Equity Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP Graham helps clients obtain government entitlements and solve problems with units of local government. With a focus on the city of Chicago and Cook County, he helps secure necessary approvals for land developments in the Chicago metropolitan area. A consensus builder and negotiator, he maintains excellent relations with community… Read more

Director, AD Advisors Brian oversees the nonprofit real estate practice at IPA. Brian has assembled an amazing team of commercial real estate nonprofit experts. Brian’s team specializes in; land, seniors and affordable housing, healthcare – medical office, educational – student housing facilities throughout the US & CA with 82 offices. His team is specialized to… Read more

PwC, Director Background Aki is a director in PwC’s Real Estate Advisory team and has over 14 years of experience focusing on real estate advisory services such as valuation, financial due diligence, corporate RE advisory, forensic accounting, lease audits, loan underwriting, process improvement, and fund op model/fee structuring. With over 14 years of experience, Aki… Read more

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