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Steve Wechsler

Steven A. Wechsler is president and chief executive officer of Nareit, the association representing publicly traded U.S. real-estate investment trusts and listed real-estate companies. He joined Nareit in 1997 after leading the National Realty Committee, now the Real Estate Roundtable. His career has centered on legal affairs, industry advocacy and public-policy representation for real-estate owners and investors. Nareit leadership profile · World Economic Forum biography

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Known For

  • Leading Nareit’s member services and representation of the REIT industry before policymakers, investors and the public.
  • Managing industry advocacy through a career that began in law and government relations. He joined the National Realty Committee as general counsel in 1983 and led it from 1990 to 1997 before moving to Nareit.
  • Serving as a long-tenured executive at a trade association whose policy and steering body sets long-term plans, budgets and policy positions. Nareit identifies these as responsibilities of its Executive Board, not as decisions made by Wechsler alone. Nareit leadership profile

Career

Wechsler practiced law with Stein, Miller and Brodsky and served as counsel to government-relations consulting firm Thevenot, Murray and Scheer. He joined the National Realty Committee in 1983 as general counsel and became its CEO in 1990. The organization is now known as the Real Estate Roundtable. In 1997, he joined Nareit, where he remains president and CEO. Nareit describes its work as representing REITs and listed real-estate companies in the United States and capital markets. He studied communications at Boston University and law at Cleveland State University. Nareit leadership profile · World Economic Forum biography

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