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CB RICHARDELLIS
Director for Retail Asset Services |Florida
(FT. LAUDERDALE, FL) Responsible for retail portfolio's financialperformance in the Florida market; provides recommendations fortactical and strategic planning; provides market analysis and assetpositioning consultation; and assists in acquisition underwritingand due diligence.

PRUDENTIAL
Senior Asset Manager
(DALLAS) The FHA Asset Management Team is seeking a senior assetmanager who will manage a portfolio of performing loans and amongother duties, would be responsible for reviewing borrower requestsfor credit actions such as transfer of physical assets, partialreleases, easements, condemnations, modifications, & SNDA's,etc, in order to make recommendations to the team leader, legalcounsel, Prudential Asset Resources and/or PHP Management Team, andHUD field offices and others as applicable.

RREEF
Senior Analyst, Portfolio Management
(NEW YORK CITY) Primary duties and responsibilities will include,but are not limited, to assisting in the appraisal process byworking with independent appraisers, completing in-house valuationsand analyzing the results and assisting in preparation of theAnnual Investment Plan and in the development of Hold/Sellrecommendations.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
Manager, Corporate Real Estate PerformanceManager
(ROSEMEAD, CA) The manager will support the Business ServicesDepartment head and collaborate with the Corporate Real Estate teamin defining and implementing the CRE current year budget,developing performance benchmarks and people strategies.

SELECTLEADERS
Chief Financial Officer
(NEW YORK CITY) Key responsibilities and requirements include:direct and oversee all accounting/controls, finance, treasury,budgeting & forecasting, performance measurement, regulatorycompliance, and tax aspects for the company; possess a proven trackrecord designing and implementing financial and administrativeplatforms.

OFFICE MEDIA NETWORK
Vice President of Property Development
(NEW YORK CITY) The position will be dedicated to expanding OMN'sreal estate platform by consistently securing new real estatepartners. This will be done by leveraging personal contacts as wellas cultivating & positioning the value proposition to newcontacts.

OFFICE MEDIA NETWORK
Senior Vice President of PropertyDevelopment
(SAN FRANCISCO) The position will be dedicated to expanding OMN'sreal estate platform by consistently securing new real estatepartners. This will be done by leveraging personal contacts as wellas cultivating & positioning the value proposition to newcontacts.

KELLERAUGUSTA PARTNERS
Manager, Investor Reporting
(BOSTON) Assist with the timely and accurate preparation andissuance of all external financial reporting matters of thecompany, including the annual report, SEC filings, debt compliance,supplemental data packages, press releases and monthly/quarterlyjoint venture reporting packages.
PromotionsNo more than one submission per company will be considered perweek.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three forcoverage in Executive Watch.
WENTWORTH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CORP.
(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) Stacia Scaduto is promoted to executivedirector for Wentworth's Philadelphia region. She joined thecompany as regional director in 2005. In addition, Patrick Parkeris promoted to regional director of Wentworth's Center CityPhiladelphia office. He joined the company in 2001.

CONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE COS.
(CORAL GABLES, FL) CREC veteran Steven Hurwitz rises to shareholderand senior vice president at the commercial real estate firm. Heserved as vice president of the company and was one of thetop-producing commercial leasing associates for the past twoyears.

WELLS REAL ESTATE FUNDS
(NORCROSS, GA) The real estate investment company promotes PeterMitchell to senior vice president, Midwest acquisitions. Mitchellhas been with the company since 2002.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(CHARLOTTE, NC) As part of the company's effort to grow businessacross the country, Chris Wasko is appointed market director inNorth and South Carolina, and Rob Hinton is hired as managingdirector. Wasko joined the firm in 1984 and was previously regionaldirector for the markets group in the Atlanta region. Hinton comesfrom the Staubach Co.

CORPORATE FACILITY ADVISORS
(HOLLYWOOD, FL) Garibaldi Group CEO James Garibaldi is electedpresident of Corfac International for 2008. He served as vicepresident of the organization in 2007 and has been a member of theexecutive committee since 2004.
COLLIERS HOUSTON &CO
(TEANECK, NJ) The company bumps up three of its professionals tosenior associates. James Costanzo, Andrew Houston and Frank Kobolaall receive promotions.

MORRIS ARCHITECTS
(HOUSTON) Doug Childers rises to the position of principal and willdirect the firm's urban studio. The company also elevates ToddMcCurdy to principal for landscape architecture and planningservices.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP
(CHICAGO) W. Michael Bennett is raised to the position of associatevice president of investment. He has been with the company sinceApril 2003.

STUDLEY
(LOS ANGELES) The tenant advisory firm promotes Michael Shuken tomanaging director of its Downtown office and Liron Nelik toassociate director of the West L.A. office.
NewHiresNo more than one submission per company will be considered perweek.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three forcoverage in Executive Watch.
TRANSWESTERN CHICAGO
(CHICAGO) Dennis L. Redmond is named senior vice president oftenant advisory services. He previously worked for NAI Hiffman andCB Richard Ellis.

CAPMARK FINANCE
(NEW YORK CITY) Jonathan Kohan is hired as vice president in thecompany's New York City office. He joins Capmark from WachoviaSecurities.

THE STAUBACH CO.
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Chip Olsen is appointed senior vice president andmanaging director of corporate services for the Carolinas. Inaddition, broker Mark Ayers takes on the additional role of aleadership position with Staubach's national financial industryteam.

CIP REAL ESTATE
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Jared Rogers is chosen to serve as vice presidentand regional director in CIP's newly expanded operations in thesoutheast. Rogers joins the company from Buchanan StreetPartners.

BIANCO PROPERTIES
(ST LOUIS) Bianco hires Scott B. Koch as property manager for aportfolio of the company's investment properties.

LAURUS-VALENS
(NEW YORK CITY) Jay Drezner joins the investment management firm assenior investment analyst. He spent the past nine years in variouspositions with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

ADLER GROUP
(MIAMI) The commercial real estate firm adds to its leasingmanagement team by hiring Patricia Quintana as director of leasingand Nicole Messer as commercial associate. In addition, Brad Nojaimjoins the company as leasing manager of its Airside InternationalBusiness Park at Opa-Locka Airport.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(SAN FRANCISCO; DALLAS) JLL brings Mark George on board as vicepresident and Steve Church joins the company as senior vicepresident. George was previously employed by Colliers and Churchran his own property brokerage firm.

INTERCONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE CORP.
(BOSTON) Sharlene Ward is appointed property accountant for thefirm's finance and accounting group. She previously worked forCarpenter and Co. Inc.

LANE NORTHEAST
(PHILADELPHIA) Bill Brown is named to the newly created position ofdivision partner. He joins the company from OxfordProperties.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(LOS ANGELES; ONTARIO) Kim Hourihan is hired as a portfolio managerand managing director of the managing accounts group with CBREInvestors and Cray Carlson becomes a senior vice president in theOntario office. Hourihan previously held positions with StarwoodCapital Group and TA Associates Realty. Carlson joins the companyafter nearly two decades at Marcus & Millichap.

BILLINGSLEY CO.
(DALLAS) Jason Claunch is named senior vice president, retailleasing and development and Joel M. Overton, Jr. is appointedsenior vice president, general counsel.

THE SITUS COS.
(HOUSTON) David Stern comes on board as vice president of realestate consulting and due diligence. Before joining the company,Stern was vice president of commercial real estate finance atZenta.

CRESAPARTNERS
(NEW YORK CITY; CHICAGO) The real estate advisory firm appointsJennifer Lamb director of administration and Michele Gallois-Georgepart of the company's project management group. Lamb was previouslyoffice manager for Context-TQA and Gallois-George was a regionalmanager for First American Title Insurance Co.
PORT OF HOUSTONAUTHORITY
(HOUSTON) Spencer Chambers is hired as government relationsdepartment manager. His 15 years of experience in governmentrelations includes legislative aide positions with Sen. John Cornynand State Rep. Tony Goolsby.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER
(ROSEMONT, IL) Brenda Sexton joins the office advisory group ofColliers Bennett as executive vice president. Sexton spent 20 yearsin the industry before she was appointed director of the IllinoisFilm Office in 2003.

AQUE INVESTMENT GROUP
(HOUSTON) Sheryl Crutchfield is named director of leasing andmarketing. Before joining Aque, she served as senior leasingmanager for Caldwell Cos.

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS
(PLANO, TX) Derek Williams is hired as vice president of commerciallending. He joins the company from Texans Commercial Capital.

J.L. HARE ASSOCIATES
(SANTA ANA, CA) Angela Gindy is hired to serve as director ofbusiness development. In this role, she will be responsible fortargeting commercial, hospitality, medical and public worksdevelopments.

UCR URBAN
(DALLAS) The company adds Roland Mackie to its employee roster asan executive vice president. He joins UCR from Kirkland's Home,where he was the senior vice president of real estate anddevelopment.

STAUBACH RETAIL
(CHARLOTTE, NC) The company is expanding in the Carolinas with theaddition of three new vice presidents. Randal Johnson is hired assenior vice president and market leader in the new Charlotteoffice. Joining him are new vice presidents Steve Ellis and LarryWheeler. All three previously led their own companies.

HOLLIDAY FENOGLIO FOWLER
(MIAMI) Michael Sprotzer is hired as an associate director in thefirm's investment sales group and as a member of HFF's nationalmultifamily group. He previously worked for Ram Development Co. andRealFoundations, Inc.

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER
(SAN FRANCISCO) Stephen Berkman and Deborah Schmall join the firm'sglobal real estate practice as partners. Berkman previously workedfor Winston & Strawn LLP and Schmall was employed at FarellaBraul + Martel LLP.

GVA WILLIAMS
(NEW YORK CITY) The company adds two new associates, James Barileand Sheena Gohil to its tenant representation group. Barile wasformerly employed by Newmark Knight Frank, while Gohil was withLincoln Property Co.

EMORY HILL REAL ESTATE SERVICES
(NEW CASTLE, DE) Kristen J. Mickle joins the company as propertymanagement assistant and Sharon J. Rainey is hired as bookkeeper.Mickle most recently worked for Pettinaro Construction Co., andRainey was employed by Cornell Management Corp. and Applied CardSystems.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.