Looking to the Horizon – the 2025 REIT Market Outlook
Speakers
John Worth
Executive Vice President, Research and Investor Outreach
Nareit
John D. Worth is the executive vice president for research and investor outreach at Nareit, where he leads Nareit’s internal and external research efforts and directs Nareit’s investor outreach and education initiatives. Prior to joining Nareit, Worth founded the Office of the Chief Economist of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), spent nearly a decade at the U.S. Treasury where he served as the Director of the Office of Microeconomic Analysis and served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomics, and worked as a consultant for Welch Consulting and the RAND Corporation. He is a graduate of George Washington University and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southern California.
Gina Szymanski
Managing Director & Lead Portfolio Manager
AEW
Gina Szymanski is managing director and lead portfolio manager of North America REITs for AEW’s Real Estate Securities Group, where she is also a member of the Global Securities Allocation Committee. Gina plays an integral part within the firm’s senior leadership team, actively contributing to the firm’s overall strategic vision and direction. Prior to joining AEW, Gina worked at Putnam Investments for over 15 years, where she was the REIT portfolio manager for Putnam’s Research Fund, a senior member of the Global Equity Research team, and a portfolio member of the Quantitative Equity Research team. Before joining Putnam Investments, Gina held finance positions at CIBC World Markets and Matson Driscoll & Damico Ltd. In 2019, Gina was selected as the winner of Bonhill Group’s 2019 Women in Asset Management Award for the Real Estate category. Gina earned an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo and an MS in computational finance from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a CFA.
Rick Romano
Managing Director, Head of Global Real Estate Securities
PGIM Real Estate
Rick J. Romano is a managing director and head of the Global Real Estate Securities (GRES) business at PGIM Real Estate. Based in New Jersey, Rick is the chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager for all GRES funds and investments. He is a member of PGIM Real Estate’s Americas Executive Council, Global Investment Committee, UCITS Governance Council, and Defined Contribution Investment Committee. Previously, Rick was a portfolio manager responsible for management of North America public securities investments and the global chief risk officer for all GRES funds and investments. Rick joined PGIM Real Estate in 1998, and before that Rick was an analyst at Rockefeller & Co. and Prudential Realty Group. Rick has a bachelor's degree from Rutgers College, a Master of Business Administration in finance from New York University's Stern School of Business and is also a CFA charter holder.
Lindsay Dutch
Retail & Industrial REITs Senior Analyst
Bloomberg Intelligence
Lindsay Dutch, CFA is a consumer hardlines and REIT equity analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, specializing in retail and industrial within commercial real estate sector. Lindsay has been with Bloomberg for over 15 years, and a part of our research department, Bloomberg Intelligence, since 2010. Prior to covering commercial real estate (beginning in 2014) and consumer hardlines (2022), she covered property and casualty insurance as well as transportation companies. She earned her CFA charter in 2011, and graduated cum laude from Lafayette College in 2007 with a bachelor’s of science in mathematics and a minor in economics.
Jeffrey Langbaum
Senior REIT Analyst
Bloomberg Intelligence
Jeffrey Langbaum is a senior analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, a real-time, interactive industry research platform available on the Bloomberg Professional service. Mr. Langbaum focuses on commercial and residential real estate trends and market performance, specializing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) which invest in commercial real estate focused on the multi-family residential, office, and health-care sectors. Prior to joining Bloomberg Intelligence in 2012, Mr. Langbaum covered the REIT market at Ladenburg Thalmann, WJB Capital Group, Barclays Capital and Bear Stearns. Mr. Langbaum earned a bachelor's of science degree in finance from the University of Maryland.