technology leader with over a decade of experience in technology, drives innovation as the Chairman & CEO of Aqar, the award-winning real estate platform in Saudi Arabia. Aqar empowers property owners, brokers, and seekers with cutting-edge solutions, streamlining the Saudi real estate landscape. Prior to joining Aqar, his record includes executive and technical management, engineering, product management, and extensive experience in various sectors such as financial technologies, e-commerce, collaborative economy, technology platforms, and technical consulting services. He achieved success in his technical founding role at Hala Group, one of the largest financial technology companies in business payments and digital wallets, and in the technical executive management at Hunger Station, the largest food ordering platform in the Kingdom. He also worked at Nimblify to provide consulting services for startups in digital transformation, building internal technical teams, cloud transformation, and software engineering. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from King Saud University, and he has many recognized professional certifications and licenses.

Greg Ashton

Design Director

Gensler

Greg Ashton is a Design Director in Gensler’s Los Angeles office. He has been developing immersive, narrative-driven entertainment and hospitality experiences for nearly three decades in all project phases ranging from master planning and concept design to set design and field art direction. His role at Gensler bridges storytelling, physical experiences, and architectural design with a collaborative approach that works to create compelling experiences that transport and immerse. Before joining Gensler’s immersive experience practice, Greg was Executive Architect at Walt Disney Imagineering on some of their most ambitious and celebrated destinations including Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Pandora — The World of Avatar. Greg is a licensed architect in California.

Eric Augustyn

CEO

BiggerPockets

Kamran Azarbal

VP Strategy

Primepoint

Kamran Azarbal started his career at Turner Construction, the largest general contractor in the United States, before spending a decade at Webcor moving from project engineer to project director on multi-billion-dollar commercial projects. Holding a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of California, Berkeley, he built his career working through every layer of how some of the world's largest construction projects play out, from identifying risk in pre-construction, execution challenges, coordination breakdowns, and final delivery. Kamran joined Primepoint in 2025 as VP of Strategy, bringing operational depth and expertise that encourages ready adoption of Primepoint, and allows the tool to be deployed with ease.

Angel Baltimore

SVP, Information Technology

NAA

Angel Baltimore is the Senior Vice President of Information Technology at the National Apartment Association (NAA), where she leads the organization’s enterprise-wide technology strategy. In this role, she is responsible for aligning information technology operations with NAA’s broader organizational objectives, ensuring a secure, scalable, and member-focused digital infrastructure. She brings extensive experience in digital strategy, enterprise technology, and organizational transformation. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Digital Strategy and E-Commerce at the American Pharmacists Association, where her leadership resulted in the development and execution of a multi‑million‑dollar, three‑year digital transformation strategy. That work modernized digital platforms, strengthened data capabilities, and significantly enhanced the member and customer experience. Earlier in her career, she held senior technology roles at the State Department Federal Credit Union and the American Institute of Architects, building a strong foundation in technology operations, infrastructure, and data-driven decision-making across complex organizations. At NAA, she works closely with executive leadership and senior stakeholders to define the role of information technology across the association. She oversees technology operations, infrastructure, data, and applications management, and leads teams focused on delivering sustainable, audience‑first solutions that support NAA’s members and mission. Her leadership and impact have been recognized industry-wide. She is a recent recipient of Momentive Software’s Bring on Better Leader of the Year award, honoring leaders who drive meaningful change through innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to better outcomes.

Ruchir Baronia

Founder & CEO

AI Frontdesk

Ruchir Baronia is the Founder and CEO of AI Frontdesk, the AI brain powering every stage of the resident journey. It builds a living memory of every prospect and resident, allowing AI agents to communicate and take action across leasing, maintenance, renewals, and collections. Unlike traditional chatbots that simply respond and forget, Frontdesk’s AI agents form memories and proactively reach out on their own. Ruchir has spent more than a decade building in voice AI. His early voice apps reached hundreds of thousands of users and were recognized nationally by congress. Before founding Frontdesk, Ruchir conducted AI research at UC Berkeley's NLP labs, delivered a voice AI TEDx talk on teaching a computer how to rap, and worked as an engineer at Meta. In 2023, he built one of the earliest prototypes of a voice AI - allowing anyone to speak with ChatGPT over a phone call. The prototype went viral and became the foundation for Frontdesk, which now serves thousands of businesses and processes millions of customer interactions each month.

Laura Barr

Americas Retail Leader

CBRE

Laura Barr leads the retail business at CBRE, the largest commercial real estate company in the world, across the Americas, where she is responsible for driving the firm’s retail leasing growth strategy and ensuring exceptional client delivery across its 500+ retail leasing professionals. She focuses on strengthening the company’s retail leasing capabilities, with an emphasis on its technologies, talent and platform resources. She seeks opportunities to elevate retail CRE talent, close the analytics gap between physical and digital retail environments, and foster innovative thinking across the sector. Prior to leading CBRE’s Retail business, Laura built and led a San Francisco-based Retail team with a keen eye on real estate strategies that drew from her passion for urban planning and consumer trends. Laura is an established thought leader and advisor to CBRE’s clients and consistently lead her team to deliver innovative solutions for an extensive list of top tier investors and occupiers. Laura was the inaugural winner of CBRE’s prestigious Darla Longo Award, which recognizes the best and brightest producers in the organization and also was named a 2024 ICSC 40 Under 40 awardee. She has served in numerous leadership positions, including serving on the Board of Trustees for ICSC; sitting on CBRE’s Americas Producer Advisory Board, and co- chairing their Futures Committee, which produced compelling research on the impact of autonomous vehicles. Laura is also involved in many charitable and community organizations, including La Cocina, a highly-regarded incubator for food businesses in the Bay Area, where she served as a six-year board member. She also currently serves on the advisory board of Health Hospitality Partners, an innovative real estate development and operating company focused on healthcare, and on the board of directors for Onsights, an AI-based, computer vision retail intelligence company focused on e-commerce analytics and insights for brick-and-mortar retailers. She actively participates in ULI, ICSC and UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center Policy Advisory Board within the Haas School of Business. Laura earned her master’s degree in city planning and a certificate in real estate design and development from the University of Pennsylvania.

Amy Barricelli

Executive Vice President, Brand & Revenue Acceleration

RR Living

Amy Barricelli is a senior multifamily real estate executive, growth strategist, and nationally recognized speaker with more than 25 years of experience driving revenue, brand transformation, and people-centered performance across the rental housing industry. She currently serves as an Executive Vice President at RR Living, where she leads national branding, marketing strategy, sales enablement, and revenue acceleration across a diverse portfolio spanning multifamily, new development, lease-ups, build-to-rent, and stabilized communities. Amy is known for her ability to bridge strategy and humanity — blending data-driven decision-making, emerging technology, and authentic leadership to elevate both asset performance and resident experience. Her work focuses on transforming leasing and operations from transactional functions into experience- based, trust-driven engines of growth. Throughout her career, she has held senior leadership roles at nationally recognized firms including Korman Communities, Merion Residential, and DLP Capital, where she led portfolio-wide growth initiatives, brand evolution, and operational transformation. A respected industry voice, Amy is a frequent speaker, panelist, and podcast guest. She has spoken at major industry conferences including RETCON, where she presented on the importance of staying human in an AI- driven world, and regularly contributes to conversations on leadership, innovation, culture, and the future of multifamily. Her insights have been featured through platforms such as Multifamily Women® and Humans of Multifamily, where she shares perspectives on adaptive leadership and meaningful growth in a changing market. Beyond the stage, Amy is deeply committed to community impact and inclusive leadership. She serves as Co-Chair of the Central Florida EntrywayTM City Advisory Board, supporting employment pathways for individuals transitioning out of homelessness, and is an active member of the Multifamily Innovation® Council and Chief®, a national network of senior executive women. Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Joseph’s University, a Master of Arts from Villanova University, and completed postgraduate studies at Oxford University. She is known for her authentic voice, strategic clarity, and ability to inspire leaders to build high-performing teams without losing sight of what matters most — people. Amy is also the Founder & Executive Director of HAVEN Home Sanctuary, a nonprofit born from her deep passion for advocating for special-needs & aging dogs often overlooked by traditional systems.

Anne Baum

Chief Operating Officer

Swifty

Anne Baum is Vice President of Marketing at Towne Properties, where she leads strategic initiatives that support business growth and operational performance. With experience spanning marketing, technology, operations, and business strategy, Anne helps organizations build scalable systems, improve processes, and turn ideas into measurable results. Known for being data-obsessed, pragmatic, and forward-thinking, she is also the co-host of The Apartment Department, a podcast that brings together multifamily marketers, operators, and industry partners to share what’s working, what’s changing, and what their peers are doing to move the industry forward.

Gary Beasley

Co-Founder And Executive Chairman

Roofstock

Gary is co-founder and Executive Chairman of Roofstock, an award-winning AI- powered services and software platform for participants in the $5 trillion Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector. Roofstock’s mission is to Reinvent the Rental Housing Ecosystem for the Benefit of all Participants, which includes owners, renters and communities. Founded in 2015, Roofstock has raised over $400 million of venture capital from some of Silicon Valley’s leading investors including Kholsa Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, QED Investors and Softbank Vision Fund 2, achieving a $1.9 billion valuation at its last financing round in early 2022. Today through its Mynd property management arm Roofstock manages 20,000 single- family rental homes on behalf of over 5,000 individual and institutional investors, helps power 1.5 million rental homes for 400,000 landlords with its Stessa asset management software, and has facilitated over $9 billion of single-family rental purchases and sales since inception. Previously Gary was co-CEO of publicly-traded Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (now part of Invitation Homes) and is known as a pioneer in the development of the SFR sector as an institutional asset class. Gary also served as CEO of boutique hotel company Joie de Vivre Hospitality and award-winning solar technology start-up Greenvolts. Between 2001 and 2007 Gary was CFO of ZipRealty, where he led the innovative Internet-based residential brokerage through its IPO before eventually being named its President. Gary also spent six years with KKR-backed KSL Resorts where he was instrumental in acquiring and integrating over $800 MM of resort properties. Earlier in his career, Gary worked for leading real estate industry firms LaSalle Partners (now part of Jones Lang LaSalle) and Security Capital Group. Gary earned a BA in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he serves as a regular guest lecturer. He is also an active angel investor and advisor.

