Sponsor Advisory Council

Ash Bell

President
ResidentRadius

Ash leads the industry’s only provider offering a refundable deposit management solution, rent repayment programs, and dynamic centralized services. He formerly served as VP and Managing Director of Updater and CRO of Spruce. He has over 25 years of multifamily experience including sales leadership roles and board positions with LRO, RealPage, MRI, and GetCovered.

Jesus Machuca

SVP and Head of Sales
Rent.

As the SVP and Head of Sales, Jesus spearheads the sales team at Rent. Prior to leading the sales team, Jesus played a crucial role in driving Rent's digital transformation by introducing new platforms and technologies to the solutions portfolio. With a focus on the renter's journey, Jesus played a key role in positioning Rent as a "one-stop" that utilizes 1st party data to attract and target qualified renters.

Prior to joining Rent., Jesus held key growth leadership positions at Publicis, Seccion Amarilla, The Dallas Morning News, and other organizations. During his tenure, he oversaw company and product expansion, developed business models, and implemented revenue and go-to-market sales strategies He also served as an Advisory Board Member for Southern Methodist University's Digital Transformation program.

Jesus is passionate about delivering a superior client experience, leveraging data-driven marketing, and creating inclusive and empowering cultures. He earned his degree from the University of Texas at Austin and believes his calling is to help multifamily operators and owners reach their full plan potential.

Kristi Fickert

Vice President of Enterprise Growth Realync

Kristi Fickert is the Vice President of Enterprise Growth at Realync. She has 25 years of multifamily experience and spent 15 years in a senior marketing role for one of Nation's Top 50 management companies before working in the digital agency and technology sectors of the industry. She is an instructor for multifamily organizations around the country and has presented for a variety of industry events, including AIM, IREM and NAA.

Kristi is an ambassador for NAA’s 20 in their Twenties group and sits on NAA’s Marketing and Communications Committee. In addition, she has been a featured speaker for the Cincinnati Reds, Urban Land Institute and Commercial Real Estate Women. Kristi has also been featured on twelve different podcasts, is Co-Host of the LinkedIn Live ChatAPT talk show, has been published in UNITS magazine, recently launched a micro-video course called The Lens (now in Season Three) and spent four years in public office as an elected City Councilwoman.

Mike Wolber

Chief Sales Officer
Apartment List

Mike is the Chief Sales Officer at Apartment List and responsible for the overall sales strategy for the business. Additionally, he is the creator of the Modern Multifamily Podcast. After 5 years at Nike, Mike made the shift into Multifamily technology space and has led revenue teams for the last 10 years.

Trevor Park

VP of Marketing
Digible

Trevor Park is the VP of Marketing for Digible and is based out of Seattle, Washington. His focus has always been to connect people with one another to provide everyone he works with access to transparent and reliable data, strategic solutions, and world-class support. As the VP of Marketing at Digible, he continues to work with all departments throughout Digible to provide creative input and strategic solutions to continue to put them as a leader in Multifamily.

When Trevor is not working, he and his wife are pretty obsessed with the newest addition to the family, little Ella. Born in October, she is definitely keeping them busy. They love exploring new parts of the Pacific Northwest and trying new tequilas. Trevor also splits his free time working with non-profits to improve their marketing, events, community outreach, and corporate philanthropy programs.

Zach Sloan

Co-Founder and Chief Sales Influencer
Rentgrata

Rentgrata’s Co-Founder and Chief Sales Influencer joined the real estate industry 6 years ago. In short manner, Zach has become one of the industry’s top performing and well-branded salespeople. When Zach’s not attending conferences or client meetings, he enjoys exercising, coffee, cigars, a beautiful boat day in sunny Tampa and his newfound plant obsession.