Board of Directors

The Real Estate Roundtable is comprised of industry leaders from the nation's top publicly-held and privately-owned real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms. Roundtable members focus on office, multifamily, retail, industrial, hospitality and other product types. The FY 2026 Board is elected from the membership and includes four elected leaders of national real estate trade organizations from The Roundtable's 18 partner associations.

KathleenMcCarthy
Chair
Blackstone
Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate
Jeffrey D.DeBoer
President and CEO
MichelleHerrick
Treasurer
J.P. Morgan
Managing Director, Head of Commercial Real Estate
Jodie W.McLean
Secretary
EDENS
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas J.Baltimore, Jr.
Park Hotels & Resorts
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Jeff T.Blau
Related Companies
CEO
Michael A.Covarrubias
TMG Partners
Chairman & CEO
John F.Fish
Immediate Past Chair, The Real Estate Roundtable
SUFFOLK
Chairman & CEO
ConorFlynn
First Vice Chair, Nareit
Kimco Realty Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
Leslie D.Hale
RLJ Lodging Trust
President and CEO
GeordyJohnson
The Johnson Group
CEO
BrianKingston
Brookfield Property Partners
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
HarrisonLeFrak, Esq.
LeFrak
Chairman
Michael H. Lowe
Lowe
Co-CEO
Anthony E.Malkin
Chair - Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
Chairman and CEO
Roy HiltonMarch
Eastdil Secured
Chief Executive Officer
KaraMcShane
Wells Fargo
Head of Commercial Real Estate
Mark J.Parrell
Member, National Multifamily Housing Council
Equity Residential
President & Chief Executive Officer
RossPerot, Jr.
Hillwood
Chairman
Andrew P.Power
Digital Realty
President & CEO
ScottRechler
RXR
Chairman & CEO
Matthew G.Rocco, Sr.
Immediate Past Chair, Mortgage Bankers Association
Colliers Mortgage
President
RobSpeyer
Tishman Speyer
President and CEO
BarrySternlicht
Starwood Capital Group
Chairman & CEO
Owen D.Thomas
BXP
Chairman & CEO
Alexander D.Thomson, FRICS
Chairman, NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
Prevail Consultants
Founder
Kenneth J.Valach
Immediate Past Chair, National Multifamily Housing Council
Trammell Crow Residential
CEO
Chairmen Emeritus
Debra A.Cafaro
Chair Emeritus (2018-2021)
Ventas, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
William C.Rudin
Chairman Emeritus (2015-2018)
Rudin
Co-Executive Chairman
Robert S.Taubman
Chairman Emeritus (2012-2015)
Taubman Centers, Inc.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Daniel M.Neidich
Chairman Emeritus (2009-2012)
Dune Real Estate Partners LP
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher J.Nassetta
Chairman Emeritus (2006-2009)
Hilton Worldwide
President & Chief Executive Officer
Robert J.Lowe
Chairman Emeritus (2003-2006)
Lowe
Chairman
Nelson C.Rising
Chairman Emeritus (2000-2003) [deceased]
Rising Realty Partners
Chairman & CEO
Randall K.Rowe
Chairman Emeritus (1998-2000)
Green Courte Partners
Chairman