Confirmed Speakers and Program Advisors
We are grateful to the following speakers for making the Distressed Real Estate Summit possible:
R. Rand Sperry
Co-Founder
SPERRY VAN NESS
Yan Khamish
Managing Director
THE STG GROUP
Maura O’ Connor
Partner
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Christopher Thornberg
Principal
BEACON ECONOMICS
Robert Stiles
Executive Vice President & Principal
C & W SONNENBLICK-GOLDMAN
Terry Kaufmann
President
ROCKHOUSE CAPITAL LLC
Dennis Gemberling
President
PERRY GROUP INTERNATIONAL
Bert Haboucha
Senior Vice President
ISTAR FINANCIAL
Alan Reay
President
ATLAS HOSPITALITY GROUP
Sean Dalfen
Managing Director
DALFEN AMERICA
Jeff Friedman
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
MESA WEST CAPITAL
Spencer Levy
Senior Managing Director
CBRE RESTRUCTURING SERVICES
David M. Frank
Chief Executive Officer
THE MERRILL GROUP OF COMPANIES
Louis Weller
Principal, National Director, RE Transaction Planning
DELOITTE
Mark Weinstein
President
MJW INVESTMENTS
Leslie Lundin
President and Managing Partner
LBG REALTY ADVISORS LLC
Terry Heller
Managing Member, Principal
HELLER HOLDINGS
William J. Hoffman
President & CEO
TRIGILD
John D. Troughton
Senior Director – Brokerage
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC
Mark Hansen
Senior Vice President, Value Added Conversions
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
Eric Entringer
Senior Manager, Distressed Real Estate Group
ERNST & YOUNG
Jeffrey Lenobel
Partner
SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL
Richard Plummer
Executive Vice President
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
Kevin Shannon
Vice Chairman
CB RICHARD ELLIS
Kevork Zoryan
Executive Director
MORGAN STANLEY | MERCHANT BANKING
Fred Cordova
Senior Vice President
COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
Steven Orchard
Senior Vice President
GEORGE SMITH PARTNERS
Michael Gottlieb
Editor
CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
Erich Beringer
President
SOUTHBRIDGE CAPITAL
Mark Strauss
Director Capital Markets
COHEN FINANCIAL
Glenn Ezard
Senior Consultant
SEGAL ADVISORS
Joel Hiser
Chief Executive Officer
HORWATH HTL
David Wald
President | Receiver
WALD REALTY ADVISORS
Richard Gollis
Co-Founder & Principal
THE CONCORD GROUP
W. Eric Paulsen
Vice President
LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION
Michael Adler
President
ADLER REALTY INVESTMENTS
Phil Seymour
Vice President / Managing Director
THE SEYMOUR GROUP
Steve Bram
Principal
GEORGE SMITH PARTNERS
Veronique Collin
Director of Sales
BEACON DEFAULT MANAGEMENT
Sam Chandan
President and Chief Economist
REAL ESTATE ECONOMETRICS
Greg Davis
Vice President
WELLS FARGO
Mark Oei
Managing Director
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Mark Laderman
Managing Director
TISHMAN SPEYER
David Stapleton
Founder
STAPLETON GROUP
Steve Van
President & CEO
PRISM HOTELS AND RESORTS
Richard Gentilucci
MAR VENTURES
Marc Brooks
Executive Vice President
MARA ESCROW COMPANY
Matthew Sullivan
Founding Principal
LEE & ASSOCIATES
Ken Cruse
Chief Financial Officer
SUNSTONE HOTEL ADVISORS
Jane Hoffner
Managing Director
BASCOM PORTFOLIO ADVISORS
Charles Long
Principal
CHARLES A. LONG
Brian Shniderson
Managing Director
B&A CAPITAL PARTNERS
Robert Knakal
Chairman
MASSEY KNAKAL
Richard Pink
Managing Director
ING CLARION
Burton Young
President
SPERRY VAN NESS EQUITIES
David Rosenthal
President & CEO
CURTIS-ROSENTHAL
Scott Choppin
Founder and CEO
URBAN PACIFIC GROUP OF COMPANIES
Matthew May
President
MAY REALTY ADVISORS
Tom Eggleston
Principal
BENHAMREO
Gregory Rickard
Managing Director
EQUASSURE
Ginn Downing
Director
THE SITUS COMPANIES
G. Ryan Smith
Principal
PEREGRINE REALTY PARTNERS
Dave Schumacher
TAX TITLE SERVICES
Matthew Coleman
Senior Vice President
D.E. SHAW & CO.
Selina Parelskin
President
BEACON DEFAULT MANAGEMENT
Christopher Grey
Managing Partner
THIRD WAVE PARTNERS
Jonathan Grossman
Senior Vice President
GEORGE SMITH PARTNERS
Gregor Watson
Managing Partner
MCKINLEY PARTNERS
John Wickser
President
WATT REALTY ADVISORS
Scott Bottles
Managing Director
WELLS FARGO BANK
Rich Kent
Senior Vice President
REDC COMMERCIAL
Ken Swenson
Assistant General Counsel
BANK OF AMERICA
Glenn Fuller, Esq
Partner
JACKSON | DEMARCO | TIDUS | PECKENPAUGH
Tim Meier
Partner
PREFERRED CAPITAL PARTNERS