Leadership

EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE

CHAIR

Sylvia Gross
PIA Residential

DEPUTY CHAIR

Steve McCarthy
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers

TREASURER

Amy Price
BentallGreenOak

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Mike Hu
Gaw Capital Partners

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Alexia Gottschalch
Aegon Asset Management

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Peter Grey-Wolf
Wealthcap

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Michael Schram
PGGM

CEO

Gunnar Branson
CEO
AFIRE

GENERAL COUNSEL

Paul Meyer
Mayer Brown LLP

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

Bryan Sanchez
Lionstone Investments

DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP

Janice Stanton
Cushman & Wakefield

DIRECTOR OF MEMBER RETENTION

Steve Collins
JLL

DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AND TAX

R. Byron Carlock, Jr.
PwC

PRIOR-YEAR CHAIR (2022)

Karen Horstmann
AFIRE


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alphabetized by company

Alexia Gottschalch 🇳🇱
US Head of Equity and Global Head of Client Strategy
Aegon
2022

Bardo Magel 🇨🇭
Head of Asset Management International
AFIAA Anlagestiftung
2021–2022

Stanley Iezman 🇺🇸
Chairman/CEO
American Realty Advisors
2022–2023

Helena Olin 🇸🇪
Head of Real Estate
AP2 Second Swedish National Pension Fund
2022–2023

Ignacio Diego 🇪🇸
CEO
Avila Real Estate, LLC
2022–2023

Amy Erixon 🇺🇸
Principal, President, Global Investment Management
Avison Young
2022–2023

Steve McCarthy 🇫🇷
Head of North America
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers
2022–2023

Lili Dunn 🇺🇸
Managing Director
Bell Partners
2021–2022

Amy Price 🇨🇦
President
BentallGreenOak
2021–2022

Amer Hammour 🇨🇭
Chairman
Capital Guidance
2022–2023

Driss Oualkadi 🇩🇪
President, Managing Director
Deka Real Estate Services USA
2022–2023

Jane Gavan 🇨🇦
CEO
Dream Asset Management
2021–2022

João Madeira de Andrade 🇵🇹
Board Member
Fidelidade Property Europe
2021–2022

Mike Hu 🇭🇰
Managing Director
Gaw Capital Partners
2022–2023

Chaim Katzman 🇮🇱
Chairman of the Board
Gazit-Group USA
2022–2023

Michael Krupa 🇨🇳
President
Gemdale
2021–2022

Ian Brownlow 🇭🇰
Board Member and Senior Advisor
Gemini Rosemont
2022–2023

Nicholas Garattini 🇮🇹
Head of Indirect Investments
Generali Real Estate
2022-2023

Tracy Stroh 🇸🇬
Senior Vice President
GIC Real Estate, Inc.
2021–2022

Ralf Wessel 🇸🇬
Head of Fund Management and Business Development
GLP PTE Ltd.
2022–2023

Michael Beattie 🇬🇧
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Grosvenor
2021–2022

Glenn Grimaldi 🇬🇧
Executive Vice President
HSBC Bank USA, NA
2022–2023

Catherine Pfieffenberger 🇩🇪
Managing Director, Head of Development and Construction
Jamestown LP
2022–2023

Abdulaziz Al-Marzooq 🇰🇼
CEO
KFH Capital Investment Company KSCC
2022–2023

Barry Green 🇭🇰
Head of US
Lighthouse Real Estate Investments
2022–2023

Eric C. Wurtzebach 🇦🇺
Senior Managing Director, Head of Americas
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc.
2021–2022

Mike McNamara 🇨🇦
Global Head of Real Estate Investments
Manulife
2021–2022

Ichiro Miyoshi 🇯🇵
Assistant to Division COO, Asset Finance Division
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
2022–2023

Michael Campbell 🇦🇪
Head of Global Real Estate
Mubadala Investment Company
2021–2022

Genghis Hadi 🇸🇦
Cofounder and Managing Principal
Nahla Capital
2022–2023

Marwan Isbaih 🇰🇼
General Manager
National Bank of Kuwait
2022–2023

Peter Viehe-Naess 🇯🇵
Portfolio Manager and Director, Real Estate and Infrastructure Investments
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.
2022–2023

Tom McKay 🇯🇵
Executive Vice President and CDO
North America Sekisui House
2021–2022

Randy Giraldo 🇬🇧
Portfolio Manager
Nuveen
2022–2023

Ali O. Alghannam 🇰🇼
CEO
Oqyana Real Estate Company
2022–2023

Michael Schram 🇳🇱
Director, Private Real Estate
PGGM
2021–2022

El Rosenheim 🇮🇱
Founder and CEO
Profimex Ltd.
2022–2023

Byron LaMotte 🇨🇳
Managing Director
Seven Valleys
2022–2023

Maggie Coleman 🇺🇸
Managing Partner
Sera Global
2020–2021

Russel Appel 🇺🇸
Founding Principal
The Praedium Group
2022–2023

Thomas O’Shea 🇨🇭
Managing Director, Head of Portfolio and Client Services
UBS Realty Investors
2022–2023

Kai-yan Lee 🇨🇳
Managing Director
Vanke
2022–2023

Peter Grey-Wolf 🇩🇪
Vice President
Wealthcap Management
2021-2022

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