board Meeting - Fall 2026 + Spring 2027


FALL 2026
Thursday and Friday, November 5-6
Loeb House and Rubenstein Treehouse
Event Schedule l Look Who's Coming

FEATURED PROGRAMMING

Jim Costello 
Executive Director MSCI Research & Development MSCI Research & Development
A Review of Commercial Property Performance through Q3 '26

Nestor Davidson, AB '90
Emma Bloomberg Professor of Real Estate
Director of the Master in Real Estate Program Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Gordon Hanson 
Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy 
Harvard Kennedy School 

Julia Minson
Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
How to Disagree Better

Chris Herbert (MPP '88 and PhD '97)
Managing Director
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Harvard University
State of the Nation's Housing

State of the Nation’s Housing Panel
Moderator: Fred Cooper (MPP '84), Fin River Advisors
Alex Akel (MDes Real Estate '15), Akel Homes 
Tom Grape, Benchmark Senior Living
Chris Herbert (MPP '88 and PhD '97), Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Doug Lyons (MBA '93), Pearlmark

REGISTRATION
Registration is now open. Information has been sent to members via email.

SPRING 2027
Thursday and Friday, April 1-2
Rubenstein Treehouse

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 1, 2027
4:30-5:00 pm: New Member Orientation
5:00-9:30 pm: Talk, Reception and Dinner

Friday, April 2, 2027
7:45-8:45 am: Mentoring Breakfasts
8:30 am - 3:00 pm: Registration, Lunch and Session
3:00-3:30 pm: Resume Reviews

HOTEL
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Atlas Hotel for Thursday, April 1 at a rate of $339++. Reservation information will be included in the event email sent to members in February 2027.

REGISTRATION
Registration will begin in February 2027.