REFEA
Real Estate Financial Executives Association
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS CORNERSTONE SPONSORS!
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!
REFEA AT A GLANCE
Serving our real estate finance community
We are the Real Estate Financial Executives’ Association of DFW. REFEA is comprised of professionals engaged in serving the real estate industry throughout the Metroplex. The mission of our organization is to provide executives and those serving the real estate finance community in the Dallas / Fort Worth area with a networking and learning environment that is beneficial to our members, their firms and the real estate industry.
ACTIVITIES
MONTHLY LUNCHEONS
Top-notch speakers / Networking with industry professionals
NETWORKING HAPPY HOURS
Catch up with friends and make new connections from the local real estate finance community
NETWORKING COFFEES
Catch up with friends and build new relationships from the local real estate finance community over coffee
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteering, charity golf tournaments, book drives and more
When asked why he loves Dallas...
“I adore the character of the people. They possess a natural and ingrained spirit of service and hospitality.”
Radha Arora, President of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
MAY 2025
MARCH 2025
Alternatives Investing Panel
FEBRUARY 2025
JANUARY 2025
Laila Assanie, Federal Reserve of Dallas
Christie Bennett, Willow Bridge &
Andrew Hill, BGSF
Chad Cook, Quadrant Investment Properties, Kevin Santaularia, Bradford, Jordan Menashe, Menashe Properties, &Rowan Sbaiti, OWS Real Estate
FEBRUARY 2023
Farukh Aslam, Sinclair Hotels & Jeff Carey
NOVEMBER 2023
Clark Briner, Revere Capital & Doug Puckett, Leon Capital Group
OCTOBER 2023
Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman & Co-Founder of the Perot Group & Founder/Chairman of Hillwood Corportation
MAY 2023
Herb Weitzman, Founder of Weitzman Group
NOVEMBER 2024
Chuck Dannis, former host of "The Real Estate Hour" and SMU professor
OCTOBER 2024
Mike Ablon, PegasusAblon
MAY 2024
Don Dykstra, Bloomfield Homes & John Delin, Integrity Group
APRIL 2024
Romit Cheema, Cantex Capital, Coleman Brown, Stonelake Capital Partners & Brad Cooper, Crow Holdings
MARCH 2023
Ray Washburne, Government Official & Cofounder of M Crowd Restaurant Group
FEBRUARY 2023
Kevin Hickman, TCC,
Jeanette Rice, CRE &
Greg Willett, IPA
JANUARY 2023
Paul Hendershot,
CoStar
NOVEMBER 2022
Lewis Shaw, Jackson-Shaw Company,
Lucy Billingsley, Billingsley Company &
Craig Hall, HALL Group
OCTOBER 2022
Don Brooks, Crow Holdings,
Sean Ribble, Nuveen Green Capital,
Susan Alvarez, City of Dallas &
Chris Price, Deloitte
MAY 2022
Joy Horak Brown & Emily Abeln,
New Hope Housing
APRIL 2022
Arthur Santa-Maria,
Hogue Global
FEBRUARY 2022
David Walls,
Austin Industries
FEBRUARY 2022
David Walls,
Austin Industries
JANUARY 2022
John Hardaway,
Triten Real Estate Partners
NOVEMBER 2021
Jason Haun,
ZOM Living
OCTOBER 2021
Sharon Morrison & Brad Struck,
ESRP
MAY 2021
Michael Dardick,
Granite Properties
APRIL 2021
Matt Dornak,
Stream Realty Partners
FEBRUARY 2021
Greg Lehrmann,
Asset Preservation Inc.
JANUARY 2021
Chris Boyd,
Colliers International
NOVEMBER 2020
Victor Calanog,
Moody's Analytics
OCTOBER 2020
Bob Young,
Weitzman Group
MAY 2020
Greg Greene, CBRE &
Nick Sapp, Deloitte
MARCH 2020
Bill Guthrey,
KDC
FEBRUARY 2020
Paris Rutherford,
Catalyst Urban
JANUARY 2020
Paige Shipp,
DFW Metrostudy
NOVEMBER 2019
Derrick Evers,
Kaizen Development
OCTOBER 2019
Charles R. Brindell,
Mill Creek Residential
CONTACT REFEA
1601 Briardale Dr Lucas, TX 75002
Phone: 214-585-2008
Fax: 214-481-8856
