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.

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.

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.

Jonathan Crosier

CTO

Kilroy Realty

As Chief Technology Officer, I lead modernization agendas that integrate data, AI, and cloud capabilities to deliver measurable improvements in operational performance, client experience, and long-term value creation. With over 15 years at the intersection of business and technology, I’m known for aligning IT strategy with enterprise goals, unlocking portfolio intelligence, and delivering results that drive growth, efficiency, and shareholder value. I work closely with executive leadership to ensure technology functions as a strategic enabler—not just a support role.

Michael DiMella

CEO

Charlesgate

Michael is a 20-year multifamily strategist and CEO of CHARLESGATE who brings a rare blend of operator realism and venture-style vision. Michael leads a team at CHARLESGATE known for challenging industry conventions to design and execute innovative approaches to property operations, marketing, and leasing that outperforms the market for partners and clients across their portfolio - while always keeping people-first outcomes at the forefront.

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.

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.

Raja Ghawi

Partner

Era Ventures

Raja Ghawi is a Partner at Era Ventures, a new Proptech-focused venture capital firm that invests in ideas that leverage technology and innovation to reimagine the built environment. Born and raised in Homs, Syria, he is a graduate of Harvard University where he studied bioengineering. Raja started his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company and also spent time with QuantumBlack, McKinsey’s AI/ML arm. Most recently, he was the Investment Director at Suffolk Technologies, the corporate venture arm of Suffolk Construction, where he invested in Contech and Proptech startups and helped them scale through the firm’s network and resources.

Mick Gilbert

Director Of Energy & Sustainability

Fairstead

Yuval Golan

CEO & Co-Founder

Waltz

Yuval Golan is the Founder and CEO of Waltz, a Fintech-Proptech-Wealthtech startup providing foreigners with a simple, remote experience to invest in, purchase, and financially manage U.S. residential real estate. Golan was recently featured in Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, The Washington Post, Inman, and HousingWire, and quoted in and other leading international media outlets with over 2.5 billion impressions globally. In addition to global news coverage, he has received accolades such as The 2024 Inman Best of Proptech, The Miami Israel Collective Community Recognition Award, and The FiNext Leadership Visionary Award. Golan has managed operations generating billions of dollars in revenue across 18 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. His expertise spans M&As, leveraged buyouts, venture capital, and real estate investment, with a portfolio of properties in the U.S., Europe, China, and Israel. He is an experienced executive in business development, consulting, finance, fund-raising, operations and sales (B2C, B2B, B2G, G2G). He was previously the CEO of Unique 1 Asia International, which provided strategic consulting and project management services.

Ali Haidar

SVP, Head Of Real Estate Portfolio Management

GIC

Ali is a seasoned real estate investment professional with 16 years of global experience in portfolio and asset management, investment strategy, designing scalable & resilient data ecosystems, data governance, and artificial intelligence. He currently leads the Portfolio Management team for the Americas at GIC, where he is responsible for performance oversight, portfolio exposure, data analytics, strategic asset planning, and partner and investment return optimization across a multi-billion dollar real estate platform. Ali is widely recognized for resolving complex financial structures, particularly in distressed assets and evolving market environments. His leadership includes reworking leases, executing hold-sell analyses, and driving critical allocation decisions through in-depth performance review and exposure management. He combines strategic acumen with technical strength in data analytics, portfolio modeling, and reporting systems. He is well-versed in data governance and cleansing, and is actively integrating LLM and AI capabilities into real estate workflows to enhance insight and scale. Prior to GIC, Ali was a Senior Director at EY, where he advised Fortune 500 companies and institutional investors on capital markets, acquisitions, divestments, restructuring, valuations, and digital transformation strategy. Ali holds a MS in Real Estate Finance from New York University (NYU).

Dalia Kalgreen

VP

Unified Residential

Dalia Kalgreen is a multifamily leader and passionate advocate for using AI to strengthen the human side of property management. She focuses on transforming mindsets, elevating teams, and teaching organizations how to work with technology in ways that feel practical, empowering, and genuinely usable. In addition to her work with Unified Residential and Direct Path Solutions, Dalia serves the industry as a Region 3 Delegate for the National Apartment Association, the Vice President of Education for the Columbus Apartment Association, and a member of the Columbus Apartment Association’s Board of Trustees. Whether she’s consulting, teaching, or speaking on national stages, her mission remains the same: empower people, elevate leadership, and shape a future where tech and humanity operate in true partnership.

