Real Estate Committee
The Real Estate Committee assists the board through oversight and stewardship of real estate matters including identifying and analyzing real estate gift opportunities, and making recommendations about real estate and mortgages for investment purposes. In addition, the committee makes recommendations to the board regarding the directors to be appointed by the foundation to the board of Terrapin Development Company, LLC (TDC).
The board has delegated authority to the committee to: make recommendations about the appropriateness of real estate gifts given to the foundation by donors; review and assess real estate needs of the University of Maryland, College Park, with university staff and legal counsel regarding significant legal and regulatory matters that involve real estate transactions and/or development on campus; provide input and advice regarding the mission and direction of TDC from time to time; and make recommendations to the committee on trustees regarding the directors to be appointed by the foundation to the board of TDC.
It is preferred that the members of the committee have a background in the legal, financial or real estate industries.
Principal and COO, Turner Impact Capital
Executive Vice President, Capital One Financial
Executive Director, Special Projects, St. John Properties/President, Edward St. John Foundation
Board Member & Retired CEO, Wood Partners
William J. "Bill" Fishlinger ’71
Chairman & CEO, Gramercy Risk Holdings, LLC
Alex S. Mehr M.S. ’03, Ph.D. ’03
Co-Founder and CEO of Retail E-Commerce Ventures
Founder, President, and CEO, Under Armour, Inc.
President, The Ramsey Foundation
President and CEO, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
President, Reyes Holdings, LLC
Staff
Chair: Dan Millman
Committee staff: Cynthia Allen
Associate Vice President, Finance and Operations for University Relations
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
UMCP Foundation
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