Declaration

the declarations. podcast

Declaration Partners Co-Founder Todd S. Rich speaks with top investors and business leaders to discuss current events, share insights, and make their own declarations about life, family, and investing.

Our Host

Todd S. Rich is a Co-Founder and Partner of Declaration Partners and the Head of Real Estate, serving as chairman of Declaration’s Real Estate Investment Committee. Todd, who is based in the Bethesda, MD office, co-founded Declaration with two decades of multi-market real estate investing and operating experience including acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, and management of portfolios involving over $20 billion of institutional quality real estate. Previously, Todd was an Owner and Partner at The JBG Companies where he served as a member of its Investment and Management Committees. He was involved in strategic efforts culminating in the creation of JBG SMITH Properties as a public REIT (NYSE: JBGS). Prior to The JBG Companies, Todd was a Managing Director at Tishman Speyer where he was responsible for the business activities of the Washington, DC region and worked in Tishman Speyer’s Chicago, London, and New York offices.

Todd currently serves on the boards of the Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) of Greater Washington and the Princeton Alumni Real Estate Network (PAREN). He is currently a member of The Field School’s Field Fund Committee. He formerly served on the boards of the Economic Club of Washington and the SED Center. He graduated from Princeton University and was a Fulbright Scholar living in Argentina and Brazil. Outside of work, Todd enjoys reading and spending time with his wife and three children at the beach and on the slopes.

Episodes

EP 1 - September 15, 2024

David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles

EP 2 - October 20, 2024

Bennett Goodman, Executive Chairman of Hunter Point Capital, formerly of Blackstone/GSO

EP 3 - November 14, 2024

David J. Roux, Co-Founder and Chairman of BayPine, formerly of Silver Lake

EP 4 - Coming December 2024

Robert Picard, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments at Hightower Advisors

EP 5 - Coming January 2025

Karen Firestone, Executive Chairman of Aureus Asset Management