SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES David Birnbrey Is the Chairman and Co
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES David Birnbrey is the Chairman and co-CEO of The Shopping Center Group, an Atlanta based retail real estate service provider with 21 offices throughout the eastern U.S. and gulf south. David is responsible for strategic planning as well as the overall management of the brokerage operation. He began his career in 1980 as a general commercial real estate sales and leasing associate specializing in industrial properties. In December 1984, David joined The Shopping Center Group. A graduate of the University of Georgia, he has served on the Board of Directors of Chainlinks, the Chainlinks Executive Committee and has chaired numerous committees. He’s a member of International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and a member of the Commercial and Retail Development Council Gold Flight of Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is a member of the board of Atlantic Station, Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the current President of JNF Atlanta. Jason B. Bock is the Vice President at MSC - Michael Salove Company, one of the region’s preeminent retail real estate advisory & brokerage firms serving all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Mr. Bock specializes in Tenant/Landlord representation, investment sales and development advisory services throughout the Greater Delaware Valley region. Jason’s experience has included the successful leasing and sale of various types of shopping centers ranging from lifestyle, to power, grocery anchored and urban street front retail. Mr. Bock’s relationships have yielded transactions with some of the most highly respected landlords in retail real estate: Kravco/Simon, Centro Properties Group, Kimco Realty Corporation, Madison Marquette, Federal Realty Trust, Stoltz, Buccini/Pollin Group, Benderson Development, and Ashkenazi Acquisition Corp. Throughout his career, Jason has handled initial markets penetrations, strategic rollouts and disposition work for some of the most powerful brands in the retail world: Firebirds, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Zoes, Houston’s, Jake’s Wayback Burgers, Popeyes, Syms, Forman Mills, Toys R Us Express, Family Dollar, Aaron’s Rentals, Boost Mobile, amongst many others. Jason is also an active member of ICSC, serving as a planning committee member for the annual PA/NJ/DE Idea Exchange, as well as a board member of the PA/NJ/DE Next Generation Committee, and lastly a planning member of the National Next Generation Convention. Jason is also highly involved with X-Team International, one of the world’s foremost retail real estate brokerage alliances, as well as sit on the young professional boards for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and American Heart Association. Jason is a graduate of Arizona State University and currently resides in Center City, Philadelphia. Anthony F. Buono, SCSM as Executive Managing Director for Retail Services, Anthony Buono leads 500 sales, management and leasing professionals and the largest retail practice in the Americas. Mr. Buono is a member of the Americas Operating Management Board for the CBRE. Under his leadership, CBRE Retail Services pursues an aggressive growth strategy that includes strengthening its national retailer representation practice, expanding service offerings for retail investors and increasing talent through recruiting and selective acquisitions. In addition, Mr. Buono directs strategies to enhance services for retail investors and occupiers seeking global representation. Mr. Buono joined CBRE in 1995 and has held various positions within the company, most recently Senior Managing Director of CBRE's Investment Properties Western Region, where he helped the company achieve 2005 investment sales activity of $48 billion in total consideration on a national basis. Prior to that role, he was a Managing Director for Retail Services Western Region. In that position, Anthony established CBRE's Retail Services as a market leading retail firm in all lines of business including asset services, leasing, capital markets, consulting and corporate partnership. Prior to joining CBRE, he held asset management positions for Zurich Kemper, Donahue Schriber, and Trizec-Hanh, where he directed institutional ownership strategies for industrial, office and retail assets. Leslie Callahan serves as the President of First Colony Financial Corporation, a real estate leasing, property management, and development firm founded in 1982. Mr. Callahan served as a Director of Bank of North Georgia. He is the President - Elect of the Georgia CCIM Chapter and a director or trustee of a variety of business and nonprofit organizations including the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, Atlanta Realtors Political Action Committee, Georgia Association of Realtors, Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Northwest Atlanta, Parents Council of the University of Georgia, and Alumni Council of Phillips Academy. Mr. Callahan serves as Trustee of St. Phillips Cathedral and a member of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. He is a past president of the Wharton Alumni Association of Atlanta and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Atlanta Alumni Association and former Director of the Wharton Alumni Association and the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art. Mr. Callahan is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover Massachusetts, and the University of Pennsylvania, having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (urban planning) Cum Laude in 1972. Adrielle Churchill currently serves as Legislative Counsel to Congressman Steve Womack of the Third District of Arkansas, and previously worked on his Congressional campaign in Arkansas. As Legislative Counsel, she serves as associate staff on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, where Mr. Womack serves as Vice- Chair, as well as associate staff on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development. Along with managing Mr. Womack’s other Appropriations accounts, she handles a diverse portfolio of policy areas and other external relations for Mr. Womack. She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from the University of Arkansas with a B.A. in Latin American Studies and Political Science, and received her J.D. from the University of Arkansas as well. She is currently licensed in the State of Arkansas. Jordan S. Claffey, CLS is a Regional Vice President, Leasing, Mid-Atlantic Region of Brixmor Property Group. In this role, he oversees the leasing of approximately 2.8 million square feet of community and neighborhood shopping centers in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Claffey was a Senior Leasing Representative at Brixmor from September 2006 until July 2010. Prior to joining Brixmor, he worked in the retail division of Colliers Lanard & Axilbund as a commercial real estate broker. He is a former member of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) and currently serves as the International Council of Shopping Centers State Next Generation Chair for Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and was Co-Chairperson of the 2011 International Council of Shopping Centers Idea Exchange in Philadelphia. Mr. Claffey has six years of experience in the shopping center industry. Mike Cohn started his career at Cousins in 1994 as senior vice president of development where he also oversaw the company’s western region. He left Cousins in 2002 to pursue a position as senior managing director at Faison Southeast, procuring and executing all new business for the region and running day-to-day operations. Mike rejoined Cousins in 2010 as executive vice president. He is responsible for all facets of the company’s retail business, including new growth initiatives and strategic planning. Prior to initially joining Cousins, Mike was an associate attorney in the commercial real estate department of Troutman Sanders LLP, an international law firm, as well as in-house counsel at New Market Development. W. Neal Freeman, President of Watkins Real Estate Group, received his BA Degree from Furman University in 1980 and his MBA from the University of Georgia in 1982. He has thirty years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Neal joined Watkins in 1981 as a Lease Administrator, progressing to Leasing Agent, Development Assistant and then to Vice-President of Development. In 2000, he was named Company President, a position he holds today. He also serves as a member of the Executive Board of Watkins’ parent company, Watkins Associated Industries, Inc. At Watkins, Neal has been responsible for the development, leasing and management of over 50 Publix-anchored neighborhood shopping centers in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. He is also the founder and developer of Watkins’ innovative new Family Festival Retail Centers, whose sports-oriented facilities and kids-oriented Charlie Hendon is the Chairman and CEO of Hendon Properties. Since its inception in 1985, Hendon properties, has been involved in acquisitions, asset management, development, and brokerage. With an established track record of performance and a successful capacity to self-raise large pools of capital, Hendon has become a nationally recognized leader in the retail segment of real estate. Prior to starting Hendon Properties, Mr. Hendon was one of the founding sales executives at Royal LePage in Atlanta where he was ranked in the top five in sales each of his four years at Royal LePage and in 1984 was the Top Producer of the Atlanta office. Before Royal LePage, Mr. Hendon worked as a top producer in the sales and leasing group for Ackerman & Company.