board Meetings
Members meet formally bi-yearly, over a day and a half, on campus in the Fall and in conjunction with the Harvard Real Estate Symposium in the Spring. Board meetings allow members to engage fellow alumni working in the real estate arena to build community and foster dialogue. Meetings include intimate networking receptions at signature Harvard venues, presentations by Harvard faculty and industry luminaries, roundtables designed for members to engage in lively discussions of predefined real estate-facing themes, and opportunities to mentor Harvard students studying real estate.
FALL 2025
Thursday and Friday, September 18-19, 2025
Cambridge, MA
FEATURED SPEAKERS AND PANELS
The Future of Work in the Era of Generative AI Joseph Fuller (AB ‘79, MBA ‘81)
Professor of Management Practice Harvard Business School
From Here to There: Real Estate Education at Harvard
Jerold Kayden (AB '75, MCRP and JD '79)
Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design
Founding Director, Master in Real Estate Program Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
Cass R. Sunstein (AB '75, JD '78)
Robert Walmsley University Professor
Harvard Law School
Panel - Avoiding the Doom Loop: What Differentiates Cities That Evolve and Grow from Those That Don’t?
Moderator: Fred Cooper (MPP ’84), HAREB Programming Chair
Jed Howbert (AB '98), Founder, Rumsey Company
D. Scott McLain (AMDP ’07), Principal and Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate
Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist and Global Head of Forecasting, Cushman & Wakefield
Kairos Shen, Chief of Planning, City of Boston
Panel - Critical Minerals and the Future of the Global Economy
Moderator: Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Chris Miller (AB '09), Professor of International History, Tufts
SPRING 2026
Thursday and Friday, April 9-10, 2026
Cambridge, MA
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 9, 2026
5:00-6:00 pm: New Member Orientation
6:00-9:00 pm: Talk and Reception
Friday, April 8, 2026
7:45-8:45 am: Mentoring Breakfasts
8:30 am - 3:30 pm: Registration and Session
3:30-4:30: Resume Reviews
Saturday, April 10, 2026
The Harvard Real Estate Symposium
REGISTRATION
Registration will begin in February 2026
