BREAKOUT SESSION: Valuations and Non-Recoverability - Assessing Distressed Assets

Vice President, Portfolio Loan Manager, Asset Management, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC

Marcy Thomas, CCIM, CCMS is a Vice President - Portfolio Loan Manager with Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC (subsidiary of TRUIST) with 23+ years of experience in commercial loan servicing, asset and portfolio management. She celebrates 11+ years with Grandbridge having begun her career at Berkadia. Marcy supports Truist’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives; including Co-Chair of the Capabilities Action Network promoting the welcome of the different-abled needs community for the combined heritage BB&T and SunTrust Banks. Marcy holds a BBA in Real Estate from Georgia State University (GSU) and serves as a mentor with the graduate program and on the GSU Honorary Real Estate Board. She also supports the MBA as the Marketing Chair for the CCMS and selected to the DEI Council.

Mortgage Portfolio Advisor, Securian Financial

I entered the mortgage industry in 2015 as a Commercial Mortgage Loan Closer for Securian Asset Management and transitioned to the loan servicing side in 2019. As a Mortgage Portfolio Advisor, I interface with our correspondent servicers to manage borrower requests and ensure loan compliance, prepare portfolio reporting, and perform analysis and surveillance required for appropriate risk management. I have also been heavily involved in or led multiple process-improvement projects, including implementations of a new loan management system and a document management system, and spearheaded reporting transformations to optimize efficiencies.

Partner, Dechert LLP

Kathleen M. Mylod is a partner in Dechert’s global finance practice, advising on a range of commercial real estate finance matters. Ms. Mylod’s clients include private equity and sovereign wealth funds, investment and commercial banks, and large insurance companies across the United States. Ms. Mylod’s practice focuses on mortgage and mezzanine debt origination; intercreditor, co-lender and participation arrangements; equity investment and joint venture formation; preferred equity financing; real property acquisition, disposition and asset management; secondary market acquisition and sales (including mortgage and mezzanine loans); and loan modifications, restructurings, workouts and enforcement actions. She advises clients investing in a variety of commercial real estate asset classes, whether stabilized or transitional, including hospitality, retail, multifamily, office and condominium. Ms. Mylod serves as a producer and regular contributor to Dechert 4 Real, a commercial real estate finance podcast.

Senior Managing Director, Trimont

Jay Puckett is a Senior Managing Director with Trimont who manages both CMBS Asset Management and Freddie K-Series Master Servicer teams. Prior to joining Trimont, Jay was with Wells Fargo Bank for over 30 years. He has over 37 years of commercial real estate experience including lending and underwriting, risk management, client management, loan securitization and CMBS and GSE asset management. Jay has the Commercial Certified Mortgage Servicer (CCMS) designation with the Mortgage Bankers Association and has served as the Leadership Committee Chairman. He is a graduate of Baylor University.

Senior Managing Director, JLL Capital Markets