Amy Price is Co-President of BGO. In her role, Amy oversees its U.S. and Canadian businesses, and works closely with the Capital Raising team. Amy is a member of the Global Executive Team, the Management Committee, and the US Investment Committees. Amy also leads BGO’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives globally and chairs the firm’s EDI Leadership Council.
Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Amy was a managing director and head of real estate investing for the western U.S. at Morgan Stanley, where she was an Investment Committee member, and built the real estate investment management business in San Francisco. Amy also spent time in Morgan Stanley’s New York and Hong Kong offices.
Amy is a member of the Global Board of Directors of Urban Land Institute (ULI), and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of AFIRE. She is also involved in philanthropic endeavors, as a member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of San Francisco, the National Charity League with her daughter, and Service Corp with her son.
Amy holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University.
Max Pastor, Chief Operating Officer of Time Equities, Inc. (TEI), has been actively engaged in multiple facets of commercial real estate for over 20 years.
Max currently leads a national investment, acquisitions, and asset management team, is the Vice- Chair of TEI’s Investment Committee, a member of TEI’s Executive Advisory Committee and is a registered principal of Time Equities Securities LLC (a FINRA licensed broker dealer). On an executive level, Max contributes strategic advice and counsel for the formulation, implementation, and management of TEI’s investment, equity, debt, finance, and joint venture activities, and regularly evaluates new and alternative opportunities.
Since rejoining TEI in 2015, Max has originated and led the acquisition of approximately 6.75 million square feet of real estate spanning 15 states. Max’s responsibilities include originating opportunities and formulating and executing business plans for a diversified national real estate portfolio, primarily consisting of industrial, multifamily and office properties as well as two current ground-up development projects in Massachusetts and Florida.
Max received his B.A. from The Ohio State University and his J.D. from the Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He is a member of the New York and Florida bars and holds Series 22, 63 and 39 securities licenses. Max serves on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committees of Art Omi, Inc., Art Omi Pavilions @Chatham, Inc. and The Francis J. Greenburger Foundation and was recently appointed to Deutsche Bank’s Private Bank Advisory Council for US business.
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Max currently resides in Weston, Connecticut with his wife (Jenny) and two children. He is an avid tennis player and geography enthusiast.
Francis Greenburger is an American real estate developer, literary agent, author, art collector, philanthropist, and founder of Time Equities Inc., Art Omi, Inc., and the Greenburger Center for Social & Criminal Justice.
Francis Greenburger is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Time Equities Inc. Founded in 1966, Time Equities Inc. (TEI) has been in the real estate investment, development, and asset & property management business for more than 50 years. He is also the Chairman of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (SJGA), a literary agency founded by his father in 1932.
He is the Founder and Chairman of Art Omi and Art Omi Pavilions, a sculpture and architecture park, unique museum complex, and arts center founded in 1992, which also provides residencies for visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, and architects from all over the world. Most recently, Mr. Greenburger founded the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice in 2014, which advocates for reforms to the criminal justice and mental health systems.
He also serves on the board of several not for profit organizations and is an active donor to over 300 charitable organizations.
Mr. Greenburger graduated from Baruch College in 1974 with a degree in Public Administration. He is an avid tennis player and traveler. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, Isabelle Autones, and is the proud father of four children: Morgan, Noah, Julia, and Claire.
Lourdes Fisher serves as a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the Client Solutions Group at Bridge Investment Group. She is responsible for securing capital commitments and developing and maintaining relationships with institutional clients, including pension plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices.
Prior to joining Bridge, Lourdes was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank where she led the investment grade debt capital markets coverage of clients in the real estate, gaming, lodging, leisure, specialty finance and asset management sectors. In this role, Lourdes’s primary responsibilities included advisement on global capital raising alternatives, optimization of capital structures, and management of interest rate and foreign currency risks. ESG finance was also a critical element of her coverage effort having led over a dozen green bonds for her clients. At Deutsche Bank, Lourdes was also the co-head of Deutsche Bank’s debt private placement business where she worked on originating, structuring, and distributing bespoke securities to insurance companies and pension funds.
Lourdes received her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. She is also fluent in Spanish.
As global co‐head of research and strategy of real estate private markets, Erin is responsible for developing and executing the real estate platform’s overall research strategy and house view, leveraging predictive analytics and proprietary modeling that guide the acquisition and asset management real estate lifecycle. She works closely with the regional chief investment officers and functional teams in these efforts, contributing investment decision‐making insight and working toward an increasing level of sophistication and quality with regard to evaluating and advancing the investment thesis. In her role, Erin sits on the global real estate leadership team.
Previously, Erin was director of real estate research and strategy at Wafra Real Estate, responsible for executing and maintaining a research and strategy platform in support of the Wafra real estate team, fund, and portfolio investments. Before that, Erin was a senior vice president at JLL, where she led and managed engagements with major global corporate occupiers in various real estate portfolio and organizational transformation strategies. She also managed principal and investor‐side engagements that included real estate investment/portfolio strategy, feasibility analysis, and market impact studies. Prior to that, Erin worked at DWS, where she was responsible for leading research and strategy for office investments across the United States.
Raphael Sidelsky, based in New York, and is Principal and CIO of Outlook Ridge Ventures, with over $8BN of investment experience in real estate private equity, European and US family office investing including prior roles at the W5/Winter Family, C-III Capital Partners /Island Capital, Fremont Group/Bechtel Family Office. He is the host of the Real Estate Forum Podcast and has an MBA from Columbia Business School where he is Board Member of the Real Estate Circle.
Rob co-founded Lone Star Capital in 2018 and has overseen the acquisition, financing, and management of over $600 million in apartment communities. As CEO, Rob drives the strategic growth of the firm, while also identifying and raising capital for new investment opportunities. He leads Lone Star Capital's in-house property and construction management division, Lone Star Communities, ensuring excellence in renovation, lease-up, and ongoing management. Rob has sold over 25,000 copies of his two books on commercial real estate. He is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences nationwide and hosts the popular Lone Star Capital podcast. Prior to Lone Star Capital, Rob studied Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University for two years before pursuing his entrepreneurial ambitions full-time.
LSC is in no way affiliated with Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. or any of its affiliates doing business as Lone Star Funds or LStar Capital"
Mr. Cervino is the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of the US Value-Add Funds for BentallGreenOak, drawing on more than 16 years in acquiring/disposing and asset managing office, industrial, multi-family, retail and hospitality real estate assets across the U.S. Mr. Cervino’s leadership at BentallGreenOak includes an active role in driving the firm’s ESG and diversity and inclusion missions and is keenly involved in the mentorship and development of the next generation of investment professionals at the firm. Mr. Cervino serves on the board of directors for the Institute for Community Living (ICL) where he also chairs the Real Estate committee for the non-profit organization.
William Pattison is the head of the real estate research & strategy team within the risk, research & analytics group of MetLife Investment Management (MIM). He is responsible for research and strategy development in support of MIM’s real estate equity and debt platforms. In this role, he works closely with MIM's real estate regional offices and portfolio managers to craft the strategic house view, drive thought leadership initiatives, project capital market trends, and develop investment strategies that seek to maximize returns while minimizing market, rate, and liquidity risks. As a member of the Investment Committee, William is responsible for reviewing and voting on all U.S. real estate acquisitions.
Prior to joining MetLife in 2015, William worked for ten years in the real estate group at Aegon Real Assets.
William is a graduate of Iowa State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in economics.
Jannelle Seales is Co-Head of Weil’s Real Estate practice and is based in New York. Jannelle’s practice is comprised of financing, joint ventures and acquisitions and dispositions. She also advises public and private companies and other institutional clients with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of real estate related companies.
Jannelle is recommended for REITs and Real Estate by Legal 500 US, nominated for Lawdragon’s 2025 “Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation” and named to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of the “500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers” and Lawdragon’s 2024 list of the “500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers”. She was also shortlisted as “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards for 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Jannelle received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from Harvard University.
Drew Fung has over 30 years of work experience in the real estate investment management industry. Drew began their career at AXA Equitable Real Estate Investment Management in 1987 as a Vice President and worked there for a decade. In 1997, they joined Boston Financial Investment Management as a Senior Vice President. In 2000, they became a Principal at Lend Lease and stayed with the company until 2003 when they joined CWCapital as a Senior Vice President. In 2005, they joined Deutsche Bank Asset Management (formerly known as RREEF) as the Managing Director - Head of High Yield Debt Investments. In 2012, they joined Clarion Partners LLC as the Head of Debt Investment Group.
Shaunak Tanna is an executive director at PGIM Real Estate. Based in New York, Shaunak is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and structuring real estate investments including senior and mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments for the Eastern and Mid-Western U.S.
Prior to joining PGIM Real Estate, Shaunak was Head of Structured Investments for Basis Investment Group, LLC, where he was responsible for the firm’s mezzanine and bridge lending, and originated a range of investments across stabilized, development and transitional value-add properties. Before Basis, he was with Terra Capital Partners, LLC and its affiliate The Greenwich Group International, LLC.
