Young Guns
Build Your Career
TREC’s Young Guns are a group of commercial real estate professionals age 35 and under who come together to build relationships, grow their careers, and make an impact in the social, political, and community issues that affect the city of Dallas.
Member Benefits
Invitations to all Young Guns programs, including Rising to the Top, Forum, and About Town
Invitations to Speaker Series, Market Matters, and other networking events
Access to our annual Mentorship Program
Ability to participate in Breakfast Groups
Access to our online membership directory
Discounted rate for TREC PAC membership
Young Guns Events
Casino Night
Our premier Young Guns networking event, Casino Night offers an unforgettable evening of gaming, music, and raffles benefiting each year’s Community Investment Project.
Committee & sponsorship opportunities available
2025 Casino Night Chair: Austin Sheahan, Newmark
2025 Casino Night Vice Chair: David Rivero, 1968 Holdings
Rising to the Top
Find out what it takes to reach the highest levels of the commercial real estate industry with our annual Rising to the Top panel event! Get the no-nonsense advice you need to grow your career and explore the latest hiring trends with a diverse speaker lineup of developers, investors, brokers, and designers.
Committee & sponsorship opportunities available
2025 Rising to the Top Co-Chair: Peyton Schlacter, Hillwood
2025 Rising to the Top Co-Chair:Maddy Hunton, Trammell Crow Company
Educational Series Sponsor
Forum
Our annual Forum offers Young Guns the opportunity to learn about the evolution of a Dallas neighborhood from a panel of key players in the development process, while networking with their peers.
Committee & sponsorship opportunities available
2025 Forum Co-Chair: Jack Leonhard, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage
2025 Forum Co-Chair: Kristina Boshardt, Rosewood Property Company
Educational Series Sponsor
About Town
These quarterly networking events offer hard-hat tours of forthcoming Dallas developments. Space is extremely limited and these events tend to reach capacity fast.
Educational Series Sponsor
Young Guns Community Investment Project
Each year, through TREC Community Investors, our Young Guns support our community by completing a real estate-focused neighborhood revitalization project. In recent years, the Young Guns Project has benefited the Dallas Catalyst Project.
2025 Project Co-Chair: Ryan Kolowich, OMNIPlan, Inc.
2025 Project Co-Chair: KD Smith, Hunt Realty Investments, Inc.
Breakfast Groups
Get to know your fellow Young Guns over breakfast. Meet with a small group to discuss business, current trends and local issues while building relationships with Young Guns across a variety of businesses in the commercial real estate industry.
2025 Breakfast Groups Chair: Frances Tubb, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr P.C.
A Young Guns membership is required to participate
Networking Events Sponsor
2026 Young Guns Core Committee
Tanner Lloyd
CHAIR
Birch Construction
Jack Leonhard
VICE CHAIR
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage
Sharon Garcia Mezo
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT CHAIR
42 Real Estate
Hoyt Matise
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT VICE CHAIR
Alliance Residential Company
K.D. Smith
TREC PAC Rep
Hunt Realty Investments, Inc.
Gio Lincón
PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE LIAISON
Trammell Crow Company
Matthew Torres
DEI LEADERSHIP Liaison
Meritax Advisors
Ryan Kolowich
TREC COMMUNITY INVESTORS PROJECT CO-MANAGER
OMNIPlan, Inc.
Ethan Ortmann
TREC COMMUNITY INVESTORS PROJECT CO-MANAGER
Expedition Capital Advisors
Matthew McManigle
SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR
Balfour Beatty
David Rivero
CASINO NIGHT CHAIR
1968 Holdings
Ashley Johnson
CASINO NIGHT VICE CHAIR
Kimley-Horn
Mitchell Parker
RISING TO THE TOP CO-CHAIR
MainStreet Partners, LLC.
Taylor Kolle
RISING TO THE TOP CO-CHAIR
RREAF Holdings
Will Rouse
FORUM CO-CHAIR
Flournoy Development Group
Nate Wilkins
FORUM CO-CHAIR
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
Wyatt Anderson
BREAKFAST GROUPS CHAIR
Thirty-Four Commercial