Thank you to the many alumni and friends who generously share their time and expertise with our students. You enhance the classroom as guest lecturers, serve as mentors and advisors, provide career guidance, and support hands-on learning through case competitions and field trips.
You lead by example through your generosity and accomplished careers, inspiring our students and shaping their professional paths. By hiring our graduates and investing in their success, you give today’s Wisconsin Real Estate students the opportunities we all needed early in our careers. Your commitment is a vote of confidence in our program – thank you!
2026 Spring Semester Guest Lecturers & Supporters
- Jonathan Brown, JP Morgan Investment Banking
- Chuck Murphy, Executive Vice President, LCS
- Rick Lynn, President, RML Capital
- Jamie Fink, Senior Managing Director, JLL
- Gretchen Richards, Vice President – Multifamily Investment Properties, CBRE
- Steve Song, Founder & CEO, Diald Al
- Aaron Konop, Finance Director, Continental Properties
- Richard Evans, Senior Director, Berkadia
- Brad Olsen, Founder, Atlantic Partners
- Joe Paskov, Senior Vice President – Investments, LaSalle Investment Management
- Tom Zale, Vice President Real Estate, Northwestern Mutual Real Estate
- Dan Soyka, Portfolio Director, Northwestern Mutual Real Estate
- Nate Gundrum, Vice President, Mortenson
- Brian Clearly, Managing Director, Northwood Investors
- Sam Ankin, Founder & Managing Principal, Northpond
- Chris Ehler, President, Veridian Homes
- Dan Kroetz, President of Development, Commonwealth Companies
- Tyler Sheeran, Managing Vice President of Development, Commonwealth Companies
- Chris Jaye, Principal , Commonwealth Companies
- David Lenz, Chairman, NCG Hospitality
- Jake Maliel, TA Associates
2025 Fall Semester Guest Lecturers & Supporters
- Kaylen Bach, Development Manager, Ryan Companies
- Mark Beckwith, Executive Vice President – Head of Investment Management, Second Avenue
- Robb Bollhoffer, Managing Principal and CIO, 29th Street Capital
- Kelli Carhart, Executive Managing Director – Head of Multifamily Capital Markets, CBRE
- Sean Casey, Vice President – Transactions, Harrison Street
- Andrew Cathlina, Director of Development, Wanxiang America Real Estate Group
- Matt Childress, Vice President of Acquisitions & Real Estate Finance, WHPC
- Jack Cohen, CEO, Darkknight Ventures, LLC
- Joe Curtin, Assistant Vice President, Harrison Street
- Steve Disse, Principal, Colliers International
- John Donoghue, Director of Design, J. Jeffers & Co.
- Katie Ekstrom, Senior Vice President, CBRE
- Jaime Fink, Chicago Office Co-Head, JLL
- Dan Fogarty, Chief Investment Officer & Principal, Stotan Industrial
- Jason Friedman, President, Friedman Properties
- JR Gideon, Vice President, Lincoln Property Co
- Adam Goldstein, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Gary Gorman, CEO, Gorman Company
- Graham Grady, Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Dylan Harris, Senior Associate, Virtus Real Estate Capital
- Josh Hartmann, CEO & Board Director, NEXmetro Communities
- Ned Hoyt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ragtag Ventures
- Scott Humphreys, Managing Director – Asset Management, Virtus Real Estate Capital
- Max Jawer, Managing Director of Acquisitions, The Rose Companies
- Joshua Jeffers, President, J. Jeffers & Co.
- Dan Kennelly, Vice President, Quad Capital Partners
- Larry Kilmer II, Redevelopment and Special Projects Director, City of Milwaukee
- Matt Korman, Acquisitions Assistant Vice President, Harrison Street
- Allie Kronthal, Associate Director – Acquisitions, The Rose Companies
- Sam Leichtling, Deputy Commissioner of City Development, City of Milwaukee
- Bill Levy, CEO, BMOC, Inc.
- Israel Linares, Senior Market Analyst, CoStar
- Theodore Lipscomb, Executive Director, LISC Milwaukee
- Mary Ludgin, Managing Director, Heitman
- Thomas Maguire, Senior Associate – Real Estate, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Ian Martin, Founder & Managing Principal, Land by Label
- Ted Mathom, General Counsel, Gorman & Company, Inc.
- Nick Maupin, Senior Director, National Multifamily, CBRE
- Scott McKibben, Chief Executive Officer, Matterhorn Venture Partners
- Jim McMahon, Senior Director – Healthcare Medical Office, Capital One
- Chad Messer, Managing Director & Deputy CIO, Sagard Real Estate
- Mark Miller, Senior Vice President, Lincoln Property Company
- Mickie Miszewski, Vice President of Employee Experience and Community Relations Manager, Harrison Street
- Luca Montalti, Managing Partner – Investment Strategy, Torchlight Investors
- Henry Moore, Vice President, 29th Street Capital
- Andrea Mullins, Vice President, Development, Irgens
- Ross Nemzin, Managing Director – Investment Management, Second Avenue
- Eric Nordness, Managing Principal, Marquee Development
- Charlie O’Brien, Investment Sales Analyst, CBRE
- Carter Olles, Managing Partner, Nautilus Real Estate Investments
- Matt Poulos, Associate Relationship Manager – Healthcare Ral Estate, Capital One
- Rochelle Probst, Managing Director – Sponsor Finance, Capital One
- Tyler Remmers, AVP – Acquisitions, Virtus RE Capital
- Erin Roberts, Director – Real Estate Intelligence, Ryan Companies
- Jeff Rotter, Owner, Rotter Realty Group
- Grant Siverhus, Acquisitions Manager, 29th Street Capital
- Kari Smith, Director of Investor Relations, Wynnchurch Capital
- Andy Smith, Senior Vice President, Lincoln Property Company
- Steve Sosnowski, Senior Vice President – Commercial Real Estate Group, Johnson Financial Group
- John Stein, Managing Partner – Investments, Torchlight Investors
- Mason Valadez, Asst Vice President – Healthcare Leveraged Finance, Capital One
- Megan Walela, Vice President of Development, WHPC
- David Walsh, Senior Director – Development, Greystar
- David Weiss, President, General Capital
- Kevin White, President & Principal, Berghammer Construction
- Cody Wiseman, CEO & Founder, Wiseman Capital
- Cissy Zhang, Chief of Staff, BMOC Inc.
- John Worth, NAREIT Head of Research
- David Sullivan, NAREIT Investor Outreach
- Paul Adornato, BMO Securities (REIT Analyst)
- Paul Hanson, Northwestern Mutual
- Lea Overby, Barclays Securities
- Doug Lyons, Pearlmark
- Mark Witt, Pearlmark
- Allan Swaringen, JLL Income Property Trust
- Jim Costello, Chief Economist MSCI