New Members – Spring/Summer 2021

Membership invitations were extended to 27 real estate advisory professionals at the meeting of the Invitation Committee who met virtually in June and July of 2021. While we are excited by the number of new and reinstated members the organization has invited, we particularly celebrate the breadth of experience, new skill sets, and diversity in its many forms represented within our newest class of invitees.

Michael J. Acton, CRE
Managing Director
AEW Capital Management
Boston, MA
Chapter: New England
Recommended by: Douglas M. Poutasse, CRE
Practice Focus:
Research Director for Institutional Investment Manager specializing in commercial property.
Samuel Azasu, CRE
Associate Professor
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South Africa
Recommended By: Donald B. Wilkerson, CRE
Practice Focus: Real Estate Market Analysis; Corporate Real Estate Research; Real Estate Curriculum Development; Executive Education in Real Estate.
Kevin Brennan, CRE
Vice President – Real Estate
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
New York, NY
Chapter: New York Metropolitan
Recommended By: Joshua A. Harris, Ph.D., CRE
Practice Focus: Kevin J. Brennan has extensive international valuation experience having consulted on numerous real estate properties in the Americas and Europe.
Kevin Clyne, Esq., CRE
Partner
Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP
Melville, NY
Chapter: New York Metropolitan
Recommended By: Michael P. Hedden, CRE
Practice Focus: Commercial property tax and eminent domain attorney.
Sharon DiPaolo, CRE
Attorney/Partner
Siegel Jennings Co. L.P.A.
Blawnox, PA
Chapter: Delaware Valley
Practice Focus: Minimizing property tax assessments.
Todd J. Dunlap, CRE
Senior Manager | Deloitte Advisory
Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics, LLP
Chicago, IL
Chapter: Midwest
Recommended By: Christine Lehmann Tutaj, CRE
Practice Focus: Real estate leader focused on valuation & advisory for financial & tax reporting, management planning, due diligence, and other consultative services.
Tomas Fencl, CRE
Owner/Executive
XENEA s.r.o.
Prague,
Czech Republic
Chapter: European
Recommended By: Eduard Forejt, CRE
Practice Focus: Complex advisory and best practice solutions, identifying the project, implementation, tendering processes and integration, authorities negotiation
Jeanette Flory, CRE
President
Cereus Asset Services LLC
Issaquah, WA
Chapter: Pacific Northwest
Recommended By: Monica Parikh, CRE
Practice Focus: Asset Mgmt/Strategies, Corporate Real Estate, Portfolio Mgmt, Team Structuring/Integration, Landlord/Tenant Disputes, Risk Management Strategies
David E. Gibbs, CRE
Partner
McCarthy & Company, PC
Lafayette Hill, PA
Chapter: Delaware Valley
Practice Focus: David Gibbs, CPA, CCIFP, CRE, MBA is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Real Estate Services Group.
Ryan C. Green, Esq., CRE
Chief Investment and Administrative Officer
DL3 Realty Advisors, LLC
Chicago, IL
Chapter: Midwest
Recommended By: Graham C. Grady, CRE
Kathrine Heiberg, CRE
CEO
Reteam
København K, Zeeland
Denmark
Chapter: European
Recommended By: Ralf-Peter Koschny, CRE
Practice Focus: I am a specialist in turning around shopping centers and city districts.
David Hunnicutt, CRE
Principal
Hunnicutt & Associates, Inc.
Kirkland, WA
Chapter: Pacific Northwest
Recommended By: Laurence A. Hirsh, CRE
Practice Focus: My principal area of expertise is valuation of golf courses, though I also assist in litigation, expert witness, ADR, and general appraisal practice.
Noah D. Juran, CRE
Senior Vice President – Managing Director
NorthMarq
Cincinnati, OH
Chapter: Cincinnati/Kentucky
Recommended By: Ernest F. DesRochers, CRE
Practice Focus: Commercial Mortgage Banker – I source and arrange both Debt and Equity for clients on all commercial real estate property types.
John Kent, CRE
Principal/CEO
BlackStream International Real Estate
