Empowering the Stanford Community
to Innovate in real estate, placemaking + the built environment

Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE) is where alumni, students,
and educators come to meet.
We inspire, support, and challenge each other to move the industry forward.

Connecting + Serving:

Alumni Networking

Alumni

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Students

Educational-Development

Stanford + beyond

We create, develop, and invest in the spaces that envelop our lives.
Through SPIRE we come together, to do it better.

We are an official alumni club of Stanford University, offering a platform for:

  • Professional development + networking

  • Showcasing industry leaders +
    ground-breaking ideas

  • Mentoring + mentorship opportunities

  • Research on trends + best practices

  • A foot in the door for students + recent grads

  • Access to top talent for industry leaders

The Latest from SPIRE

Events

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Stanford Peninsula Networking Meetup

Apr 24, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

Barebottle at Springline Plaza 1302 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025

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Wed
30

2025 SREC Spring Retreat

Apr 30, 2025—May 01, 2025

Bishop's Lodge, Santa Fe, NM 87506

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News

Mar 15 2022

SPIRE Newsletter
WELCOME! Dear SPIRE Community,We hope your 2024 is off to a great start. I wanted to touch on a few SPIRE highlights from the ...
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Bold Beginnings + Going Strong

At their 10-year Stanford reunion, Chad Hagle ('98) and a few classmates penciled the vision that would become SPIRE: an alumni club for real estate professionals, which would promote networking and innovation within Stanford and the industry. Like-minded alums quickly joined in to share their time, treasure, and talent, transforming vision into reality.

SPIRE quickly became Stanford's largest alumni association, expanding its mission to welcome those with careers in placemaking and the larger built environment. We extended our reach with regional and online events, and added engaging and exciting programs, including the student mentorship and grant initiatives under the Stanford Student Impact Fund.

SPIRE was built on a sturdy foundation. More than a decade in, we're going strong. And we have big plans to do more of what we do best: create + deepen connections, promote innovation, and increase impact.

"We came up with the Stanford definition of real estate, which is a very inclusive-encompassing everything from law to sustainability and the environment, to planning-allowing us to tap into these different areas at Stanford."

-Chad Hagle, ('98) SPIRE Founder, Emeritus Board Member + SREC Member

"The three pillars, which the founders created in the first week of SPIRE's existence, are still the same three pillars we have today. They are, supporting: alumni in their professional development and networking, students interested in the industry, and real estate education at Stanford."

-Shallene Cua Gross, ('06, MBA '10) SPIRE Board Member + SREC Member

"Chad told me about his dream…an alumni club that would be a wonderful place for Stanford alumni who were involved in the real estate industry to interact with each other and with the university. What I didn't expect, was how popular and successful it would be. If you asked me how I would want SPIRE to evolve in the years to come, I would say, 'Do more of the same.'"

Howard Wolf ('80) Vice President for Alumni Affairs, Stanford University + President of the Stanford Alumni Association

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