Paul Kurzawa

President

Centennial Real Estate

Paul is a real estate executive with over 25 years of open-air, lifestyle, and enclosed mall real estate experience. Throughout his industry tenure, he has worked for some of the most distinguished global real estate and entertainment companies in the world including The Blackstone Group, Equity Office Properties, DreamWorks Animation, Westfield Corporation, and Caruso. Most recently, Paul served as Chief Operating Officer for CenterCal Properties where he was responsible for the oversight and leadership of the entire operating company and was responsible for the launch of its third-party advisory business. Paul’s most notable accomplishments include launching a $660 million redevelopment and repositioning project for Willis Tower in Chicago, the largest redevelopment project undertaken by The Blackstone Group anywhere in the world and the development of 8500 Burton Way and The Americana at Brand; both mixed-use developments located in Los Angeles. He held leadership roles in the redevelopment of Westfield Century City and Westfield Valley Fair and oversaw the executive management of Westfield’s west coast operations. Paul also pioneered a multimillion-dollar retail development and entertainment business for DreamWorks, launching two first-of-its-kind location-based entertainment concepts specifically developed to embrace and enhance the changing retail environment.

Jackie Lee

CEO

Brandywine Homes USA

Jackie Lee is the CEO of Brandywine Homes USA, a leading property management firm overseeing more than 4,000 single-family rental homes across 13 markets. Under her leadership, Brandywine has evolved from a single-client operation into a high-performing, process-driven organization serving some of the largest institutional investors in the country. With a background spanning maintenance operations, leasing, and property management, Jackie brings hands-on experience and strategic insight to the single-family rental sector. She has led efforts to standardize operating procedures across markets, improve leasing velocity, and streamline maintenance workflows—while also launching resident-facing initiatives like flexible payment plans and limited hardship assistance programs. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Jackie serves on the board of the Georgia Rental Home Council. Her leadership is guided by a clear personal mantra: do the right thing—for residents, employees, and partners alike.

Braden Lyons

VP

Slate Asset Management

Braden joined Slate in 2019. He is responsible for the asset management of Slate Grocery REIT and Slate’s investment strategy focused on essential real estate assets in North America, including managing relationships with joint-venture partners, supervision of third-party property management and leasing professionals, preparation of annual operating budgets, and approval and execution of capital spending and leasing programs. He previously managed investor relations for both of Slate’s publicly-listed REITs. Prior to joining Slate, Braden was on the real estate investment banking team at Scotiabank. He holds an Honors Business Administration degree from the Ivey Business School at Western University.

David Madrid

VP, Innovation & Venture

AvalonBay

David is VP of Innovation and Venture at AvalonBay, where he drives NOI through product incubation, strategic investing, and P&L ownership. He’s built and scaled business lines across real estate tech and global alternatives, with full-cycle experience from concept to execution. A trained architect turned operator, David brings a systems-thinking lens to growth and capital allocation. He chairs the firm’s Innovation Committee and is a frequent speaker on sustainability, strategy, and investing. David holds an M.Arch from Penn and a B.S. in Architecture from UNLV.

Robin Mesirow

Global Innovation

PGIM Real Estate

Robin is a member of the Global Innovation Team at PGIM Real Estate. She is responsible for leading innovation initiatives to enhance operations both internally and at the property level through the use of technology. Robin was involved in establishing an AI strategy for the company which laid the groundwork for expansion of AI applications across the firm. Robin holds a MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from the University of Michigan.

Alexandra Nicoletti

Partner

Camber Creek

Alexandra Nicoletti is a Partner at Camber Creek and supports the firm’s deal flow, diligence, transactions, and portfolio management. Alexandra currently serves on numerous Camber Creek portfolio company boards. Prior to joining Camber Creek, Alexandra worked in real estate private equity; her roles included acquisitions and asset management positions at several leading real estate investing and operating companies globally, including Brookfield Properties, Norges Bank, and Apollo Global Management. She has over a decade of experience structuring complex deals and has closed commercial real estate transactions and managed portfolios totaling over $10 billion in value. Alexandra began her career in real estate investment banking at Goldman Sachs. She received a BS from Duke University.

Roman Pedan

CEO & Founder

Kasa

Roman Pedan is the Chief Executive Officer of Kasa Living, Inc., the leading flexible accommodations brand and manager which he founded in 2016. Roman has over a decade of experience in real estate investing and technology entrepreneurship. He was an early team member at KKR's Real Estate Private Equity group where he worked on hotel transactions totaling $1.2 billion across the U.S. and was involved in every hotel transaction that KKR closed during his tenure. Roman was also an early team member at Juniper Square, a market-leading investment management platform, and was the founder of a startup called book.ly, a profitable, vertical e-commerce website that sold more than $15mm of textbooks. Roman earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Economics with a Real Estate and Finance concentration from The Wharton School, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition to leading Kasa, Roman is an avid skier, traveler, and reader with particular interests in hospitality organizations, history, and leadership.

Ryan Perez

EVP

Capital Square Living

As executive vice president of Capital Square Living, Ryan Perez is responsible for marketing, business solutions, revenue management and learning and development. With a core focus on operational performance and business analytics her role guides Capital Square Living’s digital strategy, customer experience, expense control, rent growth and technology platforms.

