About
Jonathan A. Schein
CEO and Executive Director
About Jonathan
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Globally known as a master connector, Jonathan is highly regarded as a forward thinking and progressive executive with an exceptional ability to adjust to new global dynamics and apply them to underlying structures of business, governmental and social trends.
Prior to starting RELPI he was best known for the founding of GlobeSt.com, the commercial real estate industry's most successful online news and information website.
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Jonathan's humorous nature led him at a young age to test and hone stand-up comedy skills and, apart from enjoying himself extremely, he also discovered he has the ability to easily sense emotions and feelings within the room. This trait became extremely important in his career path since it offered a deep understanding of emerging markets, excellent presentation skills and adaptability to new market dynamics.
He also served as Global Head of Business Development and Managing Director, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc. In this capacity, he established and maintained relationships with institutional investors, pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and HNW family offices as well as fund managers and private equity firms in the Americas, Europe & APAC. He hosted, moderated and facilitated over 100 of the company’s meetings, and conferences, roundtables and video gatherings.
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Prior to this, Jonathan was the President & CEO of Real Estate Media, Inc., a Wasserstein & Co. Portfolio Company where he founded GlobeSt.com and created RealShare Conferences, one of the industry’s largest events/conferences groups.
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Jonathan has been acting as Special Advisor, Real Estate & Infrastructure for the Robert F. Kennedy Compass Conference by connecting and recruiting private equity firms and institutional investors to attend the foundation’s annual event in Hyannis Port, MA.
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​At the forefront of ESG in the commercial real estate industry, he was also President & CEO of ScheinMedia, a media outfit where he launched a national green real estate news, information and website and events platform as well as acquired a regional residential green real estate magazine.
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Along these lines, he was also the Co-Leader of the Sustainability Initiative, at Penton Media, Inc., and developed a platform and strategy encompassing Penton’s 16 vertical b2b markets, managed relationships with companies ranging in size from Fortune 500 to small businesses.
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Jonathan is currently a member of the prestigious industry organization, Counselors of Real Estate as well as the Pension Real Estate Association and is a graduate of The George Washington University with a BBA in Finance.
Jonathan currently lives in New York City with his wife Cynthia, a licensed acupuncturist and their two dogs, Bella and Penny who are decidedly unlicensed to cause trouble at any moment.
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Arno Van Grondelle
CEO, Europe
About Arno
Based in the Netherlands, Van Grondelle brings extensive knowledge and leadership
experience from his career working on behalf of the institutional real estate investment and
media industries.
Most recently he served as Managing Director of Europe for Institutional Real Estate, Inc. where
he was responsible for investor relations, business development and overall strategic initiatives
for Institutional Real Estate Europe Magazine (IREI-Europe).
In this capacity, he established and maintained relationships with all types of institutional
investors including pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and HNW
family offices as well as fund managers and private equity firms in the Europe, United Kingdom,
Americas & APAC.
An expert moderator and host, he facilitated the company’s European meetings, conferences,
roundtables, and video gatherings.
Prior to his three years at Institutional Real Estate, Inc. he was international sales director
at PropertyEU, where he was responsible for the sales of PropertyEU's comprehensive media portfolio, including PropertyEU magazine and EXPO Real's Preview and Daily News.
Experienced International Sales Director with a demonstrated history of working in the real
estate industry. Strong sales professional skilled in Digital Strategy, Search Engine Optimization
(SEO), Marketing Management, Advertising Sales, and Business Planning.
Arno lives in Aalsmeer and the father of two sons, spends his time on stage as a singer and
enjoys the company of his dog Pepa.