The MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board plays an active, participatory role in helping shape and guide real estate education at the Business School. The board is chaired by John R. Klopp, managing director of Morgan Stanley, Co-CEO, and Co-CIO of Morgan Stanley Real Estate. In the summer of 2011 thirteen new members joined the board. The new board members were welcomed with an orientation luncheon hosted by John Klopp at the offices of Morgan Stanley on July 19, 2011. We are pleased that the following real estate leaders have joined:Rohit Aggarwala ’00, Special Advisor to the Chair, C40 Cities Climate Leadership GroupGentry Ashmore Hoit ’90, Partner, Atlantic Assets GroupMichael Berman ’86, Executive Vice President and CFO, Equity Lifestyle PropertiesNicholas Bienstock ’96, Managing Partner, Savanna PartnersCia Buckley ’93, Partner, Dune Real Estate PartnersOlivier de Poulpiquet, Co-CEO, Co-CIO of Real Estate Investing Business, Morgan StanleySpencer Haber, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, H/2 Capital Partners    Erik Horvat ’04, Division Head, Development, World Trade Center Redevelopment, The Port Authority of New York & New JerseyGeoffrey Jervis ’99, CFO, Capital TrustNancy Lashine ’81, Founder and Managing Partner, Park Madison PartnersDavid Neithercut ’82, President and CEO, Equity ResidentialDavid Sherman ’82, Co-Founder, President, and CIO, Metropolitan Real Estate Equity ManagementJoseph C.  Smith ’99, Founding Principal, Glenmont Capital ManagementRobert Stern ’88, Founder and Managing Partner, Castle Hill InvestorsThese new members join 21 others, as listed below, in helping to shape the MBA Real Estate Program:Joseph F. Azrack ’72, Managing Partner of the Real Estate Practice, Apollo Global ManagementJeffrey A. Barclay ’83, Managing Director and CIO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Real Estate Investment Group, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Finance and Economics Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School       Robert Berne ’62, Formerly with Milstein PropertiesDaniele D. Bodini ’72, Chairman Emeritus, American Continental Properties GroupMartin L. Edelman, Esq. Law ’66, Of Counsel, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLPHugh Frater ’85, CEO, Berkadia Commercial MortgageJonathan D. Gray, Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of Real Estate, BlackstoneGlenn Hubbard, Dean & Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business SchoolJohn R. Klopp, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Co-CEO & Co-CIO of Morgan Stanley Real EstateM. Leanne Lachman, President, Lachman Associates & Executive-in-Residence, Columbia Business SchoolMatthew J. Lustig, Vice Chairman of US Investment Banking, Head of Real Estate, Lazard Frères & Co.Christopher J. Mayer, Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate and Co-Director, Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, Columbia Business SchoolHoward P. Milstein, Chairman, New York Private Bank & TrustDaniel M. Neidich, Chairman and Co-CEO, Dune Real Estate PartnersPaul Pariser ’78, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Taconic Investment PartnersLynne B. Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate & Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business SchoolBenjamin Schore ’59, Founder, MBA Real Estate Program, Columbia Business SchoolDavid E. Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO, Simon Property GroupJ. Allen Smith, CEO, Prudential Real Estate InvestorsJohn A. Vickers ’85, Chairman and CEO, Tishman Hotel & RealtySteven R. Wechsler ’72, Senior Managing Director; Co-Head of Acquisitions, Dispositions, Capital Markets, and Joint-Venture Transactions; Regional Director – New York, Tishman Speyer