Secure allocations. Build relationships. Find investments.
Discover effective investment strategies for North American private real estate markets at the 17th annual PERE America Summit on 15 – 16 November in New York.
Discuss current trends and the ongoing crisis with North American real estate’s most influential gathering of institutional investors, fund and asset managers, developers, and strategic partners.
Secure capital, build lasting relationships, and discover investment opportunities in North American private real estate markets.
Accelerate your fundraising
Reconnect with American investors allocating across a wide spectrum of real estate strategies through the networking-focused program.
Expand your investor network
Meet investors allocating to North American real estate and understand their preferences for allocations.
Gain strategic, actionable insight
Discover the hottest trends in American markets and find new opportunities across sectors.
Discussion topics that shape North American markets
Download the agenda to see the trends impacting North American investors and markets, including:
- Position your current and future investments to meet increasing investor sustainability demands
- Navigate risks arising from an unprecedented inflationary and interest rate environment
- Learn how to manage distressed assets in struggling sectors
- And more …
Meet North America's largest investor network
Build stronger relationships and increase your visibility by staying in front of the global community of investors.
2021 speakers included
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The 17th America Summit will be held in-person in New York and available virtually on our easy-to-use platform.
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2021 speakers
Michael Acton
Managing Director, Head of Research, AEW
Mr. Acton is a Managing Director of the firm and AEW’s Head of Research with responsibility for directing the activities of AEW Research, the firm’s in-house research group. He works closely with the Fund’s investment management team in the developme… Read full bio
Gina Baker Chambers
Principal and Portfolio Manager, Artemis Real Estate Partners
Ms. Baker Chambers is a Principal of capital raising, the Co-Portfolio Manager for the New York City Retirement Systems co-investment separate account, and the Portfolio Manager for the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund separate account. These separ… Read full bio
Michael Bego
Managing Partner, Founder, Kline Hill Partners
Michael A. Bego is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kline Hill Partners, a Greenwich, CT-based firm with $2 billion in assets under management that invests in the private equity secondary market with sellers of all types, including those with smal… Read full bio
Julia Butler
Managing Director, Real Estate, KKR
Julia Butler is a Managing Director on the Real Estate team focused on credit. Ms. Butler oversees investment activity in the Midwest and Northeast for various KKR real estate vehicles in the U.S. Prior to joining KKR in 2017, Ms. Butler spent 13 yea… Read full bio
Sam Bendix
Managing Director – Equity Capital Markets & Investor Relations, Landmark Properties
Sam Bendix, Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets and Investor Relations is responsible for developing and managing relationships with Landmark’s current and prospective investors. Mr. Bendix also oversees the development of investment structur… Read full bio
Kyle Campbell
Senior Reporter, PERE
Kyle Campbell is a senior reporter for PERE, PEI Media’s global magazine and website for private real estate investment. Based in New York, he leads coverage of the Americas with a focus on investors in the US and Canada. Before joining PERE in fall… Read full bio
David Christie
CEO, Matter Real Estate LLP
David has spent the majority of his 25-year career with prominent real estate investors, including ARES, Doughty Hanson, Green Property and ESO Capital. David’s focus has traditionally been on delivering strong returns within value-add and opportunis… Read full bio
Lisa Davis
Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, Impact Investing, PGIM Real Estate
Lisa Davis is an executive director at PGIM Real Estate and portfolio manager of Impact Investing. Based in New York City, Lisa is responsible for developing and leading PGIM Real Estate’s Impact Investing Strategy, including the creation of a new im… Read full bio
Juan DeAngulo
Managing Partner, Elion Partners
Juan DeAngulo is Managing Partner at Elion Partners, and a voting member of the firm’s Investment and Asset Management Committees. Since joining Elion, Juan has developed the firm into a vertically integrated, institutional-grade real estate investme… Read full bio
Daniel Drabkin
Partner, Clifford Chance
Daniel Drabkin is a partner in the New York office of Clifford Chance, where he specializes in the representation of sponsors in all aspects of fund formation, structuring, marketing and operations, with significant experience in real estate, private… Read full bio
Marta Drummond
Principal, Strategic Consultant
