ADVISORY COUNCIL

David Aglira
Partner
KPMG

Glenn E. Alba ’94 VSB
President
Opterra Capital

Richard T. Aljian ’88 CLAS
Partner
Merion Realty Partners

Chip Ashby ’99 CF
Founder
ACRE Development Partners, LLC

Greg Becker '88 VSB
Associate Managing Director
Colliers

Michelle Bennett
Executive Vice President
Newport Capital Group

Jeannine T. Bishop ’98 LAW
Partner
Morgan Lewis

Bob Brady ’89 VSB
President/Project Coordinator

Keystone Homes

Kenneth G. Browne ’89 VSB
Partner 
Urban Development Partners, LLC

Stephen J. Butte ’84 VSB ’94 MT
Partner
Bluewater Industrial Partners

Ian Christ '04 VSB
Executive Director
PGIM Real Estate

Chris Cobb '03 VSB
SVP, Chief Development Officer
Bonaventure

James A. Cowan ’89 VSB

Edward J. DaCosta ’81 VSB
Executive Vice President

CB Richard Ellis

Gordon Daniels '18, '19 PA
Principal
Land Services USA, Inc.

Vincent DiDomenico ’88 VSB
Founder and Managing Member
Delta Equity Management, L.L.C.

Daniel M. DiLella ’73 VSB (Chair)
President & CEO
Equus Capital Partners, Ltd.

Joseph J. Garibaldi IV  '91 VSB
Managing Director
Walker & Dunlop

Jeffrey M. Glackin
Executive Director
Ernst & Young LLP

Christopher P. Haley ’90 VSB
Principal
Palladian Realty Capital

Jesse Harty '03 VSB
Head of Logistics
CBRE Investment Management

Blake Hastings ’02 CLAS
President
Oppidan

Andrew M. Ioannou '96 VSB
EVP, Finance & Acquisitions
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

Michael J. Jones ’85 VSB
Managing Director, Head of Securitized Product Sales
Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Katie Kennedy ’06 VSB
Senior Vice President
Truist

Chris Kosonen ’02 VSB
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan

Kristin Kuney ’00 CF
Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Liquid Real Assets

Goldman Sachs

Edward A. Liva VSB PA ’09, ’10, '12, '17
Professor of Practice
Villanova School of Business

Peter Lloyd '92 VSB
CFO
EQT Exeter

 

Albert L. Lord III '19 PA
Founder and CEO
Lexerd Capital Management LLC

Richard S. Lyon ’78 VSB
Executive Vice President, Commercial Real Estate
Capital One Bank, Retired

John Mambrino '85 VSB
Executive Managing Director
Savills Studley, Inc.

Matthew McDevitt
Partner
Warren Avenue

James P. Meehan ’71 VSB
President
RealMarq Corporation

Jeffrey J. Milanaik ’15 PA
Partner
Bridge Industrial

Jonathan Miniman '01 VSB
Principal
CBRE Investment Management

Samuel J. Morreale ’81 VSB
Founder & Managing Partner
Vision Real Estate Partners

Thomas M. Mulroy ’85 VSB
Chairman & CEO
T-REX Capital Group, LLC

Daniel F. O’Dea ’75 VSB
President
Delphi Affordable Housing Group, Inc.

Matt Orosz ’06 VSB
Vice President
Hanover Capital Partners

Dominick L. Paragano ’80 VSB
President
Paragano Commercial

Paul A. Pearson ’77 VSB
Principal
Pearson Partners, Inc.

Chuck Peterson '02 VSB
President
Piton Insurance Group & Financial Services

Steve Rado ’94 VSB
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Gorr Sahakian ’15 VSB
Vice President
Hovnanian Industries

William J. Sales ’67 VSB
President
Tishman Realty Corporation

Jessica M. Scully, CPM ’96 LAS
President
Scully Company

Gary Silvi
President
Vesper Property Group LTD

Jeff Steigerwalt
President
Malvern Bank

John Strzalka '04 VSB
Chief Financial Officer
TCII Capital Group

Jeffrey A. Taschler
Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer
UBS Investment Bank

Mike Tepedino
Managing Partner
Blue Light Capital

Mark Thomson '05 VSB
Senior Managing Director & Head of Philadelphia Office
JLL

Joseph F. Tufariello ’87 VSB
Managing Director, Real Estate Capital Markets
Wells Fargo Bank

Tom Venables
President and CEO
Taramax USA, Inc.

James P. Vesey ’81 VSB
Principal
Vesey Capital

Ketan Vora '18 PA
Principal
Edgewater Group LLC


Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate
Villanova School of Business
800 East Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
(610) 519-4476
vsb.realestate@villanova.edu

Shawn Howton, PhD
Faculty Director
shawn.howton@villanova.edu

Jessica Taylor
Director
jessica.taylor@villanova.edu

Benjamin Scheick, PhD
Associate Professor & Associate Department Chair
benjamin.scheick@villanova.edu

Charlie Davidson
Associate Professor of the Practice
charles.davidson@villanova.edu

Carly Gulasarian
Program Administrator
carly.gulasarian@villanova.edu

Tony Ziccardi
Center Fellow
anthony.ziccardi@villanova.edu

The Nova Next Council is a group of young and ambitious members of the Villanova real estate community who provide strategic guidance on the Center’s mission, activities, curricula and professional development opportunities. 


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