A leader in the industry, a recipient of both the CREFC Founders Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for his leadership.  Rick publishes widely and speaks on a wide range of issues effecting the capital markets and mortgage finance.  He is a past president of the CRE Finance Council; a founder of the Commercial Real Estate Institute (CRI); a member and past governor of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a former chair of its Capital Markets Committee; and a past  member of the Commercial Mortgage Board of Governors (COMBOG) of the MBA.  He currently is chair of the CREFC  Policy Committee and co-chair of its PAC, Mr. Jones is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, serving on its Capital and Credit Policy Advisory Committee.