President, SB Friedman Development Advisors Steve Friedman has more than 40 years of experience in real estate and development advisory services. He leads SB Friedman Development Advisors, a 23-member consulting firm that works closely with public, private and institutional clients on innovative public-private partnerships and development strategies that have resulted in 4,000 units of affordable housing… Read more

President and CEO, World Business Chicago Andrea Zopp is the President and CEO of World Business Chicago, where she leads the organization’s mission of inclusive economic growth, supporting businesses, and promoting Chicago as a leading global city. Most recently, she served as Deputy Mayor, Chief Neighborhood Development Officer for the City of Chicago. Andrea has… Read more

First Vice President, CBRE William Wiebe, a First Vice President at CBRE, has worked with hospital systems and physician groups for over 20 years. In addition, Bill partners with developers to build, as well as own, on-campus and suburban based medical office buildings and surgical centers. Over the same period of time, he was engaged… Read more

Director, Research, JLL Current Responsibilities Based in Chicago, Lauro Ferroni is a director on the firm’s real estate capital markets research platform for the Americas. His team’s responsibilities include driving the group’s capital markets research priorities, and tracking real estate transactions, global capital flows and investment yields. Key responsibilities of the team include developing frameworks and… Read more

Executive Director, Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, Roosevelt University Collete English Dixon has more than 30 years in investment management with a focus on commercial real estate investing. Prior to her current role at Roosevelt University, she was Executive Director – Transactions for PGIM Real Estate (formerly known as PREI), a business unit of… Read more

Managing Partner, Saybrook Real Estate Advisors LLC Tom Wootten advises investors and Fortune 500 companies on billions of dollars in real estate assets around the world to better align operational, risk and financial objectives. He has personally directed activities including acquisition, disposition, restructure and joint venture negotiations; operator/investor alignment review and strategic option analysis to… Read more

CEO of Lake Forest Open Lands Association John Sentell is president and CEO of Lake Forest Open Lands Association, a nationally accredited land trust that has conducted land preservation and conservation work in northeastern Illinois for over 50 years. Prior to joining the Open Lands’ staff in 2010, John served as executive director and chief… Read more

CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AHC Funds Mr. Reid is involved with all acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and management for AHC Funds. Previously, he was a senior executive for Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group in Chicago. Mr. Reid was one of three founding owners of Coldwell Banker Canada (now CBRE), where he was Vice President, Sales… Read more

Managing Partner, Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty, LLC Gary M. Ralston, CCIM, SIOR, SRS, CPM, CRE, CLS, CDP, CRX, FRICS, CRRP is a managing partner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty, LLC – the premier commercial services provider in Central Florida (Polk County). He is a recognized subject matter expert on… Read more

Partner, Duane Morris Brad A. Molotsky practices in the area of real estate law. Mr. Molotsky’s primary practice is focused in the areas of commercial leasing (including a focus in cannabis leasing), acquisitions and divestitures, opportunity zone fund creation and fund deployment, financing, public private partnership (PPP or P-3) and real estate joint ventures (including mixed-use and multi-family development). He also has… Read more