Authors
Rocio Budetta
Rocio Budetta is a Master of Science in Real Estate candidate at the University of San Diego. Her experience includes working in real estate development in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Previously, she worked in the financial sector in Washington, DC. She received her BA in International Studies from the University of Miami.4 Articles
Paul Unger
Paul Unger has been a business journalist for more than 20 years, specialising in property for most of that time. He founded Place North West in 2007, an online business-to-business news publication for property professionals in the North West of England. Readership is now around 100,000 people a month. In 2017 he founded PlaceTech to fill a gap in the market for a dedicated proptech publication.4 Articles
Liz Henderson
Casey Fashouer
Chris Nesbitt
Chris Nesbitt, Broker, MSRE Candidate Chris grew up and went to undergraduate university on the East Coast of the United States and has lived and studied abroad. He will be representing The University of San Diego in California at MIPIM this year as a Candidate of the Master of Science in Real Estate Program. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in California and Texas, is a member of the Urban Land Institute and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and enjoys sailboat racing.4 Articles
Rodney Bruce
Rodney Bruce (rbruce@sandiego.edu) is born and raised in San Diego, CA. He received his Bachelor of Science in Construction Management with a minor in Business from Northern Arizona University. After his undergraduate studies, Mr. Bruce spent the last several years in project management developing a professional career in the construction management industry having worked on large pubic improvement and commercial construction projects. Mr. Bruce is currently pursuing his MBA/MSRE, at the University of San Diego, where after he plans to establish himself as a professional real estate developer.3 Articles
Kurt Morgan Luedtke
Kurt Luedtke graduated from the University of Southern California in May 2014 with a B.S. in Business Administration and immediately relocated to Hong Kong and began working for the commodity trading firm Noble Group. He remained in Asia with Noble until May 2017 and then began a transition into real estate as a current graduate student in the University of San Diego's Masters in Real Estate program. Kurt is fascinated with real estate development, acquisition, value add and asset management in emerging economies and endeavors to continue his career on the international stage after graduation in May 2018.3 Articles
Victor Alfonso
Taylor Stack
Taylor Stack is a graduate student in the University of San Diego’s Master in Real Estate program. Born and raised in San Diego, she received a Bachelor's in Management and Finance from San Diego State University. Her professional background is in grocery retail operations and expansion and she is currently interning for The Port of San Diego in the Real Estate Asset Management Department.3 Articles
Benjamin J. Butler
Benjamin J. Butler (www.benjaminjbutler.com) is a Futurist, Writer, and Catalyst, a resident of Hong Kong who is frequently on the road measuring the pulse of the global economy and society. He recently founded the Emerging Future Institute and writes for Dow Theory Letters, one of the oldest independent financial newsletters in the United States.3 Articles