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Staff
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Robert G. Kramer
President
Bob Kramer is founder and president of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care
Industry (NIC), a non-profit education and resource center that serves debt and equity investors interested
in the seniors housing and long term care industry. Bob, a frequent writer and speaker on trends
in seniors housing and long term care, has directed NIC since its inception in 1991.
A former county government official and Maryland state legislator, Bob was a leader on healthcare
and environmental issues while representing the state capital of Annapolis in the 1980s. Bob
was educated at Harvard and Oxford Universities and also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster
Theological Seminary.
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Elisa Infante Freeman
Vice President, Events & Marketing
Elisa Freeman heads all event, marketing and sponsorship efforts for NIC including the Annual Conference
- the preeminent national networking event in the seniors housing and care industry, NICs Regional Symposiums
for regional/local operators and lenders in the industry as well as all other organization meetings
and sponsored events. Elisa came to NIC in 1999 with previous experience in conference floor management
at the Madison Hotel in Washington, DC as well as international event management, marketing and sales
experience with such organizations as NASDA in Washington, DC and the Convention Management Group in
Fairfax, Virginia.
With more than 10 years of event and marketing experience specific to the seniors housing and care industry,
Elisa is a member of the American Society of Association Executives, the Professional Convention
Management Association, and is a member of the MPI Industry Advisory Panel for Meeting Planners International.
Elisa holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Michael Hargrave
Vice President, NIC MAP
Mike Hargrave leads the NIC Market Area Profiles Data and Analysis Service (NIC MAP), the industry's leading
data provider, tracking revenue, occupancy, supply and construction data in America's top 100 metro
markets. Since Mike joined NIC in January 2005, The NIC MAP Data and Analysis Service has expanded its
market coverage from the top 31 to the top 100 metro markets. Under Mike's leadership, the MAP service
has grown to over 1,000 registered users and averages over 2,000 report downloads per month. Mike
is often quoted and interviewed in industry as well as business and financial press. Mike is also a frequent
speaker at seniors housing and real estate conferences.
Mike has over 18 years of experience in seniors housing and care. In 1992, Mike co-founded Health
Care Plus, Inc., a full-service executive recruitment and consulting firm, whose clients included many
of the largest owners/operators in the industry. Mike holds a Masters in Business Administration with
a specialization in finance from Loyola College in Maryland, and an undergraduate degree from the University
of Maryland, College Park.
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Charles W. Harry, Jr.
Research Director
Chuck Harry is responsible for guiding all of NIC’s research efforts, including the analysis function
of the NIC MAP service. Prior to joining NIC in 2010, he worked at Cushman & Wakefield, where he held
the positions of managing director, Investment Strategies, and managing director, Analytics.
His 20+ year career is comprised of institutional investment management across the various property
types with an emphasis on the apartment/multifamily sector. Early on, he helped solidify the apartment
sector as one of the core property types for institutional investors. At the National Council of Real
Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), where he was director of real estate, Chuck expanded the association’s
product lines with new indices and developed public outreach as well as market education programs. At
Cushman & Wakefield, in addition to forecasting and monitoring economic and real estate market trends,
he helped establish global infrastructures to facilitate cross-border transactions and the firm's emerging
investment management operations.
Chuck received his Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina. He received
a Bachelor of City Planning from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture.
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Andrew Bing, Vice President, Administration/HR
Tim Benson, NIC MAP Supply & Construction Database Manager
Marsha Boehm, Front Desk Reception/Publication Coordinator
Carla Burt, Bookkeeper
Bobbie Chandler, Event Operations Manager
Debbie Cohen, Event Registrar & Speaker Coordinator
Hilda Flower, Business Development NIC MAP
Elisa Infante Freeman, Vice President, Events & Marketing
Carmen Fusco, Partner & Sponsor Coordinator
Michael Hargrave, Vice President, NIC MAP
Chuck Harry, Research Director
Amy Hein, NIC MAP Supply Database & Construction Starts Associate
Gary Infante, Senior Information Technology Specialist
Amber Jacobs, NIC MAP Subscription Services Manager
Doris Keating, Executive Assistant to the President
Robert G. Kramer, President
Jim Leavy, Director, Information Technology
Chris McGraw, Research Analyst
Anthony J. Mullen, Senior Fellow
Nicole Opatz, Event Marketing Manager
Danielle Porter, Web Based Application Programmer
Sarah Powell-Cooper, Business Development & Research Associate
Dan Raney, Senior Database Programmer / Architect
Michael Roy, Database Programmer
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