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 Management
Board Chairman
Board President
Preferred Name: Loryn
Last Name: Arkow
Job Title: Partner
Company Name: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Board Secretary
Preferred Name: Hana
Last Name: Hardy Gunther
Job Title: Sr. Deputy City Attorney
Company Name: City of San Jose
Board Treasurer
Preferred Name: Wayne
Last Name: Brandt
Job Title: Founder & Managing Partner
Company Name: Capital Funding Partners
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: Rodney
Last Name: Johnson
Job Title: Vice President, Regional Manager - Real Estate Transactions
Company Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank
Preferred Name: Mona
Last Name: Li
Job Title: Sr. Development Associate
Company Name: Essence Development Company
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: 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