Staff Directory

Nareit is the worldwide representative voice for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. Meet the individuals who work on the industry’s behalf.

Nareit Staff

President & Chief Executive Officer

Steven A. Wechsler
swechsler@nareit.com

Communications & Industry Affairs

Matthew Bechard Executive Vice President, Communications & Industry Affairs mbechard@nareit.com
Yusrah Adebayo Senior Coordinator, Industry Affairs yadebayo@nareit.com	Jeanne Arnold Vice President, Industry Communications jarnold@nareit.com
AuriaJoy Asaria Director, Membership aasaria@nareit.com	Tracie Betts Director, Meetings tbetts@nareit.com
Sarah Borchersen-Keto Vice President & Editorial Director sborchersen-keto@nareit.com	Pamela Coleman Senior Vice President, Meetings pcoleman@nareit.com
Patrick Connors Senior Coordinator, Digital Media pconnors@nareit.com	Katie Feldman Senior Vice President, Communications kfeldman@nareit.com
Chris Flood Senior Vice President, Business Development cflood@nareit.com	Kyle Gustafson Vice President, Digital Media kgustafson@nareit.com
Wesley Kirk Vice President & Creative Director wkirk@nareit.com	Katelyn Rowland Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs krowland@nareit.com
Diane Rusignola Senior Director, Industry Content drusignola@nareit.com	Jade Turpin Director, Marketing jturpin@nareit.com

Finance

Roberto Diaz Executive Vice President, Finance & Fiscal Management rdiaz@nareit.com
Frederick Biney Controller fbiney@nareit.com	Christopher Dunlap Vice President, Finance cdunlap@nareit.com
Caroline Forrey Accounting Coordinator cforrey@nareit.com

Operations

Victor Dristas Executive Vice President, Operations vdristas@nareit.com
Patti McGraw Senior Director, Database & Operations pmcgraw@nareit.com	Tiffany McKever Manager, Administration tmckever@nareit.com
Tioni Simmons Senior Director, Human Resources tsimmons@nareit.com	Margaret Solaqua Senior Director, Office Support msolaqua@nareit.com

Policy & Public Affairs

Cathy Barré Executive Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs & General Counsel cbarre@nareit.com
Dara Bernstein Senior Vice President & Tax Counsel dbernstein@nareit.com	Afia Boone Vice President, Social Responsibility & Industry Affairs aboone@nareit.com
Robert Dibblee Senior Vice President, Government Relations rdibblee@nareit.com	Christopher T. Drula Senior Vice President, Financial Standards cdrula@nareit.com
John H. Jones Senior Vice President, Government Relations jjones@nareit.com	Selma Lazo Policy & Public Affairs Coordinator slazo@nareit.com
Jessica Long Senior Vice President Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability jlong@nareit.com	Steven Lowery Vice President, Government Relations slowery@nareit.com
Gladys Quinto Marrone Executive Director, Nareit Hawaii gmarrone@nareit.com	Chania Miller Policy & Public Affairs Coordinator cmiller@nareit.com
Victoria Rostow Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Deputy General Counsel vrostow@nareit.com	Ayris T. Scales Senior Vice President, Social Responsibility & Global Initiatives ascales@nareit.com

Research & Investor Outreach

John Worth Executive Vice President, Research & Investor Outreach jworth@nareit.com
John Barwick Vice President, Index Management & Industry Information jbarwick@nareit.com	Nicole Funari Vice President, Research nfunari@nareit.com
Abigail F. McCarthy Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs amccarthy@nareit.com	Nishi Mehta Analyst, Research & Industry Information nmehta@nareit.com
Ed Pierzak Senior Vice President, Research epierzak@nareit.com	David Sullivan Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs dsullivan@nareit.com
Kurt Walten Senior Vice President, Investment Affairs kwalten@nareit.com