https://www.laisf.org/news daily 0.75 2025-10-23 https://www.laisf.org/news/post2-est6t-25277-3day6-nlpcl-chbaa monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/90f58dd3-3ed8-4f3e-994c-5c2af25b28f9/2025-new-initiates-art.png News - 2025 New Initiates Announced https://www.laisf.org/news/2025-lai-golden-gate-chapter-nominations-jhja4 monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://www.laisf.org/news/post2-est6t-25277-3day6-nlpcl monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/4030358a-cf12-49f2-9df8-8f55f33a1648/2024-initiates-announcement.png News - 2024 New Initiates Announced https://www.laisf.org/news/2024-lai-golden-gate-chapter-nominations monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://www.laisf.org/news/post2-est6t-25277-3day6 monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5a4be8aa-15a0-4c0e-b0ff-b1a29c922007/2023-initiates-art.jpg News - 2023 New Initiates Announced https://www.laisf.org/news/2023-lai-golden-gate-chapter-nominations-hykn2 monthly 0.5 2024-07-21 https://www.laisf.org/news/post2-est6t-25277 monthly 0.5 2023-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/c470b632-9be0-4c2f-81a0-71b1284f4064/LAI-GG-initiates-final-2022.png News - 2022 New Initiates Announced https://www.laisf.org/news/2022-lai-golden-gate-chapter-nominations monthly 0.5 2023-06-30 https://www.laisf.org/news/post1-znl66 monthly 0.5 2022-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0380cf1e-140f-4898-9c23-d98a394059ca/dan-safier%402x.jpg News - 2021 Member of the Year named Daniel Safier of Prado Group was named Lambda Alpha International Golden Gate Chapter member of the year at the December 2, 2021 New Initiates Gala. The Golden Gate Chapter’s 2019 Member of the Year Pamela Duffy presented Dan with the honor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/57978f7e-9774-45ae-a7c7-dd17dbc306ee/IMG_1317.JPG News - 2021 Member of the Year named https://www.laisf.org/news/post2-est6t monthly 0.5 2022-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/fb242fb0-0ada-4c7e-9412-ae424ee9d24b/LAI-GG-Gala-initiates-2021-rev2.png News - 2021 New Initiates Announced https://www.laisf.org/news/post4-fd5y4 monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0a70652a-9ee5-43ec-97a3-3a9d22b21e36/David+Madway.jpg News - In Memoriam - David Madway https://www.laisf.org/news/post3-dhgm9 monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/559e3a06-de63-4151-b836-56fa3e328dc2/Anne_Halsted_wide.jpg News - In Memoriam - Anne Halsted https://www.laisf.org/events daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-apr-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/833a8d39-6a06-48e0-b57d-54cadf51335c/Google+Post+_+7.png Events - Program - Hotel (Re)Development in San Francisco - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1774984088112-PW02OX670M9K8WZ77GD5/Andrea-874x1024.jpg Events - Program - Hotel (Re)Development in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1774984088456-LOHCUDBZ76P01P2U97FE/Anjali+Agarwal+Headshot.jpg Events - Program - Hotel (Re)Development in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1774984089828-ETAM74Q5HP1W2XZ2WBNX/Chad-1-scaled.jpg Events - Program - Hotel (Re)Development in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1774984094161-AWDV225QVZ3DYG721W64/Headshot+Sarang.JPG Events - Program - Hotel (Re)Development in San Francisco https://www.laisf.org/events/apr2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/033083e1-8186-4351-869c-540f80edacf3/LAI-GG-Peninsula-meetup.jpg Events - Peninsula Meet Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-templeemanuel monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/9e5228cc-1744-418e-8e68-a363840299a0/march-tour-banner.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Temple Emanu-El - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-mar-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5c23d89f-9faf-40ea-b079-810ffa93d825/march-banner.jpg Events - Program - Restarting Building in San Francisco - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1773429238935-SMXKLRQDIWDP1YP7HKA4/Marc+Babsin+Headshot.jpg Events - Program - Restarting Building in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1773429243148-QXAAP7FXC9PTOA9QBMS8/MM+Bio+2.16.png Events - Program - Restarting Building in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1773429243473-863K9V78HSVITCDN96FM/Patrick+McNerney_B%26W.jpg Events - Program - Restarting Building in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1773429244131-MNRSQYBUZV96MAQP3K1T/1516832171231.jpg Events - Program - Restarting Building in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1773429260279-JL29Q0VZLKWR2CWF5FQG/Dan+Safier+crop+%281%29.png Events - Program - Restarting Building in San Francisco https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi-zb5h3-ftb3w-gn9gr-bk58d-83j26-chbx8 monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Salon: San Francisco Single Stair Requirements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/2023new-initiate-reception-l8lsr-dm425 monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f0d38531-b2c6-40f7-bea0-974b2fe18cee/2026-mixer-invite.jpg Events - New Initiate Reception - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-feb-2026-85psa monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1706646074703-LWTXA3LUQFLYX986AXQJ/AdobeStock_183663474.jpeg Events - Program - State of the Market 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/7a7475e5-9aec-4d31-95d4-484c5bf7c65f/Taylor_Julie.png Events - Program - State of the Market 2026 - Julie Taylor, Executive Vice President , Colliers Julie works exclusively to serve the needs of retail real estate property owners, investors, and retailers. Julie is highly active in the Downtown San Francisco trade area leasing flagship properties and representing luxury and urban retailers. She has leased almost 850,000 square feet over 90 transactions with an aggregate lease value of over $900 million in the Union Square market. Her area of expertise spans the regional retail markets of the Bay Area and urban retail in San Francisco. Julie also leases the 100,000 square foot Salesforce Transit Center in Downtown San Francisco. Julie has had extensive experience representing chain stores expanding throughout Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d5cad19c-3af4-443f-97c3-e3e2ed9429a5/will-cassriel.jpg Events - Program - State of the Market 2026 - Will Cassriel, Vice President, JLL Will specializes in tenant representation, providing real estate advisory services to companies in San Francisco and across the globe. His responsibilities include strategy development/implementation, site identification, and lease review/negotiation. His well-developed technical knowledge of the real estate process gives him a broad understanding of the principles that must be incorporated into a transaction. Will is an active member of the Belden Club and the CoreNet Northern California Chapter. He is a Bay Area native born and raised in Orinda, CA, is an avid golfer, and a licensed yoga sculpt instructor. Will holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f068c0a3-99f4-45bb-8128-f340408f5a0f/quinn.png Events - Program - State of the Market 2026 - Alexander Quinn , Senior Director of Research, Northern California, JLL Mr. Quinn is the Senior Director of Research for Northern California at JLL, with over 20 years of economic analysis experience specializing in real estate development, economic forecasting, and urban regeneration. He leads commercial real estate research efforts for JLL’s Northern California region, providing insights on prevailing commercial real estate demand, regional economic dynamics, and shifting business behavior that shape the built environment. Mr. Quinn has advised developers and tenants on site selection, building recommendations, and strike price for office, lab, research and development, and multifamily projects in Northern California. He also develops the North America Tech Report, which identifies the top 30 markets for tech companies in the U.S. and Canada. He has provided expert testimony to the U.S. Congress, first explaining the economic contribution of water infrastructure to the national economy and later outlining the potential national loss in GDP should the U.S. water system fail. Mr. Quinn has worked on multiple feasibility studies for clients in the Bay Area, including the Downtown Berkeley Feasibility Analysis for the Downtown Berkeley Area Plan. His international experience spans development projects in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. He has led infrastructure and economic policy analysis efforts, including an evaluation of the economic impact of SB375 on the State of California and the Central Market Economic Strategy, which won a national economic development award. In addition to his professional work, Mr. Quinn is a professor in the Masters of Real Estate Development program at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also earned his Master's degree in City and Regional Planning. He serves on the Board of the Downtown San Francisco Partnership and is a member of the Urban Land Institute. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-january-2026 monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/bf8aefe1-2dce-4b70-b42b-82e4bc176f63/AdobeStock_1837865518-smaller.jpg Events - Program - The Capital Markets - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/58a9e869-81b1-4003-bc37-9785ac60a0d8/MCKNIGHT_MARGARET-1-326x370.png Events - Program - The Capital Markets - Margaret McKnight , Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions, StepStone Ms. McKnight is a member of the real estate team and focuses on various investment and portfolio management activities. She is also a committee member of the StepStone Charitable Giving Program and on the Global Allocation Committee. Prior to joining StepStone, Ms. McKnight spent more than a decade at Carlyle’s Metropolitan Real Estate, where she served as the co-Chief Investment Officer and was the fund head for Metropolitan’s Global Funds series. She was a Consultant with Cambridge Associates and held various roles with JP Morgan. Ms. McKnight sits on the Investment Committee for Sutter Health, the fifth largest US non-profit community-based healthcare provider and the Real Assets Investment Subcommittee for Swarthmore College. She recently served as a Senior Advisor to Juniper Square, focused on Capital Markets applications of their investment management software. Ms. McKnight graduated with high honors from Swarthmore College and earned an MBA from New York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2e430bb5-66a0-447a-93a0-6c0208ee9bc2/Bard+Consulting-0004RT2.jpg Events - Program - The Capital Markets - Faye Beverett , Retired Principal, Bard Consulting Faye has worked as a consultant and principal in real estate since 1984. She joined Bard Consulting in 2004 and became a principal in 2006. While at Bard, Faye helped primarily large pension funds with investment manager due diligence, real estate investment analysis, transaction structuring, negotiation, legal documentation review and asset valuation. Prior to Bard, Faye had her own consulting and investment firm, served as a vice president for Catellus Development Corporate (prior to its acquisition by Prologis) and worked as a real estate consultant for Deloitte. Faye is a member of the Urban Land Institute and a board member for the Lambda Alpha Golden Gate Chapter. Faye has a BS in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-november-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8372fdf0-5d68-4c41-af6f-ca71aa32c102/image001.jpg Events - Potrero Power Station - Part Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/72157ba2-7400-4b29-b162-329b6fb68dec/Landa.jpg Events - Potrero Power Station - Part Two - Enrique Landa, Managing Partner Enrique Landa is a Managing Partner at Associate Capital, leading the firm’s investing and development efforts, including the 20+ acre Power Station project. He has spent his career managing real estate portfolios and projects for family offices. He is also a member of the LAI Golden Gate Chapter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/ccf3cd0f-e073-4e5e-9e2b-081f0f54e62c/Maybrun.jpg Events - Potrero Power Station - Part Two - Molly Maybrun, Chief Development Officer Molly Maybrun is Chief Development Officer at Associate Capital, where she oversees the design, permitting, financing, and implementation of the Power Station project. She brings nearly 20 years of development experience from both the public and private sectors in New York, Oakland, and San Francisco. She is a 2025 initiate of the LAI Golden Gate Chapter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/208e22fa-2283-421e-8300-1cae826522a5/Hamsher.jpg Events - Potrero Power Station - Part Two - David Hamsher, General Counsel David Hamsher is General Counsel at Associate Capital and leads legal strategy across the firm’s real estate investments and development projects. Before joining Associate Capital, he spent nearly 20 years as a partner at Paul Hastings, advising on many of San Francisco’s largest real estate projects, including Power Station. He is also a member of the LAI Golden Gate Chapter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/553305f6-921b-45ff-a8ab-7cbf881558a1/Chang.jpg Events - Potrero Power Station - Part Two - Tina Chang, Partner