Jessica Beck

CEO & Co-Founder

Alfred | Arqline

Blake Berg

SVP Development & Construction

DC Partners

As the Chief Development Officer at DC Partners, Blake Berg is a seasoned professional with an extensive background in the real estate and construction industry. With a proven track record, he serves as a dynamic leader overseeing all facets of development, design, and construction within the organization. Before joining DC Partners, Blake co-founded DB Partners, a highly successful commercial real estate development and construction management firm boasting a national portfolio of commercial development projects. His experience at DB Partners showcases his strategic prowess and ability to navigate complex projects within the industry. Prior to his entrepreneurial venture at DB Partners, Blake held the position of Director of Construction at WeWork in New York City. This role allowed him to contribute to the dynamic and fast-paced environment of a prominent company in the real estate sector. Earlier in his career, Blake refined his skills in construction management during his tenure at Turner Construction.

Mike Bergelson

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Glencrest Group

Mike has built and led three successful technology businesses focused on using data to personalize and improve end-user experiences. ​ Most recently, he was the co-founder and CEO of Everwise, a technology company focused on creating high value, personalized learning experiences for employees of clients such as Salesforce, Genentech, Twitter, Best Buy and AmEx. He led all aspects of the business with an emphasis on sales, marketing, product vision and fundraising ($26M of venture capital with Series B led by Sequoia Capital). ​ His first venture, Audium, grew into a market leader with its customer interaction technology that, today, helps personalize billions of calls for large enterprises around the globe. After selling Audium to Cisco in 2006, Mike led product for Cisco’s customer contact business unit and, eventually, led strategy for the enterprise collaboration division. ​ He also co-founded adMarketplace, an early advertising-technology provider and was a strategy consultant with First Manhattan Consulting specializing in helping to calculate, drive strategy and operate with customer-level profitability, work that led to the widely adopted discipline of customer-relationship management.

Michael Bergin

Chief R&D Officer

Higharc

Michael co-founded Higharc to bring frontier technology to the world of homebuilding. As Chief R&D Officer, his team creates methods to advance the design, engineering and construction of homes. Prior to Higharc, Michael led the Generative Design Research group at Autodesk Research. There he brought to market AI products to design and engineer high-performance components for the automotive and aerospace industries. Michael holds a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley where he focused on generative design for the customization of single family homes.

Jeffrey Berman

General Partner

Camber Creek

Jeffrey Berman has more than two decades of experience and deeply rooted relationships in the start-up, real estate and venture capital ecosystems. Jeffrey is a General Partner at the world’s first proptech venture capital firm, Camber Creek, where he sources deal flow, leads due diligence, makes investment decisions and serves on the boards of numerous portfolio companies. Prior to Camber Creek, Jeffrey was a Principal at one of the Washington DC area’s largest privately held real estate development and management firms where he was involved with a number of large - scale repositioning projects such as University Town Center & Downtown at the Gardens. Jeffrey is also an active early stage investor backing more than a dozen startups including Side, Flex, Oxygen, Jackpocket, Kindbody and Rappi. He is a graduate of the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Stuart Bern

Managing Director

JLL

Stuart Bern leads JLL's Technology Advisory Services practice across North America, working with Fortune 500 clients and commercial real estate investors on AI readiness, digital transformation, and innovation strategy. JLL is one of the world's largest real estate consultancy firms, operating in 80+ countries with 113,000+ employees. Stuart’s background spans Fortune 500 and NASDAQ 100 corporations, high-growth SaaS companies, and multiple technology exits — with deep experience in P&L leadership, corporate development, and M&A. Today his focus is helping enterprise organizations build the infrastructure to make AI work at scale. Beyond JLL, Stuart serves on nonprofit and private company boards and has worked with numerous founders and CEOs on growth, strategy, and leadership. He was named to the "40 Under 40" list in 2023.

Dom Beveridge

Principal

20for20

Dom Beveridge is a multifamily industry consultant, writer and publisher specializing in technology and its impact on operations. He is a regular industry conference speaker, blogger, podcaster and a frequent contributor to trade publications. In 2018, Dom created 20for20 – the multifamily industry’s leading survey of operations and technology, in its seventh annual edition in 2025. 20for20 now serves a growing client base of rental housing technology suppliers. Prior to founding 20for20, Dom held leadership roles in consulting, technology and B2B technology marketing for more than 25 years, spending the last 12 years in multifamily.

David Beznos

Senior Vice President Of Growth And Strategic Partnerships

PulteGroup

David is PulteGroup’s Senior Vice President - Growth and Strategic Partnerships. In this role, David is responsible for assessing business opportunities and strategies in a number of areas important to Pulte including single-family rental, utilizing land banking and other third-party capital, new market expansion, proptech investments, strategic partnerships and mergers & acquisitions. Immediately prior to joining PulteGroup, David was a Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee at Dune Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment firm with over $4 billion of assets under management. Before joining Dune, he also worked for the American Land Fund and Lehman Brothers. David earned his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar and also earned his B.S. in Economics from Wharton, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Born and raised in Michigan, David lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.

René Bilodeau

Senior Leader

Pacific Urban Investors

Ms. Bilodeau is a senior leader at Pacific Urban Investors with over 25 years of experience in the multifamily industry. As Head of Innovation & Technology, she leads the firm’s strategy for technology and innovation, with a focus on building scalable capabilities that improve operating performance and support the continued growth of the platform. She works across the organization to identify opportunities to modernize how Pacific Urban operates, leading the evaluation, development, and adoption of technology solutions that streamline business processes, improve decision-making, and create greater consistency and efficiency across the portfolio. Her role combines a deep understanding of multifamily operations with a focus on emerging technologies, systems integration, automation, and organizational change. Prior to her current role, Ms. Bilodeau led Pacific Urban’s consumer experience and provided leadership across Operations, Design, and Marketing, including portfolio-wide capital improvement planning, resident experience, and the development of operating and marketing systems.

Ian Bingham

SVP Of Business Development

DMG

Ian Bingham is responsible for the growth and relationship management with our private wealth and institutional clients for our Third-Party property management services. Additionally, Ian focuses on acquisitions of core plus and value add assets. He specializes in assisting clients in achieving their investment goals and has a vast understanding of Primary and Secondary markets throughout North America with a focus on the Midwest and Southeast. Mr. Bingham has over 27 years of industry experience in Market Rate, Affordable, Student Housing and SFR. Prior to joining Daniel Management Group, Mr. Bingham spent several years at RPM Living / CF Real Estate Services as the Senior Vice President of Business Development. Prior to that, Mr. Bingham was an executive with Village Green Holding where he focused on both business development and site operations for 17 years. Ian is a board member of NMHC and the current Vice Chair of the membership committee. Additionally, he is an advisor to Blueprint and a former board member of the Chicagoland Apartment Association.

Reshma Block

Principal & Founder

Compass Consulting

Reshma Block is the founder and principal of Compass Consulting, where she advises institutional single-family rental (SFR) and build-to-rent (BTR) operators and PropTech firms on technology strategy, AI integration, governance modernization, and operating platform design that improve resident experience, operational efficiency, and enterprise value. She previously served as the inaugural Chief Technology Officer of Tricon Residential, a Blackstone portfolio company, where she built the enterprise technology platform supporting more than 60,000 homes and 200,000 residents. Her work helped enable the company’s $570M NYSE IPO, a $1.57B securitization that received a rare 5% Fitch operational uplift tied to technology integration, and the $6B integration of Home Partners of America. Reshma has led digital transformation initiatives for nearly 30 years, beginning at Intel where she helped build global enterprise data center infrastructure and disaster recovery platforms. Throughout her career she has focused on turning technology into an operating asset—launching the SFR industry’s first unified resident app, deploying AI across operations, and developing early machine learning models.

David Blumenfeld

Co-Founder

NextRivet

David brings more than 25 years in business development, sales, and marketing across technology and commercial real estate, working where the digital and physical sides of the industry meet. He is the co-founder of NextRivet, a global proptech consultancy that helps real estate owners and operators put digital technology to work, owning end-to-end delivery from strategy through rollout. Before NextRivet, David led business development at Westfield Labs, the shopping center industry's first proptech division, where he brought new technology into Westfield's malls and airports across the US, UK, and Australia. He ran Labs' strategic partnerships and investments with startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Tom Bohn

CEO

Inman

Ruby Bolaria Shifrin

Chief Investment And Partnership Officer And Managing Director Of The Joist Innovation Fund

Terner Labs

Ruby is Terner Labs’ inaugural Chief Investment and Partnership Officer and Managing Director of the Joist Innovation Fund, bringing nearly 20 years of experience across housing investment, development, policy, and philanthropy. Previously, she served as Vice President and Head of Community at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, overseeing a roughly $60 million annual portfolio and helping launch the Partnership for the Bay’s Future, which raised a $500 million housing investment fund. Prior to CZI she worked in real estate development at JLL and Lennar (later FivePoint) where she helped entitle 800 homes across San Francisco’s Candlestick and Shipyard redevelopment projects and managed underwriting, budgets, permitting, and development teams across a portfolio exceeding $500 million. She also led an in-situ upgrading pilot in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ruby holds a BA from UC Santa Cruz and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA.

Traves Bonwell

CEO

RENU Management

Traves Bonwell is Chief Executive Officer of RENU Management, a vertically integrated residential operator he co-founded in 2009. RENU manages single-family, build-to-rent, and multifamily portfolios for institutional owners across 24 markets in 31 states. Traves started in airline revenue management before moving into housing, where he served as Corporate Director of Acquisitions at CP Morgan as it grew into the seventh-largest private homebuilder in the U.S. He founded RENU as the GSEs turned to third-party managers for post-crisis REO, and the firm was named manager of 25,000+ Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac homes. He is the architect of RENU Analytics, the proprietary underwriting platform behind more than $5 billion in SFR acquisitions.

