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Advisory Board

The Weiser Center for Real Estate Advisory Board is a group of accomplished and motivated professionals who are passionate about developing the next generation of real estate leaders. Through their support and guidance, the Advisory Board plays a critically important role in positioning the University of Michigan as a leader in real estate education.

Board Members

Stephan Sakhai, BA ’13
Managing Director, Sovereign Partners
Amy Rose, BA ’89
President & CEO, Rose Associates
Tatiana Melamed, BBA ’14
Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Capital Markets, Vornado Realty Trust
John Boyd, BS & MBA ’84
Executive Vice President & Principal, Signature Associates
Brett Cooper, BA ’09
Principal, Cosmo Real Estate Partners
Lynn Glantz, BA ’00
Head of Investor Relations and Marketing, Castle Lanterra
Jason Kaufman, BBA ’02
Real Estate Developer, Investor & Business Builder, Warner Capital LLC
Shana Weiss, BBA ’08
Vice President, Bloomfield Capital
Andy Farbman, BA ’97
Owner, Farbman Group/NAI Farbman
Mark Parrell, BBA ’88
President & CEO, Equity Residential
Ben Firestone, BA ’04
CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint
Michael Cantor, BA ’10, MUP ’13 & Ph.D. ’14
Director, SPD Sports, Sterling Project Development
Jaime Harris, BBA ’03
Chief Strategy Officer, Harris Point Chicago
Louis Breskman, MBA ’10
President, Z Technologies Corporation
John Griggs, JD ’98
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Presidium Group
Daniel Matz, BGS ’06
Senior Managing Director, Newmark
Jason R. Grossman, MBA ’97
Co-Managing Partner, Broadview Real Estate Partners
Gregg Mayer, BBA ’96
CEO, Bisnow
Jonathan Ratner, BA ’01
Managing Director & Head of Investment Management, Madison Capital
Gregory Nalbandian, BA ’93
Senior Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Simon Ziff
President, Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, LLC
Rick Friedland
Principal, Friedland Properties
Scott Lee, MBA ’83
Partner, Famco Investments
William Stein, BBA ’84
Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group
Leon Walker, BBA ’90
Managing Partner, DL3 Realty
Jordan Sasson, BBA ’08
Founder & CEO, Sequel Companies
Randall Shy, BGS ’93
Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
Jason Jarjosa, BBA ‘ 96 & MBA ’05
Managing Partner, Bloomfield Capital
Perry Pinto, BBA ’92
Chief Investment Officer, Greenlaw Partners
Paola Luptak, BA ’88
Partner, Beztak
Aaron Harris, MBA, ’06 & MS, Environmental Policy, ’06
CEO, Harris Point Chicago
Adam Wolfson, BA ’00
Chief Executive Officer, Wolfson Development Company
Jon Copaken, MBA ’93
Principal, Copaken Brooks
Adam Simon, BA ’06
Managing Director, KKR & Co. Inc.
Sam Beznos, BA ’00
Partner & CEO, Beztak Companies
Jeff T. Blau, BBA ’90
CEO, Related Companies
Sam Schneider, BA ’00
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Imperium Capital
Lauren Leach, BA ’06
Managing Director & Real Estate Strategy Lead, KPMG
Brian Finerty, BBA ’97
Chief Investment Officer at Green Courte Partners
Devin Murphy, MBA ’86
President, Philips Edison & Company
Casey Berman, BA ’07
Founder & Managing Partner, Camber Creek
Scott Stewart, BBA ’85
Managing Partner, Capitol Seniors Housing
David Zussman, BBA ’08
Chief Financial Officer, Related Companies
William Q. O’Connor
CEO, O’Connor Capital Partners
Jeffrey Quicksilver, BA ’83
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Walton Street Capital
David Hirschberg
Managing Director, H.I.G. Capital
Bryan Pritchard, MSE ’00
Co-Founder & CEO, Tricap Investments
Herb Myers, BA ’90
Managing Director, Investcorp
Jordan Davis, BBA ’17
Acquisitions Manager – Affordable & Workforce Housing, Related Urban
Jennifer Bitterman, BBA ’05
Chief Financial Officer, Andover Properties
Noah Shore
Managing Director / Partner and Co-Head of Real Estate Credit, Fortress Investment Group, LLC
Josh Lin, BBA
VP of Information & Strategy, McKinley Companies
Shawn Silverman, BBA '10
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Junior Board Members

Andrew Mosellie, BBA '20
Investments Associate, Meadow Partners
Ben Heller, BBA '20
Associate, H.I.G. Capital
Ben Lindau, BBA 21'
Associate, Northbridge
Brandon, Tajfel, BS '19
Managing Director, Charney Companies
Brett Geffner, '18
Associate, Vanbarton Group LLC
Dahlia Cohen, BBA '20
Associate Vice President - Investments, Remedy Medical Properties
Dror Segal, MBA '16
Co-Managing Partner, Princeton Real Estate Partners
James Landau, '20
Senior Associate, Discovery Land Company
Joshua Klein, BBA '22
Associate, Blackstone
Komal Sankla, BBA '17
Principal, Everview
Langston Sholl, BA '23
Commercial RE Analyst, JP Morgan
Lea Voytovich, BBA '21
Investment Sales Associate, Avison Young
Morgan Bentivegna, BA '18
Development Associate, The Beach Company
Oliver Kornberg, BBA '20
Acquisitions & Development Associate, Highgate
Reid Marks, BA '19
CEO & Co-Founder, Havenly Ventures
Robbie Frankel, BA '21
Financial Analyst, National Land Finance Group
Sam Resnick, BBA '23
Investment Analyst, Safehold Inc.
Samantha Wolf, BBA '21
Associate, Lakeshore Management
Spencer Dziuba, BBA '23
Investment Analyst, The CenterCap Group
Tim Worley, BBA '18
Associate VP, Singerman Real Estate
Tristan Neeb, BBA '18
Investor Relations Associate, Citymark Capital