High Yield & Distressed Realty Assets Summit 2018 | CRE Finance Council | 7 March 2018 | New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South, New York, 10019, USA

CRE Finance Council and our High Yield & Distressed Realty Assets (HYDRA) Forum are pleased to announce the High Yield & Distressed Realty Assets Summit.

This year's HYDRA Summit will be held on March 7th - 8th and hosted once again at the New York Athletic Club in New York City. This premier day-and-a-half event focuses on opportunities in the distressed debt sector, workout and exit strategies, CMBS and balance sheet lending and more. All topics are presented by leading industry participants.

2018 Speakers

David McCarthy
Director, Industry and Policy, CRE Finance Council

Marty Schuh
Senior Director, Head of Government Relations, CRE Finance Council

Christina Zausner
Senior Director, Head of Industry and Policy Analysis, CRE Finance Council

Donald D. Sheets
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager – Special Situations Debt Group, Clarion Partners, LLC

MODERATORS:

Kevin Donahue
Principal, SGI Consulting, LLC

Debra Morgan
Managing Partner, BlackEagle Real Estate Partners

Robert Brasfield
Managing Director, Non-Performing Asset Management, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC

Meagen Leary
Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Vivian Arias
Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP

Marguerite (Midge) Brogan
Managing Director, Park Praedium LLC

David Harrison
Senior Vice President, PNC Real Estate/Midland Loan Services

PANELISTS:

William J. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer, Trigild

Salman Khan
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Principal, Stabilis Capital

William J. Nolan
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Teresa Zien
Senior Director, Invesco

Melina Cordero
Americas Head of Retail Research, CBRE

Edward Dittmer
CFA, Senior Vice President, Credit Risk Services, Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC

Keith Gollenberg
Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management

James Gosse
Managing Partner, Oakhurst Capital Advisors, LLC

Constantine Korologos
Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Andrea Helm
Vice President, PNC Real Estate/Midland Loan Services

Adam Singer
Managing Director, Rialto Capital Advisors

Job Warshaw
Managing Director, Head of Special Servicing, LNR Partners, LLC

Alan Williams
Senior Vice President, KeyBank Real Estate Capital

Lorna Banister
Attorney, Ballard Spahr LLP

Merrick “Rick” L. Gross
Shareholder, Carlton Fields

Cara M. Houck
Senior Principal, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.

Jenna Unell
Senior Managing Director/General Counsel, C-III Asset Management

Victor Amoo
Loan Officer, Basis Investment Group LLC

Kathy Hutchinson
Vice President, Rialto Capital Management

Ryan Morrell
CMBS Loan Underwriter, Morgan Stanley

Amber Sefert
Managing Director, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC

Jack Fraker
Vice Chairman, Managing Director, CBRE

Jesse Harty
Vice President, Clarion Partners

Brendan McCormick
Managing Director, Axonic Capital LLC

Joel Traut
Director, KKR

Thomas Wise
Managing Director, Asset Management, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC

Kathleen Corton
Principal, Hillcrest Finance LLC

Kevin Cullinan
Vice President, Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies

Erik Gutman
Managing Director, Prime Finance

Patrick Mattson
Director, Real Estate, KKR

2018 Sponsors

LEAD:
• Thompson & Knight

PLATINUM:
• Ballard Saphr LLP

GOLD:
• Juniper Capital Partners LLC

SILVER:
• Carlton Fields
• Citi
• KBRA
• TownHouse Partners

BRONZE:
• Artemis
• Benesch
• Black Eagle
• BRG Commercial Real Estate
• Edge Capital Markets
• FTI Consulting

MEDIA:
• Commercial RealEstate Direct