Real Estate Circle Board + Members

Real Estate Circle Board

In October 2017, a Circle Board was initiated, and tasked with enhancing programming, leading outreach, increasing communication, developing a stronger level of connectivity among real estate alumni, and supporting the overall strategic growth of the membership group.

Board Members

*Denotes Founding Board Member.

Real Estate Circle Members

The Real Estate Circle encourages network building and professional development. Events 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. Learn more about becoming a Circle member.

Circle Leaders

• Hugh Barber '17, President, Cairn West
• Alex Bernstein '00, Bernstein Real Estate
• Tim P. Berry '13, Pennybacker Capital
• Anand Bhatia '16, Bhatia Development Organization
• Nicholas Bienstock '96, Savanna Real Estate Fund
• Tillie Borchers '03, Lakeside Group
• Julie Brenton '89, Dune Real Estate Partners
• PJ Camp '95
• Mark Caplan '84, The Time Group
• Lisa Cations '17, Industrious
• Tommy Chan '19, BXP
• Chris Chang '07, Menlo Equities
• Arvind Chary '11, Atlas Real Estate Partners
• Stonington Cox '07, Nomos Group Holding
• Roland Dib '98, Dib Management
• Ronald Dickerman '87, Madison International Realty
• Daniel J. Entwistle '00, DJE Realty
• David Gillespie '04, AvalonBay Communities
• Sam Glass '06, Artis Capital
• Leslie Goedken '14, Home Catalyst
• Rishi Gupta '11, Eagle Rock Advisors
• Ronen Haron '08, Artimus Construction
• Francisco Heffesse '19, Gateway Real Estate
• Matthew Karp '04, Amstar Group
• Miguel Lainez '15
• Ines Leung '07, EQT Exeter
• Mark Lokhin '08, China Orient Asset Management
• Sproule Love '09, Allegro Senior Living
• Tim Mackey '00, LoanCore Capital
• Lisa Mayer '97
• Roland Merchant '01, CBRE Capital Advisors
• David Nelson '04, Lockton Companies
• Talya Nevo-Hacohen '03, Sabra Health Care REIT
• Joe Noon '17, Realterm
• Tom Ortinau '09, GFP Real Estate
• Evan Petracca '16, Triangle Equities
• Pablo Redondo- Lopez '16, PineBridge Investments
• Quentin Reynolds '02, The Davis Companies
• Lauren Rose '17
• James Schmid '05, Anchor Health Properties
• Gregorio Schneider '96, TC Latin America Partners
• David Schore '93, Mark Holdings
• Steven Shores '00, RangeWater Real Estate
• Joseph C. Smith '99, 1754 Properties
• Ross Smotrich '83, RE Strategic Advisor
• Bill Stasiulatis '04, RRA Capital
• Brian R. Steinwurtzel '04, GFP Real Estate
• Robert Stern '88, Castle Hill Investors
• Alan Supple '00, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Tony Talbert '04, Pennsbury Capital
• Eric Tam '08, Blackstone
• Kevin Thompson '17, MCAP Advisers
• Jeff Turkanis '10, Veris Residential
• Sridhar Vankayala '08, Saxum Real Estate
• Garnett Veney '19, Castle Hill Investors
• Katie Vila '16, Roundhouse
• Jeff Wainwright '11, West End Capital Group
• Marc Watkins '03, Rockledge Ventures
• Dylan West '18, West Anderson Partners
• Gordon Whiting '94, Angelo Gordon
• Ivo de Wit '17, Goldman Sachs
• Jessica Younes – Fraiberger '04, Bloomwest Capital

Circle Associates 

• Pablo Acevedo '24, Lendmarq
• David Ackerman '24
• José Ignacio Amenabar '23, North Colony Asset Management
• Andres Arozrena '23, Santander US
• Zachary Bayer '23, JVP Management
• Victor Bittar Hunziker '24, Actis
• Jonathan Braun '21, Arche Hospitality
• Jordan Camp '25
• Connor Corcoran '24, KPMG
• Tony Dong '23, Syncracy Capital
• Dani Glouberman '23, Welltower
• Daniel Goldbard '22, K&R Realty Management
• Javaughn Griffin '23, IBM
• Alex Haberman '24
• Jhonnari Jimenez Martin '22, Cabot Properties
• Farheen Jooma '24, AvalonBay Communities
• Adam Koeppel '24, Tishman Speyer
• Ali Mac Jinks '24, Greystar
• Arsean Maqami '22, DB Partners
• Ash Poddar '23, Barclays
• Alex Rapeport '24
• John Reid '24, Aulder Capital
• Benjamin Schwartz '22, Bridge Investment Group
• Deirdre Steel '23, Morgan Stanley
• Pablo Tagle '24, BNP Paribas
• Eric Thomas '22, CBRE, Inc.
• Ruby Wang '24, Welltower
• Jonathan Wu '24
• Ned Yale '24, Yale Ventures
• Ryoichi Yamamoto '24
• Jee Young Kim '23
• Andrew Yuan '22, HighKey

Introducing New Members of the Real Estate Circle

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following alumni to the Real Estate Circle. To scroll a full member directory, or to connect to a current member, use CBS RE.

• Ogechukwu Anoliefo '25
• Chris Byrns '25, Related
• Tommy Chan '19, BXP
• Amir Geva '25
• Leslie Goedken '14, Home Catalyst
• Hayley Holzinger '25
• Brad McCarthy '25
• Theodore Milenkovic '25, Welltower
• Yamicha Stephenson '25
• Tony Tokatly '25
• Leah Toler '25
• Lauryn Williams '25
• Athena Zou '25