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The CRE Finance Council Announces New Chairs for Industry Forums
The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) announced new Chairs for the 2025-2026 industry Forums. The new Forum leadership was elected at CREFC’s Annual June Conference in New York City on Tuesday. The Forums represent specific market constituencies that drive the U.S. commercial real estate finance industry. Each Forum interacts and addresses issues critical to their business sector, while working to achieve solutions that serve a common purpose. CREFC welcomes Lee Green (Wells Fargo) as Chair-Elect, David Haynes (CBRE Multifamily Capital, Inc.) as Chair, Ahmed Hasan (Capital One) as Past-Chair. John Jang (Fannie Mae) and Jason Griest (Freddie Mac) serve as GSE representatives.
NEW YORK, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) announced new Chairs for the 2025-2026 industry Forums. The new Forum leadership was elected at CREFC’s Annual June Conference in New York City on Tuesday.
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CREFC’s Forums represent specific market constituencies that drive the U.S. commercial real estate finance industry. Forums include:
Alternative Lenders and High-Yield Investors
CMBS B-Piece Investors
CMBS Investment-Grade Bondholders
CMBS Issuers
CMBS Servicers Master Servicers Special Servicers
GSE/Multifamily Lenders
Portfolio Lenders Bank Lenders Insurance Company Lenders
Each Forum interacts and addresses issues critical to their business sector, while working to achieve solutions that serve a common purpose. CREFC’s Forums manage disparate and converging market views, advocate a consensus of positions to policymakers and lawmakers, educate members, develop market best practices and standards, and work to improve the entire commercial real estate finance market.
The incoming slate of Forum leaders includes:
B-Piece Investors. CREFC welcomes Josh Brand (Argentic) as Chair-Elect, Frank Yin (KKR) as Chair, and Peter Lindner (Rialto Capital Advisors) as Past-Chair. In 2024-2025, Jason Nick (Starwood Property Trust) was Past-Chair.
GSE/Multifamily Lenders. CREFC welcomes Lee Green (Wells Fargo) as Chair-Elect, David Haynes (CBRE Multifamily Capital, Inc.) as Chair, Ahmed Hasan (Capital One) as Past-Chair. John Jang (Fannie Mae) and Jason Griest (Freddie Mac) serve as GSE representatives. In 2024-2025, the Past-Chair was Kate Whalen (BMO).
Investment-Grade Bondholders. CREFC welcomes Wendy Pei (Ellington Management) as Chair-Elect, Adam Smith (DWS) as Chair, and Rajesh Bansal (Quiq Capital) as Past-Chair. In 2024-2025, Richard Razza (Webster Bank) served as Past-Chair.
Issuers. CREFC welcomes Scott Epperson (Goldman Sachs) as Chair-Elect, Shaishav Agarwal (Deutsche Bank) as Chair, and Brigid M. Mattingly (Wells Fargo) as Past-Chair. In 2024-2025, Jane Lam (Morgan Stanley) served as Past-Chair.
Portfolio Lenders – Bank Lender Subforum. CREFC welcomes Bridget Scanlon (Morgan Stanley) as Chair-Elect, Kristin Khanna (Barclays) as Chair, and Robert Grudzinski (U.S. Bank) as Past-Chair. In 2024-2025, Scott Dixon (Truist) was Past-Chair.
Portfolio Lenders – Insurance Company Lenders Subforum. CREFC welcomes Kevin Catlett (Principal Real Estate Investors) as Chair-Elect, Melissa Farrell (PGIM) as Chair, and Kevin Pivnick (Blackstone) as Past-Chair. In 2024-2025, Chris Miculis (Nuveen) served as Past-Chair.
The CRE Finance Council Announces New Chairs for Industry Forums
CREFC’s Forums represent specific market constituencies that drive the U.S. commercial real estate finance industry. Forums manage disparate and converging market views, advocate a consensus of positions to policymakers and lawmakers, educate members, develop market best practices and standards. Incoming slate of Forum leaders includes Rachel Hunter-Goldman (KKR) as Chair-Elect, Samantha Rotchford (MSD) as chair, and Samir Tejpaul (Square Mile Capital Investments) as past chair. In 2023-2024, the Past Chair was Emily Schultz (Berkadia Commercial Mortgage). Alonzo White (Fannie Mae) and Jason Griest (Freddie Mac) serve as government-sponsored enterprise representatives. CREFC welcomes Shaishav Agarwal (Deutsche Bank) asChair-Elect and Brigid Mattingly as Chair, and Jane Lam (Morgan Stanley) as Past Chair. The new Forum leadership was introduced at the CRE Finance Council’s Annual June Conference in New York City.
