Enhancing the Learning Experience
Guest Lecturers
Hirsh Fellows have the opportunity to meet and hear from some of the industry's top executives, who serve as guest lecturers. Their insights bring the classroom learning to life, and provide the opportunity to listen intently on a wide range of fascinating topics and to ask questions.
Recent guest lecturers include:
Richard Baker - Governor, Executive Chairman and CEO - Hudson's Bay Company
Jeffrey Blau - Chief Executive Officer - Related
Marty Burger - Chief Executive Officer - Silverstein Properties
Ken Caplan - Global Co-Head of Real Estate - Blackstone
Ric Clark - Managing Partner - WatermanCLARK
Frank Cohen - Senior Managing Director; Global Head of Core+ Real Estate; Chairman and CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust - Blackstone
Melina Cordero - Founder Melina - Cordero LLC
Jason Finger - Co-Founder & CEO - Seamless
Laurie Golub - Chief Operating Officer - Affinius Capital
Stuart Grant - Co-Founder - CoreLife Investors
Jeffrey Havsy - Commercial Real Estate Industry Practice Lead - Moody's Analytics
Nolan Hecht - Senior Managing Director & Head of Real Estate - Certares
Tyler Hentitze - Senior Managing Director; Head of Strategic Investments for Blackstone Real Estate Americas - Blackstone
Andrea Jang - Chief Operating Officer - Ackman-Ziff
Stuart Kaplan - Senior Counsel - Blankrome
Tal Kerret - President - Silverstein Properties
Gaurav Khanna - SVP Acquisitions, Asset Management & Capital Markets - Vornado (former)
Khalid Kudsi - CEO - Sterling Investors
James Kuhn - President - Newmark
Anthony Ledesma - Managing Director - Hodges Ward Elliott
Cathy Marcus - Co-CEO and Global COO - PGIM Real Estate
Jonathan Mazur - Senior Managing Director, National Research - Newmark
Meghann Martindale - Global Head of Research - CBRE Rearch
Sas Mehrara - Partner, Head of Real Estate Practice - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Chris Nassetta - President & Chief Executive Officer - Hilton
Frank Patafio - Senior EVP; Senior Managing Director, US Investments - RXR
Colleen Pentland Lally - Vice President - CBRE Capital Markets
Scott Rechler - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - RXR
Craig Robinson - Chief Growth Officer - Industrious
Steven Ross - Chairman and Founder - Related (pictured above)
Andrew Scandalios - Senior Managing Director, NY Co-Office Head - JLL
Larry Silverstein - Chairman - Silverstein Properties
Peter Stoll - Managing Director & Partner - Carlyle
Simon Turner - Managing Director - Alpha Lodging Partners
Jacob Werner - Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of US Acquisitions - Blackstone
You must apply and be accepted to the MS in Real Estate in order to apply to the Hirsh Fellows program.