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JobOpportunities
PROLOGIS
Vice President, Treasury
(DENVER) The VP's responsibilities include managing financingthrough both secured and unsecured debt, maintaining relationshipswith analysts, overseeing accounting treatment for derivativetransactions and integrating global debt strategy into thecompany's finance and operational strategy.

TISHMAN SPEYER PROPERTIES
Director of PropertyAccounting-Residential
(NEW YORK CITY) The director will be responsible for the strategyand supervision of the Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Townproperty accounting department.

ERNST & YOUNG
Manager, Transaction Advisory RealEstate
(LOS ANGELES) The firm seeks a qualified professional to managemultiple client engagement teams. Responsibilities includefinancial analyses, cash flow and property modeling, analyticalmodel reviews and loan portfolio underwriting for a variety ofproperty types.

HOLLIDAY FENOGLIO FOWLER LP
Research Analyst
(DALLAS) The analyst will work with the associate director ofresearch to support the needs of the investment sales division bycollecting and analyzing market data; researching and writingquarterly white papers on the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and SanAntonio areas; and maintaining research files.
THE URBANLAND INSTITUTE
Director, Program Content
(WASHINGTON, DC) Responsibilities include coordinating the programcontent for the Spring Council Forum and the Fall Meeeting.

LEND LEASE RETAIL & COMMUNITIES
Development Manager/Program Manager
(NASHVILLE) Reporting to the director of design and construction,the program manager will ensure the delivery of all new andrenovated hotels in a $500-million portfolio.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC.
Investment Officer
(CHICAGO) The officer's responsibilities will include identifyingdisposition opportunities in the portfolio, establishing andmaintaining broker relationships, developing an understanding ofthe company's markets and negotiating contracts.

COHEN FINANCIAL
Senior Analyst
(NEWPORT BEACH, CA) The analyst will support the transactional flowin the company's capital markets and advisory services businesslines.
PromotionsNo more than one submission per company will be considered perweek.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three forcoverage in Executive Watch.
CBRICHARD ELLIS
(HOUSTON) Tre Banks is being promoted to vice president. He hasbeen with the company since 1999, when he started out as afinancial analyst.

REGENCY CENTERS
(JACKSONVILLE, FL) Rich Sutphin rises to vice president, regionalofficer responsible for managing approximately four million sf ofretail. He previously held the position of senior leasing agent andhas been with the company since 2003.

HART REALTY ADVISORS
(SIMSBURY, CT) The company promotes David S. Hart to seniormanaging partner; Kevin M. Miller to managing partner, investmenttransactions; and David B. Huntley to chief financialofficer.

EVEREST HOLDINGS
(SCOTTSDALE, AZ) The investment and advisory services companyelevates Ryan O'Donovan to vice president of land acquisitions. Hewas previously director of land banking acquisitions.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(TAMPA) Michelle Seifert is named associate vice president of theretail services group. She rejoined the company in 2006.

RTKL ASSOCIATES INC.
(CHICAGO) Peter O'Connor is elevated to principal after three yearswith the company.

BC ARCHITECTS
(MIAMI) Director of design Adan Fons rises to principal. He willnow manage the operations of the Miami office in addition to hisdesign duties.
GRUBB & ELLIS
(HOUSTON) Wendy Vandeventer is named vice president, investmentservices group.

BOND COS.
(LOS ANGELES) Six-year veteran Mark Bachli is made a principal ofthe firm after serving as senior vice president of projectmanagement.

KENNERLY, LAMISHAW & ROSSI LLP
(LOS ANGELES) The law firm names William J. Birney partner. Hejoined KLR in 2006.

HENRY S. MILLER COMMERCIAL
(DALLAS) Jim Turano is raised to executive vice president in theoffice/industrial division. He has been with the company for morethan two decades.

KEYSTONE PACIFIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(IRVINE, CA) The property management firm promotes Jeremy Pipp todistrict manager. He previously served as group coordinator.

PATRINELY GROUP
(HOUSTON) Pete Pfile has been named senior managing director andtreasurer. The three-year veteran will now be responsible formanaging financial aspects of the company's projects.

HDG MANSUR
(INDIANAPOLIS) The company promotes Thomas Molina to director, headof acquisitions; William Miller to director, senior asset manager;and Christine Byrnes to director, legal.
NewHiresNo more than one submission per company will be considered perweek.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three forcoverage in Executive Watch.
GVAKIDDER MATHEWS
(TACOMA, WA) Joan Arnold is hired as an appraiser and consultant.She previously worked for NewTower Valuation.

NAI CAPITAL
(PASADENA) Industry veteran Carl Anderson has been named executivevice president and branch manager of NAI's Pasadena office. Hejoins the company from Grubb & Ellis.

ROBERTSON PROPERTIES GROUP
(LOS ANGELES) Dave Hokanson comes on board as vice president, realestate development. Prior to joining Robertson, Hokanson was vicepresident of real estate with the Macerich Co.

THE FLATLEY CO.
(BRAINTREE, MA) Dympna Minnock joins Flatley as vice president ofmarketing and new business development. She previously worked withBoston-based Synergy.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(DALLAS) Steve Church becomes a senior vice president with thecompany's capital markets group. He comes to JLL after four yearswith his own private brokerage firm.

COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
(NASHVILLE) Frank Weber is now director of business development. Hejoins the company from Nashville Commercial Real EstateServices.

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN
(NEW YORK) John E. Clark, former vice president and chief counselof New Jersey Schools Development Authority, will lead the lawfirm's real estate practice. He will concentrate on New York, NewJersey and the Northeast.
SOVEREIGN INVESTMENTCO.
(PRINCETON, NJ) Mark A. Carroll joins as vice president ofacquisitions. He was previously at STAG Capital Partners.

SPERRY VAN NESS
(FORT WORTH) The firm expands its presence in Fort Worth by namingKen Wimberly senior advisor. Before joining Sperry, he founded andwas president of a real estate development and investmentfirm.

COLLEGIATE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LP
(IRVING, TX) Corbett R. Nichter is now senior vice president. Inthis role, he will lead the business development team and overseethe company's project portfolio.

SPERRY VAN NESS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATEADVISORS
(PHOENIX) Cory Spanko has been named a senior advisor. He spentmore than eight years with Wiley & Associates Commercial RealEstate.

MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR PC
(DALLAS) J. Scott Craig becomes a shareholder in the firm,representing commercial and residential owners and developers intransactions.

ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) The firm adds Christina Ludwig and Meghann Van Dornas interior designers.

THE SHOPPING CENTER GROUP
(ATLANTA) Shawn Johnson joins the company as GIS/marketingdirector. He previously worked for Sites USA.

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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.