Matt Boras

Managing Director & Head Of The RADV Fund

RXR

Matt Boras is the Managing Director and Head of RADV at RXR, where he focuses on early-stage technology investments within the real estate and construction industries. Prior to joining RXR in 2018, Matt was a Vice President at Colony Capital, now DigitalBridge, where he was a member of the special situations group focused on private equity investments across multiple sectors. Previously, he was a Vice President at NorthStar Asset Management Group where he focused on real estate acquisitions and credit investments. Before joining NorthStar, worked in the acquisitions group at Five Mile Capital focused on distressed debt and opportunistic real estate investments. Matt holds an AB in International Relations from Brown University and is a Kauffman Fellow.

Steve Boyack

Chief Operating Officer

JVM Realty

Steve Boyack is the Chief Operating Officer of JVM, where he drives the strategy and vision to provide best-in-class multifamily communities throughout the Midwest. As part of his role, Steve is responsible for the performance of JVM's property management platform, as well as overseeing its corporate operational functions including technology and innovation, sales and marketing and asset management. Over the course of his more than thirty-year career, Steve has demonstrated a track record of maximizing asset values by building resilient platforms and high performing teams through his strong leadership, broad experience, and keen insights. As a member of several industry advisory boards and associations, Steve is a recognized subject matter expert and thought leader, with particular focus on integrated property technology. Prior to joining JVM, Steve served as COO and global head of property management for CA Ventures, a parent company of CA Student Living, where he laid the foundation for the firm's European student operating platform (Novel Student), global sustainability initiative, wellness program and innovation department.

John R. Bradford, III

CEO & Founder

PetScreening

John R. Bradford, III, is an experienced entrepreneur and CEO. He is a professional property manager with a demonstrated history of solving business problems for the property management industry and is experienced in both local and state government. He is the founder of two companies, Park Avenue Properties and PetScreening, both of which were started from the ground up. PetScreening has been nationally recognized four years in a row as one of the fastest-growing privately owned companies in the United States. John was elected 2 terms as a town Commissioner and then was elected 4 terms to the NC House of Representatives. He served in leadership as the Freshman Majority Whip and the Senior Chairman of the House Finance Committee. John graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Engineering and he obtained an Executive MBA from the University of Memphis. John is married with 4 children and a Boykin Spaniel, Berkeley. In his spare time, he likes to fish, camp and travel with his family.

Mike Brewer

Co-Founder

Multifamily Media Network

With three decades of experience in multifamily operations, Mike is passionate about fostering productive environments emphasizing data-driven decision-making and streamlined workflows. His expertise spans leadership, customer service, negotiation, marketing and advertising, social media, talent development, coaching, and mentoring. Guided by a commitment to excellence and innovation, Mike consistently delivers top-tier performance and drives profitable business outcomes.

Kelley Brine

President

Rose Valley Capital

Kelley Brine is a transformational real estate executive with more than 25 years of experience leading large-scale asset management, development, and operational platforms across multifamily and student housing portfolios. As President of Rose Valley Management, Kelley oversees a $2 billion, 10,000-unit national multifamily portfolio. She leads enterprise strategy, operational performance, capital deployment, and organizational development across a 200+ person team. Under her leadership, the firm has accelerated growth through owner-operator acquisitions and expanded third-party management partnerships, while driving disciplined execution, NOI expansion, and portfolio optimization. Prior to Rose Valley, Kelley served as Executive Vice President at HH Red Stone Properties, where she directed a 10,000-bed student housing portfolio and led $800 million in acquisitions. She delivered a 98% occupancy rate for five consecutive years while executing complex repositioning strategies and strengthening institutional capital relationships. Earlier in her career, Kelley spent 15 years as Managing Partner of a New York-based residential real estate firm, where she built and led high-performing property management and development teams in one of the nation’s most competitive markets. During this time, she developed a reputation for operational rigor, revenue growth, and hands-on leadership. A passionate advocate for innovation in real estate and women in leadership, Kelley serves on the advisory board of Girls Gotta Run, a nonprofit supporting girls’ secondary education in Ethiopia through athletics and mentorship.

Tom Briney

President And Chief Investment Officer

Origin Credit Advisers

Tom Briney is President and Chief Investment Officer of Origin Credit Advisers, an affiliate of Origin Investments, where he oversees the construction and management of the firm's multifamily credit funds. He joined Origin Investments in 2011 and has more than 19 years of commercial real estate experience, having sourced, structured, and closed over $1.9 billion in multifamily, office, and industrial transactions. Previously, Tom worked at Equity Office Properties and as a commercial credit analyst at JPMorgan Chase.

Cynthia Brosque

Robotics Lead

Hilti Venture

Cynthia is Robotics Lead at Hilti Venture and a lecturer at Stanford University, where she teaches Construction Robotics (CEE 327). She is passionate about advancing the adoption of safe and effective robotics solutions that improve field operations. Prior to joining Hilti, Cynthia led the deployment of autonomous heavy equipment across the United States, Spain, Australia, and Japan. She holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where her research developed a Robot Evaluation Framework based on more than 50 industry case studies, helping general contractors assess the impact of robotics on safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance.

Jonathan Buckelew

Co-Founder

CRE AI Studio

Jonathan Buckelew has spent over a decade in real estate private equity building, scaling, and modernizing multifamily asset management teams — integrating technology and AI into every layer of portfolio strategy and property operations. Beginning his career at DRA Advisors, he has led teams across the NYC and Southeastern markets, developing a conviction as early as 2020 that AI and automation would fundamentally change how assets are managed. That conviction became a movement: Jonathan now shares his approach with more than 16,000 LinkedIn followers and co-founded CRE AI Studio, an educational platform where hundreds of commercial real estate professionals learn to apply AI in their workflows. He brings a rare combination of institutional operating experience and hands-on technical fluency to everything he does.

Zane Burnett

EVP Of Digital Strategy

The Agency

Zane Burnett currently oversees technology, digital strategy, and innovation at The Agency. He has held executive positions at PropTech companies and luxury brokerages. Prior to joining The Agency, Burnett served as VP of Industry Strategy at Rechat. He has been a consultant to a number of brokerages, proptech startups, and other organizations, including ActivePipe and Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. Earlier, he was Vice President of Digital Innovation and Technology at Alain Pinel REALTORS®, one of the nation's largest luxury real estate brokerages in the San Francisco Bay area, which was acquired by Compass. Burnett began his career as Vice President of Marketing & Technology at Fillmore Real Estate, which at the time was New York City's largest independent brokerage firm. He has served as an Advisory Board Member for Rutgers University's Big Data program, and was named in an edition of San Diego Business Journal's ""Top 40 Business Leaders Under 40.""

Alex Cabañas

Executive Chairman

Pyramid Global Hospitality

Alex Cabañas is passionate about leading and growing companies that make a profound difference in the lives of employees, customers, owners, industry partners and the community. Service to others is his clear passion. And Alex’s life mission since college has been to create opportunities for others to be successful and significant. Alex currently serves in several board level roles, Executive Chairman of Pyramid Global Hospitality, the second largest hospitality management company in the U.S., and Board Director at Convene, a global meetings & events, flex office and office hospitality platform. Both companies resulted in mergers Alex helped to orchestrate with a variety of investors. Alex’s focus areas are strategic planning, business development, leadership coaching, leveraging his network for growth and supporting exceptional culture and service. Pyramid Global Hospitality was formed in October 2021, when Benchmark Global Hospitality and Pyramid Hotel Group merged. Alex was previously CEO of Benchmark for 7 years, joining Benchmark originally in 2006. During his tenure with Benchmark, Alex held roles in business development and finance, supporting the growth of the company from just 22 hotels in 2006, to now over 200 hotels as part of Pyramid Global. Convene and Alex’s involvement resulted from the sale of etc.venues to Convene in February of 2023. Benchmark’s ownership partners, prior to merging with Pyramid, invested in etc.venues, supporting the UK based business to grow and expand in the US. Alex served as Board Chair of etc.venues until the sale to Convene and now serves on the Convene Board. Alex is also the Founder & CEO of Astound Ventures, investing in hospitality related products and services that are truly unique, surprising and delightful. Astound has raised influence and collaboration first, connecting over 250 industry professionals for influence and involvement and then investment where desired. Examples of current investments are Outmore Living (heated outdoor furniture), Fox Fold (reinventing toilet and facial tissue), Beachy (mobile enabled point of sale) and Alliance Strategies (end to end visitor worker programs, global workforce solutions). Alex serves on the board of each of these innovative companies. Prior to Alex career in hospitality which began in 2006, he worked for The Boston Consulting Group from 2000 through 2006. While with BGC he worked with clients in a number of different industries including: travel and tourism, government, consumer/retail, telecommunications, e- commerce, financial services, and energy. The projects ranged in variety including: lodging investments, market sizing and segmentation, competitive benchmarking, product development, process management, asset valuation, new business development and growth strategy. Alex earned his MBA at Harvard Business School and holds a BBA and MS in Finance from Texas A&M University. He is an active member of Young President’s Organization (Houston Chapter), a board member for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, and a HalfTime Fellow, a Dallas based career development organization. Last, but certainly most important, Alex is married to his perfectly-made-for-him wife, Heather and they have two energetic and out-going boys, Matthew and Eli.  Alex enjoys his time with family, traveling, exercise, exploring any outdoor activity. He is guided by his five “F’s” – Faith, Family, Fellowship, Fitness, Finances.

John Carlson

CEO

Mark-Taylor Residential

Creating exceptional places to call home is John Carlson’s passion and lifelong commitment. As CEO of Mark-Taylor Residential, he leads the strategic direction, business development, consulting, and operational performance of the firm’s extensive multifamily portfolio, overseeing over 38,000+ apartment units across Arizona and Nevada and managing $11 billion in real estate investments. John’s leadership is built on trust, transparency, market expertise, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. With over two decades at Mark-Taylor, his seasoned experience spans data-driven asset management, macroeconomic strategy, and operational oversight, ensuring long-term success for residents, clients, team members, and business partners. Since joining Mark-Taylor in 2002, John has played an integral role in the company’s growth and evolution. His deep understanding of the industry, combined with a commitment to operational excellence, led to his appointment as President in 2016 and CEO in 2025. He credits the company’s exceptional people, authentic culture, and commitment to innovation as the driving forces behind its continued success. A recognized leader in the industry, John has served on the Arizona Multihousing Association Board since 2010, including as Chairman in 2019, and remains actively involved as Co-Chair of the AMA Developers Committee. He has also participated as a Region 7 delegate for the National Apartment Association and is a member of both the NAA and the NMHC. Licensed as a real estate broker in Arizona and Nevada, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia College. John believes that investing in people is the cornerstone of Mark-Taylor’s success. Whether residents, team members, or business partners, he views everyone as an integral part of the Mark-Taylor family, reinforcing a culture where excellence thrives, innovation is embraced, and community is paramount.

Kyle Carnes

Vice President Of Digital Transformation & Customer Experience

K. Hovnanian Homes

Kyle Carnes is Vice President of Digital Transformation & Customer Experience at K. Hovnanian Homes, where he leads the company's technical teams focused on web, marketing tech, sales, CRM, and AI strategy. Before K. Hovnanian, he co-founded Humming Homes, an AI-enabled home-services marketplace and property manager, and was an early employee at Instacart.

Jimmy Carrion

President And CEO

Lloyd Jones

Jimmy Carrion serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd Jones, where he oversees all functions across the firm’s portfolio. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Jimmy served as Chief Investment Officer and, before that, Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for oversight of the firm’s subsidiaries, with a special focus on Aviva Senior Living. He joined Lloyd Jones in 2020 as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and has played a key role in the company’s strategic growth, investment strategy, and capital markets initiatives.

Jeanne Casey

Head Of Real Asset Ventures

Nuveen

Jeanne Casey is the Global Head of Proptech and Innovation at Nuveen, leading investments and insights in Proptech for the firm. Previously, Jeanne was a Principal at MetaProp, a New York-based venture capital firm. Prior to joining MetaProp, Jeanne was a founding team member and Vice President at Digital Alpha where she worked on the launch, fundraising, and deployment of a $300 million growth equity fund focused on digital infrastructure. She has previous experience with Cisco and Morgan Stanley, and holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA with honors from Johns Hopkins University. Jeanne Casey leads investments and insights in Proptech for Nuveen Real Estate. Jeanne has a background in venture capital, private equity and technology, with prior roles at MetaProp, Cisco and Morgan Stanley. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University.

Wally Charnoff

CEO & Founder

AbodeMine

Wally Charnoff is the CEO of AbodeMine, the foundational data and derivative intelligence platform powering the next generation of PropTech & Lenders. A serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience, he has founded, led, and sold multiple companies across real estate, PropTech, and financial services, including leadership roles at publicly traded firms. His work has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, and The Wall Street Journal.

Hue Chen

CEO & President

Saglo Companies

Hue Chen leads Saglo Companies which owns and operates shopping centers across the Southeast United States. Founded in 1976 and based in Miami, FL, we have experienced 30% average annual growth between 2013 and 2023. We are privately-owned and well capitalized, allowing for continued growth for many years to come.

Lilian Chen

Founder & CEO

Proptimal

Lilian Chen is the Founder and CEO of Proptimal, the trusted financial reasoning layer for commercial real estate. Proptimal enables real estate teams to build institutional-quality financial analysis without writing a single Excel formula while ensuring every analysis is accurate, auditable, and owned by the team. Drawing on her background in both commercial real estate and the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, Lilian is building AI that helps owners, developers, lenders, and investors make faster, more confident investment decisions. Known throughout the industry as "The Proptech Girl," she is a frequent speaker on AI and commercial real estate, with appearances at New York Tech Week, Bisnow, NAIOP, Thesis Driven, and numerous industry podcasts and conferences.

Ross Chesnick

Co-Founder & CEO

Shortlyst

10+ years scaling venture-backed startups across real estate, hospitality, and space that collectively raised over $100M. Senior operator specializing in business development, finance, and operations, with track record of zero-to-one strategy.

Andy Chien

President & Co-founder

Bridge33 Capital

Andy Chien is President and Co-Founder of Bridge33 Capital, a real estate investment firm specializing in open-air retail across the United States. Since its founding in 2012, Bridge33 has acquired more than 17 million square feet across 26 states and currently manages $2.6 billion in assets. Bridge33 is vertically integrated - handling acquisitions, leasing, property management and asset management in-house - placing the firm at the intersection of investment strategy and real estate operations, with direct exposure to the systems and technology required to run a national retail portfolio. Prior to founding Bridge33, Andy worked at Morgan Stanley in London, first originating large-balance commercial real estate loans in the European real estate finance group, and later in the Investment Banking Division, where he advised European banks and the UK government on the restructuring and divestment of real estate portfolios - over $80 billion in M&A and capital markets transactions in total. Andy holds a Doctor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago.

Justin Choi

Sr. Director Of Marketing & Technology

Sequoia

Justin Choi is the Sr. Director of Marketing & Technology for Sequoia, a property management company with approximately 15,000 units across the West Coast. In his 16 years with Sequoia, Justin has held a variety of positions both at the property and corporate level. In his current role as Sr. Director of Marketing & Technology, Justin oversees all aspects of Sequoia’s marketing strategy from branding to lead generation and sales, as well as Sequoia's IT team and technology stack. In addition to these primary responsibilities, Justin assists with Sequoia’s customer experience initiatives, acquisition due diligence, and business development for Sequoia's third-party management division. Justin holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics with a Minor in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis.

Saharsh Chordia

Vice President, Strategy And Analytics

Cortland

Saharsh Chordia leads Cortland’s data and operational strategy teams. As head of strategy and analytics since 2020, he oversees a team of data scientists to drive business transformation by leveraging AI and Machine Learning. Saharsh previously was an analyst at Truist (FKA SunTrust) on the middle market leveraged finance team. He received both his Master's in Analytics and Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Mark Chrisman

Founder

Varro Capital

Mark has spent 25+ years as an investor and operator in commercial and multifamily real estate and as a founder or founding investor in real estate technology companies. Mark focuses on leading ventures and integrating technology with real estate operations and is an expert in scaling Built World technology startups to address real-world operational questions while also driving innovation to industry partners. Mark’s recent activity includes: Founder, Varro Capital (www.varrocap.com) Co-founder, Chairman, Varro Technology (www.varroportal.com), Founder, Stealth DataCo, Founding Investor, Whale (www.gowhale.com), Early-Stage Investor – RevolutionRE, Tour24, GeoKey, Pinata, Jetty Industry Activity – NMHC RETTC Steering Committee, National Apartment Association, Mortgage Bankers Association Education – Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance and Real Estate from The Ohio State University, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Peter Christenson

Director Of Maintenance & Purchasing

Centerspace

Peter Christenson is the Director of Maintenance & Purchasing at Centerspace, where he leads portfolio-wide initiatives to improve efficiency and consistency across 60 properties and nearly 12,000 units throughout the Upper Midwest and Mountain West. Peter’s career path reflects a steady progression of leadership and operations experience—from early roles in the health and wellness field, where he managed budgets and large teams, and his service as a Team Leader and Training NCO in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve supporting training for 100+ Marines, to a hands-on transition into multifamily maintenance and building systems. He advanced through property-level and multi-site roles, including managing maintenance and special projects across approximately 450 units and serving as a Service Supervisor. Today, he combines deep technical expertise in boilers, HVAC, appliances, electrical and plumbing systems, renovations, and construction with strong budget and portfolio management capabilities. Peter holds a B.S. in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse and maintains professional credentials including EPA Universal Technician certification, CPO, and a Special Engineer boiler license.

Tyler Christiansen

CEO And Board Director

Funnel

Tyler Christiansen — CEO and Board Director at Funnel — led the company’s evolution from a niche solution into an industry leader in RentTech. Since joining as Chief Revenue Officer in 2018, Tyler launched the Funnel brand and product in 2019 and became CEO in 2020. Under his leadership, Funnel has grown from 30 employees focused solely on serving NYC brokers, to now over 150 employees supporting more than 1 million apartment units across North America. Tyler is passionate about Funnel’s P.I.N.K. Core Values, its charitable initiative HOME by Funnel Inc, and popularizing “centralization” as a transformative industry strategy. When he’s not reimagining the future of multifamily, Tyler loves exploring the world — or Florida — with his best friend and wife, Kari, and their five children.

Noel Christopher

Managing Director, Strategy & Growth

Genstone

Mollie Claypool

Co-Founder And CEO

AUAR

Mollie Claypool is Co-Founder and CEO of AUAR, the production partner for homebuilders. AUAR's deployable robotic MicroFactories and Physical AI software, MasterBuilder, give builders panel manufacturing on their site, when and where it is needed, with zero CapEx for the builder. AUAR is currently scaling across the US, Canada and Europe toward 1,000 MicroFactories by 2030. An architect turned systems thinker, Mollie has spent 15 years working at the intersection of design, robotics and construction. She believes good housing is the cornerstone of a good society.

Ryan Clayton

Senior Director, Bottomline Real Estate Solutions

Bottomline

Ryan Clayton is a Senior Director of Real Estate Solutions at Bottomline. With over 25 years of experience in financial technology, he assists commercial real estate firms in enhancing cash flow, reducing AP costs, and preventing payment fraud. His expertise includes AP automation, B2B payments, virtual cards, and integrating SaaS and ERP systems, positioning him as a trusted advisor to finance teams facing today's operational challenges. At Bottomline, Ryan partners with CRE owners, operators, and managers to modernize finance operations. From reducing manual invoices and accelerating vendor payments to building fraud- resistant digital workflows, his focus is on delivering measurable results: faster processing, lower costs, and stronger controls. He has helped firms simplify procure-to-pay, improve vendor adoption, and unlock efficiency gains that directly impact NOI. Passionate about the intersection of real estate and technology, Ryan actively engages in industry discussions at ICSC, MRI Ascend, Realcomm, and other forums. He believes technology should empower finance teams to focus on strategy—not paperwork. Outside of work, Ryan is an avid runner who has completed nearly 40 marathons and ultramarathons—a testament to his endurance and commitment to achieving big goals.