Clelia Peters

Managing Partner

Era Ventures

Clelia Warburg Peters is the Managing Partner of Era Ventures, a venture capital firm she founded in 2022 to invest in innovative business models that reimagine the physical world. Previously, Clelia was a Venture Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, supporting the firm's Proptech practice and investments. Prior to Bain Capital Ventures, she was a co-founding Partner at MetaProp, one of the foundational early-stage Proptech venture funds. Clelia was the President of Warburg Realty until its sale to Coldwell Banker in 2021, where she worked alongside her father, CEO Frederick Warburg Peters. She currently lives in her native city of New York with her husband and two children.

Jeremy Poteet

EVP, Technology

JBG Smith

Jeremy Poteet is the EVP of Technology at JBG SMITH where he leads a team of business minded technologists responsible for technology and innovation based transformative initiatives. He has over 20 years in real estate technology across many asset types in the real estate space and is passionate about the adoption of technology and leading others in solving complex process, technology, reporting, and organizational challenges.

Jay Richard-Yu

VP, Tech & Innovation

Jamestown

Jay Richard-Yu, VP of Tech & Innovation at Jamestown, is a visionary leader dedicated to infusing the “wow” factor into Jamestown’s premier mixed-use properties and vibrant communities. With an unrelenting passion for the intersection of creativity, technology, and discovery, Jay champions elevating digital marketing, pioneering proptech solutions, and avant-garde innovation to craft unforgettable experiences that both delight and inspire. Under Jay’s stewardship and with his experience supporting pilots and deployments of emerging and new technologies, Jamestown’s assets remain at the cutting edge of technology in the commercial real estate landscape. His innovative approaches range from immersive LED screens and interactive digital kiosks to dynamic experiential programming, EV and parking operations, and state-of-the-art AV/IT solutions. These initiatives not only enhance the guest experience but also drive NOI and create operating efficiencies for Jamestown’s teams and properties. Jay is a relentless innovator, consistently pushing the boundaries of technology to amplify guest and tenant experiences.

Seth Siegler

Chief Innovation Officer

eXp Realty

Seth is the Chief Innovation Officer at eXp Realty with a past that includes two startup exits and a couple of technology patents. At eXp, he leads innovation initiatives focused on applying AI, automation, and other emerging technologies to help agents work smarter, grow their businesses, and drive operational efficiency. He started in real estate as an agent and broker, but spent most of his career as a startup founder in real estate technology. After multiple acquisitions, exits, and leadership roles, he joined eXp about six years ago to focus on innovation at scale. Seth lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife, 7-year-old son, and a very mischievous goldendoodle.

Ethan Smith

CEO

Graphite

Ethan is Founder and CEO of Graphite, a premium Vertical AI Growth Agency that helps companies like Webflow, Notion, and MasterClass drive sustainable revenue growth via SEO, content, and AEO.

Jameson Valone

AVP, Marketing

Macerich

Jameson Valone, AVP, Marketing, Macerich Jameson leads digital marketing for Macerich, overseeing a multidisciplinary team that manages all web, email, social, SMS, paid media and reputation management platforms. He is also a product leader for Quikspace, a proprietary platform to browse and lease commercial space online. Prior to this, he was head of marketing for BrandBox, a solution enabling direct- to-consumer brands to open physical retail stores. He holds an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and a BA in advertising from Pepperdine.

David Voorhees

Executive Director Of Labs

Keller Williams

David Voorhees serves as the Executive Director of Labs, the innovation hub of Keller Williams (KW). He ensures the voice of the real estate agent remains as the foundation of KW technology and solutions. Voorhees is focused on disrupting the traditional approach to real estate. He trains and consults internationally with 1000s of real estate agents and teams on systems and models, technology and best practices. Voorhees also serves as the owner of a top producing Austin, Texas-based real estate team, Voorhees/Powell Real Estate Group. Since 2015, Voorhees has served as a licensed real estate agent with Keller Williams.

David Walther

CRO

Asset Living

David Walther is responsible for partnerships, strategic initiatives, and M&A for Asset Living. David has worked in finance for over 15 years, gaining experience and expertise in real estate, acquisitions, and financial reporting. Prior to Asset Living, David worked at companies such as KPMG and RSM providing transaction advisory services. At Asset Living, his goals include driving organizational growth through acquisitions and leading initiatives for continuous improvement. ‍ David is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelors and Master of Business Administration from Valparaiso University. When David is not in the office, he enjoys kayaking, reading, and spending time with his wife and two kids.

David Weiden

Founding Partner & Managing Director

Khosla Ventures

David Weiden is a co-founder and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, a $20b venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. David focuses on Internet, enterprise and financial services. Within real estate, David has served on the board of directors of companies including Opendoor and co-manages a residential real estate portfolio. David has been recognized by Fortune and Forbes as one of the top technology investors.