Marta Drummond’s career began in Boston. It spans senior private banking positions first in Asia (Hong Kong based) and then in Europe (Paris and London). She left banking to become Head of Strategy for an international law firm and then she accepted… Read full bio
Javier Faus
Chairman, Meridia Capital
As business executive and prominent investment professional, Mr. Faus has led numerous transactions in Real Estate, Private Equity and Venture Capital mostly in Spain and Latin America. In 2006 he founded Meridia Capital Partners, SGEIC, SA, one of l… Read full bio
Rosemary Feenan
Executive Vice President, Research, QuadReal
Rosemary Feenan joined QuadReal as Executive Vice President, Research in May 2018. Her focus is on strategic research and analysis in support of QuadReal’s international investment objectives. She was formerly Director of Global Research Programmes a… Read full bio
Steve Felix
Partner & Co-Founder, Felix / Weiner Consulting Group
Steve has more than 30 years of diverse commercial / institutional real estate industry experience and nurtures a vast cross-generational, global network. He is considered by many to be one of the most connected people in the global commercial real e… Read full bio
Raphael Fishbach
Principal, Mesa West Capital
Mr. Fishbach is a Principal of the originations team at Mesa West and heads the East Coast origination platform. Prior to joining Mesa West in 2010, Mr. Fishbach spent three years at Ramius LLC, an $8 billion asset management firm based in New York C… Read full bio
Mark Gabbay
Global CEO, LaSalle Investment Management
Mark Gabbay is Global CEO of LaSalle, a position he assumed in January 2021. He is responsible for strategic leadership of LaSalle’s 900+ employees and oversight of the firm’s investment and operational activities across North America, Asia Pacific,… Read full bio
Melissa Gliatta
COO, Thor Equities
Melissa Gliatta is Chief Operating Officer of Thor Equities. Ms. Gliatta works closely with Thor Equities Chairman & CEO Joseph Sitt to expand the company’s business activities. Her responsibilities include overseeing asset management, leasing, h… Read full bio
Raymond Gong
Managing Director, Real Estate, Oaktree
Mr. Gong joined Oaktree in 2008 and has been involved in the sourcing, analysis, execution and asset management of investments for Oaktree’s Real Estate strategies. Mr. Gong works across the commercial real estate, structured finance and corporate se… Read full bio
Lora Gotcheva
Managing Director, Real Estate, CPP Investment Board
Lora is a Managing Director in Real Estate with CPP Investments, responsible for the origination, underwriting, structuring and management of U.S. life science investments as well as managing a portfolio of U.S. listed real estate securities across a… Read full bio
Todd Henderson
Head of Real Estate for the Americas, Global Co-head of Real Estate Investments, DWS
Mr. Henderson is the Global Co-Head of Real Estate Investments and the Head of Real Estate Americas for DWS’ Alternatives Platform. Mr. Henderson is a member of the DWS Global Leadership Team, DWS Global Investment Division Leadership Committee, and… Read full bio
Yane Hsu
Founder & Principal, Laurea LLC
Ms. Hsu is Founder and Principal of Laurea LLC, a consulting firm that provides strategy, fundraising, and investor relations advisory services to private equity real estate firms. She is a results-oriented investment professional with over 20 years… Read full bio
Michael Hunter
Global Head of Real Estate Alternatives and Strategic Transactions, Nuveen Real Estate
Michael oversees investment strategy and execution for all alternative real estate sectors globally for Nuveen Real Estate. In addition, he leads Nuveen Real Estate's global strategic transaction business function. He is a member of the Global Execut… Read full bio
Amy Johannes
Managing Director, Oaktree
Ms. Johannes is an investment professional in the Real Estate group, where she serves as a managing director. Ms. Johannes works across the commercial real estate, structured finance and corporate securities sub-groups, where she focuses on investmen… Read full bio
Richard Anthony Johnson
Head of International Capital Markets, SIGNA
Managing Director and Head of International Capital Markets at SIGNA Group´s SIGNA Financial Services division, based in Zürich. Richard is a 34 year veteran of the real estate industry. Originally from London he has lived and worked in Europe, Asia… Read full bio
Mary Lang
Head of Americas Direct Logistics Strategies and Portfolio Manager, CBRE Investment Management
Mary Lang is Head of Americas Direct Logistics Strategies and a fund Portfolio Manager. Mary, who began her career in the asset management industry in 2000, joined CBRE Investment Management in 2021 from Prologis, Inc. Mary’s accomplishments include… Read full bio
Simon Lauzier
Chief Financial and Business Performance Officer, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Simon Lauzier joined Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2017 as Vice President, Global Financing and Capital Markets, and then became Senior Vice President, Investment Optimization and Capital Markets. Mr. Lauzier has more than 20 years of real estate experience a… Read full bio
Heidi Learner
Americas Head of Real Assets Research, CBRE Investment Management
Heidi Learner is the Americas Head of Real Assets Research for CBRE Investment Management. Heidi joined the firm in 2020 and is responsible for the firm’s analysis, forecasting and transaction support across the public and private real assets spectru… Read full bio
Jessica Lee
Managing Director, BentallGreenOak
Jessica Lee is a Managing Director for BentallGreenOak’s U.S. Debt business. In her role, she is focused on sourcing and structuring senior and subordinate debt investments. Before joining BentallGreenOak, Jessica was a Principal at The Carlyle Group… Read full bio
Peter Lesburg
Managing Director, Capital Markets & Investor Relations, Realterm
Mr. Lesburg is responsible for fundraising, capital strategy and other capital markets initiatives across Realterm. Previously, he was an investment banker covering the real estate industry at Wachovia Securities, Stifel Nicolaus, Legg Mason and J.P.… Read full bio
Helee Lev
Chief Revenue Officer, Goby
Helee Lev - Bio Helee Lev is the Chief Revenue Officer at Goby, The ESG Platform by Conservice. Helee has more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate, investment management, and ESG with clients such as Motorola, Bank of America, Cisco… Read full bio
Michael Levy
Chief Executive Officer, Crow Holdings
Michael Levy is the Chief Executive Officer of Crow Holdings where he is responsible for leading and overseeing the Company’s overall business activities. Michael was previously Chief Operating Officer for the Investment Management Division and a mem… Read full bio
Dillon Lorda
Portfolio Manager, AEW
Dillon Lorda is a Director within AEW's private investments team, focused exclusively on multi-family investment. Prior to joining AEW, Mr. Lorda was a Managing Member of Conrad Investment Management, where he utilized research-based metrics to targe… Read full bio
Frédérick Magnon
Senior Director, Real Estate Investments, PSP Investments
Frédérick Magnan is Senior Director, Real Estate Investments, at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). He has over 20 years of experience in the real estate sector. Frédérick currently oversees PSP Investments Brazilian, US of… Read full bio
Joe Marconi
Managing Director, Real Estate, Bain Capital
Mr. Marconi joined Bain Capital in 2018 as part of Bain Capital Real Estate’s founding team. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Marconi was a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager in Harvard Management Company’s (HMC) Real Estate Investment Gro… Read full bio
Derrick McGavic
Managing Principal & Chief Investment Officer, Newport Capital Partners
Mr. McGavic founded Newport Capital Partners in 2004 and serves as its Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer. He is a member of the Investment Committee and oversees Portfolio Management of the Firm’s investment vehicles. Additionally, he s… Read full bio
Lee Menifee
Managing Director, Head of Americas Investment Research, PGIM Real Estate
Lee Menifee is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and head of Americas Investment Research. Based in Los Angeles, California, Lee is responsible for leading PGIM Real Estate’s research efforts and overseeing the research teams that support PGIM… Read full bio
Randy Moss
Senior Team Leader, Yardi
Since 1992 Randy has worked in the Energy and Utilities industry focusing on energy management and sustainability projects and systems. Randy is responsible for assisting clients and internal Yardi teams with identifying how Yardi’s systems and produ… Read full bio
Jerome Nichols
President and Co-Founder, Standard Real Estate Investments
Prior to forming Standard, Mr. Nichols was a Senior Director with CBRE Global Investors where he led development investment sourcing in the Americas. He served as Deputy Portfolio Manager for the firm’s development fund series and Chair of the Americ… Read full bio
Jonathan Pearce
Executive Vice President, Leasing And Development, Office & Industrial, North America, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Jonathan Pearce is responsible for leasing across Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Office & Industrial platforms in North America. He is also Co-Head of Development for Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Office & Industrial asset classes. His responsibilities include le… Read full bio
Dmytriy Pereklita
President & Founding Partner, DKSTUDIO ARCHITECTS
Dmytriy is from Toronto Canada and has worked globally including a 10-year tenure in Hong Kong, 2 years in Singapore, as well as managing projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. During this time, Dmytriy was responsible for the design of some of th… Read full bio
Tal Peri
Head of U.S. East Coast and Latin America, Union Investment Real Estate GmbH
Tal Peri is a senior real estate investment and finance professional with over 20 years of industry experience across markets and product types. Tal has closed more than $5 billion of real estate transactions. He serves as Head of U.S. East Coast and… Read full bio
Tricia Peterson
Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Accord Group Holdings
Ms. Peterson, who has over 23 years of real estate and capital raising experience, serves as a Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer for Accord Group Holdings LLC (“Accord”). Prior to joining Accord, she was Director of Capital Markets for Pac… Read full bio
Peter Plaut
Executive Director, Wimmer Group
Peter Plaut is consistently recognized as a leader in the industry. Since the Covid-19 pandemic locked down the global economy, Peter has executed engagements of over $10 billion in real estate development financing across various assets classes incl… Read full bio
Robin Potts
Co-Head of Real Estate, Director of Acquisitions, Canyon Partners
Ms. Potts is the Co-Head of Real Estate Investments and Director of Acquisitions for Canyon. Ms. Potts supervises originations and acquisitions of all real estate transactions. Ms. Potts previously worked in the Financial Institutions Group of Credit… Read full bio
Ari Rastegar
Founder & CEO, Rastegar
Ari Rastegar is the Founder and CEO of Rastegar Property Company, LLC (“Rastegar Property Company”), a technology focused private equity real estate company based in Austin, TX. As an entrepreneur, he has built portfolios as an investor, developer an… Read full bio
John Rivard
Chief Investment Officer, Accesso Partners
John Rivard is Chief Investment Officer at Accesso, a commercial real estate investment manager, owner and operator of class A office properties throughout the country, where he spearheads the firm’s investment process and capital markets activities.… Read full bio
Anthony Ross
Managing Director, State Street
Anthony Ross, CPA is a Managing Director with State Street Global Services and Head of Real Estate Product Management. He is responsible for driving growth for State Street’s Real Estate Fund Administration platform and providing clients with operati… Read full bio
Kelly Ryan
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Kelly Ryan is the global leader of the Kirkland’s real estate funds practice, with 20+ years of experience focused exclusively on real estate private equity across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Kelly represents many of the largest global private equity… Read full bio
Anthony Santiago
Chief Operating Officer, New Empire
As the Chief Operating Officer of New Empire Corp and its related subsidiaries, Anthony is responsible for global operations and all vertically integrated real estate development divisions. His key role is to pave the way for institutional capital an… Read full bio
Neha Santiago
Head of Real Estate Private Credit and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Mrs. Santiago is Head of Real Estate Private Credit for Cerberus. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2020, Mrs. Santiago spent eight years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Principal Investment Area, investing both in p… Read full bio
Sarah Schwarzschild
Co-Head, BGO Strategic Capital Partners, BentallGreenOak
Sarah Schwarzschild is a Managing Director, Co-Head of BGO Strategic Capital Partners and Global Head of Secondaries. With more than 10 years of experience in real estate, she is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities global… Read full bio
Tyler Seaman
Head of Hotels & Multi-Residential, North America, Oxford Properties Group
Tyler Seaman is responsible for all aspects of Oxford's hotel and multi-family businesses across North America including portfolio management, investments, development, brand relationships and asset management. Oxford’s hotel portfolio includes six,… Read full bio
Mike Sebastian
Industry Principal, Appfolio Investment Management
Mike Sebastian has been in real estate technology for 14 years working with many different asset classes including multi-family, office, industrial and retail, and other types of assets in real estate. Mike has worked with investment management clien… Read full bio
Ryan Simonetti
CEO & Founder, Convene
Ryan is the CEO and co-founder of Convene. Convene creates dynamic work experiences through a network of premium meeting, event, and office locations and digital meeting technology, including virtual and hybrid meetings products. Convene has been nam… Read full bio
Alan Snoddy
Managing Director, Head of Private Markets, The Church Pension Fund
Alan Snoddy is a Managing Director for The Church Pension Fund, an $18 billion defined benefit plan for the clergy of the Episcopal Church. His primary area of responsibility is coordinating the investment efforts across all private asset classes at… Read full bio
Kim Snyder
President – West Region, Prologis
Kim Snyder, president of Prologis’ West region, is responsible for all regional activities including development, acquisitions and operations. Key markets included in this region are San Francisco, Seattle, Central Valley, Southern California, the In… Read full bio
Michael Streicker
President, Sentinel Real Estate Corporation
Michael F. Streicker is the President of Sentinel Real Estate Corporation and sits on the firm’s Executive Committee and the Investment Committee. His day-to-day responsibilities include oversight of Sentinel’s international offices, global business… Read full bio
Dev Subhash
Partner, StepStone
Mr. Subhash leads StepStone real estate’s research and fund investment activities. He is also involved in various investment and portfolio management activities. Prior to joining StepStone in 2014, Mr. Subhash was regional portfolio manager for Cohen… Read full bio
Jordan Suppan
Managing Director, Leste Credit
Mr. Suppan is a Managing Director at Leste Credit. Prior to joining Leste, Mr. Suppan was the Founding Partner of Lendmarq, a private real estate credit platform. Earlier in his career, Mr. Suppan worked in acquisitions for Fortress Investment Group’… Read full bio
Susan Swanezy
Partner, Hodes Weill & Associate
Susan Swanezy is a Partner of Hodes Weill & Associates responsible for coverage of institutional investors and consultants in North America. She is leading the firm’s Real Assets initiative and is active in the origination of new business and adv… Read full bio
Philip Thomas
Managing Director, Marathon Asset Management
Philip Thomas is a Managing Director in the European Real Estate group. He leads the origination & execution of real estate debt & equity opportunities in Europe and is actively involved in business development. Mr. Thomas joined Marathon in… Read full bio
Peter Tsoulogiannis
Partner, Slate Asset Management
Peter is a Partner of Slate Asset Management and sits on Slate’s Investment Committee and is a member of its Management Committee. Peter leads origination and execution of Slate’s global investments and strategic initiatives across Slate’s business v… Read full bio
Michael Turner
President, Oxford Properties
Michael Turner is President of Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder and Global Head of Real Estate for the OMERS pension plan. Michael is Chair of Oxford’s Executive and Investment Committees an… Read full bio
Bert van den Hoek
Senior Portfolio Manager, North America, Bouwinvest
Bert van den Hoek joined Bouwinvest International in 2020 as Senior Portfolio Manager North America. He is responsible for the portfolio construction and performance of the investments made on behalf of the Bouwinvest North America mandate. In 2020,… Read full bio
Reid Weppler
Head of Real Estate, Convene
Reid oversees the real estate group that is responsible for the acquisition, design, and construction of Convene’s industry-defining flagship hospitality properties. He has extensive real estate development and strategic transaction experience spanni… Read full bio
Jacob Werner
Senior Managing Director, Real Estate, Blackstone
Jacob Werner is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate group. Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Werner has been involved in analyzing Blackstone's real estate investments in all property types and has worked on a variety of transactions, i… Read full bio
Suzanne West
President, Epic Advisory
Guided by my perspective as an investor and my thirty years of industry experience - as a principal investor, co-founder of Belay Investment Group, and co-founder of Park Madison Partners – I endeavor to curate investment opportunities that appeal to… Read full bio
Leslie Wohlman Himmel
Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Himmel + Meringoff Properties
Leslie Wohlman Himmel is Co-Managing Partner of Himmel + Meringoff Properties, a leading owner and operator of New York City-based commercial real estate. Founded in 1985 with partner Stephen Meringoff, the company currently owns and manages a portfo… Read full bio
Dadong Yan
Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments, MassMutual
Dadong is the Portfolio Manager of Alternative Investments at MassMutual. He is focused on bespoke investment opportunities and building strategic partnerships with alternative asset managers globally. Prior to joining MassMutual, Dadong was an inves… Read full bio
Dr. Tingting Zhang
Founder & Co-CEO, TerraCotta Group
Dr. Tingting Zhang is the Founder & Co-CEO of the TerraCotta Group. She oversees the firm’s investment activities and manages portfolio risk. Dr. Zhang heads TerraCotta’s Credit Committee. She also leads the research and methodology agenda at the… Read full bio
Lift your profile at the Summit
The PERE America Summit is our flagship annual conference in the region. Attendees are exclusively decision-makers at the leading private real estate investors, fund and asset managers, and developers across the region and globe. Strengthen your market credibility and meet your investment and business goals through:
- Exclusive investor connections
- Opportunity to share your thought-leadership
- High-profile brand visibility
- And much, much more …
To discuss options that suit your firm, contact our sponsorship team.
America Summit attendees get more
By attending the America Summit you will join real estate’s most influential global network. Being a member will give you access to:
- Attend the America Summit in New York
- All of PERE’s global events
- PERE Connect – our new tailored networking service
- Access to the investor directory
- Frequent virtual and in-person networking opportunities
- And much more …
Talk to our team to find out how the Summit can help your firm grow.