and Managing Director, Development Tina Chang is Partner and Managing Director of Development at Associate Capital. She directs design and master planning at Power Station, building on her prior experience as a Senior Planner with the San Francisco Planning Department and as a master planner with the U.S. Navy. She is also a member of the LAI Golden Gate Chapter. https://www.laisf.org/events/oct2025ebmu-j3wc8 monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/3782fa27-f073-4fd7-ac15-7672dc600dc2/EB-meet-up---Oct-25.png Events - East Bay Meet Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-october-2025-5hhgs monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/9dd86f3e-8558-467c-9718-21729864ed29/AdobeStock_315346067-smaller.jpg Events - Inside City Hall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/b4a76740-95f1-46f0-b0b4-56b9336634f6/phillips.jpg Events - Inside City Hall - Sarah Dennis Phillips, SF Planning Director A trained urban planner, Sarah began her California career in downtown revitalization, working to build thriving downtowns in Mountain View, Livermore, Redwood City, and other northern California cities. Sarah’s service to the City of San Francisco started in 2005 in the Planning Department. Sarah has held previous leadership positions in both the private and public sectors, working with Tishman Speyer, a global development firm, as a Senior Director from 2018 to 2023; and then with San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development through summer 2025. Sarah holds degrees in urban planning and design from the University of Virginia and Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5c343d65-1fd0-426a-9cda-5c14712eb858/hicks.jpg Events - Inside City Hall - Bridget Hicks, Chief of Staff, PermitSF Bridget Hicks is the Chief of Staff for PermitSF, the City and County of San Francisco’s initiative to make permitting more customer-centric, predictable, transparent, and efficient. In this role, Hicks partners with City leadership, the Department of Building Inspection, Fire Department, Public Works, the Office of Small Business, and other agencies to drive cross-departmental reforms that streamline workflows, modernize technology, and improve the customer experience for residents, builders, and businesses. As Chief of Staff, she helps guide strategy, operations, and performance tracking to ensure that San Francisco’s permitting system supports community growth and development with greater speed, clarity, and accountability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/22cdf807-e36d-42f8-aa0c-eb6a4d42d79d/lutenski.jpg Events - Inside City Hall - Leigh Lutenski, Director of Development, OEWD Leigh Lutenski is the Director of Development with San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD). In this role Leigh leads policy efforts to increase the supply of housing in San Francisco and to create public financing tools to encourage equitable economic development. Leigh and her team plan and negotiate large, complex, public and private real estate development projects. Leigh previously worked as the Director of Capital Projects at Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre waterfront park development project that has transformed 1.5 miles of Brooklyn’s waterfront into financially-sustainable and vibrant public spaces with new residential and commercial development. Leigh holds degrees in urban planning and government from New York University and Hamilton College. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-potreropower-bb7jm monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/b7af1826-c8c9-401b-aa5e-52caf12f416c/unnamed.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Potrero Power Station - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi-zb5h3-ftb3w-gn9gr-bk58d-83j26 monthly 0.5 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Salon: San Francisco Concrete Buildings Safety Program - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/gala-2025-cpjdl monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/3cf5d7d0-136c-444a-95ba-6884e5481ce8/2025-LAI-GG-Gala-save-date.png Events - 2025 New Initiates Gala - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-july-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5057fc5c-e69e-43ad-af71-e115b71d9ec0/Embarcadero+Plaza_Aerial+Rendering_sm.jpeg Events - Public Spaces: Embarcadero, East Cut, Night Markets, and the Reinvigoration of the Commercial Corridors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/600f4690-c0c5-491d-8513-09a93f2d2366/Robinson.jpg Events - Public Spaces: Embarcadero, East Cut, Night Markets, and the Reinvigoration of the Commercial Corridors - Andrew Robinson, Executive Director, The East Cut Andrew Robinson serves as the Executive Director of The East Cut Community Benefit District (CBD), leading initiatives to elevate public spaces and enrich the quality of life in San Francisco's rapidly evolving neighborhood. Since assuming this role in February 2016, Andrew has overseen the district's transformation into a model of urban revitalization, ensuring that parks, open spaces, retail areas, and street services align with the community's dynamic growth. The East Cut, named after the historic Second Street Cut through Rincon Hill, stands as San Francisco's premier mixed-use, high-rise neighborhood, home to 12,000 residents and encompassing 20 million square feet of office space. Under Andrew's guidance, the district has adeptly balanced rapid development with community-centric planning, fostering a distinct sense of place. Beyond essential services addressing homelessness, street cleanliness, and security, Andrew has played a central role in cultivating community culture and vitality. His work includes collaborating on the launch of San Francisco’s Downtown First Thursdays, the creation of the award-winning Crossing at East Cut pop-up park, and interagency collaboration to maintain and program Salesforce Park, where The East Cut is the primary funder. Prior to his current position, Andrew contributed to urban development as the Director of Neighborhood Partnerships at the Yerba Buena CBD and as a Senior Consultant at Learning for Action. His academic background includes a degree in English and American Literature from Brandeis University. Andrew's diverse experiences and leadership have been instrumental in the effective transformation of The East Cut into a vibrant and cohesive community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/6f9d51ec-ba82-4b27-ba40-29d6c85d649e/Birnbaum.jpg Events - Public Spaces: Embarcadero, East Cut, Night Markets, and the Reinvigoration of the Commercial Corridors - Katy Birnbaum, CEO/Founder, Into The Streets Where you see a desolate street, Katy Birnbaum sees a celebration and the regeneration of community waiting to happen. With this unique vision and talent for bringing people together, Katy founded Into The Streets in 2023 to help lead San Francisco’s economic recovery efforts with a focus on culture and community. Combining over a decade of experience in community organizing, event production/public space activation, workforce development, and public/private/social sector partnerships, Katy knows how to invite diverse stakeholders to the table to successfully collaborate, share a vision, and make immediate and lasting change across San Francisco. Before founding Into The Streets, Katy Birnbaum led the open streets department at the nonprofit Livable City, revamping the Sunday Streets SF program and stewarding it for seven years and starting a workforce development and local hire program for event producers and staff. During the pandemic, Katy spearheaded Livable City’s pandemic response, pivoting operations to convert streets into temporary open space in neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic. This included launching the first commercial corridor Shared Spaces project in SF that opened 3 blocks of Grant Ave in Chinatown for outdoor dining and retail, operating the Valencia Street opening in 2020-2021 when restaurants and bars couldn’t operate at full capacity indoors, and supporting dozens of Black-led community events in Bayview, Sunnydale and Western Addition that provided economic opportunities for micro entrepreneurs alongside essential health and social services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/afeaead7-3b09-4948-b2de-bec551d82cae/Fenton.jpg Events - Public Spaces: Embarcadero, East Cut, Night Markets, and the Reinvigoration of the Commercial Corridors - Aaron Fenton, Senior Vice President, Development, BXP Aaron Fenton is an experienced Senior Vice President of Development who has been with BXP for over 13 years and has a demonstrated history of successfully working in the real estate industry. Aaron oversees all development, acquisition and disposition activities for BXP in the Bay Area as well as Los Angeles and Seattle, with a current developmental pipeline of 6.6 million square feet. He has executed on $1 billion of development, including projects such as 680 Folsom, 690 Folsom, Hawthorne, 535 Mission, and The Skylyne at Temescal. He has executed entitlements on 3.5 million square feet across five large projects (commercial office and multi-family). Aaron is very familiar with the entitlement process in the Bay Area, including extensive CEQA and political knowledge. Prior to joining BXP, he spent seven years with Cahill Contractors, building a variety of product types, including residential, commercial, and schools. Aaron holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused on Business Administration and Management from Saint Mary's College of California and a BS from Duke University in Durham, NC. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-june-2025-btypk-rdxp4 monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/b1bccffd-2dbc-4ad2-96ee-92ce36c7b498/AdobeStock_224141127.jpeg Events - Program - Reviving, Reinventing, Rebuilding:The East Bay Economy in Transition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/6c653eeb-e4f4-4c7e-9d05-b76165c64f5c/Jen+Ott+no+glasses-smaller.jpg Events - Program - Reviving, Reinventing, Rebuilding:The East Bay Economy in Transition - Jennifer Ott, City Manager, City of Alameda Jennifer Ott, the City Manager of the City of Alameda, has over 20 years of experience working in real estate and City government, including for the City of Hayward where she served as Assistant City Manager and Development Services Director and 13 years previously for the City of Alameda from 2005 to 2018 primarily as the Base Reuse and Transportation Planning Director. Before Alameda, she was a Vice President with Economic & Planning Systems, a real estate economics and land use policy consulting firm. Jennifer has a Bachelor degree from UC Davis and a Master of Public Policy from UC Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/631c67aa-d212-46be-b7f2-1c840a61326a/PXL_20240319_163302239.PORTRAIT%7E4.jpg Events - Program - Reviving, Reinventing, Rebuilding:The East Bay Economy in Transition - Ashleigh Kanat, Director, City of Oakland Department of Economic and Workforce Development Ashleigh is Oakland’s senior economic development official, leading the city’s Department of Economic and Workforce Development. Under her leadership, the department is preparing a new Economic Development Action Plan, which will guide Oakland’s economic development priorities over the next three to five years. As the department director, Ashleigh manages an interdisciplinary team of 50 staff focused on the economic health of the city, aligning the work of the department’s workforce development, business development, cultural affairs, and real estate units around the City’s economic priorities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/93087a09-ba06-4b05-a545-1bd6abecd221/Jordan+Klein+Head+Shot.jpeg Events - Program - Reviving, Reinventing, Rebuilding:The East Bay Economy in Transition - Jordan Klein Director, City of Berkeley Department of Planning & Development Jordan Klein is Director of the City of Berkeley’s Department of Planning & Development, where he oversees land use planning, building and safety, and the city’s climate action initiatives. Previously, as Berkeley’s Economic Development Manager, he oversaw Berkeley’s programs and activities for small business development, commercial district revitalization, facilitating catalytic real estate projects, civic arts, and economic research and analysis. Prior to that, at the City of San Francisco’s Office of Economic & Workforce Development, Jordan led the design and implementation of a variety of community development programs, and was the lead author of the City’s economic development plan for the Mid-Market neighborhood. Jordan has a BA in History from Northwestern University and a Master of City Planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley. https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi-zb5h3-ftb3w-gn9gr-bk58d monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Salon: The impact of potential tariffs on construction costs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-fortmason monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/e8f42ce0-7408-422e-94ab-3df22fe0afd5/unnamed.png Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Fort Mason - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/92034626-93cd-457d-86b3-1cc5ae888906/buhler.