University of Southern California

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Biographies

Bruce Baltin
Bruce Baltin is a Senior Vice President in the Los Angeles office of PKF Consulting, a national consulting firm specializing in the hospitality and real estate industries. PKF Consulting is a member of Hospitality Asset Advisors International. In his 30 years with PKF, Mr. Baltin has had a wide diversity of experience in the Hospitality and Tourism industries including market demand studies, valuations, economic and operational consulting and dealing with leases, franchises and management contracts. His industry experience includes hotels, resorts, clubs, restaurants, theme parks, and national and state parks. He has worked extensively with various governmental entities in tourism and hospitality real estate issues. He has frequently been quoted in the national and local press and testified as an expert witness on various industry issues. Prior to joining PKF he taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was corporate operations analyst for the Sheraton Corporation of America. He has taught extensively in the Collins School of Hospitality Management at California Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, as well as courses in the real estate program at the University of Southern California. He is a member of various professional and community organizations.

Raphael Bostic
Raphael Bostic Dr. Bostic is a Professor in USC’s School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD). Prior to joining SPPD, Mr. Bostic spent six years on the staff at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. While at the Fed, he was responsible for studying and advising on fair lending and discrimination issues and received a Special Achievement Award in 2000 for his work supporting a Congressional mandate. Mr. Bostic has done extensive research on housing markets and homeownership, including a recent study on barriers to homeownership and determinants of gentrification. He also has written extensively on consumer banking issues, with a particular focus on mortgage and small business lending, bank branching patterns, and credit scoring and automated underwriting. He is currently conducting research on the ways in which the Community Reinvestment Act has influenced the behavior of lenders and credit markets. His broad research interests include financial markets and institutions, with a particular focus on banks in community development, the role and effects of regulation in banking, housing and homeownership, urban economic growth, wage and earnings profiles, and policy analysis generally. His work has been published in the Journal of Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and the Journal of Banking and Finance. At USC, Mr. Bostic teaches courses in affordable housing development, urban economics, and public finance. Mr. Bostic received his B.A. in psychology and economics from Harvard University in 1987 and his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford in 1995.

David S. Brown
David Brown is Co-President of Grand Pacific Resorts based in Carlsbad, California. Grand Pacific's latest project is the Grand Pacific Palisades Resort and Hotel, a 285-unit hotel and timeshare adjacent to the new Legoland California children's theme park in Carlsbad. Grand Pacific also developed Carlsbad Seapointe Resort, a 95-unit oceanfront resort in Carlsbad, the Coronado Beach Resort adjacent to the Hotel Del Coronado, and the Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. Grand Pacific Resorts and its affiliates have developed vacation ownership projects totaling over 600 units, comprising over 28,000 vacation ownership unit weeks, all located in California. Prior to forming Grand Pacific Resorts with partner Tim Stripe, Mr. Brown spent six years with Shell/Winners Circle Resorts developing four other San Diego-area timeshare projects. From 1981 to 1988 Mr. Brown served as general counsel to Vistana Resort in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Brown is a graduate of Columbia College and the University of Virginia Law School.

Nancy Burke
Since 1996, Nancy Burke has served Senior Land Use Manager for Kaiser Permanente. Nancy is responsible for due diligence for land acquisition and entitlement processing for new and existing hospitals, medical and administrative office buildings for seven member service areas (MSAs) in the Southern California region. She is responsible for review of new ordinances, specific plans, development agreements, and changes to federal, state, and Southern California municipal codes that affect Kaiser land, buildings and future capital plans. Nancy is a Zoning Hearing Officer for the City of Pasadena, CA where she conducts De Novo hearings on planning cases, including variances, conditional use permits, subdivisions, etc. Previously she was Planning Deputy for Los Angeles City Council Members Richard Alarcon and Ruth Galanter. Nancy holds a bachelors degree in economics from California State University Los Angeles and a Master of Planning and Development Studies degree from the University of Southern California.

Robert D. Champion
Robert Champion founded Champion Real Estate Group (CREG) in 1987 and has kept it on the cutting-edge of the Southern California real estate market ever since. In the last 21 years, Champion has developed or renovated over 50 projects and has received numerous awards. In 1992, Champion’s $36 million Atlantic Square community shopping center won the NAHRO award as one of the best public-private partnerships in the country. In 1996, Champion’s $70 million One Westside shopping center, the first vertical power center in Los Angeles, won a Gold Nugget and a Maxi Award as one of the best designed shopping centers in the world. In 2004, Champion’s $60 million Pasadena Collection won a Gold Nugget for being the best designed mixed-use project (retail, residential and office) in the Western United States. In 2006, Champion completed Gaslamp City Square, a $150 million mixed-use (retail, residential and public parking) development located in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter District. In 2007, Champion completed the $20 million adaptive re-use (restaurant and residential lofts) and restoration of the historic Samuel Fox building and the $18 million adaptive re-use (restaurant and office condos) and restoration of the Fletcher building, both located in Downtown San Diego. In 2008, Champion will complete the Burbank Collection, a $100 million mixed-use (retail, residential and public parking) project in partnership with the Burbank Redevelopment Agency and AMC Theaters. Champion will also complete The Dalton, a $45 million mixed-use (retail and residential) project located in Downtown Pasadena. Champion has his Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California, where he has been an adjunct professor teaching the Retail/Mixed-Use Product class in the Master’s program for 10 years. In addition, he is a frequent speaker at events sponsored by USC, UCLA, ULI, ICSC, the CRA and other institutions and trade groups.

