University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Brian F. Lavin, BSBA 1976, discusses “Public Private Partnership’s Maximum Value for a University Foundation” on March 11 in the university’s Millennium Student Center. His talk was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series, which is offered by the university’s Executive Leadership Consortium and led by ELC Director Malaika Horne (right).

Lavin is the president and chief executive officer of NTS Realty Holdings, NTS Development Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates. He’s responsible for NTS commercial real estate development and land acquisitions, and he oversees the management of office buildings, business centers, multi-family and single-family residential divisions. NTS is based in Louisville, Ky.

The photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL.