Speakers
Voices of APEX
Mayors, developers, capital markets leaders and architects who've taken the stage across past editions.
Call for Speakers
Share your perspective on stage in Las Vegas
Showcase your expertise across keynotes, panels, fireside chats and workshops. If you’re a developer, investor, operator, architect or policymaker with a point of view on U.S. real estate, we want to hear from you.
Speakers from past editions
Leaders who have taken the APEX stage. The 2026 Las Vegas programme is being confirmed.
Shelley Berkley
Mayor, City of Las Vegas
Jennifer Powell
CEO, Coje Consultants & J&J Investment Fund
Chen Wang
CEO & Chair of Arts & Culture, Young Global Leadership Foundation
Lynda Fernandez
Chief Executive Officer, Las Vegas REALTORS®
Maria Jose Rojas
Founder & CEO, Locally Costa Rica
May Wei
Founder, DBW; Strategy Chief, China Design Alliance; Academic Chair, China Middle-East Architectural Design Alliance (CMAA)
Jairo Riveros
President, Americas & Global Head of Strategy, Paysend
Marshall V. Davidson, Jr.
Chief Investment Officer, SVN | J. Beard Real Estate - Greater Houston
Harmony Jones
President, AREAA Las Vegas
Dave Garland
Managing Director, Second Century Ventures
Randy Char
President & Corporate Broker, Las Vegas Sotheby’s International Realty
Gbadebo Odularu
Board of Directors, African Finance and Economics Association
Pavan Maddi
Managing Director, REM RE Fund I, LP
Aryam Vazquez
Chief Economist, Head of Office of Economic Analysis, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Miranda Evans
Community & Economic Development Director, City of Riverside, California
Kevin Malecek
Director of Economic Development & International Trade, City of Mentor
Dijana Mitrovic
Director, Rural Export Center (West), U.S. Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
Dina Babsky
Director, Economic & Urban Development, City of Las Vegas
Eugene McGrane
Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Ashley James Hawthorne
Founder, Your Real Estate COO
Ron Wade
Executive Director, Viaggio Resorts
Chris Kelly
General Partner & Co-Founder, Stackpoint
Patrick Toomey
Executive Director, Institutional Property Advisors (IPA)
Noel Christopher
Managing Director, Strategy & Growth, Genstone Realty
Ravi Jagtiani
Managing Director, Jagtiani Group
Kripa Upadhyay
Partner; Co-Chair, Immigration & Global Mobility, Buchalter
Sonia Aragón
Partner, Quatro Legal
Tadros “Teddy” Abdelmalek
Senior Vice President of Business Development, HH Red Stone
Joshua Schuette
Vice President & Senior Investment Officer, First Mid Wealth Management
John Prudhont
Managing Member, CFO & Business Broker, The Business Brokers LLC
Matt Farhat
VP Sales & Business Development
June Zhu
Founder & CEO, ChargerGoGo
Ricky Phetmyxay
New Homes Sales Counselor, Blue Heron; VP, AREAA Las Vegas
Carol Strom
Chief Executive Officer, Carol Strom Properties & Investments
Alexandra Head
Founder, Formenta Advisory
Javier Santana
Managing Broker, Sunland Group
Claudia Huerta
Founder, Clever Hola
Lori Neville
Founder & Community Leader, Greater Las Vegas REIA
Safir Wazed
Co-Founder & CEO, Tea for Streets
Joe Green
Senior Business Development Executive, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce
John Davis
Assistant Director, Process & Operations, ORSID
Sky Huddleston
Mayor, City of Bourbon, Missouri
Margo Ramsey
Interviewer
Linda Bennett
Interviewer
Jeremy Chapman
Real Estate Agent, eXp Realty
Jason Huang
Developer
Tom Nally
Senior Economic Development Specialist Clark County, Nevada
Scott Mason
Real Estate Team Leader, Alcenza Properties, Dubai, UA
Sara Kazimi
Founder LeoBella Family Office
Ruomei Wang
Principal Yihong Liu & Associates
Rosalind Panda
Founder, Oqulus Tech LLC and JupitorAI.io
Peter Wu
President Xavvi Holdings Inc.