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Fort Mason - Mike Buhler, President and CEO Mike Buhler has served as President & CEO of Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture since January 2021. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, FMCAC hosts an ever-evolving rotation of artistic programming for over 1.5 million annual visitors that includes theater and dance performances, art installations, as well as educational and cultural classes. From 2010 to 2020, Mike led San Francisco Heritage, a nonprofit organization founded in 1971 to preserve and enhance San Francisco’s unique architectural and cultural identity. He previously served as the director of advocacy at the Los Angeles Conservancy, from 2006 to 2010, and as regional attorney for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s western office in San Francisco, from 1998 to 2006. He holds a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and a B.A. in History from the University of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/b9ba8366-3e2b-4f27-af34-e3e48590b7d0/unnamed.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Fort Mason - Ryan Jang, AIA, LEED AP Ryan Jang, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal at LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects in San Francisco, and the recipient of the 2022 AIA National Young Architect Award. He specializes in diverse building types, primarily learning environments and higher education, but also affordable multifamily housing and civic and adaptive reuse projects. His passion for working with clients and meaningfully understanding their values allows him to facilitate an inclusive design process in pursuit of collaborative and uplifting architecture. His buildings strive to be an exuberant expression of the communities they serve and sensitively responsive to their cultural and environmental context. Ryan’s projects have been recognized with multiple local and national design awards and he has been an invited speaker at several conferences and design juries. He is a registered Architect in California, a LEED accredited professional and received a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d27be0e9-69fc-4327-83c4-9ac2930abd45/haley-w.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Fort Mason - Haley Waterson, PLA, Principal Haley Waterson is a founding partner of Plural, a landscape architecture studio in San Francisco. An accomplished athlete, Haley brings team spirit to her practice, creating award-winning designs while rallying community support. A strategic thinker, she leads her teams with a vision and a clear path towards implementation. Her work reimagines traditional public spaces, infusing them with invention, vitality, and playfulness. She is a facile storyteller, using narrative to guide her design process and to inspire communities. Her curiosity, mindfulness, and equanimity inspire and guide our studio culture. https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi-zb5h3-ftb3w-gn9gr monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Virtual Salon: AI - Second Chance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi-zb5h3-ftb3w monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Virtual Salon: AI - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-apr-2025-btypk monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2f54fcc9-35ba-4967-9e68-0b1a7d113e83/arial+redering.jpg Events - Program - California Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0faa33bc-f5b1-4c0e-a7a6-d9c15605f61f/Gabriel+Metcalf+1.jpg Events - Program - California Forever - Gabriel Metcalf, Head of Planning, California Forever Gabe Metcalf is Head of Planning for California Forever, which is trying to build the first large-scale walkable "new town" in a century. Previously, he was CEO of SPUR, and later the CEO of the Committee for Sydney. He has led policy reform efforts in the field of housing, transit, regional planning, economic development, and climate action for 25 years. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-transamerica monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/55b7194f-e802-4c02-9046-88e38220a84d/AdobeStock_245539871-50.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Transamerica Building - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-feb-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1706646074703-LWTXA3LUQFLYX986AXQJ/AdobeStock_183663474.jpeg Events - Program - State of the Market 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/246a285a-be27-4ae4-a2f9-e9d79fd6e95c/loesch.jpg Events - Program - State of the Market 2025 - Eve Meyers Loescher, Senior Vice President, Eastdil Secured Eve, based in San Francisco, is currently a Senior Vice President at Eastdil Secured, where she has worked since 2012. As a leader within the firm’s multifamily advisory practice covering the West Coast, Eve advises clients on strategic sale, recapitalization, and joint venture executions for single assets and across geographically diverse large-scale portfolios. Over the course of her career, Eve has executed over $50 billion in transaction volume. Eve is an active member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) and serves on the boards of Stern Grove Festival, the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCC SF), and the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Eve earned a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two sons, and loves to travel, enjoys the outdoors, and is an avid hiker and skier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/7a7475e5-9aec-4d31-95d4-484c5bf7c65f/Taylor_Julie.png Events - Program - State of the Market 2025 - Julie Taylor, Executive Vice President , Colliers Julie works exclusively to serve the needs of retail real estate property owners, investors, and retailers. Julie is highly active in the Downtown San Francisco trade area leasing flagship properties and representing luxury and urban retailers. She has leased almost 850,000 square feet over 90 transactions with an aggregate lease value of over $900 million in the Union Square market. Her area of expertise spans the regional retail markets of the Bay Area and urban retail in San Francisco. Julie also leases the 100,000 square foot Salesforce Transit Center in Downtown San Francisco. Julie has had extensive experience representing chain stores expanding throughout Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f068c0a3-99f4-45bb-8128-f340408f5a0f/quinn.png Events - Program - State of the Market 2025 - Alexander Quinn , Senior Director of Research, Northern California, JLL Mr. Quinn is the Senior Director of Research for Northern California at JLL, with over 20 years of economic analysis experience specializing in real estate development, economic forecasting, and urban regeneration. He leads commercial real estate research efforts for JLL’s Northern California region, providing insights on prevailing commercial real estate demand, regional economic dynamics, and shifting business behavior that shape the built environment. Mr. Quinn has advised developers and tenants on site selection, building recommendations, and strike price for office, lab, research and development, and multifamily projects in Northern California. He also develops the North America Tech Report, which identifies the top 30 markets for tech companies in the U.S. and Canada. He has provided expert testimony to the U.S. Congress, first explaining the economic contribution of water infrastructure to the national economy and later outlining the potential national loss in GDP should the U.S. water system fail. Mr. Quinn has worked on multiple feasibility studies for clients in the Bay Area, including the Downtown Berkeley Feasibility Analysis for the Downtown Berkeley Area Plan. His international experience spans development projects in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. He has led infrastructure and economic policy analysis efforts, including an evaluation of the economic impact of SB375 on the State of California and the Central Market Economic Strategy, which won a national economic development award. In addition to his professional work, Mr. Quinn is a professor in the Masters of Real Estate Development program at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also earned his Master's degree in City and Regional Planning. He serves on the Board of the Downtown San Francisco Partnership and is a member of the Urban Land Institute. https://www.laisf.org/events/2023new-initiate-reception-l8lsr monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d449b6d4-734e-4f94-9a47-56cb402246f9/2025-NI-mixer-eventbrite-banner.png Events - New Initiate Reception - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-sept-2023-sfhp5-2xdtc monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/97dd01c7-8406-4be5-bef3-cdb66ce1db7c/AdobeStock_1109597577.jpeg Events - Program - Capital Markets & Real Estate Outlook for 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/58a9e869-81b1-4003-bc37-9785ac60a0d8/MCKNIGHT_MARGARET-1-326x370.png Events - Program - Capital Markets & Real Estate Outlook for 2025 - Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions , StepStone Margaret is a member of the real estate team at StepStone and focuses on various investment and portfolio management activities. She is also a committee member of the StepStone Charitable Giving Program and on the Global Allocation Committee. Prior to joining StepStone, Margaret spent more than a decade at Carlyle’s Metropolitan Real Estate, where she served as the co-Chief Investment Officer and was the fund head for Metropolitan’s Global Funds series. She was a Consultant with Cambridge Associates and held various roles with JP Morgan. Margaret sits on the Investment Committee for Sutter Health, the fifth largest US non-profit community-based healthcare provider and the Real Assets Investment Subcommittee for Swarthmore College. She recently served as a Senior Advisor to Juniper Square, focused on Capital Markets applications of their investment management software. Margaret graduated with high honors from Swarthmore College and earned an MBA from New York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/57af124d-53bb-4a2a-902d-92c21de3519d/billingsley.jpg Events - Program - Capital Markets & Real Estate Outlook for 2025 - Alan Billingsley, Owner, Billingsley Investments Alan Billingsley is the owner of Billingsley Investments, a small private family investment fund. Following an over 30-year career in investment advisory services and land economics research for the real estate industry, Mr. Billingsley is currently managing and pursuing his own investment interests in the residential sector. He most recently departed RREEF (now DWS Asset Management, part of Deutsche Bank) after 13 years, where he served as Head of Americas Research and Investment Strategy. Prior to this, Mr. Billingsley had 20 years of experience in all forms of real estate development and investment analysis, including work for both public and private sector clients. He held senior positions with Sedway Group, and Economics Research Associates, beginning his career at RCLCO in Los Angeles. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute at both national and local levels, is past-President of the Golden Gate Chapter of Lambda Alpha International; and has been active in many real estate organizations. Mr. Billingsley holds an M.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning from UCLA. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-november2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/840ca66c-f959-49a8-bdee-d5071d4ec175/vote-graphic.png Events - Program - Election Aftermath - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/01e03d1d-0bd2-4617-8067-a03cbea59dd0/Alex+Clemens.jpg Events - Program - Election Aftermath - Alex Clemens, Co-founder, Progress Public Affairs Alex Clemens is a veteran political operative and communications expert who has served four elected officials in San Francisco and Washington, DC. In 2003, Alex founded Barbary Coast Consulting, which the New York Times named an elite public affairs firm. In 2016, he merged his firm with another to co-found Lighthouse Public Affairs. In 2022, he and a group of his colleagues departed Lighthouse to form Progress Public Affairs, which you can find on the internets at www.progress-pa.com. An accomplished lobbyist, Alex has been involved in two decades of negotiations surrounding San Francisco’s favorite political pastime: debating location, height and density. Alex has helped facilitate City Hall, community and stakeholder conversations that have shaped housing and development policy throughout the region, and has served a broad range of well-known clients as a strategic advisor regarding surrounding political direction and crisis communications. Alex is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz, holding a degree in International Politics. He serves on the boards of the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the storied Sacramento Seminar civic discussion group, was appointed by Governor Newsom to the California State Board of Optometry, and is a licensed private investigator. He is also an occasional lecturer at the University of San Francisco’s Leo McCarthy Center, where he teaches master’s candidates about advocacy, lobbying and ethics. (And most importantly, he'd like to remind you to remind everyone around you to vote.) https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi-zb5h3 monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Virtual Salon: Accounting Cost Segregation 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-october2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/78cc9c30-e612-46f2-8a7c-52f00214e60f/Stonestown.png Events - Program - Stonestown Development Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/9fc9f849-ec64-4884-8250-6b54d991243c/suzuki.jpg Events - Program - Stonestown Development Project - Eri Suzuki , Associate Principal, SITELAB urban studio Eri Suzuki is an Associate Principal at SITELAB urban studio, a woman-owned urban design and strategy firm based in San Francisco. At SITELAB, Eri leads a multi-disciplinary planning process towards entitlement for large scale projects such as Pier 70, Stonestown, San José Downtown West, and East Solano Plan. Other projects include re-examining the role of the public realm in downtown in the post-pandemic recovery for Downtown SF Public Realm Action Plan. Eri is a licensed architect with Masters in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University and Bachelors of Architecture with a minor in Landscape Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She serves as co-chair for the SPUR Planning and Architecture Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/6bc1490c-daa2-4543-bf93-4209be527279/Sara.png Events - Program - Stonestown Development Project - Sara Ghalandari , Gibson Dunn Sara Ghalandari is Of Counsel in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Land Use and Development Practice Group. Ms. Ghalandari’s practice encompasses a wide-array of land use/development matters and real estate transactions, including zoning, planning, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), public private partnerships, and matters regarding construction access, underpinning and shoring. The primary focus of her practice is the processing of entitlements for major real estate development projects in the Bay Area and throughout California, supervising the preparation and approval of environmental documentation, and negotiating transactional documents associated with land use, project development, and construction, including agreements between private and public entities. Ms. Ghalandari also advises institutional investors and lenders on land-use related matters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8881c400-a9ca-4b21-83fa-076de23ddcf3/donnolly-cropped.jpg Events - Program - Stonestown Development Project - Christie Donnelly , Senior Director of Development, Brookfield Properties Christie Donnelly is a Senior Director of Development at Brookfield Properties and is responsible for leading mixed-used development projects in San Francisco. She recently completed the successful entitlement of the Stonestown Galleria shopping center to a new town center with over 3,400 new housing units, the largest in the west side of San Francisco in half a century. In addition to Stonestown, Christie lead the company’s expansion into ground-up multifamily development in the Vancouver, BC market, and was a lead developer on the 5M mixed-use development at Fifth and Mission in SoMa. Prior to joining Brookfield, Christie worked for several leading real estate investment companies with roles encompassing development, finance, investment, and portfolio management. Christie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a Minor in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/e841f21b-b136-48c3-a6e1-25eda03533b6/mary.png Events - Program - Stonestown Development Project - Mary Murphy , Gibson Dunn Mary G. Murphy is the co-chair of Gibson Dunn's Land Use and Development Practice Group and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group and Sports Law Group. Mary represents a wide variety of developers and investors in real estate transactions and land use issues, with particular experience in public and private partnerships and historic rehabilitation projects. She has strong development experience within San Francisco and around the Bay Area, including extensive experience in significant and historic public/private development deals. https://www.laisf.org/events/october2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d8f24830-8bdd-442c-af0a-b5d3eadef840/LAI-GG-SF-meetup-Oct.png Events - San Francisco October Meet Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/gala-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/90cfa320-8f12-4547-aa4e-cc05eff3fe74/2024-LAI-GG-Gala-invite.png Events - 2024 New Initiates Gala - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/skrak8xiax29ov7bxpfbjint02xtoi monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1c32c948-1343-42a2-8f44-d51e9b8c8236/AdobeStock_735612136.png Events - Tax Credits 101 Salon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-mission-rock-2024-my83w monthly 0.5 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/da7025df-587e-4588-b690-10cd3a3ac06b/ER100_0023043_VIEW_08_FINAL.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Treasure Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-may2024-ew3gj-sze3l monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0ea33022-2f4c-4be7-8172-c691edb718fb/July+webinar+banner+2.png Events - Virtual Program - Housing San Francisco: Unlocking Affordable Housing in the West Side - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8fb389dc-62d5-4b07-9ebf-14412ab026a9/adrianne.jpg Events - Virtual Program - Housing San Francisco: Unlocking Affordable Housing in the West Side - Adrianne Steichen, PYATOK architecture + urban design A Principal at PYATOK architecture + urban design in Oakland, California, Adrianne brings expertise in permanent supportive housing, sustainability, resiliency, and affordability, as well as working with faith-based and community-based organizations to multifamily developments throughout the Bay Area. She has served on affordable and urban design award juries for the AIA, AIA/HUD Secretary Affordable Housing Design Awards, Bank of America/Merril Lynch Low Income Housing Challenge, AIA Minnesota, AIA Billings, and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). She has spoken widely on affordable housing and walkable design at national, regional, and local conferences and seminars. Adrianne is the 2024 Chair of AIA’s Housing & Community Development Knowledge Community, served seven years on the AIA San Francisco Board of Directors, including President in 2020, and is the 2015 recipient of AIA Young Architect of the Year for her work in affordable housing. She holds a Master of Architecture from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a minor in Film Studies. She is a LEED AP BD+C and Homes, and is a registered architect in California and Oregon. In addition to leading 2550 Irving Street, Adrianne has been influential in leading Avalon Hayes Valley at Parcel P from the entitlement phase—resulting in a unanimous vote for approval by the SF Planning Commission—to construction, and in leading the schematic design phases of Orchard Park Redevelopment at UC Davis for University Student Living, and Bowles Hall Residential College Renovation at UC Berkeley for Education Realty Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d026c439-bc6c-4f3b-8cd7-c08ecc14aad4/chen2.jpg Events - Virtual Program - Housing San Francisco: Unlocking Affordable Housing in the West Side - Lisa Chen, SF Planning Department Lisa Chen is a long-range planner at the San Francisco Planning Department, where she has worked with communities around San Francisco to advance more healthy, sustainable, and equitable neighborhoods. Some of her projects have included: the Central SoMa Plan, Environmental Justice Framework, Sustainable Chinatown, the Transportation Sustainability Program, and the Department’s Racial & Social Equity Action Plan. Previously, Lisa worked at community-based organizations focused on public health, education, and community development. Lisa holds a dual Master's degree from UC Berkeley in City Planning and Public Health. https://www.laisf.org/events/june2024sfmu monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/05d9cb43-27eb-4a76-9aed-dd2d67e962e0/LAI-GG-SF-meetup.png Events - San Francisco Meet Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-may2024-ew3gj monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/adbc22e5-1796-44a7-b33e-7f4ee012b65b/Pier3032_s01_OverallSouthwest.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing San Francisco’s Waterfront - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f22b8908-fc8a-4728-9f46-e552322184d1/Clarke+Miller-headshot.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing San Francisco’s Waterfront - Clarke Miller, Principal, Strada Clarke is a Principal at Strada. He specializes in the entitlement and development of mixed-use, office, retail, and education projects. He joined Strada in 2013 and has focused his time leading the development of complex projects such as Chase Center for the Golden State Warriors, the Uber headquarters office buildings, the Local 38 new union hall, and a new downtown campus for Samuel Merritt University in Oakland which will open in January 2026. Additionally, Clarke is leading the entitlement effort of the $1.3 billion project to redevelop Piers 30-32 and Seawall Lot 330. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/755b1401-896a-447d-a838-efa13ed7d6a2/Wyatt+headshot.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing San Francisco’s Waterfront - Wyatt Donnelly-Landolt, Senior Project Manager, Port of San Francisco Wyatt is a Sr. Project Manager with the Port’s Development Team. He currently leads the Port’s development projects at Piers 30-32 and Seawall Lot 330 and Fisherman’s Wharf. Wyatt previously led the Port’s novel public financing approach for the Mission Rock and Pier 70 developments, including issuing over $150 million in Special Tax Bonds. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, hiking, and laughing with his two-year-old son, Theo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8ceeeecd-b2b9-4f80-91b0-f25d14a2739d/Richard+Kennedy-headshot.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing San Francisco’s Waterfront - Richard Kennedy, Partner, Field Operations Richard is a Partner at Field Operations in San Francisco and brings 20 years of expertise in landscape architecture and urban design. He focuses on creating resilient, vibrant public spaces to enhance cities. Notable projects include the Presidio Tunnel Tops Park, Pier 70's open space design, UCSF's new hospital, and Stanford University's Town Center. Richard holds a master’s in landscape architecture from Harvard University and has lectured worldwide. His portfolio features Cleveland's Public Square, Memphis' Shelby Farms Park, and London's South Park at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. https://www.laisf.org/events/may2024ebmu monthly 0.5 2024-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f2ad0605-692d-4506-9ead-d22ff8a42f38/EB-meet-up---May-2024.jpg Events - East Bay Meet Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-april2024 monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/78313c78-2f5e-4660-be30-914f750f62bf/AdobeStock_121602532-smaller.jpg Events - Program - San Francisco’s Waterfront Transformation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0e62f1f6-6df8-4dfc-8612-d8349b3b6452/Brad-Benson-headshot.jpg Events - Program - San Francisco’s Waterfront Transformation - Brad Benson, Program Manager, Port of San Francisco Brad Benson joined the Port of San Francisco in 2005 and serves as the Waterfront Resilience Program Director. He currently oversees the Waterfront Resilience Program efforts, including the up to $5 billion Embarcadero Seawall Program and the United States Army Corps of Engineers/Port of San Francisco Flood Study. Previously, as Director of Special Projects, Brad developed the state legislation that guides two of the Port’s largest development projects at Pier 70 and Mission Rock. Additionally, he developed the state and local legislation that allows the Port to form infrastructure financing districts on Port property. He collaborated in the preparation of the Port’s Ten-Year Capital Plan to ensure an economically stable Port and he managed the Port’s role in the Golden State Warriors Chase Center development project in the central waterfront. He also served as the Port’s Pier 70 Waterfront Site Project Director to oversee a new proposed transit oriented, Type 1 Eco-District neighborhood in the southern waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/72a828a4-ec24-4369-9318-1d06f6864f7c/Conger-Headshot.jpg Events - Program - San Francisco’s Waterfront Transformation - Kevin Conger, Founding Partner, CMG Landscape Architecture Kevin Conger is a Founding Partner of CMG Landscape Architecture and is involved in many innovative public realm projects in the Bay Area including the redevelopment of Treasure Island, Bay Meadows, Moscone Center, De-Pave Park at Alameda Point, and the Port of San Francisco’s Waterfront Resilience Program. Kevin’s mantra is that all his work is part of “One Project”, which is to improve social and ecological wellbeing through artful design in our community. Kevin is a family man and surfer with his partner Nancy and young adults Ren and Claire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/7d1ba0ed-90c7-4fa1-a0f4-485db3bd5fab/Abby-headshot.jpg Events - Program - San Francisco’s Waterfront Transformation - Abby Granbery, Associate Urban Designer, SITELAB urban studio Abby Granbery is an associate urban designer and planner at SITELAB urban studio. She believes that well designed public spaces, whether in the form of streets, parks, or urban plazas, have a powerful role in not only building communities but also helping to address some of the defining issues of our time. She has led the SITELAB team in developing the design alternatives and Draft Plan for the Port’s Waterfront Resilience Program. Her technical background in integrating resiliency, mobility and urban design has spanned the city design scales and subjects; from regional network plans and adaptation plans to detailed multimodal street design. She has practiced urban design in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-mission-rock-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d9d073a2-88b6-4ffd-9e54-1f6aa5019863/13_Mission-Rock_Building-A_Photos-by-Jason-ORear-scaled.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1cfbdd20-eb45-4d97-87a1-91a10185331a/Carl+Shannon.jpeg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Carl Shannon, Tishman Speyer Carl Shannon is responsible for Tishman Speyer’s portfolio in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest. He is responsible for all aspects of the business while driving new initiatives such developing office product for tech and life science markets. He has developed many signature properties and is currently overseeing Mission Rock, partnering with the San Francisco Giants to create a new neighborhood on the waterfront. Residential projects have included both market and affordable homes, with the most recent project Mira, overlooking the Bay Bridge. Carl also oversees Tishman Speyer Communities, the firm’s affordable housing platform across the U.S. He is a member of the Investment Committee. Before joining Tishman Speyer in 1998, he worked for both GE Capital and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Carl received an AB, magna cum laude, and graduated with an MBA, with high honors, from Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/99fb8d05-7db0-486e-b13f-c80e60d78db7/Maggie+Kadin.jpeg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Maggie Kadin, Tishman Speyer Maggie Kadin joined Tishman Speyer in 2016 as part of the Leadership Development Program and currently oversees the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. She joined Tishman Speyer in New York before moving to San Francisco, initially working on the LUMINA and Mira condo developments before transitioning to Mission Rock. Prior to Tishman Speyer, Maggie worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, concentrating on industrial companies, and the Merchant Banking Division, focusing on global capital raising and equity syndication for the firm’s direct private investment platform. Maggie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago. https://www.laisf.org/events/land-economics-gathering-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1707873726763-NLXYHGQQU174SFR05OWD/lai_site-banner_2024_v2-02.jpg Events - Land Economics Gathering 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-feb-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/bd14735d-b942-49eb-a66f-01cc4ac4566d/AdobeStock_183663474.jpeg Events - Program - State of the Market - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/54171a65-6ca8-486d-ad11-8864653f0b0a/Eve+Myers+Loecher_Headshot.jpeg Events - Program - State of the Market - Eve Myers Loecher, Senior Vice President, Eastdil Secured Eve, based in San Francisco, is currently a Senior Vice President at Eastdil Secured, where she has worked since 2012. As a leader within the firm’s multifamily advisory practice covering the West Coast, Eve advises clients on strategic sale, recapitalization, and joint venture executions for single assets and across geographically diverse large-scale portfolios. Over the course of her career, Eve has executed over $50 billion in transaction volume. Eve is an active member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) and serves on the boards of Stern Grove Festival and the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Eve earned a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two sons, and loves to travel, enjoys the outdoors, and is an avid hiker and skier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/7a7475e5-9aec-4d31-95d4-484c5bf7c65f/Taylor_Julie.png Events - Program - State of the Market - Julie Taylor, Executive Vice President, Colliers Julie works exclusively to serve the needs of retail real estate property owners, investors, and retailers. Julie is highly active in the Downtown San Francisco trade area leasing flagship properties and representing luxury and urban retailers. She has leased almost 850,000 square feet over 90 transactions with an aggregate lease value of over $900 Million in the Union Square market. Her area of expertise spans the regional retail markets of the Bay Area and urban retail in San Francisco. Julie also leases the 100,000 square foot Salesforce Transit Center in Downtown San Francisco. Julie has had extensive experience representing chain stores expanding throughout Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/9df16264-47e4-46fd-9751-7be2af1588fc/Chris+Roeder.jpg Events - Program - State of the Market - Chris Roeder, Executive Managing Director, JLL Chris is a corporate real estate advisor who leads the 45+ person brokerage team at JLL in San Francisco. He primarily represents institutional landlords and tenants throughout the city’s 90 million square foot commercial office sector. Since joining the firm in 2007, Chris has consistently been considered and awarded as one of the top brokers in the United States. He has over 25 years of experience with devising strategic leasing plans for San Francisco’s largest and most active institutional investors, helping create new submarkets such as Mid-Market, The Presidio and SOMA, and executing some of the largest and most complicated transactions over the last two decades in San Francisco. Chris is consistently recognized for his expertise in commercial real estate advisory and transaction execution and was recently awarded the Champion of Excellence award by JLL for his lifetime achievements. https://www.laisf.org/events/2023new-initiate-reception monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1704870183665-S4RHG15YZUJVL9TFUG17/2024-new-initiate-mixer-invite.png Events - New Initiate Reception - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-uclawsf2024 monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/27a19cb0-1db8-496a-9f73-1feb8245d2a1/Picture3.png Events - Tour & Happy Hour - UC Law SF - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/ada44ddb-170e-463e-8550-b085885a3ed7/Seward%2C+David-Headshot+2022.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - UC Law SF - David Seward Chief Financial Officer, UC Law San Francisco Since 1994, David Seward has served as the Chief Financial Officer of UC College of the Law, San Francisco where he is responsible for financial and business management functions, state intergovernmental relations, risk, investment and real estate management. He also oversees the development and implementation of the school's Long Range Campus Plan and its strategic centerpiece, the development of an Academic Village, providing a platform for shared campus housing and academic functionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f33fd001-843c-4d29-a582-dee0607319db/Picture1.png Events - Tour & Happy Hour - UC Law SF - Rhiannon Bailard Chief Operating Officer, UC Law San Francisco Rhiannon Bailard is a veteran administrator in higher education, having served at three different institutions of higher education over twenty years. As the UC Law San Francisco Chief Operating Officer, Rhiannon oversees construction, facilities, sustainability, safety and emergency preparedness, retail, events, space allocation, and housing. Her most recent accomplishment was opening the Academe at 198 on August 3, 2023. This mixed-use campus housing project successfully realized the College’s Academic Village vision by providing 656 residential units to house residents from multiple institutions of higher education including UC Law San Francisco, UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of the Pacific Dugoni School, and University of San Francisco. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-sept-2023-sfhp5 monthly 0.5 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1703048313414-AMCVHMWBACWXUGXXIT8O/AdobeStock_602345420.png Events - Program - Capital Markets & Real Estate Outlook for 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/58a9e869-81b1-4003-bc37-9785ac60a0d8/MCKNIGHT_MARGARET-1-326x370.png Events - Program - Capital Markets & Real Estate Outlook for 2024 - Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions , StepStone Margaret is a member of the real estate team at StepStone and focuses on various investment and portfolio management activities. She is also a committee member of the StepStone Charitable Giving Program and on the Global Allocation Committee. Prior to joining StepStone, Margaret spent more than a decade at Carlyle’s Metropolitan Real Estate, where she served as the co-Chief Investment Officer and was the fund head for Metropolitan’s Global Funds series. She was a Consultant with Cambridge Associates and held various roles with JP Morgan. Margaret sits on the Investment Committee for Sutter Health, the fifth largest US non-profit community-based healthcare provider and the Real Assets Investment Subcommittee for Swarthmore College. She recently served as a Senior Advisor to Juniper Square, focused on Capital Markets applications of their investment management software. Margaret graduated with high honors from Swarthmore College and earned an MBA from New York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2e430bb5-66a0-447a-93a0-6c0208ee9bc2/Bard+Consulting-0004RT2.jpg Events - Program - Capital Markets & Real Estate Outlook for 2024 - Faye Beverett, Retired Principal , Bard Consulting Faye has worked as a consultant and principal in real estate since 1984. She joined Bard Consulting in 2004 and became a principal in 2006. While at Bard, Faye helped primarily large pension funds with investment manager due diligence, real estate investment analysis, transaction structuring, negotiation, legal documentation review and asset valuation. Prior to Bard, Faye had her own consulting and investment firm, served as a vice president for Catellus Development Corporate (prior to its acquisition by Prologis) and worked as a real estate consultant for Deloitte. Faye is a member of the Urban Land Institute and a board member for the Lambda Alpha Golden Gate Chapter. Faye has a BS in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-tunneltops-x3djt monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1702327851472-NJYRKUT1248BULIXRZYM/ikea+photo.png Events - Tour - IKEA San Francisco Meeting Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8b6b426e-f2e3-464a-b976-8f0f13f9fc0f/Miia+Kautovaara.jpg Events - Tour - IKEA San Francisco Meeting Place - 
Miia Kautovaara, Meeting Place Manager, Ingka Centres North America Miia Kautovaara is a global retail and real estate professional, strategic business developer and change leader with more than 20 years of professional experience. Her professional background spans a broad range of retail sectors--food, fashion and home furnishings. In 2012, Miia joined IKEA and opened the first IKEA-anchored shopping center in Finland. In 2017 she moved to Sweden and was part of Ingka Centres global team in various roles within Expansion, Concept, Strategy and Sustainability. In her current role as Meeting Place Manager she will create, drive, and develop the new Meeting Place in San Francisco. As the first Meeting Place Manager in Ingka Centres North America, she also leads setting up the business operations in the new market and oversees all assets in North America (US and Canada). Besides her job, Miia is actively contributing to the business community as Business Advisor, Board member, Speaker and Mentor. She has huge passion for sustainability and growing the business responsibly. She lives in Marin County with her family and enjoys yoga and hiking during her free time. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-sept-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/4a8f08c1-88c8-4b29-af67-8fc2cc342d0c/AdobeStock_315346067-smaller.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing Downtown: Part 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/85e9eb1a-6778-4ae5-be9d-7233a4f0039b/March+2022+Headshot.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing Downtown: Part 3 - Anne Taupier, Director of Development, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development Anne Taupier serves as the Director of Development overseeing the management and entitlement of large private and public mixed-use development and affordable housing projects on behalf of the City of San Francisco. Her projects include Hunter’s Point Shipyard, 2013 America’s Cup Host City, 5M, The Plumber’s Union Development, The Conservatory of Music student housing, India Basin, the Flower Mart, Potrero Power Station and Balboa Reservoir. Prior to working in the Mayor’s Office, Anne was an investigator for the San Francisco Office of the City Attorney. Anne is a life-long trail runner and former competitive cyclist and tri-athlete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2a4dd48b-31c9-4925-98c0-38d7703b2700/Kate+Collignon_full+size+%281%29.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing Downtown: Part 3 - Kate Collignon, Partner , HR&A Advisors Kate Collignon helps communities implement inclusive economic growth and real estate development strategies. Her practice at HR&A Advisors – a nationwide consulting firm that has worked to create more equitable, resilient, and dynamic communities for nearly 50 years – has spanned management of some of the most complex public and private development initiatives in New York City, to cultivation of economic turnarounds in small and mid-sized cities across the Midwest and Northeast, to collaboration with cities across the country around downtown revitalization pre- and post-COVID. Kate previously served as Development Director with Brookfield Properties, as Senior Vice President for Development at the NYC Economic Development Corporation, and on the faculty of the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d9e6dd13-13b0-41b3-81c0-e76f048d4821/Grisso1.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing Downtown: Part 3 - Mike Grisso, Senior Vice President, Development and Land Planning, Kilroy Realty Corporation Mike Grisso is a Senior Vice President at Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC), a developer and operator of high-quality commercial properties on the West Coast for more than 65 years. Mike has over 20 years of real estate development experience and leads KRC’s planning and entitlement efforts in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Prior to joining KRC in July 2014, Mike was a Senior Project Manager at the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and its successor, the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure. Mike serves on the Executive Committee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, on the Board of the Bay Area Council, on the Executive Committee of the East Cut Community Benefit District, as a Member of ULI’s Urban Development Mixed Use Council, and is Former President of LAI’s Golden Gate Chapter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5e10bdae-bcbd-4ab8-bd4f-5e7edbbe93eb/headshot+spring+2015.jpg Events - Program - Revitalizing Downtown: Part 3 - Daniel A. Sider, AICP Chief of Staff, San Francisco Planning Department Dan’s career in public service has spanned more than two decades, serving four planning directors and five mayoral administrations. As the Chief of Staff, he is responsible for department-wide efficiency and accountability, complex interdivisional and interagency projects, and executive-level policy guidance. In partnership with the Mayor’s Office, Board of Supervisors, and other City departments, Dan works to improve San Francisco’s built environment and increase the production of housing at all levels of affordability for current and future San Franciscans. Dan has served the Planning Department in a variety of capacities, including as the Director of Executive Programs, Assistant Zoning Administrator, Department Ombudsman, Manager of Legislative Affairs, and as a Principal Planner. He also served as the Director of City Greening under Mayor Gavin Newsom. A native San Franciscan, Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego and a Master in Urban Planning degree from Harvard University. He lives halfway outside the fog-belt in Cole Valley. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-july-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/fd3dc455-cf09-4456-9e92-f77367590adf/AdobeStock_230256262.jpeg Events - Program - Residential Conversion Panel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f78112c5-23e1-4300-89ba-e638e421d5cf/SPUR_Sujata_Srivastava.jpg Events - Program - Residential Conversion Panel - Sujata Srivastava, SPUR As the San Francisco Director for SPUR, Sujata works with stakeholders and community members to implement policies that will advance equity, sustainability, and prosperity in San Francisco. She is currently leading SPUR’s policy research and advocacy for San Francisco’s downtown revitalization, as well as improving housing affordability and sustainable transportation choices in the city. Sujata has over 20 years of experience directing research and policy analysis for cities and regions across the United States and in Latin America. Before joining SPUR, she was a principal at Strategic Economics, a Berkeley-based urban economics consulting firm. Sujata holds a Master’s degree in City Planning from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/6d2a29ca-ceb9-422e-b56b-4e722aacf423/Eric+Tao.png Events - Program - Residential Conversion Panel - Eric Tao, L37 Eric brings more than 20-years of leadership experience in the real estate industry managing over $1 billion in new developments including 2,000 multifamily units and mixed-use assets in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a founding principal at Avant Group (AGI) he managed multifamily development investments for two CalPERS funds and several smaller family offices. Eric is a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, CA and received his Juris Doctorate from UC Hastings College of Law. He currently serves as the Chair of the San Francisco ULI District Council and on the Board of SPUR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f099f533-5de3-4521-a8ac-45c6022fcd7a/Jack+Sylvan+picture.jpg Events - Program - Residential Conversion Panel - Jack Sylvan, SDG LLC Jack is founder and principal of SDG, LLC, a San Francisco-based development company delivering exceptional value to investors, partners and clients on complex and innovative mixed-use development opportunities. Prior to forming SDG, Jack served as Senior Vice President of Development for Forest City Realty Trust and Brookfield Properties and spent eight years in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office overseeing large public-private real estate development projects. Jack currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Fisher Center for Real Estate at UC Berkeley and the Board of Directors of SPUR. He holds a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of California at Berkeley and a dual Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from the University of California at Davis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8487dd7d-56d9-4368-8984-15a754f00820/EPSF_BenTranel_Head_01LIP.jpg Events - Program - Residential Conversion Panel - Ben Tranel, Gensler Ben Tranel is an architect focused on the transformational power of design. As a Principal with Gensler, over his last 17 years in the San Francisco office, he has grown the firm’s practice, refined its working methods, and strengthened relationships locally and abroad. Notable projects include his work on the 632-meter Shanghai Tower, the Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, Burlingame Point development, and 200 Park in San Jose. Ben is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, and he resides with his family in San Francisco. https://www.laisf.org/events/gala-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/ced77e6e-ad8b-4a2a-842c-a2eb1d69e872/2023-LAI-GG-Gala-invite.png Events - New Initiates Gala - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-tunneltops monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/602ad53a-baf7-4f2b-88b8-afb347007100/support-hero.jpg Events - Tour - Presidio Tunnel Tops - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/09d42542-1fe3-43d6-8476-eb6af6a4e949/2019+M+Boland+Headshot.JPG Events - Tour - Presidio Tunnel Tops - Michael Boland Presidio Trust, Chief Park Officer Since 2001, Michael Boland has played a key role in transforming the historic Presidio army base into a world class national park site. As Chief Park Officer, he leads an interdisciplinary team that has created comprehensive visitor infrastructure, restored the Presidio’s mosaic of natural and cultural landscapes, established national park experiences serving urban youth and their families, and reinvented the site as a unique financially self-sufficient national park for all. Michael has a B.A. in Architecture and a Masters in Landscape Architecture and City Planning, all from UC Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/caaeeb30-1cda-43a0-b72e-0cde200209da/thanks-donors-hero.jpg Events - Tour - Presidio Tunnel Tops - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/b6b20c3f-44fc-428d-aa05-f356c497fa06/faqs-hero.jpg Events - Tour - Presidio Tunnel Tops - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-pier70 monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1684558705553-9EXBDEO7S99LFP7TH4AC/Pier70B12_PhotoByBruceDamonte_30.png Events - Tour - Pier 70, Building 12 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/68880306-6de7-4dab-832e-be5b8dff11ac/Pier70B12_PhotoByBruceDamonte_04.png Events - Tour - Pier 70, Building 12 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/6d849ac4-b2fc-406e-8911-b0202381af4b/20190925-Brookfield_Properties-Tim_Bacon-3215-RT-LinkedIn.jpg Events - Tour - Pier 70, Building 12 - Tim Bacon Brookfield Properties, Sr. Director, Development, Commercial Tim applies 20 years of urban retail and mixed-use real estate development experience in San Francisco and other west coast markets leading Pier 70's development team. He oversees the rehabilitation and reuse of Building 12, the primary historic asset at Pier 70. He also directs Pier 70's horizontal development, the historic rehabilitation and reuse of Buildings 2 and Building 21 and the overall Pier 70 strategy for retail and maker leasing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/990e437c-76ca-4f3f-a156-7c7eab6202b5/Pier70B12_PhotoByBruceDamonte_02.png Events - Tour - Pier 70, Building 12 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d6c2ae34-ccb5-4174-b779-d73fbb1627fc/Building12.jpg Events - Tour - Pier 70, Building 12 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-march-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/daa92952-8ccc-4c05-8355-375ed6f2dae6/sfo-union-square1.jpg Events - Program - Union Square Strikes Back - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0e8aa0b3-eed6-47a5-9a70-eb41f024d096/MarisaRodriguez_Headshot.jpg Events - Program - Union Square Strikes Back - Marisa Rodriguez, CEO, Union Square Alliance Marisa is a collaborative and mission-driven leader with over 15 years of experience in public policy, regulatory and legal affairs, community relations, and the public realm. Her breadth of knowledge in the public domain allows her to empathetically communicate with diverse constituents, uplift voices, and forge lasting partnerships with key stakeholders. Her expertise lies in her ability to develop deep and lasting relationships between government, private sector, and community partners. Marisa has a background as an Assistant District Attorney and as a San Francisco City Department Head (for the Office of Cannabis) that speaks to her extensive experience with public policy and ability to bolster communities. She has an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a JD from USF School of Law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/bd16dc32-e57d-4f99-b4a9-f8f1f7bd90b8/KenRich_Headshot.jpg Events - Program - Union Square Strikes Back - Ken Rich, COO, Union Square Alliance Ken Rich is a city planning and real estate development leader with 25 years of experience working on planning and development projects and policy in San Francisco and around the Bay Area. Ken served as Director of Development for San Francisco Mayors Ed Lee and London Breed from 2010 to 2020, where he led the real estate team within the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development. Projects approved under Ken’s direction focused on low- and middle-income housing, waterfront revitalization, workforce development and the arts. Prior to working as Director of Development, Ken worked for more than 10 years on land use planning at the San Francisco Planning Department, where among other projects, he led the City’s initiative to adopt the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, which rezoned a large portion of southeastern San Francisco in order to encourage more housing while protecting industrial businesses. https://www.laisf.org/events/land-economics-weekend-2023-pcl8f monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2fdacddd-59d8-48da-b7d1-3bc6f5e1e77b/Barcelona-LEW-banners.jpg Events - Land Economics Weekend 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-february-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/3323db3e-b6f6-4aff-a339-8b9574175585/AdobeStock_138664871.jpeg Events - Luncheon - State of the Market - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8f7d0b96-8734-4bea-9dba-ddf2a1c015a7/Liz+Headshot.jpg Events - Luncheon - State of the Market - Elizabeth (Liz) Hart, President of Leasing, North America, Newmark Liz was recently promoted to serve as President of Leasing, North America at Newmark, where she previously served as Vice-Chairman. In her new role, she will work across North America and stay involved with her San Francisco clients and also serve on Newmark’s executive committee. Liz has completed transactions totaling close to 35 million square feet and over $4.2 billion in value on behalf of building owners and tenants. Liz is well versed in San Francisco’s zoning and entitlement processes. She has represented numerous large-block developments and helped reposition large-scale projects that have transformed the City’s skylines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/cb0f3b9f-6e46-49b1-948b-5ff43eaec109/Eve+Myers+Loecher_Headshot.jpeg Events - Luncheon - State of the Market - Eve Myers Loecher, Senior Vice President, Eastdil Secured Eve, based in San Francisco, is currently a Senior Vice President at Eastdil Secured, where she has worked since 2012. As a leader within the firm’s multifamily advisory practice covering the West Coast, Eve advises clients on strategic sale, recapitalization, and joint venture executions for single assets and across geographically diverse large-scale portfolios. Over the course of her career, Eve has executed over $50 billion in transaction volume. Eve is an active member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) and serves on the boards of Stern Grove Festival and the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d5fdcd49-e750-433d-b256-81c75eaa4006/Taylor_Julie.png Events - Luncheon - State of the Market - Julie Taylor, Executive Vice-President, Colliers Julie works exclusively to serve the needs of retail real estate property owners, investors, and retailers. Julie is highly active in the Downtown San Francisco trade area leasing flagship properties and representing luxury and urban retailers. She has leased almost 850,000 square feet over 90 transactions with an aggregate lease value of over $900 Million in the Union Square market. Her area of expertise spans the regional retail markets of the Bay Area and urban retail in San Francisco. Julie also leases the 100,000 square foot Salesforce Transit Center in Downtown San Francisco. Julie has had extensive experience representing chain stores expanding throughout Northern California. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-january-2023-pep34 monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/130a85e3-8e69-4a2e-b4fb-f086fdd6e3e3/AdobeStock_309118020.jpg Events - Luncheon - Looking Forward: The Economic & Real Estate Outlook for 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8eb0dd45-ae61-40d7-8639-5fd234427aab/Picture2.png Events - Luncheon - Looking Forward: The Economic & Real Estate Outlook for 2023 - Randall Sakamoto, Rosen Consulting Group Randall Sakamoto is President and Director of Research of Rosen Consulting Group (“RCG”). Randall frequently presents and moderates industry panels, and has advised several of the largest successful public and private capital raises. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate research, consulting and advisory services. Randall received a dual B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College. He is a member of LAI, ULI, National Association for Business Economics and NAREIT. He is on the board of Community Education Partnerships, an Oakland-based non-profit organization, focused on increasing learning opportunities and academic achievement of students experiencing homelessness and housing instability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/47562572-8d75-4e26-b826-a85f917b136b/Picture1.png Events - Luncheon - Looking Forward: The Economic & Real Estate Outlook for 2023 - Mary Corley, Rosen Consulting Group Mary Corley is Senior Vice President, Director of Business Development, of RCG. Mary’s industry knowledge includes research on macro and local economics, affordable housing, and land use policy. Previous to RCG, Mary was responsible for equity capital raising for BRIDGE Housing Corporation. Mary is also Executive Director for UC Berkeley's Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics Policy Advisory Board. She received a Master in City Planning from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in Sociology from San Francisco State University. She is a member of ULI and serves as nomination committee co-chair of LAI- Golden Gate Chapter. She is a lecturer and career advisor in the Abbey Real Estate Development + Design Program at UC Berkeley. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-november-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/c68142ac-d910-43ae-90bb-a3e420235f47/unnamed.jpg Events - Luncheon - Revitalizing Downtown San Francisco Series, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/7c0800d6-e078-4640-9461-2fb60699bd51/hillisheadshot.jpg Events - Luncheon - Revitalizing Downtown San Francisco Series, Part 2 - Rich Hillis, San Francisco Planning Department Rich Hillis was appointed Director of the San Francisco Planning Department by Mayor London Breed in March 2020. Prior to his appointment as Planning Director, Rich was Director of the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture; Deputy Director for San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development; and served on the San Francisco Planning Commission from 2012 to 2019. Rich also coaches little league baseball and is the humorist at many LAI events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/85e9eb1a-6778-4ae5-be9d-7233a4f0039b/March+2022+Headshot.jpg Events - Luncheon - Revitalizing Downtown San Francisco Series, Part 2 - Anne Taupier , San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development Anne Taupier serves as the Director of Development overseeing the management and entitlement of large private and public mixed-use development and affordable housing projects on behalf of the City of San Francisco. Her projects include Hunter’s Point Shipyard, 2013 America’s Cup Host City, 5M, The Plumber’s Union Development, The Conservatory of Music student housing, India Basin, the Flower Mart, Potrero Power Station and Balboa Reservoir. Prior to working in the Mayor’s Office, Anne was an investigator for the San Francisco Office of the City Attorney. Anne is a life-long trail runner and former competitive cyclist and tri-athlete. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-kaiser monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1665363027018-6UZQWL3DSKDNWNY78VVQ/OMCA-8032.jpg Events - Tour - Kaiser Auditorium and Oakland Museum of California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/099b91c7-40d1-4f94-9a40-251368e85a37/OMCA-1363.jpg Events - Tour - Kaiser Auditorium and Oakland Museum of California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/56ca0e12-7571-4096-8a44-00ac61132b07/OMCA-0313.jpg Events - Tour - Kaiser Auditorium and Oakland Museum of California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/59dcd689-7560-4080-871b-94b83a877b74/OMCA-0758.jpg Events - Tour - Kaiser Auditorium and Oakland Museum of California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-october-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/c68142ac-d910-43ae-90bb-a3e420235f47/unnamed.jpg Events - Luncheon - Revitalizing Downtown San Francisco Series, Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f3d6da48-eff3-49ce-89a8-9fb6fcff7f22/Robbie+Silver+Headshot+2.jpg Events - Luncheon - Revitalizing Downtown San Francisco Series, Part 1 - Robbie Silver, Downtown SF Partnership Robbie Silver is the Executive Director of the Downtown SF Partnership, the 43-block community benefit district that serves the Financial District and Jackson Square. Robbie took the helm during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and has pivoted toward energizing a new downtown economy focused on placemaking and place management best practices that inspires a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming Downtown San Francisco for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5fbfcf04-7633-45d4-b490-0ca412b1e3a0/87997335-Crescimano%2CLaura020221_tj-11.jpg Events - Luncheon - Revitalizing Downtown San Francisco Series, Part 1 - Laura Crescimano , SITELAB urban studio Laura Crescimano is a co-founder and leader of SITELAB urban studio. Laura’s work investigates the social and political power of space. Designing both processes and places, Laura’s projects range from Pier 70, where she led a multidisciplinary design team through the design and entitlement of a 35-acre mixed-use waterfront development in a historic industrial district in San Francisco, to the Portola Green Plan, where she collaborates with a neighborhood community group to build a vision for their neighborhood, to a graphic toolkit for the homeless services non-profit Lava Mae to open-source their mobile showers and approach to service. Laura has written and lectured on placemaking, urban design and the arts, temporary urbanism, design entrepreneurism, the urban evolution of the workplace, and taught Design and Activism at UC Berkeley. Laura serves on the San Francisco Waterfront Design Advisory Committee and the board of The Greenhouse Project. https://www.laisf.org/events/new-initiates-gala monthly 0.5 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8e2f50a7-ebc9-4a66-920c-81467c9de7e8/LAI-GG-Gala-invite-gold-white-2022.png Events - New Initiates Gala - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-september-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/e418d5e5-bab6-4628-8e10-44436450ae0e/UCB.png Events - Virtual Program - UC Berkeley Campus Master Plan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/79b2cc5d-9892-414e-9ea9-ebdb66fffded/Hillis+-+headshot+%281%29.jpg Events - Virtual Program - UC Berkeley Campus Master Plan - Wendy Hillis, AIA, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Campus Architect, UC Berkeley Wendy has served as Assistant Vice Chancellor at Campus Architect at UC Berkeley since 2019. In this role, she provides strategic and long-range planning for the programming, design, and development of campus properties, including buildings, infrastructure, and landscape projects. Prior to her role at UC Berkeley, she was the Campus Architect at Tulane University and the Historic Preservation Architect at UNC Chapel Hill. Wendy holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Master of Architecture degree with a certificate in preservation from the University of Virginia. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-central-subway monthly 0.5 2022-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/af6d97b6-e859-4296-bf6b-43dae33a1326/cts-highres.png Events - Tour - Central Subway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0489e01e-5e28-4e2e-b6a7-a81ffd93d30b/ums-highres.png Events - Tour - Central Subway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-june-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/69692c27-3a78-43bd-8bab-d2b240835d65/map.png Events - Virtual Program - Presidio Tunnel Tops Project + Future Development - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/914744f1-80d8-461f-8fa6-711b36e5f73e/2019+M+Boland+Headshot.JPG Events - Virtual Program - Presidio Tunnel Tops Project + Future Development - Michael Boland, Chief Park Officer Since 2001, Michael Boland has played a key role in transforming the historic Presidio army base into a world class national park site. As Chief Park Officer, he leads an interdisciplinary team that has created comprehensive visitor infrastructure, restored the Presidio’s mosaic of natural and cultural landscapes, established national park experiences serving urban youth and their families, and reinvented the site as a unique financially self-sufficient national park for all. Michael has a B.A. in Architecture, and a Masters in Landscape Architecture and City Planning, all from UC Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8713437a-0ea1-4981-878a-caa53129c933/DSC_5254+%281%29.jpeg Events - Virtual Program - Presidio Tunnel Tops Project + Future Development - Joshua Bagley, Deputy Chief Business Officer Josh Bagley has been with the Presidio Trust since 2005 and currently serves as the Deputy Chief Business Officer. Josh plays a significant role in the Presidio Trust’s efforts to generate revenue from its six million square feet of buildings. Josh works with a dedicated team to manage 2.1 million square feet of leased commercial space, 1,400 residential homes, and hospitality assets to deliver over $100 million in revenue each year. In addition, he directs all aspects of the real estate development process having managed the rehabilitation of more than 600,000 square feet of historic buildings representing $400 million in public and private investment in the Presidio. https://www.laisf.org/events/land-economics-weekend-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/939e48bc-4e8d-4ad6-b6f4-387769d2e030/LAI-Website-LEW-banner.png Events - Land Economics Weekend 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-may-2022-5m-wxz5k monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/4d9ade00-a7b5-4360-a699-f41eb522fb34/watermarked+1.jpg Events - Luncheon - Mass Timber/Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Trends in the Bay Area - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/f1703cc9-8fc0-4022-8231-cf7a69296991/Picture5.jpg Events - Luncheon - Mass Timber/Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Trends in the Bay Area - Lee Ishida, Senior Project Manager, SKS Partners Lee Ishida is a Senior Project Manager at SKS Partners in San Francisco. She has over 14 years of structural design and construction administration experience in the commercial, private, and public building sector prior to joining SKS in 2014. At SKS, Lee has been involved with developing commercial and medical office new construction as well as redevelopment. She has been a long-time