ULI Dallas-Fort Worth presents Capital Markets - An Annual Signature Event

When

2025-02-13
2025-02-13T07:30:00 - 2025-02-13T10:00:00
America/Chicago

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    Where

    Park City Club 5956 Sherry Ln Ste 1700 Dallas, TX 75225-8028 UNITED STATES

    Pricing

    Standard Pricing Until February 7 Members Non-Members
    Private $45.00 $60.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit $40.00 $55.00
    Retired $40.00 N/A
    Student $40.00 $55.00
    Under Age 35 $40.00 $55.00
    Late Pricing Begins February 8
    Private $55.00 $75.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit $50.00 $70.00
    Retired $50.00 N/A
    Student $50.00 $70.00
    Under Age 35 $50.00 $70.00
    Refunds must be requested on or before COB February 7th, 2025 to be accepted. Any time before or after this date through COB February 12th you may ask to substitute your ticket for another person at no additional charge.

    Join us for our Signature Event on the current state of the Capital Markets. This year's discussion brings together voices from banking, early-stage entrepreneur-focused venture capital, and multi-family lending for an engaging discussion and valuable insights. Our panel of industry experts will discuss where they are seeing opportunities, and how access to capital is affecting development in DFW.

    Thank you to our generous event sponsors:

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    Speakers

    Moderator

    Candace Carlisle

    Senior News Writer, CoStar News

    Candace Carlisle is a senior reporter at CoStar News. An award-winning real estate journalist, Carlisle covers commercial real estate in Texas and beyond for the Washington, D.C.-based news outlet. She's covered the North Texas region and real estate industry for nearly 15 years for publications, such as the Dallas Business Journal, the Dallas Morning News, the Denton Record-Chronicle and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

    Speaker

    Cheryl Alston

    Director and Chief Investment Officer, Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas

    Cheryl D. Alston is the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas, Texas (“ERF”), a $3.7+ billion pension plan for the City’s civilian employees. Cheryl is an independent director on the board of Globe Life Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, and Janus Henderson mutual fund board. Cheryl was named as one of the most influential corporate directors by Women Inc. Magazine and one of the most influential Black corporate directors by Savoy Magazine. Cheryl received a Presidential Appointment from President Barack Obama to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Advisory Committee. She has served as an independent director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. Cheryl is active in the community and has served on non-profit boards and foundations including TIDES, The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) and Clara Lionel Foundation. Cheryl was recognized by D CEO Magazine Power 500, Institutional Investor magazine, Dallas Power 50, and the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) Pacesetter award. Cheryl has an M.B.A. in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School at New York University and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Speaker

    James Ray

    Director, MetLife Investment Management

    James Ray is a Director at MetLife Investment Management in Dallas, Texas. He oversees regional commercial real estate acquisitions and has sourced, negotiated, and closed investments totaling $2.5 billion across all major product types. Prior to joining MetLife’s Dallas team, he worked in MetLife Investments headquarters and focused on portfolio management, loan sales, and portfolio acquisitions. Since moving to Dallas in 2010, James has invested significant time and energy into improving local education systems. After Dallas ISD elections were cancelled in 2011 due to a lack of candidate interest, James co-founded DallasKidsFirst, which helped spur voter engagement. DKF has scored 40+ school board candidates, raised more than $800,000, knocked on 30,000 doors, sent 80,000 mailers and registered hundreds of new voters. James has served as an adjunct faculty member at New York University, UNT, and SMU and currently teaches undergraduate and MBA classes at SMU. Additionally, he co-founded CRE Analyst, an open-enrollment commercial real estate training program aimed at giving women, people of color, and ex-military members tools to enter and thrive in commercial real estate. James received a B.S. in Economics from Arizona State University and an M.S. in Real Estate with a finance major from New York University. James is a member of ULI, The Real Estate Council of Dallas and has been a member of TREC’s PAC board, education committee and ALC steering committee. James has been to Dallas Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, D CEO's Dallas 500, and the Dallas Regional Chamber's Leadership Dallas.