Gadi Kaufmann

Biography: Gadi Kaufmann is Managing Director and CEO of RCLCO. Gadi has over 30 years of experience working with developers, lenders, private and institutional investors, and non-real estate entities, conducting engagements in the U.S. and abroad. Gadi’s areas of expertise include economic consulting for real estate projects and portfolios; corporate strategy planning and management consulting at the enterprise level; transactional and negotiation services; and investment, financing and capital formation strategy formulation and implementation. Gadi is an active board and board committee member of several organizations including the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Young Presidents’ Organization and World Presidents’ Organization (YPO-WPO), and Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Board of Directors. Gadi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from UCLA, and is married to Karen Kaufmann, a Professor of Political Science at UCLA.