CRE.Converge 2017 | NAIOP Colorado | 10 October 2017 | Chicago, Illinois, US, Hyatt Regency Chicago 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois, USA, 60601 +1-312-565-1234

The premier industry event connecting developers, owners, investors, brokers and more, consistently attracts approximately 1,400+ attendees from across North America.

2017 Speakers

Matthew Ahrens
Executive Vice President, Acquisitions
Rising Realty Partners

Sean Barbour
Senior Director of Transportation and Logistics
Walgreens

Julie Benezet
Author, Former Amazon.com Executive, Founder and Managing Principal
Business Growth Consulting, LLC

Bill Bennett
Founder
Level Office

Thomas J. Bisacquino
President and CEO
NAIOP

Sheila Byrne
Executive Vice President of Property Management
The Habitat Company LLC

John Cadena
Associate-Houston Texas Chapter| Regional Vice President-South Central Region
Miner Facility Services

A.J. Chivetta, Esq.
CEO
Selequity

Walt Clements, CCIM, CRE, FRICS
President
Clements Realty Advisors

Darrell Coffey
Director, Economic Development
BNSF Railway

Cristina Coronado
Partner
Ballard Spahr

Chad Curry
Managing Director, Center for REALTOR® Technology
National Association of REALTORS

Todd Davis, Esq.
CEO
Hemisphere Development LLC

Dale Dekker, AIA, AICP
Principal / Architect
Dekker/Perich/Sabatini

Daniel Deuter
Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, Institutional Properties
CBRE

Maryellen Dolan, CRE
Director Portfolio and Asset Management, Director Sustainability
National Real Estate Advisors LLC

Mark J. Eppli, Ph.D.
Professor of Finance and Bell Chair in Real Estate
Marquette University

Alex Ford
Director of Federal Affairs
NAIOP

Constance Freedman
Founder and Managing Partner
Moderne Ventures

David Friedman
President
Conor Commercial Real Estate

George Friedman, Ph.D.
Geopolitical Expert, Author and International Affairs Strategist, Founder of Stratfor and Founder and Chairman
Geopolitical Futures

Richard Fry, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Pew Research Center

Gregory Fuller
President and Chief Operating Officer
Granite Properties, Inc.

Jim Grauley
President, Chief Operating Officer and Principal
Columbia Residential

Jon Gray
Global Head of Real Estate and Member of the Board of Directors
Blackstone Group

Eli Green
Partner
Parkside Partner

Ashley Grigsby
Managing Director, Principal Capital Markets
Transwestern

Mara Hauser
CEO and Founder
25N Coworking

Ashley Helfrich
LinkedIn Sales Performance Consultant
LinkedIn

Fred Johanns
Vice President of Sales/Principal
FCL Builders

Kyle Jones
Portfolio Manager
Stiles Corporation

Michio Kaku, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Author and Futurist

Walter Kemmsies
Managing Director, Economist and Chief Strategist
JLL’s U.S. Ports, Airport and Global Infrastructure

Yan Khamish
Managing Director, Commercial Division
Ten-X

Chris Kosonen
Managing Director
JP Morgan

Rod Lawrence
Partner
The JBG Companies

Daniel Letter
Managing Director, Capital Deployment, West Region
Prologis,Inc.

Daniel R. Levitt
Senior Vice President Capital Markets
Ryan Companies US, Inc.

Doug Lodder
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Boingo Wireless

Jordan Lott
President
Lake Washington Partners

Jay Lybik
Vice President, Research Services
Marcus & Millichap

Kevin Matzke
Managing Principal
Clarius Partners, LLC

Kevin McCloughan
Chief Information Officer
Ryan Companies

Barbara Schaefer McDuffie
Managing Director, Business Development
Baker Tilly | NAIOP Northern Virginia

Adam Meek
CEO and Founding Principal
Brownfield Management Associates, LLC

Dirk Mosis III
Executive Managing Director
USAA Real Estate Company

Jason Muhlstein
Technology Consulting Partner
Wipfli LLP

Mike Mullen
Industry Veteran

Jon Napper
CEO
Courtland Development, L.C.

Sara Neff, MBA, LEED AP, WELL AP
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
Kilroy Realty Corporation

Peter O'Brien
Director
Honest Buildings

Jay Parsons
Vice President
RealPage

John Petrovski
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, U.S. Commercial Real Estate
BMO Harris Bank

George Pincus Esq.
Shareholder
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

Clifford Pyron
Chief Commercial Officer
Georgia Ports Authority

Vishu Ramanathan
CEO
Buildout

David Ransburg
Senior Consultant
The Family Business Consulting Group (FBCG)

Jeannie Renne-Malone, LEED AP, BD+C; ENV SP
Vice President, Sustainability
Prologis, Inc.

Nick Romito
CEO and Co-Founder
VTS

Bryan Rosenberg
Director
HFF

Caitlin Russell
Vice President
Russell

Jamie Russo
Executive Director
Global Workspace Association

David Schwebel
Senior Director, Business Development
Swisslog Logistics, Inc.

Gene Seroka
Executive Director
The Port of Los Angeles

Joel Simmons
Executive Managing Director
Newmark Knight Frank

Ricardo Simon
Managing Director/Head of CRE Syndications
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

Seth Singerman
President and Managing Principal
Singerman Real Estate, LLC

Val Srinivas
Research Leader
Deloitte Center for Financial Services

Keith Stauber, SIOR
Managing Director, Industrial Services
JLL

Sandy Stevens
Principal
RPS

Aquiles F. Suarez
Vice President for Government Affairs
NAIOP

Aaron Thielhorn
Managing Director
Trammell Crow Company

Jason Ting
Principal
Ting Realty

Jonathan Tratt
Principal
Tratt Properties, LLC

Cameron Trefry, LEED AP BD+C
Principal
Ware Malcomb

Jeffrey Vaglio, Ph.D., PE, AIA
Vice President - Advanced Technology Studio
Enclos Corp

Randy Waites, CPA
Principal
Avison Young

Steve White, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal
Fentress Architects

2017 Sponsors

Anniversary
• CenterPoint Properties
• Cushman & Wakefield
• FCL Builders
• Prologis, Inc

Premier
• BMO Harris Bank
• Conor Commercial Real Estate
• CRG
• Majestic Realty Co.
• Marcus & Millichap
• USAA Real Estate Company
• Wipfli LLP

Platinum
• Avison Young
• CBRE
• Colliers International
• JLL
• NAI Global
• Newmark Knight Frank
• The Rockefeller Group
• Trammell Crow Company
• Ware Malcomb

University Platinum
• Marquette University Center for Real Estate

Gold
• Altus Group
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Bohler Engineering
• Ductilcrete Technologies
• Serendipity Labs
• Ten-X
• Transwestern
• WeWork
• Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Silver
• Baker Tilly
• BKD, LLP
• BNSF Railway
• Boingo Wireless, Inc.
• Clark Construction Group
• Clarion Partners LLC
• Deloitte LLP
• Duke Realty
• Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services
• Liberty Property Trust
• Miner Facility Services
• National Association of Realtors
• Powers Brown Architecture
• TouchStone
• Tratt Properties, LLC

Exhibitor
• Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
• ARCO Design/Build Midwest
• Capstan Tax Strategies
• Captivate
• Carbon Lighthouse
• CommissionTrac/SharedSpace Atlanta
• David Energy
• Design Be Art
• Designer Sign Systems
• Envoy Net Lease Partners
• Eppstein Uhen Architects
• First Industrial Realty Trust
• Greater Des Moines Partnership
• HUB International
• Investor Management Services
• Kimley-Horn
• MarcSzabo.com
• Menard USA
• National Car Charging
• New Day Underwriting Managers LLC
• Northwest Indiana Forum
• Office Bud-e
• Pasco Economic Development Council
• PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC
• Roofing Southwest
• ROOFLIFTERS USA
• RPS
• SharpLaunch
• Space Technology Inc.
• Stonecrest Partners
• Trileaf Environmental & Property Consultants
• United Renderworks
• VTS
• Walker Consultants
• Wells + Associates
• Wonderful Real Estate
• Xceligent, Inc.
• Yardi Systems
• Zagster