Meet the Speakers

Get inspired by the voices shaping the future of real estate, from top executives to bold innovators.

Aaron Metaj
Senior Director of Sales at Lima One Capital
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Alec G. Bashein
Vice President of Sales at CapFree Xchange
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AnneMarie Murphy
SEVP at First Bank of the Lake
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Anthony Kazazis
Founder & Director of One National Real Estate
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Austin Wilson
Principal & Broker in Charge at RealtyLink
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Barbara Wilkinson
Senior Business Development Executive at The CE Shop
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Bill Fairman
Fund Manager at Carolina Capital Management
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Brian Reed
Intelligence Director at CBRE
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Brian Young
Senior Director & Managing Broker at Sojourner Properties
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Caleb Hamby
Loan Officer at Appalachian Development Corporation
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Carter Groomes
SVP of Lending at Renovo Financial
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Cherish Benton
Co-Founder of The OrangeByte
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Daniel J. Doyle
President and COO at The Beach Company
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David Dykes
Editor of Integrated Media Publishing
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David Mildenberg
Editor of Business North Carolina
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Derek Helms
SVP Reverse Lending at Fairway Home Mortgage
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Dr. Elaine M. Worzala
Clinical Professor of Finance at Clemson University
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Dre Medici
CEO of Grow With Us Agency & Co Founder of Linkme
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Drew Culkin
Loan Officer at Oakmont Commercial
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Edward R. Ainbinder
SVP National Sales at GMC Gradient Mortgage Capital
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Eileen Sakolsky
Sales Manager at CapFree XChange
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Enrique Gomez
President of Commercial Mortgage Depot
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Felicia Seedorf
VP of Sales at Encore Appraisal Management
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Frank Cason
President of Cason Developments
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Genie McGee
SVP Reverse Lending at Fairway Home Mortgage
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Greg Gianoplus
National Reverse Program Manager at Guaranteed Rate
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JD Lehman
Director Capital Markets Division at Aline Capital
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Jake Newcomb
VP Senior SBA BDO at Climate First Bancorp
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Jeff Pirhalla
Managing Director at Oak Real Estate Partners
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Jim Costello
Chief Economist at MSCI Real Assets
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John Baczewski
President at Real Estate Fiduciary Services
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Josh Woodward
CEO of Lima One Capital
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Juan M. Barcelo
Senior Vice President of Sales at Silver Hill Capital
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Justin Thompson
CRO at Asteris Lending
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Keke Jackson
COO of GVL Real Estate Productions
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Ken Wood
AVP at Silver Hill Capital
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Kyle Lambert
Founder & CEO of Action Hero Marketing
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Laurie Prickett
Senior Vice President of Economic Develop at Invest Atlanta
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Lucas Bowens
Founder & CEO of GVL Real Estate Productions
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Mariana Taramasco
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson at SERHANT.
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Marissa Locascio
SVP & Chief Compliance Officer at 1031 Corp
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Mark Montano
Regional Sales Manager at Exponential Mortgage
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Martin Borrow
Co-founder of Airestate
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Mary Katherine Phillips
Senior Director of Investments at Edens
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Matthew Klein
President of Short Sales R Us
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Meyer Saffatti
Vice President of Business Development at Alto Capital
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Micah Williams
Senior Associate at Lee Associates
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Michael Boggiano
Founder & Chief Trainer at Academy for Commercial Lending
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Mona Shah
Managing Partner at Mona Shah & Associates Global
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Nathan Trunfio
Chief Strategy Officer at Genesis Capita
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Patrick Corless, Jr.
Principal - Survey / Geospatial Practice Lead (NC & SC) at CEC
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Paul Farrington
Vice President of SFR Portfolio Lending at LendingOne
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Paul Louie
Founder at Essencap Funding LLC
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Reggie Bell
President & Chief Executive Officer of RealOp Investments
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Reneika Lightbourne
Business Development Executive at Advanta IRA
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Richard Blackwell
Vice President of Business Development at Agracel
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Ronald Cannucci
Vice President at Finance of America Commercial
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Susie Shannon
President & CEO of the South Carolina Council on Competitveness
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Tom Evans
EVP Reverse Marketing and Tech at Fairway Home Mortgage
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Tom Tamrack
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson at SERHANT.
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Vinny Muratore
President SBA Division at Stone Bank
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Wallace Cheves
Principal of Cheves Capital
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