Scott Kempton is managing director and a member of the Global Real Estate Managed Accounts team for the TIAA organization. Mr. Kempton manages direct real estate investments. For the past four years, he has served as the senior portfolio manager for all investments in super regional malls on behalf of 3rd party separate account joint venture investment partners. He previously served as head of the Strategic Acquisitions team for all U.S. markets. Prior to that, Mr. Kempton served as director of real estate acquisitions for the Eastern U.S. and the director of real estate acquisitions for the Western U.S., and has served in several other investment production capabilities. Mr. Kempton joined TIAA in 1987 and has 29 years of commercial real estate investment experience. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University.