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

Finance & Operations

Sheldon M. Groner Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations sgroner@nareit.com
Frederick Biney Controller fbiney@nareit.com	Tracie Betts Manager, Operations tbetts@nareit.com
Afia Nyarko Boone Vice President, Membership & Meetings aboone@nareit.com	Kimberly Brewer Operations Coordinator kbrewer@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	Bonnie Gottlieb Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs & Strategic Initiatives bgottlieb@nareit.com
Fulya Kocak 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 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 & Investor Education mdespins@nareit.com
Nicole Funari Vice President, Research nfunari@nareit.com	Abigail F. McCarthy Vice President, Investment Affairs & Investor Education amccarthy@nareit.com
Calvin Schnure Senior Vice President, Research & Economic Analysis cschnure@nareit.com	Alexandra Thompson Senior Manager, Research & Industry Information athompson@nareit.com
Kurt Walten Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs & Investor Education kwalten@nareit.com

Policy & Politics

Tony M. Edwards Senior Executive Vice President tedwards@nareit.com
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, Goverment 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
Victoria Rostow Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel vrostow@nareit.com	George Yungmann Senior Vice President, Financial Standards gyungmann@nareit.com

Communications

Robert M. Pflieger Executive Vice President, Communications rpflieger@nareit.com
Matthew Bechard Senior Vice President, Communications mbechard@nareit.com	Sarah Borchersen-Keto Editorial Director sborchersen-keto@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