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Board Chair
 Founder
The Vagabond Group
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Member Since 2014

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Jay Massirman

 Immediate Past Board Chair
Managing Principal
Rivergate Companies

Member Since 2013

Founder and Managing Principal
Adler Real Estate Partners 

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Member Since 2019


Partner, Head of Real Estate Practice Group
Bilzin Sumberg 

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Member Since 2019


Principal
Aria Development Group 

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Member Since 2014

Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig 

 Company Website


Member Since 2017



Vice Chairman
CBRE | Capital Markets | Multifamily 

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Member Since 2014

Vice Chairman
Newmark Knight Frank 

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Member Since 2021


President
Berkowitz Development Group, Inc. 

 Company Website


Member Since 2019


President and Founder
Borghese Investments

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Member Since 2021


Partner and CIO 
The Meridian Group

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Member Since 2021

Director of New Development and Design
Vagabond Group
MRED+U'15
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Alumni Representative 2023-25



President
Swire Properties, Inc.

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Member Since 2022

Founder 
Alice Bravo & Associates

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Member Since 2021


Principal
Redevelopment Management Associates

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Member Since 2013


CEO
Neology Group

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Member Since 2018


Founder and President
Mattoni Group

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Member Since 2018

Director of Design and Construction
Vagabond Group
MRED+U'16
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Alumni Representative 2023-25


Managing Partner
Cervera Real Estate

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Member Since 2015

EVP and General Counsel
Florida East Coast Industries

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Member Since 2018


Past Board Chair
Co-CEO
Grass River Property

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Member Since 2013


Senior Director-Commercial Real Estate
Synovus

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Member Since 2017


Managing Partner
Two Roads Development

 Company Website


Member Since 2020

President and CEO
Friends of the Underline 

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Member Since 2021



Executive Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer
City National Bank

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Member Since 2022

CEO and President
SSD, LLC

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Member Since 2015


Founder
Seaside, Florida

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Member Since 2009


Managing Principal
John Burns Real Estate Consulting

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Member Since 2021


Chairman 
Plaza Equity Partners

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Member Since 2018

Principal
Finvarb Group

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Member Since 2018



Managing Partner
Forman Capital

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Member Since 2022

Senior Managing Director
Berkadia

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Member Since 2013


Managing Principal
Place Projects

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Member Since 2020


Founder and President 
MRK Partners 

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Member Since 2021


Co-Chair
Goldman Properties

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Member Since 2017

Principal
Seagate Capital Construction & Development 

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Member Since 2024



Principal 
Edsa 

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Member Since 2021

Chairman and CEO
Integra Realty Resources

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Member Since 2016


CEO
OKO Real Estate

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Member Since 2016


President
R. J. Heisenbottle Architects, P.A.

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Member Since 2015


Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Fortune International Group

Company Website 


Member Since 2015

Managing Principal
13th Floor Investments

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Member Since 2014



Managing Principal
Karson & Co.

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Member Since 2017

Vice President, Strategy & Innovation
LENx

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Member Since 2022


CEO
Royal Palm Companies

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Member Since 2024


Vice Chairman and Managing Director
Marsh USA Inc.

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Member Since 2015


President and CEO
Whitman Family Development
MRED+U'12
 Company Website

Member Since 2013

Vice Chairman and Managing Director
LeFrak

 Company Website


Member Since 2022



President and CEO
The Corcoran Group
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Member Since 2023

President 
Rialto Capital Group

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Member Since 2022


CEO
Terra Group

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Member Since 2013


Corporate VP of Real Estate
Baptist Health Enterprises

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Member Since 2016


Past Board Chair
Managing Partner
Merrimac Ventures

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Member Since 2012

Co-President
Coastal Construction

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Member Since 2012



Vice President
Cain International 

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Member Since 2021

Owner & CEO
Rilea Group

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Member Since 2015


President
Related Development

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Member Since 2014


President and CEO
Adler Properties 

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Member Since 2021


CEO and Managing Partner
NR International

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Member Since 2014

President and CEO
Housing Trust Group

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Member Since 2019



CEO and President
Dacra

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Member Since 2009

Founder, Chairman and CEO
Driftwood Capital

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Member Since 2018


Managing Principal
Pebb Capital 

Company Website


Member Since 2022


Executive Vice President
AMLI Residential 

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Member Since 2022


Owner
Claro Development 

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Member Since 2021

Principal 
Torose Equities

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Member Since 2023



Chief Human Resources Officer, Managing Director
Starwood Capital Group & Starwood Property Trust

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Member Since 2022

 

Vice President of Operations and Development 
MDM Hotel Group

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Member Since 2019


Director of Development 
Fort Partners  

 Company Website


Member Since 2020


Managing Principal and CEO
PTM Partners

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Member Since 2015



Member Since 2011
  

President
Managing Director and Head of the Special Servicing Division
LNR Partners

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Member Since 2016



CEO
LAB Miami Ventures

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Member Since 2019

Founder
Coral Rock Development Group
  Company Website

Member Since 2022

President and Co-Founder 
The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group 

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Member Since 2021

Emeritus Members

  • Neisen O. Kasdin (Past Chair), Office Managing Partner, Akerman LLP, Miami, Florida 
  • Edgar Jones, Jr. (Past Chair), Edgar Jones and Company, Miami, Florida
  • John C. Sumberg (Past Chair), Chairman, Bilzin Sumberg, Miami, Florida

 

Founding Members

  • Tony Goldman, Goldman Properties, Miami, Florida

 

Alumni Representatives

2023-2025
  • Amanda Bonvecchio, MRED+U ‘15, Director of New Development and Design, Vagabond Group
  • Natalia Cebollero, MRED+U ‘16, Director of Design and Construction, Vagabond Group

2021-2023
  • Elena Gonzalez, MRED+U ’17, Associate, Starwood Property Trust

 

2019-2021
  • Charlo Jenkins, MRED+U '10, Project Executive, DSS, Miami, Florida

 

2017-2019
  • Catie Sacks, MRED+U '11, Development Manager, Sanford Waterfront Partners, Miami, Florida

 

2015-2017
  • Emran Ally, MRED+U '15, Vice President, CBRE, Miami, Florida

 

2013-2015
  • Felipe Azenha, MRED+U '12, Co-Founder & Director of Business Development, Gridics, Miami, Florida

 

2011-2013
  • Alex Vargas Vila, MRED+U '11, Sr. Corporate Development Manager, Florida East Coast Industries, Miami, Florida

 

Outstanding Board Members in Real Estate Development + Urbanism

  • 2023: Ryan Bailine
  • 2022: Jay Massirman
  • 2020: Arden Karson, Matt Reiger, Florencia Tabeni
  • 2019: Vanessa Grout
  • 2018: Troy Ballard
  • 2017: Troy Ballard



 

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