Dave is Managing Director at Green Street, the preeminent provider of actionable commercial real estate research, news, data, analytics, and advisory services in the U.S. and Europe. He conducts the firm's Strategic Research, which informs property investors’ decision-making process across real estate sectors and metro areas in the public and private markets. Frequent themes include: valuation, performance measurement, capital flows, sector and 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 #1 Institutional Investor ranked REIT research team at ISI Group and Merrill Lynch. Dave earned an Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in International Business from the University of Florida, and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.