Alumni Network

The IU Real Estate Alumni Network currently has groups in many cities throughout the US. Alumni coordinators are listed below. If there’s a group in your city and you’re interested in joining, email your city’s coordinator.

To stay in touch with the international network, join the IU Center for Real Estate LinkedIn group. If you have any questions about the network or are interested in starting a group in your city, please email the national alumni coordinator, John Holloway, at iurealestatealumni@gmail.com.

Real Estate Alumni Coordinators

Arizona

Jonathan Jaggard
jonathan@fundamentalincome.com
Phoenix, AZ
Jonathan Jaggard is a Senior Associate at Fundamental Income, a Phoenix-based net lease REIT focused on single-tenant industrial, retail, medical, and specialty assets across the country. Jonathan’s primary responsibilities include real estate underwriting, transaction analysis, tenant due diligence, portfolio valuation, market research, business development, and internal underwriting training. Before joining Fundamental Income, Jonathan worked as an Analyst at KPMG, LLP (Chicago), as a member of the firm’s Real Estate Valuation group. As an Analyst, he was responsible for market research, cash flow analysis, cost analysis, and other valuation activities for a wide variety of asset classes both nationally and internationally. Jonathan received a B.S. in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University – Bloomington with a double major in Finance and Real Estate.
During his time at IU, Jonathan served as Vice President of the Commercial Real Estate Workshop where he spearheaded the inaugural CRW Chicago networking trip while fulfilling teaching and networking responsibilities throughout the year. He also was an active participant on campus as a Little 500 rider and founder/member of multiple extracurricular student groups.

California

Paul Davidovac
pauldavidovac@gmail.com
Los Angeles, CA
Paul Davidovac believes in building long-term wealth through real estate investments. He has strong experience in international business which helps him educate clients to make smart investments with a consistency and commitment to their wants and needs.
His career commenced in London for Quintessentially, the luxury lifestyle group. In his position as head of business development he improved the headquarters in London, researched international opportunities, and opened several offices including New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Dubai.
With his 10+ years of real estate development, and investment experience, Paul has been involved with the development, acquisition, or disposition of over $200M of commercial real estate. Sharing his knowledge, social awareness, and people skills, he provides leadership in various organizations. He is the president emeritus of the Indiana University Alumni Association for Los Angeles.

Giancarlo Riso
griso@blueprinthcre.com
Los Angeles, CA
Giancarlo Riso is a Senior Associate at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, where he specializes in the valuation, acquisition, and disposition of seniors housing properties and skilled nursing facilities in the Western United States. Giancarlo works with his clients to devise creative solutions in order to meet their unique investment goals and objectives.
A proud Hoosier, Giancarlo graduated in 2014 from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University where he majored in Finance - Real Estate, and Entrepreneurship. Giancarlo was very involved with the IU Real Estate Club, serving as Marketing Director, and was a member of the Commercial Real Estate Workshop, where he participated in numerous real estate case competitions.

Jason Ross
jason@unitedgrowth.com
San Francisco, CA
Jason Ross is an Acquisitions Analyst at United Growth, a real estate development and private equity fund in the Bay Area. Jason is a member of the acquisitions and capital markets team and is responsible for sourcing deals for the investment pipeline and underwriting potential stressed asset portfolios. In addition, he supports the private equity fund operations and investor relations function. Before joining United Growth, Jason interned at Carillon Capital and Blue Bridge Financial in Washington D.C.
Jason received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University, majoring in Public Financial Management with a minor in Urban Planning and Development. He is an active member of NAIOP and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Colorado

Bryon Stevenson
Bryon.Stevenson@ngkf.com
Denver, CO
Bryon Stevenson, an associate with Newmark Knight Frank, specializes in land brokerage for boutique urban infill development land sales for all multifamily and mixed-use product types. He works to source niche development sites for private capital clients and maximize land values for sellers. Mr. Stevenson also focuses on the for-sale condo and townhome market within metro Denver.
Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank Multifamily, he worked for a multifamily development company, where he sourced new development deals and performed financial underwriting on and provided market research for prospective development projects. Mr. Stevenson was involved in over $250 million of new multifamily development throughout the Midwest.
Bryon is originally from the northwest suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Indiana University in 2012. He is a member of ULI, part of the ULI Partnership Forum, a member of Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors (DMCAR), and is active with NAIOP Colorado.

Florida

Denyse O'Grady
djocpa@gmail.com
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Denyse O'Grady has broad-based real estate experience spanning over two decades in the commercial and multifamily residential sectors throughout the United States. She is the principal of Ascendant Real Estate Group located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, managing a portfolio of traditional and NNN single tenant retail centers throughout the southeastern United States. Aside from being a seasoned professional asset manager, Denyse's specialties include brokerage, development, and government entitlements, as well as retail site selection and distressed asset workouts. Denyse's forte is locating real estate opportunities, which she is able to accomplish by using a global approach with a local focus. Since relocating to South Florida in 2000, Denyse has continued to work with a select client group in the identification and creation of value-added opportunities. A strategic, non-linear thinker, Denyse brings passion and commitment to her work. Denyse is an appointed member of the Fort Lauderdale Economic Development Advisory Board and is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Greater Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors, AICPA, and NC CPA.

Matthew Petra
mttgrgr@gmail.com
Orlando, FL
Matthew Petra is an attorney with Becker and Poliakoff. He practices in the area of community association litigation. He holds bar admissions in Florida and Indiana and is an officer of the Lee County Bar Association. Matthew was a member of the Fort Myers Planning Board and is a current member of the Lee County Executive Regulatory Oversight Committee. Prior to joining Becker and Poliakoff, he was a law clerk with Broad and Cassel, focusing on affordable housing and tax credits. He obtained a JD/MBA at Indiana University Bloomington in 2011. He also obtained a BS in business–real estate from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in 2007.

Georgia

Tom Schmitt
tom_schmitt@keybank.com
Atlanta, GA
Tom Schmitt is a relationship manager in KeyBank's Institutional Real Estate Group, a leading real estate credit provider and capital markets advisor. Tom is focused primarily on providing on-balance sheet financing and structured finance solutions for institutional clients including REITs, funds, and real estate operating companies. Tom graduated from the Kelley School of Business in 2013 with a BS in finance with a concentration in real estate and minor in criminal justice. Tom is currently pursuing his MBA through the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Illinois

Nicholas G. Kanich
Nicholas.kanich@marcusmillichap.com
Chicago, IL
Nick is a First Vice President of Investments with Marcus & Millichap's Net Lease Property Group in the Chicago Downtown office. He specializes in the sale of net leased assets with a focus on retail properties throughout the country and significant experience in the greater Midwest markets.
Throughout the course of his career, he has handled more than $1.2 billion in investment real estate transactions nationally, and his past experience in the sale of shopping centers and infill urban/high street assets has helped refine his focus on net lease investment sales at Marcus & Millichap, a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm with more than 80 offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Hunter Leonard
hleonard@realterm.com
Chicago, IL
Hunter Leonard works as an Associate Vice President with Realterm, a leader in supply-chain, high-flow-through industrial real estate. Based in Chicago, IL, he is responsible for acquiring land and developing transportation-advantaged industrial real estate facilities. This includes site selection, entitlements / zoning, construction oversight and leasing. Prior to joining Realterm, Mr. Leonard was a Manager of Development Transactions with CenterPoint Properties and before that he worked as an Associate at Ernst & Young in its Transaction Advisory Services group. Throughout his career, he has worked on nearly 12M SF of industrial development across the United States, with a focus on the Midwest and Southwest.

Mr. Leonard graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a B.S. in Finance. During his time at Indiana University, he led the Indianapolis campus as the President of the Real Estate Club and was a member of the Real Estate Workshop in Bloomington.

Mr. Leonard graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a B.S. in Finance. During his time at Indiana University, he led the Indianapolis campus as the President of the Real Estate Club and was a member of the Real Estate Workshop in Bloomington.

Indiana

Christopher M. Folz
cfolz@regency-prop.com
Evansville, IN
Christopher M. Folz is a 2007 graduate of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Earning a BS in business with distinction, Christopher majored in finance–real estate, accounting, and entrepreneurship. He has been with Regency Properties since 2007, serving in various positions including real estate representative and project manager, and he currently serves as the director of acquisitions. He has earned the designation of certified leasing specialist (CLS) from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and has served as the Indiana state operations chair and government relations chair for the ICSC. Christopher is also a licensed certified public accountant (CPA) and real estate broker in Indiana.

Dan Gabbard
dgabbardcre@gmail.com
Fort Wayne, IN
As a Senior Broker Associate at Cawley Chicago Commercial Real Estate, Dan specializes in the analysis, acquisition, disposition and leasing of commercial real estate properties throughout Chicago. His primary focus is assisting private business owners and investors in maximizing their asset’s value. This consists of representing owners with the sale of their properties by positioning the asset for highest-and-best-use; and assisting owners of underperforming assets by creating a strategic leasing initiative and implementing an assertive approach to achieve increased occupancy. This specialization includes urban redevelopment and adaptive reuse strategies within Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.
He draws on his previous experience providing a full spectrum of commercial real estate brokerage services. Having brokered deals involving industrial, office, retail, land, development, and multifamily/mixed use property types, Dan has the knowledge and drive to assist commercial property owners and investors in both finding and maximizing their investments.
Dan stays active in the community as a mentor for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization, a board member for Headwaters Counseling, a member of the IU Real Estate Alumni Network, as well as the Young Real Estate Professionals of Chicago.
Prior to joining Cawley Chicago, he worked as a Broker at Kiser Group in Chicago as well as The Zacher Company in Northeast Indiana, where he was awarded a 40 Under 40 in Business distinction as well as a CoStar Power Broker Award in 2020. He attended Indiana University and graduated May 2018 with a degree in Business Management along with a minor in Urban Planning/Community Development. While on campus, he was the president of the IFC Mental Health Committee, held several executive positions within his fraternity, and studied abroad in London at King’s College for a summer. He is looking forward to leading the alumni efforts in the Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.

John Holloway
john@veritasrealty.com
Indianapolis, IN
John H. Holloway, senior leasing and sales associate, brings over 10 valuable years of retail real estate experience. He joined Veritas Realty with a focus on investment evaluation, acquisitions and repositioning of distressed retail assets, while simultaneously creating value for clients through aggressive and creative leasing strategies along with national tenant representation for market entry, regional roll-out, and site selection for market optimization.
John started his commercial real estate career at Sandor Development & Sand Capital as leasing manager where his primary role was leasing shopping centers throughout the company’s Midwest portfolio. He was also involved in acquisitions where he gained valuable experience with regard to the due diligence and entitlement process related to acquiring distressed commercial properties. Prior to Veritas, John was the director of real estate at The Cellular Connection (TCC) (2011 – 2018), the nation’s largest Verizon dealer, where he was actively involved in the real estate process that supported the organic growth of TCC’s store portfolio in the Midwest & Northeast to grow their retail footprint 1,200+ stores nationwide. John was instrumental with critical store relocations, successfully repositioning these assets from small in-line locations into more prominent freestanding and end-cap retail locations, which resulted in significant increases in store sales. As a third-party representative at Veritas, John consults TCC on site-specific analysis, comprehensive real estate committee approval packages, and the drafting and negotiation of critical lease documents, including leases, renewals, assignments, and terminations while continuing his role of negotiating millions of dollars of rent savings and landlord concessions.
A lifelong Indiana resident, John graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a double major in real estate finance and entrepreneurship. He is the co-founder and president of the IU Real Estate Alumni Network, whose mission is to mentor current real estate students attending IU and IUPUI. Furthermore, the IU Real Estate Alumni Network provides focused networking opportunities for alumni and students with the goal of supporting and cultivating the strongest real estate alumni network and the preeminent real estate program in the country. Based on his fervent dedication, strong leadership, and utmost commitment to the IU Real Estate Alumni Network, John was awarded the inaugural Outstanding Alumni Award in 2013 at the annual IU Real Estate Alumni Dinner.

Massachusetts

Andrew Mahr
amahr@bialow.com
Boston, MA
Andrew Mahr is a Vice President at Bialow Real Estate. Bialow Real Estate specializes in representing retailers and restaurants with their overall expansion needs on a regional or national level. We offer the personalized service of a boutique firm and through the Bialow network, we have the strength and resources of a national real estate company. Bialow provides retail chains the ability to outsource all of the traditional functions of an internal real estate department. The firm is capable of directing all facets of a retailer's growth including strategic planning, market analysis, site selection, lease negotiations and coordination of the construction process. Originally from Tampa, FL – Andrew grew up just outside Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Kelley School of Business with a double major in finance–real estate and entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. While at Kelley, Andrew and his team won the 2011 Stanley E. Hunt Case Competition. Andrew is based in Boston, and covers the entire United States for his clients. In 2018, Andrew was named one of the top 10 under 40 real estate professionals by Chain Store Age. Andrew is a member of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies real estate, construction, and design team, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and a proud Hoosier!

Michigan

Eric Birnholtz
ebirnholtz@midamericagrp.com
Detroit, MI
Eric Birnholtz is a sales associate with Mid-America Real Estate-Michigan, Inc., a leading full-service retail brokerage company in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Eric primarily focuses on landlord and tenant representation. Additionally, Eric works with clients on the acquisition/disposition of retail properties and new developments throughout the state of Michigan. Eric is an active member of ICSC as well as ChainLinks Retail Advisors. Eric is a graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, class of 2018, with a degree in finance and real estate.

New York

Ashley Grebow
ashley.jeshiva@gmail.com
New York, NY
Ashley Grebow joined Modern Spaces Commercial & Investment Property Group as an associate in August 2015. She manages the team’s extensive owner and investor database that she built and is also responsible for originating and marketing new business. To date, Ashley has transacted over $364 million in gross sales and leasing activity.
Ashley’s real estate career began at CoStar Group, a commercial real estate information and analytics firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. She extensively researched and tracked all real estate activity across several U.S. markets, including Manhattan, the New York outer boroughs, Long Island, Birmingham, and Jackson throughout her time at the company.
Ashley graduated from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business with a BS in marketing and also spent a semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy. She holds a real estate salesperson license in New York and Maryland.
Ashley is originally from Baltimore, Maryland, but currently resides in Manhattan. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys traveling and is a dedicated sports fan, supporting the Indiana Hoosiers and Baltimore Ravens.

North Carolina

Ryan Clutter
ryan.clutter@am.jll.com
Charlotte, NC
Mr. Clutter is a senior managing director and co-head of the HFF’s Carolinas offices. Through his leadership role within the firm, he is primarily responsible for investment advisory transactions throughout the Carolinas region.
Through Mr. Clutter’s producer role, he co-leads the office investment advisory practice throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Mr. Clutter has completed more than $8 billion in commercial real estate transactions during the course of his career. Mr. Clutter joined the firm in July 2014. Prior to HFF, he was an executive vice president with CBRE in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office from 2012 to 2014 and the Charlotte office for 14 years prior to that time from 1998 to 2012.
During his time with CBRE, Mr. Clutter was recognized by the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR) as the No. 1 overall market producer for seven consecutive years from 2005 to 2011. While in Washington D.C., he was a Top 15 producer for the firm both years he was in the market and was a Top 200 producer in CBRE’s Americas region six of nine years between 2005 and 2013. While at HFF, Mr. Clutter earned this designation again in both 2016 and 2017.

Ohio

Ravi Narsinghani
ravi@sevahotels.com
Cincinnati, OH
Ravi Narsinghani is the director of finance and development at Seva Hospitality, a family office focused on hotel development and management in Ohio and Kentucky. In his role, Mr. Narsinghani leads market research to identify key growth markets, finance structuring, project underwriting, and construction management for hotel development projects. Additionally, Mr. Narsinghani works in conjunction with the property management team to lead revenue management initiatives and special renovation projects. Mr. Narsinghani has specialized in select-service and extended-stay hotels for three years in conjunction with Hilton Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels Group, Choice Hotels, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
Mr. Narsinghani received a BS from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in both real estate finance and legal studies. While at IU, Ravi was a previous alumni coordinator of the Real Estate Club and a graduate of the Real Estate Workshop. He participated on the winning team of the 2015 Stanley E. Hunt Case Competition.

Texas

Adam Blustein
ablustein@gfinvestments.com
Houston, TX
Adam Blustein is the vice president of leasing for Texas at Global Realty & Management, overseeing the leasing activities of approximately 3 million square feet of primarily grocery-anchored shopping centers, as well as a managing partner at Rhino Realty Partners, which specializes in acquiring existing value-added retail assets. During his career, Adam has been instrumental in executing over 500 leases totaling more than 1.5 million square feet. Prior to his current endeavors, Adam worked at Weingarten Realty Investors specializing in project leasing throughout several states in the central U.S.

Asher Hall
asher.hall@cushwake.com
Dallas, TX
Asher Hall joined Cushman and Wakefield’s Sunbelt Multifamily Advisory Group in 2022 as a Senior Director in the Dallas office. He previously worked with Institutional Property Advisors, where he was involved in the sale of more than $5B in multifamily sales, totaling over 25,000 units that included Core, Core-Plus, and Value-Add opportunities.

Garrett Elconin
27garrett@gmail.com
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Garrett Elconin is a Director of Multifamily Development at Provident Realty Advisers. PRA has developed over $5 Billion in real estate projects since inception. Prior to joining Provident, Garrett was an associate on the development team at Holland Partner Group, a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment firm. He was working on multifamily mixed-use projects totaling over $750 Million representing 1,300 units. While at Kelley, Garrett participated in several case competitions, placing in the Stanley E. Hunt Case Competition. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business with a BS in finance and real estate.

Washington

Chris Chen
chris.chen@greystar.com
Seattle, Washington
Christopher Chen is a Senior Development Analyst at Greystar, a fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in development, investment, and management of rental housing properties globally. He specializes in sourcing and underwriting acquisition opportunities in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.

Christopher is originally from New York and graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a BS in Finance. He currently resides in the Greater Seattle area and can be seen enjoying the great outdoors during his leisure time.