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Speaker Biographies Catherine Anderson Bringing her business acumen and nearly a Jill Krop as a veteran Canadian journalist has a wealth of decade of retail experience overseeing operations and strategy, experience to draw on as the host of Unfiltered, Global BC’s Catherine Anderson’s track record of evaluating and capitalizing evening talk show on BC1. Over the course of her 27 year career, upon growth opportunities through sound, scalable operations Jill has covered major breaking events, including anchoring the positions her as a well-regarded retail leader whose perspective live evening coverage of 9/11 and the 2011 Stanley Cup riot. She is in demand for retailers looking to grow. She utilized this has interviewed politicians, actors, athletes, rock stars and reputation to develop the role of Principal at Stalwart Advisors, "everyday" people. After being interviewed by Jill in his where she counseled retailers with growth aspirations. Catherine Saltspring Island home, renowned Canadian artist Robert previously held a variety of leadership roles at Aritzia, including Bateman said, “That didn’t feel like an interview – it felt like a Director of Business Development and VP of Store Development. conversation.” She was a driving force for the company’s growth, a women’s fashion apparel retailer based in Vancouver, which grew from a Jeff Lucas is a true strategist at marketing and advertising, Jeff national player to a highly profitable international success story. leads, develops and implements marketing programs for Catherine has recently taken on a new role overseeing real celebrated clients like Hyundai Canada, COBS Bread, Newcap estate and construction for Starbucks as Director of Store Radio (various stations), BC Government’s Ministry of Health, Development, Western Canada. In her first year at Starbucks, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and more. His broad she lead the department’s turnaround, aligning her partners on a knowledge base and holistic perspective allows him to lead our shared vision for growth and developing processes for efficiently teams, and ultimately help clients achieve their key objectives capitalizing on this growth in a sustainable manner. Catherine with great success. With over 20 years in the industry, Jeff has Anderson holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BA developed strategic marketing and communications plans for a from the University of British Columbia. wide range of companies including Metropolis at Metrotown, UpTown Shopping Centre, London Drugs and CP Hotels. Jeff also Eric Carlson is the core founder and CEO of Anthem Properties – has experience on the client side, working within the marketing a Vancouver based real estate investment, development and groups of such organizations as GE Capital, Pacific Press management business. Anthem Properties is a 175-person real Newspaper Group, and Telus (BC Tel). Jeff graduated from the estate investment, development and management company University of Alberta, with a BA in Economics (1985). He also operating in Western Canada, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. holds a Certified Advertising Agency Practitioner Diploma from The Anthem portfolio is currently comprised of over 3.7 million the Institute of Communication Agencies (1994). square feet of commercial space, 40 acres of urban and suburban land held for future development, and approximately Robert Mongeau is Senior Vice President of Real Estate with 4,500 residential condominium units either in the design Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited and President of Canadian development stage or under construction. Anthem has invested Tire Real Estate Limited. In this role, Robert is responsible for the in, developed, and or managed, alone or in partnership, over 140 Corporation’s real estate portfolio across all of its business units projects, in virtually all asset classes, with a cumulative value of and corporate functions. He oversees the acquisition, approximately $3.0 billion. Carlson is also the CEO of sister development, construction and management of Canadian Tire’s company United Communities a Calgary based land development entire network of owned and leased properties, which is one of company with operations also in Edmonton and Sacramento and the largest retail networks in Canada, comprising about 1,700 is currently developing approximately 3,700 acres in total in locations and over 55 million square feet of GLA. Robert joined those respective markets. Through Anthem Capital, Carlson is Canadian Tire in 2002 and held successively more senior involved as a director, co-founder or significant shareholder in a positions in the Real Estate group, touching on every aspect of variety of technology, mining and energy, and consumer the Real Estate function at Canadian Tire. Robert has contributed products and services businesses. He is a Fellow of the BC to a number of projects, including the acquisition of the Forzani Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a Bachelor of Group and initial public offering of CT REIT. Prior to joining Commerce from the