The Columbia Real Estate Circle is an exclusive alumni only professional group that provides its members with unique networking opportunities and educational events. Membership supports real estate initiatives at the school and allows the Center to prioritize alumni network expansion efforts. Membership currently crosses 15 US States and 43 graduations years and includes members in the UK, Latin America, and Abu Dhabi.
Circle Programs are designed to encourage network building and professional development in-person and virtually, and often include monthly market updates, access to Columbia University faculty thought leaders, intimate gatherings with leading real estate practitioners and business leaders, social events, and exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of signature real estate projects.
Membership supports education, fellowships, research, and industry engagement at the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate and has an immediate impact on the Center’s mission to educate the next generation of business leaders about the practice of real estate within an ever-changing global market.
2023–2024 Alumni Programming Highlights
- 6 Market Observation + Member Assembly’s
- 4 International Market Observations and Exchanges
- 4 Regional Networking Socials Events (Austin, TX Seattle, WA, & (2) Miami, FL)
- 1 Regional Faculty Presentation (Boston)
- 1 International Networking Social Event (Mumbai, India)
- 2 Sites & Sounds Tours
- Executive Leadership Workshop: The Psychology of Persuasion w/ Professor Bob Bontempo
- Columbia’s Women in Real Estate Summit
- 16th Annual Real Estate Symposium
- Guided Speed Networking with alumni and students
- Tours of Manhattanville Campus
- Real Estate Capital Markets Conference
- The Future of Afordable Housing in the US Conference
- Real Estate Alumni NYC Rooftop Summer Social
- “Meet and Greet” breakfast with incoming Faculty Director, Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
2023-2024 Real Estate Circle Alumni Members
- Pablo Acevedo ’24*
- David Ackerman ’24*
- Jose Ignacio Amenabar ’23
- Andres Arozarena ’23
- Hugh Barber ’17*
- Michael Barkman ’20
- Anna-Kaye Barrett ’22
- Zachary Bayer ’23
- Alex Bernstein ’00
- Timothy Berry ’13
- Anand Bhatia ’16
- Nicholas Bienstock ’96
- Victor Bittar Hunziker ’24*
- Jonathan Braun ’21
- Julie Brenton ’89
- Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93
- Mark Caplan ’84
- Lisa Cations ’17
- Tommy Chan ’19
- Chris Chang ’07
- Eric Chapek ’22
- Arvind Chary ’11
- Michael Cheng CIBE ’23*
- Connor Corcoran ’24*
- Jeremy Cooper ’21
- Stonington Cox ’07
- Louis D’Avanzo ’91
- Jason Davis ’10*
- Ivo de Wit ’17
- Brandon Delijani ’22
- Roland Dib ’98
- Ronald Dickerman ’87
- Tony Dong ’23
- Mikhael Edouard ’18
- Justin Einhorn ’22
- Daniel Entwistle ’00
- Roger Fortune ’01*
- Gideon Gil ’00
- David Gillespie ’04
- Caroline Giroux ’22
- Sam Glass ’06
- Dani Glouberman ’23
- Daniel Goldbard ’22
- Ed Gormbley ’09
- Steve Grant ’92
- Javaughn Griffin ’23
- Lea Guberina-Sulc ’12
- Alex Haberman ’24*
- Ronen Haron ’08
- Francisco Hefesse ’19
- Gentry Hoit ’90
- Winnie Hui ’22
- Michael Hyun ’05
- Ali Mac Jinks ’24
- Farheen Jooma ’24*
- Matthew Karp ’04
- Aradhna Kelsey ’16
- Andrew Kim ’21
- Jee Young Kim ’23
- Adam Koeppel ’24*
- Miguel Lainez ’15*
- Nancy Lashine ’81
- Ines Leung ’07
- Mark Lokhin ’08
- Sproule Love ’09
- Nina Madison ’23
- Jhonnari Jimenez Martin ’22
- Arsean Maqami ’22
- Lisa Mayer ’97
- Ed McGovern ’95
- Roland Merchant ’01*
- Scott Meyer ’14
- John Millett ’21
- Mark Momongan ’99
- Jonathan More ’09
- Justine Murphy ’21
- Herbert Myers ’96
- Talya Nevo-Hacohen ’93
- Joe Noon ’17
- Gregory Oran ’23
- Tom Ortinau ’09
- Katie Pelczar ’08
- Evan Petracca ’16
- Ash Poddar ’23
- Mark Portner ’99
- Atif Qadir ’14
- Mike Raskin ’89
- Alex Rapeport ’24*
- Pablo Redondo-Lopez ’16
- Quentin Reynolds ’02
- Michael Ridlof ’07
- Lauren Rose ’17
- David Rose ’83
- Matthew Ross ’04
- James Schmid ’05
- Gregorio Schneider ’96
- Benjamin Schwartz ’22
- Scott Shapiro ’99
- David Sherman ’82
- Kennedy Shields ’23
- Steven Shores ’00
- Zachary Shulruf ’18
- Raphael Sidelsky ’99
- Joseph Smith ’99
- Ross Smotrich ’83
- Walter Stackler ’94
- William Stasiulatis ’04
- Deirdre Steel ’23
- Brian Steinwurtzel ’04
- Robert Stern ’88
- Pablo Tagle ’24*
- Tony Talbert ’04
- Eric Tam ’08
- Eric Thomas ’22
- Kevin Thompson ’17
- Jared Toothman ’12
- Jefrey Turkanis ’10
- Sridhar Vankayala ’08*
- Garnett Veney ’19
- Katie Vila ’16
- Jefrey Wainwright ’11
- Ruby Wang ’24*
- Angela Wang ’21
- Lisa Weingarten ’21
- Tana Weissman ’20
- Dylan West ’18*
- Gordon Whiting ’94
- Stephanie Wright ’16
- Ned Yale ’24*
- Ryoichi Yamamoto ’24*
- Andrew Yuan ’22*