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: LaSalle Investment Mgmt
Board Chairman
Board President
Preferred Name: Hana
Last Name: Hardy Gunther
Job Title: Sr. Deputy City Attorney
Company Name: City of San Jose
Board Secretary
Board Treasurer
Preferred Name: Andrés
Last Name: Cantero
Company Name: Senior Real Estate Attorney at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Preferred Name: Shallene
Last Name: Cua Gross
Job Title: Managing Director, Investments
Company Name: Equity Group Investments
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: Patricio
Last Name: Gutierrez Tommasi
Job Title: CEO, COO
Company Name: Frontier Industrial, Artha Capital
Preferred Name: Rodney
Last Name: Johnson
Job Title: Vice President, Regional Manager - Real Estate Transactions
Company Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank
Preferred Name: Jair
Last Name: Lynch
Job Title: President/CEO
Company Name: Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners
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: 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: Ken
Last Name: Woolley
Job Title: Founder & Executive Chairman
Company Name: Extra Space Storage
Student Board Member