Thursday, October 1st, 2026 | 8 - 10 a.m.

Union League Club of Chicago

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Michelle Herrick  Head of Commercial Real Estate  JPMorganChase  Michelle Herrick is a Managing Director and Head of Commercial Real Estate for JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking, where she leads the largest commercial real estate portfolio in the United States, spanning Agency Lending, Community Development Banking, Commercial Term Lending, and Real Estate Banking. Since joining the firm in 2017, she has led its national Real Estate Banking business before assuming her current role in 2025, drawing on more than two decades of experience that includes prior roles at Bank of America and LaSalle Bank. A Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and a board member of The Real Estate Roundtable, Herrick holds bachelor's degrees from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the largest bank in the United States and one of the largest financial institutions in the world, with approximately $4 trillion in assets. Headquartered in New York City, the firm operates across investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services. With a presence in over 100 countries, JPMorgan Chase serves millions of consumers, small businesses, corporations, governments, and institutional clients worldwide.

 

DEBT IS DEAD. LONG LIVE DEBT! CRE FINANCING ENTERS A NEW ERA

Leading one of the most consequential commercial real estate lending platforms in the country, Michelle Herrick has a front-row seat to the capital decisions shaping the industry’s next chapter. As Head of Commercial Real Estate for JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking – the nation’s largest CRE lender – she is guiding a platform that helps finance projects, owners, and communities across the country at a moment when the rules of lending, refinancing, valuations, and risk are being rewritten. Her perspective on where capital is flowing, what lenders are looking for, and how the strongest borrowers and projects are separating themselves is needed more than ever. Come hear her insights on the lending market today, the opportunities and challenges ahead, and what it takes to get deals done in this rapidly evolving environment.

Discussion moderated by:

Andrew D. Hunt, Executive Director Vieth Institute for Real Estate Leadership, Marquette University

 

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!

Past Speakers:

2025 Peter Borzak, Chairman and CEO, Pine Tree Commercial

2024 Ciere Boatright, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Development, City of Chicago, and Lafayette Crump, Commissioner, Department of City Development, City of Milwaukee

2023 Willy Walker, chairman and CEO, Walker & Dunlop

2022 Leon I. Walker, Esq., managing principal, DL3 Realty, and Shawn Clark, president, CRG

2021 Jim McShane, founder and chairman, and Molly McShane, chief executive officer, The McShane Companies

2019 Curt R. Bailey, president, Related Midwest

2018 Andy Gloor, managing principal, Sterling Bay

2017 Danny Queenan, president, CBRE Global Investors

2016 Mike Mullen, founding partner and CEO, CenterPoint

2015 Kevin R. Smith, senior managing director and head of the Americas, PGIM Real Estate