Declaration

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Declaration Partners Co-Founder Todd S. Rich speaks with top investors and business leaders to discuss current events, share insights, and make their own declarations about life, family, and investing.

Our Host

Todd S. Rich is a Co-Founder and Partner of Declaration Partners and the Head of Real Estate, serving as chairman of Declaration’s Real Estate Investment Committee. Todd, who is based in the Bethesda, MD office, co-founded Declaration with two decades of multi-market real estate investing and operating experience including acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, and management of portfolios involving over $20 billion of institutional quality real estate. Previously, Todd was an Owner and Partner at The JBG Companies where he served as a member of its Investment and Management Committees. He was involved in strategic efforts culminating in the creation of JBG SMITH Properties as a public REIT (NYSE: JBGS). Prior to The JBG Companies, Todd was a Managing Director at Tishman Speyer where he was responsible for the business activities of the Washington, DC region and worked in Tishman Speyer’s Chicago, London, and New York offices.

Todd currently serves on the boards of the Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) of Greater Washington and the Princeton Alumni Real Estate Network (PAREN). He is currently a member of The Field School’s Field Fund Committee. He formerly served on the boards of the Economic Club of Washington and the SED Center. He graduated from Princeton University and was a Fulbright Scholar living in Argentina and Brazil. Outside of work, Todd enjoys reading and spending time with his wife and three children at the beach and on the slopes.

Episodes

David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles

September 15, 2024

Bennett Goodman, Executive Chairman of Hunter Point Capital, formerly of Blackstone/GSO

October 20, 2024

David J. Roux, Co-Founder and Chairman of BayPine, formerly of Silver Lake

November 14, 2024

Robert Picard, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments at Hightower Advisors

December 12, 2024

Kari Firestone, Co-Founder & Chair Emerita of Aureus Asset Management

January 16, 2025

Marco Peschiera, CEO of Grupo Romero Investment Office (GRIO) and CEO & CIO of Grupo Romero Asset Management (GRAM)

February 14, 2025

Jon Qvistgaard=Petersen, President of Marlin Exploration and Petersen Private Equity

March 12, 2025

Sean Plummer, Founder of Haystack Capital Partners

April 17, 2025

Michael Glosserman, Member of DPRE Advisory Board and Trustee of JBG Smith

May 14, 2025

Daniel Mueller & Les Baquiran, Founders of Alpine Capital Advisors

June 11, 2025

Fred Klein, Senior Counsel at DLA Piper

July 17, 2025

Jack Dwyer, CEO of Capital Funding Bancorp, Inc. and CFG Bank

August 13, 2025

Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Riverwood Capital

September 12, 2025

Michael Spies, Founder of Fuse Strategies

October 15, 2025

Jimmy Weil, Managing Member of Weil Family, LLC

November 18, 2025

Bill Woodson, Co-Head & Managing Director of Cynosure Wealth Advisors

December 17, 2025

Ray Ritchey, Senior Executive Vice President at Boston Properties

January 13, 2026

Disclaimer
This podcast (“Podcast”) is provided for discussion and informational purposes only, for use by Declaration Partners LP together with its affiliates referred to as (“Declaration”) and should not be considered investment, legal, or tax advice. Past performance is not indicative of future outcomes. This Podcast does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any investment product or any interest in the Fund or any other investment vehicles or accounts managed or advised by Declaration. Investing involves a certain degree of risk, including the risk of loss. This Podcast may contain certain forward-looking statements, which may not materialize. No compensation has been awarded to any speaker for statements made that are either testimonials or endorsements. However, certain speakers may be current or former investors in certain Declaration investment products and may receive reduced fees, priority terms, priority access, co-investment rates, among other preferential treatment, which may pose a conflict of interest. Certain speakers may also be affiliates and/or service providers that receive compensation from Declaration for services provided in their service provider capacity but have not been compensated specifically for any testimonials or endorsements made herein. The views expressed in this podcast by either the guest speaker or the host are their own and may not reflect the views of their firm, Declaration, or their respective affiliates. The information discussed in this Podcast may change at any time without notice, and there is no duty by Declaration to update any person to whom this information is provided. Neither the US Securities and Exchange Commission nor the securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Podcast.