Mr. Mack is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mack Real Estate Group, a real estate owner, operator, developer, lender and fund manager. Before founding MREG in 2013, Mr. Mack served as the Chief Executive Officer of AREA's (founded as Apollo Real Estate Advisors) North American business. Over 20 years, Mr. Mack was involved in the investment of billions of equity capital in debt and equity real estate transactions, and was specifically responsible for creating new business lines to capitalize on evolving market trends. Before AREA, Mr. Mack was a member of the Real Estate Investment Banking Department at Shearson Lehman Hutton. Mr. Mack serves on the Wharton School of Business Undergraduate Advisory Board and created a course on Real Estate Disruption. Mr. Mack serves on the Board of Trustees of the Randall's Island Sports Foundation, the Child Mind Institute, and the Board of Directors of the 92nd Street Y and as member of the Robin Hood Foundation's Housing & Homelessness Committee and as Chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Council on Poverty. Mr. Mack earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.