DCRE™ is focused on commercial real estate, real estate investing, technology, opportunity zones and more! Our annual conference is the place for attendees to do business, network and learn about issues that affect commercial real estate development around the nation. Speakers have backgrounds in development, law, finance, and other nationwide commercial real estate initiatives and policy.

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Agenda

Thu
Jul 24th
In-Person
Pre-Conference

Investors and Dealmakers Power Breakfast

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT3 hrs
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Thu
Jul 24th
In-Person
Pre-Conference

DCRE Pre-Conference VIP Reception and Speaker Meet and Greet

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT2 hrs 30 mins
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Fri
Jul 25th
In-Person
Virtual
DCRE Conference Day 1

Workshops and Masterclasses

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT7 hrs
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Fri
Jul 25th
In-Person
DCRE Conference Day 1

DCRE Kick-Off Networking Mixer

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT2 hrs 30 mins
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Sat
Jul 26th
In-Person
DCRE Conference Day 2

Panels, Awards, Keynotes

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT6 hrs
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Sat
Jul 26th
In-Person
DCRE Conference Day 2

DCRE Post-Conference VIP Reception

Sat 6:00 PM - Tue 9:00 PM EDT3 days 3 hrs
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Sun
Jul 27th
In-Person
DCRE Post-Conference

DCRE Post-Conference Networking Brunch

12:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT2 hrs 30 mins
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Presenters

Adeola Adejobi

Founder & CEO
Diversity in Commercial Real Estate

Danielle Ash

Co-Chair, Ground Lease and Impact Practices LLP
Adler & Stachenfeld

C. Kim Le

Co-Chair of Real Estate Practice
Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Christine Leas

Principal
Sive, Paget & Riesel (SPR)

Alexis Saba

Associate
Sive, Paget & Riesel (SPR)

Nadja Galloway

Director
NY Commercial Leasing and Sales

Wunmi Onile-Ere

Director, Master Planned Communities
Toll Brothers

Ericka Keller

Managing Member
Brisa Builders Development LLC

Lesia Bates

Founder and CEO
Bates Consulting Group LLC

Stephen M. Wilder

Principal
Think Wilder Architecture

Alixandria Lane

Project Engineer,
Turner Construction Company

Monique Jefferson

Chief People Officer
The Community Preservation Corporation

Michael Nyamekye

Development Director
Dantes Partners

Norberto Velazquez

Principal/Chief Operating Officer
JGV Inc

Austin Walker

CEO & Managing Principal
A. Walker & Company

Blair Smith

Senior Director of the Center for Financial Markets
Milken Institute

Sonya Rocvil

Principal and Founder
Bedrock Real Estate Investors

Althea Broughton

Partner
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Lionel Lynch

Head of Workforce Housing Solutions
J.P. Morgan

Christine R O’Connell

Senior Director, Capital Investments & Housing
LISC NY

Ehiabhi Uwa

Mortgage Officer
The Community Preservation Corporation

Wilhelmena Norman-Hernandez

Vice President, Manager of Community Impact for ACCESS
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Monica Warren-Jones

Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives
Enterprise Community Loan Fund

Eliisa Frazier

Vice President, Impact Capital Initiatives
Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)

Dale A. Burnett

Co-founder & Managing Director
BIG Equity

Victor Amoo

Principal
The Portland Group

Ekwutozia Nwabuzor

Partner
Cozen O'Connor

Gregory M. Weston

Partner,
BurgherGray LLP

Julie Gonzalez

Vice President, Community Development Banking
J.P. Morgan

Karim Hutson

President and CEO
Genesis Companies

Robert Horsford

Chairman & President
Apex Building Group, Inc.

Robert Jefferson

Senior Development Director
The NHP Foundation

Ola Oyinsan Hixon

Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
PGIM Real Estate

Gregory Boler Jr.

Founder & Managing Partner
KMT Partners LLC

London Kemp Boykin

Director of Global Realty Sustainable Development
Amazon

Allison Lane

Architect, Multi-family Studio Lead
AECOM

Christopher Walker

Senior Real Estate Manager
Raising Cane's

James E. Daughrity SIOR

Principal Broker
Daughrity Real Estate

Cory Bertram

Store Development Manager,
Starbucks

Jason Myles Clark

Executive Vice President, NYS Division of Minority & Women’s Business Development
New York State Development Corporation (ESD)

Edward Poteat

Founder and President
Carthage Advisors

Siree I. Morris

President
MCI Property Management & Construction, LLC

Jeff Monge

Managing Partner
Monge Capital Advisors, LLC

Jerrod Delaine

CEO
The Delaine Companies

Baye Adofo-Wilson

CEO
BAW Development, LLC

Tywan Anthony

Director of Property Management
NHS New York City

Joshua Bloodworth

Executive Vice-President, Legal and General Counsel,
Empire State Development

Ramon Parchment

PMP
Consigli Construction

Amanda Benjamin-Smith

Senior Investments Attorney-Real Estate
Genworth

Ryan McCaffrey

Partner
Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Terri L. Adler

Managing Partner
Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Johnny Opara

President & CEO
JO Companies

Keith Mack

Founder & Managing Principal
Gibraltar Capital Partners

Michelle Kennedy

Vice President
U.S. Bank Impact Finance

Juan Barahona

Principal
SMJ Development (SMJ)

Alexis McSween

CEO
Bottom Line Construction & Development, LLC

Jamar Adams

Founder & Managing Principal
Essence Development

Edward Faustin

Co-Founder/Managing Principal
AreaProbe

Naheem J. Harris

Partner
Akerman LLP

Thomas Campbell

Founding member
Thorobird Companies

Jeffrey Ferguson

Principal
Let's Brainstorm LLC

Marcus J. Brooks

Head Nerd In Charge
Let's Brainstorm

Craig Livingston

Managing Partner
Exact Capital Group LLC

Angele Robinson-Gaylord

Senior Vice President, Coffeehouse Development
Starbucks

Lexus Ampadu

Vice President, Historic Tax Credits
J.P. Morgan

Dionne Nelson

President & CEO
Laurel Street

Vince Toye

Head of Community Development Banking & Agency Lending
J.P. Morgan

Pierre Downing

Founding Principal
Kalel Companies

Myron Adoteye

Founder, Principal,
AYA ENTERPRISES

Sponsors

Sessions

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM EDT
DCRE Conference Day 2: Registration / Check in & Networking Breakfast
Ongoing
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EDT
Private Equity Deal Structuring
Live
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EDT
Deal or No Deal, “Kobayashi Maru”
Live
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
Smart Capital: Driving Performance in Real Estate Private Equity
Live
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
The Entrepreneur’s Edge: Building a Business in Commercial Real Estate
Live
11:05 AM - 11:55 AM EDT
Closing the Gap: Advancing Affordable Housing Solutions
Live
11:05 AM - 11:55 AM EDT
Retail Reimagined: Trends, Tenants, and Transformation
Live
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Logistics, Land, and Leases: Inside Industrial Development
Live
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
The Development Deal: Capital, Community, and Construction
Live
2:15 PM - 3:05 PM EDT
Honoree Awards Presentation and Fireside Chat
Ongoing
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
Closing Remarks
Live
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
DCRE Power Circles
Ongoing
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
DCRE Post-Conference Reception
Ongoing

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