Boston Chapter

I am honored to serve as RELA Boston’s President and look forward to working with my esteemed peers across the CRE Boston industry that serve as our chapter’s officers. Through their dedication and experience, our board continues to create engaging educational and social programming centered on Boston’s robust real estate industry.

RELA Boston is the premier organization for real estate banking connections, partners, and education. Our mission is to support, enhance, and encourage the professional growth of our members through learning and networking, and the free exchange of ideas from talented real estate professionals. Our members consist of colleagues from over 20 financial institutions in the region. We cultivate the future leaders of the Boston Commercial Real Estate Industry, while also serving the greater Boston Community.

The board’s commitment to strong programming led to over 10 events for the 2022 – 2023 calendar year, including property tours, industry networking events, discussion panels and educational seminars. Our planning for the 2023 – 2024 year has already commenced, and I expect an exciting line-up of events in the coming months. I look forward to connecting with existing RELA members at our events and welcome the opportunity to speak with those interested in learning more about and/or joining our Boston chapter.

Kevin Kavanaugh
RELA Boston, Chapter President
2023-2024

Boston Chapter Officers

President

Kevin Kavanaugh

U.S. Bank

2024-2025

617 603 6681kevin.kavanaugh1@usbank.com

Vice President

Peter Lennon

Brookline Bank

2024-2025

617 927 7980plennon@brkl.com

Officer - Finance

Rory Desmond

PNC Bank

2024-2025

rory.desmond@pnc.com

Membership & Communications Officer

Adam Bokon

The Bank of Canton

2024-2025

781 830 6245abokon@thebankofcanton.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Mike Allen

Santander

2024-2025

617 314 2983mike.allen@santander.us

Officer-Programming Committee

Katherine Edgerton

Bank of America

2024-2025

212.123.4567katherine.edgerton@bofa.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Bill Foley

Citizens Bank

2024-2025

617 725 5517william.p.foley@citizensbank.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Dave Heller

Ocean First Bank

2024-2025

888 623 2633 ext: 27256dean.jewett@wellsfargo.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Bill Massos

SVB, A Division of First Citizens Bank

2024-2025

617 999 4239wmassos@svb.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Jon Riedinger

Citizens Bank

2024-2025

212.123.4567jonathan.riedinger@citizensbank.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Kip Sanford

Fifth Third Bank

2024-2025

617 571 5371kip.sanford@53.com

Officer-Programming Committee

Doug Emerzian

JP Morgan

2024-2025

Officer-Programming Committee

Bill Foley

Webster Bank

2024-2025

401 935 2672wfoley@websterbank.com

Officer - Young Member

Brendan O'Keefe

KeyBank Real Estate Capital

2024-2025

617 385 6276brendan_okeefe@keybank.com

Officer - Young Member

Dan Feyock

M&T Bank

2024-2025

814 341 2122dfeyock@mtb.com

Officer - Young Member

Brian Kenney

Berkshire Bank

2024-2025

302 757 5042bmkenney@berkshirebank.com

Past President

Clarke Cronin

Berkshire Bank

2024-2025

National Board - Chapter Liaison

Emily Rush

SVB, A Division of First Citizens Bank

2024-2025

617 543 3350erush@svb.com

Toys for Tots Ambassador

Rory Desmond

PNC

2024-2025

212.123.4567rory.desmond@pnc.com

Toys for Tots Ambassador

Kevin Kavanaugh

US Bank

2024-2025

617 603 6681kevin.kavanaugh1@usbank.com

Toys for Tots Ambassador

Peter Lennon

2024-2025

plennon@brkl.com

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