Team
Abby Christian
Director, Interior Designer
Director, Interior Designer
Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” - Anonymous
Adam Blue
Senior Manager of Procurement
Senior Manager of Procurement
Ohio University, Athens, OH
“Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” - Rocky Balboa
Adam Rozanek
Portfolio Controller
Portfolio Controller
University of Illinois at Chicago
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars”
Adam Sloan
Director, Partnerships & Programming
Director, Partnerships & Programming
University of Memphis
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” – Arthur O’Shaughnessy
Alex Stanford
SVP, Development & Construction
SVP, Development & Construction
San Francisco Office
Santa Clara University
University of San Francisco
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander Hawken
SVP, Acquisitions
SVP Acquisitions
The University of Cambridge, UK
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” – Winston Churchill
Alvaro Stolowicz
Director, Investments & Development
Director, Investments & Development
Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA
Universidad ORT Uruguay, School of Architecture
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Amy Wexler
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
DePaul University
“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.” - Lady Gaga
Andrew Frey
SVP, Development & Construction
SVP, Development & Construction
Boston College, B.A
University of Michigan, J.D
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on the lives of others." - Jackie Robinson
Andrew Weprin
Partner
Partner
University of Massachusetts
New York University, M.S. and New York Law School, J.D.
“People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.” - Sandy Koufax
Angela Brown
Director, Tax
Director, Tax
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
"The best things in life happen at the exit ramp of your comfort zone." - Karen Salmansohn
Ashlyne Wallen
Content Coordinator
Content Coordinator
Middle Tennessee State University
“Life is our résumé. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back?” - Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights
Austin Triplett
Senior Analyst
Senior Analyst
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.” – Bob Goff
Benjamin Weprin
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
University of Tennessee
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, MBA
“Turn the quiet up."
- Eric Church
Billy Boesen
Assistant Development Manager
Assistant Development Manager
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"If you had asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” Henry Ford
Brandon Deets
Senior Designer
Senior Designer
University of Illinois at Chicago
"If you want to be interesting, be interested." - David Ogilvy
Brandon Johnson
Director, Development & Construction
Director, Development & Construction
Auburn University
“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” - Arnold Palmer
Bryan Wolz
Portfolio Controller
Portfolio Controller
University of Missouri
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Caitlyn Jacks
Portfolio Accountant
Portfolio Accountant
Miami University
“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” – Christine Caine
Caroline Stephens
Director of Communications
Director of Communications
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." Michael Jordan
Chelsea Rosenberg
PR & Communications Manager
PR & Communications Manager
Miami University (OH)
“Alright, alright, alright.” – Matthew McConaughey, Dazed & Confused
Colson Barnes
Web & Digital Strategy Manager
Web & Digital Strategy Manager
University of Georgia
“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.” – Robin Williams
Connor Moyles
In-House Counsel
In-House Counsel
Duke University – B.A., J.D.
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda
Cooper Manning
Senior Managing Director of Investor Relations
Senior Managing Director of Investor Relations
New Orleans Office
The University of Mississippi
“The worst thing anyone can ever tell me is, ‘You are not going to believe what happened last night after you left.’” - Zane Daniel
Corinne Gajcak
Portfolio Controller
Portfolio Controller
University of Arkansas
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal — it is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill
Dan Pruitt
Associate, Asset Management
Associate, Asset Management
Indiana University
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
Dan Trembacki
Portfolio Accountant
Portfolio Accountant
Indiana University
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” – Unknown
Daniel Schor
Partner
Partner
Cornell University
University of Chicago, MBA
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.” - David Foster Wallace
Dario Romero
Assistant Development Manager
Assistant Development Manager
Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, School of Engineering
“Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter” -B.C. Forbes
Darrell Slomiany
SVP, Development & Construction
SVP, Development & Construction
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“There’s no such thing as a normal life. Just life.” - Unknown
Dustin Crouch
VP, Development & Construction
VP, Development & Construction
Murray State University BS – Mathematics, BS – Construction Engineering
Vanderbilt University ME – Construction Management
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss
Eliot Silverman
VP, Acquisitions
VP, Acquisitions
University of Michigan
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” - Albert Einstein
Elizabeth Ballman
Project Controls Manager
Project Controls Manager
Lawrence University
“Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.” - John Maynard Keynes
Emily Englehart
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Coastal Carolina University
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game” – Babe Ruth
Eric Hassberger
President
President
Michigan State University
University of Chicago, MBA
“The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.” - Oscar Wilde
Erin Bowen
Chief Accounting Officer
Chief Accounting Officer
Illinois State University
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” -Vince Lombardi
Ernest Wlostowski
Head of Creative
Head of Creative
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
"Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line." - Andrew Wyeth
Gary Klein
Director, Portfolio Management & Investments
Director, Portfolio Management & Investments
University of Northern Iowa
University of Chicago, MBA
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S Lewis
George Stowers
EVP, Development & Construction
EVP, Development & Construction
University of Wisconsin-Stout
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” - Albert Einstein
Grace Keller
