OCTOBER 5–6, 2026 | LONG BEACH MARRIOTT
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Summit Speakers*
We’re announcing new speakers often.
The NAWRB Leadership Summit brings together bold voices across real estate, housing, capital, health, energy, climate, technology, business, government, and innovation.
This is where Real Estate is Life comes together — connecting leadership, opportunity, resources, strategy, and the human energy required to rise through change.
Check back often for Summit news, speaker announcements, and behind-the-scenes updates.
Erica G. Courtney
US DOW, Special Operations Command Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: LTC
2020Vet, Inc. Owner & President
Darcy Totten
Executive Director, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls
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Joanne Lucas
VP/Head of Asset Management, CCI
Immediate Past President
CREW Orange County
Dr. Alexandra Cook
Family Office Principal
President & CEO, Dynastillion Sunburt Ventures
Florida & Puerto Rico
Lynn Jochim
Former COO of Five Point, expert in integrating sports, transportation, entertainment, and place.
Traci Petcoff Wong
Principal | Los Angeles Office
Buehler Team
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Monica Morton
President/Investigator/Consultant K.N.O.W. LLC Sports & Entertainment Group
Laura Frank Barnard
Founder & Operator | CFO & Technology Leader | Mobility & AI Entrepreneur
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Bleu Blakslee
Former Sr. Advisor- Emerging Markets & Philanthropy Partners
Save the Children
Teresa Palacios Smith
Chief Inclusion & Engagement Officer HomeServices of America and
HSF Affiliates, LLC
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Essraa Nawar
Assistant Dean - Library Engagement and Program Initiatives
Chair of Library AI Committee
Chapman University
Magda Esola
Founder of Magda Esola Group BSI-Howard Hanna - Sales Manager NAHREP National BOD 2025-2029
Past NAWRB Conference Speakers
Marcia Davies, Chief Operating Officer of Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and founder of mPower
Christina K. Boyle, Chief of Officer, Single-Family Business, Freddie Mac
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, CEO, 2020 Women on Boards, CEO, Berkhemer Clayton Retained Executive Search
Brett Danaher, Assistant Professor of Economics and Management Science at Chapman University
Vanessa Dawson, Founder & CEO of The Vinetta Project
Connie St. John, President & CEO of No Weapon Productions (NWP)
Nicole Cober, Principal Managing Partner of Cober Johnson and Romney (CJR), Legal Analyst, DC Fox News, Board Member, National Women's Business Council (NWBC)
Rachel Beam-Jares, Field Manager - Valuation Department, Fannie Mae
Saul Schwartz, Director, Office of Minority & Women Inclusion, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Scharrell Jackson, Partner, Chief Operating Financial Officer at Squar Milner LLP, CEO & Founder, Leadership in Heels
Jonah Blake, Chief Gaming Officer, Game Fund Parters Group
Jade Garrett, CEO, Positive Deviancy
Helene Schnieder, Regional Coordinator U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
Quinn Palomino, Co-Founder and Principal at Virtua Partners
Teresa Bryce Bazemore, CEO Bazemore Consulting LLC
Hope Atuel, Executive Director, Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA)
Terry Bayer, Director of California Water Service Group
John Figueroa, CEO & Managing Partner of Bailey Cavan Capital LLC, former CEO & Board member Geona Healthcare, former CEO & remains Chairman of Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
Anne Miskey, Chief Executive Officer of Union Station Homeless Services, serving Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley
Kamal Latham, Chief Executive Officer U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (USVIEDA)
Debbie Hoffman, CEO & Founder, Symmerty Blockchain Advisor, Inc.
Jean Bradley, VP, Strategic Business Development Essent Guaranty, Inc.
Terri Billups, Los Angeles District Office SBA Assistant District Director, Economic Development
Cynthia Blanchard, President of Anthem Vault, Inc., Anthem Gold, Inc., & Hercules,SEZC
Veronica Miracle, Reporter, ABC7 Eyewitness News
Zeeda M. Daniele, President & Owner Centeral Park Promotions Inc.
Cindy D.Brittain, Partner Katten Muchin Roseman LLP
Debra Cherry, Executive VP of Alzheimer's Los Angeles & clinical psychologist
Noel Massie, Author, Retired Vice President US Delivery Operations UPS
Christy Alexander, Founder, Med Health Network