MEMBER
PENN STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PORTFOLIO MANAGER, PGIM REAL ESTATE

Brandon Short was elected to the Board of Trustees by the Alumni effective July 1, 2018. He is Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, PGIM Real Estate, where he manages PGIM’s Private REIT Fund and directs the fund’s east coast investment and asset management activities. He has over 13 years of experience in real estate investment banking and investment management.

Prior to joining PGIM, he was M&A Director at Round Hill Capital. Before Round Hill, he was a member of the Cerberus European real estate investment team. Before joining Cerberus, he worked at Goldman Sachs as a real estate investment banker based both in New York and Dubai

Before his career in finance, Brandon had a 7-year career in the National Football League, with the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants.

He holds a BS in Marketing from Pennsylvania State University and received a MBA from Columbia Business School.

Brandon has been a member of the Penn State Investment Council since 2023.