mentor, committee member, and supporter of the ACE Mentor Program across the country in Chicago, LA, and San Francisco. Lee holds a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas and a MS degree from Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/31c27fac-ea41-473b-9b9f-910beac0614d/Picture7.jpg Events - Luncheon - Mass Timber/Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Trends in the Bay Area - Jeff Brink , CEO, DCI Engineers Jeff Brink has 25 years of experience in the structural engineering profession and during that time has collaborated on the design and construction of highly complex and innovative projects including residential and office high-rises, mixed-use facilities, and numerous specialty buildings. Jeff’s expertise in structural systems includes concrete, steel, and mass timber or “CLT”, which has become one of the focal points of DCI Engineers as it continues to focus on opportunities to improve the sustainability of the built environment. Jeff serves as the CEO of DCI Engineers as well as the Principal in Charge of DCI’s San Francisco office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/4a7bf296-6ff6-4556-933f-8957de568744/watermarked+2.jpg Events - Luncheon - Mass Timber/Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Trends in the Bay Area - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0a4219fe-965b-49f4-ac2b-446fecf68c3b/Picture6.jpg Events - Luncheon - Mass Timber/Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Trends in the Bay Area - Patrick Otellini , National Affordable Housing Director, Swinerton Patrick Otellini is the National Affordable Housing Director for Swinerton. Patrick works with owners during the preconstruction process to help them understand and navigate various jurisdictional requirements to deliver the affordable housing our communities desperately need. He manages permitting and inspections, interfaces with public-sector agencies, and acts as the community liaison on multiple projects. Prior to joining Swinerton, he served as the Chief Resilience Officer and Director of Earthquake Safety for the City and County of San Francisco under Mayor Edwin Lee. He received his Master of Construction Management from New School of Architecture and Design and his Bachelor of Political Science from Westmont College. He also serves on the boards of Rebuilding Together San Francisco and Urban Ed Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/8b31eb37-e3a4-4f4f-8137-75546ed53e55/MacLellan%2C+Scott+cropped.jpg Events - Luncheon - Mass Timber/Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Trends in the Bay Area - Scott MacLellan , President, Gurnet Point President of Gurnet Point (G.P.), Scott MacLellan, leads G.P. through a variety of roles on TYPE III, IV, and V structures in the Bay Area. Their scope of work ranges from pre-construction and consulting to self-perform subcontractor and contractor roles. With a highly skilled team of project managers and field crews, the G.P. team has completed over 1.5 million square feet of structures throughout the Bay Area. With three mass timber structures completed to date, two under construction, and many more in the planning stage, G.P. has been able to identify themselves as industry leaders for the mass timber market. With an innovative approach focused heavily on the virtual construction and planning, G.P. can take on the necessary roles to help guide clients through important decisions to meet their unique project requirements. https://www.laisf.org/events/luncheon-april-2022-5m monthly 0.5 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/dfc4523b-f684-431b-ba6f-f853af530edb/Picture1.jpg Events - Luncheon - Brookfield’s 5M Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2d64cf86-15eb-4a6b-b9c0-70149ac34bd5/Picture2.jpg Events - Luncheon - Brookfield’s 5M Project - Jack Sylvan Senior Vice President, Development Brookfield Properties Jack Sylvan has more than 25 years of experience leading complex mixed use public private real estate development projects through the entirety of the development process from entitlement to delivery, and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Development at Brookfield Properties. Jack’s projects include Pier 70, 5M and Stonestown Galleria, representing 8 million square feet of residential and commercial space, new parks and delivery of public and private infrastructure. Jack joined Brookfield in 2018 by way of acquisition of Forest City Realty Trust, and previously spent 8 years in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Economic Development overseeing public/private development projects including leading the planning and negotiation process for the Treasure Island redevelopment project. Jack currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Fisher Center for Real Estate at UC Berkeley and the Board of Directors of the Bay Area's premier urban policy think tank, SPUR. He holds a Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley and a BA/BS from UC Davis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d5b6f875-1cdb-47c4-b822-fc99b261d566/Picture3.jpg Events - Luncheon - Brookfield’s 5M Project - Cutter MacLeod Director, Asset Management Brookfield Properties Cutter MacLeod is currently a Director of Asset Management with Brookfield Properties, overseeing Brookfield’s approximately 3 million square-foot Bay Area office portfolio. Previously at Brookfield, Cutter oversaw the development of the 650,000 sq. ft. 415 Natoma Street office building at the 5M Project and the 1.8 million square feet of commercial office/ life sciences components at the Pier 70 Project. Prior to joining Brookfield, Cutter worked in commercial office leasing in San Francisco in which he helped negotiate over 2 million square feet of office leases on behalf of institutional owners and notable technology tenants. He holds a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and received a BA from the University of San Francisco. https://www.laisf.org/events/tour-happy-hour-mission-rock monthly 0.5 2022-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/bf76b817-b261-4ec4-add4-3aa7e8308d6a/banner.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/0fe555e9-8086-44a7-a1d7-d88dc3531c67/Carl+Shannon.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock Mr. Shannon is responsible for Tishman Speyer’s portfolio in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest. He has been charged with overseeing the development of various signature developments, such as Lumina, The Infinity, and Mira, three condominium projects adjacent to San Francisco’s waterfront, and three office buildings at Foundry Square III, 222 Second Street and 555 Mission in the central business district. He is currently working with the San Francisco Giants on Mission Rock. Mr. Shannon is also a member of the Investment and Management Committees. Before joining Tishman Speyer in 1998, he worked for both GE Capital and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Mr. Shannon received an AB, magna cum laude, and graduated with an MBA, with high honors, from Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/94b05136-e145-49a7-baab-b425c36faa20/Jeremy+Bachrach.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock Jeremy Bachrach joined Tishman Speyer in 2018 and currently oversees the residential and horizontal components of Mission Rock, a 28 acre mixed use development project in San Francisco. Before focusing on Mission Rock, he was responsible for entitling the 655 4th Street development, a 960 unit multifamily development in San Francisco and Brannan Square, a 1M+ SF office development. Prior to Tishman Speyer, Jeremy worked in Acquisitions at the Prado Group, a San Francisco-based developer, and at PGIM Real Estate Finance. During his time at PGIM, he underwrote over $3.0B in affordable housing senior financing, and focused on mixed income and mixed use projects with a variety of capital sources including: LIHTCs, Tax-Exempt Bonds, and Section 8. Mr. Bachrach holds a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Finance and Urban Economics from the University of Connecticut. He is also an active member of the NAIOP Young Professionals Group in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/68f91ce9-86b6-4fb3-bf85-aa46a875de99/Maggie+Kadin.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock Maggie Kadin joined Tishman Speyer in 2016 as part of the Leadership Development Program and currently oversees the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. She joined Tishman Speyer in New York before moving to San Francisco, initially working on the LUMINA and Mira condo developments before transitioning to Mission Rock. Prior to Tishman Speyer, Maggie worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, concentrating on industrial companies, and the Merchant Banking Division, focusing on global capital raising and equity syndication for the firm’s direct private investment platform. Maggie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago. She is also an active member of the NAIOP Young Professionals Group in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/5a42697d-9a5d-40c2-ac63-bebba6559e90/Navid+Sarrafzadeh.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock Navid Sarrafzadeh is in the Design and Construction group within Tishman Speyer, and is overseeing the execution of Parcel A at Mission Rock, a 385,000GSF mixed-use development consisting of a 24-story Residential tower with 283 Units, 40% of which are Affordable, 50,000GSF of Class A Office space, 15,000sqft of Amenities, and 7 Restaurant and Retail spaces. Prior to Tishman Speyer, Navid worked at DM Development, a boutique real estate development firm located in San Francisco. As the Vice President of Construction, he managed D&C for all of the firm’s residential projects throughout San Francisco and Los Angeles, in notable neighborhoods such as the Dogpatch, Potrero Hill, Hayes Valley, Cow Hollow, West Hollywood, and Hollywood. Prior to DM, Navid worked at Webcor Builders in a variety of roles, including Operations across $1B in cumulative construction contracts, Preconstruction, and Business Development overseeing $1.5B in pursuits/awards and leading the firm’s growth. Navid attended the University of California at Berkeley, and studied Architecture as well as Construction Engineering and Management. He is also an active Student Advisor at UC Berkeley in the College of Environmental Design, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Cal State East Bay for Masters of Construction Management students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/2dd7cbf7-7cf3-49aa-85e8-a14a8c0accdc/image-asset.png Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1646183570483-CAPOWQ4ARD6YYXNUWBBB/Picture1.jpg Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/1646183572780-MHFIJVQU3FC17F6TZF6D/Parcel+B+Image-smaller.png Events - Tour & Happy Hour - Mission Rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/land-economics-weekend-sacramento monthly 0.5 2022-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/bed00496-1657-4a58-b339-a5cabda7d85b/sacramento_lew_header.jpg Events - Land Economics Weekend - Sacramento - SACRAMENTO 2022 LEW DETAILS Land Economics Weekend: LAI/LEF Board of Governors Business Meetings: Thursday, May 5, 7:30am – 4:30pm LAI Land Economics Weekend (LEW): Thursday, May 5, 6:30pm – Saturday, May 7, 10:00pm https://www.laisf.org/events/u64nsu4qsbctgu1d6b42g8amsop83g monthly 0.5 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/d06b71e3-9d1f-499c-801f-869bdbccbf25/LAI-GG-Gala-invite-2021.png Events - New Initiates Gala - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/event-one-j97pt monthly 0.5 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/070b2855-6b13-48a8-a663-54ae5075d567/image-asset.png Events - Virtual Program - Looking Forward: A Global View on Real Estate Investment Opportunities in 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laisf.org/events/feb2022 monthly 0.5 2022-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/308350e9-3105-4596-82a9-cfb9677d7ca0/Feb2021banner.jpg Events - Virtual Program - State of the Market - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/99d892b6-8815-430a-8954-cf3af2daea24/barr.jpg Events - Virtual Program - State of the Market - Laura Sagues Barr Laura Sagues Barr, Senior Vice President in CBRE’s San Francisco office, leads a team focused on consulting, leasing of best-in-class retail assets and occupier expansion strategy, globally. Ms. Barr has been named one of the San Francisco Business Time’s “Most Influential Women in Business,” noted in Real Estate Forum’s “Women to Watch,” and “Stars to Watch” by Commercial Property Executive. In 2021, Laura won CBRE’s inaugural Darla Longo Award recognizing one next-generation producer who is the absolute very best and brightest in the industry. Ms. Barr holds a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning and a master’s level certificate in Real Estate Development from the University of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61dcb72c753f6e0af6c83636/bc5abac3-f6c3-4664-a06c-310d34ab44bf/golubchick.jpg Events - Virtual Program - State of the Market - Steven Golubchik Steven Golubchik is Vice Chairman and Head of Capital Markets with Newmark, and leads the Office, Industrial and Life Science Capital Markets Practice Group for Northern California. 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