Judges Consortium

The Judges Consortium consists of distinguished industry professionals engaging with Kellogg’s Real Estate Program through their willingness to serve as judges in a given year for the Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition. Three to five of these distinguished professionals will serve as judges each year.

Kimberly A. Adams
Managing Director, JP Morgan Asset Management

Erwin Aulis
Chief Operating Officer, Northwood Investors

Joseph Azrack
Chairman, Apollo Real Estate

Neil Bluhm
Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Walton Street Capital; Chairman, Rush Street Gaming

Frank Cohen
Senior Managing Director, Real Estate Group, Blackstone Group

Jeffrey Furber
CEO, AEW Capital Management and Chairman of the Board, AEW Europe

Dan Gilbert
Founder and Chairman, Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans

Deborah Harmon
Co-Founder and CEO, Artemis Real Estate Partners

Pamela Herbst 
Managing Director, Head of Direct Investments, AEW Capital Management

Jeffrey Johnson
Founder, Powered by Prescient

Merrick “Rick” Kleeman
Founder and Managing Partner, Wheelock Street Capital

Esko Korhonen
Founder and Managing Partner, Federal Capital Partners

John Z. Kukral
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwood Investors

Alan M. Leventhal
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Beacon Capital Partners

Barry Malkin
Senior Managing Partner, GEM Realty Capital

Christopher Merrill
Co-Founder, President and CEO, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital

Adam Metz
Managing Director, Head of International Real Estate, The Carlyle Group

Eric Mogentale
Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Walton Street Capital

Michael Moritz
Chairman, Sequoia Capital

Mark Oei
Managing Director, Sequoia Capital

Denise Olsen
Senior Managing Director, GEM Realty Capital

Stephen Quazzo
Co-Founder and CEO, Pearlmark Real Estate Partners

Randy Rowe
Chairman and Founder, Green Courte Partners

Laura Rubin
Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Management, Starwood Capital Group

John Schreiber
President, Centaur Capital Partners; Co-Founder and Partner, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors 

Laurie Smith
Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Blue Vista Capital Management

Lauren Hochfelder Silverman
Managing Director and Head of Americas, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing

Robert Stuckey
Managing Director and Fund Head, U.S. Real Estate, The Carlyle Group

Maury Tognarelli
CEO, Heitman 

Sam Zell
Founder and Chairman, Equity Group Investors; Founder and Chairman, Equity International