April 21, 2026

By Gregg Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Gregg Logan, Managing Director at RCLCO, sits down with Brent Herrington, President and CEO of DMB Development—where he has helped shape some of the country’s most distinctive master-planned communities, grounded in a deep respect for land, culture, and lifestyle.

“There is a great hazard that when a developer from elsewhere comes to a new area, it’s easy to be guilty of creating a cheap cartoon of the local architecture and lifestyles, etc. So even things like the landscapes. I mean, if you do it, from a position of being kind of poorly informed and with kind of a superficial take on it, it fools no one, and the locals chuckle at it—and the consumer isn’t convinced. So again, it’s a process of diving deep and really understanding that place at a level that you can confidently say: ‘this building, these home styles, this macro landscape that we’re creating here, is truly a living embodiment of this place.’”

– Brent on why “irreducible local-ness” matters when building communities

Brent discusses his career, from the day-and-a-half long assignment with Exxon’s Friendswood Development Group that launched his interest in development; to his tenure as Town Manager of Celebration, Florida; and DMB’s current collaborations with The Walt Disney Company—all the while reflecting on the tenets of placemaking and urban design that have guided him throughout his journey.

“I can tell you that there’s a lot of mythology that surrounds the Disney organization and the Imagineering team in particular, and as someone who has deeply experienced it firsthand, it’s all real. In other words, the level of creativity and design excellence and just mold-shattering ideas that come out of the Imagineering team. It’s real. It happens in front of your eyes if you’re in the room with those guys.”

– Brent on working with Disney’s Imagineers

President & CEO of DMB Development

As President and CEO, Brent Herrington provides strategic leadership for the DMB Development organization and oversees all aspects of the company’s operations. Herrington joined DMB in 1998 and has been intimately involved in the visioning, strategy, planning, and development of DMB’s remarkable portfolio of large-scale community development projects. Immediately prior to joining DMB he was Town Manager for Celebration, Florida an innovative large-scale community developed by the Walt Disney Company in central Florida. Most recently, coming full circle in his relationship with Disney, DMB and Disney have announced their collaboration on two major new community development projects, including Cotino, located in the Greater Palm Springs area, and Asteria, located near Raleigh, NC.

Herrington is a long-time member of the Urban Land Institute, a past chair of ULI’s Community Development Council, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate at Harvard University. He’s been an innovator in creating vibrant lifestyles and sound governance for new communities, having served as president of the Foundation for Community Association Research and as a national trustee for the Community Associations Institute.

Managing Director, RCLCO

Gregg Logan is a Managing Director at RCLCO, with over 40 years of experience in the industry. His expertise spans residential and commercial real estate, with particular expertise on mixed-use developments and master planned communities that incorporate residential, retail, office, industrial and distribution space.

Gregg acts as a Project Director overseeing and providing expert input to RCLCO real estate consulting assignments, both domestically and internationally. He has managed RCLCO consulting assignments across the United States and internationally, particularly in South and Central American and the Caribbean.

March 12, 2026

By Gregg Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Gregg Logan, Managing Director at RCLCO, sits down with Craig Collin, president and COO of Tavistock Development Company—where he oversees the strategic execution of a nationally recognized portfolio of award-winning, visionary communities known for innovation, creative placemaking and long-term value.

“One of the things I think we do very well as a company is that we sweat the details… So there isn’t a piece of artwork, there isn’t a facade of a building, there isn’t a sign for a business that doesn’t come through a multi-functional design review within the company”.

– Craig on the importance of placemaking in planned communities

They discuss Craig’s journey in the industry, community building, affordability challenges, demographic and technological shifts, and his advice for those in the industry feeling the pull towards something bigger.

“The viability of communities in the United States today will be based on the fabric of how we build them…economic diversity is a part of the fabric.”

– Craig on how the real estate industry must face affordability challenges

President & COO of Tavistock

Craig Collin, president and COO of Tavistock Development Company, oversees the strategic execution of a nationally recognized portfolio of award-winning, visionary communities known for innovation, creative placemaking and long-term value.

His work includes guiding the growth of Lake Nona, one of the fastest-growing communities in the U.S., and Sunbridge, a “naturehood” celebrated for its ecological stewardship. In addition to developing these master-planned communities, Collin leads the acquisition and operation of hotel and other commercial assets across the U.S. and contributes to Tavistock’s global business initiatives.

He also led the transformation of Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale, reimagining the iconic waterfront destination with ultraluxury hospitality, new residential offerings and a world-class marina. Whether guiding high-growth districts, sustainability-driven communities or legacy landmarks, Collin brings a thoughtful, strategically grounded approach to everything he leads.

Previously, Collin held senior leadership roles at a large publicly traded residential development company in the Northeast, where he navigated multiple markets and led the successful delivery of more than 35,000 homes across hundreds of communities, a scale that continues to inform his operational perspective and development philosophy.

Collin serves on executive boards for organizations supporting arts, culture and community development. He is actively engaged with industry councils at the local, state and national levels, and sits on company boards in both an advisory role and fiduciary capacity.

At his core, Collin believes in leadership rooted in trust and transparency. He empowers his teams to lead, collaborate and deliver with purpose, an approach that shapes both the places Tavistock builds and the people behind them.

Managing Director, RCLCO

Gregg Logan is a Managing Director at RCLCO, with over 40 years of experience in the industry. His expertise spans residential and commercial real estate, with particular expertise on mixed-use developments and master planned communities that incorporate residential, retail, office, industrial and distribution space.

Gregg acts as a Project Director overseeing and providing expert input to RCLCO real estate consulting assignments, both domestically and internationally. He has managed RCLCO consulting assignments across the United States and internationally, particularly in South and Central American and the Caribbean.

September 30, 2025

By Gregg Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Managing Director Gregg Logan sits down with Steve Nygren, the visionary developer behind Serenbe, a pioneering biophilic community just outside Atlanta, that’s become a national model for sustainable, wellness-centered living.

Steve’s upcoming book, Start in Your Own Backyard: Transforming Where We Live with Radical Common Sense (out Oct 7), is both memoir and manual — a call to action for anyone looking to make meaningful change in their community.

“There’s an idea, you know, a preconception that people do not want live next to each other anymore. Well, maybe it isn’t for everyone, but my goodness, we have shown that there is a huge part of the market that’s not being addressed. We’re having people here from all over the country because they are craving places that actually are walkable and connect to nature at the same time. ”

– Steve on the desire for closer knit and nature-centered communities

Steve shares the extraordinary story of how a simple weekend drive turned into a movement to reimagine how we live, one rooted in connection to nature, community, and human well-being. From his early days revolutionizing Atlanta’s dining scene to orchestrating the zoning and planning that made Serenbe possible, Steve unpacks what it really takes to challenge the status quo and build new home communities that enhance people’s lives while practicing environmental sustainability.

In this conversation we cover the following topics:

“I many times say our our zoning has been so sanitized over these last decades that it’s taken the vitality out of where we live…[At Serenbe] we have the  single family house across from attached houses (townhouses) and then catty corner from that are our live-works….And then next to that on the on the forth quadrant of the intersection is a purely commercial building, our restaurant, the Glide Daisy. This was a very common mix of uses pre 1930, yet it’s very difficult to find any zoning laws that allow that kind of interaction.”

– Steve on the importance of mixed-use zoning

Photo credit: Gregg Logan

Founder and CEO, Serenbe

Steve Nygren is the Founder and CEO of Serenbe, a wellness community created as a model to demonstrate that preserving green space interlaced with agriculture, housing and retail is not only economically viable, but the future of community wellbeing. He is also a Partner at Nygren Placemaking consulting and a serial hospitality entrepreneur. Steve led the effort to create the Chattahoochee Hill Country Alliance bringing together landowners, developers, and conservationists for a mutually agreed upon solution for balanced growth across 40,000 acres. This effort resulted in a historic Georgia land use plan adopted to preserve 70% of the acreage on the edge of Atlanta while providing 20% more housing than traditional yield of suburban sprawl. His work has earned him the 2025 MLK Jr. Beloved Community Environmental Justice Award for his commitment to sustainability, equity, and environmental stewardship, reflecting Dr. King’s vision, in addition to the Global Wellness Institute’s Leader in Innovation Award and Southface’s Argon Award as well as recognition from the Urban Land Institute and the Atlanta Regional Commission. He was also named Georgia Trend’s Most Respected Business Leader for 2019. Steve currently serves on multiple local and national boards dealing with children, agriculture and environmental issues including The Ray C. Anderson Foundation, Children & Nature Network, Chattahoochee Now and The Biophilic Institute. Steve releases his first book, Start in Your Own Backyard: Transforming Where We Live with Radical Common Sense, describing his journey in creating Serenbe and the steps readers can take to take action in their own communities in the fall of 2025.

Managing Director, RCLCO

Gregg Logan is a Managing Director at RCLCO, with over 40 years of experience in the industry. His expertise spans residential and commercial real estate, with particular expertise on mixed-use developments and master planned communities that incorporate residential, retail, office, industrial and distribution space.

Gregg acts as a Project Director overseeing and providing expert input to RCLCO real estate consulting assignments, both domestically and internationally. He has managed RCLCO consulting assignments across the United States and internationally, particularly in South and Central American and the Caribbean.

September 23, 2025

By Taylor Mammen, CEO, RCLCO Fund Advisors

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Taylor Mammen, CEO of RCLCO Fund Advisors, sits down with Randall Zisler, Ph.D., Co-Founder of Zisler Capital Associates, LLC, a research, investment banking and expert witness firm that serves global institutional investors and managers, about his new book Commercial Real Estate Investing: An Evidence-Based Approach to Risk Management, Strategic Valuation, and Enhanced Returns.

“The book is about, well, let me put it this way: it’s not an attack. I think attack is the wrong word. I would call it a full frontal critique of an industry that has been slow to join the capital markets, and what I focus on [in particular] is the conspicuous inattention to risk.”

– Randall on what to expect from the book, and why he wrote it

Randall discusses his career path through real estate and academia, detailing experiences that inspired him to write the book, including the biggest myths and mistakes he has observed over his career, what can be done to avoid them, and what can happen if they are left unchecked.

“Real estate is not hermetically sealed from the political and social context in which it I immersed. And, you know, I often say that anything that occurs over the ground, on the ground, or under the ground, has a spatial dimension — and that’s real estate.”

– Randall on real estate’s place in, and impact on, society and our political climate

Co-Founder of Zisler Capital Associates, LLC

Randall Zisler, Ph.D., is Co-Founder of Zisler Capital Associates, LLC, a research, investment banking and expert witness firm that serves global institutional investors and managers.

He was a Princeton University professor who taught economics, finance and planning; real estate research director at Goldman Sachs and Nomura Securities; co-head of investment banking at Jones Lang LaSalle; a partner at Pension Consulting Alliance; and CIO to Merv Griffin.

Randy has consummated over $6 billion of transactions, written hundreds of papers and advised numerous pension funds, money managers and developers.

He holds an undergraduate degree, two master degrees and a Ph.D. from Princeton University; he also holds a master degree in civil engineering and risk simulation.

CEO, RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA)

Taylor Mammen is Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), which advises institutional investors on all aspects of their complex real estate investment portfolios, from strategy development to underwriting and asset management. Taylor helped pioneer this business beginning in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, when several prominent pension funds turned to RFA with the goal to construct better performing and more resilient real estate portfolios, and has grown it to become a highly respected institutional real estate advisor, working with some of the largest and most dynamic institutional investors in the world. In the process, Taylor and RFA have sourced, underwritten, and overseen investments on behalf of clients well in excess of $10 billion. Taylor leads the firm’s institutional investor client relationships and is responsible for the firm’s growth and development, in addition to serving on the boards of clients’ portfolio companies.

April 24, 2025

By Joshua Boren, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, RCLCO

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, speaks with Eric Nordness, Managing Principal of Marquee Development. In this role, Eric has led the Rickett family’s real estate development and investment arm in its work for over a decade— including the development of Gallagher Way, a mixed-use entertainment district situated in the heart of Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood.

“[There is a] need for us to expand our business beyond just traditional game day–we need to use these venues more than the 81 home games we have or the 10 concerts in addition to that […] and we talked about how you engage your fans earlier, and further out from your stadium. So, can we get our fans here earlier? Can we engage with them in a different way? Can we connect to our community? These assets are embedded in neighborhoods and they can be a big, loud, noisy object at times–so how do we make this about bringing our neighbors over and creating community spaces?”

Eric shares his career journey that brought him to Marquee, how his team is bringing the “Wrigley Field experience” to other sports districts around the country, and how sponsorships are challenging the old adage ‘you can’t create more real estate’.

“One executive looked at me and had a really important point for me. They said, “just remember: this is our Wrigley field.” So, as important as anything might be, we need to get this right.”

Managing Principal of Marquee Development

As Managing Principal of Marquee Development, Eric has led the Ricketts family real estate development and investment business for the past nine years. With 20+ years of real estate experience, Eric excels in master planning, real estate placemaking, and hospitality development. He creatively integrates neighborhoods with hospitality assets, prioritizing inclusive processes, design, and operations. He received his undergraduate degree from University of Iowa and his graduate degree from University of Chicago.

Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives

Joshua Boren is the Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives for RCLCO and works across the firm’s three lines of business to drive major efforts and undertakings both externally and internally. Specifically, Joshua specializes in leading business development, client management, marketing, and customer solutions as part of the RCLCO team. With nearly 20 years of experience, Joshua brings a particular expertise in understanding how network building and relationship management is critical to organizational success, resulting in millions of dollars of revenue generation and successful RCLCO engagements across a range of client types include institutional investors, developers, owners, operators, and the like.

February 27, 2025

By Joshua Boren, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, RCLCO

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, speaks with Bob Gardner, Managing Director Emeritus, about his over forty year-long career working in the urban environment, with roles spanning the private and public sectors. They discuss Bob’s journey through real estate, from working as an economist, to founding his own firm, to joining RCLCO.

“In order for us to be good consultants, we needed to be good people. You just can’t fool these top developers, entrepreneurs, investors —you need to be straight up, and they need to have confidence in who you are, and the firm that you represent, and equally as important, the work product that comes out….Those are the qualities I take with me into the public work that I do.”

– Bob on what lessons he has carried from consulting to his charitable work

The discussion also dives into Bob’s philanthropic work, including his long history with Community Corp. of Santa Monica —who were recently awarded the 2025 RCLCO Foundation Affordable Housing Leadership Award—in addition to his volunteer work with Chrysalis, and contributions to ULI’s TAP program.

“Community Corp is working to provide housing where the private sector does not, and that has proven to be a good fit for me, and has allowed me, at this point in my career, to make a difference and touch so many lives with the work that Community Corp does. At the moment, Community Corp operates over 2,000 apartments —most of them are in Santa Monica, although our new projects are in Los Angeles. Our occupancy rate is over 98%, and it’s been a wonderful experience.”

– Bob on the work of Community Corp. of Santa Monica

“It has been one of the best experiences of my life to be able to be associated with that organization. To see somebody who had no self-image understand that they may have value, that they may have worth—and gain more enthusiasm about who they are and what they can do.”

– Bob’s experience with Chrysalis, a non-profit dedicated to changing lives through jobs.

Managing Director Emeritus 

Bob has served as a Community Corporation Board member since 2005 and currently serves on its Executive Committee as Treasurer. He is a long-time Santa Monica resident and is passionate about helping address Los Angeles’ housing challenges. Bob also engages in community service as a current member of ULI/Los Angeles’ Technical Assistance Panel Committee, having chaired that committee in the past. In addition, he is a long-standing volunteer at Chrysalis in Los Angeles, a non-profit organization providing job readiness programs to individuals seeking to reconnect to the workforce and get on a path to self-sufficiency.

As Managing Director Emeritus in RCLCO’s Los Angeles office, Bob has over 40 years of professional experience providing market and financial feasibility evaluations, and fiscal and economic assessments of commercial and residential real estate projects for both private and public sector clients. RCLCO is proud to also honor Bob’s contributions to Community Corp., and his contribution to RCLCO over more than four decades.

Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives

Joshua Boren is the Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives for RCLCO and works across the firm’s three lines of business to drive major efforts and undertakings both externally and internally. Specifically, Joshua specializes in leading business development, client management, marketing, and customer solutions as part of the RCLCO team. With nearly 20 years of experience, Joshua brings a particular expertise in understanding how network building and relationship management is critical to organizational success, resulting in millions of dollars of revenue generation and successful RCLCO engagements across a range of client types include institutional investors, developers, owners, operators, and the like.

October 31, 2024

By Gregg Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO Managing Director, Gregg Logan, sits down with Christopher B. Leinberger — co-founder of Places Platform LLC and RCLCO Alumnus — to discuss Reimagining Cities: Disrupting the Urban Doom Loop, a recently released report from Cushman and Wakefield, in collaboration with Places Platform. The report puts 15 U.S. cities under the microscope to identify the real estate portfolios cities currently have versus what they need, given how much the economy has changed post-pandemic.