University of British Columbia. Canadian Tire, Robert practised law for close to 8 years. In 1995 he joined grocer Provigo (which was later acquired by Loblaw Companies Limited) as Senior Counsel, Real Estate but quickly moved to Director of Real Estate Development. - Page 1 - Speaker Biographies John Morrison is the President and Chief Executive Officer of resonated with many, as he provides an energized example of Choice Properties REIT and has over 35 years’ experience in the how to give back through the Steve Nash Foundation. Steve and commercial real estate industry, primarily in retail real estate. his three children live in Manhattan Beach, California, and spend Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer summers in New York City. of Choice Properties REIT, Mr. Morrison was President and Chief Executive Officer of Primaris Retail Real Estate Investment Trust Michael Penalosa is the Managing Principal at Thomas from 2009 to 2013. Prior to serving in that role, Mr. Morrison Consultants and has been with the firm since 1998. Michael is was President, Real Estate Management, at Oxford Properties responsible for the firm’s new business development, project Group responsible for industrial, multi-family residential and management and office operations. Michael has participated in a shopping centre properties. Mr. Morrison is a Trustee of wide range of real estate development projects throughout Automotive Properties REIT, a past Trustee for the International North America, Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and is a Council of Shopping Centres, and currently serves on the Board leading professional in defining successful approaches to retail of Directors for the ICSC Foundation and other committees. He is and mixed-use project planning. He has participated in many also former Vice Chairman of the Urban Land Institute Toronto development assignments involving market feasibility and District Council, currently chairs the Ryerson University Real development strategies for mixed-use town centers, downtown Estate Advisory Council and holds the Institute of Corporate revitalization, Main Street retail, mall redevelopment and Directors designation master-planned communities. Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia Steve Nash was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 7, (Vancouver, Canada) with a focus on urban planning and land 1974 (returned as a CBS correspondent to the 2010 World Cup) economics to an athletic family: his father, John, played semi-professional soccer and his mother, Jean, netball. After two years in South Lex Perry is responsible for marketing and market intelligence Africa, the Nash family immigrated to Canada to avoid raising for Colliers International in Canada. An unashamed tech and their children amidst apartheid. The family played a variety of marketing junkie, Lex helps Colliers and its landlord clients stay sports – including soccer, hockey, lacrosse, basketball and tennis on the cusp of the marketing technology revolution. Lex has – in Victoria, BC, off Canada’s scenic west coast. In 1992, Steve developed award winning marketing campaigns for commercial moved to Santa Clara University on the only basketball properties in Australia and New Zealand and while in Canada has scholarship offered him. After leading the Broncos to three NCAA overseen the growth of collierscanada.com, winner of 5 Tourney berths (and one of the NCAA’s all-time upsets, over the consecutive INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS for the best Arizona Wildcats), he graduated with a BA in Sociology. He was CRE website and the highest trafficked CRE website in Canada. picked 15th overall to the Phoenix Suns in 1996 NBA Draft. After two years behind Kevin Johnson and Jason Kidd, Steve was Darryl Schmidt is the Vice-President of National Leasing for The traded to the Dallas Mavericks. While playing for the Mavericks, Cadillac Fairview Corporation based out of their Calgary regional Steve’s style of play matured into All-Star status. He found his office. With a portfolio valued at over $29 billion Cadillac niche in the NBA and played internationally for Team Canada, Fairview owns and manages nearly 49 million square feet of high including a 7th place finish at the 2000 Olympic Games in quality retail and office space. Darryl began his career in Sydney. After a very successful run with the Mavericks, Steve Edmonton tackling a wide array of leasing and development began a new basketball family with the Phoenix Suns, and one of assignments with Melton Real Estate, Pioneer Property Group, his own – in October 2004, Steve’s twin daughters, Lourdes First City Shopping Centre Group and Triple Five Corporation (Lola) and Isabella (Bella), were born. In autumn 2010, he prior to joining Cadillac Fairview in 1996. His leasing experience welcomed a son, Matteo Nash. In 2012, Steve moved to the Los spans the full range of retail asset types from strip centers to Angeles Lakers in a sign-and-trade deal. He announced his super regional shopping centers including work on Pacific Centre, retirement on March 21, 2015, with an article he penned for the Chinook Centre and West Edmonton Mall.