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2019 Emerging Trends in Real Estate
                                                                   Speaker Biographies

                           Andy Warren
                           Director, Real Estate Research
                           PwC

                           Andrew “Andy” currently serves as the Director of Real Estate Research. As the
                           Director of Real Estate Research, Andy is responsible for monitoring all aspects
                           of real estate, including space market fundamentals, capital market trends,
                           regulatory changes and operational developments. For the past three years,
Andrew has co-authored the US and Canadian editions of Emerging Trends in Real Estate. Andrew is a
frequent speaker on issues affecting the real estate market and has also authored numerous articles for
internal clients and national real estate publications. Prior to assuming his current role, Andy served as the
Managing Director of Real Estate Research for Principal Global Investors, the fourth largest institutional
real estate manager in the U.S. At Principal, Andy held a progressive level of analyst and management
positions over his 25 year career representing research as a voting member on a variety of real estate
investment funds.

                            Kevin Bryant
                            President
                            Kingsway Development, LLC

                             Kevin Bryant is the Executive Founder and President of Kingsway
                             Development, LLC. “A Driving Force for Economic Development” Kingsway
                             Development is leading community and building development in the Kingsway
                             / Central West End corridor. With over ten years of experience working with
Advisory Boards and key investors to plan extensive corporate expansion as well as renovations of business
and residential buildings, Kevin is working with and leading the community in the Kingsway Development
footprint to advance the redevelopment of Fountain Park and Lewis Place, including over $56 million in
total development investment. In 2017, Kevin established the Collective Work Foundation to support the
philanthropic needs of the Kingsway Redevelopment plan by partnering with the Fountain Park and Lewis
Place neighborhood organizations in an effort to combat problems of urban blight. When he is not working
on the Kingsway development, Kevin runs Conversions Global Marketing, an corporate marketing agency
he founded in 2000.

Jason Hall
                            Founder & CEO
                            Arch to Park LLC

                               Jason Hall is an entrepreneur who is currently creating a new civic-minded
                               investment firm to accelerate growth in the City of St. Louis. Prior to launching
                               his latest venture, Jason was Vice-President of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
                               with the St. Louis Regional Chamber, a member of Missouri Governor Jay
Nixon’s cabinet leading economic development, and the founder of the new Missouri Technology
Corporation (MTC). Through these roles, Jason has been a committed collaborater and key architect of
innovative public-private partnerships, including the Small Business Relief Fund that quickly opened up
lines of capital for Ferguson-area small businesses in 2014; securing a permanent home for the downtown
St. Louis T-Rex Innovation Community, one of the region’s largest and most diverse co-working spaces; and
bringing the Inner City Capital Connections program to St. Louis in 2016. The entrepreneurship policies
that Jason put in place in Missouri in at MTC have directly helped Missouri entrepreneurs raise over $500
million in private capital. Jason began his career in the St. Louis office of Bryan Cave LLP, one of the largest
global law firms, where he served clients across a range of technology sectors in high-stakes matters. The
first in his family to earn a college degree and the first openly LGBT person appointed to a cabinet-level
position in Missouri, Jason is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College and Vanderbilt University Law
School. Jason is the recipient of many awards for his civic work, including the St. Louis County NAACP’s
Legacy Award in 2017.

                            Esther Shin, M.S.W.
                            President
                            USI | Urban Strategies, Inc.

                            Esther Shin is President of Urban Strategies, Inc. She leads a team of
                            professionals with expertise in human capital and economic development to
                            assist communities across the United States. Esther believes that all residents
                            want safe, vibrant neighborhoods to work, live, and play. Esther’s expertise
                            spans the spectrum of community transformation activities that range from
resource development to community engagement to program development and evaluation. Esther has led
or supported securing eleven Choice Neighborhood Implementation grants serving over 100,000 children
and adults in 27 communities, amounting to more than $330 million in federal resources, which has
leveraged more than $3 billion in additional investments. In 2016 Esther was selected by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation for the tenth class of their Children and Family Fellowship. The Fellowship works to
increase the pool of leaders with the vision and ability to frame and sustain major system reforms and
community, capacity-building initiatives that benefit large numbers of children and families. Esther holds a
Master’s Degree from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St.
Louis and Bachelor’s Degrees in both Political Science and English Literature from Washington University in
St. Louis.

Paul Sorenson, M.S.W.
                          Associate Director
                          Community Innovation and Action Center

                            Paul Sorenson leads the Community Innovation and Action Center's regional
                            data strategies, including the formation of the Regional Data Alliance to
                            promote a powerful agenda for how governments, funders, universities, and
                            nonprofits can better use data for community change. Paul previously founded
                            and ran GoodMap, an online tool for nonprofits to organize information about
the services they provided to their communities. He also served as the Director of Strategic Planning at
Grace Hill Settlement House from 2012 to 2017. Paul graduated from the Brown School of Social Work at
Washington University in St. Louis in 2012 and is slowly pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science from the
University of Missouri-St. Louis. He was named one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s 30 Under 30 in 2014
and was a FOCUS St. Louis Impact Fellow as part of its 2016 inaugural cohort.