Industry Participation in the Classroom

Companies value the human capital available through the MBA Real Estate Program. Through case studies, guest lectures, and Q&A, students trade insight with corporate participants, many of them important players in the field, including:


Advanced Seminar in Real Estate
Instructor: Lynne B. Sagalyn
Jeff K. Gronning, Normandy Real Estate Partners
Eric Rubin, Normandy Real Estate Partners
Ron Dickerman ’87, Madison International Realty
Chris S. Méndez, Madison International Realty
Evan Cohen, Madison International Realty
Paul Pariser ’78, Taconic Investment Partners
Jeff A. Barclay ’83, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Jeff Giller, Clairvue Capital Partners
Nick C. Bienstock ’96, Savanna Partners
Chris Schlank, Savanna Partners
Janno Lieber, Silverstein Partners
Lee Neibart, AREA Property Partners
Andrew Holm, AREA Property Partners
Jesse Tasher, AREA Property Partners
Patricia Goldstein, Emigrant Realty Finance
David Neithercut ’82, Equity Residential
Cia Buckley ’93, Dune Real Estate Partners
Russ Gimmelstob, Dune Real Estate Partners
A.J. Agarwal, The Blackstone Group

Global Real Estate Investment
Instructor: Camille J. Douglas
Paul Mouchakka, Morgan Stanley
Margaret Harbaugh, Morgan Stanley – Real Estate
Adam Gallistel ’04, GIC Real Estate
Benjamin Griswold, Blue Water Worldwide
Sam Zell, Equity Group Investments
Christopher Taube ’03, Aetos Capital
Brian Carr, High Brook Investment Management
Ira Chaplik, Equity International
Brian Finerty, Equity International
Daniel R. Dubrowski, The Lionstone Group

Project Class in Real Estate
Instructor: Andrew Jacobs ’96
Davie S. Rose, Gust, LLC
Joe Sitt, Thor Equities
Spencer Haber, H/2 Capital Partners
Erik Horvat ’04, Port Authority of NY/NJ
Philippe Visser ’04, Port Authority of NY/NJ

Real Estate Capital Markets
Instructors: J. Daniel Adkinson & Michael Giliberto
Mark Green ’06, Jefferies & Company, Inc.

Real Estate Development
Instructor: Tommy Craig ’82
Pat Murray, Turner Construction
William Zeckendorff, Brown Harris Stevens
Scott Malkin, S D Malkin Properties and Value Retail PLC
George Host, S D Malkin Properties
Harry Cobb, Pei Cobb Freed
Robert Selsam, Boston Properties, Inc.
Howard Riker, Hines – Washington, DC
Mary Tighe, CB Richard Ellis
Greg Tosko ’90, CB Richard Ellis
Kelly Mack, Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group
John D. Freeman, Harbor Point Development
Daniel MacEachron, Hines
Timur Galen, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 
Real Estate Finance
Instructor: J. Daniel Adkinson, Tomasz Piskorski
Geoffrey Jervis ’99, Capital Trust
Jeff A. Barclay ’83, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Joe Smith ’99, Glenmont Capital Management, LLC
Real Estate Fundamentals
Instructor: M. Leanne Lachman
Susan Swanezy, Hodes, Weill & Associates
Debbie L. Brett, Deborah L. Brett Associates
Soula Proxenos, International Housing Solutions
Arthur Margon, Rosen Consulting Group
Paul Diamond, Tishman Realty Corporation
Dan Unger, Tishman Realty Corporation
David Henry, Kimco Realty Trust
John S. Gattuso, Liberty Property Trust
Bob Kiel, Liberty Property Trust
Sukanya Paciorek, Vornado Realty Trust
Anthony Cammarata, Jr., Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Wendy Rowden, Jonathan Rose Companies
Ian Berman ’10, Jonathan Rose Companies

Real Estate M & A and Restructuring Deal Workshop
Instructors: Lynne B. Sagalyn, Robin Panovka, and Gil Menna
Naftali Holtz, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Greg Wright, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
Joe Macchione, GMH, ACC
Doug Sesler, EOP
Brian M. Stadler, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP
Joshua A. Feltman, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Richard G. Mason, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Alex Greene, Brookfield Asset Management

Real Estate Transactions
Instructor: Richard A. Wolfe
Jon Mechanic, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Ross Silver, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Lloyd Goldman, BLDG Management
Robert Bressman, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
Jennifer M. Morgan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Rick Jones, Dechert LLC
Steven Plavin, Capital Trust
Richard Leland, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
MaryAnne Gilmartin, Forest City Ratner Companies
Stephen Lefkowitz, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Steven Gellman, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Richard G. Mason, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Kevin O’Shea, Allen & Overy LLP
Yoel Kranz, Goodwin Procter