Peter Kuo
Founder SIAS International
Patranya Bhoolsuwan
Founder Patranya Media LLC
Obeng Reginald Adiyiah
General Secretary, Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry
Muhammad Khan
Founding General Partner, PrimeUS Ventures
Moon Xia
STEM Program Senior Advisor Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, UNLV
Minija Yan
Michelle Le Ma
Founder & CEO, AI Global Campus
Melanie Sheldon
Senior Director of Business Development GOED (Nevada's Governor Office of Economic Development)
Lorraine Yarde
Founder Innovation Henderson
Kurt Walker
Co-Founder, GTM Venture Forge
Kristine Li Tyler
CEO, AmCan Group
John Calvão
Co-Founder and Head of Real Estate Hospitality Arrow
Jin Zhao Cesarone
CEO, Global CSR Foundation
Jia Peng
Founder, Glade Point Securities
Jennifer Schoeneck CEcD
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Onetera
Jeffrey Gao
CEO, Landmark West Development Group
Jan Zheng
COO Windfall Group
Ginger Land Van Buuren
COO, Founder & Former Executive Director, Vegas City Opera
Fiona Zhang
Managing Partner, Singularity Effect Fund
Ernie Kwok
Founder, Rockies Investment
Emmanuel Cherry
CEO, Ghana Chamber of Construction
Elizabeth L Kempinski
Commissioner, Nevada Department of Business and Industry
Dr. Asare-Adjei
Former President, Association of Ghana Industries
Damien Brooks
Partner, Master The Network
Cyrus Janssen
CEO, Fast Forward Marketing
Christopher Bishop
President & CEO, Poseidon Pacific Properties, LLC
Brian Peery
Real Estate Specialist, Realty ONE Group Summerlin
Brian Krueger
Senior Director of Strategic Services, Coldwell Banker Premier Realty.
Azim Jessa
Las Vegas REALTOR Team Leader, The Jessa Group
Artjoms Iljins
Head of Commercial Real Estate, Alcenza Properties, Dubai, UA
Akshay Bajaj
Shelley Berkley
Mayor, City of Las Vegas
Jennifer Powell
CEO, Coje Consultants & J&J Investment Fund
Chen Wang
CEO & Chair of Arts & Culture, Young Global Leadership Foundation
Lynda Fernandez
Chief Executive Officer, Las Vegas REALTORS®
Maria Jose Rojas
Founder & CEO, Locally Costa Rica
May Wei
Founder, DBW; Strategy Chief, China Design Alliance; Academic Chair, China Middle-East Architectural Design Alliance (CMAA)
Jairo Riveros
President, Americas & Global Head of Strategy, Paysend
Marshall V. Davidson, Jr.
Chief Investment Officer, SVN | J. Beard Real Estate - Greater Houston
Harmony Jones
President, AREAA Las Vegas
Dave Garland
Managing Director, Second Century Ventures
Randy Char
President & Corporate Broker, Las Vegas Sotheby’s International Realty
Gbadebo Odularu
Board of Directors, African Finance and Economics Association
Pavan Maddi
Managing Director, REM RE Fund I, LP
Aryam Vazquez
Chief Economist, Head of Office of Economic Analysis, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Miranda Evans
Community & Economic Development Director, City of Riverside, California
Kevin Malecek
Director of Economic Development & International Trade, City of Mentor
Dijana Mitrovic
Director, Rural Export Center (West), U.S. Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
Dina Babsky
Director, Economic & Urban Development, City of Las Vegas
Eugene McGrane
Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Ashley James Hawthorne
Founder, Your Real Estate COO
Ron Wade
Executive Director, Viaggio Resorts
Chris Kelly
General Partner & Co-Founder, Stackpoint
Patrick Toomey
Executive Director, Institutional Property Advisors (IPA)
Noel Christopher
Managing Director, Strategy & Growth, Genstone Realty
Ravi Jagtiani
Managing Director, Jagtiani Group
Kripa Upadhyay
Partner; Co-Chair, Immigration & Global Mobility, Buchalter
Sonia Aragón
Partner, Quatro Legal
Tadros “Teddy” Abdelmalek
Senior Vice President of Business Development, HH Red Stone
Joshua Schuette
Vice President & Senior Investment Officer, First Mid Wealth Management
John Prudhont
Managing Member, CFO & Business Broker, The Business Brokers LLC
Matt Farhat
VP Sales & Business Development
June Zhu
Founder & CEO, ChargerGoGo
Ricky Phetmyxay
New Homes Sales Counselor, Blue Heron; VP, AREAA Las Vegas
Carol Strom
Chief Executive Officer, Carol Strom Properties & Investments
Alexandra Head
Founder, Formenta Advisory
Javier Santana
Managing Broker, Sunland Group
Claudia Huerta
Founder, Clever Hola
Lori Neville
Founder & Community Leader, Greater Las Vegas REIA
Safir Wazed
Co-Founder & CEO, Tea for Streets
Joe Green
Senior Business Development Executive, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce
John Davis
Assistant Director, Process & Operations, ORSID
Sky Huddleston
Mayor, City of Bourbon, Missouri
Margo Ramsey
Interviewer
Linda Bennett
Interviewer
Jeremy Chapman
Real Estate Agent, eXp Realty
Jason Huang
Developer
Tom Nally
Senior Economic Development Specialist Clark County, Nevada
Scott Mason
Real Estate Team Leader, Alcenza Properties, Dubai, UA
Sara Kazimi
Founder LeoBella Family Office
Ruomei Wang
Principal Yihong Liu & Associates
Rosalind Panda
Founder, Oqulus Tech LLC and JupitorAI.io
Peter Wu
President Xavvi Holdings Inc.
