2026 Real Estate Challenge Judges

Lea Ann Fowler
Partner | NAIOP Past President
Hogan Lovells US LLP

Peter Merrion
Senior Managing Director –
Denver Capital Markets Co-Head
NAIOP Board Member
JLL Capital Markets

Brian Hart, PE
Director of Civil Engineering
Redland

Jason Newcomer, LEED AP
Senior Vice President Development
Realberry

Bill Jenkins
Town Councilmember
Town of Timnath

Katie Sundby
Principal, Due Diligence & Transactions
Ares Management Corporation

Halie Keal
Vice President of Development
Wood Partners

NAIOP Corporate Chair
Celeste Tanner
President | NAIOP Corporate Chair
Confluent Development, L.L.C.

Jason Kleinhelter
Director of Project Management
Saunders Construction

Cooper Williams
President | Principal | NAIOP Board Member
Essex Real Estate Capital Advisors