2019 NMHC Spring Board of Directors Meeting

May 15-17, 2019
Four Seasons Hotel
Chicago, IL
Add to Calendar 05/15/2019 05:00 AM 05/17/2019 05:00 PM America/Chicago 2019 NMHC Spring Board of Directors Meeting Chicago, IL

Online registration is closed.

Please register onsite at the NMHC Registration desk once it opens at 2pm Wednesday, May 15.

The NMHC Spring Board of Directors Meeting brings together senior apartment executives from the industry’s leading firms. This meeting provides Executive Committee and Board members with an invaluable opportunity to candidly share information and insight on issues of common interest.

The Spring Board Meeting is open to NMHC Executive Committee and Board of Directors members only.

Keynote Speaker

Nikki Haley U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
(2017-2019)

Keynote Speaker

Cathy Bessant Chief Operations & Technology Officer
Bank of America

Speaker

Afsaneh Bechloss Founder and CEO
RockCreek

Moderator

Debbie Phillips Principal & President
The Quadrillion

Agenda At-A-Glance

View a more detailed agenda.

Wednesday, May 15
10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.	2019 NMHC Leadership Forum on Diversity & Inclusion (Separate registration required)
2:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Registration
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.	Committee Meetings Emerging Leaders Supplier Partner Alliance
2:45 – 4:30 p.m.	Innovation Committee Meeting (By Invitation Only)
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.	NMHC PAC Committee Meeting
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.	General Session Speaker: Cathy Bessant, Chief Operations & Technology Officer, Bank of America, "Most Powerful Woman in Banking"
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.	Networking Reception

Thursday, May 16
7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Registration
7:45 – 8:15 a.m.	Breakfast Social
8:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	General Session We are in the Fight of Our Lives: How Do We Win? Tackling Affordability: Design & Construction Proof of Concept: The Co-Living Trend Gets Real Tackling Affordability: Opportunity Zones
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.	Networking Lunch
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.	Diversity & Inclusion Committee Meeting
1:15 – 2:00 p.m.	General Session: Rethinking Real Estate Speaker: Dror Poleg, Founder, Rethinking.RE
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Committee Meetings Membership (By Invitation Only) Workforce Housing
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.	Finance Committee Meeting
4:15 – 6:00 p.m.	General Session Impact Investing Speakers: Afsaneh Beschloss, Founder & CEO, The RockCreek Group and Jonathan Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies Speaker: Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2019)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Networking Reception
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.	Dinner

Friday, May 17
7:45 – 11:30 a.m.	Registration
7:45 – 8:15 a.m.	Breakfast Social
8:15 – 11:30 a.m.	General Session Business Meeting The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Doing Business in Chicago Moderator: David Schwartz, Chairman and CEO, Waterton Finding and Nurturing Industry Talent Moderator: Debbie Phillips, Principal & President, The Quadrillion Resilient Chicago Speaker: Stefan Schaffer, Chief Resilience Officer, Chicago Mayor's Office
11:30 a.m.	Meeting Adjourns

Note: The agenda is subject to change. Please be aware that photos may be taken at the meeting and posted online.

Four Seasons Hotel
120 E Delaware Place
Chicago, IL 60611
312/280-8800

We kindly ask that you and your assistant not automatically book registrations/rooms for these meetings unless you are reasonably sure that you'll be able to attend. (Please see "Meeting No Shows" below.)

Room reservations should be made directly with the Four Seasons Hotel by calling the hotel's reservation department at 312/280-8400 and asking for the reservations department. When speaking to the reservation agent, please reference code NH0512 or National Multifamily Housing Council to make a reservation in the group block. Alternatively, attendees can make a reservation online. When entering your travel dates, enter NH0512 in the “Corporate/Promo Code” box. The cut-off date for the block is Friday, April 26. Our group rates are now starting at $425 per night (plus applicable taxes). Please note: if you are making a reservation to check-in before May 14 and/or check-out after May 17, you must call the reservations department to make your reservation.

