ADVISORY COUNCIL

Glenn E. Alba ’94 VSB
President
Opterra Capital

John Alascio '03 CLAS
Vice Chairman
Cushman & Wakefield

Evans Anderson ’99 VSB
Managing Director
Clarion Partners

Michelle Bennett
Executive Vice President
Newport Capital Group

Jeannine T. Bishop ’98 LAW
Partner
Morgan Lewis

Bob Brady ’89 VSB
President/Project Coordinator

Keystone Homes

Kenneth G. Browne ’89 VSB
Partner 
Urban Development Partners, LLC

Stephen J. Butte ’84 VSB ’94 MT
Partner
Bluewater Industrial Partners

Ian Christ '04 VSB
Executive Director
PGIM Real Estate

Brian Cheripka ’96 CLAS
Principal
Starfield Companies

James A. Cowan ’89 VSB
Director of Capital Markets
MC Companies

Gordon Daniels '18, '19 PA
Principal
Land Services USA, Inc.

Vincent DiDomenico ’88 VSB
Founder and Managing Member
Delta Equity Management, L.L.C.

Daniel M. DiLella ’73 VSB (Chair)
Chairman
Equus Capital Partners, Ltd.

Scott J. Good ’00 VSB
Partner
Cooper Levenson

Robert Grudzinski '09 VSB
Senior Vice President
US Bank

Philip Guida '09 VSB
Co-Founder and Principal
Arileus Capital

Jesse Harty '03 VSB
Head of Logistics
CBRE Investment Management

Katie Kennedy ’06 VSB
Senior Vice President
Truist

Chris Kosonen ’02 VSB
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan

Kristin Kuney ’00 CF
Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Liquid Real Assets

Goldman Sachs

Mike Kusy '14 VSB
Managing Director

Certares Management LLC

Edward A. Liva VSB PA ’09, ’10, '12, '17
Professor of Practice
Villanova School of Business

Peter Lloyd '92 VSB
CFO
EQT Exeter

Albert L. Lord III '19 PA
Founder and CEO
Lexerd Capital Management LLC

Joel McNaughton '02 VSB
Founder
The McNaughton Company

Jeffrey J. Milanaik ’15 PA
Partner
Bridge Industrial

Jonathan Miniman '01 VSB
Principal
CBRE Investment Management

Samuel J. Morreale ’81 VSB
Founder & Managing Partner
Vision Real Estate Partners

Thomas M. Mulroy ’85 VSB
Chairman & CEO
T-REX Capital Group, LLC

Daniel F. O’Dea ’75 VSB
President
Delphi Affordable Housing Group, Inc.

Matt Orosz ’06 VSB
Vice President
Hanover Capital Partners

Dominick L. Paragano ’80 VSB
President
Paragano Commercial

Paul A. Pearson ’77 VSB
Principal
Pearson Partners, Inc.

Ricardo Ruiz ’06 VSB
Partner
PwC

Gorr Sahakian ’15 VSB
Vice President
Hovnanian Industries

Jessica M. Scully, CPM ’96 LAS
President
Scully Company

Gary Silvi
President
Vesper Property Group LTD

Jeff Steigerwalt
Senior Vice President, Regional President
Mid Penn Bank

John Strzalka '04 VSB
Founder
JES Investment

Jeffrey A. Taschler
Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer
UBS Investment Bank

Mike Tepedino
Managing Partner
Blue Light Capital

Mark Thomson '05 VSB
Founder
Love Communities

Tom Venables
President and CEO
Taramax USA, Inc.

James P. Vesey ’81 VSB
Principal
Vesey Capital

Karen Whitt '90 CLAS
President US Real Estate Management Services
Colliers

Emeritus Advisory Council

Richard T. Aljian ’88 CLAS
Partner
Merion Realty Partners

Chip Ashby ’99 CF
Founder
ACRE Development Partners, LLC

Greg Becker '88 VSB
Associate Managing Director
Colliers

Chris Cobb '03 VSB
SVP, Chief Development Officer
Bonaventure

Edward J. DaCosta ’81 VSB
Executive Vice President

CB Richard Ellis

Joseph J. Garibaldi IV  '91 VSB
Vice Chair
Colliers

Jeffrey M. Glackin
Executive Director
Ernst & Young LLP

Christopher P. Haley ’90 VSB
Principal
Palladian Realty Capital

Blake Hastings ’02 CLAS
Executive Vice President
CBRE

Andrew M. Ioannou '96 VSB
EVP, Finance & Acquisitions
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

Michael J. Jones ’85 VSB
Managing Director, Head of Securitized Product Sales
Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Richard S. Lyon ’78 VSB
Executive Vice President, Commercial Real Estate
Capital One Bank, Retired

Matthew McDevitt
Partner
Warren Avenue

James P. Meehan ’71 VSB
President
RealMarq Corporation

Steve Rado ’94 VSB
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Ketan Vora '18 PA
Principal
Edgewater Group LLC

Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate
Villanova School of Business
800 East Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
(610) 519-4476
vsb.realestate@villanova.edu

Shawn Howton, PhD
Faculty Director
shawn.howton@villanova.edu

Jessica Taylor
Director
jessica.taylor@villanova.edu

Benjamin Scheick, PhD
Associate Professor & Associate Department Chair
benjamin.scheick@villanova.edu

Carly Gulasarian Conrad
Program Administrator
carly.gulasarian@villanova.edu

Tony Ziccardi
Center Fellow
anthony.ziccardi@villanova.edu

The Nova Next Council is a group of young and ambitious members of the Villanova real estate community who provide strategic guidance on the Center’s mission, activities, curricula and professional development opportunities. 


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