As President, Mr. Alter is responsible for all planning and operations of The Alter Group, a national corporate real estate development firm with five vertically integrated companies. This year, The Alter Group has 4,000,000 SF of space, worth $600 million, under development across the nation. Affiliates include Entrust Realty Advisors, which creates real time custom solutions to facilitate the disposition of national portfolio properties to well capitalized third party private and institutional investors; Alter+Care, a healthcare real estate development firm; Alter Construction Group, which provides construction services; Alter Asset Management, a property-management firm; Alter Asset Recovery, which provides expedited recovery solutions for distressed commercial real estate; and Alter 360, which provides turn-key brokerage services to entrepreneurial businesses and small property owners.

In 2010, The Alter Group was honored as NAIOP's National Developer of the Year.

Mr. Alter and his wife are north suburban residents and are the parents of three children.

Mr. Alter has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Harvard University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Alter is the Principal Owner of the Chicago Sky, the WNBA franchise in Chicago.

A Chicago native, Mr. Alter previously was a practicing attorney with Mayer Brown & Platt and clerk to William J. Bauer, former Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Mr. Alter established and is a Board Member of City Year Chicago, now in its twelfth year. This unique national service organization unites young people from diverse backgrounds, ages 17 to 23, for a demanding year of full-time community service and leadership development.

Bachelor of Arts in Government, Harvard University

Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago

Honorary Degree, Knox College

Licensed Attorney: State of Illinois

Young Presidents Organization, Chicago Chapter

Real Estate Roundtable

The Economic Club

Urban Land Institute