Eric Deraney

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Thor Equities LLC invests as a principal in retail, office, hotel and mixed-use properties. The firm invests in & around metropolitan areas throughout the United States and manages the properties. The company comprises of two divisions, which are Thor Properties, specializing in trophy commercial real estate in urban settings and Thor Urban Development, focusing on retail real estate in urban ethnic markets. The company was founded by Joseph J. Sitt in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY

GE Capital Real Estate provides real estate management services. The company is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Laurus Corp. engages in the provision of real estate investment and development services. It specializes in distressed debt; sub-performing and bank owned assets mitigation; acquisition; and management. The company was founded by Andres Szita and Jean Paul Szita in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The Praedium Group LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Russell Appel and Floyd Lattin. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Crow Holdings Capital Partners LLC is an independent private equity firm founded in 1948. The firm is headquartered in Dallas.

HQ Capital Real Estate LP (CP Capital), a subsidiary of Harald Quandt Family Office GmbH, is a real estate investment firm headquartered in New York. The firm was founded in 1989.

Trilantic Capital Management LP is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2009 . Trilantic Capital Management LP is headquartered in Los Angeles.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Endeavor Global, Inc. is an Venture Capital firm founded in 1997 by Linda Rottenberg, Casares wenceslao and Peter B.Kellner. The firm is headquartered in New York.

J.E. Robert Co., Inc. is a commercial mortgage special servicer. It was originally formed to manage, liquidate, and recover capital on distressed commercial real estate mortgages and assets in the United States on behalf of private institutions & public agencies. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

CRIIMI MAE, Inc. provides real estate investment services. Its services include operating real estate assets, making real estate investments, managing relationships with operating partners, and executing real estate capital market transactions. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

Founded in 2005, PRP LLC is a real estate-focused private equity investment firm located in Washington, DC. The firm was previously known as Perseus Realty Partners

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.