What’s Next for Phoenix?
Hear From the Experts
Event Speaker
Greg Vogel
Founder and Chairman
Land Advisors Organization
Since founding the company in 1987, Greg has applied his unique knowledge in the areas of land economics, land use and market trends to become a trusted advisor to a broad spectrum of clients including financial institutions, investors, homebuilders and master-planned community developers.
As Chairman of Land Advisors Organization, he has led the expansion of the company into 30 markets across the United States launching it to the largest land company in the US. Over the past 39 years he has been involved in over 1,000 transactions including dozens of the highest valued land transactions in the country. He has developed an extreme level of expertise in large scale community development and the representation of large land owners in unique structured transactions.
Mr. Vogel received his B.S. in Real Estate from Arizona State University in 1985. Within the Urban Land Institute he has served over 25 years in many national and local leadership positions. Mr. Vogel focuses his philanthropic and civic involvement on the Arizona State University Real Estate Programs now Chairing the Real Estate Council and is a Board member of University Realty. He also serves on the board of Valley Partnership and is serving on the Valleywise Hospital System current capital campaign.
Event Speaker
Jay Parsons
Rental Housing Economist
Jay Parsons Rental Housing Economics
Jay Parsons is a rental housing economist, advisor and speaker. He has advised numerous multifamily and single-family rental housing stakeholders – from institutional investors, REITs, regional operators, lenders, regulators and government agencies.
Jay hosts a weekly podcast called The Rent Roll with Jay Parsons, which in 2025 ranked among Spotify’s top 1% for most shared shows and in the 2% for listening time and for growth. Additionally, the readers of CRE Daily ranked The Rent Roll as the No. 1 housing podcast and No. 3 in all commercial real estate.
More than 150,000 people follow Jay’s content across LinkedIn or X/Twitter. Favikon, a social media analytics firm, ranked Jay as the No. 3 voice on real estate globally, noting: “He keeps it simple … The tone is conversational and candid, which pulls in pros who want clarity without agenda. Posts read like field notes, with context, caveats, and the occasional dry humor. The mix of original analysis and open debate makes him feel both authoritative and approachable.”
In early 2026, commercial real estate trade publication The Real Deal named Jay one of its “100 Real Estate Titans of the Year.” Another trade media outlet, GlobeSt, in 2023 named Jay one of its “Influencers in Multifamily Real Estate.”
Jay has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, and he has appeared on CNBC and BloombergTV. His commentaries have been published by Barron’s, the Pension Real Estate Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association and American Banker, among others.
In addition to independent speaking engagements and consulting, Jay serves as an Economic Advisor to JPI. Previously, Jay was the Chief Economist at RealPage.
Jay also serves on the Board of Advisors for Apartment Life, a faith-based non-profit serving apartment residents and operators. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland currently living in the Dallas area with his wife and their five children.
Event Moderator
Tim Sullivan
Chief Advisory Officer, Homebuilding - National
Zonda
Tim Sullivan has more than 4 decades of experience in analyzing and valuing real estate development opportunities all over the United States and Latin America. He has developed the ability to interpret diverse statistics and trends and translate them into actionable plans. Tim’s personal commitment to his clients is to constantly assess the economy, real estate market and consumer trends to identify the newest and best ways to profitably invest and develop.
During his career, Tim was senior manager with KPMG Peat Marwick’s National Real Estate Consulting Group before serving as principal of Hanley Wood Market Intelligence’s Real Estate Consulting Practice and his own firm. He earned an MBA with a concentration in marketing and finance from San Diego State University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of California, San Diego. He also holds a MIRM (Member of the Institute of Residential Marketing) from the National Association of Homebuilders.