Staff Directory

Nareit is the worldwide representative voice for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. Meet the individuals who work on the industry’s behalf.

Nareit Staff

President & Chief Executive Officer

Steven A. Wechsler
swechsler@nareit.com

Senior Executive Vice President

Tony M. Edwards
tedwards@nareit.com

Finance & Operations

Sheldon M. Groner Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations sgroner@nareit.com
Tracie Betts Manager, Operations tbetts@nareit.com	Frederick Biney Controller fbiney@nareit.com
Afia Boone Vice President, Membership & Meetings aboone@nareit.com	Kimberly Brewer Operations Coordinator kbrewer@nareit.com
Nathaalie Carey Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs & Social Responsibility ncarey@nareit.com	Pamela Coleman Senior Vice President, Meetings pcoleman@nareit.com
Roberto Diaz Senior Vice President, Finance & Fiscal Management rdiaz@nareit.com	Victor Dristas Senior Vice President, Operations vdristas@nareit.com
Jose Fajardo Accounts Payable Clerk/Accounting Coordinator jfajardo@nareit.com	Chris Flood Senior Vice President, Business Development cflood@nareit.com
Fulya Kocak Senior Vice President, ESG Issues fkocak@nareit.com	Patti McGraw Senior Director, Database & Operations pmcgraw@nareit.com
Katelyn Rowland Vice President, Membership & Meetings krowland@nareit.com	Allison Shaw Manager, Operations ashaw@nareit.com
Tioni Simmons Director, Human Resources tsimmons@nareit.com	Margaret Solaqua Senior Director, Office Support msolaqua@nareit.com

Research & Investor Outreach

John Worth Executive Vice President, Research & Investor Outreach jworth@nareit.com
John Barwick Vice President, Index Management & Industry Information jbarwick@nareit.com	Meredith Despins Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs mdespins@nareit.com
Nicole Funari Vice President, Research nfunari@nareit.com	Abigail F. McCarthy Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs amccarthy@nareit.com
Calvin Schnure Senior Vice President, Research & Economic Analysis cschnure@nareit.com	Kurt Walten Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs kwalten@nareit.com

Policy & Politics

Cathy Barré Executive Vice President & General Counsel cbarre@nareit.com
Dara Bernstein Senior Vice President & Tax Counsel dbernstein@nareit.com	Robert Dibblee Senior Vice President, Government Relations rdibblee@nareit.com
Christopher T. Drula Senior Vice President, Financial Standards cdrula@nareit.com	John Jones Vice President, Government Relations jjones@nareit.com
Steven Lowery Director, REITPAC & Political Outreach slowery@nareit.com	Gladys Quinto Marrone Executive Director, Nareit Hawaii gmarrone@nareit.com
Victoria Rostow Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel vrostow@nareit.com	George Yungmann Senior Vice President, Financial Standards gyungmann@nareit.com

Communications

Matthew Bechard Executive Vice President, Communications mbechard@nareit.com
Sarah Borchersen-Keto Editorial Director sborchersen-keto@nareit.com	Jane Dollinger Senior Director, Media Relations & Executive Communications jdollinger@nareit.com
Katie Feldman Senior Vice President, Public Relations & Strategic Communications kfeldman@nareit.com	Kyle Gustafson Vice President, Content Strategy & Management kgustafson@nareit.com
Wesley Kirk Vice President & Creative Director wkirk@nareit.com	Ron Kuykendall Vice President, Media & Public Relations rkuykendall@nareit.com
Lizzy Lees Director, Digital Media and Marketing llees@nareit.com	Diane Rusignola Senior Director, Editorial Content drusignola@nareit.com