Leaders, Collaborators, Innovators

Our talented team of trusted entrepreneurs and investors share a passion for innovating the global real estate industry. We love to scale businesses, to serve industry practitioners, and to make our company’s journey as enjoyable as possible along the way.

Second Century Ventures & REACH

Mark Birschbach

Dave Garland

Tyler Thompson

Ashley Stinton

Bob Gillespie

Johan Holmberg, CFA

REACH Australia

Peter Schravemade

Tom Ellis

REACH Canada

Lynette Keyowski

Mike McAra

REACH United Kingdom

Natasha Terinova

REACH EIR

Duke Long

Drew Meyers

Mark Birschbach

Managing Director, Second Century Ventures

Mark Birschbach is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Business, Innovation & Technology (SBIT) for the National Association of REALTORS® and Managing Director, Second Century Ventures.
Mark and his team seek to drive innovation in real estate and benefits to NAR members through strategic relationships with a broad range of business and technology players. Those strategic relationships drive significant non-dues revenue, return on investment, and cost savings to NAR members.

In addition to his responsibilities overseeing Second Century Ventures and REACH, Mark is responsible for the REALTOR Benefits® Program with over 30 partners that provide significant cost savings and drive non-dues revenue to NAR; responsible for researching emerging technologies and their potential impact on the real estate industry; NAR’s top level domains (.realtor and .realestate) business, its products business, and NAR’s relationship with Move Inc., operator of realtor.com®.

Prior to joining NAR, Mark was a technology entrepreneur, serving as President and COO of two real estate tech startups. Prior to his startup experience, Mark was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Citi where he led transaction teams during the execution of M&A and capital markets transactions across a broad range of industries including a significant focus on technology, media and telecom. Mark is active in the entrepreneurial and technology communities serving as an advisor and consultant to several start-up companies. Mark received a BBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Dave Garland

Managing Partner, SCV & REACH

Dave Garland is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities that promise to improve the global residential and commercial real estate industries. He brings over 18 years of strategic advisory experience to numerous venture-backed, public and private real estate companies – bridging these entities with established brokerages and technology firms. As a startup investor, he sits on several boards of growing real estate and mortgage technology organizations.

As an industry practitioner, Garland has acquired, owns and manages portfolios of single family residential, commercial and development properties across America. During the housing crisis, he worked with key organizations to create practical solutions for thousands of real estate professionals, including critical short sale programs instrumental in helping homeowners survive the great recession.

Garland holds an MBA from the Melbourne Business School and BA, Summa Cum Laude, from Notre Dame. He has also attended advanced programs at Oxford and Stanford and is a licensed real estate broker. Garland works from the Silicon Valley office in Menlo Park, CA.

Tyler Thompson

Managing Partner, SCV & REACH

Tyler brings 15 years of strategic, startup, and operational experience to the REACH team. He is responsible for identifying potential candidates for REACH as well as working with companies during and after the program. Tyler served as a mentor for REACH over the past several years and has added significant value to many past participants.Prior to joining REACH, Tyler worked with several start-up and growth stage technology companies, including BitTorrent where they quickly surpassed the 100 million user mark. He served as CEO at both publicly traded Avalon Digital Marketing Systems and CaptureQuest and as part of the executive team at Deductr and the Business Software Alliance, where he represented the world’s leading business software companies.

Tyler graduated with honors from BYU and received his Master’s degree from MIT. Expeditions to the North Pole (on a Russian nuclear icebreaker), the Serengeti, and the top of Mount Kilimanjaro have helped prepare Tyler for his adventures in the worlds of real estate and technology.

Ashley Stinton

Senior Director, Marketing & Communications

Ashley brings more than a decade of global marketing and business development experience between the consumer goods and real estate industries. She is responsible for the marketing and communication strategy for SCV and REach. Ashley joined NAR in 2015 as the Director of Marketing where she oversaw marketing efforts for key initiatives including member outreach, the REALTOR® Safety Program, .realtor and .realestate domains, the Center for REALTOR® Financial Wellness and the REALTOR® Broker Summit and iOi events. Ashley has also served as a mentor for REach® over the past several years and has worked closely with the team to deliver significant growth for the REach Insight Panel. Prior to joining NAR, Ashley worked in strategic business development roles at 3M and Coca-Cola where she specialized in brand and product development in major retail markets in the United States, Western Europe, and Central and South America. Ashley is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business Honors Program at Indiana University where she also competed in pole vault for the IU Track & Field team. Ashley is based in Chicago, IL.

Bob Gillespie

Executive Director, REACH Commercial

Bob Gillespie is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in technology, leadership, operations and finance. He has worked extensively with over 100 companies, with his mentorship and network connections leading to new customers, partnerships and venture funding for the participating companies. Companies he has worked with as an Executive Consultant have gone on raise over $150M. Bob is currently the Executive Director of REach Commercial after having served as the Executive Director of The Elmspring Accelerator, a venture accelerator that invests in technology startups who aim to disrupt the real estate and housing industry, with innovative solutions in housing, brokerage, smart home automation, multifamily, hospitality, construction and more. Bob has his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Finance. Bob loves baseball, is an avid reader, and a passionate traveler. He is more than half way to his goal of visiting at least 100 countries in his lifetime. He works from the NAR Headquarters in Chicago, IL.

Johan Holmberg, CFA

Senior Associate

Johan is responsible for the management and reporting of the SCV and REACH® portfolios, in addition to sourcing and analyzing new investment opportunities. Johan supports companies in the REACH program on matters related to fundraising and operational finance. He is a CFA® Charterholder. Prior to joining SCV, Johan spent four years in financial management for NAR’s Advocacy Group in DC. He’s also managed fund trades and hedging currency exposure for Danica Pension, Sweden, a subsidiary of Danske Bank, with annual net premiums exceeding $1B. Johan holds an MSc in Finance (US MSF/M.Fin) and a BSc in Economics from Lund University School of Economics and Management, Sweden. Johan is based in Washington, DC.

