Participant Stories
With so many programs on offer, who takes GSD Executive Education programs? Where are they based around the world? And what impact have the programs had on their professional lives? Find out below.
Real Estate Professionals
Jay Anderson
Property Strategist | Jay Anderson Property | Australia
Gilbert Bareng
Founder & CEO | Bareng Corporation | United States
Paul Beasley
Partner | ForeSite Services, Inc. | United States
Josh Bedarian
Chief Housing & Compliance Officer | RCAP Solutions | United States
Forrest Corral
Principal and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) | Praxis Capital | United States
Damian del Toro
President | TWI | United States
Christopher Donald
Real Estate Managing Director | Canada
Kristin Egan
Real Estate Entrepreneur | United States
Adrian Elosua
2nd Generation Real Estate Developer | Mexico
Tim Foote
Real Estate Developer | Australia
Angela Han
Senior Director, Development | PIF Portfolio Company | Saudi Arabia
Adriana Hurtado
Executive Director of Real Estate Investment | Credicorp Capital | Colombia
Steve Hutto
Founder and Managing Director | 40|M | United States
Bo Jackson
Commercial Real Estate Developer | United States
Ariam Kesete
Founder and CEO | AK Development | United States
Ahmed Irfan Khan
Founder and CEO | Asfar Developers LLC | United States
Anthony Leighs
Founder and Managing Director | Leighs Construction Limited | New Zealand
Jake Leonard
Project Manager | Wallick Construction | United States
Paul Linet
Founder & President | 3i HoME | United States
Brian K. McPherson
Vice President of Housing Initiatives | Making Opportunity Count | United States
Lan Mi
Principal | Cobblestone Capital | United States
Aida Nessimi
Florida & NY Real Estate Broker/LEED Green Associate | United States
Vince Nguyen
International Business Strategist | United States
Akintola Oladejo
Chief Executive Officer | Prestigious Homes Limited | Nigeria
Courtney Poulos
CEO and Broker | ACME Real Estate | United States
John Silich
President and CEO | United States
Naomi Swertfeger
President | United States
Adeniyi Tinubu
CEO of Hudders Field Property Agency | Nigeria
Joanne Thorlby
Operations at Watson Group | New Zealand
Alexandros-Arkadios Tsavdaroglou
President of Schediasmos S.A | Greece
Mike Yang
Founder and Managing Director of Modun Group | Australia
Allison Zimmerman
Owner and Broker-In-Charge | Cooke Property Inc. | United States
Architects & Designers
Mishaal Almaimani
Development & Design Director | Saudi Arabia
Lina Alvarez
Workplace Strategist | Canada
Maria Cristina Bianchessi
Director of Architecture and Design | Brazil
Maria Cao
Design & Workplace Experience Manager | United Arab Emirates
Gustavo Carmona
Design Principal | MATERIA | Mexico
Julián Castillo Holzheu
Architect | PRO | Guatemala
Didier Ho
Principal Director | DH Architecture LTD | Mauritius
CC Lee
President & CEO | STOA Architects | United States
Allyse Li
Founding principal of RAAW Design Group | Canada
Erik Lucken
Strategy Leader | Gensler | United States
Heather McGinn-Girón, AIA, NOMA
Founding Principal | Studio Even Odd Architecture and Design | United States
Rafa Selman
Principal / Managing Architect | Dominican Republic
Sonya Simmonds
Interior Architect and Workplace Strategist | Sweden
Steve Tatham
Theme Park Designer | United States
Esther Varkay
Architect – Project Manager | IFC (International Finance Corporation) | United States
Bo Westerlinck
Senior Design Architect | 3XN/GXN Architects | United States
Public Sector
Bineta Diallo
Senegalese Housing Bank | Senegal
Stéphane Giguère
CEO | Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCHC) | Canada
Justin Hartzell
Facilities and Capital Projects Manager | Baltimore County Public Library | USA
Brandi Henderson
Supervisory Client Solutions Manager | United States
Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Community Development (PHCD)
Alex R. Ballina (Director), and Nathan Kogon | United States
Tony Richards
Vice President of Equitable Business Development | MassHousing | United States
Darrell O’Quinn
Council President, District 5 of the Office of the Birmingham City Council | United States
Bhavna Sivasubramanian
Housing Research Planner | United States
Ikenna Udejiofor
Administrator | Prince George’s County Government, Office of Central Services | United States
Legal, Tech, & Other Areas
Andrea Briceño
Value Realization Evangelist | Adobe | Canada
Maria Teresa Camodeca
Innovation Project Manager | United States
Patrícia Carneiro
Principal Associate | Portugal
Peter Joseph
Sales Executive | United States
Matthew Sheehy
University Librarian | United States