Ben Bartel, P.E.

Ben Bartel, P.E., brings more than 25 years of experience providing engineering and energy consulting services across the United States. He is a partner at National Property Consulting Group (NPC) and serves as a principal mechanical engineer based in Chicago, Illinois. Bartel has extensive experience in Property Condition Assessments for real estate acquisitions, specialty mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) evaluations, energy audits, sustainable and green building consulting, construction loan monitoring and draw reviews, and accessibility (ADA) compliance assessments.

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Kelly Beaudreau-Hwang, RA

Kelly Beaudreau Hwang, RA, is a senior project manager, principal and Registered Architect at BL Companies, with more than nine years of leadership at the firm. She specializes in managing complex industrial projects, bringing a disciplined, solutions-driven approach to navigating technical, regulatory and operational challenges. Beaudreau-Hwang is known for her ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, balance client objectives with project constraints, and deliver high-quality outcomes on demanding schedules. Her depth of experience and steady leadership make her a trusted advisor to both clients and colleagues.

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Michael Bennett

As Managing Director – Head of Development, Michael Bennett oversees conceptualization, development and construction activities for current and future projects at Kadima Industrial Partners. He is responsible for advancing the company’s thought leadership on next generation urban infill and creative logistics properties. Bennett designed, managed and advised on over 200 million square feet of logistics and advanced manufacturing space in North America with a focus on the Northeast region. Bennett is a member of NAIOP’s Real Estate Development IV Forum, a collaborator in the October 2020 NAIOP Research Foundation’s “The Evolution of the Warehouse,” was a former principal with Ware Malcomb, and has been a panelist at previous NAIOP events. In 2019 he was named an Industrial Influencer by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum.

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Gregory Boler Jr.

Gregory Boler Jr. serves as founder and managing partner for KMT Partners LLC. KMT is a minority-owned commercial real estate investment firm that sources and executes unique commercial and industrial development opportunities within primary and emerging markets across the East Coast. For most of his career, Boler has focused on the industrial and logistics sector and has nearly 15 years of commercial real estate experience. Over his career, Boler has sourced and executed more than 20 million square feet of development, which is equivalent to $2.5 billion of stabilized value.

He is actively involved with the Georgia chapter of NAIOP, serving as the president and previously as treasurer, education chair and founding the Diversity CRE Internship Program. He also serves as NAIOP Corporate's executive committee and board of directors. He received his Master of Science in commercial real estate from Georgia State University.

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Inga Caldwell

Inga Caldwell is a member of the environmental department at Cole Schotz, a full-service law firm with offices across the Northeast and in Texas and Florida. She advises clients across a broad range of industries on environmental risk and liability in complex business transactions, real estate development, site remediation, enforcement matters, environmental litigation and industrial operations. Caldwell holds a Wharton certificate in “AI for Decision Making: Business Strategies and Applications,” and is a frequent speaker on the practical application of artificial intelligence in the environmental law field.

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Mac Carbonell

Mac Carbonell, Founder and Creative Director of VERDANT (BA, Yale; MFA, School of Visual Arts), brings a rare artistic foundation to a landscape design-build studio that blurs the boundaries between architecture and horticulture. Over his 20+ year career, he has redefined city blocks, crafted keystone botanical installations for world-renowned partners, and transformed both intimate private spaces and public commercial environments into thriving, immersive and sustainable ecosystems.

VERDANT's full-scope approach spans every stage, from initial concept and installation to long-term care and management. This end-to-end involvement affords VERDANT the unique ability to consider how a landscape evolves: how materials weather and mature, how plants behave across seasons and urban micro-climates, and how thoughtful design grounded in craftsmanship, materiality, and modern sensibility shapes the experience of a place. This process produces spaces built not just to endure, but to grow more intentional, calming and reflective with time.

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Mike Chase

Mike Chase has spent 23 years at STAG Industrial and currently serves as the STAG's executive vice president and Chief Investment Officer. He is responsible for all capital deployment activities at the company. Prior to becoming CIO in 2022, Chase served as senior vice president of acquisitions and was co-head the acquisition platform.

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Patrick Connelly

Patrick Connelly has a career within the New Jersey commercial real estate sector that spans over three and a half decades. He has extensive experience and leadership in asset management, leasing, development and construction projects. He is the Chief Operating Officer at Federal Business Centers, Inc. He brings in-depth knowledge and a thorough approach to all facets of work, having cultivated his experience of dealing with varied real estate related matters such as acquisition, development and management over the years. He serves on committees and boards within organizations such as NAIOP.

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Drew Cooper

Bolstered by his environmental litigation work, Drew Cooper has a keen understanding of how and where things could go askew. More importantly, he knows how to prevent bad things from happening -- both now and later. He is determined to help close the deal by finding ways to eliminate the specter of unacceptable environmental liability.

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Craig Cowie

Craig Cowie heads the US Investments team for Affinius and is a voting member of the investment committee.

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Canaan Crouch, PG (California Professional Geologist #8033)

Canaan Crouch brings over 21 years of experience in the environmental consulting and risk management industries. With previous work experience including environmental consulting for a variety of private clients throughout Southern California, followed by nine years environmental insurance underwriting experience running the west coast operations for ACE Envrionmental (now Chubb). Crouch has been on the brokerage side of the insurance industry since 2014 and currently runs the environmental and energy practice at Jencap, a national insurance brokerage headquartered in New York.

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Amy Curry

Amy Curry is the Chief Strategy Officer of Dermody with responsibility to drive growth in the company’s existing and future development and joint venture platforms. She is a member of the Dermody Properties Executive and Investment Committee and brings with her approximately 24 years of experience in commercial real estate.

Prior to joining Dermody, Ms. Curry was an Executive Vice President for Hillwood where she held multiple leadership roles sourcing and stabilizing industrial joint ventures, developments and acquisitions. During her tenure she sourced or executed on more than 7 million square feet of joint ventures valued at more than $625 million. In addition, she was involved with more than 10.5 million square feet of industrial development throughout the east region.

Prior to joining Hillwood, Ms. Curry held leadership positions at GLP, IndCor (a Blackstone Company) and First Industrial. While at GLP, Ms. Curry oversaw all asset management for 90 million square feet of industrial product spread across 20 markets in the eastern half of the United States. In addition, she deployed capital and supported portfolio acquisitions totaling more than $5.5 billion in value.

Ms. Curry holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Real Estate from Georgia State University. Ms. Curry has held board member positions on the Georgia chapters for NAIOP, CSCMP and CCIM. She is a member of NAIOP’s E-Commerce 1 National Forum, and Vice Chair of one of the Urban Land Institute’s Industrial and Office Park Development Councils. In addition, Ms. Curry is a member of IREOC, an AFIRE mentor and on the Research Committee for the Real Estate Roundtable.

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Andrew Dorn

Strategic and results-driven Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHSS) professional with over 15 years of cross-disciplinary experience, including legal, technical and corporate leadership roles. Licensed professional engineer (PE) and licensed attorney in Illinois. Currently serving as senior manager at Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a $16 billion diversified industrial global manufacturer with over 400 locations.

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Erik Foster, CCIM

Erik Foster is focused on executing real estate capital markets and asset advisory services across his firm’s global platform that translate to tangible results for clients in the industrial, healthcare and office property sectors. He is a proven leader with 25 years of experience and $9 billion in completed transactions, including dispositions of multi-market portfolios, mission critical corporate facilities, global logistics properties and national healthcare portfolios. He leads a national team that represents global, institutional REIT’s, private equity firms and privately held commercial investors in diverse assignments ranging from local/regional opportunities to large, multi-market international portfolios. Additionally, as the Head of Industrial Capital Markets, Foster leads the firm’s industrial capital markets platform that spans the entire transaction process, from early construction strategy and development capitalization to market positioning and disposition analysis/execution for commercial assets.

