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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 21, 2024 8:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> conventioncommittee1@washingtonlandtitle.com <conventioncommittee1@washingtonlandtitle.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Conventioncommittee1] Economist Speaker</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Good morning all. We have a speaker from the UW.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Mason Virant Bio</b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>"</b>Mason Virant currently serves as the Associate Director for the Washington Center for Real Estate Research housed at the University of Washington. The center focuses on generating high quality, value-add
real estate research, education services and project-oriented research to real estate licensees, real estate consumers, real estate service providers, institutional customers, public agencies, and communities in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest region.</p>
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Early on in his career Mason worked in investment analytics and research as well as product development at PitchBook, a venture capital and private equity research firm. He went on to hold various roles at private wealth management and investment firms in
the Seattle area before venturing into the real estate industry. Mason attended Santa Clara University for his undergraduate studies where he focused on finance and computer science. He then went on to receive his Master’s degree in Real Estate from the University
of Washington."</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#222222">Mason A. Virant</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#222222">Associate Director | WCRER</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="mailto:mavirant@uw.edu" target="_blank">mavirant@uw.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#222222">206.719.0892</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">He’ll arrive on Monday afternoon/evening. Speak in the morning on Tuesday, and leave after his talk. He’s invited of course to the reception and dinner; I assume he’ll
be there in time for that.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I’ve adjusted the draft agenda accordingly. See attached.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">George</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#1F497D">George Peters, WTP</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#1F497D">Executive Director</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#1F497D">Washington Land Title Association</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://link.edgepilot.com/s/dfc2b8a1/QKxOiECMA0OkCbODwlLdiA?u=https://washingtonlandtitle.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://link.edgepilot.com/s/dfc2b8a1/QKxOiECMA0OkCbODwlLdiA?u=https://washingtonlandtitle.com/</span></a>
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