NEW YORK, June 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) announced today new Chairs for the 2024-2025 industry Forums. The new Forum leadership was introduced at CREFC’s Annual June Conference in New York City.
CREFC’s Forums represent specific market constituencies that drive the U.S. commercial real estate finance industry. Forums include:
Alternative Lenders and High Yield Investors
B-Piece Investors
GSE/Multifamily Lenders
Investment-Grade Bondholders
Issuers
Portfolio Lenders
Servicers
Each of these Forums interacts and addresses issues critical to their business sector and works to achieve solutions that serve a common purpose. CREFC’s Forums manage disparate and converging market views, advocate a consensus of positions to policymakers and lawmakers, educate members, develop market best practices and standards, and work toward the betterment of the entire commercial real estate finance market.
The Incoming slate of Forum leaders includes:
Alternative Lenders & High Yield Investors. CREFC welcomes Rachel Hunter-Goldman (KKR) as Chair-Elect, Samantha Rotchford (MSD) as Chair, and Samir Tejpaul (Square Mile Capital Investments) as Past Chair.
B-Piece Investors. CREFC welcomes Frank Yin (KKR) as Chair-Elect, Peter Lindner (Rialto) as Chair, and Jason Nick (LNR) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, Lyndsay Stephenson (Prime Finance Partners) served as Past Chair.
GSE/Multifamily Lenders. CREFC welcomes David Haynes (CBRE) as Chair-Elect, Ahmed Hasan (Capital One) as Chair, and Kate Whalen (BMO) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, the Past Chair was Emily Schultz (Berkadia Commercial Mortgage). Alonzo White (Fannie Mae) and Jason Griest (Freddie Mac) serve as government-sponsored enterprise representatives.
Investment-Grade Bondholders. CREFC welcomes Adam Smith (DWS) as Chair-Elect, Rajesh Bansal (Quiq Capital) as Chair, and Richard Razza (Webster Bank) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, Jane Rivers (T. Rowe Price) served as Past Chair.
Issuers. CREFC welcomes Shaishav Agarwal (Deutsche Bank) as Chair-Elect, Brigid Mattingly (Wells Fargo) as Chair, and Jane Lam (Morgan Stanley) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, David Schell (BMO Capital Markets) served as Past Chair.
Portfolio Lenders – Banks. CREFC welcomes Kristin Khanna (Barclays) as Chair-Elect, Rob Grudzinski (U.S. Bank) as Chair, and Scott Dixon (Truist) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, Jonathan Salzinger (Bank of America) served as Past Chair.
Portfolio Lenders – Insurance Company. CREFC welcomes Melissa Farrell (PGIM) as Chair-Elect, Kevin Pivnick (Blackstone) as Chair, and Chris Miculis (Nuveen) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, Stefanie Stewart (Voya Investment Management) served as Past Chair.
Servicers – Servicing Administration. CREFC welcomes Dana Jo Martino (Berkadia) as Chair-Elect, Adam Fox (Fitch Ratings) as Chair, and Leslie Hayton (Wells Fargo) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, Stacy Ackermann (K&L Gates) served as Past Chair.
Servicers – Special Situations. CREFC welcomes Alex Killick (CWCapital) as Chair-Elect, Pam Dent (Freddie Mac) as Chair, and Tony Yousif (SVN) as Past Chair. In 2023-2024, Andrea Helm (Midland Loan Services) served as Past Chair.
“We want to welcome the new members of our CREFC industry Forums and thank existing and past Forum members for their dedication and excellent work,” said Lisa Pendergast, Executive Director of CREFC.
“For 30 years, CREFC has served as the voice of the now $6 trillion commercial real estate finance industry and CREFC’s industry Forums continue to play a key role in ensuring all industry voices are heard and respected. CREFC’s Forums serve a vital industry function, as they represent key components of the CRE finance markets. A core function of Forum leaders is to work toward consensus among their constituents and then advocate those positions to other market segments and to policy and lawmakers. Forum leaders are also charged with assisting the development of industry best practices and implementing new initiatives critical to their business sectors. I and the entire CREFC community are grateful for our Forum leaders and their contributions and dedication to CRE finance.”
About CREFC
The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) is the trade association for the nearly $6 trillion commercial real estate finance industry with a membership that includes more than 400 companies and 19,000 individuals. Member firms include balance sheet and securitized lenders, loan and bond investors, private equity firms, servicers, rating agencies, and borrowers. For 30 years, CREFC has promoted liquidity, transparency, and efficiency in the commercial real estate finance markets, and acted as a legislative and regulatory advocate for the industry, playing a vital role in setting market standards and best practices, and providing education for market participants.
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