Rogos hopes to systemize recruitment preparation in the Club

The 2026 MBA Real Estate Club Executive Board began their term at the beginning of March. (From back left) Gavin West, Sam Lee, Corbett Hylton, Augy White
(From front left) Aidan Powers, Jared Rogos, Katie McCann, Richard Gallagher

Selected by a committee of his peers, first-year MBA student Jared Rogos is the 2026 president of the MBA Real Estate Club. Rogos, who will be interning with Wood Partners this summer, began exploring UNC Kenan-Flagler after first hearing Professor Jim Spaeth interviewed on Spencer Burton’s podcast Adventures in CRE. We spoke with the Pitt graduate to learn more about his vision for the MBA Real Estate Club over the next year.

Why are you passionate about real estate?

One of the main reasons I have fallen in love with real estate – and particularly development – is due to the astoundingly diverse set of stakeholders that come together to create an asset. Human beings from radically diverse walks of life – architects, engineers, consultants, investors, property managers, construction workers, and much more – all come together and add elements of their own respective career & life paths to a shared goal. The fruit of that shared goal, when successful, becomes a part of the fabric of a community; it changes the way we live, work, and play for the better. As a developer, to have the opportunity to learn just enough to be dangerous within that broad set of domains is incredibly alluring. There’s no other industry and function I would rather be a part of.

What in your career led you to exploring your MBA and ultimately committing to the real estate concentration?

By the time I had spent about 3 years in management consulting (circa early 2023), I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I wanted to be a real estate developer. Every decision point I arrived at after that was viewed through the primary lens of: What is the most optimal route into the industry for me? Due to having limited prior real estate experience, I decided that a full-time two-year program – which allows for an internship – was the best move. Thereafter, I set the goal of attending the best 2-year graduate program for real estate development in the world. After a lot of research, there was a clear answer: UNC’s MBA real estate program. It has not only proven to meet that mark for me; it has exceeded my expectations.

Why are you a part of the MBA Real Estate Club? How do you believe it benefits Real Estate students?

As a real estate student at UNC, being in the Real Estate Club is part and parcel of your time in the program. Ultimately, it’s what facilitates so many of the elements that make the real estate track here so unique and useful. It allows you to recurringly interface and bond with all of your fellow Tar Heels studying real estate. With immense support from the Wood Center, the club hosts social events, panels, learning sessions, case competitions, career treks, and more. It does this all while fostering a warm environment conducive to not only making strong career connections (in your industry of choice, no less), but genuine friends!

Why did you decide to apply for the President position of the MBA Real Estate Club?

Due to many of the reasons I spelled out previously, I’m simply grateful to be in the real estate community here. That in and of itself made the opportunity to have even a small impact on the ecosystem feel like a meaningful endeavor. The decision was a no-brainer.

What is your overall vision for the club during your term?

As Commercial Real Estate continues to institutionalize, I think it is important that the Real Estate Club builds on its momentum in being systematic with how we prep students for the internship and job hunt. In the more common post-MBA fields (consulting and banking), there are defined and structured processes that students follow to land roles at top firms. The respective career clubs are the facilitators of those processes. Real estate is much different than both of those industries. Need is assessed differently, and there’s significantly less structure to recruiting. However, I believe there are ways to create order out of the chaos. The club can help with that, and that is my primary vision.

How do you believe you can positively impact the UNC Kenan-Flagler Real Estate Community?

I hope that my time here in the MBA program, not only my time as President of the Real Estate Club, is the start of a prolonged connection with the UNC Real Estate Community. Certainly, as I grow in my career, I hope to have more to give back to future students in terms of involvement and seasoned guidance. For now & until that, I plan on being a committed club President and an authentic member of the program. Additionally, when I was a prospective applicant, the willingness with which UNC real estate students connected with me and advised me on my path was legitimately remarkable. I hope to be able to give that back and more as President while interfacing with prospectives.

How do you plan to foster connectedness between first- and second-year students, both formally and informally?

I think the great news for the incoming Class of 2028 is that we have an awesome group of will-be second years ready to extend a hand and connect in the fall. Additionally, one of the hallmarks of my platform was the formalization of the internal “coffee chat” framework. Through this, first-year students fresh to campus will have a defined process for documenting and submitting a required amount of coffee chat conversations with second-year students. This serves a twofold purpose in getting first-year students reps in “talking the talk” but will also foster connection between the two classes.

Where would you like to see yourself in five years?

I hope 2031 Jared has quarterbacked numerous end-to-end multifamily development deals. By then, I want to be playing an integral role in finding dirt, defining concepts, and generally be viewed by colleagues as a rock-solid executor. I’m hopeful that I will be situated in a growing market with strong fundamentals (coupled with a healthy macro environment, please!). I’d be grateful to be in a position to consistently bring projects to life that are both successful and viewed fondly by the community.

If someone is interested in joining the club, how can they get involved?

Please reach out! I regularly check my LinkedIn DMs, and my email is Jared_Rogos@kenan-flagler.unc.edu. I’d be more than happy to run through how the club functions and why it would make sense for you to join. Be warned though – you may end up “catching the bug”, and before you know, it you’ll be talking sticks and bricks to anyone who will listen.

Executive Vice President: Katie McCann

Vice President of Learning & Development: Richard Gallagher

Vice Presidents of Corporate Relations: Gavin West & Aidan Powers

Vice President of Finance: Corbett Hylton

Vice President of Communications: Sam Lee

Vice President of Social Affairs: Augy White