Molly McCabe, CEO & Founder, HaydenTanner Co-Founder, The Lotus Campaign, A veteran of the Real Estate Industry, Molly describes herself as a Scout, MapMaker and BridgeBuilder. When she's not raising capital or working on an development project you can find her hanging out with her Social Media Team (aka, her dogs) someplace outside. Molly co-founded The Lotus Campaign, a non-profit firm, to bring a private sector solution to increase the availability of homes for people experiencing homelessness by engaging the private, for-profit real estate community. (www.lotuscampaign.org) She founded HaydenTanner after spending many years in commercial real estate finance, capital markets and development. She has spent her career cultivating practical solutions and strategies to accelerate the emergence of resilient buildings and vibrant, sustainable cities. Now she works with clients to channel investment capital to optimize asset and portfolio level returns, enhance resiliency, community vibrancy and livability while meeting economic objectives. Recent work has focused on Qualified Opportunity Funds and Opportunity Zones. Molly is Chair Emeritus of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Responsible Property Investment Council, former board member of the Center for Sustainability and Economic Prosperity and current board member of The Fresh Water Trust. She is also the author of the book: Practical Greening: The Bottom Line On Sustainable Property Development, Investment and Financing and “Driving value: Responsible and Resilient Property Investing in the New Millennium” for Institutional Real Estate Investor. She has taught at the Boston Architectural College and has lectured at Pinchot University. Previously she founded VC funded, commercial mortgage backed securities firm, Bridger Commercial Funding, ran Bank of America’s Real Estate Capital Markets group and was a commercial construction lender with Wells Fargo Bank. She is a trained mediator, professional business coach and LEED AP.

National expert in lan develooment, affordable housing, eonomic development and urban revitalization.

Cameron Arial founded Clearwater Financial in 2015 and has been in municipal services for over 18 years. He is passionate about representing his clients’ best interest and is known for his use of competition to achieve superior and transparent results. Cameron is a pioneering municipal advisor, presented numerous times at municipal conferences, and mentored other municipal advisors. He also has a unique understanding of development and has successfully developed numerous municipal and commercial projects in multiple states. His expertise spans the entire development process: site selection & procurement, entitlement, and construction management. He has assisted countless municipalities with hundreds of successful projects and financings. Cameron has a Ph.D. in Public Administration and a certificate in Community Planning from Boise State University. He serves on the Urban Land Institute Boards He is a registered Municipal Advisor Principal and holds Series 50, 52, and 54 licenses.

Jill Ferrari has 25 years of experience in catalyzing urban redevelopment. Her background includes private real estate acquisition and development, legal practice, consulting and community development. As CEO of Shelborne Development, Jill successfully secured over $30,000,000 in financing for real estate development projects that focus on neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing. As the Chief Executive Officer of Michigan Community Resources, she led the multimillion-dollar nonprofit to support community economic development in low-income areas throughout Michigan. Through her leadership, the organization launched Neighborhood Exchange, an innovative electronic platform that supports community economic development at all levels. As Director of Community Development for Wayne County, Michigan, she funded hundreds of multifamily and supportive housing units for victims of domestic violence, homeless veterans and youth aging out of foster care. Her management of community development funds helped leverage over $200 Million in private investment. Jill’s approach resulted in comprehensive programming designed to address multiple issues faced by each community. She launched a deconstruction initiative with SER Metro-Detroit and Warm Training Center in 2010 that targeted participants in the US Department of Labor’s Pathways Out of Poverty program. This initiative paired workers with deconstruction projects that were primarily within walking distance of their homes, to minimize barriers caused by lack of transportation. In 2012, she partnered with the Wayne County Jails and Detroit Recovery Project to create a comprehensive re-housing and re-entry program for returning citizens. As an attorney and private real estate developer, she has managed complex Brownfield Redevelopment projects in multiple states. In 2007, she managed the assemblage of an 84-acre Brownfield Redevelopment site in Las Vegas, including all entitlements and financing. This project involved the expansion of the gaming district on Las Vegas Boulevard and securing the largest redevelopment incentive package (including Sales Tax Anticipated Revenue (STAR) bonds) in the City’s history. She managed the packaging of incentives on the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital site and was successful in securing over $12Million in Tax Increment Financing for the Island Lakes at Taylor project. Jill was named a 2017 “Woman of Influence” by the Wayne State University Council on the Status of Women. She is also the 2016 winner of the Melvin Simon Award from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Foundation. She is the current Vice Chair of the Urban Land Institute Michigan District Council, and the founder of ULI Michigan’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, designed to promote leadership for women in the real estate industry. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Detroit and a judge for the annual CREW Real Estate Impact Awards. She is the former Chairman of the Board of CreateDetroit, Inc., Advisory Council member for The Heidelberg Project and has participated in coordinating successful events in Detroit such as The National Summit, the Creative Cities Summit and BravoBravo! for the Detroit Opera House.