Yehuda Hecht, CPA

Director of Finance and Accounting

Mr. Hecht serves as Director of Finance and Accounting with oversight of Madison’s Finance and Accounting team. His responsibilities include, financial reporting, tax structuring of investments and securing credit and financing with financial institutions. Mr. Hecht has over 12 years of well developed finance and accounting experience. Prior to joining Madison, Mr. Hecht acted as a Regional Finance Director for Tishman Speyer responsible for the financial quality control of an office real estate portfolio valued at almost $4 billion. Mr. Hecht spent 6 years as part of the portfolio finance group at ING Clarion where his responsibilities included financial reporting and performance analysis for residential, opportunistic and value added commingled real estate funds. In addition, he spent 3 years at Ernst & Young where he was a senior auditor servicing various publicly traded real estate clients. Yehuda attended Yeshiva University, Sy Syms School of Business where he earned a B.S. in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Gregory Michel, CPA

Senior Fund Controller

Mr. Michel serves as Senior Fund Controller, primarily responsible for the coordination, oversight and quality-control of all aspects of both internal and investor financial reporting for the Madison investment vehicles. Prior to joining Madison, he spent over seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as an audit manager in the Investment Management Group. Mr. Michel managed audit engagements of investment companies, including all types of open and closed-end funds, both domestic and international, fund of funds, private equity and hedge funds. His responsibilities included maintaining a proficient working knowledge of US GAAP, Investment Company accounting and SEC reporting. Mr. Michel attended James Madison University where he earned a B.S. in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jessica Fedor

Corporate Controller

Ms. Fedor serves as Corporate Controller. She is responsible for financial reporting and tax compliance for several of Madison’s private equity funds. In addition, she oversees the financial control of Madison’s management companies in both the U.S. and Germany. Prior to joining Madison International Realty, Ms. Fedor worked in Finance at CIBC within its Investment Banking division. Her main focus was to create an effective control environment and maintain financial data integrity in order to report timely and accurate financial results. Earlier in her career, Ms. Fedor spent five years at Bank of Scotland where she played a key role in budgeting, reporting, financial analysis as well as providing dealing support to the traders. Ms. Fedor received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Hofstra University.

Kristin Albano

Senior Fund Accountant

Ms. Albano serves as Senior Fund Accountant. She is primarily responsible for books & records maintenance, budgeting, forecasting, financial statement preparation and tax reporting for several of Madison's private equity funds. Prior to joining Madison, Ms. Albano worked at Ernst & Young, LLP in the audit practice with an industry focus on technology and communications. There, she was responsible for the coordination and management of financial statement audits. Ms. Albano also spent a year with Ernst & Young’s internal strategy group where she conducted research and analysis on markets, services, and competitors’ impact on firm strategy. Ms. Albano received her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Accountancy from St. John’s University.

Nadir Wright, CTP

Treasurer

Mr. Wright serves as Treasurer with responsibility for fund and corporate management company banking activity, including cash management, wire transfers, FX conversions, and reconciliations. He acts as a crucial link between the fund accountants and treasury. He spearheaded the implementation of the Yardi accounting operating system. Additionally, he manages banking relationships and oversees the accounts payable function.

Prior to joining Madison, Mr. Wright worked for the prime brokerage firm, Newedge USA, LLC for 6 years as a Treasury Analyst. Mr. Wright also previously worked in the treasury group at Prudential Financial in Newark. Mr. Wright received his BA from Tufts University and his MPH from Columbia University.  Additionally, Mr. Wright is a Certified Treasury Professional.