Real Estate Advisory Council

Mission and Goals

The mission of the Kellogg School of Management’s Real Estate Advisory Council is to enhance the Kellogg School’s impact on the field of real estate through Council efforts to support quality teaching, research, and curriculum development; to promote student recruitment and placement; and to advance relations with alumni and other leaders in the real estate industry.

Current Board Members

• Frank Cohen
  Senior Managing Director and
  Global Head Core + Real Estate 
  Blackstone
  Chairman and CEO
  Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
• Kimberly A. Adams ’01 
  Managing Director
  Clarion Partners
• Erwin K. Aulis ’82
  Retired - Chief Operating Officer
  Northwood Investors LLC
• Bruce R. Cohen
  CEO
  Temerity Strategic Partners
  Senior Advisor
  Sterling Bay
• Franklin Cohen ’16
  Co-Founder and Managing Partner
  Sheridan Road Properties
  
• Gerald Cohen ’79
  Founder and Manager
  SF Properties
• Adam Falk ’07
  Managing Director
  Criterion Real Estate Capital
• Scott Goodman ’84
  Founding Principal
  Farpoint
• David Helfand
  Co-President
  Equity Group Investments
• Jeffrey L. Johnson ’83
  Managing Principal
  Lakeshore Holdings, LLC
• Robert P. Karnes ’89
  Managing Director/BlackRock Real Assets
  Global Head of Real Assets Debt
  BlackRock
• Douglas A. Kiersey, Jr. ’02
  President
  Dermody Properties
• Barry Malkin ’88
  Senior Managing Partner
  GEM Realty Capital
• Richard Mandel ’87
  President
  Ramsfield Hospitality Finance
• Suzanne Martinez ’08
  Managing Director
  Affinius Capital
• Molly McShane ’07
  Chief Executive Officer
  The McShane Companies
• Adam S. Metz ’90
  Non Executive Director
  Hammerson
• Eric Mogentale '84
  Managing Principal
  Walton Street Capital
• David E. Moore ’08
  Managing Principal
  Palisade Group
• Mark Oei ’96
  Founding Partner
  Redwood Coast Capital
• Allie Palma
  Senior Associate
  Northwestern University Investment Office
• Scott Peterson ’87
  Global Internet Infrastructure Investor
  Global Compute Infrastructure
• Stephen D. Plavin ’84
  Senior Managing Director
  Blackstone
• Jonathan Pollack
  Chief Investment Officer, Debt Strategies
  Blackstone
• Tony Pricco ’02
  Chief Investment Officer, Partner
  Bridge Industrial
• Julie Robinson ’09
  Senior Vice President,
  Investments
  Ventas, Inc. 
• Daniel B. Rosenbloom ’02
  Managing Director/Co-Head Investments
  Cadre
• Frank Schmitz
  Senior Advisor
  PJT Park Hill
• Ian Sanders
  Founder and Principal
  Fifteen Group
• Robert W. Schoder ’82
  Retired - Partner
  PJT Park Hill
• Seth Singerman ’05
  Managing Principal
  Singerman Real Estate
• Craig H. Solomon
  Vice Chairman & CIO
  Affinius Capital
• Robert Underhill ’84
  Executive Vice President 
  Shorenstein
• K. Jay Weaver ’95
  Managing Principal
  Quartz Lake Capital
• Earl E. Webb ’81
  Founder and Managing Partner
  9th Green Advisors LLC
• Benjamin Weprin ’10
  Founder & CEO
  AJ Capital Partners
• Dan Witte ’99
  Chief Investment Officer
  LaSalle Global Partner Solutions