Mr. David Baird, CRE

Managing Director, Strategic Advisory Services, Cushman & Wakefield
Baltimore, MD

Work Phone: (410) 685-9240

Practice Focus: Strategic advisory services focused on transforming and optimizing corporate, institutional, public, and private real estate assets.

Chapter Affiliation: Capital Region

Mr. Phil Stone, CRE

Managing Director, Head of Canada Research, BentallGreenOak (Canada) LP
Toronto, ON

Work Phone: (905) 460-7255

Practice Focus: Institutional investment strategy and research, investment underwriting, property valuation, and portfolio risk management.

Chapter Affiliation: Canadian

Mr. Michael Ryan, Esq., CRE

Managing Member, Ryan & Ryan Law, LLC
Rosemont, IL

Work Phone: (847) 825-8600

Practice Focus: Attorney representing private property owners in eminent domain matters in Illinois.

Chapter Affiliation: Midwest

Ms. Valerie Pontiff, CRE

FHA Commercial Loan Portfolio Valuation: HUD Northeast Region, US Departmentment of Housing and Urban Development
Boston, MA

Work Phone: (617) 994-8525

Practice Focus: Valuation and underwriting for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration $120 billion insured loan portfolio

Chapter Affiliation: New England

Ms. Monica Parikh, CRE

Director of Due Diligence, Real Estate Transition Solutions
Kirkland, WA

Work Phone: (206) 498-1912

Practice Focus: Commercial Real Estate Investment, primarily 1031 Exchanges.

Chapter Affiliation: Pacific Northwest

Mr. Martin Moore, CRE

Senior Vice President, CBRE
Columbia, SC

Work Phone: (803) 744-6842

Practice Focus: Office transactions and special unique projects; team management; analysis, acquisition, disposition of office and industrial investment portfolios.

Chapter Affiliation: Carolinas

Ms. Hannah McPhelin, Esq., CRE

Legal Counsel - Real Estate Transactions, Mayo Clinic
Camp Hill, PA

Work Phone: (267) 253-6166

Practice Focus: Acquisition, sale, and financing of commercial real estate properties, and leasing of office, retail, warehouse and industrial space.

Chapter Affiliation: Delaware Valley

Ms. Deborah Cloutier, CRE

President & Founder, RE Tech Advisors, LLC
McLean, VA

Work Phone: (703) 639-4266

Practice Focus: Leadership experience in commercial real estate, ESG, decarbonization, energy management, and environmental sustainability.

Chapter Affiliation: Capital Region

Mr. Richard Borges, II, CRE

Principal, Cross-Continent Real Estate Mediation & Arbitration
Greenwood, IN

Work Phone: 8125252299

Practice Focus: Alternative dispute resolution, complex litigation matters, real estate assessment appeals, and valuation.

Chapter Affiliation: Midwest

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