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Jessica Fraser

Jessica Fraser is a senior vice president with Trammell Crow Company, leading the firm’s industrial development efforts throughout the NYC Metro region. She is responsible for overseeing the team’s projects and sourcing new opportunities across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Previously, she held roles at Prologis, Macy’s and Simon Property Group. Fraser earned her MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, where she also serves on the Leonard N. Wood Center for Real Estate Studies’ Advisory Board.

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Andrew Goodman

Andrew Goodman is a senior managing director of investments at Link Logistics, responsible for leading all aspects of the firm’s disposition activity nationally. He joined Link in 2019, bringing significant experience in real estate finance, investments and dispositions. Most recently, he was chief financial officer of Colony Capital’s industrial platform where he held responsibility for the overall financial management of the platform and assisted with debt placement, fundraising and investor relations. Prior to his CFO role, he spent five years in Colony Capital’s New York office where he sourced and executed new investments. Before that, he spent more than seven years at Shorenstein Properties, focused on debt and equity investments in the office real estate sector. He began his career as an analyst at Deutsche Bank in their real estate investment banking group.

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David Greek

David Greek, as a key leader at Greek Real Estate Partners, directs the firm’s strategic vision. He spearheads new business ventures and oversees project acquisitions, taking charge of site selection, valuation modeling, financing, transaction negotiations and deal packaging for clients. He is an active member of NAIOP and the Developers Political Action Committee of NJ, and serves on the Georgetown Steer’s Center Advisory Board. Additionally, he is the chair of Circulate NJ, reflecting his ongoing commitment to economic growth, professional development and environmental rehabilitation.

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Steven Harper, AIA

Steven Harper is a founder and managing partner at Modellus Novus, where he oversees the growth and finances of the firm, as well as execution of strategic priorities. He is LEED and NCARB certified, licensed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Florida, and is also a board member and treasurer of Plus Pool, a non-profit committed to free and safe access New York City swimming waters. He previously worked at Kohn Pederson Fox in New York and Skidmore Owings & Merrill in Chicago.

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Gregory Healy

An American with a truly global occupier perspective, Gregg Healy has spent much of his career leading manufacturing and distribution organizations while living throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. A graduate the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business (MBA), his international foundation was shaped early through study in Norway and Japan, where he earned a full scholarship from the government of Japan. With a sharp lens toward understanding what occupiers require, he now leads the industrial services platform for Savills North America as a trusted advocate and partner, focused on developing technology and tools that transform disparate data into forward-looking insights.

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Justin Horowitz

Justin Horowitz is a senior managing director at Cooper-Horowitz, a family-owned capital markets advisory firm, where he leads the Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) platform that he formed at the company. Horowitz has placed over $3.5 billion of IOS debt across 32 states since starting the IOS platform in 2021. Prior to Cooper-Horowitz, he worked at Savills Studley on the New York investment sales team; before that, Horowitz worked at Brickman, where he focused on the management and leasing of their New York office portfolio.

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Clint Kehres

A love of building fuels Clint Kehres' passion and energy as a leader on construction projects large and small. He focuses on a teamwork approach to achieving a common goal, and getting all parties involved “pulling the rope in the same direction.” Extensive communication and collaboration is a requirement for success on all building projects. Working his way up through the ranks, with over 30 years’ experience, allows him to always look forward to the next challenge. He has a reputation for being fair, straightforward and knowledgeable amongst his peers in the industry.

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Dale Koch, PE

Dale Koch, P.E., is a principal at Bohler in the New York metro region with over 15 years of experience. He leads land use strategy, entitlement navigation and community engagement for complex industrial development in land-constrained markets. His work frequently involves repositioning underutilized and functionally obsolete sites into Class A logistics and cold storage facilities by aligning design, infrastructure and municipal priorities early in the process. Recognized as one of New York Real Estate Journal’s 2025 Innovators in CRE, Koch is a trusted voice on zoning constraints, municipal processes and evolving community expectations, with regular features in Long Island Business News and NYREJ. He is known for helping teams anticipate entitlement hurdles, evaluate redevelopment feasibility and move projects from concept through approvals with clarity and confidence.

