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• 2025 BREAA Career Advancement Workshop

  • When
    July 18, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    425 Market St, 23rd Floor, San Francisco

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  Navigate, Connect, Grow: Conversations to Elevate Your Career

  Are you considering a significant career move, looking to secure a promotion, or planning to launch your own enterprise? The BREAA Career Advancement Workshop provides a confidential, supportive environment for candid discussion, collaborative brainstorming, and personalized feedback from your BREAA peers.

  
  

  Event Highlights:

  • Expert Panel Discussion:
    Gain insights from senior real estate leaders who will address career strategies, challenges, and opportunities. After registering, you will have the chance to submit questions and topics you'd like the panel to discuss.
  • Interactive Small-Group Breakouts:
    Engage in intimate, moderated discussions to define your career goals, explore strategies for overcoming obstacles, and establish clear next steps.
  • Networking Opportunities:
    Connect and build meaningful relationships with fellow Berkeley alumni and industry professionals.

  Last year's participants shared that it was a "high-quality event" featuring "impactful panel and workshop-style activities." The breakout group discussions provided "valuable perspective when considering my career plans."

  One Participant noted, "I took insights directly into my job search and landed a great new gig-one of the top three BREAA events of the year

  Don't miss this opportunity to clarify your path forward, develop valuable connections, and leave with actionable tools and strategies to elevate your real estate career.

  
  

  This event is offered to BREAA members only. Not a member? Join HERE.

  
  

  For more information please contact Tara Singh, Events Co-Chair at taras@pmainc.com.

  
  

  Confirmed Speakers:

  Evan Schwimmer, Founder & Partner; Plumforge Partners

  
  

  Evan Schwimmer is a commercial real estate investment and development executive with over 20 years of experience and more than $7 billion of life sciences, office, industrial, hospitality and land projects acquired, managed and delivered. Prior to Plumforge Partners, his institutional investment background includes leadership roles at Longfellow Real Estate Partners, John Buck Company, the Irvine Company, Starwood Capital Group, and Turner Construction.

  
  

  Evan’s responsibilities have spanned strategy and operations, acquisitions, development, design and construction, asset management, property management oversight and leasing.

  Evan served as a US Army Engineer and he received his B.S. in Civil/Structural Engineering from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from UC Berkeley. Evan also teaches a graduate-level investment and development course at UC Berkeley and he is a member of NAIOP, ULI, SPUR, BREAA and the Guardsmen.

  
  

  Kristina Wollan, Managing Director Investor Services; Cushman Wakefield

  
  

  Kristina Wollan is a Managing Director and the West Region lead for Investor Services, providing Cushman & Wakefield’s largest institutional investor clients with comprehensive advice to address their unique investment needs. Investor Services includes leaders from Asset Services, Agency Leasing, Capital Markets, Energy & Sustainability Services, Project & Development Services, Valuation & Advisory and others who draw on a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses to deliver opportunities and solutions. Kristina leverages her understanding of each client’s business priorities, challenges and opportunities to coordinate integrated real estate solutions, customized to yield maximum value throughout the asset lifecycle.

  
  

  Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Kristina served as Senior Vice President and COO of the San Francisco Bay Area Capital Markets team at JLL, executing and facilitating transactions exceeding $8 billion over a 14-year period.  Her transaction experience spans the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego. After receiving her MBA from UC Berkeley, she worked at boutique M&A investment bank, Harris Williams & Co. She began her career at LaSalle Investment Management in the Retail Specialty group in Chicago.

  
  

  Janice Yuen, Chief Financial Officer, Managing Partner; Sares Regis Group of Northern California, LLC

  
  

  Janice Yuen joined Sares Regis Group of Northern California in 2012 and oversees finance, accounting, asset management, IT, and operations in Northern California. During her initial 10-year tenure at Sares Regis, Janice actively managed several Bay Area development projects totaling approximately 2.5 million square feet and including a variety of at-risk, institutional, public-private partnerships, and non-profit projects. Janice approaches development projects and management of the company with a people centered and collaborative attitude. Prior to Sares Regis, she was at Lehman Brothers, managing $3B of equity and debt investments in real estate development projects around the globe. Janice Yuen received a B.S. degree from Cornell University’s Hotel School and a M.B.A. from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Janice was named on Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list in 2018. In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and baking with her two daughters.

