Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence (formerly SNL Financial) in 2001, Keven was Director of Business Analysis for online real estate brokerage, Homebytes. Full Bio

Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence (formerly SNL Financial) in 2001, Keven was Director of Business Analysis for online real estate brokerage, Homebytes. From 1998 to 2000, he worked for BB&T Capital Markets as vice president and senior real estate analyst in the Equity Research Group. From 1995 to 1998, he worked for the Trammell Crow Company. Keven is a graduate of the University of Virginia (1991) and holds both an MBA and an MS in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver (1995, 1996). He is Series 7 and Series 63 registered and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Minimize

Ana Lai is a Senior Director in the U.S. Corporate Ratings practice at S&P Global Ratings. Full Bio

Ana Lai is a Senior Director in the U.S. Corporate Ratings practice at S&P Global Ratings. Ana is currently the Sector Lead for the Real Estate and Capital Goods teams. Before her current position, Ana was the Analytical Manager for the Retail/Real Estate team, and also worked in the Retail & Restaurants sector team as a senior analyst, covering investment grade and high yield issuers.

Ana has a rich background in credit analysis, with previous assignments in the U.S. Gaming and Lodging, and the Latin American Corporates sectors. Ana has made important contributions to the development of leveraged finance analytics, including recovery ratings.

Ana is Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Women’s Bond Club, member of NAREIT and ICSC. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Baruch College, City University of New York. Minimize

Christopher Hartung an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and also serves as the Executive Director of the Policy Advisory Board, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, at the Haas School. Full Bio

Christopher Hartung an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and also serves as the Executive Director of the Policy Advisory Board, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, at the Haas School.  In addition, he is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard Asset Management's Global Real Estate Securities team. Prior to joining Lazard in 2011, Christopher was Senior Advisor at Grubb & Ellis Alesco Global Advisors, responsible for alternative investment strategies, capital markets, product development and research. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities/Eastdil Secured, responsible for providing investment banking services to both public and private real estate companies, including equity and debt issuance, corporate advisory and mergers & acquisitions activities. Prior to Eastdil, Christopher was a Managing Director and Group Head of Real Estate Equity Research at Banc of America Securities and also worked in Real Estate equity research and strategic planning at JP Morgan. He holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. Christopher has served as the Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee, while a Director of FelCor Lodging Trust, a public real estate investment trust. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, and is a past Product Council Chair, as well as an associate member of the National Associate of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).  Minimize