“We’re not saying to get out of the office business; we’re just saying build up the residential…people living within 2 miles of work are far more likely to come back to work–the worst thing people have in their life is a commute, that has always been viewed as the worst aspect of modern life. Getting the workers to live closer to their work is going to shore up office occupancy as well. There are all sorts of benefits to balancing the portfolio, but it is a balancing act. It’s not going all the way towards residential.”

– Chris on the continuing role of office in a healthy urban real estate portfolio.

One of the key findings of the study is that the real estate mix in many cities is no longer ideal for them to thrive: specifically, the study finds downtown real estate portfolios are too heavily weighted toward office space which is especially problematic in today’s economy. Chris and Gregg discuss the ramifications of this finding, and the report’s proposed strategies for cities to get back on track.

“We have found that it’s not a public private partnership that’s needed; it’s a private public partnership. All the research we’ve done has shown that every dollar of public money yields ten to 15 dollars of private money… I’m a great believer in both definitions of the Golden Rule, and the second definition is ‘he with the gold rules.’ So, if the private sector is going to bring in $15 for every one dollar of public… you better have the private sector take the lead.”

– Chris on the importance of the private sector when revitalizing downtowns

Co-Founding Partner and Managing Director Places Platform, LLC; Founding Partner of Arcadia Land Company.

Mr. Leinberger received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, where he double majored in Political Science and Urban Sociology, and received an MBA from the Harvard Business School, concentrating in corporate strategic planning.

Managing Director, RCLCO

Gregg Logan is a Managing Director at RCLCO, with over 40 years of experience in the industry. His expertise spans residential and commercial real estate, with particular expertise on mixed-use developments and master planned communities that incorporate residential, retail, office, industrial and distribution space.

In addition to his work with RCLCO, Gregg previously worked with a real estate developer as well as served as an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, where he taught courses in Real Estate Development Methods and Real Estate Economics. Gregg’s expertise has been recognized in numerous publications where he has been quoted, and he has been a speaker at many national and regional conferences. Gregg is a graduate of UCLA.

September 19, 2024

By Joshua A. Boren, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, sits down with Arturo Sneider, Co-Founder & CEO of Primestor, a minority-owned and led real estate developer and investment firm based in Culver City, CA, to discuss Arturo’s unique path to prominence in the real estate industry, from his childhood in Mexico City, and his early activism work in LA, to the founding of Primestor in 1992.

“It is central to our strategy and to my life’s work that we define profit broadly. To us, the definition of profit is community empowerment. It’s economic vitality to neighborhoods and residents. It’s laying a path for the young generations, and the next generations, to see that you can, in fact, invest in your own community and be an agent of change. And in these polarizing times, I think we’re reminded that if we’re not intentional in raising the tide for all boats, that things don’t normally end well, and it’s just not the right way to think about our society.”

– Arturo on the importance of community in his business

They discuss how Arturo’s background has shaped his career and his work today; how Primestor has grown and evolved over the last three decades; and his best advice for those coming up in the industry now.

“One thing that that I have never known is boredom. I don’t know what that feels like: I would never be able to say that I have a moment of boredom in my life.”

– Arturo on his day-to-day life

Co-Founder & CEO of Primestor

Arturo Sneider is the founding partner and CEO of Primestor Development, where he is responsible for acquisitions, project inception and design, capital structuring, and corporate management. With a strong focus on underserved communities, Primestor’s diverse portfolio has maintained an approximate ninety-five percent occupancy rate across its dozens of projects. Primestor is currently developing approximately two million square feet of new space, managing nearly 3 million square feet in diverse minority markets, and overseeing a portfolio valued at approximately over $800 million dollars. Since 1990, Mr. Sneider has acquired and transacted dozens of properties and projects in CA, IL, NV, FL, TX and AZ totaling an aggregate cost basis of over one billion dollars. He is a member of YPO, a Board Member/Director of the LA County Capital Asset Leasing Corporation, and a member of the Executive Committee/Trustee of ICSC. Additionally, he has advised the City of LA’s Economic Development Department and served on the City of Los Angeles’ Development Industry Advisory Council. Born in Mexico City, Mr. Sneider resides in Los Angeles.

