David Hartzell is a Senior Advisor to Clear Path, and the Director of the Leonard W. Wood Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of North Carolina. Over the course of several decades at UNC, he has taught and influenced countless students who have grown into real estate veterans across North Carolina and the United States.
He also serves on the board of the UNC Real Estate Investment Fund, the real estate private equity fund that is managed by students in the real estate concentration at UNC Kenan-Flagler. The fund is the only student-managed private equity real estate fund in existence.
Dave examines issues related to the construction of institutional real estate portfolios, publicly traded real estate companies, real estate private equity performance, and real estate finance. He teaches courses in finance and real estate.
Dave serves on the board of directors of Highwoods Properties, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses its investment and development in the office sector in southeastern markets in the United States. He serves on the investment committee and the audit committee of the board.
He received his PhD from UNC and his MA and BS from the University of Delaware.