Tripp Clemens

Founder & CEO

Scale Immersive

Tripp Clemens is the Founder & CEO of Scale Immersive, a start-up that creates highly realistic experiences for architecture, real estate and construction teams to walk through a building before it’s built using the Apple Vision Pro. His previous company was acquired in 2023, and he serves on several boards for local community organizations in his hometown of Boston.

Jerry Coleman

CEO

Build To Stay

Jerry Coleman is a serial entrepreneur who has spent two decades building and scaling real estate and technology companies that reshape entire industries. As co-founder of Invitation Homes — formed in partnership with Blackstone Group — Jerry helped pioneer the institutional single-family rental category, helping assemble the largest single-family rental portfolio in U.S. history with over $10 billion deployed. He founded Offerpad, one of the earliest and most recognized iBuying platforms, transforming how consumers sell homes. Both Invitation Homes and Offerpad are public companies on the NYSE. Jerry currently serves as CEO of Build To Stay (BTS), a purpose-built luxury short-term rental platform designed for group travelers. With the first $200 million in projects underway, BTS is executing an ambitious national expansion strategy targeting billions in developed assets across premier destination markets. Beyond his own ventures, Jerry is a committed mentor and advisor to entrepreneurs, having worked alongside founders and leadership teams across a range of industries to accelerate growth, navigate inflection points, and build companies of lasting significance. He serves on multiple for-profit and nonprofit boards, where he contributes strategic guidance and operational insight developed through decades of company building at scale. Jerry is a Henry Crown Fellow within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Arizona State University and a J.D. from Brigham Young University.

Courtney Cooper

Partner, Alate & Head Of MyVenture, MyAbode

Alate

Robert Cooper

Cofounder & CEO

Embue

Robert Cooper is co-founder and CEO of Embue, a real estate technology company using AI and data to automatically control multifamily buildings — making them more comfortable for residents and easier to run for the staff who operate them. He has 15 years of experience building technology for the real estate industry. Earlier in his career, he co-founded IDS, a Cornell spinout acquired by Stratus Computer for 24x revenue, where he later led a machine learning product for predictive failure analysis, and worked at Mercury Systems delivering high-performance computing applications for military and medical imaging — harnessing GPU technology well before AI on GPUs became mainstream. Robert holds two patents.

Mike Coscetta

President

Mews

Michael Coscetta joined Mews as President in July 2024, overseeing the company’s global go-to-market efforts. Michael brings extensive growth experience to the business, including from his previous role as Chief Revenue Officer at Paxos, a global blockchain infrastructure company. There, he oversaw sales, partnerships, business development, customer success, operations, international expansion, and trading functions across the business. Michael has also held roles at Compass (NYSE: COMP) where he was responsible for sales, development and growth, scaling annual revenue to $2b and preparing the company for IPO, and Square, now Block (NYSE: SQ), where he helped the company grow from a $3b new IPO to a $50b global business.

Amanda Cox

President & COO

Bellaire Partners

Amanda Cox serves as the President & COO; Co-founder for Bellaire Services Corporation and Bellaire Multifamily Management. Within Bellaire Services Corporation, she leads the team in asset acquisition efforts and monitors performance through the lifecycle of the portfolio. Within Bellaire Multifamily Management, Amanda supports the property operations team, leads value- add initiatives, and spearheads business development efforts. She is passionate about being a solution to underserved Texas syndications and has successfully built the third-party business for the firm directly through referrals who have witnessed and attested to her leadership. Ms. Cox has spent the last 18 years in multifamily property management, and before joining Bellaire Services Corporation, she was overseeing 11k units amongst 8 markets across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as a Regional Vice President of Operations with one of the largest Texas based property management firms. She is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management, of which she served as the President of the Austin Chapter in 2020, and currently holds a seat in the International Governing Council for the organization. She is a mentor to many and is also a strong believer in knowledge growth, thus she is continuously expanding her industry knowledge beyond her B.A.in Business Management from Texas State University by achieving her CAM in 2013, ARM in 2014, and earned her CPM designation in 2016.

Chris Cox

Chief Technology And Digital Officer

Keller Williams

As chief technology and digital officer of Keller Williams (KW), Cox and his team of engineers, digital product leaders, designers, and data scientists craft and deliver exceptional experiences in partnership with agents across the KW ecosystem. Before joining KW, Cox served at Bain & Company as a senior partner within the financial services, digital, technology, and advanced analytics practice. Cox previously served as the chief digital officer at USAA and Regions Bank and as the head of digital strategy at Wells Fargo.

Avi Dan-Goor

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Nevada

Douglas Elliman

Avi is a NAR member based in Las Vegas, known for his exceptional skills and expertise in the luxury real estate market. But what makes Avi stand out from the rest is his identity as a gay luxury NAR member, something that is still relatively uncommon in the industry. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Avi has faced his fair share of challenges and discrimination. But he has never let his sexual orientation hinder his professional growth and success. In fact, he has turned it into a unique selling point, showcasing his ability to cater to the needs of LGBTQ+ clients who may have specific requirements when it comes to buying or selling a home. Avi's journey in the real estate industry began over a decade ago when he started working as a licensed agent in New York City. After gaining experience and building his network, he decided to move to Las Vegas, where he saw immense potential in the luxury real estate market. Today, he is one of the top NAR members in the city, with a clientele that includes high-profile celebrities, executives, and entrepreneurs. Avi's success can be attributed to his strong work ethic, attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to his clients. He goes above and beyond to understand their needs, preferences, and expectations and ensures that every transaction is smooth, seamless, and stress-free. However, being a gay luxury NAR member also gives Avi a unique perspective and insight into the real estate market. He understands the importance of creating a safe and inclusive environment for his clients, especially those who may have faced discrimination or bias in the past. He is also familiar with the LGBTQ+ community's culture, lifestyle, and preferences, which can play a crucial role in finding the perfect home or investment property. Moreover, Avi is actively involved in supporting LGBTQ+ causes and organizations, both within the real estate industry and beyond. He believes in using his platform and influence to make a positive impact and promote equality and diversity. Avi's success as a gay luxury NAR member also inspired others in the industry to be more open and accepting of LGBTQ+ individuals. He has become a role model and mentor for many aspiring real estate professionals who may have previously felt discouraged or excluded from the industry due to their sexual orientation. In conclusion, Avi is a trailblazer and a game-changer in the luxury real estate market. He has proven that being a gay luxury NAR member is not a hindrance but an advantage and that inclusivity and diversity are not just buzzwords but essential components of a successful business. His journey serves as a testament to the power of perseverance, hard work, and embracing one's true identity.

Adrian Danila

Founder

Multifamily X Consulting

Adrian Danila started in multifamily in 2003 as a part-time groundskeeper. Over the next two decades, he built his career through maintenance operations, capital projects, renovations, and executive leadership. He has overseen portfolios of up to 32,000 apartment homes and worked for large institutional operators including Greystar, Balfour Beatty Communities, and Cortland. Adrian is the founder of Multifamily X Consulting, where he helps multifamily owners and operators improve property performance. His work focuses on maintenance operations, execution, capital planning, supplier strategy, and the systems that directly affect onsite teams and residents. He also advises PropTech companies on how to build better products for the multifamily market. His focus is simple: technology has to work for the people who actually use it- operators, maintenance teams, property teams, and residents. Adrian is the founder of the Multifamily Facilities Leadership Council, a national council of executive facilities and maintenance leaders overseeing more than 3 million apartment homes combined. The council brings senior operators together to share what is working in the field, evaluate industry challenges, and push the maintenance conversation beyond theory. Adrian is also the founder of Multifamily X Media, a platform built around real conversations with operators, suppliers, and industry leaders about what is working, what is breaking, and where the industry is going. In addition, Adrian serves as Founder and President of The Trade Path Project, a nonprofit focused on building career pathways into multifamily maintenance and helping address the industry’s skilled labor shortage. Adrian’s work connects field experience, executive leadership, supplier strategy, media, and workforce development with one goal: helping the multifamily industry solve real operational problems.

Sarah Darling

Head Of Marketing

ID Plans

Sarah Darling leads brand strategy and go-to-market for ID Plans, a portfolio intelligence and management suite serving commercial real estate owners, operators, and tenants. A marketing executive with 15+ years of B2B experience, she has built integrated teams and strategies from the ground up at three companies. She is known for taking complex, multi-product businesses and creating innovative brands with clear value that is easy to understand, easy to sell, and easy to fund. Sarah holds an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom and a B.A. in Writing and Publications from Clemson University. She is a Pragmatic Certified Product Master.

John Davis

Assistant Director, Process & Operations

Orsid

Fernando De Leon

CEO

Leon Capital Group

Fernando De Leon is the Founder and CEO of Leon Capital Group, a diversified holding company overseeing twelve independently managed subsidiaries across three divisions: financial services, healthcare, and real estate. Founded as a real estate development company in Texas, Leon has evolved into a multi-industry enterprise with subsidiaries and externally managed companies employing approximately 4,000 people across multiple geographies. In healthcare, Mr. De Leon and his team founded and currently operate Specialty Dental Brands, Frontline Dental Implant Specialists, Advanced Medaesthetic Partners, Physician Directed Partners, Texas Heart Partners, Mattison Avenue, and Turnwell Mental Health. Collectively, these businesses manage over 600 locations and provide healthcare services to approximately 2 million patients annually. Leon Financial operates the firm's investment management business and its various fund offerings, including Bastion Insurance and Patient Capital, a specialty lending platform designed to expand access to critical healthcare financing for all Americans. In real estate, Mr. De Leon has structured investments with an asset value exceeding $15B. Leon Capital's vehicles have developed or invested in approximately 20,000 rental housing units, 25 million square feet of industrial, 15 million square feet of retail and self-storage, healthcare assets, and 10,000 residential land lots. Leon Capital also co-founded, alongside the Perot Companies, a European industrial operating company that has developed over 40 million square feet of industrial assets across the European Union. Mr. De Leon is a co-founder of Crexi, one of the largest digital marketplaces connecting buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants in the commercial real estate sector. Crexi's intelligence platform serves more than three million real estate professionals with real-time transaction data. Mr. De Leon began his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Harvard College, where he was a Hoover Foundation Scholar and a National Coca-Cola Scholar. In 2025, Mr. De Leon received the Horatio Alger Award and was inducted into the organization's membership, a distinction honoring leader who have overcome adversity to achieve success and who are committed to supporting the next generation. The De Leon Family Foundation focuses on alleviating poverty in south Texas and northern Mexico and expanding access to healthcare. Through its De Leon Scholars program, the foundation awards scholarships annually to ten students across Texas who are dedicated to improving their communities.

