Diversity In Commercial Real Estate 2023 | Avant-Garde Network | 27 July 2023 | Alfred Lerner Hall - Columbia University, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA

Diversity in Commercial Real Estate™ is focused on commercial real estate, real estate investing, technology, opportunity zones and more! Our annual conference is the place for attendees to do business, network and learn about issues that affect commercial real estate development around the nation. Speakers have backgrounds in development, law, finance, and other nationwide commercial real estate initiatives and policy.

We focus on diversifying the commercial real estate industry from the executive leadership and entrepreneurial perspective. People of color hold less than 1 percent of CRE senior executive positions nationwide.

2023 Speakers

Hope Knight
President, CEO, Commissioner, Empire State Development

MODERATORS:

Michael Martin
J.D/MBA Candidate, Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School

Alison Lane
Architect, Multi-family Studio Lead, AECOM

Naheem J. Harris
Counsel, New York office of Vinson & Elkins LLP

Myron Adoteye
Founder & Principal, Aya Enterprises

Wilhelmena Norman
Vice President, Manager of Community Impact for ACCESS, The Community Preservation

Lionel Lynch
Director of Capital Solutions for JPMorgan Chase Community Development Banking

Izu Emeagwali
Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase

Vernon Beckford
CEO, Diversified Lending Solutions

Jamila Pringle-Fynes
President, NYC Black Women's Political Club

Tywan Anthony
Commercial Property Manager, Kimco Realty Corporation

Daniel Chatters
Financial Representative, Oladipo Wealth Management

Alixandria D. Lane
Project Engineer, Turner Construction

Leonard Allen-Smith
CEO, Allen Smith Equities

Lins Agokeng
MBA Candidate, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Robert Jefferson
Senior Development Director, The NHP

Sonya Rocvil
Principal and Founder, Bedrock Real Estate Investors

PRESENTERS:

Brian Nottage
Managing Director, Senior Vice President, Head of Strategy, JPMorgan Asset Management

Edward Faustin
Co-Founder, Managing Principal Area Probe

Dexter Patterson
Store Development Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company-Southeast Region

Danielle Ash
Partner, Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Terri L. Adler
Managing Partner, Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Adeola Adejobi
Founder & CEO, Diversity in Commercial Real Estate & Avant-Garde Network

PANELISTS:

Rhonda Miles-Crump
Director of Commercial Mortgage Loan Servicing, Genworth

Jamila Houser
Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Agency. PGÍM Real Estate

Gina Nisbeth
Founder, President, 9th & Clinton

Janice Stanton
Executive Managing Director, Operations Support/CM Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield

Leanne Herdegen
Senior Recruiter, Global Growth and Concepts, Starbucks

Yvette Clairjeane
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Manager, Community Preservation Corporation

Emily Hardin
Director, Credit and Underwriting for the Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF) and LISC Fund Management, LLC (LFM)

Lawrence Hammond
Senior Vice President, Director of ACCESS, Community Preservation Corporation

Jessel Amin
Executive Director, Community Development Banking - Intermediaries Lending, JPMorgan Chase

Seth Manoff
Senior Vice President, Structured Lending & Investments, TruFund Financial Services

Maria Vainer
Head of Business, Community Integration, JPMorgan Chase

En Jung Kim
Managing Director, Community Development Tax Credits, JPMorgan Chase

Sharmi Sobhan
Managing Director, Chase Community Development Banking

Chike J. Ohayia
Vice President, Community Development Banking-Intermediaries Lending, JPMorgan Chase

Bakari A. Adams
Managing Director & Head of Starwood Impact Investors, Starwood Capital Group

Malcolm Johnson
Founder & CEO, Langdon Park Capital

Tiara Henderson
Head of Commercial Real Estate Diverse Client Segments & Head of Women's Segment for Corporate and Investment Banking, Wells Fargo

Jerome Nichols
President, Co-Founder, Standard Real Estate Investments

Ola Oyinsan Hixon
Executive Director, Portfolio Manager, PGIM Real Estate

Moriah Thomas Parker
Vice President, Portfolio Management & Investor Relations, FCP

Terron Grant, Jr.
Investment Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Marea Parker
Senior Investment Counsel, Genworth

Jillian Joseph
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Nuveen

Marissa John
Director of Legal Affairs, Seattle Seahawks

Congresswoman Joyce Beatty
U.S. representative, Ohio 3rd Congressional District & Chair, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)

H. Jerome Russell
President, H. J. Russell & Company & Russell New Urban Development, LLC

Adjoa B. Asamoah
Senior Advisor for Racial Equity, Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jason Myles Clark
Executive Vice President, NYS Division of Minority & Women's Business Development, New York State Development Corporation (ESD)

Karim Hutson
President, Founding CEO, Genesis Companies

Edward Poteat
Founder, President, Carthage Advisors

Kirk Goodrich
President, Monadnock Development LLC

Leslie A. Anderson
President, CEO, NJ Redevelopment Authority

Dr. Gina Merrit
Principal, Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures L.L.C.

James Simmons
Managing Partner & CEO, Asland Capital

James E. Daughrity
Principal Broker, Daughrity Real Estate-LA

Marcus N. Daniels
Vice President, NAI Michael

Osei Rubie
Founder, president, National Standard Abstract (NSA)

Vernon Jones
Founder, EquityCoin

Maurice Russell Grey
Co-owner, Esra Holdings LLC

Jerrod Delaine
CEO, Legacy Real Estate Development Alexis McSween, CEO, Bottom Line Construction & Development, LLC (BLCD)

Thomas Campbell
Founding member, Thorobird Companies

Evens Charles
Founder, Managing Principal, Frontier Development & Hospitality Group LLC

John Lancaster
Vice President, Emerging Markets Franchise Development, Choice Hotels International

Dr. Amina Gilyard James
Founder, Managing Partner, Duke Ventures

Kendra Plummer
Founder, Elise Capital

Davonne Reaves
Founder, The Vonne Group

Gabriel Troncoso
Founder and Principal, Dimes Capital Group LLC

Clive Davis
Founder, Park Royal Capital

Alicia Cotton-Doney
Senior Managing Director, Greystone

Rodney Ross
Industrial and Multifamily Specialist, KW Stacey Milam, Senior Vice President, Investments, Marcus & Commercial Millichap

AWARDEES:

Dawanna Williams
Founder, Managing Principal, Dabar Development Partners

Yvonne Nelson
Retired Head of Real Estate, NYC Office of the Comptroller

2023 Sponsors

• J.P. Morgan | Chase
• Goldman Sachs
• PGIM Real Estate
• Real Estate Urban Ventures
• Wells Fargo
• LISC
• CPC
• Cushman and Wakefield
• Greystone
• TruFund Financial Services
• Amazon
• NJRA
• Dantes Partners
• Capital One
• JLL
• CREA
• Marus and Millichap
• NYU | SPS
• National Standard Abstract
• Genworth
• NYC Accelerator
• FCP
• NAI Global
• KeyBank
• Momentus Capital
• TRAC FLO
• Adler and Stachenfeld LLP
• Pittsburgh Region
• Starwood Capital Group
• NEF
• Benchmark Title Agency
• Columbia Business School Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate