Biography

Mr. Cicco has over 45 years of real estate and capital markets experience, including initiating Evercore Partners' Real Estate Strategic Advisory practice after founding MJC Associates. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Cicco spent 29 years at Merrill Lynch & Co., ultimately serving as Vice Chairman of Global Commercial Real Estate and Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking. Mr. Cicco has served on the advisory boards of the Columbia Business School's Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, the University of Wisconsin's James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate, and the Wharton School's Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center. He currently is a Senior Advisor to Lightstone. He is an active member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and the Real Estate Roundtable. Mr. Cicco earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia College.