Nils Decker

Head Of Business Development

Split Pay

Nils leads business development at Split Pay, where he builds the partnerships that put payment timing in front of renters and borrowers. Property management companies, auto lenders, mortgage servicers, and workplace platforms are some of the verticals Nils and his team work with. Split Pay splits rent, mortgage, and car payments into two payments timed to a person's paychecks, with no credit check and automatic reporting to Equifax and Experian.

Steven DeFrancis

Founder & CEO

Cortland

Steven DeFrancis is the founder and CEO of Cortland. He has over 30 years of experience in complex multifamily development and management, specializing in unique development and value-add opportunities. His dedicated efforts took what began as a neighborhood property management company and grew it into an investment, development, and asset management firm with over $20B in assets under management. Since its founding in 2005, Cortland has expanded into an international, vertically integrated multifamily investment and asset management company focused on delivering superior, resident-centric apartment living experiences. Cortland has significant experience in acquiring, developing, renovating, owning, and operating multifamily communities, leveraging the services of its construction, design, and property, asset, and investment management affiliates. Through its hospitality-driven, consumer- focused approach to apartment living, the company seeks to challenge the conventional practices of the apartment industry while working to deliver outsized returns in high-growth metro and suburban areas. Headquartered in Atlanta, Cortland ranks as one of the largest apartment owners and management firms in the country with over 75,000 apartment homes across nearly 230 apartment communities, primarily throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Texas. Internationally, Cortland operates investment and property management services in the UK to support the growing build-to-rent sector in that market. The company employs over 2,400 associates in the US and UK and is a Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM Company (2025). Steven earned his bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from The University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. He is a member of The Buckhead Coalition and serves on the boards of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership. He is also a member of The Real Estate Roundtable, The Urban Land Institute, and the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Nick Deveau

CEO And Co-founder

Grotto AI

As CEO and Co-founder of Grotto AI, Nick has spent thousands of hours working hand in hand with multifamily operators to build AI sales enablement tools that fit seamlessly with leasing workflows. Grotto's goal is to help humans shine in the moments that matter most in the leasing journey, with products including tour coaching and live call guidance. Nick comes to the role with graduate training in AI from Stanford and nearly a decade of experience building AI products for highly regulated, operations-heavy industries with complex user workflows, including insurance, healthcare, and hiring. Most recently, he co-led development of the key technology at EvolutionIQ, which drove the company's $730MM acquisition in 2024.

Ross Diedrich

CEO & Founder

Covered Insurance Solutions

Ross Diedrich is co-founder and CEO of Covered Insurance Solutions; the digital insurance marketplace he started with his brother Chris in 2016 after being frustrated by the insurance purchase process while applying for a mortgage. Covered today, is the only purpose-built insurance platform that embeds directly into your mortgage stack at every stage of the loan lifecycle. Ross is a HousingWire Vanguard award winner and has led Covered to an NPS of 91, nearly triple the industry average.

Justin Dilley

Co-Host & Founder

Multifamily Weekend Update

Justin Dilley is the Co-Founder and Co-Host of Multifamily Weekend Update and serves as Chief Content Officer for Multifamily Media Network. In addition to creating industry-leading content and events, Justin brings nearly 20 years of multifamily experience spanning marketing, sales, proptech, and consulting. His passion for authentic conversations and community-building has helped make MFWU one of the industry's favorite media platforms.

Brandon Dobell

Managing Director

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL)

Brandon Dobell is a Managing Director within BGL’s Services vertical. Brandon, who has more than 20 years of experience in M&A advisory and equity research, covers investment banking activities in Technology & Information Services and Real Estate Services & Technology within the firm’s Services vertical. Prior to joining BGL, Brandon was a Partner and Managing Director at William Blair & Co., where he completed sell-side and buy-side M&A for the firm’s real estate services, tech-enabled services, and education services teams. Previously, Brandon spent nearly 20 years in equity research providing insights on public companies, industry trends, and competitive dynamics to institutional investors across a variety of sectors. He earned his MBA from the University of California and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego.

Alejo Dogliani

CEO

SpicyTool

CEO & Co-Founder of Spicytool. 10+ years of experience in marketing and real estate, now focused on technology for the real estate industry.

Mark Domino

Founder

Spireworks

Mark Domino is a digital innovator working at the intersection of technology and real estate. He is the founder of Spireworks, an app-based platform that lights up iconic New York City buildings—including One World Trade Center, One Bryant Park, One Five One West 42nd Street, Sven LIC, and Halletts Point in Astoria Queens — for cause, brand activations, and civic engagement. Currently the Director of Digital at The Durst Organization, Mark also serves as Chairperson of the Real Estate Board of New York’s Tech Committee, convening industry leaders to address emerging challenges and opportunities in real estate technology and policy. He also serves as a Trustee for Little Red Elizabeth Irwin, a private progressive education K-12 school in New York City.

Kevin Donnelly

Executive Director And Chief Advocacy Officer

Real Estate Technology & Transformation Center (RETTC)

Kevin Donnelly is Executive Director and Chief Advocacy Officer of the Real Estate Technology & Transformation Center (RETTC). Before launching RETTC, Kevin served on NMHC’s Government Affairs team with responsibility for representing the interests of the multifamily industry before Congress and federal agencies focusing on technology, connectivity, risk management and their intersection with housing policy. Kevin was a part of NMHC’s Innovation and Technology team and led its Intelligent Buildings and Connectivity Committee and its Risk Management Working Group. Kevin has spent nearly 20 years in the public policy and technology arenas at leading real estate trade associations and on Capitol Hill. Kevin received his BA from Rutgers University and his Masters in Public Management from Johns Hopkins University.

Dan Doyle

President & COO

The Beach Company

Dan Doyle joined The Beach Company in 2004. Today, as President & Chief Operating Officer, Dan is responsible for the overall operations of The Beach Company and its real estate interests throughout the Southeast. He has over 30 years of real estate industry experience, with the majority spent in the multi-family residential development and management sectors. Dan’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from the University of Michigan. His community involvement includes serving on the Board of the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, Operation Home, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, its Executive Committee and past Chair of its Developer’s Council. Under Dan’s leadership, the company’s footprint has expanded to more than 20 areas in the Southeast to include dynamic emerging cities such as Greenville, SC, Nashville, TN, Richmond, VA, and Huntsville, AL.

Josh Draughn

Senior Vice President Marketing, Customer Experience & Centralized Operations

Hillpointe

Josh entered the property management industry in 2008 as an onsite team member and Marketing Ambassador for Riverstone Residential. Since then, his ability to provide excellent customer service, effective brand management, and innovative marketing tactics have resulted in a successful 18-year-long career in property management marketing. Josh has taken his talents to some of the biggest names in multifamily housing organizations, including Riverstone Residential Group/Greystar, Cortland Partners, Weidner Apartment Homes, and now Hillpointe. At Hillpointe, Josh is responsible for the two internal teams: Marketing and Centralized Operations. Josh has been selected for multiple awards throughout his career, including Marketing Executive of the Year from Multi housing News. He’s been a national speaker at NAA, AIM, Optech, TAA, FAA and others. He attended Winthrop University with a focus in History and Marketing. He has also made several pivots to keep up with the age of digital leasing, including website migrations, Voice and Chatbots, CPMI reporting connected to real-time BI tooling, and cross-integrating technology stacks to track multi-lead attribution while prioritizing reputation and the customer’s experience across the board.

Alexey Dubov

Founder

BuildTech Ventures

Alexey Dubov is the founder of BuildTech Ventures, a syndicate investing in pre-seed and seed companies across the built environment: construction tech, proptech, industrial robotics, energy infrastructure, manufacturing, and decarbonization. Through BuildTech Launchpad, he also runs an accelerator program for early-stage founders in the same space. Before BuildTech, Alexey was Co-Founder and COO of Mighty Buildings, where he helped scale 3D-printed, sustainable home manufacturing from early-stage R&D to commercial deployment. That operating experience—building physical-world products and companies from the ground up—shapes how he evaluates and supports founders today. Alexey also serves as an independent director at Kite Compliance and is the co-founder of Echoes of Future Matter, a platform bridging computational fabrication and lived spatial experience.

Hope Dunleavy

Managing Director

Newmark RF

Hope Dunleavy is a Managing Director at Newmark RF, where she leads the Multifamily and Customer Experience practice. She advises real estate owners and operators on aligning operations and technology to improve performance, strengthen governance, and support scalable growth. With more than 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, Hope brings a comprehensive perspective shaped by leadership roles across operations, accounting, training, and information technology. Her background enables her to connect strategy with execution, guiding organizations through complex initiatives such as operating model design, technology strategy, and system implementations. Known for her practical, results-oriented approach, Hope has built a reputation for helping organizations navigate change and translate business objectives into measurable outcomes. Her expertise spans both business and technology functions, allowing her to effectively bridge stakeholders and drive alignment across teams. Hope is also an active speaker, moderator, and thought leader within the real estate industry. She regularly contributes to conversations on technology transformation, customer experience, and the future of real estate operations, bringing a perspective grounded in hands-on experience and real-world application.

