LEADERSHIP
RREA exists to enhance the Rotman real estate experience for students through education, application, and exposure, and with our strong leadership focused on these objectives, we continue to thrive.
Prior to attending Rotman, Ezra was the first employee to join the Toronto start-up, Ace Hill Beer. During his five year career in beverage/alcohol Ezra gained experience in sales, marketing, and management. Ezra played a key role helping the company make strategic inroads into new beverage categories and the cannabis industry and build out the sales team while overseeing execution, helping the company scale into what is today one of the largest privately owned alcohol companies in Ontario.
Always possessing a passion for Real Estate, Ezra decided to attend Rotman to aid him in his career transition. This past summer, Ezra worked as a Financial Analyst for Cachet Homes, a privately owned Real Estate Developer in Southern Ontario. Over the course of his internship Ezra helped Cachet secure several new debt facilities to fund construction and development of existing assets and worked on preparing pro formas for new projects and land acquisition.
Looking forward, Ezra is excited to contribute to the Rotman Real Estate community and elevate the awareness on campus through initiatives that connect industry professionals, alumni and current students. Through a series of industry specific seminars, panel discussions, and case competitions, Ezra’s goal is to help current students increase awareness and understanding of the opportunities that exist in the Toronto real estate industry.
Ezra Cohen
President
Ori Abara is an urban planner and student in the Morning & Evening MBA program at Rotman. In addition to school, she is currently the Land Use Planner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, where she’s involved in managing and facilitating development approvals for various clients.
Ori started her career as a planning consultant in Western Canada and later gained experience as a heritage consultant at a leading heritage architectural firm in Toronto. She brings a unique blend of experience in development and heritage approvals, community design, public engagement, and zoning and land use policy to her work and studies. Ori holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Honours Planning) from the University of Waterloo and is a Registered Professional Planner with the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and a full member of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
In her first year at Rotman, she led her team to a first-place win in the RREA/SmartCentres Development Case Competition. When she’s not at work or at school, you can find her planning her next trip, trying out new restaurants, or volunteering on walking tours.
Ori Abara
Vice President, External
Prior to attending Rotman, Andrew worked as an electrical engineer for commercial high-rise construction projects in the Toronto downtown core. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Queen’s University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.
For his summer internship, Andrew worked at Sun Life Capital Management on the Private Fixed Income team specializing in infrastructure and project finance. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys weightlifting, playing guitar and downhill skiing.
Andrew Huszti
Vice President, Finance
Prior to joining Rotman, Shuming worked as project coordinator for multiple infrastructure turnkey projects in China and several African countries including Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire and Congo. His responsibilities included coordination of various internal and external stakeholders throughout the design, construction, procurement processes, such as engineering consultants, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, service providers, financial institutes, and project employers. Shuming has extensive experience in stakeholder management and working on government approval process.
During his first year at Rotman, he was finalist of TD investment banking case competition and SmartCentre real estate case competition. He interned at Mattamy Homes as development coordinator. In his spare time, he likes playing guitar, snowboarding, and badminton.
Shuming Chui
Vice President, ESG
Prior to attending Rotman, Matt worked in private equity for a family office focused on lower-mid market investments. Prior to his time in private equity, Matt worked as an investment analyst specializing in corporate pensions, seeing a wide array of investment classes. Matt holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of San Diego.
For his summer internship, Matt worked at Sun Life Capital Management on the Private Fixed Income team specializing in infrastructure.
Matt Kaumeyer
Vice President, Internal
Daniel Olmos
Vice President, Communications
Daniel is a student at the Morning MBA Program at Rotman and an Industrial Engineer from Mexico. He has seven years of experience in consulting and project management in diverse industries in business process improvement, change management, quality management, and, more recently, urban planning and public policy development initiatives.
He has worked with Mexican senators, congresspeople, and climate change experts in leading large-scale projects for public policy development to aid Mexico in creating more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and human settlements. Some of these projects include the creation of a new federal law called General Mobility and Road Safety Law and methodologies that aid federal and local governments implement such law within their territories.