Rooms are limited and we expect our room block to sell out. If rooms are sold out or you cannot get the group rate, the hotel can place you on the waitlist and will contact you as rooms become available. If your plans change and you need to cancel your reservation at the Four Seasons, please contact Sarita de la Torre at sdelatorre@nmhc.org before canceling with the hotel so she may reassign your room to another NMHC member on the hotel's wait list, if one exists. Please check the NMHC website periodically for hotel update information.

Please Note: Any cancellations after Tuesday, April 16, 2019 will have a charge of one-night room and tax.

Meeting No Shows

NMHC prides itself on bringing the leading apartment industry executives to our Spring and Fall membership meetings. As part of your membership benefit, we’ve also made this event free to attend.

Unfortunately, by not charging a fee, we have found that a significant number of members automatically register for the meeting and book hotel rooms without knowing whether their schedules allow them to actually attend. The result is there are many rooms/reservation cancellations right before the meeting.

We understand the desire to book a room and register for the meeting as an “insurance policy” in case you can attend. But we wanted to help you understand why that’s a problem for NMHC. First, it has serious financial consequences for us. We must guarantee a certain number of rooms for every meeting, meaning we have to pay for them even if no one ends up using them. Last minute cancellations mean empty rooms (as well as food and beverage guarantees) that we can’t fill or alter but must pay for.

We kindly ask that you (and your assistant) not automatically book registrations/rooms for these meetings unless you are reasonably sure that you’ll be able to attend.

We understand that emergencies come up and cause last minute cancellations, but if we can reduce the number of non-emergency cancellations, it will allow us to save money that we can redirect to other projects that directly support the industry.

Local Transportation

The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago is approximately 17 miles from O’Hare International Airport and 14 miles from Chicago Midway Airport. Those arriving by air have the following alternatives for ground transportation:

A taxi from O'Hare International Airport will cost approximately $45-50 each way and takes about 40-45 minutes, depending on traffic. Taxi from Chicago Midway Airport is $35-45 each way and takes approximately 30-35 minutes, depending on traffic.
An alternative to taxi service is Airport Express Shuttle Service. It is a shared ride service and may make multiple stops. From Midway Airport, the cost is $31-33 per person, one way. From O'Hare International Airport, the cost is $32-34 per person, one way. Contact the company at www.airportexpress.com for hours of service or to make a reservation.
For attendees who decide to drive, valet parking is $70 per 24-hour period in a secured garage with unlimited in/out privileges. There are also hourly rates for individuals not staying overnight.

Questions?

Please contact Sarita de la Torre at sdelatorre@nmhc.org should you have questions regarding travel or hotel information. Please call the NMHC office at 202/974-2300 for all other questions.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Barings Multifamily Capital
Eastdil Secured
Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC
Greystone
HFF
JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors
Newmark Knight Frank
UDR

Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities for the NMHC Spring Board of Directors Meeting are open to NMHC Executive Committee or Board of Directors-level members only.

If your company is not already a 2019 Chairman’s Circle or Friends of the Council sponsor, the minimum sponsorship level is $10,000.

View the available NMHC Spring Board of Directors Meeting sponsorship opportunities here.

All sponsorships include the following benefits:

Company logo and listing published on the Meeting’s web page.
Recognition in promotional marketing materials and e-mails for the meeting.
Company logo included on sponsor recognition signage prominently displayed on-site.
Company logo included in the Meeting’s printed on-site agenda.
Company logo and brief company description included within the sponsor module of the official NMHC Conference App.
Company logo included in the scrolling PowerPoint presentation shown before the start of each general session.
Option to host an evening subgroup event at the host hotel.
Option to send a direct mail campaign to meeting registrants through a NMHC designated third-party mail house. (Email addresses are not provided in accordance with NMHC’s privacy policy.)
Option to send copies of one piece of company literature to the meeting for display in the registration area.

The deadline to sponsor the NMHC Spring Board of Directors Meeting is Friday, March 29, 2019.

Note: Sponsor items and benefits are subject to change. Sponsor items and benefits may be updated, added or removed during the event planning process.

Sponsorship opportunities are limited, so please confirm early. If the opportunity sells out, we will create a wait list and contact you if the item becomes available.

For sponsorship related questions or to sign up to sponsor the NMHC Board of Directors Meeting, please contact sponsorships@nmhc.org. For all other inquiries, please contact NMHC at 202/974-2300.