| Timothy Johnson |
Timothy Johnson is currently the Chairman at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. and the Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP. He is also the Head at Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. Previously, he worked as a Vice President at Lehman Brothers, Inc. and as a Principal at Broadpeak LLC. Mr. Johnson completed his undergraduate degree at the College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts). |
| Anthony F. Marone |
Anthony F. Marone is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. He also holds the position of Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer at Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP, Managing Director at Blackstone, Inc., Managing Director-Real Estate at Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund II, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund, Vice President at BXMT Advisors LLC, and Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. In the past, he worked as Vice President & Controller at Capital Trust Inc. Mr. Marone obtained his undergraduate and MBA degrees from Rutgers State University of New Jersey. |
| Michael Bruce Nash |
Michael Bruce Nash is the founder and currently holds the position of Chairman at Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, which was founded in 2008. He is also currently serving as Chairman at Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund since 2014, Chairman at Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund II since 2013, Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. since 2012, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate Income Advisors LLC, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP, and Independent Director at Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. starting in 2024. In his former positions, Mr. Nash served as President & Chief Executive Officer at Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund and Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund Cayman Ltd. He was also an Independent Director at Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. from 2015 to 2019, and La Quinta Holdings, Inc. from 2014 to 2015. Additionally, he held the position of Principal at Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC from 1997 to 2006, Principal at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and Senior Vice President at Barclays Bank Delaware from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Nash completed his undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Albany and earned an MBA from The Leonard N Stern School of Business. |
| Leon Volchyok |
Leon Volchyok is currently the Chairman-Elect at the Institute For Portfolio Alternatives. He also holds the position of Managing Director & Vice President at BREIT Peachtree REIT LLC. In addition, he is the Secretary & Chief Legal Officer at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. and the Secretary, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund, Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund II, Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., and Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund Cayman Ltd. He is also the Chief Legal Officer at Blackstone European Property Income Fund Associates (Lux) SARL. Previously, he worked as a Group Senior Associate-Real Estate Capital Market at Proskauer Rose LLP from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Volchyok graduated from Fordham University School of Law with a graduate degree and from Zicklin School of Business with an undergraduate degree. |
| Austin Pena |
Austin Peña is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS") group and is the Executive Vice President, Investments of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT), a publicly-traded commercial mortgage REIT managed by Blackstone. Mr. Peña is responsible for BXMT’s investment strategy in addition to sourcing loans and other real estate debt investments for the REIT and other investment vehicles managed by Blackstone.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Peña worked at Barclays in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group, where he was involved in advising REITs and other real estate companies on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and capital markets transactions. Mr. Peña previously held a similar role at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Peña graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Kenneth A. Caplan |
Mr. Kenneth A. Caplan is a Global Co-Chief Investment Officer & Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a Chief investment officer at Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP, a Global Co-Chief Investment Officer at Blackstone, Inc., a Global Co-Investment Officer at Blackstone Europe LLP and a President & Senior Managing Director at PAC Artisan at Viera LLC. He is on the Board of Directors at Prep for Prep.
Before joining Blackstone, he was at Lazard Freres & Co. in the real estate investment banking group.
Mr. Caplan received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude. |
| Katharine A. Keenan |
Katharine A. Keenan is currently the President, CEO, Director & Senior MD at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. She is also a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP and a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. Additionally, she serves as a Director at Getting Out & Staying Out and as a Senior MD-Real Estate Debt Strategies at Blackstone, Inc. She is a Member at Wx, Inc. In the past, Ms. Keenan worked as an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Inc. She was also an Associate at Lubert-Adler Management Co. LP from 2008 to 2010 and a Vice President at G2 Investment Group LLC. Ms. Keenan completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard College. |
| Leonard W. Cotton |
Leonard W. Cotton is currently an Independent Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. He is also a Director at Case Management Society of America, a Trustee at Bowdoin College, a Member at Mortgage Bankers Association, and a Trustee at Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. In the past, Mr. Cotton served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Centerline REIT, Inc. from 1995 to 2006. He was also the Vice Chairman at Centerline Capital Group, Inc., Centerline Holding Co., and Hunt Mortgage Group LLC from 2006 to 2008. Additionally, he was an Independent Director at FundCore Institutional Income Trust, Inc. from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Cotton held the position of President & Partner at Harbour Realty Advisors from 1992 to 2002. He also served as the President of Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Inc. from 2001 to 2010. Mr. Cotton was a Director at The Real Estate Roundtable. Mr. Cotton obtained an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York in 1972. He also received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College in 1971. |
| Nnenna J. Lynch |
Nnenna J. Lynch is the founder and CEO of Xylem Projects LLC, founded in 2018. She is currently an Independent Director at AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. She also serves as a Director at The Association of American Rhodes Scholars, and the New York Road Runners Foundation. Additionally, she is a Trustee at Villanova University and Van Alen Institute. Her former position was as Head-Development at The Georgetown Co. LLC. Lynch received her undergraduate degree from Villanova University in 1993 and her graduate degree from the University of Oxford in 1996. |
| Thomas E. Dobrowski |
Thomas E. Dobrowski is an Independent Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. He was previously an Independent Director at Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. from 2011 to 2017. He also served as an Investment Committee Member at General Motors Investment Management Corp. from 1969 to 2005 and as a Trustee at Equity Office Properties Trust from 1997 to 2007. Dobrowski holds an MBA from Fordham University and an undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University. |
| Lynne B. Sagalyn |
Lynne B. Sagalyn is an Independent Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. and Director at Regional Plan Association for New York and Skyscraper Museum. She was Vice Chairman at UDR, Inc. from 2010 to 2019 and Vice Chairman at United Dominion Realty LP. She was also a Director at The Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York from 2010 to 2018. She worked as an Associate Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1987 to 1991 and as a Professor at Columbia Business School from 2008 to 2016. She holds a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a graduate degree from Rutgers State University of New Jersey, an undergraduate degree from Cornell University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. |
| Henry N. Nassau |
Henry N. Nassau is an Independent Director at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. and a Trustee at The Episcopal Academy. He is also a Principal at Gabriel Investments. Nassau's former positions include Chief Executive Officer at Dechert LLP, Chairman-Business Department & Partner at Dechert LLP, Director at Procurian USA LLC, and Chief Operating Officer at Actua Corp. Nassau received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and his graduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 1979. |
