Dave is Managing Director at Green Street, a preeminent independent research and advisory firm concentrating on the commercial real estate industry in North America and Europe. He conducts the firm's strategic research, which focuses on topics across property sectors in the public and private markets. The objective of Green Street’s strategic research is to inform property investors’ decision-making process. Frequent themes include public-private market valuation, market selection, demographics, policy, and technological disruptors. Additional areas of focus specific to REITs include capital allocation, balance sheet management, and corporate governance. Dave regularly meets with the firm’s top clients, including some of the world's leading institutional investors, investment banks, brokers and owners. And he speaks frequently at real estate industry conferences. Dave is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) - serving as Chair of the Technology and Real Estate Council. Dave is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit), the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). Previously, he led the firm’s residential research team, covering the apartment, single-family rental, student housing, manufactured housing, and self-storage sectors. Prior to joining Green Street in 2013, Dave developed and led the REIT research effort at Zelman & Associates. Before that, he was a member of the REIT teams at ISI Group and Merrill Lynch. Dave earned an M.A. in International Business from the University of Florida and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.