Excitement Grows for Year Two of the Real Estate Fellows
The second cohort of the University of Baltimore Real Estate Fellows are working to address critical development needs within Baltimore's middle-market neighborhoods. UBalt students and alumni will have 10-weeks of mentoring from seasoned real estate professionals. After the mentoring sessions, students will then identity a neighborhood, create a project, complete a development plan, and develop an application for financing. The winning proposal will get the necessary financing up to $1 million in a Guidance Line of Credit from Baltimore Community Lending to proceed with the project. The culmination of a the work will be on Sept. 17, 2020 when each student or team of students will share their plan in the "Pitch for a Million" competition.
Learn more about the selection process.
Video of the 2020 Real Estate Fellow Pitches
From left to right: Matthew McNeeley from Continental Realty Corp, Sean Russell from Baltimore Community Lending, Mikita Thompson, Real Estate Fellow, Je'Mira Spriggs,Real Estate Fellow, Watchen Bruce, president of Baltimore Community Lending, Brackston Ziman, Real Estate Fellow, Murray Dalziel, dean of the Merrick School of Business, Matthew King, Real Estate Fellow, Seema Iyer, director of the real estate and economic development program, Elson Nash, Real Estate Fellow — not pictured Trina Dubose, Real Estate Fellow.
The 2020 Real Estate Fellows
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Trina Dubose
Trina Dubose is expecting to earn her UBalt MBA degree in May 2020. She has managed many projects but one sticks out the most— remodeling her grandmother’s house. She is most proud of it because I was able to accomplish it with little previous experience, within budget, and learned a tremendous amount about the intricacies of tiling, painting, plumbing, electrical, and much more. Additionally, the project was rewarding as the house has sentimental value to her — it was her grandmother's home.
Why the Fellows program?
I aspire to invest in real-estate to build wealth and provide luxury living conditions at an affordable price. I believe the Fellows Program can provide insight into investing, building, and managing real-estate to assist me in making strategic decisions when it comes to real-estate investments that I would not otherwise learn. -
Matthew King
Matthew King is a student in the M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Social Entrepreneurship program at UBalt. He earned a Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies from West Virginia University and a MBA from Purdue University Global Why the
Why the Fellows program?
As the founder of the Harlem Park Community Development Corporation, I want to participate in this fellowship program to receive more hands-on knowledge and experience to be a successful real estate developer. -
Elson Bernard Nash
Elson Bernard Nash is originally from Berkeley, CA and is currently a student in UBalt's Masters of Public Administration program. He also holds a B.A. in Sociology and a MPH in Public Health.
Why the Fellows program?
I believe there is an intersection between housing, education and health of a city. Baltimore is a city of many houses that need to be redeveloped or demolished to rebuild the soul of the city. My hope is to learn ways to catalyze redevelopment in the city through a signature gateway project. The lessons learned from this project can hopefully be replicated to other areas across the city. -
Mikita Thompson
Mikita Thompson is a business administration major and a member of the Ratcliffe Entrepreneurship Fellows program where she has been learning what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and to launch a new venture. She has been accepted in the UBalt MBA program for the fall of 2020 and hopes to go to law school one day too. She also had the privilege to be a UBalt Newman Civic Fellow and act as a senator for a day in Annapolis. She is also a past president of UBalt's student club,the Real Estate and Economic Development Association. In the future she would like to open her own real estate brokerage firm focused on commercial real estate.
Why the Fellows program?
I felt that becoming a Real Estate Fellow would be a major contribution to my future goals. I see tremendous value in gaining insight and training from industry professionals that are involved with UBalt's real estate development program.
The University of Baltimore Real Estate Fellows and Venture Challenge (REFVC) is sponsored by M&T Bank, Baltimore Community Lending, Howard Bank and the UBalt Real Estate and Economic Development Advisory Board.