Peter Kuo
Founder SIAS International
Patranya Bhoolsuwan
Founder Patranya Media LLC
Obeng Reginald Adiyiah
General Secretary, Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry
Muhammad Khan
Founding General Partner, PrimeUS Ventures
Moon Xia
STEM Program Senior Advisor Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, UNLV
Minija Yan
Michelle Le Ma
Founder & CEO, AI Global Campus
Melanie Sheldon
Senior Director of Business Development GOED (Nevada's Governor Office of Economic Development)
Lorraine Yarde
Founder Innovation Henderson
Kurt Walker
Co-Founder, GTM Venture Forge
Kristine Li Tyler
CEO, AmCan Group
John Calvão
Co-Founder and Head of Real Estate Hospitality Arrow
Jin Zhao Cesarone
CEO, Global CSR Foundation
Jia Peng
Founder, Glade Point Securities
Jennifer Schoeneck CEcD
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Onetera
Jeffrey Gao
CEO, Landmark West Development Group
Jan Zheng
COO Windfall Group
Ginger Land Van Buuren
COO, Founder & Former Executive Director, Vegas City Opera
Fiona Zhang
Managing Partner, Singularity Effect Fund
Ernie Kwok
Founder, Rockies Investment
Emmanuel Cherry
CEO, Ghana Chamber of Construction
Elizabeth L Kempinski
Commissioner, Nevada Department of Business and Industry
Dr. Asare-Adjei
Former President, Association of Ghana Industries
Damien Brooks
Partner, Master The Network
Cyrus Janssen
CEO, Fast Forward Marketing
Christopher Bishop
President & CEO, Poseidon Pacific Properties, LLC
Brian Peery
Real Estate Specialist, Realty ONE Group Summerlin
Brian Krueger
Senior Director of Strategic Services, Coldwell Banker Premier Realty.
Azim Jessa
Las Vegas REALTOR Team Leader, The Jessa Group
Artjoms Iljins
Head of Commercial Real Estate, Alcenza Properties, Dubai, UA
Akshay Bajaj
Past Editions
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Steven Meiner
Mayor, Miami Beach
Steven Meiner
Mayor, Miami Beach
Majid Saqr Al Marri
CEO of the Real Estate Registration Sector, Dubai Land Department
Majid Saqr Al Marri
CEO of the Real Estate Registration Sector, Dubai Land Department
Nicole Kushner Meyer
President, Kushner Companies
Nicole Kushner Meyer
President, Kushner Companies
Dr. Richmond McCoy
President & CEO, UrbanAmerica; Co-Founder, McCoy Jones
Dr. Richmond McCoy
President & CEO, UrbanAmerica; Co-Founder, McCoy Jones
Dr. Yan Katsnelson
CEO, USA Clinics Group
Dr. Yan Katsnelson
CEO, USA Clinics Group
Blima Ehrentreu
Founder & CEO, The Designers Group
Blima Ehrentreu
Founder & CEO, The Designers Group
Bernardo Scheinkman
Founder & CEO, Smart Cities Americas
Bernardo Scheinkman
Founder & CEO, Smart Cities Americas
Gunnar Branson
CEO, AFIRE
Gunnar Branson
CEO, AFIRE
Hansel Rodriguez
CEO, COARE Companies
Hansel Rodriguez
CEO, COARE Companies
Daniel Bloch
CEO, Seso Global
Daniel Bloch
CEO, Seso Global
Mama Traore
CEO, ASIMOL Global Group
Mama Traore
CEO, ASIMOL Global Group
Joyce Zhang
President, FISO Wealth
Joyce Zhang
President, FISO Wealth
Dr. Steven Melnik
Chairman, Lives Amplified
Dr. Steven Melnik
Chairman, Lives Amplified
Keith Carswell
Head of Economic Innovation and Development, City of Miami
Keith Carswell
Head of Economic Innovation and Development, City of Miami
James Kohnstamm
Director of Economic Development, Miami-Dade County
