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Urban Land Institute Washington District Council LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AwaRD honoring John E. “Chip” Akridge, III Chairman, Akridge Tuesday, November 10, 2009 National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. About the ULI Washington Lifetime Achievement Award he Washington District Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual whose career demonstrates a commitment to the highest standards of responsible development and whose leadership has led to the enhancement Tof the total environment in the Washington, D.C. region. With these criteria in mind, ULI Washington’s members submit their nominations for the prestigious award in early spring, and recognize the selected honoree’s career and achievements in late fall. Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include: 2009 John E. “Chip” Akridge, III Chairman, Akridge 2008 Thomas S. Bozzuto Chief Executive Officer, The Bozzuto Group 2007 Gerald T. Halpin President, Founder & CEO WEST*GROUP MANAGEMENT, LLC 2006 Albert H. Small President, Southern Engineering 2005 B. Francis Saul II CEO and Founder, Chevy Chase Bank, FSB Chairman and President, B.F. Saul Company & B.F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust 2004 Robert M. Gladstone Chairman, Quadrangle Development Corporation 2003 Milton V. Peterson Founder & Chairman, The Peterson Companies 2002 Benjamin R. Jacobs Founding Partner, The JBG Companies About ULI Washington A DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE LI is a nonprofit education and research institute supported by its 35,000 members worldwide. As the preeminent, multidisciplinary real estate forum, ULI facilitates the open exchange of ideas, information, and experience among Ulocal, national, and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better communities. ULI has regional District Councils, which are dedicated to bringing ULI’s resources and educational programs to their communities. Members who live in the Washington region are automatically members of the Washington District Council, one of the largest and most active district councils in the country. ULI Washington has almost 2,000 dedicated and engaged members who collectively make this organization a dynamic and thought-provoking forum for the exchange of ideas and promulgation of solutions. Over the past year, more than 5,000 practitioners attended ULI Washington programs, including breakfast meetings, case studies, Young Leaders Group events, The Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner, Urban Marketplace Conference & Expo, and The Washington Real Estate Trends Conference. ULI Washington is taking a leadership role on regional land use issues. Through our outreach initiatives we are exploring ways in which to preserve and promote workforce housing in our region through our work with the Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing; recognizing projects and well-planned open space through our Smart Growth Alliance; providing Technical Assistance Panels to local jurisdictions and nonprofit organizations facing difficult land use decisions; educating tomorrow’s citizens through the UrbanPlan curriculum and supporting emerging land use professionals through the Young Leaders Group (YLG) Mentorship program. All of ULI Washington’s work is guided and supported by its members through committees and other volunteer activities. There are many opportunities to make a difference at the local level, and we encourage you to become part of the district council experience. ULI Washington has almost 2,000 dedicated and engaged members who collectively make this organization a dynamic and thought-provoking forum for the exchange of ideas and promulgation of solutions. Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner Program 6:30 pm RECEPTION 8:10 pm WELCOME REMARKS & DINNER Robert M. Pinkard, Chair, ULI Washington and Principal, The Pinkard Group 9:15 pm VIDEO Presentation 9:30 pm Presentation OF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Award Robert M. Pinkard, Chair, ULI Washington and Principal, The Pinkard Group 9:35 pm GUEST OF HONOR John E. “Chip” Akridge, Chairman, Akridge 10:00 pm ADJOURN Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree John E. “Chip” Akridge, III Chip Akridge, Founder and Chairman of the commercial real estate A strong advocate for the environment, Akridge has served firm bearing his name, is an innovator in the industry, a committed on the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, advocate of community initiatives in the Washington, DC region and the Nature Conservancy of Maryland/DC, and various agencies a dedicated supporter of philanthropic and charitable organizations. of the city government. He testifies frequently in support of environmentally-friendly legislation before the DC Council Akridge founded the firm in 1974 to specialize in commercial real and the Maryland State House and Senate. He is committed estate in downtown and suburban Washington, DC. Since then, both personally and professionally to sustainable building Akridge has acquired or developed more than 11 million square design — earning numerous Smart Growth awards, earning feet of office, retail, industrial/warehouse and research and the Accredited Professional designation LEED and is an development space in the region. Currently, as Chairman of the EPA Energy STAR partner. company, he is responsible for corporate oversight and strategic planning. He is continually focused on developing the highest Akridge is also a leader in philanthropic and civic quality products and delivering superior Client service. organizations in the Washington, DC area. He is the Chairman of the Trust for the National Mall, a non-profit created to assist Akridge leads the commercial real estate industry in regulatory, the National Park Service to renovate, enhance and preserve legislative and financial changes in Washington, DC. Akridge was the educational and recreational activities on the National the first to use the “Woodies Act,” which enables developers to Mall. His other philanthropic activities include: Chairman of lease the air rights above and below a public area in order to join The John Akridge Homeless Foundation, Member of the Board properties. He was also the first to use the DC Tax Increment of Directors of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Financing Program to build a mixed-use complex that revitalized Member of the Board of Trustees of The Georgia Tech the city center. Akridge worked closely with the city government Foundation and Member of the President’s Advisory Board to develop innovative legislation that created the housing linkage of Georgia Institute of Technology. program, Business Improvement Districts, Tax Increment Financing and regulatory guidelines to improve the water quality of the Akridge has a Master of Business Administration in Finance Anacostia River. and Real Estate Development from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration. He received He has served as a Member of the Economic Development a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from and Executive Committees of the Federal City Council and as Georgia Institute of Technology. Chairman of the Greater Washington Board of Trade’s Emergency Preparedness Task Force. Lifetime Achievement Award Host Sponsors PLATINUM GOLD Balfour Beatty Construction STUDIOS Architecture Chevy Chase Bank, a division of Capital One, N.A. The Bozzuto Group CIM Group, Inc. The JBG Company Gallery Place Partners Tishman Speyer Holland & Knight, LLP WDG Architecture NEBF Investments Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC SILVER Ballard Spahr LLP Loiderman Soltesz Associates, Inc. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global McWilliams/Ballard, Inc. Commercial Banking Perkins+Will BB&T MetLife Real Estate investments Bingham McCutchen, LLP Phillips Realty Capital ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, PC Silverwood Companies HOK TD Bank, N.A. Keane Enterprises, Inc. Tompkins Builders, Inc. LCOR, Inc. Washington Property Company Leucadia National Corporation Wells Fargo Bank, N.A./Eastdil Secured Linowes and Blocher/Federal Capital Partners Lifetime Achievement Award Committee Elizabeth Conahan, Walker & Dunlop Brian J. Cullen, Keane Enterprises Bernadine Dullaghan, ULI Washington Nicholas Jahnke, Northwestern Investment Management Company, Inc Barry Rosenthal, Bingham McCutchen LLP Charles K. Nulsen, III, Washington Property Company Lisa W. Rother, ULI Washington Jayne Shister, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers Sandy Silverman, The Lessard Group Timothy Smith, LCOR Incorporated ULI Washington Executive Committee CHAIR: Robert M. Pinkard, The Pinkard Group TREASURER: Mark Sharer, Bank of America EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Lisa W. Rother, ULI Washington Advisory COUNCIL Robert E. Buchanan, Buchanan Partners Andrew K. Brown, Stanford Properties, LC Laura A. Cole, RCLCO / Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC Brian Cullen, Keane Enterprises Barry P. Rosenthal, Bingham McCutchen, LLP Stanley W. Sloter, Paradigm Development Company Mark Sharer, Bank of America OFFICERS / CHAIRS Award Dinner: Matthew J. Klein, Akridge Breakfast Meetings: Laura A. Cole, RCLCO / Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC Evan A. Goldman, Federal Realty Investment Trust Case Studies: Pamela DuBois, Bolan Smart Associates Anthony Balestrieri, Tishman Speyer Trends Conference: Jayne Shister, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers Kathy Roberson, Combined Properties UrbanPlan: Tennille Smith Parker, City of Falls Church Laura London, Freddie Mac Technical Assistance: Patricia Harris, Holland & Knight LLP Yolanda Cole, Hickok Cole Newsletter: Peter Bonnell, Urban Investment Advisors Membership: Emily