RCLCO Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives

Joshua A. Boren specializes in leading business development, marketing, and strategic initiatives for various real estate needs and solutions as part of the RCLCO team. With more than 15 years of experience, Joshua specializes in understanding how network building and relationship management is critical to organizational success, which has resulted in millions of dollars of closed engagements. At RCLCO, he has grown the business development and marketing departments, which were recognized by Globe St. in 2019 as “Influencers in Marketing”. Incredibly involved in the global real estate community, Joshua holds membership and leadership positions at Urban Land Institute Los Angeles and Jewish Federation Los Angeles’ Real Estate and Construction Division, among others. Joshua also hosts RCLCO’s monthly Round-Up Webinar Series, which dives into factors in the real estate market, in addition to other RCLCO events and features.

March 19, 2024

By Taylor Mammen, CEO, RCLCO Fund Advisors

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Taylor Mammen, CEO of RCLCO Fund Advisors, sits down with Heather Fernstrom Border and Jennifer Stevens, Co-Founders and Managing Partners at Alliance Global Advisors – a women-owned consulting firm focused on developing strategic growth solutions for real asset investment managers. Heather and Jennifer began Alliance in 2020, seeking to be an independent voice for the investment management community.

“What we were witnessing was that the investors and the consultants and the advisors had a very deep perspective, understanding, and amount of resources available to them at all times. But, when those managers needed to solicit advice, there wasn’t a true independent third party team that they could go to for those types of questions.”

Heather and Jennifer also discuss how their 20 years of industry experience laid the foundation for this new venture, the challenges of launching a new business in April 2020, the power of their partnership in this entrepreneurial venture, and the mentors that have inspired them throughout their careers.

“For me, those were the people who would sit me in front of a boardroom and sit at the back of the boardroom and let me fail or let me just get grilled by a CIO or a board member on public record and then say ‘I have a lot of confidence in how you just handled that situation, here’s what I might have done differently.’”

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alliance Global Advisors

Heather Fernstrom Border is a versatile, performance-driven, real asset professional building deep Limited Partner and Consultant networks over nearly two decades.

Prior to forming Alliance, Heather was Managing Director for National Real Estate Advisors and held positions with Hunt Investment Management and The Townsend Group. At those firms, she was responsible for assisting institutional clients in developing investment objectives, strategic planning, underwriting investments and capital raising. Heather’s professional experience also includes seventeen years within the private and public real estate sector, where she developed, implemented and led Investor Relations platforms.

Throughout her career, she held memberships at the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties (NAIOP), Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI) among others.   Heather continues to speak and moderate various panels on industry-wide topics and was recently asked to participate on PREA’s Governance Committee.  In 2022, Heather received the GlobeSt. Women of Influence award and the GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum’s 50 under 40 award.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alliance Global Advisors

Jennifer Stevens is an executive-level professional with real asset expertise and extensive knowledge of the General Partner & Limited Partner Universe.

Prior to forming Alliance Global Advisors, Jennifer spent sixteen years with The Townsend Group where she gained experience in institutional portfolio management and consulting, strategic and investment planning, real asset investment underwriting and a specialization in areas including ESG and industry best practice.  Jen was the lead Portfolio Manager for Townsend’s West Coast client base and ran Townsend’s San Francisco office, including certain growth initiatives. She has experience in both portfolio management and underwriting and was responsible for developing and leading Townsend’s ESG efforts.

Jennifer has served as a representative member of the UN PRI, GRESB, PREA, PREA Foundation Diversity Working Group, IREI, WIIN and NCREIF in addition to speaking at numerous educational and industry events. In 2016, Jennifer Stevens received the inaugural GRESB Leadership Award from the U.S. Green Building Council to recognize her efforts in establishing and growing Townsend’s ESG Program.  In 2019, Ms. Stevens was included on Chief Investment Officer’s annual list of the world’s most influential investment consultants. In 2021, Jennifer received the GlobeSt. Women of Influence award. In 2022, Jennifer was elected to the PREA Board of Directors and joined PREA’s Social Impact Committee.

CEO, RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA)

Taylor Mammen is Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), which advises institutional investors on all aspects of their complex real estate investment portfolios, from strategy development to underwriting and asset management. Taylor helped pioneer this business beginning in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, when several prominent pension funds turned to RFA with the goal to construct better performing and more resilient real estate portfolios, and has grown it to become a highly respected institutional real estate advisor, working with some of the largest and most dynamic institutional investors in the world. In the process, Taylor and RFA have sourced, underwritten, and overseen investments on behalf of clients well in excess of $10 billion. Taylor leads the firm’s institutional investor client relationships and is responsible for the firm’s growth and development, in addition to serving on the boards of clients’ portfolio companies.