Michael G. Desiato is Group Publisher and Editorial Director of Real Estate Media Network, the publisher of GlobeSt.com, GlobeSt.RETAIL, Real Estate Forum, Real Estate Southern California, Real Estate New York, Real Estate New Jersey, and the RealShare Conference Series. He is responsible for the overall publishing environment and operations, including news content, budgeting, sales and marketing strategies, and Internet content initiatives.

As co-founder and editorial director of GlobeSt.com, this 27-year industry veteran was instrumental in the creation of a nationwide bureau designed to deliver breaking, daily news to the commercial real estate industry. Michael is also the former president of the National Association of Real Estate Editors, an organization comprised of 600 real estate journalists and professionals from a variety of editorial disciplines.

An experienced moderator and speaker, Michael is also host of “Inside the Real Estate Mind,” a signature presentation of the RealShare Conferences. His guests have included real estate icons and visionaries from Sam Zell and securitization finance pioneer Ethan Penner to John A. Buck, chairman & CEO, the John Buck Co., and Robert F. Maguire III, chairman and CEO, Maguire Properties. He is regularly called upon by major industry organizations, such as the Urban Land Institute and Building Owner’s and Manager’s Association International to participate in panels.

He is a member of BOMA International’s Education Advisory Council. Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Ohio University, Athens, OH.

National online editor John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for more than 20 years and, in his capacity as editor, he is responsible for the overall tone, accuracy and timeliness of GlobeSt.com, managing a nationwide staff of nearly 20 bureau chiefs and reporters. His areas of expertise encompass virtually all aspects of the market, from mergers and acquisitions and REIT activity to finance issues and globalization. John has been involved in GlobeSt.com since before its launch and played a vital role in the creation of the industry's first true Web-based daily news site.

John, a two-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors, came to GlobeSt.com from a five-year stint as editor of Real Estate Forum. Prior to that, he was founding editor of sister publication Real Estate New York and was instrumental in establishing the tone and reputation for the magazine throughout the tri-state New York market.

Ian Ritter is GlobeSt.com’s special sections editor and oversees the various industry sector pages on the website. He also writes for and edits the site’s retail-sector page. Ritter was formerly the national online editor of GlobeSt.RETAIL when that website launched in the fall of 2004. Formerly, he was an associate editor at Shopping Centers Today magazine and is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Ritter has also worked at newspapers in the Seattle and Chicago areas.

Ryan Clark is GlobeSt.com's managing editor and is responsible for the style, consistency and integration of the site’s content. He oversees the Multi-family, Technology and Green sector pages, as well as covering and editing the Boston-metro/New England region. Clark is a graduate of Boston University and previously worked as a freelance editor and writer online and for small, print publications.

Natalie Dolce, GlobeSt.com’s Northeast bureau chief, is responsible for covering the daily news and trends of New York City as well as editing her team of Northeast reporters. Dolce’s background includes a stint as assistant managing editor of Commercial Property News. Most recently she worked with InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats for M magazine, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, FashionLedge.com, Co-Ed magazine and The Daily Orange newspaper. Dolce has also freelanced for a number of publications including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine.

Crystal Proenza covers the daily commercial real estate news for the Southeast, Florida and Atlanta GlobeSt.com pages, working together with Carl Cronan, editor of Real Estate Florida magazine. She is also associate editor of Real Estate Florida. A graduate of Columbia University, Crystal previously worked in New York City for a residential real estate weekly newspaper and wrote freelance for Junior Scholastic, a social studies magazine for middle school students.

Robert Carr helped launch GlobeSt.com in 2000 as the writer for the Detroit region. He’s been the editor of Illinois Real Estate Journal, Michigan Real Estate Journal and Commercial Inc. magazine, assistant editor of Midwest Real Estate News, an editor of two twice-weekly newspapers in the Chicago suburbs, and an award-winning reporter for several daily and weekly newspapers in the Detroit area. He’s served in the U.S. Navy for 18 years, the last 14 in the reserves, and is currently the public affairs officer for the Navy Office of Community Outreach-Chicago.

Connie Gore, a western Pennsylvania native, has been GlobeSt.com's Southwest news bureau chief since it launched. The veteran reporter and editor works with a team of skilled reporters to provide a daily flow of breaking articles from Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and Phoenix.

Brian Miller is a veteran commercial real estate reporter who has been with GlobeSt.com since its inception in 2000. Prior to that, he was senior real estate writer and editor for the Portland Business Journal, where he won regional and national awards for his breaking news, features and quarterly real estate magazines. Prior to that, he worked for daily newspapers throughout the Northwest, covering everything from state legislatures and public companies to city governments and small business.

Don Jergler recently joined Globe Street after working for more than 10 years at several daily newspapers across Southern California covering the real estate industry. He was also recently hired as editor of Real Estate Southern California. During his newspaper career, he won several business writing awards, including recognitions from the L.A. Press Club and the California Newspaper Publishers Association.