  
  

  Andrew Cussen, SVP, Head of Asset Management; Anchor Loans

  
  

  Driven real estate professional with over 10 years of experience designing, developing and building institutional-grade multifamily, student housing, creative office and hospitality projects in urban markets across the West Coast. Skilled in all phases of the real estate project life cycle including acquisition, underwriting, entitlements, design/construction management, leasing and disposition. Combines a design-focused, technical background with business acumen to deliver innovative, beautiful and profitable projects.

  
  

  Andrew graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA and an MS in Civil Engineering with a focus in structural engineering, mechanics and materials from UC Berkeley. Prior to RAD Urban, Andrew practiced structural engineering in the San Francisco office of Walter P Moore. In that role he focused on seismic engineering and performance-based design on projects as varied as the new SFO Air Traffic Control Tower and the new LA Rams stadium.

  
  

  

  

  
  

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• Cigar Bar Happy Hour

  • When
    August 07, 2025
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    850 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94133

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  Join us for our annual summer Happy Hour at the Cigar Bar in San Francisco, located in the historic Jackson Square District. Mingle with fellow alumni, and unwind in the vibrant ambiance of one of San Francisco's most iconic venues.

  Don't miss this opportunity to catch up with your fellow Bears and enjoy complimentary drinks on BREAA. Guests are welcome, please register in advance!

  

  
  

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• Orange County BREAA Happy Hour

  • When
    August 08, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Salty Bear | 2948 Randolph Ave C, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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  Join BREAA at the Salty Bear in Costa Mesa for our first OC Happy Hour on Friday, August 8th at 6PM! The happy hour event is FREE to all members and guests, with the first round of pitchers on BREAA. Space is limited so register now so you don't miss out!

  Looking forward to seeing everyone and Go Bears!

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• BREAA GOLF CLINIC

  • When
    August 09, 2025
  •  
    9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    300 Finley Rd, San Francisco, CA 94129
  • Spaces left
    13

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  The BREAA Golf Clinic is curated to connect, grow, and refine your golf game in the company of fellow Bears. Whether you're stepping onto the course for the first time or sharpening your swing, the Golf Clinic offers both professional coaching with introductory instruction and networking in a fun setting.

  Led by two PGA Professionals, exclusively for BREAA Members.

  This is a limited-capacity event designed to foster more meaningful connections within the BREAA community. Participation is restricted to members only. If you're not yet a member, this is the perfect time to join and unlock access to BREAA’s growing calendar of high-impact, high-engagement events.

  Program Schedule:
  

  • 9:45 AM – Arrival & Welcome
  • 10:00 AM – 60-min Golf Clinic at the Driving Range
  • 11:00 AM – End of Clinic & Optional Happy Hour Networking

  What’s Included:

  ✔️ All equipment (Golf clubs, balls etc.).
  ✔️ Personalized coaching in an intimate small-group setting.
  ✔️ Post-clinic happy hour for networking and continued conversation.

  ✨ Bonus: This clinic is just the beginning,  we’re building this into a series, giving you the chance to improve your game and build strong connections.

  
  

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• 6th ANNUAL BREAA GALA

  • When
    September 19, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square | 335 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102

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  We are proud and honored to welcome Rich Lyons, the 12th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, as this year’s keynote speaker. A distinguished Berkeley alumnus and former Dean of the Haas School of Business, Chancellor Lyons has spent his career championing innovation, collaboration, and academic excellence. His return to lead the university is a powerful reflection of his enduring commitment to public education and the transformative spirit of the Berkeley community.

  Throughout his illustrious career, Chancellor Lyons has been a steadfast supporter of the real estate programs at Cal. During his tenure at Haas, he played a pivotal role in expanding the reach and impact of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, creating new pathways for students, alumni, and industry leaders to engage in meaningful real estate research and education. We are profoundly grateful for his leadership, and his dedication to empowering the next generation of industry professionals.

  
  

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