Our Team
An integral part of the Finance Division, the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is led by Professor Christopher J. Mayer and David Sherman ’82 and a dedicated team of full-time and adjunct faculty, administrators, and researchers.
Leadership
Christopher J. Mayer
Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
David M. Sherman ’82
Senior Advisor and Co-Founder, Metropolitan Real Estate
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
Kristin Svenningsen
Managing Director
Founding Director
Lynne B. Sagalyn
Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita of Real Estate
Executive-in-Residence
Full-time Faculty
Tomasz Piskorski
Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate
Brian Lancaster
Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Finance
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate
Adjunct Faculty
- Zach Aarons ’13
- Camille Douglas
- Michelle Felman
- Michael Giliberto
- John T. Haggerty
- Andrew Jacobs ’96
- Gil G. Menna
- Jennifer M. Morgan
- Russell Platt
- Ross Smotrich ’83
- Ivo de Wit ’17
- Richard Wolfe
For biographical information about adjunct faculty members teaching in the current semester, please refer to the Columbia Business School Directory.
Center Staff
Angela E. Lee
Associate Director
Tricia Philip-Rao
Assistant Director
Mary The Trieu
Senior Associate Director
Sherley LeJarde
Program Manager
Research Staff
- Cache Ellsworth, Research Associate
- Yilan Zheng, Research Associate
Contributing Research Staff
- Ivo de Wit ’17, Senior Fellow
- Ana Varela, Research Fellow