Nick Durham

General Partner

Shadow Ventures

Nick Durham is a General Partner at Shadow Ventures, a $100M AUM firm investing in frontier technology for the built world. Shadow writes pre-seed and seed checks, primarily into hardware, at the intersection of construction, civil infrastructure, utilities, and real estate. The firm is backed by some of the real estate owners, engineering services firms, and construction operators in the country. At Shadow, Nick has backed founders building electric autonomous heavy equipment, robotic microfactories for structural framing, and biological reactors that turn wastewater into drop-in fuel. Before VC, Nick worked as an investment banker for real estate equities and as a homebuilder in his family's construction business in Kentucky, then joined the built world tech media company BuiltWorlds as Director of Communications and Head of Research

Nick Durst

Associate

The Durst Organization & Durst Ventures

Nick Durst is an Associate at The Durst Organization and a member of the fourth generation of family leaders at the company. Founded in 1915, The Durst Organization is the owner, manager, and builder of 16 million square feet of Class A New York City properties including premier office towers and 4,000 rental apartments. Durst is recognized as a world leader in the development of high-performance and environmentally advanced buildings. Nick has spent nearly a decade at the company, currently serving on the Transactions team underwriting and facilitating active management of assets, financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and development deals. Nick also contributes to the management of Durst Ventures, a strategic investment portfolio seeking innovative solutions to building and operating buildings more efficiently and delivering a higher level of service to tenants and residents. Prior to joining his family business, Nick spent three years at GLG assisting private equity and venture capital clients with investment diligence work. Nick holds a BA in Political Science from UNC Chapel Hill and an MS in Real Estate Finance from NYU.

Jeff Dvorett

President

Midwood Investment & Development

Jeff Dvorett is the President of Midwood Investment and Development where he is responsible for overseeing development, marketing, operations, and asset management for the company’s national portfolio. Midwood’s portfolio comprises over 140 residential, retail, and office properties across the United States, including developments like The Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, The Residences at Sportsmen’s Lodge,150 East 78th Street, and 210 South 12th Street. Dvorett, who joined Midwood in 2017 as Executive Vice President of Development, previously served as head of development for Kuafu Properties and senior vice president of Development at Extell Development Company. At Extell, he oversaw the development of over two million square feet of mixed used, residential and hospitality projects including ONE57, which features 94 ultra-luxury residences above a 210-key flagship Park Hyatt Hotel. Jeff received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Science with Departmental Honors from Northwestern University.

Cody Eddings

CEO & Co-Founder

SnapRefund

Cody Eddings is a lifelong entrepreneur and engineer. Born and raised in St. Louis, he graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and has built apps for fortune 500 companies and startups alike. Cody is a 3rd time founder and previously served as Lead Android Engineer at URBN. Cody loves helping insurers and producers automate their payment workflows, driving higher profitability and efficiency across the value chain. In his free time, he loves spending time with his dogs, hiking, and playing strategy games.

Quinn Edwards

Co-Founder

AI for CRE Collective

Quinn Edwards is the Co-Founder of the AI for CRE Collective, a digital-first media company focused on how technology is changing the physical world. The Collective operates one of the leading AI adoption and enablement platforms for commercial real estate, helping professionals learn, utilize, and implement AI within their workflows and businesses. Before founding the Collective, Quinn spent nearly eight years at CBRE in occupier brokerage, advising corporate clients across their global office and industrial portfolios. Quinn is based in Los Angeles.

Mollie Eisler

Vice President

Neuberger Berman

Mollie is the Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment platform at Neuberger Berman. She spearheads efforts within the Almanac portfolio to adopt and implement new technologies, improve internal processes, and drive innovation. Mollie also leads the firm’s portfolio-wide data initiative, chairs the AlmanacAI Committee, and hosts the biennial Almanac Real Estate Technology Summit. She has been involved in the PropTech scene since 2017, and prior to joining Almanac in 2022, Mollie was the Vice President of Ventures at WAM Equity Partners where she made investments in early stage PropTech companies. Before that, she worked as an internal consultant and strategist at IBM. Mollie graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and a minor in Marketing.

Ryan Elazari

Founder & Host

CRE Unplugged

Ryan Elazari is a real estate innovation strategist, speaker, founder and host of CRE Unplugged, a content platform and podcast breaking down industry silos through candid, human-first conversations at the intersection of commercial real estate, technology, and the built world. With 15+ years as a CRE operator, he teaches Real Estate Entrepreneurship at Baruch College and serves on The Built World Innovation Council with Forum Ventures. He is the former President of CREDA NYC Metro.

Heather Elias

Chief Growth Officer

Elm Street

Heather Elias is Chief Growth Officer at Elm Street, where she leads brand, marketing, and growth strategy for the residential real estate technology company. She brings more than 20 years of real estate and proptech experience to the role, beginning her career as a Realtor before moving into leadership across the industry. As CEO of Artisan Consulting, she advised proptech companies entering the real estate space, helping them build go-to-market, recruiting, and brand strategies. She has also held leadership roles at the National Association of REALTORS® and Century 21 Redwood Realty, and most recently led the real estate division at Pearl Certification. Since 2012, Heather has served as a mentor with NAR's REACH program, a leading real estate technology accelerator, working directly with founders building the next generation of proptech companies. That path, from agent to executive, gives Heather a firsthand view of how brand, marketing, and technology intersect for the people actually selling homes.

Katie Elliott

Senior Risk And Fraud Officer

Bottomline

Katie Elliott is the Senior Risk and Fraud Officer for Bottomline and oversees the fraud, compliance, and activations side of Paymode. Prior to Bottomline, Katie spent more than 20 years in the financial sector leading teams across the fraud, risk, BSA/AML/KYC, and audit programs. She managed extensive fraud prevention efforts including systematic surveillance of systems and data to identify and address fraudulent activities and implementing targeted fraud training programs. Katie is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and has her bachelor’s from The George Washington University.

Carol Enoch

Asset Manager

Bridge Partners

Vikas Enti

Co-founder & CEO

Reframe Systems

Vikas is the co-founder and CEO of Reframe Systems, a physical AI company industrializing homebuilding with the goal of building 1 million homes by 2040. Reframe designs and operates robotic microfactories to deliver infill housing with modular components three times faster and at over 20% lower cost than site-built construction. Reframe is operational in Massachusetts and is delivering homes in New England and California. Before founding Reframe, Vikas spent 11 years at Amazon Robotics scaling Amazon's fulfillment network by deploying over 500,000 robots.

Anil Erdem

Managing Director

BGO

Anil Erdem is a Managing Director at BGO, overseeing the firm’s ~$40 billion U.S. Asset Management platform and PropTech investments. He joined BGO in 2020 from Raith Capital Partners, responsible for acquiring and managing value-add investments across all asset classes. Previously, Anil spent five years at Tishman Speyer as a Director, focusing on acquisitions, asset management, and portfolio management in New York and London as part of their Leadership Development Program. He began his career at Boston Consulting Group as a management consultant, advising clients across various industries. Anil holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Bogazici University.

Sandhya Espitia

COO

REBNY

Sandhya Espitia is Chief Operating Officer at the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the city’s premier real estate trade association and the voice of an industry that shapes New York City’s skyline and economic future. Representing 14,000 members across 1,000 firms, REBNY sits at the intersection of data-driven policy, business innovation, and industry growth. REBNY is the driving force in shaping the future of NYC’s built environment. As COO, Sandhya oversees technology, digital strategy, finance, member experience, industry events and awards, proptech initiatives, and a broad portfolio of programs and products serving New York's commercial and residential real estate sectors. Under her leadership, REBNY has undergone digital, financial, and operational transformation, positioning the 130‑year‑old institution for its next era of industry leadership. Sandhya has been named a Bisnow Women Leading Real Estate, a City & State Trailblazer, and an Inman Power Player, recognizing her leadership in one of NYC’s most consequential industries. Prior to REBNY, Sandhya held senior leadership roles at ICSC and Harvard University. What distinguishes Sandhya is her ability to bridge worlds that often operate separately: innovation and tradition. She is inspired by industries that have stood the test of time. Her unique strength lies in helping them transform, proving that legacy and innovation are not competing forces, but powerful partners in shaping the future. Sandhya holds a B.S. from TCU, an M.A. from the School for International Training, and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. She also completed a fellowship in Management and Administration at Harvard University. Beyond her executive role, Sandhya was appointed by the Governor of New York to serve on the New York State Board of Real Estate. She also serves on the advisory board of NYU Stern’s Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, and on the boards of The Gateway School and Project REAP.

Mariana Estrada

Chief Strategy Officer

RPM Living

Mariana Estrada is the Chief Strategy Officer at RPM Living, where she leads technology, strategic planning, ancillary and centralized services. With nearly twenty years in the multifamily industry, she brings deep expertise in scaling operations, improving performance, elevating associate and resident experience, and driving innovation across a national portfolio. Mariana holds a Master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and received her CPM designation in 2015.

Melissa Fagan

Vice President

RET Ventures

Melissa is a Vice President at RET Ventures. In this role, Melissa works closely with numerous portfolio companies on a day-to-day basis and sources and vets potential startups for RET investment. Prior to RET, Melissa worked as an Investment Associate at KSL Capital, where she invested in real estate and private equity companies focused on travel and leisure. Melissa began her career in private equity in Goldman Sachs' Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Melissa holds a B.S.E. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton University. Outside of work, Melissa enjoys hiking, traveling, and watching the Chargers on Sundays.

Paul Favorov

CEO

HelloPackage

As CEO/CTO of HelloPackage, I leverage over 20 years of engineering and leadership in PropTech to lead a tech-driven company delivering a scalable, user-friendly package management solution powered by AI, automation, and a high-touch service layer—focused on solving real-world challenges with profitable, innovative results. HelloPackage provides: 1) 4x the package capacity of locker systems while maintaining sub-20-second pickup times. 2) Leading-edge package and people security powered by AI and computer vision. 3) Complete delivery driver management, including access, training, and monitoring. 4) A remote and onsite service layer that supports residents and keeps leasing teams focused on leasing—not packages. My career began in software engineering, providing me with a strong foundation in building and scaling both technology products and teams that solve critical issues. At HelloPackage, we’re addressing one of the most pressing problems in property management today: package chaos caused by the rise of e-commerce and the poor scalability of traditional solutions. With over 45 million people living in high-density residential areas in the U.S., and with 35% of all e-commerce packages delivered to these properties, the need for efficient package management has never been greater.

Dave Feldman

CEO

Progress Residential

As Chief Executive Officer of Progress Residential, Dave Feldman leads the company's overall strategy, growth, and operations. Since joining Progress in 2014, he has played a pivotal role in building the firm's acquisitions, asset management, and operating platforms, scaling Progress into a leading national operator of single-family rental homes. A seasoned executive with nearly 25 years of experience, he brings deep expertise in real estate investment, technology, and organizational leadership to foster innovation and long-term stakeholder value. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science from USC's Marshall School of Business and is a recognized thought leader on the U.S. housing market.

Rachael Ferrera

Manager, Investments & Ideation

Zachry Construction Corporation

Rachael Ferrera is a dedicated leader with over 17 years of experience at Zachry Construction Corporation, where she currently serves as Manager of Investments & Ideation. She holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and has driven key initiatives in Estimating, ERP implementations, Project Controls, and more - consistently bringing innovation and strategic insight to her work. Rachael also plays an active role in advancing the construction industry through board service and cross-sector collaboration between AEC professionals and technology innovators.

Alex Fiance

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Kairos

Alex is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Kairos. He is a Co-founder and Board Director of Bilt Rewards, Chairman of Rhino + Jetty, and a Board Director at Cera and Alloy. He has been leading Kairos since 2013, building out the K50 program and leading the company from its roots as a student-run organization into its current focus on building and funding companies designed to make life more affordable. He oversees all fund, portfolio, and venture studio operations, including the investment process, team, and governance. Prior to Kairos, Alex worked at Activision helping launch new IP including Call of Duty and Skylanders. Alex graduated from University of Southern California in 2010 and grew up in Los Angeles.

Jes Fields

Chief Commercial Officer

Cinch Home Services

Jes Fields, Chief Commercial Officer at Cinch Home Services, leads end-to-end commercial strategy, driving accelerated B2B revenue growth through channel expansion, strategic partnerships, and market development. She brings more than 20 years of experience scaling high-performing commercial organizations across Fortune-level and privately held companies and has been recognized for her industry leadership as a Top 50 Chief Sales Officer, Top Woman in Real Estate, and Inman Marketing All-Star.

Jeff Flynn

Partner

Citi Ventures

Jeff leads Proptech & Lending and Commerce & Retail investing at Citi Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Citi. Since joining Citi in 2022, he has led >$100mm of investments, including investments in Flex, Kasa, Pylon, Setpoint, Tomo, and Vontive. He is also the founder of Noho Ventures, a former Venture Partner at Fifth Wall, and the former Head of Assurant Ventures. With prior firms, he led investments in Doma, Pacaso, SmartRent, Vacasa, and others. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking, growth equity, and corporate strategy. Jeff received his MBA from Darden (UVA) and his BA from Columbia.

Rebecca Foster

Founding CEO

San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund

Rebecca (she/her) is the founding CEO of the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, a public private partnership that provides powerful new tools to improve the delivery of affordable housing. Previously, Rebecca served as Director of Social Impact Investment under the late Mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee, and before that was a Vice President in Public Sector & Infrastructure investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where she raised capital for local governments, universities, non-profits, and utilities around the country. She received her BA. from Brown University and her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Rebecca was appointed to the Board of Directors of the California Housing Partnership Corporation by Governor Newsom, and also serves on the boards of the San Francisco Friends School and ARTA, a whitewater rafting organization. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and three boys.

Gregory Frank

Founder

EverResi Media

Gregory Frank is the founder of EverResi Media, the only dedicated media platform serving the SFR | BTR industry. He has spent over 30 years at the intersection of strategy, operations, and influence, building teams and driving results across real estate operations, multi-unit franchising, and politics — experience he now applies to building the platform and conversation the SFR | BTR industry has never had. In August 2025, Gregory launched INSIDE SFR | BTR, the industry's first weekly digital media program, serving as co-host and managing editor. In May 2026, in direct response to the historic 21st Century Road to Housing Act, he created and narrated his first documentary, At the Table, acclaimed by the industry for giving elected officials their first opportunity to hear directly from residents of BTR communities. A respected voice in the real estate and franchising community, Gregory keynotes alongside some of the industry's most respected corporate executives. Under his leadership, Gregory and the EverResi Media network are quickly becoming the most established platform in the single-family rental asset class.

Dod Fraser

Co-Founder & CEO

Mainstay

Dod Fraser is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mainstay, the agentic operating system for residential real estate. He launched Mainstay as an independent company in 2024 after spending a decade building Opendoor, ultimately serving as its President. Previously, Dod was a Principal at Sixth Street / TPG, where he led the firm’s U.S. asset investing business, including building a 450-person residential real estate platform and leading more than $20 billion of asset acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he was an investor at Silver Lake and Perry Capital.

Dan French

CEO

Northpoint

Dan French brings more than two decades of leadership experience in real estate operations, investments, and property management to his role as Chief Operating Officer at Northpoint. He oversees all core operational functions, including process optimization, technology integration, team development, and portfolio performance. Dan’s focus is on building a scalable, data-driven operational platform that supports Northpoint’s long-term growth and delivers superior service to clients and residents. Prior to joining Northpoint, Dan played a key role in scaling multifamily and single-family rental platforms across Texas and Florida, contributing to organizations that collectively managed and transacted over $2 billion in assets. His background includes leading cross-functional teams, improving operational efficiency, enhancing resident experience, and supporting strategic capital initiatives.

Tom Furphy

CEO & Managing Director

Consumer Equity Partners

Tom Furphy is CEO and Managing Director of Consumer Equity Partners (CEP), where he works with retailers, technology companies and entrepreneurs to identify, build and scale innovations shaping the future of commerce. CEP offers a retailer-centric innovation and investment platform designed to connect emerging technology with real operating needs across the retail industry. Previously, Tom was Vice President of Consumables and AmazonFresh at Amazon, where he led the company’s Grocery and CPG businesses and led the development and launch of innovations including Subscribe & Save, the AmazonFresh delivery business, and early advertising capabilities. Before Amazon, he was founder and CEO of Notiva, a SaaS company acquired by Oracle, and earlier spent nearly a decade at Wegmans, ultimately serving on its executive team. Tom is also CEO of AI-powered commerce company Replenium, serves on the board of Regency Centers (NASDAQ: REG), and is a Senior Advisor/Luminary with Accenture. Drawing on experience as a retailer, entrepreneur, technology executive, investor and board director, Tom brings an operator’s perspective to how AI and emerging technology are reshaping retail and consumer commerce.

Maximilian Gajdel

Co-Founder

STAN AI

Maximilian (Max) Gajdel is the Co-Founder of STAN AI, North America's largest AI assistant platform for property managers and community association managers, trusted by over 3 million internationally. An industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, Max was a former licensed manager himself. He co-founded STAN AI to transform how managers communicate with and serve their residents through AI-powered communication, workflow, and engagement tools.

Aleks Gampel

Co-Founder & COO

Cuby Technologies, Inc.

Aleksandr has executed over $2B in real estate transactions and held leadership roles in high-growth, venture-backed companies, giving him deep domain expertise at the intersection of real estate, capital markets, and technology with a proven track record of transforming legacy industries.

James Gancos

CEO & Founder

The Guestbook

James Gancos is the CEO and Founder of The Guestbook, a direct-booking conversion, loyalty, and distribution platform serving over 1,000 independent and small group hotels. Named the #1 Loyalty Program for Independent Hotels for six consecutive years (2021–2026) in Hotel Tech Report, The Guestbook platform leverages instant rewards — including cash back, charitable donations, in-stay experiences, and future travel — to drive measurable results for strengthening the hotel's direct channel and building guest loyalty. James brings a rare combination of operating experience and entrepreneurial insight to hospitality technology. He has held General Manager positions at marquee properties including W Los Angeles, W Istanbul, and Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, and served as North America Director of Operations for Starwood, working directly for the divisional president. Earlier in his career he worked for Ernst & Young in its strategy and technology consulting division. A recognized innovator in the industry, James invented Starwood's ""Make a Green Choice"" conservation program — voted the best Six Sigma project in Starwood's history — which expanded across multiple chain hotel Groups saving tens of millions of dollars annually in housekeeping costs while strengthening guest loyalty. James holds a B.S. in Economics, cum laude, from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Nikki Ganier

Senior Regional Manager

Asset Living

Experienced multifamily operations leader with more than a decade of experience in property management, with a strong focus on lease-ups, portfolio performance, and operational strategy. She has extensive experience leading properties through all stages of the asset lifecycle, developing high-performing teams, strengthening client relationships, and driving occupancy and revenue performance. Nicole is known for her hands-on, collaborative leadership style and her ability to navigate complex operational challenges while keeping both people and results at the forefront.

Kim Garfield

Vice President Of Information Technology

UDR, Inc.

Kim Garfield is Vice President of Information Technology at UDR, Inc., responsible for the execution and delivery of UDR's technology initiatives as a strategic business partner to the enterprise. She leads Product Delivery, Software & Quality Engineering, Data & Analytics, Project Management, Change Management, and Technology Support Services. Kim is proud to have played a key role in UDR's platform transformation, including the development of its Resident and Self-Guided Touring Applications, and continues to shape the technology roadmap supporting UDR's innovation and operations strategy. Kim has been with UDR for thirteen years, following eleven years at Archstone.

Dave Garland

Managing Director

Second Century Ventures

Dave Garland invests in technology and entrepreneurs that promise to advance the global real estate industry. As Managing Partner of Second Century Ventures (SCV) - the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors®, he oversees NAR REACH: the world's top real estate technology scale up program. As an industry practitioner, Dave has acquired, owned and managed portfolios of single family residential, commercial and development properties across America. He has provided two decades of strategic advisory and board services to numerous, public and private real estate and financial technology firms. Dave lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Anthemos Georgiades

Co-Founder & Chairman

Zumper

Anthemos Georgiades is the Co-Founder & Chairman of Zumper. Anth co-founded Zumper in 2012 with a mission to make renting a home as easy as booking a hotel, growing the company into one of the largest online rental marketplaces in North America and raising $180 million in venture capital along the way. After leading Zumper as CEO for over a decade, Anth now serves as Chairman, where he continues to guide the company's long-term strategy and vision. He is also deeply engaged in the evolving real estate technology landscape, with a particular focus on AI and its potential to reshape how people search for, market, and experience real estate. Prior to Zumper, Anth worked at the Boston Consulting Group in London and New York and served as an Economic Advisor during the 2010 British election. He holds a First Class BA from Oxford University, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.