The new and next chairs were introduced at the annual meeting in June.
new york, June 11, 2024 CREFC, the CRE Finance Council, today announced new chairs for its industry forum for 2024-2025. The new forum leadership was introduced at CREFC’s annual conference in June. New York City.
CREFC’s forums represent specific market constituencies that drive the U.S. commercial real estate finance industry. These forums include:
- Alternative lending and high-yield investors
- B Peace Investor
- GSE/Multifamily Lenders
- Investment Grade Bond Holders
- Issuer
- Portfolio Lenders
- Service Provider
Each of these forums dialogues and addresses issues important to their respective business sectors and works to achieve solutions that serve a common purpose.CREFC’s forums manage divergent and converging market views, advocate for consensus with policymakers and legislators, educate members, develop market best practices and standards, and work toward improving the commercial real estate finance marketplace overall.
The candidates for the next Forum Leader are:
Alternative lending and high-yield investorsCREFC welcomes Rachel Hunter Goldman As the next Chairman of KKR, Samantha Rochford (MSD) served as chair, Samir Tejpal (Square Mile Capital Investments).
B Peace InvestorCREFC welcomes Frank Ing As the next Chairman of KKR, Peter Lindner (Rialto) Mr. Chairman, Jason Nick (LNR) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, Lindsay Stevenson (Prime Finance Partners), where he served as past chairman.
GSE/Multifamily LendersCREFC welcomes David Haines (CBRE) as chairman-elect, Ahmed Hasan (Capital One) as chairman, and Kate Whalen (BMO) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, the former chairman Emily Schultz (Berkadia Commercial Mortgage). Alonzo White (Fannie Mae) Jason Griest (Freddie Mac) acts as the head of the government-sponsored enterprise.
Investment Grade Bond HoldersCREFC welcomes Adam Smith As the next Chair of the (DWS) Rajesh Bansal (Quick Capital) will serve as chairman, Richard Raza (Webster Bank) as the immediate past chairman for 2023-2024. Jane Rivers (T. Rowe Price) served as the previous chairman.
IssuerCREFC welcomes Shaishav Agarwal (Deutsche Bank) As the next chairman, Brigid Mattingly Chairman, Jane Lamb (Morgan Stanley) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, David Shell (BMO Capital Markets), where he served as former chairman.
Portfolio Lenders – BanksCREFC welcomes Kristin Kanna As the next Chairman of Barclays, Rob Gruszinski As Chairman, Scott Dixon (Truist) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, Jonathan Salzinger (Bank of America) Former Chairman.
Portfolio Lenders – Insurance CompaniesCREFC welcomes Melissa Farrell As the next Chair of the PGIM, Kevin Pivnick (Blackstone) as chairman, Chris Miculis (Nuveen) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, Stephanie Stewart (Voya Investment Management) served as past chairman.
Service Provider – Service ManagementCREFC welcomes Dana Jo Martino (Berkadia) As the next chairman, Adam Fox Chairman, Fitch Ratings Leslie Heighton (Wells Fargo) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, Stacey Ackerman (K&L Gates) served as past chairman.
Service Providers – Special SituationsCREFC welcomes Alex Killick As the next chairman of CW Capital, Pam Dent Freddie Mac is the chairman. Tony Yusif (SVN) Former Chairman. From 2023 to 2024, Andrea Helm (Midland Loan Services), of which he served as past chairman.
“We welcome the new members of the CREFC Industry Forum and want to thank our existing and past Forum members for their dedication and great work,” he said. Lisa PendergastSecretary General of CREFC.
“For 30 years, CREFC has served as the voice of today. $6 trillion The commercial real estate finance industry and CREFC’s industry forums continue to play a vital role in ensuring all industry voices are heard and respected. CREFC’s forums serve a vital function for the industry as they represent key components of the CRE finance market. A core role of Forum Leaders is to build consensus among their constituents and advocate for their positions to other market segments, policymakers and legislators. Forum Leaders are also responsible for helping develop industry best practices and implementing new initiatives that are important to their respective business sectors. I and the entire CREFC community are grateful to our Forum Leaders and their contributions and dedication to CRE finance.”
About CREFC
The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) is the trade group for nearly all CRE finance associations. $6 trillion CREFC is an association of more than 400 firms and 19,000 individuals in the commercial real estate finance industry. Member firms include balance sheet and securitization lenders, loan and bond investors, private equity firms, servicing companies, rating agencies and borrowers. For 30 years, CREFC has promoted liquidity, transparency and efficiency in the commercial real estate finance market, acting as a legislative and regulatory champion for the industry, playing a key role in setting market standards and best practices, and providing education to market participants.
Source: CRE Finance Council
