Rick RogovinIn the newly created position, Rogovin will be responsible for reaching out to institutional investors, limited partnerships, individual investors, brokers and others to form strategic alliances, negotiate partnerships, and forge relationships to significantly expand Dow’s owned and joint-venture hotel portfolio, as well as acquire and develop third-party management contracts. He will work closely with Mark Rosinsky, DHC’s s senior vice president of investments. Prior to joining DHC, Rogovin was director – commercial mortgage investments, for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), a national financial services organization and the leading provider of retirement services to individuals and institutions in the academic, research, medical, philanthropic and cultural fields. During his 14-year career there, he oversaw the organization’s national hotel lending program, placing an average loan volume of $350 million annually, and a $1.3 billion hotel mortgage portfolio.