Peter Schravemade

Managing Partner, REACH Australia

Peter Schravemade is the Managing Partner for REACH ASEA. His experience in accelerating property technology coupled with his knowledge of business make him a highly sought after commodity.

Peter is regularly featured as a contributor in international property publications, and has a lengthy list of awards for his service to the Property industry domestically in Australia and internationally. Peter is perhaps best known for his ability to identify trends and discard time consuming fleeting fads.

Tom Ellis

Director, REACH Australia

As EIR at REACH, Tom is supporting the Australian program operations and providing mentoring as an Entrepreneur in Residence. With a career spanning Banking, Investment, Advisory and across multiple markets, Tom understands first-hand the complexities of developing sustainable revenue and expanding into international markets. Tom works with Strategic Investors, Growth Companies and Founders to assist in Strategic Problem solving including Buy and Sell side advisory.

Lynette Keyowski

Managing Partner, REACH Canada

Lynette Keyowski is the Partner at REACH Canada with over 12 years’ executive leadership and management experience in the North American real estate vertical, with a focus on delivering innovative, technology-based solutions to enhance the property transaction ecosystem.

Mike McAra

Director, REACH Canada

Mike McAra is Director of REACH Canada bringing over a decade of data-driven leadership in scaling high-growth firms across North America. Mike holds an MBA, Summa Cum Laude, from the EDHEC Business School and is a former REALTOR®.

Natasha Terinova

Director, REACH UK

Natasha is Director of REACH UK bringing over a decade of experience ranging from corporate partnerships to running and scaling innovative high growth companies focused on environmental sustainability. Natasha holds an MBA from Kent Business School and is a regular speaker at industry events.

Duke Long

Entrepreneur In Residence

Duke Long is a 20 plus year veteran of commercial real estate brokerage development management and ownership. This experience in the user side of technology has translated to the supplier side in unique ways. Always positioned just between generations of established users, legacy companies and the up and coming new generation of commercial real estate. He has leveraged this position for many years and is recognized as an industry leader and creator. Serving as an advisor investor mentor and advocate pushing many of these companies to direct focused and concise decisions. He has been asked by many well-known international companies and associations such as CBRE, JLL, Colliers International, The National Association of Realtors, The International Council of Shopping Centers, CCIM, SIOR, MIPIM and CoreNet among others speak and present about the latest in Commercial Real Estate Technology. He attended Indiana University and is also a veteran of The United States Air Force. He is based in New York, New York.

Drew Meyers is a product strategist, writer, and community builder with 15+ years of cross-functional experience in the sharing economy, real estate, and travel industries.
He is the founder of Geek Estate, where the GEM provides to over 500 execs, founders, VCs and practitioners an exclusive, objective lens into the trends, companies, people, and ideas shaping real estate and Built World technology. Serves as an EIR with Second Century Ventures.

An avid traveler with more than forty countries under his belt, he previously conceptualized and led two bootstrapped travel apps, reaching 15k+ total global users: Horizon, a private hospitality exchange network, and Oh Hey World, an open source location sharing platform for travelers.

Drew started his career at Zillow in 2005 managing Zillow’s API program and various online partnerships. As Zillow became the #2 real estate portal during his nearly five year tenure, Drew worked with Zillow’s PR team as a spokesperson for the company in various capacities, and founded the Carnival of Real Estate and Geek Estate Blog from within the company. Since then, he has spoken at Inman Connect, REBAR Camps, and a range of other events including InnovateHousing, a half-day conference co-hosted by The Washington Center for Real Estate Research and Fannie Mae exploring the intersection of housing, innovation, and tech. He moderated a panel on “The Future of Data: Can Innovation and Privacy Coexist?” (Watch the entire panel here.) He has also been cited as an expert in MIT Technology Review, and other publications.

He was a proud member of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s executive team during WaBeta Chapter’s migration to the Balanced Man Program in 2004, and holds a Business Administration degree from the

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Bob Goldberg

CEO, National Association of REALTORS® and Chairman, Second Century Ventures

Bob Goldberg is Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of REALTORS® and Chairman of Second Century Ventures. During his tenure, Goldberg has focused on transforming the organization and leading efforts to put members first, while driving the technology innovation and collaboration needed to position the real estate industry for the future. Working with the association’s volunteer leadership, Goldberg has specifically emphasized the importance of staying ahead of “proptech” or “real estate- and property-focused technology.” Under his leadership, NAR launched the Strategic Business Innovation and Technology Group (SBIT), designed to drive industry innovation and benefits to NAR members. The group includes an Emerging Technology team, tasked with finding partnerships with organizations, companies and institutions researching and developing new technologies. The team also launched the successful Innovation and Opportunity Investment Summit (iOi), a unique yearly gathering of real estate practitioners, technology innovators and investors to identify opportunities to work together.

In addition to his role as NAR CEO, Goldberg is President of NAR’s investment arm, Second Century Ventures, as well as the highly ranked REACH technology accelerator. Through those entities, NAR holds positions in a range of technology companies, driving innovation for the benefit of the industry and NAR members. In addition, he is president and CEO of the REALTORS® Information Network (RIN), a for profit, wholly-owned subsidiary of NAR, where he’s responsible for oversight of the realtor.com® operating agreement with Move Inc.

Bob Extended Bio: https://www.nar.realtor/bob-goldberg