Bryan Ahern

New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS) is a State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Albany, New York. NYSTRS was founded in 1921 by the New York State Legislature to administers a defined benefit plan that provides retirement, disability and death benefits to eligible New York State public school teachers and administrators.

Berkshire Realty Co., Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. It operates and develops apartment communities in Florida, Texas and Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of United States. The company was founded by George Kruppis and Douglas Kruppis in 1969 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP is a law firm based in the Capital Region. The firm offers a wide range of legal services to businesses, individuals, non-profits, municipalities, and government agencies. The American company's practice areas and industry concentrations are diverse, allowing them to provide solutions to complex legal issues.

Brandywine Operating Partnership LP provides leasing, property management, development, redevelopment, maintenance services, tenant service, acquisition, and other tenant-related services for a portfolio of office, industrial, retail and mixed-use properties. The company operates through the following segments: Philadelphia Central Business District (Philadelphia CBD); Pennsylvania Suburbs; Metropolitan Washington, DC; Austin, Texas; and Other. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a world-renowned institution located in Parkville, Australia. The university is a leader in education, teaching, and research, offering a wide range of coursework and research programs.

Walton Street Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Walton Capital Advisors LP founded in 1994. Walton Street Capital LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. is an American company that provides an array of industry data prepared by NAREIT staff and other outside sources. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company specializes in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, which are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. Steven A. Wechsler has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) is a non-profit trade association based in Hartford, CT, for the institutional real estate investment industry. The company's members include public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and investment advisory firms. PREA provides its members with materials to keep up to date on trends and issues in real estate investment decisions, including sustainability and other ESG considerations. The company also offers access to the MSCI/PREA U.S. Property Fund Index, which allows for detailed analysis of the performance of open-end property funds and their underlying investments.

National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries is a non profit organization that serves the institutional real estate investment community as a non-partisan collector, validator, aggregator, converter, and disseminator of commercial real estate performance and benchmarking information. The firm provides data services to its members and the investment and academic community. The company was founded by Blake Eagle in 1978 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Institutional Real Estate, Inc. provides research and advice to the investment-management, brokerage, development and technology communities. The firm publishes a portfolio of news magazines, special reports and directories for the benefit of global institutional real estate investment community. It provides real estate investment fiduciaries with information and insights on the people, issues, ideas and events driving the global real estate investment marketplace. The company was founded by Geoffrey Dohrmann in 1987 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

The Ohio Society of CPA's operates as an association for Certified Public Accountants.

Calamos Investments LLC is a global investment firm headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. The firm was founded by John P. Calamos in 1977 and is a subsidiary of Calamos Partners LLC. Calamos Investments offers a range of global investment solutions through separately managed portfolios, mutual funds, closed-end funds, private funds, and UCITS funds. Their clients include major corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations and individuals, as well as the financial advisors and consultants who serve them.

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 1993 by Bob Faith. Headquartered in Charleston.

Part of Aon Plc, Townsend Group Europe Ltd. is a British company that provides investment services. The company is based in London, UK. Townsend Group Europe was founded in 2008.

Wx, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in New York, NY that promotes the advancement of women in the real estate industry. The organization enhances the public perception of the role of women within the industry and promotes the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and integrity in the field. Wx offers various programs, including the Scholars Program, which encourages and supports bright and talented young women seeking a career in commercial real estate, and the Mentoring Program, which promotes the advancement of scholars in the commercial real estate profession. The organization also partners with various philanthropic organizations, including those supporting women's careers in real estate, to make targeted charitable donations and provide opportunities for members and scholars to volunteer their time to these and other community service organizations.

Asper Investment Management Ltd. is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2016 by Emma N. Tinker, Luigi Pettinicchio and Luis Quiroga. Asper Investment Management Ltd. is headquartered in London, UK.

Northern Trust Asset Management engages in the provision of investment management services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Townsend-McDowell Durham REIT LLC acts as a Real Estate Investment Trust/REIT. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Thornburg Strategic Income Opportunities Trust is a closed-end management investment company. It focuses on investing in government and government-related bonds, corporate bonds, broadly syndicated corporate loans, covenant lite loans, private debt, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, global real estate debt, emerging market debt securities, sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt obligations, government-sponsored agency debentures, convertible bonds, receivables, whole loans, leveraged loans, taxable and tax-exempt municipal debt, fixed and floating-rate debt securities, collateralized loan obligations, commercial paper, and non-rated debt securities. The company was founded on December 3, 2021 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.