Madison, Wisconsin, United States
My various roles over the past 40+ years afforded me amazing opportunities to work on memorable commercial real estate projects starting in the Northeast U.S., expanding to include both domestic and international projects, meet noteworthy industry professionals, work with terrific colleagues and students, and straddle the private, public, and academic sectors. I hope to harness that knowledge and those experiences while mentoring alums and students from UW-Madison and beyond while fostering my personal interests in music, nature, travel, and public policy. What an incredible journey it has been so far yet the best times and memories await!
• Oversaw graduate recruitment and admissions for MBA and MS Real Estate students, enhancing program visibility. In fact, US News and World reports ranked Wisconsin's MSRE program #3 in the country Spring 2026! • Provided curriculum and career advising to both undergraduate and graduate real estate students, ensuring students received tailored support for their professional journeys. Achieved nearly 100% summer internship and job placement for over 300 graduate real estate students over 6+ years! • Acted as advisor for the Real Estate Club (www.realestateclub.org), helping to facilitate career fairs, coordinate guest speakers, and plan and execute meaningful market study trips to enrich student experience.
Conducted Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) monitoring and surveillance of Moody's rated fixed-rate mortgage pools including all property types and sectors in U.S. markets. CMBS reviews included financial modeling, deal structure analysis and property specific cash flow analysis for all credit aspects of pooled conduit, fusion, large loan and credit tenant lease transactions. Had ongoing interaction with investors, commercial mortgage servicers and market participants through deal reviews, press releases, market research publications, commercial mortgage servicer reviews and rating agency condition requests. Management responsibilities included serving as rating committee chair for CMBS deal reviews and overseeing a team of five Analysts and Associate Analysts.
Served as one of six real estate investment committee members reviewing and approving all domestic and international equity and debt transactions for MetLife's $45 billion General Account real estate portfolio. Reviewed and and discussed all deal submissions while providing underwriting, deal structuring and mortgage pricing guidance. Strategized how to best position the portfolio under current market conditions and active participant in ongoing equity and debt portfolio surveillance matters. Established processes and procedures for equity real estate matters. Investment Committee liaison for both debt and equity for 32 debt and equity colleagues in Atlanta, MidAtlantic and Northeast Regions. Monitored, analyzed and strategized how to address $5+ billion domestic and international equity joint venture development activity. Worked with internal teams to implement Argus Developer and Yardi Voyager software.
Relationship Manager for MetLife's largest development joint venture relationship with The Hanover Company, a developer of luxury multi-family properties. Responsible for the formation, production, development and management with Hanover's senior management team of site selection criteria, financial underwriting parameters, varied permitting and approval processes, securing debt financing, construction, marketing, leasing, operations and sales for domestic and international residential and mixed use development projects. Coordinated MetLife colleagues across 8 regional offices in underwriting, developing, financing, leasing and selling 50+ leveraged domestic residential projects totaling $1.3 billion in MetLife equity commitments across 10,000 units in major U.S. markets. Primary responsibility for negotiating a highly complex and integrated international residential development platform with The Hanover Company in Poland and Turkey known as Clairmont Global. Led team in undewriting and analyzing financial, legal, accounting and tax implications for MetLife's entity level purchase of a $65 million limited partnership interest in The Hanover Company.
Direct responsibility for managing and supervising colleagues, leasing agents, property managers, investment sales brokers, consultants, architects, construction managers and attorneys for a 12+ million square foot portfolio of office and retail space from Manhattan to Boston, 12,000+ Manhattan and Boston apartments and 700 acres of vacant land in MA. Managed sales of $4+ billion in office and retail space from Manhattan to Boston including 200 Park Avenue, One and Eleven Madison Avenues, One Penn Plaza, 101 Arch Street and 399 Boylston Street. Acquired Cambridge Place in an off-market transaction. Developed over 1,700 apartment units in 7 projects from Philadelphia to Boston in partnership with The Hanover Company. Directed Rose Associates in the feasibility study of converting the historic MetLife Tower to luxury residential condominiums.