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Board of Governors

President

(2021-Present)

Christopher W. Meisner, CFA®, CRI®, OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

Mr. Meisner is a senior commercial mortgage loan producer at OneAmerica. He has 20 years of experience in the investment and real estate finance field (15 at OneAmerica). His current responsibilities include originating new commercial mortgage loans for OneAmerica’s balance sheet portfolio, managing correspondent and borrower relationships covering a quarter of the United States and assisting with special projects.

Prior to joining OneAmerica, Chris spent 5 years in various roles in the commercial mortgage and real estate department of Summit Investment Partners/Union Central Life Insurance Company. He was responsible for reviewing lease opportunities for the Real Estate Owned portfolio, handling loan work-outs and modifications, originating balance sheet and CMBS loans and selling participating interests in loans to other life insurance companies.

Chris received his bachelor’s degree in finance from the Ohio State University and his MBA from Xavier University. He is a CFA® charterholder and CRI® charterholder. Mr. Meisner is currently a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association CREF Green Lending Roundtable.

 

Past Presidents

Daniel J. Phelan, CRI®, CMB, CCMS, CEO, PSRS

(2017-2021)

John Waldeck, CRI®, CMB, Managing Director, Pacific Life Insurance Co

(2011-2016)

Robert Stout, CRI®, Q10 Capital LLC

(2010-2011)

David Zachar, CRI®, Retired

(2009-2010)

Jack Cohen, CRI®, Stronghill Capital LLC

(2008-2009)

Mark Fisher, CRI®, Retired

(2006-2008)

Charlie Knudsen, CFA®, CRI®, QuadCapital Advisors, LLC

(2005-2006)

Thomas F. Wratten, CRI®, Retired

(2000-2005)

Vice President

(2021-Present)

John W. Maher, CRI®, Great-West Financial

Mr. Maher joined Great-West Financial® in October 2021. He is a part of the Commercial Mortgages Investment team where he is responsible for originating commercial mortgages in select US markets.

Mr. Maher graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 2001 and received his Masters of Business Administration degree with a focus in real estate from Boston College in 2008. Mr. Maher has over 20 years of investment management experience with over 15 years of dedicated real estate investment experience. Mr. Maher is a Chartered Real Estate Investor (CRI®).

Secretary

(2022-Present)

Tyler J. Haskovec, CRI®, Vice President, Securian Asset Management

Mr. Haskovec is Vice President of commercial mortgage loans at Securian Asset Management. His current responsibilities include originating new commercial mortgage loans in several markets.  He has over 20 years of real estate experience with 17 related to real estate finance. Prior to joining Securian, Tyler worked for OneAmerica and AEGON originating mortgages.  He started his career in appraisal at the Real Estate Research Corporation.

Tyler received his bachelor’s degree in finance and real estate from the University of Northern Iowa and his MBA from the University of Louisville. He is a CRI® charterholder.

Treasurer

(2017-Present)

Joseph (Joe) Burke, CRI®, Senior Managing Director / Asset Management, Servicing, and Insurance, PPM Finance, Inc.

Mr. Burke joined PPM America in July 1998 and is currently involved in several aspects of the Commercial Real Estate Group. His responsibilities include loan production in several major US metropolitan markets, oversight of the servicing function for the real estate mortgage portfolio ($8 billion), insurance, asset management of real estate equities and problem loans, and serving on the Investment Committee for new real estate investments and the Surveillance Committee for existing mortgage investments.

Mr. Burke has 35 years of experience in real estate investment working at several prominent financial institutions. Prior to joining PPM, Joe had been at Fortis Advisors in New York, Allstate Life and Principal Financial. Mr. Burke has been active in the Mortgage Bankers Association having served as the chairman of the Portfolio Investors committee and is currently Treasurer of the Charter Realty Investor Society and serves on its Board of Directors.

Mr. Burke earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin and has completed graduate work at NYU and DePaul University. Mr. Burke has earned the CRI® and the Fellow, Life Management Institute designations and is a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Committee Positions

Past President

Daniel J. Phelan, CRI®, CMB, CCMS, PSRS

Associate Working Group

Marcus McKinney, OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

Social Media/Website Committee

John W. Maher, CRI®, Great-West Financial

Christopher W. Meisner, CFA®, CRI®, OneAmerica Financial Partners

John Waldeck, CRI®, CMB, Pacific Life Insurance Company

Test Review Committee

Anthony D. Frook, CRI®, Americo Life

MBA Liaison

Gail E. Griffith-Roch, Director, Commercial / Multifamily Educational Content, Mortgage Bankers Association

Application Review

Steven T. Holland, CRI® OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

Governors-Charter Members

Joseph Burke, CRI®, PPM Finance, Inc.

John W. Maher, CRI®, Great-West Financial

Jack M. Cohen, CRI®, Stronghill Capital LLC

Christopher W. Meisner, CFA®, CRI®, OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

Anthony D. Frook, CRI®, Americo Life

Daniel J. Phelan, CRI®, CMB, CCMS, PSRS

Steven T. Holland, CRI® OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

Patrick C. Sargent, Partner, CRI®, Andrews Kurth, LLP

Tyler J. Haskovec, CRI®, Securian Asset Management

Robert M. Stout, CRI®, Q10 Capital

Colleen Larkin, CRI®, New York Life Real Estate Investors

John M. Waldeck, CRI®, CMB, Pacific Life Insurance Company

Governors-Emeritus

Thomas F. Wratten, CRI®, CRI® Founder

Governors-Associate Members

Jesse Levin, The Standard*

Marcus McKinney, OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.*

Wade O’Neil, AEW*

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