Research Committee

Committee Chair

 

 

Committee Members

Michael Acton
AEW

Jamie Behar
Independent Board Member 

Timothy Bellman
 

Jim Clayton
York University 

Jacques Gordon
LaSalle Investment Management

Nils Kok
Maastricht University 

Youguo Liang
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

William Maher
RCLCO

Melissa Reagen
Nuveen Real Estate

Mark Roberts
Crow Holdings Capital Partners LLC

Alex Symes
BlackRock

Brandon Tasco
UAW

Erik Thomas
Hines

Ben Walker
Utah Retirement Systems

Kevin White
DWS

Robert White
Real Capital Analytics

Charles Wurtzebach
DePaul University

 

Purpose

The Research Committee will support the educational mission and goals of PREA by ensuring that research, especially with regard to sponsorship, relevance and communication, is and continues to be a focus of PREA.

 

Membership

The committee comprises approximately six members. The membership consists of the Chairperson of the Research Committee (which may be a board or non-board member); and five additional members with a strong interest and experience in the area of real estate research, one of which will be a member of the Plan Sponsor Executive Committee. The exact size of the committee will be determined by the president.

 

Term

  • Committee Chairperson will serve a term of two years or more at the president's discretion
  • Members of the committee will serve two-year terms

 

Tasks

  • Consider and recommend third party research funding (i.e. RERI) as well as direct research funding
  • Coordinate with the research committees of other major real estate trade associations (such as NAREIT, NAREIM, and NCREIF) and other organizations that have a material involvement in real estate research
  • Hold an open meeting during the conferences for the purpose of soliciting direct input from the membership
  • Other, as determined

AEW

Affinius Capital

DRA

Lasalle

TA Realty

TGM

UBS

Yardi