Alan H. Fishman is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ladder Capital. Mr. Fishman has had an extensive career in the financial services industry having served in top executive positions at Washington Mutual Inc., Independence Community Bank, Sovereign Bancorp. and ContiFinancial Corp., and as the Chairman of Meridian Capital Group. Mr. Fishman has been a private equity investor focusing on financial services at Neuberger and Berman, Adler & Shaykin and at his own firm, Columbia Financial Partners LP, and held a variety of senior executive positions at Chemical Bank and American International Group. Mr. Fishman is a member of the board of directors of Santander Holdings USA, Inc. and is the lead independent director, chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Executive and Risk Committees of its subsidiary, Santander Bank, N.A. Mr. Fishman is also Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Chairman of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. Mr. Fishman is on the audit committee at Continental Grain Company, on the board of MDSolarSciences as well as the boards of several other not-for-profit and civic organizations. Mr. Fishman received a B.S. from Brown University and a Masters in Economics...Read More

Brian Harris is a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Ladder Capital. Before forming Ladder Capital in October 2008, Mr. Harris served as a Head of Global Commercial Real Estate at Dillon Read Capital Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS. Before joining Dillon Read, Mr. Harris served as Head of Global Commercial Real Estate at UBS, managing UBS’ proprietary commercial real estate activities globally. Mr. Harris also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of UBS Investment Bank. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Harris served as Head of Commercial Mortgage Trading at Credit Suisse and previously worked in the real estate groups at Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers, Smith Barney and Daiwa Securities. Mr. Harris received a B.S. and an M.B.A. from The State University of New York at Albany.Read More

Pamela McCormack is a Founder and the President of Ladder Capital. Before forming Ladder Capital in October 2008, Ms. McCormack served as Head/Co-Head of Transaction Management – Global Commercial Real Estate at both Dillon Read Capital Management and UBS Investment Bank, managing teams responsible for the structuring, negotiation and closing of all real estate investments globally. Prior to joining UBS, Ms. McCormack was Vice President and Counsel at Credit Suisse and as an associate as leading global law firms. Ms. McCormack received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of St. John’s Mattone Family Institute for Real Estate Law.Read More

Mark Alexander is Head of Technology and Operations at Rockefeller Capital Management, a privately-owned financial services firm offering global family office, asset management and strategic advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Mr. Alexander was the Chief Executive Officer of iCreditWorks, a FinTech start-up that leverages mobile and emerging technologies to transform point-of-care lending between healthcare consumers and professionals. Mr. Alexander has spent his career focusing on financial services, technology and operations, previously serving as an Executive Advisor to McKinsey & Company, Aquiline Capital Partners, and Broadridge Financial Solutions, as well as other advisory services through his company, Latigo Financial Services. Prior to forming Latigo, Mr. Alexander spent 24 years at Merrill Lynch and its successor Bank of America Merrill Lynch, becoming the Chief Information Officer and Head of Technology and Operations for Global Markets and Global Wealth and Investment Management. Mr. Alexander is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and received a B.B.A. from Hofstra University and an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.Read More

Douglas Durst is the chairman and a member of the third generation to lead The Durst Organization, one of the oldest family-run commercial and residential real estate companies in New York City. Mr. Durst joined the Durst Organization in 1968, learning the business from his father, Seymour, and two uncles, Roy and David. Under the leadership of Douglas and his cousin Jody, The Durst Organization built the nation’s first sustainable skyscraper, 151 West 42nd Street (formerly 4 Times Square), and the first LEED Platinum high-rise office tower, The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. Today, the company owns, manages and operates a 13 million square foot office portfolio and nearly 3,500 residential rental units, as well as overseeing the development, management and leasing of One World Trade Center. Douglas is the chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York and he serves as a director of The New School, The Roundabout Theater and Primary Stages. Mr. Durst also serves as a Board member of the Earth Day Initiative. Mr. Durst received a B.A. from the University of California Berkeley and a Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from each of the City University of New York and...Read More

Jeffrey B. Steiner is a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, an international law firm, and has more than 35 years of experience in real estate, real estate finance and real estate capital markets transactions. Mr. Steiner formerly served as the Global Head of the Real Estate Finance Group of McDermott Will & Emery, the co-managing partner of the firm’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Prior to joining McDermott Will & Emery, Mr. Steiner was a Partner at DLA Piper LLP (US), where he was the Global Co-Chairman of the Finance Department and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Steiner received a B.A. from McGill University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.Read More

David Weiner, Senior Vice President/Investments at Stifel, has over 30 years of investment industry experience. Prior to Stifel, Mr. Weiner created and managed Chrome Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor and, prior to founding Chrome, served as a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets, where he ran the equity swap desk and marketed equity derivatives to RBC’s corporate clients. Mr. Weiner has held various equity and fixed income derivative and capital market positions at CALFP, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Lehman Brothers. He received a B.S. from the State University of New York at Albany.Read More