Shaunak has a Bachelor of Commerce in accounting and taxation from the University of Mumbai and a Master of Business Administration in real estate from Baruch College. Shaunak is also a Chartered Accountant, and an active member of the Advisory Board for Steven Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College.
Ms. Mao joined Oaktree in 2019 and leads eastern U.S. originations for the real estate debt platform. Prior to joining Oaktree, Ms. Mao was at BlackRock, where she was a director focused on high yield real estate debt investments. Prior thereto, she was an executive director at Five Mile Capital investing in opportunistic and distressed real estate debt and equity opportunities. Ms. Mao began her career at Morgan Stanley in the institutional products group and, through her 17+ years in real estate, has worked in various commercial real estate debt origination and structuring roles at Eurohypo AG, Credit Suisse and WestRiver Capital. Ms. Mao received a B.S. in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University and is a member of WX.
Mr. Thornton is a member of the real estate team.
Prior to joining StepStone, Mr. Thornton was an investment associate with True North Management Group, a real estate investment manager, where he focused on acquisitions, asset management and capital raising. Before that, he was an analyst on the real estate team in EY’s transaction advisory practice.
Mr. Thornton received a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Wanli is a Vice President on the Real Estate Investment team, where he is responsible for the evaluation and due diligence of primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities in real estate.
Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2024, Wanli held various roles on the Real Estate Multi-Manager (REMM) team at abrdn, and most recently co-led REMM’s Americas efforts, including screening and reviewing investment opportunities, making investment recommendations and leading due diligence and closings.
Wanli received a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and International Business from University of Richmond.
Anthony Russo ’15, a seasoned real estate professional with over a decade of experience, is a Partner and Managing Principal at CSFG Real Estate. A graduate of Duke University (2015) and NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate (2020), Anthony began his career at Sterling Project Development, where he honed his skills as a project manager from 2015 to 2020. In 2020, he joined CSFG as its first full-time employee, playing a pivotal role in expanding the firm's real estate investment portfolio across the United States and Europe. His expertise spans various sectors, including multifamily, industrial, hospitality, and retail, with deals ranging from $10 million to $100 million.
Alex Schaefer is a Vice President, Transactions on the real estate investment team at AXA Investment Managers, the asset management arm of the Paris-headquarter multinational insurance firm and a global leader in real estate investment management. At AXA-IM, Alex focuses on transactions across property types and across the risk spectrum in institutional markets throughout the country.
Before joining AXA in 2021, Alex served as a Vice President at TKF Real Estate Investment, specializing in value-add and core-plus investments in office and mixed-use assets across the East Coast. Prior to TKF, he was Head of Acquisitions for ALTO Real Estate Funds, a New York-based private equity firm focused on value-add investments nationwide in partnership with experienced local operating partners. Alex's earlier experience includes roles as Director of Acquisitions at VEREIT, a publicly traded REIT, where he played a key role in its management of over 4,000 properties across 49 states. His career path also included positions with American Realty Capital, where he transitioned into VEREIT following a merger of publicly traded investment vehicles.
Commissioner Andy Daro was elected Harbor Island Commissioner in November 2022 for a four-year term until November 2026. Prior to his election, Andy served as a member of the North Bay Village Community Enhancement Board and sits on The Board of Directors for his Condominium Association in Harbor Island.
Born and raised in Connecticut, Andy is a 10+ year resident of Miami, Florida and a resident of North Bay Village since 2018 where he resides with his wife Krisztina and son Aleksander.
He attended university in New York and American University of Rome, earning a degree in Economics while graduating with honors and serving as captain of his collegiate Men’s Soccer Team at Manhattanville College.
Afterwards, Andy began his career in entrepreneurship and as a real estate professional in New York City, where he worked to help build the Hottinger Team at Douglas Elliman and The Corcoran Group, before relocating to Miami and starting the team’s office in South Florida. He currently leads an international team of top producing realtors at Compass, who have been ranked nationally amongst the top 1.5% of realtors nationwide since 2021.
His love and passion for North Bay Village have now lead him to his current role as Commissioner. While in office, Andy plans to help execute on the plans laid forth in NBV100, especially those concerning to The Island Walk and the economic development of the 79th Street Causeway. He enjoys traveling and an avid Inter Miami CF supporter.
DJ Van Keuren is the current President of HREAO and one of the initial founders of the SIG in 2009. Named as one of Family Capitals Top 10 U.S. Family Office Real Estate Professionals, one of Trusted Insight's Top 30 Real Estate Investors at a Family Office, and founder of the Family Office Real Estate Institute, Mr. Van Keuren is the Co-Managing Member for Evergreen Property Partners. D.J. has held senior management positions in real estate at several prominent single-family offices. Among them are The Hayman Family (Giorgio Perfume/Giorgio Beverly Hills & Discuss Dental), the Arsenault Family office (Mountain High Yogurt), and acting as the President of real estate for a family member of an owner of an MLB team. Mr. Van Keuren is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, a frequent writer for Forbes on family office real estate investing, author of "Real Estate Investing for Family Offices," founder of The Family Office Real Estate Insitute, President of the Harvard Real Estate Alumni Organization, and a frequent speaker at family office conferences around the world. In addition, DJ was a Family Wealth Alliance finalist for its Best In Industry Awards for Thought Leadership and Special Industry Contributions awards. He has been published in Forbes, Family Office Elite, Real Asset Advisor, National Real Estate Investor, and Private Wealth and mentioned in The New York Times, PERE, National Real Estate Investor, and Trusted Insight, among others. Mr. Van Keuren is a past editorial board member for Real Asset Advisor Magazine, a prior Board Member for the Real Estate Academic Initiative at Harvard, and one of the founders and current President of the Harvard Real Estate Alumni Organization. D.J. received his Master's Degree from Harvard University in Management and Finance, attended graduate studies in Real Estate from the NYU Schack Real Estate Institute, and received his B.A. from Ball State University as part of the universities Div IA baseball team.
Lawrence J. Selevan is responsible for the overall direction of the Firm. Mr. Selevan has more than 40 years of experience in real estate investment banking, investment management, principal ownership, and capital markets activities. During his career, Mr. Selevan has executed $15 billion (plus) in transactions for both US domestic and offshore institutional and private clients, including US REITs, pension fund, fund managers, global investment banks, private family home offices, and Sovereign Wealth Funds.
Prior to the Firm, Mr. Selevan was the CEO of Garrick Aug, Director of Fund Management for Sumitomo Real Estate, Managing Director at Fieldstone, Inc. and the merchant banker for a private family office. He has moderated several conference panels every year specifically referencing private equity, distressed opportunities, special opportunities, and global infrastructure project finance. He has worked on projects throughout the world including the US & the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Leo Jacobs is a commercial litigation and bankruptcy attorney and the founder of Jacobs, P.C., a boutique law firm known for finding creative, direct, and expedient solutions to complex and high-profile issues.
Brian Lichter is the co-head of our Real Estate practice. He represents property owners, developers, funds, REITs and other financial institutions in a broad range of commercial real estate transactions. He concentrates on the acquisition, development and disposition of office, multifamily, single family rental portfolio, retail, hotel and data center properties; joint ventures; commercial mortgage, mezzanine and construction financings; preferred equity investments; and debt restructurings.
Brian is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and his work is recognized by Chambers USA, IFLR1000 and Law360.
He serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity NYC and Westchester, as well as the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. Brian is on the Real Estate Executive Committee of UJA-Federation of New York, after holding numerous other roles there. He is also a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and an associate trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Matthew Kasindorf is Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Group. He is an accomplished transactional lawyer specializing in sophisticated real estate and investment ventures in New York and throughout the United States. Mr. Kasindorf counsels clients in the formation, syndication, acquisition, financing, development, sale and leasing of all real estate asset classes. He has extensive experience in crafting joint ventures, investment funds and other strategic alliances with particular emphasis on business, tax and finance issues.
Mr. Kasindorf’s team handles single asset and portfolio real estate acquisitions and sales, sophisticated financing transactions including securitized mortgages, multi-tranche mezzanine loans and preferred equity transactions, fund formation, new construction, ground lease negotiation and development, office, industrial and retail leasing for both landlords and tenants, workouts and foreclosures, co-op and condominium development and conversions and air rights and zoning matters.
Mr. Kasindorf is one of the most popular Professors in NYU’s Master’s Degree Program, the Schack Institute of Real Estate, where he has earned the prestigious “Award for Teaching Excellence”. He is considered such a dynamic advisor that he is also invited to lecture at NYU’s Real Estate Development and Asset Management Institutes, catering to the most serious investors and real estate professionals from the U.S. and around the world. Mr. Kasindorf is well known as the Chief Networking Officer (“CNO”), and spends a significant amount of time teaching others how to effectively network in the real estate industry. He is the developer of “Atomic Networking®”, a lecture series focused on creating success for all members of the real estate community.
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