James Kohnstamm
Director of Economic Development, Miami-Dade County
Michaeljohn Green
Chief of Economic Development and Strategy, Miami DDA
Michaeljohn Green
Chief of Economic Development and Strategy, Miami DDA
Nick Smith
Founder & CEO, Hauska.io
Nick Smith
Founder & CEO, Hauska.io
Lex Levinrad
Founder & CEO, Distressed Real Estate Institute
Lex Levinrad
Founder & CEO, Distressed Real Estate Institute
Nick Naamou
Founder, Miami Dubai Chambers of Commerce
Nick Naamou
Founder, Miami Dubai Chambers of Commerce
Kobi Karp
Founder & Principal, Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design
Kobi Karp
Founder & Principal, Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design
John Boyd
Principal, The Boyd Company, Inc.
John Boyd
Principal, The Boyd Company, Inc.
Andrew Franz
Principal & Design Director, Andrew Franz Architect
Andrew Franz
Principal & Design Director, Andrew Franz Architect
Jon Cicconi
Principal, Arup
Jon Cicconi
Principal, Arup
Jennifer Schultz
Partner & Real Estate Practice Leader, Nixon Peabody
Jennifer Schultz
Partner & Real Estate Practice Leader, Nixon Peabody
Bryan Vega
Partner & Co-Chair, Real Estate & Corporate Group, Meland Budwick
Bryan Vega
Partner & Co-Chair, Real Estate & Corporate Group, Meland Budwick
Chris Haunschild
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Chris Haunschild
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Alana Spencer
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alma Environmental Partners
Alana Spencer
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alma Environmental Partners
Matthieu Merchadou
Co-Founder, Magma Real Estate Agility
Matthieu Merchadou
Co-Founder, Magma Real Estate Agility
Maud Demurge
General Manager, Akila
Maud Demurge
General Manager, Akila
Stephen Yas
Managing Director & Global Design Leader, NOVO Architects
Stephen Yas
Managing Director & Global Design Leader, NOVO Architects
Ryan Kimura
Vice President of Multifamily, Student, Senior & BTR Housing, MGroup Corp
Ryan Kimura
Vice President of Multifamily, Student, Senior & BTR Housing, MGroup Corp
Yolanda Perez
Senior Vice President, International Wealth Advisor, Truist
Yolanda Perez
Senior Vice President, International Wealth Advisor, Truist
Elizabeth Gichana
VP of Life Sciences, Illinois EDC
Elizabeth Gichana
VP of Life Sciences, Illinois EDC
Daniel Bellefleur
VP of Foreign Direct Investment, Illinois EDC
Daniel Bellefleur
VP of Foreign Direct Investment, Illinois EDC
Michael Bacani
Senior Wealth Manager, Eckard Enterprises
Michael Bacani
Senior Wealth Manager, Eckard Enterprises
Diana Fedorova
Founder, Di Phuket Property Company Limited
Diana Fedorova
Founder, Di Phuket Property Company Limited
Ray Gu
Project Director, Daija Insurance
Ray Gu
Project Director, Daija Insurance
Robert Hite
Head of Sports, SFMA Alliance
Robert Hite
Head of Sports, SFMA Alliance
Cinny Cui
Real Estate Broker, Century21 Realty Associates
Cinny Cui
Real Estate Broker, Century21 Realty Associates
Sarah Zohar
Interior Designer, Sarah Z Designs
Sarah Zohar
Interior Designer, Sarah Z Designs
Ankita Nalavade
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
Ankita Nalavade
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute