REITWeek: Law, Accounting & Finance Conference 2023 | Nareit | 21 March 2023 | JW Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, 5350 E Marriott Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA

REITwise brings together legal, accounting, tax, and finance professionals in the REIT and publicly traded real estate industry to network and learn about the latest technical and operational issues impacting REITs.

At REITwise, you will learn how to:
1. Assess the impact of higher interest rates and slower economic growth on commercial real estate and capital markets activity.
2. Understand the latest FASB & SEC developments affecting the REIT industry, including the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rule
3. Implement the partnership audit rules
4. Navigate activist investors in the context of M&A
5. Budget and work within tax consolidation of entities
6. Learn to implement enterprise-wide climate change reporting protocols
7. Implement sustainable tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act
8. Create, implement, and measure social responsibility and DEI policies
9. Understand the tax, infrastructure, diversity and inclusion, and pandemic insurance proposals and legislation affecting the commercial real estate and REIT industry

2023 Speakers

Sabrina Allen
Senior Director, People & Culture, Grant Thornton

Kimberly Arndt
Director, PwC

Adjoa Asamoah
Co-creator of the CROWN Coalition and lifelong champion of racial equity

Holly Baglieri
VP, Tax & Compliance, Paramount Group, Inc.

Jeremy Banoff
Vice Chairman, Ferguson Partners

Cathy Barre
EVP & General Counsel, Nareit

Kristin Bauer
Partner, Deloitte

Paul Begala
Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

Dara Bernstein
SVP & Tax Counsel, Nareit

Benjamin Breslau
Chief Research Officer, JLL

Michelle Bushore
EVP, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary, Realty Income

Christina Chiu
EVP, COO & CFO, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.

Luis Corona
VP, Tax, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

Christy David
EVP, COO, GC & Secretary, InvenTrust Properties Corp.

William DeKlerk
VP, Tax, Essex Property Trust, Inc.

Courtney Denk
VP, Tax, Park Hotels & Resorts

Eric Diamond
Partner, Audit and Assurance, EisnerAmper LLC

Christopher Drula
SVP, Financial Standards, Nareit

Gavin Duckworth
Managing Director, Hedging & Capital Markets, Chatham Financial

Tony Edwards
Sr. EVP, Nareit

James Elton
Director, Tax, Deloitte Tax, LLP

Scott Fenster
EVP & General Counsel, Equity Residential

Adam Feuerstein
Principal, PwC

Taryn Fielder
EVP, GC & Secretary, Veris

Samantha Gallagher
EVP & General Counsel Co-Chair, VICI Properties, Inc.

Michael Garst
SVP, Tax, Welltower Inc.

John Gottfried
EVP, CFO, Acadia Realty Trust

Matthew Hargrove
President & CEO, California Business Properties Association

Andrea Hoffenson
Branch Chief, IRS Chief Counsel, FIP Branch 2, Internal Revenue Service

Clay Holder
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, MAA

Betty Huber
Global Co-Chair, ESG Practice, Latham & Watkins, LLP

Laura Jackson
SVP, Tax Director, SL Green Realty Corp.

Nigel James
Senior Associate Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Gage Johnson
SVP, General Counsel, Paramount Group, Inc.

Brian Jones
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, LLC

John Jones
SVP, Government Relations, Nareit

Laura Jones
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Janet Kerr
VP, Risk Management, BXP

Eric Kevorkian
SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, BXP

Olivier Kolpin
VP, Tax, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Audrey Leigh
Partner, Goodwin

Martina Linders
Partner, RSM US LLP

Richard Lipton
Senior Counsel, Baker & McKenzie

Christopher Mangin, Jr.
Partner, Vinson & Elkins

Gail Makode
Chief Legal Officer & GC, Omega Healthcare Investors

Mark McEvoy
US Property Practice Leader, Woodruff Sawyer

Mark McKinnon
Creator & Co-Host, Showtime’s The Circus

Todd Meredith
President & CEO, Healthcare Realty Trust

Kathy Miller
SVP, Financial Services & Tax, Regency Centers

Lucian Niemeyer
CEO, Building Cyber Security

Ross Nussbaum
Managing Director, Head of US Real Estate CIB, Scotiabank

Rey Osma
Director, PwC

Pramit Patel
Partner, KPMG

Jill Patterson
VP, Tax, SBA Communications Corporation

Barbara Pak
EVP & CFO, Essex Property Trust

Ashley Peeper
VP, Financial Reporting & Tax, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Chad Perry
EVP, GC & Secretary, Tanger Outlets

Lauren Pesa
Partner, Real Estate Sustainability, Climate & Equity Leader, Deloitte
Anna Pinedo
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Ameek Ponda
Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Michele Randall
Tax Partner, EY

John Rayis
Senior Strategic Advisor, Lockton Companies

James Reilly
Managing Director, Head, U.S. Investment Grade Loan Capital Markets & Real Estate Investment Grade, J.P. Morgan Securities

Umar Riaz
Executive Director, EY

Amy Rojik
National Managing Partner, Corporate Governance, BDO

Victoria Rostow
SVP, Regulatory Affairs & Deputy GC, Nareit

Ayris Scales
SVP, Social Responsibility & Global Initiatives, Nareit

Edward Schulman
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Puneet Sharma
Global Director, Tax, WP Carey

Abigail Smith
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Kevin Smith
Senior Vice President, Management and Professional Liability, NFP

Scott Smith
National Technical Practice Leader, State & Local Tax, BDO USA LLP

Jim Sowell
Principal, KPMG

Stephen Sterrett
Lead Trustee, Equity Residential

Angela Storm
Partner, KPMG LLP

Nicole Thompson
SVP, Tax, Prologis, Inc.

Kay Tidwell
EVP, GC & Chief Risk Officer, Hudson Pacific Properties

Angela Valdes
CAO, JBG SMITH Properties

Mark Van Deusen
Principal, Deloitte

Marlous Verhoog
Senior Associate, Tax Lawyer, Loyens & Loeff

Nathaniel Vitan
SVP, CLO & Corporate Secretary, Public Storage

Lorraine White
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

Andrea Whiteway
Principal, EY

Stephanie Williams
VP, Tax Compliance & Planning, Ventas, Inc.

John Worth
EVP, Research & Investor Outreach, Nareit

Donald Zief
Senior Consultant, Mazars

Mike Walsh
BFPC and Accounting Committee Co-Chair, BXP

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• EY
• Hogan Lovells
• Stout
• Venable

GOLD:
• Ballard Spahr
• BDO
• CDEC
• Deloitte
• GrantThornton
• PwC
• Sidley
• Vinson & Elkins

SILVER:
• A5 Reit Services
• Alliant
• Alston & Bird
• Eisner Amper
• Hunton Andrews Kurth
• Jenner & Block
• KMPG
• Kramer Levin
• Kroll
• Latham
• Mazars
• Morrison Foerster
• Reit Funding
• RSM
• Sullivan

BRONZE:
• Adamsbridge
• Atheva
• Baker McKenzie
• Chatham Financial
• DLA Piper
• Goodwin
• Lockton
• Mayer Brown
• Skadden
• Winston & Strawn