Berkeley Finance Conference 2009
Adiel Gorel is the CEO of ICG, a real estate investment firm located in San Rafael, CA
Since the mid 1980’s he has successfully assisted thousands of investors worldwide in purchasing U.S. properties. Through ICG he has personally invested in hundreds of properties for his own portfolio and was involved in the purchase of over 6,000 properties for ICG’s investors all over the United States. Mr. Gorel holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His professional experience includes research, management and director Positions in firms including Hewlett- Packard, and several Biotechnology firms. Mr. Gorel is frequently invited to lecture on residential real estate in the United States, and has been featured on TV, print media and radio numerous times.[back]
Michael B. Jameson, Principal, Prudential Mortgage Capital Company
Mike is a Principal with Prudential Mortgage Capital Company. He is responsible for managing thefirm’s third-party, commercial mortgage asset management business. Mike is located in San Francisco. Between 2001 and 2007, Mike was responsible for loan originations for all capital sources in Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Mike was also responsible for the pricing of General Account loans in his territory. During 1999 and 2000, Mike was involved in Prudential Mortgage Capital's acquisition of The WMF Group, Ltd., a publicly-traded mortgage banking firm headquartered in Vienna, Virginia. Prior to this assignment, he was responsible for originating commercial mortgage loans in the Western United States and selling commercial properties for Prudential’s General Account. Mike joined Prudential in 1990 after receiving his M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to business school, Mike acted as the Assistant to the President for The Shorenstein Company and as a retail leasing agent for Norris, Beggs and Simpson, a regional commercial brokerage firm. He graduated with honors from the University of California at Davis in 1985 with a degree in Economics.[back]
Catharine L. Allor, Regional Director, Northwestern Investment Management Company
Ms. Allor is Regional Director of both debt and equity direct investment for Northwestern Investment Management Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual Life. She is responsible for managing the wholly owned real estate equity account as well as the mortgage loan account in her region, through a staff of 8 asset managers, investment production managers, analysts and staff. Geographically the region consists of all of Northern California (Bay area and Sacramento), Arizona, and Hawaii. Northwestern primarily invests in income producing assets including office, retail, industrial, and multi-family and produces its investments through a combination of both acquisition and development. Northwestern Investment Management Company has an asset base of approximately $150 billion of which roughly 20% is dedicated to real estate mortgages and 5.5% consists of equity real estate. All direct investments are made for Northwestern’s general account. Ms. Allor joined Northwestern in 1989 and spent 12 years in production of new investments before taking over the Regional Director position in May of 2001. She holds a Masters in Business and Real Estate Investment from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and an undergraduate degree from the University of Denver in Finance and Real Estate. Ms. Allor began her career at Security Pacific National Bank in the Northern California Real Estate Industries Group.[back]
