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.

Owen D.Thomas
Chair
Chairman & CEO
Jeffrey D.DeBoer
President and CEO
MichelleHerrick
Treasurer
Managing Director, Head of Commercial Real Estate
GeordyJohnson
Secretary
CEO
Thomas J.Baltimore, Jr.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Jeff T.Blau
CEO
BenBrown
Managing Partner | Co-President
SeanBurton
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer
Michael A.Covarrubias
Chairman & Co-CEO
Giovanni Cutaia
President of Blackstone Real Estate
John F.Fish
Immediate Past Chair, The Real Estate Roundtable
Chairman & CEO
ConorFlynn
Immediate Past Chair, Nareit
Chief Executive Officer
Leslie D.Hale
President and CEO
HarrisonLeFrak, Esq.
Chairman
DanLetter
Chief Executive Officer
Michael H. Lowe
Co-CEO
Anthony E.Malkin
Chair - Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)
Chairman and CEO
Roy HiltonMarch
Chief Executive Officer
KaraMcShane
Head of Commercial Real Estate
RossPerot, Jr.
Chairman
Andrew P.Power
President & CEO
ScottRechler
Chairman & CEO
Benjamin Schall
Chief Executive Officer and President
RobSpeyer
President and CEO
BarrySternlicht
Chairman & CEO
Leslie Teskey
2026 President, CREW Network
Managing Principal/Tenant Representative
Kenneth J.Valach
Past Chair, National Multifamily Housing Council
CEO
WillyWalker
Representative, Mortgage Bankers Association
Chairman & CEO
Chairmen Emeritus