Office Manager, Chicago
Office Manager, Chicago
The University of Alabama
“Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” -Catherine of Sienna
Guy Balencie
VP, Development & Construction -Outpost Residential
VP, Development & Construction- Outpost Residential
“The last good idea hasn’t been thought of yet”
Hal Hayes
President, Outpost Residential
President, Outpost Residential
University of Alabama
"You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth." - Mickey Mantle
Hannah Badwan
Brand Manager
Brand Manager
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Jack Brogan
Portfolio Accountant
Portfolio Accountant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy.” – Matthew McConaughey
Jack Richmond
SVP, Acquisitions
SVP, Acquisitions
University of North Carolina
"I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious." - Michael Scott
Jake Guimond
Senior Manager, Insurance and Risk
Senior Manager, Insurance and Risk
Illinois State University, Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management
“No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that’s the exciting part” - Tiger Woods
Jake Heldt
Acquisitions Associate
Acquisitions Associate
Indiana University
"The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself." - Peter Thiel
Jamie Lewis
Senior Director, Interior Design
Senior Director, Interior Design
Michigan State University
“Whatever the mind can conceive & believe, it can achieve.” - Napoleon Hill
Jan Hajek
SVP, Asset Management
SVP, Asset Management
Franklin Pierce University
University of Chicago, MBA
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” - Albert Einstein
Jasmin Williams
Executive Assistant, President of Graduate Hotels
Executive Assistant, President of Graduate Hotels
Hochschule Fresenius, Cologne, Germany
“The trick was to surrender to the flow” – Trey Anastasio
Jean Alluisi Shore
SVP, Corporate Controller
SVP, Corporate Controller
The College of William and Mary
Motto: Lead with conviction, integrity and grace. Execute with excellence.
Jeff Mintz
EVP, Investor Relations
EVP, Investor Relations
Vanderbilt University
“The key is not the will to win… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” – Bobby Knight
Jeremy Gorsky
SVP, Portfolio Management & Investor Relations
SVP, Portfolio Management & Investor Relations
The University of Iowa
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me” - Steve Jobs
Jeremy Szuch
Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Hampden-Sydney College
University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce, M.S
“I would never win an award for not loving pizza.” – The Rock
John Steele
Director, Brand Strategy & Marketing
Director, Brand Strategy & Marketing
Miami University
Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, MBA
“Never mistake performance for potential.”- Unknown
Julie Eggert
Director, Accounting
Director, Accounting
University of Michigan – Flint
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir
Justin Petersen
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
University of Iowa
"You get what you earn." – Tom Brands
Kaitlyn Kooyers
Director, Risk Management
Director, Risk Management
Shenandoah University
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller's Day Off / John Hughes
Katey Burkhart
Portfolio Accountant
Portfolio Accountant
University of Wisconsin – Madison
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” — Maya Angelou
Kelly Dykes
VP, Development & Construction
VP, Development & Construction
Dallas Baptist University
“There are no secrets to success. It is a result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” - Colin Powell
Kevin Osterhaus
President, Graduate Hotels
President, Graduate Hotels
University of Missouri
“Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.” - Jerry Garcia
Kira Bockwinkel
Senior Portfolio Controller
Senior Portfolio Controller
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“It’s nearly impossible to blaze one’s own path while following in someone else’s footsteps” – Glennon Doyle
Kristie Biddle
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant
Western Michigan University
“Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” - Michael Jordan
Krissy Melendez
Head of Design
Head of Design
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” - Carl Sagan
Kyle Allen
SVP, Retail
SVP, Retail
The George Washington University
“We can always kind of be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal.” - Kobe Bryant
Lara Keith
Investor Relations Analyst
Investor Relations Analyst
Marquette University
"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." - Coco Chanel
Laura Alexander
Senior Relationship Manager
Senior Relationship Manager
Belmont University
"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou
Lauren Wihongi
Junior Designer
Junior Designer
Michigan State University
"Creativity takes courage" - Henri Matisse
Lesley Florie
VP, Brand Identity
VP, Brand Identity
Vanderbilt University
"Never buy a coffee table if you can't dance on top of it." - My mom (who will remain Anonymous)
Maddie Wood
Copywriter
Copywriter
Miami University (OH)
“Trust your creativity.”
Madi Baker
Interior Designer
Interior Designer
Miami University
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer someone else up.” - Mark Twain
Maggie Snead
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
The University of Alabama
The Creative Circus in Atlanta
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - Albus Dumbledore
Marc Eubanks
VP, Hospitality
VP, Hospitality
Horry-Georgetown College
"Begin with the end in mind" - Stephen R. Covey
Marissa Gibson
HR Specialist
HR Specialist
Loyola University Chicago
“If you’re on time, you’re late.” -Vince Lombardi
Mark Radis
EVP, Real Estate Accounting
EVP, Real Estate Accounting
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” -Adm. William H. McRaven
Marni Raming
Director, Accounting
Director, Accounting
Indiana University
“Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.” – Jane Fonda
Mary Ramsey
Analyst, Capital Markets
Analyst, Capital Markets
Vanderbilt University
“Forever is composed of nows” – Emily Dickinson
Megan Davey
Director, Interior Architecture
Director, Interior Architecture
University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” – Rumi
Meredith Koehl
Senior Interior Designer
Senior Interior Designer
SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design)
“Be careful when you blindly follow the masses. Sometimes the ‘m’ is silent.” – Anonymous
Michal Kokoszka
Portfolio Controller
Portfolio Controller
Northern Illinois University
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Michael Rotharmel
Director of IT
Director of IT
Illinois State University
“To be is to do.” - Socrates
Montgomery Turner
Development Manager
Development Manager
University of Tennessee
“Who is John Galt?”
Nic Vecchitto
Acquisitions Associate
Acquisitions Associate
Northwestern University
“I don't want to get paid to lose. I want to win!” – Nacho
Nicolai Schwarzkopf
Director, Acquisitions
Director, Acquisitions
Harvard University
“Tis not too late to seek a newer world” -Tennyson, “Ulysses”
Pablo A. David
VP, Government Affairs & Community Relations
VP, Government Affairs & Community Relations
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DePaul University College of Law, J.D.
“Life is not what one lived, but rather what one remembers, and how it is remembered to tell the tale.” - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Paris Coleman
Assistant Development Manager
Assistant Development Manager
Neumann University
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.” – Dr. Maya Angelou
Peter Preisler
Senior Development Manager
Senior Development Manager
University of Kentucky College of Architecture
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill
Phillip Allen
Chief Development Officer, International Markets
Chief Development Officer, International Markets
University of Kentucky, BA
Duke University School of Law, JD
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum." - Roddy Piper, They Live
Philip Kayden
Chief Investment Officer, Outpost Residential & Humanity Hotels
Chief Investment Officer, Outpost Residential & Humanity Hotels
The University of Toledo
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn
Rebecca Graham
Senior Director of Interior Design
Senior Director of Interior Design
Harrington College of Design
“If you’re gonna do it, do it right” - My Dad
Regan Kimbrough
Senior Associate, Capital Markets
Senior Associate, Capital Markets
University of Georgia
"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." - The Dalai Lama
Ruben Navarro
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
Northwestern University, BA
Kellogg School of Management, MBA
“You must be prepared to work always without applause.” - E.H.
Ryan Little
Associate, Portfolio Management
Associate, Portfolio Management
The Ohio State University
Cornell University, MPSRE
“The best view comes after the hardest climb."
Ryan Meredith
SVP, Asset Management
SVP, Asset Management
Western Kentucky University
Vanderbilt University, MBA
"You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy." - Arthur Ashe
Samuel Zucker
Associate, Portfolio Management
Associate, Portfolio Management
Brandeis University
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized” - Sun Tzu
Sara Rose
Chief People Officer
Chief People Officer
Northwestern University, BA
Kellogg School of Management, MBA
“No pressure, no diamonds.” - Thomas Carlyle
Scott Ebbott
Principal, Acquisitions
Principal, Acquisitions
Emory University
“Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.” - Bill Belichick
Shawn Michols
Transaction Director
Portfolio Controller
Indiana University
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T.S. Eliot
Stacey Murray
VP, Marketing
VP, Marketing
The Ohio State University
“Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right” – Grateful Dead
Stephanie Denson
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant
St. Edward’s University
“We are all neighbors.” - Mister Rogers
Stephanie Steele
Senior Counsel
Senior Counsel
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Michigan Law School
“Here for the Right Reasons.”
Steven Trombley
SVP, Capital Markets
SVP, Capital Markets
University of Michigan
“The upset is in the mind of the favorite.” - Bo Schembechler
Tara McDaniel
Corporate Controller
Corporate Controller
Drake University
"Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it." - C. Assaad
Taylor Camp
Director, Office Leasing
Director, Office Leasing
University of Georgia
Taylor Park
Assistant Development Manager
Assistant Development Manager
Pittsburg State University
“Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved.” – Winnie the Pooh
Thomas Kozak
Tax Senior Manager
Tax Senior Manager
University of California, Los Angeles
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.” – John Wooden
Tiia Sparzak
Office Manager, Nashville
Office Manager, Nashville
Florida International University
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney
Tim Ryan
Chief Investment Officer, Graduate Hotels
Chief Investment Officer, Graduate Hotels
The University of San Diego
“Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” - Mark Twain
Thomas Ostrom
Chief of Staff, Graduate Hotels
Chief of Staff, Graduate Hotels
University of St. Thomas
Courage. The ability to ask, “Why not us?”
Torey Cecchini
VP, Investor Relations
VP, Investor Relations
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how.”
Tori Strother
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Harding University
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” - Roald Dahl
Vedant Patel
Senior Associate, Acquisitions
Senior Associate, Acquisitions
The Ohio State University
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it…he who doesn’t, pays it.” – Albert Einstein
William Golden
Style Director
Style Director
Northern Illinois University
“I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.” - Carl Sandburg
Zachary Jellson
VP, Service & Training
VP, Service & Training
The George Washington University, BA
The University of Florida: Levin College of Law, JD
"How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard