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.

Advisory Council Chair

Kimberly A. Adams '94, '01 MBA
Managing Director
JP Morgan Chase

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Advisory Council Members

• Erwin K. Aulis '80, '82 MBA
  Retired - Chief Operating Officer
  Northwood Investors, LLC
• Bruce R. Cohen
  CEO
  Temerity Strategic Partners

• Frank Cohen '95
  Senior Managing Director and Global Head Core + Real Estate, Blackstone
  Chairman and CEO, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust

• Gerald Cohen '79 MBA
  Managing Director
  SSG Development LLC and SF Properties, Inc.  
• Adam Falk ’07 MBA
  Managing Director
  Criterion Real Estate Capital
• Scott Goodman '84 MBA
  Co-Founder and Managing Partner
  Decennial Group 
• David Helfand '86
  President
  Equity Group Investments, LLC
• Jeffrey L. Johnson '83 MBA
  Founder
  Lakeshore Holdings, LLC
• Robert P. Karnes ’89 MBA
  Global Head of Real Estate Debt
  BlackRock Real Assets
• Douglas A. Kiersey, Jr. '02 MBA
  President
  Dermody Properties
• Barry Malkin '88 MBA
  Senior Managing Partner
  GEM Realty Capital
• Richard Mandel '87 MBA
  President
  Ramsfield Hospitality Finance
• Adam S. Metz '90 MBA
  Board Member
  Forest City Real Estate Trust
• Eric Mogentale '84
  Managing Principal
  Walton Street Capital
• David E. Moore ’08 MBA
  SVP and Portfolio Director
  EQ Office
• Mark Oei '96 MBA
  Founding Partner
  Redwood Coast Capital
• Alison Palma '19 MBA
  Senior Associate
  Northwestern University Investment Office
• Scott Peterson '83, '87 MBA
  Global Internet Infrastructure Investor
  
  
• Stephen D. Plavin ’84 MBA
  Senior Managing Director
  Blackstone
• Jonathan Pollack '98
  Senior Managing Director
  Blackstone
• Julie Robinson '09 MBA
  Senior Vice President, Investments
  Ventas, Inc.
• Daniel B. Rosenbloom ’02 MBA
  Managing Director and Co-Head Investments
  Cadre
• Ian Sanders '91
  Founder & Principal
  The Fifteen Group Foundation
• Frank Schmitz '85
  Senior Managing Director
  Park Hill Real Estate 
• Robert W. Schoder ’82 MBA
  Partner
  PJT Park Hill Real Estate Group
• Seth Singerman ’05 MBA
  Managing Principal
  Singerman Real Estate
• Craig H. Solomon
  Managing Principal
  Square Mile Capital Management
• Robert Underhill '84 MBA
  Executive Vice President
  Shorenstein
• K. Jay Weaver '95 MBA
  Founder and Managing Partner
  Quartz Lake Capital
• Earl E. Webb '81 MBA
  Founder and Managing Partner
  9th Green Advisors, LLC
• Benjamin Weprin ’10 MBA
  Founder & CEO
  AJ Capital Partners