The Board
Today’s SPIRE Working Board steers all our initiatives.
Selected from a pool of extremely well-qualified candidates, they enrich our offerings and community with their individual successes, diverse perspectives + exemplary skills. Combined, they epitomize the whole is greater than the sum of its parts as they navigate the opportunities and challenges in our industry today and set us up to be the innovators of tomorrow.
All hail from Stanford, and all bring an eagerness to contribute. We are grateful to have these leaders at the helm charting our course.
Wayne Brandt
Capital Funding Partners
Board Chairman
Hanns Lee
Hines
Board President
Loryn Arkow
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Board Secretary
Michael Armstrong
Stream Realty Partners
Board Treasurer
Gary Beasley
Roofstock
Dan Broderick
Cushman & Wakefield
Travis Duncan
DECA Companies
Melinda Ellis Evers
Ellis Partners
Ray Flores, Jr.
Calzada Capital Partners
Shallene Gross
Equity Group Investments
Patricio Gutierrez Tommasi
Frontier Industrial, Artha Capital
Hana Hardy
City of San Jose
Jeff Jacobson
LaSalle Investment Management
Rodney Johnson
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Christopher Mahowald
RSF Partners
Meris Ota
Trammell Crow
Andy Richard
Evercore
Charlie Rose
Invesco Real Estate
Lili Wang
OneWorld Group
Kenneth Woolley
Extra Space Storage
Matt Wardrop
Student Board Member - MBA '22
SPIRE Staff
Our SPIRE staff are our feet on the ground.
They turn our big plans and ideas into successful events and fruitful collaborations. They keep us on track and informed with SPIRE communications. They mind all the logistics, big and small, and serve SPIRE community members every day, with quality and care.
Lauren Barley
Executive Director
Arezo Binai
Sr. Manager of Membership, Programs & Events
Alex Forhan
Sr. Manager of Marketing & Events
Regional Leaders
Our Regional Leaders bring the SPIRE connectivity home.
They create events that strengthen members’ relationships to Stanford, to each other,
and showcase innovation and best practices at the local level.
Reach out to your regional leader to see how you can engage in, benefit from, and contribute to the local SPIRE community. Don’t see your region represented or interested in becoming a regional leader? Inquire Here.
Northern California
Maya Theuer
Redwood Residential
Hady Abou Jaoude
Hines
Evelyn Weis
Calzada Capital Partners
Southern California
Jason Lopata
LBPM
Chicago
Richard Klawiter
DLA Piper LLP (US)
New York City
Peter Ciganik
GTIS Partners
Pacific Northwest
Mark Hefner
MGO Realty Advisors
David L. Knowles
Stanfield Partners
Mike Medrzycki
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI)
Carey Crutcher Smith
Lease Crutcher Lewis
Washington D.C.
Kyle DeThomas
Ballard Spahr LLP
Cary Kadlecek
Goulston & Storrs, PC
Founding + Emeritus Board Members
Our Founding and Emeritus Board Members are the bedrock of SPIRE.
They had the original vision. They laid the groundwork, created the first events, enrolled our first members, and forged the relationships upon which today’s SPIRE continues to be built.
Fred Allen
Allen Matkins
David Butler
Argosy Real Estate Partners
Sam Freshman
Standard Management Company
Chad Hagle
Aventine Development Corporation
Patrick Orosco
The Orosco Group
Stephen Roulac
Roulac Global
Andy Walburger
Juniper Square
Carol Wyant
Pathfinder Consulting