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Bruce R. Cohen, '89

Chief Executive Officer, Wrightwood Capital

In his capacity as Chief Executive Officer, Bruce is responsible for the overall direction and leadership of Wrightwood Capital. Mr. Cohen oversees the firm's investment activities, portfolio management, new product development and investor relations.

Wrightwood Capital is a national real estate finance and investment company, offering a wide range of capital related products. The company provides an array of structured capital, including high leveraged and mezzanine debt, as well as preferred and joint venture equity. Over the last six years the company has invested in excess of $3.5 billion and currently manages in excess of $2.0 billion of assets including off balance sheet funds it manages.

Bruce Cohen holds an MBA. from the University of Chicago and a BA from Tufts University. He is also a licensed real estate broker in the state of Illinois. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Urban Land Institute and Real Estate Roundtable, where he is the Vice Chair of the Real Estate Capital Policy Advisory Committee and serves on the Research Committee.

Mr. Cohen serves on the Real Estate Advisory Board of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, as well as the Board of Directors of The Children's Museum of Chicago and the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago.

Mr. Cohen has been a guest lecturer at the Harvard Business School, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business and Boston College. He has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commercial Property News, and the Real Estate Finance Journal.

Bruce R. Cohen will be a panelist on the Session B panel, Commercial Real Estate Markets, at this year's Management Conference.

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