Marilee Utter, CRE

President, Citiventure Associates, LLC Marilee Utter is President and founder of Citiventure Associates, LLC, a real estate advisory firm focused on development strategy, and offering particular expertise in Public-Private Partnerships (P3s), Transit-Oriented Developments (TOD), and transformational real estate. Previously, she was Executive Vice President of the Urban Land Institute, a Washington DC-based global non-profit of 40,000+ members known for… Read more

Wendy Timm, CRE

Executive Vice President, Enhanced Value Strategies, Inc. Ms. Timm is a real estate industry leader with advanced expertise in owner representation and advocacy from start to finish and in all aspects of real estate ownership and investing, including asset acquisition and development, partnership structure and management, designing and procuring debt and equity financing, valuations and… Read more

Deborah Cloutier, CRE

President & Founder, RE Tech Advisors, Inc. Deborah Cloutier brings more than 25 years of leadership experience consulting with clients in commercial real estate, energy management, and environmental sustainability. She has extensive experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing award-winning and innovative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs for the built environment for clients including the… Read more

K.C. Conway, CRE

Principal, Red Shoe Economics, LLC Economist and Futurist Kiernan “KC” Conway, CCIM, CRE, MAI is the mind trust behind Red Shoe Economics, LLC, an independent economic forecasting and consulting firm furthering KC’s mission as The Red Shoe Economist by providing organic research initiatives, reporting and insights on the impact of Economics within the commercial real… Read more

Hugh Kelly, Ph.D., CRE

Principal, Hugh F. Kelly Real Estate Economics Hugh heads his own consulting practice, Hugh F. Kelly Real Estate Economics, which serves the private sector, governmental organizations, and not-for-profit agencies. Hugh served as the Board Chair of the Counselors of Real Estate in 2014, and in November 2019 received the CRE’s highest honor, the Landauer/White Award… Read more

Michel Couillard, CRE

President and Chief Executive Officer, Busac Real Estate Since his arrival as President of BUSAC Real Estate, Michel Couillard has led the company to the highest levels of the real estate industry through the active management of the firm’s assets and strategic investments. Be it via the acquisition, repositioning and restructuring of assets, property development,… Read more

Theddi Wright Chappell, CRE

CEO, Sustainable Values, Inc. Theddi Wright Chappell, CRE, MAI, FRICS, AAPI, LEED AP currently serves as Director of the Utah C-PACE program, working with Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, the nation’s leading provider of commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) program administration support services.  Prior to joining SRS, Chappell was CEO of Sustainable Values, Inc., her… Read more

Jim Costello, CRE

Senior Vice President – Real Capital Analytics Jim Costello has worked in the CRE space on issues of urban economics since 1990, including a 20 year stint at CBRE with the Torto Wheaton Research team. Jim expanded the reach of the Torto Wheaton Research developing forecasts of global market fundamentals. Jim also developed approaches to… Read more

David J. Lynn, Ph.D., CRE

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Unity Medical Properties REIT, LLC David Lynn has a highly-successful track record of investing in real estate investments in the United States and globally. Lynn has invested in over 220 transactions totaling over $15 billion over the course of his career. Lynn possesses extensive experience in the five major real… Read more

Ralf-Peter Koschny, CRE

Member, Directory Board, Bulwiengesa AG Ralf-Peter Koschny started his career as town planner in Berlin. Afterwards he was engaged over 5 years in the economic promotion of Hamburg. He was entrusted with economic development in the region and supported local companies during phases of expansion. In particular he was in charge with the expansion of… Read more

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