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, , 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. Mr. Hendon began his career at in 1978 where he was in charge of the research department. Mr. Hendon is a native in Atlanta. In addition to his experience he has also served on the following: Board of St. Martins Episcopcal School, Board of Dekalb County Chamber of Commerce, and member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) since 1989.

Brad Hutensky serves as President and Principal of The Hutensky Group and is General Partner of Hutensky Capital Partners, a discretionary investment fund formed to invest in retail real estate with valued-added potential. Prior to joining The Hutensky Group in 1989, Mr. Hutensky was employed by a number of national real estate development and finance organizations. He is a graduate of both Dartmouth College (AB) and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business (MBA). Mr. Hutensky has served as a Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) since 2005 and currently serves on a number of board committees including the Executive Committee as Eastern Division Vice President. He is also former co-chairman of ICSC's Committee on Open Air Centers, former chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Commercial Retail Development Council (Blue) and serves on the board of directors of several community and professional organizations.

Adam W. Ifshin is President and CEO of DLC Management Corp., which he co-founded in 1991. Over the last 20 years, he has built DLC into one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of commercial real estate, and one of the most active acquirers of assets with value added potential. Mr. Ifshin oversees DLC’s acquisitions and dispositions, capital markets activities, redevelopments, joint ventures, and corporate strategy, and is well versed in the complex world of foreclosures, bankruptcies, and restructurings. As a principal, he has been involved in over $3.4 billion of real estate transactions. Mr. Ifshin is also the co-founder and President of Delphi Commercial Properties, Inc., a specialty real estate brokerage firm; co-founder and President of First Man Investment Securities Corp., the exclusive placement agent for all DLC real estate investments; and co-founder of DLC UrbanCore, a developer of real estate in under- served, infill, and multi-ethnic markets. Prior to DLC, Mr. Ifshin was Vice President of Project Development for The Delphi Land Company, Inc., a developer of town home communities, and Project Manager for Empire State Land Company, a residential developer. Mr. Ifshin received a BA, cum laude, from Williams College, with honors degrees in economics and history, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Graduate School course Running a Real Estate Company (2003). Mr. Ifshin is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers (“ICSC”), Eastern Division Vice President of ICSC, member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of ICSC, and Chair of the ICSC Government Relations Advisory Committee. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute (“ULI”) and the immediate past Chair of ULI’s Retail Council (Blue). He has testified on behalf of the real estate industry in both the House of Representatives and the Senate on the issue of Carried Interest. In 2010, Mr. Ifshin was a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Program run by Ernst & Young. He is past Chairman of the Byram Hills Educational Foundation and is a member of the Board of Directors of Hudson Valley Holding Corporation, the parent company of Hudson Valley Bank.

Jim Irwin As Vice President of Development, directs strategic market analysis, planning, financing and project development for sustainable urban properties in the firm’s national portfolio. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Irwin focused on the financing of development projects for educational and research institutions at The University Financing Foundation and managed project development and asset management for Atlanta-based Barry Real Estate Companies. An active community leader, Irwin is involved with the Center for Regional Leadership Development at the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Young Alumni Real Estate Advisory Board at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and the Board of Directors for Road Safe America. Irwin received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dartmouth College, and a Master in Business Administration with a concentration in real estate finance from Emory University.

Heather Kennedy is the Director of Government Relations at The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer. She is responsible for federal labor, healthcare, online and environmental policy and political activity in the Washington, D.C. office. Over her ten years with the company, Heather has worked in all facets of government relations, building The Home Depot’s political program to include constituent relations, Member fundraising, PAC management, GOTV, and grassroots initiatives covering 50 states, 2,000 stores and 320,000 associates. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Heather worked as a marketing manager at Duffey Communications, a public affairs and public relations firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to Duffey Communications, Heather was a legislative analyst at Public Affairs Consultants, a Tallahassee, Florida based lobbying firm. Heather sits on the US Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Committee, served two terms on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Business PACs, participated in the Women in Government Relations Leadership Institute, is a member of the Women’s Congressional Golf Association and is a graduate of the Public Affairs Council’s Public Affairs Institute. Heather graduated summa cum laude from Florida State University with a BA in Business Management. Heather and her husband Jacob live in Alexandria, Virginia with their two daughters Lillian and Claire.