Delores Conway
Delores Conway is the director of the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast at the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Associate Professor in the Marshall School of Business. Dr. Conway is widely respected for her research on the commercial and residential real estate markets in Southern California. She is frequently interviewed by the national news media for her viewpoints on real estate markets. In 2007, Real Estate Southern CA Magazine listed her as one of the “50 Women of Influence in Real Estate.” Prior to joining USC, Dr. Conway served on the faculty of the University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business. Much admired for her teaching skills, Dr. Conway is a distinguished faculty fellow at the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching and received USC’s highest teaching honor - the University Associates Award for Teaching Excellence. She is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and was an associate editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association. Dr. Conway received her Ph.D. and master’s degree in statistics from Stanford University, and undergraduate degrees in mathematics, statistics and computer methods from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Terri Dickerhoff
Terri Dickerhoff is President of CGR Development and entitlement, project management and construction management-consulting firm in the Southern California area. She takes projects from vacant land to occupancy through the entitlement and construction phases. Projects include high-end residential, workllive space and retail developments. Previously she was with The Lee Group as Project Manager for new residential developments, ranging from affordable to high-end, which included 23 high-end homes in Playa Vista, affordable urban infill projects in Bell Gardens, Commerce and El Monte, a rehab office and work/live loft space in Venice and several semi-custom homes in Venice and Marina del Rey. Terri holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Master of Real Estate Development and Master of Planning from the University of Southern California.

Joseph J. Dominguez
Joseph J. Dominguez is Senior Vice President of Archstone, the privately held successor to Archstone-Smith, an S&P 500 REIT recognized as a leader in apartment investment, development, and operations throughout the United States with a total market capitalization of approximately $22 billion. Mr. Dominguez currently has overall responsibility for design and construction of all apartment development communities in the West Division, which encompasses Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and California. Prior to that, he had overall responsibility for design and construction of all apartment development communities in the East Division, which encompasses Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Texas. Since joining Archstone in 1995, Mr. Dominguez has completed the design and construction of 70 luxury apartment communities across the country, comprised of over 20,000 units, with an aggregate investment value in excess of $3 billion. He has also planned or has in planning a total of 30 luxury apartment communities comprised of over 8,000 units, aggregating approximately $2 billion in value. Prior to joining Archstone, Mr. Dominguez was Vice President of Casden Properties, recognized as one of the premier developers of multifamily residential properties in the United States. As Vice President, his most notable achievement was managing the successful start-up and operation of a wholly owned general contracting subsidiary, growing it in size from 1 to 100 employees. Mr. Dominguez earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management, graduating summa cum laude (top of class), from The Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. He is a lifelong member of Delta Mu Delta (International Honor Society in Business Administration). Mr. Dominguez holds a California State General Building Contractor’s License. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAIREIT), the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC), and the California Building Industry Association (CBIA). He has been a guest lecturer at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development in the Master of Real Estate Development Program as well as the ULI professional panel on New Urbanism. Mr. Dominguez works annually with Habitat for Humanity.

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Marcia Z. Gordon
Marcia Z. Gordon is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP. She has a broad real estate practice, representing local, national and international clients in a variety of complex transactional real estate matters. She has particular experience in leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, development and financing of office, industrial, commercial, retail, hospitality, gaming, residential, telecommunications and low-income housing projects. Ms. Gordon currently teaches real estate development law at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development and is the President of the Barnard College Club of Los Angeles. She is also the Chairperson of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial Development and Leasing Subsection of the Real Property Section and a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women and CoreNet. Prior to joining Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Ms. Gordon was a shareholder at Buchalter Nemer, where she specialized in representing lenders with respect to all types of secured loans, workouts and other types of transactions. Ms. Gordon also served as the Administrative Chair of Buchalter’s Real Estate Practice Group from 2004 to 2006. She has been recognized by the National Women’s Political Caucus, Los Angeles Metro Chapter with The Champion Award, by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California with the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, and by Southern California Super Lawyer in 2007 and 2008. Ms. Gordon graduate from Barnard College of Columbia University, cum laude in 1977 and holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1981. She has been admitted into the Bar in New York (1982) and California (1989).

Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon is a Professor in the University of California's School of Policy, Planning and Development. He is also attached to USC’s Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorist Events (CREATE) Gordon and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models which they apply to the study of the effects of infrastructure investments or disruptions from natural events or terrorist attacks. Recent work involves the modeling and study of economic impacts. Some of this is reproduced in The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks (Edward Elgar 2005, co-edited with Harry W. Richardson and James E. Moore II) and The Economic Costs and Consequences of Economic Terrorism (Edward Elgar, 2007, co-edited with Harry W. Richardson and James E. Moore II). Gordon's other research interests are in applied urban economics. He has recently written on the problems of the "sprawl" debate. Gordon is also interested in cities and institutions. He is co-editor (with David Beito and Alexander Tabarrok) of The Voluntary City (The University of Michigan Press, 2002). Peter Gordon has published in most of the major urban planning, urban transportation and urban economics journals. His recent papers are at http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon/. He has consulted for local, state and federal agencies, the World Bank, the United Nations and many private groups. Gordon was elected a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International in 2009. Gordon received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.

Richard K. Green
Richard K. Green, Ph.D., is the Director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate. He holds the Lusk Chair in Real Estate and is Professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development and the Marshall School of Business. Prior to joining the USC faculty, Dr. Green spent four years as the Oliver T. Carr, Jr., Chair of Real Estate Finance at The George Washington University School of Business. He was Director of the Center for Washington Area Studies and the Center for Real Estate and Urban Studies at that institution. Dr. Green also taught real estate finance and economics courses for 12 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was Wangard Faculty Scholar and Chair of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics. He also has been principal economist and director of financial strategy and policy analysis at Freddie Mac. More recently, he was a visiting professor of real estate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and he continues to retain an affiliation with Wharton. He is or has been involved with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Conference of Business Economists, the Center for Urban Land Economics Research, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Dr. Green also is a Weimer Fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute, and a member of the faculty of the Selden Institute for Advanced Studies in Real Estate. He was recently President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. Dr. Green earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his A.B. in economics from Harvard University. His research addresses housing markets, housing policy, tax policy, transportation, mortgage finance and urban growth. He is a member of two academic journal editorial boards, and a reviewer for several others. His work is published in a number of journals including the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Land Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Housing Economics, and Urban Studies. His book with Stephen Malpezzi, A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy, is used at universities throughout the country. His work has been cited or he has been quoted in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and the Economist, as well as other outlets. He recently gave a presentation at the 31st annual Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium, where his work was cited by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The National Association of REALTORS, the Ford Foundation, and the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy have funded grants to support some of Dr. Green’s research. He consults for the World Bank. In 1995, Dr. Green was honored as “Teacher of the Year” by the University of Wisconsin Graduate Business Association, and soon thereafter was inducted into that University’s Teaching Academy.

Stanley L. Iezman
Stanley L. Iezman is President and Chief Executive Officer of American Realty Advisors. Mr. Iezman is responsible for the strategic planning and direction of American Realty Advisors, an SEC registered investment advisor and ERISA fiduciary for tax-exempt investors. American currently has over $4.6 billion of assets under management, utilizing core, enhanced core and value-added strategies. American offers Separate Accounts, open-end and closed-end commingled funds to its pension fund investors. Mr. Iezman has directed the acquisition, structuring and management of approximately $8 billion of real estate located throughout the United States. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Planning, Policy, and Development where he teaches real estate asset management in the Master of Real Estate Development Program. A noted speaker in the real estate arena, he has addressed a number of industry groups, and has authored numerous articles for real estate, pension, and legal industry publications. Mr. Iezman received his BA from the University of California-Santa Barbara and his JD from the University of Southern California School of Law. He is a member of The Urban Land Institute and serves on their Industrial & Office Park Development Council; International Council of Shopping Centers; National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers; Pension Real Estate Association; International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans; Los Angeles County Bar Association; American Bar Association; and was the Chair of the New York University Real Estate Institute’s Annual “Conference on Pension Fund Investment in Real Estate” for ten years.

Bryan C. Jackson
Bryan C. Jackson is a Partner with Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, LLP. He is a national expert in drafting and negotiating construction and design professional contracts for all project types including hospitals, sports facilities, universities, hotels, high-rise office buildings, desalination plants, mass transit systems, retail power centers, environmental remediation projects, climate-controlled public storage facilities, tenant improvements, luxury apartments and condominium complexes. Bryan's graduate level course at USC and national seminars have trained thousands of students, accountants and lawyers in construction transactional matters. Bryan is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. Since 1990, the graduate courses he has taught include "Construction Management and Technology" and "Construction Law" for the Master of Real Estate Development program. Bryan is Chair of the firm's Construction Transaction Group and editor of the Green Building Update, a weekly publication on sustainable and green building issues. He is past Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Subsection on Construction Law, and past Chair of the Real Property Section. He is an International Board Member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society of Brigham Young University, and serves on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Western Conference of Construction Consumers and on the Planning Committee for the USC Real Estate and Business Symposium. Bryan earned his B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1983 and J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1986. Bryan is a member of the California and American Bar Associations. He is admitted in the Federal Bar, Central District of California and all California state courts. Before attending law school, Bryan served as a legislative intern for then Senator Paul Laxalt and was the full-time manager of fundraising and development for the National Center on Deafness at California State University, Northridge. Also, he lived in Brazil for two years and speaks Brazilian Portuguese. Bryan served as Cub Master, Scout Master and now Varsity Scout Coach for Troop 398.

James M. Kasim
James M. Kasim is Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. Mr. Kasim has extensive experience in real estate finance and accounting areas, including the development of corporate and investment strategy, public and private securities offerings, SEC regulations, mergers and acquisitions, and transaction advisory services. Prior to joining the Company in February 2008, Mr. Kasim was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BentleyForbes, a multi-billion dollar, privately held real estate investment company focused primarily on the ownership and management of Class A office, resort and hotel properties. While at BentleyForbes, Mr. Kasim was responsible for all financial, accounting, and asset management areas and headed the firm’s Hospitality Division. Before joining BentleyForbes in 2005, Mr. Kasim was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young’s Real Estate and Hospitality practice where he served for eleven years. During that tenure, his clients included some of the largest real estate and hospitality companies in the nation. Mr. Kasim received an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Northridge. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Kasim is also an Adjunct Professor for the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California in the Master of Real Estate Development Program. He also serves as a guest lecturer for many of its other programs.

Steve Kellenberg
Steve Kellenberg is a Principal with EDAW in the Irvine, CA office. He has over 23 years of experience in large-scale master planned community and new town planning projects. His education and experience have resulted in integrated urban design, economics, market analysis and public participation skills. He has worked with numerous national developers at the management level, assisting in master planning, detailed design, and builder process through implementation. Steve's major projects include Ladera Ranch and Rancho Santa Margarita in Southern California, as well as the Verrado community near Phoenix, Arizona. Projects such as Monrovia Nursery infill master plan in Azusa, CA and the Southport project in West Sacramento, CA, have won several national competitions. Steve leads EDAW's Green Communities initiative, and has directed a national team in a number of large new community plans that implement green building practices at various levels. He speaks nationally on sustainable planning methodologies for large complex projects. Steve received his Masters in Urban Design from Harvard, with honors. Steve is an Associate Professor at USC's Master of Real Estate Development Program and a member of the Urban Land Institute's Leadership Group. He is the co-author of the ULI book Great Planned Communities. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Iowa State University and a Master of Urban Design from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

Michael I. Keston
Michael Keston is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Larwin Company. Since its formation in 1948, Larwin has built and marketed approximately 50,000 residential units in more than 140 separate communities and over 2 million square feet of commercial properties. Mr. Keston joined Larwin in 1970 and was appointed President in 1975. Mr. Keston is the Chairman and Senior Fellow of the California Infrastructure Institute at the University of Southern California, an Adjunct Professor in the Masters Degree Program in Real Estate Development at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, is a member of the Executive Committee of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and is a member of the Policy Advisory Board of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics for the University of California, Berkeley. Michael Keston was appointed to the Los Angeles City Board of Water and Power Commissioners by the Mayor and served in 2000 and 2001. LADWP has $3 billion annual revenues, 8,000 employees and provides services to more than 4 million Los Angeles City residents and businesses. Mr. Keston was appointed to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles/Ventura Region by the Governor in 1991. He served two terms as Chairman of the Board in 1995 and 1996 and was Vice Chairman from 1998 to 1999. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board is a State of California Regulatory Agency with responsibility for protecting the beneficial uses of water, including drinking water standards, discharges in the Pacific Ocean, rivers and underground aquifers and serves more than 12 million Californians in the Los Angeles/Ventura region. Mr. Keston is a past Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy and past Director of the California State Chamber of Commerce. A native of New York City, Mr. Keston received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from City University of New York in 1961, a Master of Science Degree in Engineering from San Diego State College in 1964 and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1966.

Allan D. Kotin
Allan D. Kotin is Owner and Principal of Allan D. Kotin & Associates. Mr. Kotin has over 40 years of experience in real estate economics with an emphasis on financial planning and redevelopment. He has extensive experience in financial analysis, financial structuring, transaction negotiation, and market research for public agencies, developers, investors, and lenders. Entering the real estate field in 1960, Mr. Kotin has held key positions with several major real estate consulting and strategic planning firms before founding Kotin, Regan & Mouchly, Inc., in 1980. Allan D. Kotin & Associates is a successor firm. Intervening firm names were Sedway Kotin Mouchly Group, KMG Consulting and PCR Kotin. Allan's management responsibilities have included developer selection, negotiation support, feasibility analysis, development monitoring, and the strategic planning for problem projects. Since 1980, Mr. Kotin has been actively involved in public/private joint ventures, often acting as a key strategist and active negotiator for public agencies and private developers in major redevelopment and asset management transactions. Within this area, Mr. Kotin has developed particular expertise in participatory ground leasing, a topic on which he has lectured before several national associations of government officials. His other work includes extensive consulting on developer selection, negotiation of public private joint ventures over a wide range of agencies and formats and extensive training and teaching experience. Mr. Kotin earned a Master of Arts in Economics (concentration in regional economics), University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. He completed graduate studies in Economics, Harvard University, 1960-1961 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with highest honors at UCLA in 1959. He has taught at USC since 1986 and prior to that at UCLA. He has been a guest lecturer and summer program instructor at Harvard University School of Design, and has both designed and taught at numerous industry, association, and public sector training programs including International Association for Economic Development, the California Community Redevelopment Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Alon I. Kraft
Alon I. Kraft, Vice President of Lowe Enterprises Investment Management, LLC is responsible for managing the investment portfolios of a number of Lowe's pension fund clients. He was previously responsible for management of the financial underwriting team and due diligence coordination for commercial investment opportunities for Lowe's southwestern regional real estate group which closed on over $300 million worth of assets. Prior to joining Lowe, Mr. Kraft provided financial analysis and planning consulting services with KMG Consulting, a Los Angeles based real estate and urban economics consulting firm. He is an active member of the American Planning Association and a Certified Planner. Mr. Kraft received a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Planning from the University of Southern California.

Joan Ling
Joan Ling is Executive Director of the Community Corporation of Santa Monica. She is responsible for all aspects of operating a non-profit affordable housing development and management company. She has led several affordable housing initiatives – including, doubling the affordable housing set-aside funds from redevelopment revenues, passing an affordable housing ordinance with density bonus and reduced parking, winning a voters’ referendum on Article 34, developing a green building demonstration project, working on a comprehensive policy on artist live/work space, and revising the California Environmental Quality Act to facilitate affordable housing production. Previously she was Assistant Director of Development for the Community Development Commission of Los Angeles County. Ms. Ling holds a bachelors degree in sociology from Chatham College and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, California.

Dennis Martin
Dennis Martin is a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Martin also has significant cross-border experience, as he was based in Tokyo for seven years, starting in January 1997. Mr. Martin focuses his practice on a variety of real estate and structured finance-related transactions, representing multiple types of clients, including opportunity funds, investment banks, financial institutions, developers, high net-worth individuals, insurance companies, pension funds, pension fund advisors, fund managers, loan servicers and charitable organizations.

Carl F. Meyer
Carl F. Meyer is Principal and Managing Director of Rossetti, a national architectural firm with offices in Detroit, Denver, Los Angeles and Newport Beach (CA). Mr. Meyer’s experience includes major commercial mixed-use projects worldwide. He has led design teams for the development of large-scale, retail-oriented projects, adaptive reuse projects and commercial office buildings. Projects include The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert, CA; Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Kursky Square in Moscow, Russia; Atrium Court at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA; the expansion and renovation of Fashion Valley Center in San Diego, CA; and the expansion and renovation of Green Hills Mall in Nashville, TN. In addition, Mr. Meyer is an expert in the master planning and design of new mixed-use environments including his work with the development team of Valencia Town Center in Valencia, CA; a master plan for the proposed Boeing facility development which spans jurisdictions in both Long Beach and Lakewood, CA; the award winning Pavilions of Troy in Troy, MI. He has led Rossetti’s academic and campus planning efforts over the past several years and has completed the major expansion and renovation of the Student Center at the University of California, Irvine. In addition, he is involved in the master planning of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where Rossetti serves as Consulting Campus Architect. Mr. Meyer is also former President of the American Institute of Architects in California and is a former member of the AIA National Board of Directors. In 2005 he was elevated to Fellowship in the AIA. He is active in the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Loyola University.

Dusan Miletich
Dusan Miletich is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Arenda Capital, Inc, and Co-Founder and Co-Managing Principal of Arenda Capital Management, L.L.C. (ACM), an Absolute Return fund management company with real estate operating expertise. Mr. Miletich’s daily responsibilities include capital sourcing, business strategy, economic trend analysis, and sourcing and structuring of new investments. He also has day-to-day management direction over real estate operations and construction management. Mr. Miletich has extensive experience in retail and industrial real estate investment, private placement equity, and private investment partnerships. Mr. Miletich has been directly responsible for every aspect of the real estate development and ownership process, from entitlements, to construction, to leasing and on-going property management. Mr. Miletich assumed responsibility for Arenda Capital, Inc in 1998. Arenda has a more than 50-year history of operating and investment success. Started in 1954 by Vel Miletich, Arenda has owned and operated car dealerships, racing car fabrication shops, a tire distribution company, three National Championship winning Indy race teams, the last American built Formula One racing team, and The Ontario Motor Speedway. The history of the company includes the ownership and management of millions of square feet of commercial real estate throughout the Western United States. He is a member of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC, is a former President of the USC Graduate Real Estate Association (GREA), and is a frequent supporter of Trojan real estate related events throughout Southern California. Additionally, he is a member of ULI, NAIOP, and ICSC. Mr. Miletich holds three advanced degrees from USC: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Real Estate Development (MRED), and Master of Construction Management (MCM). Mr. Miletich earned his Bachelor of Arts in American Literature and Culture from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was also an offensive guard for the Bruin football team.

Ehud G. Mouchly
Ehud Mouchly owns READI, LLC which works on development, redevelopment and financing of sustainable infill projects, mixed-use development (MXD) projects, master planned communities (MPC), workforce housing communities and employer-assisted housing projects. He was previously Vice President and General Manager of UniDev, LLC’s West Coast Office, focusing on the design, development, financing, and management of workforce housing communities. Earlier, Mouchly worked with SunCal Companies as a member of the master planned communities’ acquisition, entitlements and start-up team; General Manager of Anaverde (formerly City Ranch), KB-Home’s 2,000-acre, 5,000-unit in Palmdale, CA; Principal and Co-Developer of a 160-acre commercial MXD in San Joaquin County, CA; managing director in the Real Estate Group of Price Waterhouse; founder and president of a national real estate consulting company; developer/builder of residential and retirement communities. Mouchly has served as chairman and vice chairman of several flights of the Community Development Council (CDC) of the ULI, vice chairman of the ULI Program Committee, a ULI council counselor, and serves on the ULI-LA District Council Executive Committee. He is a member of the California Redevelopment Association (CRA), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE), former fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and member of Lambda Alpha International. He is an adjunct professor in the graduate real estate development program (MRED) at USC, and has served as an expert witness in U.S. district and state superior courts. He is an occasional author, instructor and frequent speaker on real estate matters in the U.S. and overseas. Mouchly holds master’s degree and certification as Ph.D. candidate (“all but dissertation”) in economics and Middle East studies from Columbia University.

Tom Muller
Tom Muller is a partner in Manatt, Phelps & Phillips’ Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group. He has substantial expertise in land use regulation and real estate development, including environmental impact analysis, development agreements, and entitlement of mixed-use projects and master planned communities. Tom assists clients, including offshore investors and real estate investments trusts, in the acquisition, disposition, joint venture, like-kind exchange, development, financing and leasing of properties ranging from raw land to industrial and office properties to hotels to portfolios of regional shopping centers. Tom has also represented domestic and foreign lenders and borrowers in construction and permanent financings of hotel, office, retail, and industrial projects. During recessionary periods, that work has involved complex loan workouts and restructurings for institutional lenders and purchasers of loan portfolios. Mr. Muller received his J.D. in 1981, cum laude and Order of the Coif, from New York University, where he was the Articles Editor of the New York University Law Review. He also received a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from NYU in 1982, and obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Yale University in 1975. Mr. Muller is admitted in New York and California and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning and Development. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Central City Association and the Executive Committee of the USC Gould School of Law Symposium on Real Estate Law and Business.

Ira C. Norris
Ira C. Norris' accomplishments include: Life Director, National Vice President and Federal Government Affairs Chairman, National Association of Home Builders. Past President, Baldy View Chapter (San Bernardino County) of the Building Industry Association of Southern California. Past President, Building Industry of Southern California. Twice Builder of the Year, Baldy View Chapter, BIA/SC. Builder of the Year, Building Industry Association of Southern California. National Award Winner "Smaller Smarter House for the Money," Professional Builder & Remodeler. "Housing Person of the Year," National Housing Conference. Gold Nugget Award "Best Affordable Detached Housing Development." Builder Magazine's "America's Best Builder." Best in American Living Awards for "Best Affordable First Time Buyer Home" and "Best Affordable Move-Up Buyer Home." Inducted into California Building Industry Association "Housing Hall of Fame."

Paul Novak
Paul Novak, AICP is Planning Deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. Mr. Novak serves as the Supervisor's liaison to the Departments of Beaches & Harbors, Community Development Commission, Film LA, Local Agency Formation Commission, Public Works, Regional Planning, and the County Sanitation Districts. He works with County staff to formulate and revise policies and procedures relative to real estate development, aviation, economic development, water supply and permit processing. Previously he was president of a land use planning firm, Novak + Associates, Inc., which secured governmental approvals on behalf of clients in the real estate development and telecommunications. He was also a project manager for Psomas & Associates and a governmental affairs representative for the Building Industry Association. Mr. Noval holds a Master of Real Eatate Development from the University of Southern California and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Claremont McKenna College.

Mark E. Oliver
Mark E. Oliver, MAI, MRED is a Senior Commercial Appraiser in the Valuation Advisory Services division of Cushman & Wakefield. He is a member of the Retail Industry Group and also serves on the Business Improvement Committee. Appraisal and consulting assignments have included all major property types throughout Southern California. In addition to office, retail, industrial, and multi-family properties, Mr. Oliver has appraised special purpose properties such as self-storage facilities, cinemas, private schools, and religious facilities. Mr. Oliver has expertise in the use of econometric modeling for real estate valuation and market analysis, and has provided entitlement consulting for land acquisition and subdivision development. Mr. Oliver has appeared as an expert witness on valuation issues in the Orange County and Los Angeles Superior Courts. Mr. Oliver is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, teaching Finance Fundamentals for Real Estate Development. This is an introductory, graduate-level course designed for students planning a further study in real estate finance and development. Mr. Oliver earned his Bachelor of Arts at Whittier College and his Master of Real Estate Development at the University of Southern California. Mr. Oliver is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) and a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in the State of California.

Richard Ortwein
A seasoned veteran of the real estate industry, Richard "Dick" Ortwein has overseen all aspects of the business, having directed and managed the construction of millions of square feet of real estate. Ortwein brings to Focus Real Estate LP more than 35 years of management experience, most in senior level posts with the Koll organization, one of the premier commercial developers in the country. Additionally, Ortwein offers a rarity in real estate circles: a banker's financial acumen with a developer's hands-on experience. While at Koll, Ortwein oversaw the accounts of local, national and international clients, exposing him to a wide array of regional issues and placing him on the cutting edge in detecting new construction and development trends in the commercial and residential sectors. In his senior management capacity at Koll, Ortwein was responsible for commercial development, land entitlement, finance, construction management, asset management and corporate services. Additionally, Ortwein was a key member of the executive team responsible for overseeing key acquisitions and mergers, including the 1998 purchase of Koll Real Estate Group's commercial development arm, Koll Development Company. Prior to joining Koll, Ortwein served at Wells Fargo Bank, where he was responsible for the financing of commercial development product. Capping a 10-year tenure in the banking industry, Ortwein steadily rose through the management ranks of Security Pacific Bank and Wells Fargo Bank. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dick is affiliated with many professional and civic organizations, including the Orange County Business Council and the Urban Land Institute. He has served on both the national and local board of directors of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, and is a past Chairman of the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Young Presidents Organization. He also served on the board of the directors of the Pacific Club. Recently ending his term as Chairman of the Board at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Dick remains a member of the board of directors, and previously served as chairman of the Facilities, Design and Construction Committee, overseeing a $500 million capital improvements budget. Dick also serves on the board of directors for A&A Concrete, Inc. and H.G. Fenton Company.

Christian L. Redfearn
Christian Redfearn is an associate professor in USC's School of Policy, Planning, and Development and a Research Fellow at USC's Lusk Center for Real Estate. His general area of research interest is urban economics, with concentrations that include urban and regional economics, urban redevelopment, small market and neighborhood dynamics, aggregate price measurement, home ownership, and urban areas in lesser-developed countries. In addition, Prof. Redfearn is an active participant in the Casden Real Estate Economic Forecast. Prof. Redfearn has published in recently in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics and the Journal of Urban Economics. In 1996, he was awarded the Fisher Center for Real Estate Dissertation Fellowship and is a member of the American Economics Association and American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. In 2000, he (with co-author John M. Quigley) was awarded the Best Paper award at the Asian Finance Society meetings in Beijing, China. Prof. Redfearn teaches real estate finance and investments in both the Marshall School for Business and the program in Real Estate Development in the School of Planning, Policy, and Development.

Kirk Roloff
Kirk Roloff is Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Shea Properties, one of the West Coast’s leading commercial real estate investment companies. Mr. Roloff, a real estate executive with nearly 25 years of experience, is responsible for expanding and diversifying Shea Properties’ portfolio by aggressively pursuing transactions in prime West Coast markets. Mr. Roloff has been successful at identifying sites for urban infill development and has an ability to secure properties that fit Shea Properties current acquisition criteria. He will compliment the J.F. Shea Co., Inc. large-scale master-planned community business by balancing its portfolio with urban infill, mixed-used, multi-family, retail or transit oriented developments (TODs). During his 25-year career, Mr. Roloff has been involved in the development, management, acquisition and disposition of approximately $1.5 billion of real estate, involving 5,000 multi-family units, and 1,000 units of congregate care. Prior to joining Shea Properties, Mr. Roloff served as vice president, development/land acquisition with ArchstoneSmith, where he was responsible for multi-family transactions throughout Southern California. One notable recent transaction while at ArchstoneSmith involved the acquisition and continuing development of Del Mar Station in Pasadena, a 346-unit transit oriented development on the Metro Gold Line. Prior to that, Roloff was a principal at KCR Pacific Corporation, a San Marcos, Calif.-based firm. He also served as executive vice president of Monticello Management, a division of Pacific Scene, Inc., a San Diego-based commercial real estate firm. He was responsible for property management operations encompassing approximately one million square feet of commercial property throughout the Western Region, and a multi-family portfolio consisting of approximately 2,500 units in California and Arizona. Mr. Roloff is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Building Industry Assn., volunteers with the Habitat for Humanity and is involved with building homes in Mexico with Youth With a Mission. A California native, Mr. Roloff received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on finance from San Diego State University.

Tracey Seslen
Tracey Seslen received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Insititute of Technology in 2003 and currently teaches Real Estate Finance to undergraduates, MBAs, and Masters of Real Estate Development students. Her research has focused on housing cycles, household mobility behavior, and termination risk in commercial mortgage-backed securities. She has presented her research both nationally and internationally, participating in real estate conferences from Boston to Beijing. Tracey also has a strong interest in international studies, and will be leading a group of 27 MBA students to Mexico City and Havana in March of 2007 to study international business practice and culture.

Mott Smith
Mott Smith has built his career crafting real estate innovations from positions in private industry and the public sector. Prior to forming CEA, he was Acting Director of Planning for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he helped launch the District's $1.6 billion Phase II school construction program. Earlier his work focused on expanding the application of joint-ventures, mixed-use and public-private real estate development models. Notable efforts include: implementing Fannie Mae-recognized public/private housing and development partnerships; innovation in the use of private non-profit corporations to expedite public real estate acquisition; execution of the first mixed-use public school/affordable housing project in the City of Los Angeles; and serving as the founding Executive Director of New Schools-Better Neighborhoods, an L.A.-based nonprofit that develops creative, community-based solutions for school and housing development. Mr. Smith earlier developed affordable housing and served as the editor/business manager of two industry publications, The Planning Report and Metro Investment Report. He is President of the Westside Urban Forum, a member of the Urban Land Institute's L.A. Executive Council, and sits on the Board of the Transportation & Land Use Collaborative. Mr. Smith received a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Linguistics from UCLA.

John Stanek
For nearly two decades, John Stanek has been a recognized leader in Southern California real estate development. Joining Western Pacific Housing in 1997, Mr. Stanek started the Los Angeles/Ventura County Division and developed it into the largest production homebuilder in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, delivering over 600 homes in 2002 and establishing a land base in excess of 3,000 entitled lots. Prior to his tenure with Western Pacific Housing, Mr. Stanek held senior management positions with both publicly traded and privately held homebuilders, including serving as Division President of Ryland Homes, Chief Financial Officer of Forecast Homes, and various positions with Kaufman and Broad, including that of Corporate Treasurer. Mr. Stanek received his Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Southern California. He is a CPA and began his career at Price Waterhouse.

Johannes Van Tilburg
Mr. Van Tilburg is a founding principal of Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh, AIA. Mr. Van Tilburg has led the organization into the forefront of planning and design since founding his firm in 1971. His work as an architect is widely recognized throughout the state and indeed the entire country. In 1992 he was honored by his peers and elevated to the level of Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Van Tilburg is deeply committed to education in Los Angeles and since 1990 has been an Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development in the MRED Program (Masters Degree Real Estate Development).

Dennis A. Watsabaugh
Dennis A. Watsabaugh serves us as Senior Vice President, Development Services for Thomas Properties Group. Mr. Watsabaugh’s background includes 35 years as a Contractor, Construction Manager and Development Manager for project types ranging from commercial office, educational healthcare, specialty retail and institutional. Mr. Watsabaugh has been involved with projects such as California Plaza Phase 1A; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Warner Center Plaza Phases I, II, III, V, VI; Pacific Design Center Phase 2; Pitzer College Master Plan Expansion; Glendale Plaza, all in Southern California. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 1972, and is a licensed general contractor in California.

Christopher A. Wilson
Christopher A. Wilson, President of Wilson Commercial Real Estate, has 21 years of retail commercial real estate experience in the Southern California market. His expertise is concentrated on the leasing and sales of institutional quality shopping centers representing the Landlord. He has participated in the leasing of more than three million square feet of retail space and the sale of 50 shopping centers during his career with a total value exceeding $600 million. Prior to forming Wilson Commercial Real Estate in 1990, he served as Vice President of Champion Development and was responsible for the acquisition, development and leasing of over $25 million of retail projects in northern Los Angeles County and began his retail real estate career in 1985 as a retail specialist with Grubb & Ellis working in the San Gabriel Valley. Preceding his commercial real estate career, Mr. Wilson held a position as a manufacturer's representative selling seasonal and sporting goods product lines to major chain retailers across the 11 western states. Mr. Wilson graduated from the University of Southern California in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and received his Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1985. He holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker license. Mr. Wilson is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He has served on its Southern California Program Committee since 1996 and is currently the ICSC California State Chairman and a member of the ICSC's San Fernando Valley Local Program Committee. He has served as the Co-Chair of ICSC's Western Division Conference in Palm Springs, the Southern California Idea Exchange in Long Beach, the Co-Chair of ICSC's California Alliance Program and was formerly ICSC California State Government Relations Co-Chair. He is also a frequent speaker at ICSC and other industry programs.