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Mark G. Levy

Mark Levy is the Chief Investment Officer of FRP Holdings, a role he assumed upon the sale of Altman Logistics Properties, where he served as President and Founder, to FRP in November, 2025. Mark oversees all capital deployment and structuring including the firm’s daily operations and strategic initiatives.

Over his extensive real estate career spanning over 25 years in logistics development, Mr. Levy has deployed over $12 billion of capital, including large-scale, multi-phase logistics development projects across South Florida, New Jersey, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the Mid-Atlantic.

Before his tenure at Altman, he served as Chief Investment Officer at HRP Group, where he was instrumental in directing large-scale redevelopment projects nationwide and played a crucial role in establishing HRP's logistics platform, successfully overseeing the acquisition, development, and management of 20 million square feet of logistics space. Mr. Levy’s extensive experience encompasses senior leadership and capital deployment positions, including Head of Capital Deployment for the Eastern United States at Prologis, Vice Chairman at JLL, Senior Vice President for Florida at both Duke Realty and Opus, and Senior Investment Officer at Sumitomo Corporation of America.

A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Levy earned his degrees in Economics and English from Syracuse University. Among his many professional associations, he is a member of the Zell Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is an advisor of the United States Chamber of Commerce, a member of the United States Capital Historical Association, an adjunct instructor of Georgetown University’s Master’s in Real Estate Capstone Program and serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County.

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Nolan Lewin

Nolan Lewin is an accomplished entrepreneur and operations executive with deep experience scaling high-growth food and beverage brands. He has played a key role in expanding companies, driving operational excellence and market growth. He has held plant leadership roles with LiDestri Foods, Hanover Foods, and Stay Fresh Foods (High Pressure Processing SME), where he improved efficiency, quality and team performance. Lewin currently serves in a leadership role at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center, supporting emerging brands through commercialization and scale-up. In addition to his corporate work, he is the founder of American Harvest and owner of Copper Mountain Restaurant, reflecting his passion for building and growing impactful food ventures.

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Jason Lundy

Jason Lundy is a managing director in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas and a member of the Northeast Industrial Capital Markets platform. He represents and advises both institutional and private clients in the disposition and acquisition, or development of industrial assets. His expertise includes warehouse, manufacturing and distribution, shallow-bay and flex product, outdoor storage, and ground-up development. He also provides advisory services for equity placement transactions within the industrial and development sectors throughout the capital stack.

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Clark Machemer

Clark Machemer is a senior managing director with Crow Holdings Development (CHD), overseeing the company's industrial development operations in the Northeast. His responsibilities include site selection and acquisition, team building, securing project entitlements, coordinating project design and construction, and managing project capitalization. In addition to his role at CHD, he actively works to promote a positive perspective of the development industry. Throughout his 25-year career Machemer has been involved in the leasing and development of more than 19 million square feet of industrial space, one million square feet of office space, and 250 residential units. Prior to joining CHD, he was previously with Rockefeller Group and he began his career at Andersen Consulting.

Machemer holds a Master of Science in real estate development from Columbia University. He is an engaged member of NAIOP, serving on NAIOP New Jersey’s executive committee as past president and slated to assume the role of chair of the board of directors for NAIOP in 2027. Additionally, he is a former chair and current board trustee of Pillar Care Continuum. His leadership and impact have been recognized through multiple inclusions in NJBIZ’s “Real Estate Power List” and consistent recognition among the region’s foremost real estate professionals by publications such as, ROI-NJ, and BINJE.

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Peter Millar

Peter F. Millar is an Executive Managing Director at CW. Mr. Millar has 27 years of experience in the field(s) of construction and engineering. Mr. Millar has 27 years of experience completing Property Condition Assessments (PCAs), and 27 years include the assessment of multifamily housing properties. He has conducted more than 1,000 PCAs in accordance with ASTM2018, more than 250 PCAs in accordance with Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting Standards, and more than 250 PCAs in accordance with Freddie Mac Guidelines. He is experienced in assessing site improvements, building structures and envelopes, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for evidence of deferred maintenance or problematic or deleterious materials. He has been responsible for estimating Immediate Needs Reserves, as well as On-Going Reserves need to maintain a property, based on his observations and interviews with personnel familiar with the property.

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Scot Murdoch, AIA

Scot Murdoch, AIA, is driven to deliver improved performance, process and value for clients. Murdoch has designed and executed millions of square feet of industrial logistics and manufacturing projects at varying scale and complexity for innovative corporate and development clients across the world. His ability to think at both grand and granular scales simultaneously results in comprehensive design solutions that exceed client expectations. A forward-thinking problem solver, he is motivated by designing for the future of industry. He explores themes of next generation industrial development in his practice informed by his passions for the restoration of brownfield sites, sustainable design focused on decarbonization, and renewable energy initiatives including green energy production. Murdoch is currently leading the transformation of the New York industrial landscape through his expertise in developing urban sites into multistory, mixed-use production and logistics facilities. The design solutions driving a new intensified stack of industrial mixed-use is redefining urban planning and facilitating industry’s ability to exist harmoniously within the community it is serving. His vibrant portfolio of work takes into consideration the delicate balance of an innovative future and foundational past and dichotomy of technology and humanity, resulting in meaningful impact.

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Chris Murphy

Chris J. Murphy is a founding partner of Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP (MSW) and a member of the firm’s executive committee. He chairs both the land use, zoning and redevelopment practice, and the tax credits and incentives practice, overseeing two of the firm’s core statewide platforms and helping guide MSW’s strategic growth and direction. His work spans local planning and zoning boards, county agencies and state regulatory bodies, where he is known for navigating complex entitlement processes and advancing transformative redevelopment initiatives.

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Tim Oberweger

Timothy Oberweger is the senior vice president of sales at Stewart Title Guaranty Company.

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Kathryn Peacock

As principal and strategic director of environmental services, Kathryn Peacock leads Partner’s Enterprise Environmental Services platform, delivering a comprehensive, integrated consulting approach that unifies environmental due diligence, remediation, EHS and compliance, and sustainability — supported by robust building sciences expertise. A 25-year veteran of the environmental and engineering consulting industry, Peacock helps organizations manage risk and create value across the full property lifecycle.

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Matthew Player

Matthew Player is the founder and CEO of Zoneomics, a zoning data and intelligence platform powering real estate, AEC and AI applications across the U.S. Under his leadership, Zoneomics has built one of the most comprehensive zoning datasets in the country, enabling developers, investors and technology platforms to analyze land use and development potential at scale. The company’s data is used by organizations including Google Earth, Redfin, Moody’s and leading proptech platforms. Player focuses on transforming zoning from fragmented regulatory text into structured, actionable data that can power automation, underwriting and site selection workflows. He is passionate about building the foundational data layer for the next generation of real estate technology.

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Garth Priber, AIA

With a 25-year career background in construction, architecture and engineering, Garth Priber has spent the last seven years with ProFood Properties and CloudKitchens creating unique approaches and teams to design and deliver hundreds of complex F&B production facilities globally.

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Lex Rickenbaker

Lex Rickenbaker is a managing director within the real estate investments team at Affinius Capital. He focuses on both equity and credit investment strategies across acquisition and development projects. Rickenbaker has extensive experience structuring complex transactions across all property sectors, including industrial, office, residential, hospitality, data center and mixed-use projects as well as platform and OpCo-level investments. Rickenbaker manages investments spanning the East Coast corridor from Washington, D.C., to Miami, leveraging deep market knowledge and strategic relationships to drive value and performance for Affinius Capital’s investors and shareholders.

He is a NAIOP Research Foundation Governor and Trustee, a former member of the NAIOP Board of Directors and served as the Developing Leaders representative on the executive committee. He is a past member of the National Forums advisory committee. Rickenbaker has been a member of the NAIOP National Forum Deal and Investment Concepts since its inception in 2011 and served as its chair.

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Mark Russo

Mark Russo is vice president and head of industrial research at Savills, leading industrial research across North America. Since joining the firm in 2021, he has focused on elevating how industrial market trends are analyzed and communicated—turning complex data into insights that drive real estate decisions. He oversees research initiatives spanning more than 20 billion square feet of industrial space across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Russo develops analytics platforms that bring clarity to occupiers, investors and brokers navigating a rapidly evolving sector. He leads flagship publications including the Ports Report and Manufacturing Report and has built integrated market tracking systems that enhance Savills thought leadership and client strategy. Prior to Savills, Russo held research roles at Newmark and LaSalle Investment Management. At Newmark, he helped build a national industrial research platform and led research initiatives for the firm’s New Jersey office. At LaSalle’s global headquarters in Chicago, he managed proprietary forecasting models covering major U.S. industrial markets.

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Diana Schapiro

Diana Schapiro leads NAIOP’s flagship National Forums program, overseeing more than 70 Forums that collectively engage more than 1,100 members. She is responsible for launching new Forums focused on timely industry trends and ensuring the program continues to reflect the evolving needs of NAIOP’s membership. Schapiro also spearheads the Developing Leaders Forum program, designing its two-year curriculum and curating speakers, topics and experiences that build industry expertise and leadership skills.

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Matt Schlindwein, P.E.

With over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, Matt Schlindwein has played a key role in driving large-scale capital market transactions across a wide portfolio of industrial and logistics assets. At Greek Real Estate Partners, he leads a team of top-tier design and construction professionals, delivering Class A warehouse developments and value-add projects that consistently attract institutional investors. His deep expertise in local land use and environmental regulations, along with his knowledge of real estate finance, ensures that projects are strategically optimized for long-term value creation. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and serves as president of the NAIOP New Jersey chapter.

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Josh Sewald, PE, PP

Joshua Sewald is a senior principal of Dynamic Engineering Consultants and was elected to the board of directors in January 2023. Sewald joined the firm as a junior design engineer in 2011 and has successfully developed himself into a senior equity partner at the firm. He provides practical experience with commercial, residential and industrial land development projects. His primary experience extends throughout the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Texas and Florida.

His main goal is to become an extension of a client's development company and act as a liaison for land development services.

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Anne Strauss-Wieder

Anne Strauss-Wieder is a nationally respected senior executive with over 45 years of public and private sector experience involving supply chains, industrial and economic development, resilience, and freight movement. She was the 2022 recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Strauss-Wieder is in leadership roles in several national professional organizations. She was an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s advisory committee on supply chain competitiveness and the U.S. Maritime Administration’s marine transportation system national advisory committee. She is a senior freight and logistics researcher and teaches a graduate class on freight and public policy at Rutgers. Strauss-Wieder has a Master's in regional science from the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2010 Lead New Jersey Fellow.

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Joseph Swain, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Joe Swain is an associate principal and architect with Mithun, a multidisciplinary design practice with offices in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He specializes in modular and prefabricated systems and has worked with mass timber for over a decade, from schools and offices to large-scale residential and industrial projects. He has worked on ICC Tall Wood code-related research, including most recently a pair of CLT exterior wall fire tests, and leads Mithun’s working group on timber and forestry, which explores the relationship between carbon in timber and forest health and management.

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Tres Teschke

Tres Teschke is a director at Outpost where he leads business development and sources new acquisitions for the IOS platform. Over the last 4 years he has been responsible for $$300mm in deployed capital across the United States. Prior to Outpost he worked in various roles in multifamily and mixed-use projects.

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