Michael P. Kercheval is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He joined ICSC in January 2000 and was elected to the position of President and CEO in May 2001, becoming only the third CEO in the association’s fifty year history. In this role he is responsible for the day-to-day management of ICSC’s global operations and carrying out the association’s strategic objectives. Prior to joining ICSC, Mr. Kercheval was a senior executive at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, an Australia-based global real estate company. Following the completion of graduate work in economics at Columbia University, Mr. Kercheval joined the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1982 as an economist in its investment research area. Over the years, he held a series of positions culminating with the title of Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Equitable’s U.S. $12 billion commercial mortgage portfolio. Following Land Lease’s acquisition of Equitable Real Estate in 1997, Kercheval was Principal and CEO of Lend Lease Latin American Realty Advisors, Ltd, operating in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile. Earlier in his career Kercheval worked on a series of public health and development projects in Central America, taught Urban Economics at Columbia University, and served as staff economist on the Colorado Governor’s Blue Ribbon panel on Economic Growth Management. A graduate of the University of Colorado with degrees in economics, political science, and international affairs, Kercheval earned his graduate degree in economics from Columbia University, New York. He has authored research papers on international economics, real estate investment, and economic growth management. A member of the National Association of Business Economists, ARES, and ASAE, Kercheval serves on the boards of the Travel Business Roundtable, the University of Florida Retail Program, and the Real Estate Associates Program (REAP). He is currently the Chairman of the New York Society of Association Executives. He, his wife Dana, and their two children reside near Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1957, ICSC is the global trade association of the retail real estate industry with over 70,000 members in almost 100 countries.

David T. Kompson , JD/MBA, is the owner of many real estate development initiatives in New York State and Ontario, Canada. His first commercial development in Ontario was early 1994, and David, as well as his various partnership entities, has been continuously advancing office/retail developments since that time, developing a specialization in projects ranging from 30,000 sq.ft. neighborhood plazas, 250,000+ sq.ft. power centres, and high rise office buildings. In recent years, David has expanded his reach into larger office-based initiatives, as well as industrial/starage facilities.

Gregory Maloney, SCSM As President and CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Retail, Mr. Maloney oversees all aspects of the firm’s 93-million-square-foot retail business, which delivers management, leasing, marketing, development and strategic consulting services to investors, owners and occupiers of retail real estate. He is responsible for implementing retail strategies throughout the U.S. and plays a key leadership role in helping establish the direction of international retail for Jones Lang LaSalle. Additionally, Mr. Maloney leads the firm’s receivership practice for all asset types including office, industrial, retail, hotels and multifamily. Mr. Maloney began his career in retail at , Roebuck and Co. Throughout his expansive 35-year career, Mr. Maloney has served in several senior executive roles at real estate companies including Equity Properties & Development Company and Homart Development Company. He earned his bachelor of science degree from Milton College in Milton, Wisconsin and holds a Senior Certified Shopping Center Manager designation (SCSM) from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He has served on ICSC’s Certified Shopping Center Management (CSM) Committee for six years and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and seminars. In addition, he is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and serves on its Retail Green Committee.

James McCandless has advised and directed national specialty retailers including Balducci’s, Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas, Stuart Weitzman, Zany Brainy, and Dale & Thomas Popcorn, among others, in the creation of market- specific strategic plans, national expansion programs, and site selection. In this capacity, Mr. McCandless has concluded retail leases in, and has an active working knowledge of, most major metropolitan markets in the country, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco. For the Urban Land Institute, Mr. McCandless recently contributed his experience and knowledge to the retail chapter of the third edition of Professional Real Estate Development: The ULI Guide to Business . Additionally, Mr. McCandless has participated in numerous feasibility and research studies ranging from 1,000+ acre mixed-use projects with retail, restaurants, hotel, office, and residential uses to a 100-acre sports and entertainment complex with restaurant and retail uses.

Ana Mendoza Ana Mendoza is a Marketing and Business Development Professional with 11 years of experience providing leadership, strategic focus and knowledge to the pursuit of new business opportunities and marketing efforts for Kimley-Horn’s seven land development groups in Texas – specializing in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Ana is a specialist in managing lead generation, managing the sales process, proposal writing and production, presentation training, client relationship programs, public relations, marketing budgets, and business plan development and implementation. Her primary focus includes retail, healthcare, multifamily, industrial, and office park developments. Ana is heavily involved with a number of local real estate organizations including serving on the Membership and Executive Board (2006-2008) for Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) North Texas Chapter; Research and Development Committee and Membership Committee for The Real Estate Council (TREC); Member of TREC’s Associate Leadership Council Class of 2007-2008; and she is currently the Chair of ICSC’s D-FW Next Generation Planning Committee. Ana continues to be active in the mentioned organizations as well as Health Industry Council of North Texas, NAIOP’s North Texas Chapter and the Junior League of Dallas where she has provided over 300 community service hours to date. Prior to working with Kimley-Horn, Ana was a Marketing Representative and Editor for a Houston-based real estate monthly publication called Real Estate Directory News. She has, since then, sat on the advisory board for the publication and continues to today.

