BLAKE EAGLE
Blake Eagle is Founder of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF). NCREIF is a Chicago based non-profit commercial real estate industry association focused solely on the collection, processing, validation and publication of investment performance return information on commercial real estate assets owned in the private market by pension funds, endowment funds and other categories of institutional investors. NCREIF membership is comprised of real estate investment managers, pension funds, endowments, consultants, certified public accountants, appraisers, and academics.
From 1994 through 2000, Mr. Eagle was the Thomas G. Eastman Chairman, Center for Real Estate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Center offers a Master of Science in Real Estate and engages in a wide variety of research and educational programs. The Center, founded in 1985, has awarded more than 700 MS degrees. Over 90% of MIT/CRE graduates are engaged in the real estate business around the world.
From 1971 through 1993, Mr. Eagle headed up the real estate consulting group of Frank Russell Company, a global pension fund asset strategy consultant and investment advisor headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. Mr. Eagle had senior management responsibilities for domestic and international real estate consulting for Russell's pension consulting clients. During his 23-year career at Russell, pension fund consulting clients invested more than $18.0 billion in real estate. Mr. Eagle also played the leadership role in the establishment of NCREIF.
In 1992, he was honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, The Wharton Real Estate Center, University of Pennsylvania, and the Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute for his contributions to the field of real estate research. Mr. Eagle received the 1993 Dr. James Graaskamp Award from the Pension Real Estate Association for his contributions to the body of knowledge about institutional investment in real estate.
Mr. Eagle has served as a member of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors, the Pension Real Estate Association, National Real Estate Roundtable and National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He has served on the Boards of Directors of three publicly listed real estate investment trusts, two privately owned real estate operating companies and one real estate securities mutual fund. He is a member of the Real Estate Advisory Committee of the New York State Teacher's Retirement Fund and has served as a real estate oversight consultant to the New York State Nurse's Pension Fund and 1199 Health Care Workers Pension Fund. He formerly served as a Director of the Institute for Real Estate Research; Member, Board of Advisors, Fannie Mae; Faculty Member, Mortgage Bankers School, Northwestern University. He has provided testimony to the President's Commission on Housing, Department of Labor and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on U. S. pension fund real estate investment practices.
He earned his undergraduate degree in business at the University of Washington. He pursued postgraduate studies in real estate at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Russell, Mr. Eagle was a real estate developer.