The Board

Today's SPIRE Working Board steers all our initiatives.

Selected from a pool of extremely well-qualified candidates, they enrich our offerings and community with their individual successes, diverse perspectives + exemplary skills. Combined, they epitomize the whole is greater than the sum of its parts as they navigate the opportunities and challenges in our industry today and set us up to be the innovators of tomorrow.

All hail from Stanford, and all bring an eagerness to contribute. We are grateful to have these leaders at the helm charting our course.

  • Preferred Name: Jeff

    Last Name: Jacobson

    Job Title: Retired CEO

    Company Name: Formerly LaSalle

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Board Chairman

  • Preferred Name: Hanns

    Last Name: Lee

    Job Title: Senior Managing Director

    Company Name: Hines

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Board President

  • Preferred Name: Hana

    Last Name: Hardy Gunther

    Job Title: Sr. Deputy City Attorney

    Company Name: City of San Jose

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Board Secretary

  • Preferred Name: Chris

    Last Name: Mahowald

    Job Title: Managing Partner

    Company Name: RSF Partners

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Board Treasurer

  • Preferred Name: Hilary

    Last Name: Barte

    Job Title: Managing Director

    Company Name: JLL

  • Preferred Name: Andrés

    Last Name: Cantero

    Job Title: Senior Real Estate Attorney & Adjunct Professor

    Company Name: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

  • Preferred Name: Melinda

    Last Name: Ellis Evers

    Job Title: Co-Founder & Managing Principal

    Company Name: Ellis Partners

  • Preferred Name: Peter

    Last Name: Griffin

    Job Title: Litigation Partner

    Company Name: Allen Matkins LLP

  • Preferred Name: Shallene

    Last Name: Gross

    Job Title: Managing Director, Investments

    Company Name: Equity Group Investments

  • Preferred Name: Patricio

    Last Name: Gutierrez Tommasi

    Job Title: CEO, COO

    Company Name: Frontier Industrial, Artha Capital

  • Preferred Name: Hana

    Last Name: Hardy Gunther

    Job Title: Sr. Deputy City Attorney

    Company Name: City of San Jose

  • Preferred Name: Jeff

    Last Name: Jacobson

    Job Title: Retired CEO

    Company Name: Formerly LaSalle

  • Preferred Name: Rodney

    Last Name: Johnson

    Job Title: Vice President, Regional Manager - Real Estate Transactions

    Company Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank

  • Preferred Name: Hanns

    Last Name: Lee

    Job Title: Senior Managing Director

    Company Name: Hines

  • Preferred Name: Mona

    Last Name: Li

    Job Title: Sr. Development Associate

    Company Name: Essence Development Company

  • Preferred Name: Jair

    Last Name: Lynch

    Job Title: President/CEO

    Company Name: Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners

  • Preferred Name: Chris

    Last Name: Mahowald

    Job Title: Managing Partner

    Company Name: RSF Partners

  • Preferred Name: Meris

    Last Name: Ota

    Job Title: Sr. Vice President

    Company Name: Trammell Crow Company

  • Preferred Name: Brian

    Last Name: Patterson

    Job Title: Founder

    Company Name: White Star Real Estate, Katalyst Education

  • Preferred Name: Tricia

    Last Name: Peterson

    Job Title: Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer

    Company Name: Accord Group Holdings

  • Preferred Name: Andy

    Last Name: Richard

    Job Title: Sr. Managing Director

    Company Name: Evercore

  • Preferred Name: Charlie

    Last Name: Rose

    Job Title: Managing Director Global Head of Real Estate Credit and President of the Invesco Commercial Real Estate Finance Trust

    Company Name: Invesco

  • Preferred Name: Maya

    Last Name: Theuer

    Job Title: CEO

    Company Name: Redwood Residential

  • Preferred Name: Ken

    Last Name: Woolley

    Job Title: Founder & Executive Chairman

    Company Name: Extra Space Storage

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Student Board Member

  • Preferred Name: Eric

    Last Name: Persky

    Company Name: Stanford GSB

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