Kristen Morris is the Senior Retail Leasing and Marketing Manager at. Jamestown Realty. She oversees the retail real estate division focusing on market research, strategic planning and merchandising for the southeast. She is also responsible for leasing the company’s Atlanta retail portfolio. She brings 20 year of shopping center, mixed-use and street retail experience to the team. Specializing in strategic marketing and leasing, Morris has worked on a broad spectrum of retail real estate products from traditional enclosed malls and lifestyle centers to street retail and new urban, mixed-use developments. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute and Congress for the New Urbanism and currently serves on The Woodruff Arts Center Real Estate Committee. Morris earned a Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology from Georgia State University.

Jonathan Neville is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Practice of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and leads the Firm’s Retail Practice Team. Mr. Neville focuses his practice on commercial real estate development and franchising. He actively assists clients in commercial real estate acquisitions on a nationwide basis, as he represents many principals and investment groups which acquire, develop and sell shopping centers and other retail and restaurant development projects of all sizes. He has also negotiated, and continues to be responsible for leases on behalf of multiple nationally recognized retailers, restaurants and developers. Mr. Neville serves as general outside real estate counsel for several nationally acclaimed restaurant and retail franchisors, and frequently advises franchisees and franchisors on the complex interplay between real estate transactions and franchise requirements and regulations. Mr. Neville often assists clients in developing the proper operational background, financial and otherwise, as it relates to structuring a transaction. A magna cum laud graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, Mr. Neville has been identified as a “Rising Star” by Georgia Super Lawyers for each calendar year since 2009. He is the 2011-2012 Chair of the Real Estate Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, was the State Chairman of the ICSC Next Generation Program within the State of Georgia from 2009-2012, and is a member of the National Advisory Board of the ICSC Next Generation Program.

Jonathan Oleinick is a co-founder and Principal at Evolution Ventures, a developer of innovative sales and leasing tools for real estate professionals. Evolution's products include customized mobile and web products for retail, residential and office properties and portfolios. Before co-founding Evolution Ventures, Jonathan worked as Vice President of Strategic Planning at Woolbright Development where his responsibilities included financing and designing technology solutions to improve leasing and acquisitions. Jonathan has also built successful products and businesses in technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, marketing, publishing and alternative energy at organizations like NASA, Intel, Goldman Sachs, Precision Therapies and Eli Lilly. At Goldman Sachs, Jonathan designed and issued new securities and derivatives to enable REITs and corporations to more efficiently access capital. His other experiences have ranged from salvaging a $1 Billion osteoporosis drug at Eli Lilly to creating a market-leading online research and branding firm, LucidView, which he sold to Jungle Media. At Jungle Media Group, Jonathan developed a multi-million business creating technology marketing platforms for educational institutions. Jonathan holds a BS in Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a licensed real estate sales associate in the State of Florida

Ryan Patel serves as the Director of Real Estate Development for Pinkberry, one of the fastest growing retail brands globally. From a limited store count in two cities to a global brand of 180 stores across 17 countries, Pinkberry has become a widespread pop culture icon. Pinkberry virtually reinvented the frozen yogurt category, and it has remained the distinct and unconventional category leader to watch in yogurt. Today, Pinkberry continues to craft and introduce new yogurt experiences to best serve its consumers with a mission to be the most innovative yogurt retailer in the world. Mr. Patel has vast experiences in implementing strong development strategies that highlight brand strengths and establishing road maps for continued growth and success. Prior to joining Pinkberry, he has worked for Wet Seal Retail, Inc, Jamba Juice, BJ’s Restaurants, Inc and Panda Express. He received his Bachelors from University of California, Berkeley and received his Master of Business Administration from the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine.

Bradley Peterson is a Senior Managing Director in the Orlando office of HFF with more than 14 years of commercial real estate experience. He is primarily responsible for originating retail investment sale transactions throughout the southeastern United States. Mr. Peterson is consistently recognized by the Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors’ as the Top Retail Investment Sales Broker in Central Florida and in 2010 and 2011, was recognized as the Top Overall Producer in Central Florida. Mr. Peterson has been involved with the sale of 153 shopping centers totaling 21.4 million square feet with an aggregate value of more than $2.55 Billion over the past 10 years. Prior to joining HFF in May 2008, Mr. Peterson was with The Staubach Company in Orlando, Trammell Crow Company in Atlanta, and West LB and Price Waterhouse, LLP in New York City.

Scott Porter has been responsible for the acquisition and disposition of over $1.7 billion of properties since 2003 at Regency Centers. These transactions occurred mostly in the Central, Southeastern, and Northeastern parts of the United States. In addition, Scott has been part of the Regency team that managed the acquisition of over $3.5 billion of properties, including two portfolio acquisitions. At the present time he is responsible for the acquisition of existing shopping centers in the Southeastern United States and the execution of Regency’s disposition strategy for the entire East Coast. Scott is based in Jacksonville at Regency Center’s headquarters. Prior to joining Regency Centers, Scott enjoyed careers in mortgage banking and commercial banking. He first started in commercial banking as an analyst with a mid-size bank in South Florida, then transitioned into mortgage banking with Legg Mason. Scott received his Bachelor of Science in Finance at Jacksonville University. Scott is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a member of ICSC. Regency Centers is a preeminent shopping center company known for owning, operating and developing dominant grocery-anchored retail centers located in most major U.S. markets.

Matt Ramsey Representative Matt Ramsey, a native Georgian, was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2007. He currently serves as a member of the House Appropriations, Judiciary Non-Civil, Ethics and Regulated Industries Committees. Matt is the Vice-Chairman of both the Reapportionment and Special Rules Committees and serves as the Chair of a Sub-Committee of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. Representative Ramsey is also currently serving as the Co-Chairman of a Special Joint House and Senate Committee on Immigration Reform. Ramsey was elected by the House Majority Caucus in 2010 to serve as part of the House of Representatives’ leadership team as the Vice-Chairman of the Majority Caucus. Representative Ramsey in his first term in 2008 was tapped by House leadership to serve as a Deputy Whip. Subsequent to that he was appointed by Governor Perdue to serve as one of his administration’s House Floor Leaders from 2009-2010. Prior to beginning his law practice, Matt served on United States Congressman Mac Collins’ staff for six years, advising the Congressman on several key issues including: tax and budget policy, transportation, energy, defense and veterans. Matt currently practices law in Fayette County and is a partner with Warner, Hooper, and Ramsey, P.C. in Peachtree City, Georgia. Warner, Hooper and Ramsey is a general business practice that focuses on a variety of commercial matters including business transactions, commercial and land-use related litigation and estate planning. The firm’s litigation practice has an emphasis in representing property owners against the government in eminent domain litigation.

Gary D. Rappaport, SCMD, SCSM, SCLS, SCDP Gary D. Rappaport is Chief Executive Officer of The Rappaport Companies, a retail real estate company he founded in 1984. The Rappaport Companies provides leasing, tenant representation, management and development services for shopping centers and ground-floor retail in mixed-use properties throughout the mid-Atlantic region. A former Chairman and Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Mr. Rappaport is the only Chairman to date to hold all four ICSC designations, SCSM, SCMD, SCLS and SCDP. He serves on ICSC’s Executive, Nominating, Government Relations, Long Range Planning and PAC committees and continues to lobby at the state and federal government levels on many issues important to the shopping center industry. Mr. Rappaport also serves on the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership Board and served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rappaport is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience as an entrepreneur and has authored “Investing in Retail Properties,” which explains how to structure real estate partnerships for sharing capital appreciation and cash flow. The information contained in the book is the basis for classes he teaches for ICSC’s University of Shopping Centers and Executive Learning Series and as an annual guest instructor at Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, American and George Mason universities.

Mayor Kasim Reed was inaugurated as the 59th Mayor of the City of Atlanta on January 4, 2010. Since taking office, Mayor Reed has hired more than 525 police officers, re-opened all of the city’s recreation centers as safe havens for young people and improved core city services such as fire-rescue response times and sanitation operations. He has increased the city’s reserves from $7.4 million to more than $94 million dollars. Working with the Atlanta City Council and the city’s employee unions, he successfully initiated a series of sweeping reforms to address the city’s $1.5 billion unfunded pension liability. Mayor Reed is Chairman of the Transportation and Communications Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Chairman of the Regional Transit Committee of the Atlanta Regional Commission. He is a member of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowship Class of 2007, Leadership Georgia Class of 2000 and Leadership Atlanta Class of 1998. He served as a Board Member of both the National Black Arts Festival and Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund. Mayor Reed has received numerous accolades since taking office. The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington D.C. honored him in spring 2012 with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award , saying he “heralds a new and creative approach to leadership.” Governing Magazine named Mayor Reed as one of the top state and local government officials of the year in November 2011. Mayor Reed’s civic leadership and service also have been nationally recognized on programs such as Meet the Press , The Charlie Rose Show , John King U.S.A. and Andrea Mitchell Reports . He has been featured in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post and Black Enterprise. Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times columnist, called Reed “inspiring” and labeled him as “one of the best of this new breed of leaders.” Prior to his election, Mayor Reed established a track record of leadership during his 11 years as a member of the Georgia General Assembly. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1998 and served two terms. From 2002 to 2009, he served in the Georgia State Senate, where he was Vice Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus and a member of the Judiciary Committee, Higher Education Committee, Ethics Committee, Transportation Committee, and State and Local Government Operations Committee. Mayor Reed is a former partner in the litigation practice of Holland and Knight LLP, an international law firm with offices in Atlanta, where he specialized in entertainment law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. Mayor Reed grew up in the Cascade community of Southwest Atlanta, where he attended Utoy Springs Elementary School and Westwood High School (now Westlake High School). He is a graduate of Howard University in Washington D.C., where he received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees and an honorary Doctor of Laws. As an undergraduate member of Howard University's Board of Trustees, he created a fundraising program that has contributed more than $10 million to the school’s endowment since its inception. Mayor Reed was appointed as Howard University's youngest General Trustee in June 2002 and remains a dedicated member of the Board of Trustees. Mayor Reed enjoys attending sports events and reading. Some favorite books include Master of the Senate by Robert Caro and The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass. He likes playing golf with his father, Junius Reed, and calls his mother, Sylvia Reed, his “best friend.” He also enjoys spending time with his three older brothers: Chuck, Carlton and Tracy. Mayor Reed is a member of Cascade United Methodist Church.

Harold Schumacher is the president and managing broker of The Shumacher Group, Inc. an Atlanta based real estate company specializing in site selection for retail and restaurant chains. The company was founded in 1991 and works primarily in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The company specializes in site selection for regional and national restaurant companies, the disposition of surplus properties and the sale and/or purchase of existing restaurant businesses. In addition the company is a member of the Retail Broker’s Network where Harold serves on the executive committee and is co-chair of the group’s restaurant marketing council. In a prior life, Harold was a high school teacher, an administrator at Georgia State University, a training director for the Atlanta Hilton Hotel, and a staff writer/restaurant reviewer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He's the author of two restaurant guide books and numerous articles about the hospitality and real estate industries. In addition, he serves as a guest lecturer at both the Georgia State schools of hospitality and real estate.

Brian R. Smith Brian R. Smith is an associate on the Commercial Real Practice Team of Arnall Golden Gregory in Atlanta, Georgia, and, in addition to his general real estate practice, has emerged as an expert in complex leasing transactions relating to retail, office and warehouse properties. Mr. Smith regularly represents large national and local retail, office and warehouse developers and owners, as well as local and national tenants. He was named as a “Rising Star” in the most recent edition of Super Lawyers.Brian is involved with various civic and arts activities, including The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers' Foundation, for which he serves as a member of the Board of Directors, and is currently president of the Junior Board. Mr. Smith also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, and serves on the Junior Board of Camp Twin Lakes, a nationally recognized group of camps based in Georgia which serve children with illnesses and disabilities. Mr. Smith also serves as a member of the Class of 2006 Scholarship Committee for Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. Brian is a nearly-native Atlantan and a self-proclaimed “foodie”.

Paul Van Devender is Managing Director for Capita Symonds, a London based publicly traded real estate firm. Focused on Commercial Real Estate transactions throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Previously was President of Strategic Growth Solutions, LLC, a company established to assist Commercial Real Estate Brokerage owners in the growth of their firm through merger and/or acquisition. The firm is actively working with clients throughout North America and Europe. After the acquisition of ONCOR International by , Mr. Van Devender was appointed President, serving from 2006 – 2008. Mr. Van Devender has also previously held positions at ONCOR International as Vice President; and Coldwell Banker Stevens where he served as Managing Broker.