The ACREL Files 2024 continues with ACREL Past President, Jay Epstien, interviewing Jeff DeBoer, the President & Chief Executive Officer of The Real Estate Roundtable. The Roundtable represents the leadership of the nation’s top 150 privately owned and publicly-held real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms, as well as the elected leaders of the 19 major national real estate industry trade associations. Jeff has been at the forefront of national policy affecting the real estate industry for the past thirty-five years. Jeff also chairs the National Real Estate Organization, a 20 member real estate trade association coalition focused on industry communication, advocacy and diversity efforts, and the Real Estate Industry Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RE-ISAC), an organization dedicated to enhancing communication between the industry and federal policymakers on terrorism threats, building security, and major incident reporting. Commercial Property Executive recently awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023 and The Hill has recognized Jeff as one of the top lobbyists in Washington DC for six consecutive years. Jeff holds degrees from Washington and Lee University School of Law (JD) and from Yankton College (BA).