Greenville, SC
Chapter: Carolinas
Wendi Kotzen, CRE
Partner
Ballard Spahr
Philadelphia, PA
Chapter: Delaware Valley
Recommended By: Joanne Phillips, Esq., CRE
Practice Focus: I am a tax lawyer and I focus on federal, state and local taxes.
Elizabeth Krol, CRE
National Client Director
EBI Consulting
Burlington, MA
Chapter: New England
Recommended By: Valerie Pontiff, CRE
Practice Focus: Elizabeth is a trusted advisor whose specialty is executing high quality, comprehensive property due diligence services for premier CRE investors.
Daniel Kudrik, CRE
Director
Altus Group
Morristown, NJ
Chapter: New Jersey
Recommended By: Lane Enderby, CRE
Practice Focus: Valuation, valuation management, consulting, and due diligence.
Ward Lansink, CRE
Director, Research, Valuation & Advisory
Altus Group
Toronto, ON
Canada
Chapter: Canadian
Recommended By: Shane Rayman, CRE
Practice Focus: Ward Lansink is an accredited real estate appraiser with the Appraisal Institute of Canada and has worked in the appraisal field for ±20 years.
Curvin Leatham, CRE
Managing Member
AreaProbe
Bethesda, MD
Chapter: Capital Region
Recommended By: Randal Dawson, CRE
Emil E. Malizia, CRE
Research Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapter: Carolinas
Recommended By: Elaine Worzala, CRE and Hugh Kelly, CRE
Practice Focus: Real estate development; Real estate market research.
Erick Mazzoni, CRE
Senior Managing Director
Cushman & Wakefield
Philadelphia, PA
Chapter: Delaware Valley
Recommended By: Warren J. Braverman, CRE
Practice Focus: Valuation and consulting for all types of commercial real estate throughout the country.
Anthony Opalka, CRE
Senior Vice President
AIG Global Real Estate | AIG Investments
New York, NY
Chapter: New York Metropolitan
Recommended By: Andrew M. Sabatini, CRE and Edward J. Turner, CRE
Practice Focus: Institutional investment real estate in the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
Jorge Paredes Sanchez, CRE
Vice President – US Valuation Manager
LaSalle Investment Management
Chicago, IL
Chapter: Southern California
Recommended By: Robby Tandjung, CRE
Practice Focus: LaSalle’s U.S. Asset Management Valuations Manager, Performance Measurement and Evaluation
Dana Rowan, CRE
Managing Partner
The Exeter Companies
Boston, MA
Chapter: New England
Recommended By: Robert J. Nahigian, CRE
Practice Focus: Urban infill development; mixed-use masterplan entitlements and marketing; project finance; opportunity zones; and workouts and restructuring.
Jeanne Schroeder, CRE
Senior Manager
Deloitte
Tolland, CT
Chapter: Connecticut
Recommended By: Stephen D. Crane, CRE
Practice Focus: Real and personal property tax advisory and compliance serving a myriad of clients covering many industries.
Jana Seckarova, CRE
Managing Partner
Natland
Prague 8,
Czech Republic
Chapter: European
Recommended By: Tomas Ctibor, CRE
Practice Focus: Real Estate Development, Assets Evaluation, Technical Due Diligence, Company Restructuting, Merger & Acquisitions.
Neha Trivedi, CRE
Senior Director, Portfolio Management – Head of Valuation
USAA Real Estate
San Antonio, TX
Chapter: Houston/Gulf Coast
Recommended By: Ruchi Pathela, CRE
Practice Focus: Institutional investment real estate valuation and due diligence.

Reinstatements

John Julian Culbertson, CRE
Managing Partner
Cardinal Real Estate Partners, LLC
Charlotte, NC
Chapter: Carolinas
Practice Focus: Counseling and transaction management of land, industrial and office properties.
David Kendall Lane, CRE
President
Lane Property Advisors, Inc.
Kelowna, BC
Canada
Chapter: Canadian
Wayne W. Silzel, CRE
President/Owner (Retired)
Wayne W. Silzel Associates
Villa Park, CA
Chapter: Southern California
Practice Focus: Commerical Real Estate Appraisal, Consulting and Finance 
David C. Wilkes, CRE
Partner
Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes and Clyne
Tarrytown, NY
Chapter: New York Metropolitan