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 Senior Director, Membership & Meetings aboone@nareit.com	Pamela Coleman Senior Vice President, Meetings pcoleman@nareit.com
Melissa Crowshaw Vice President, Human Resources mcrowshaw@nareit.com	Roberto Diaz Senior Vice President, Finance rdiaz@nareit.com
Victor Dristas Senior Vice President, Operations vdristas@nareit.com	Jose Fajardo Accounts Payable Clerk/Accounting Coordinator jfajardo@nareit.com
Chris Flood Vice President, Business Development cflood@nareit.com	Bonnie Gottlieb Senior Vice President, Industry & Member Affairs bgottlieb@nareit.com
Fulya Kocak Vice President, ESG Issues fkocak@nareit.com	Patti McGraw Senior Director, Database & Operations pmcgraw@nareit.com
Katelyn Rowland Senior Director, Membership & Meetings krowland@nareit.com	Allison Shaw Manager, Operations ashaw@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 Senior Director, Industry Information & Statistics jbarwick@nareit.com	Brad Case Senior Vice President, Research & Industry Information bcase@nareit.com
Meredith Despins Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs & Investor Education mdespins@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 Manager, Research & Industry Information athompson@nareit.com
Kurt Walten Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs & Investor Education kwalten@nareit.com

Policy & Politics

Tony M. Edwards Executive Vice President & General Counsel tedwards@nareit.com
Cathy Barré Senior Vice President, Policy & Politics 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 Vice President, Financial Standards cdrula@nareit.com
Steven Lowery Director, REITPAC & Political Outreach slowery@nareit.com	Victoria Rostow Senior Vice President, Policy & Regulatory Affairs 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 Senior Director, Content Strategy and Management kgustafson@nareit.com	Wesley Kirk Senior Creative Director wkirk@nareit.com
Rachel Kerestes Vice President, Marketing Communications rkerestes@nareit.com	Ron Kuykendall Vice President, Media & Public Relations rkuykendall@nareit.com
Lizzy Lees Manager, Digital Media and Marketing llees@nareit.com	Diane Rusignola Senior Director, Editorial Content drusignola@nareit.com