Dr. Sam Chandan is the Director of the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at NYU Stern. Previously, he served as the academic dean at the Schack Institute of Real Estate. Dr. Chandan is the founder of Chandan Economics and an expert on real estate finance, urban economics, and public health. He has contributed to Forbes and hosts the Urban Lab podcast.A leader in diversity and inclusion, he founded the National Symposium of Women in Real Estate and chairs the Real Estate Pride Council. Dr. Chandan holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.