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Presenters:
Suzanne E. Kline, CFA
Regional Investment Manager, Senior Vice President
Greater Bay Region, CA
Wells Fargo Bank

Vice President, Research
Western United States
Cassidy Turley
  Garrick Brown manages his company’s staff of researchers and is responsible for producing the firm’s analyses and forecasts for the Western United States. He also produces a number of Cassidy Turley’s national publications focusing on the investment market and frequently authors white papers on prescient commercial real estate topics.  He is responsible for all of Terranomics’ retail publications, as well as ChainLinks’ national research reports and forecasts. Garrick is also the editor of our weekly retail publication, the Terranomics Retail Newsline, which is distributed weekly to over 15,000 retail real estate professionals.

Panelists:
Moderator
Dr. Lawrence A. Souza, DBA/CCIM/RICS/CRE
Real Estate and Financial Economist, Broker and Advisor
Adjunct Professor Real Estate, Finance and Economics
San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco and Golden Gate University
  Larry Souza has 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry.  Prior to helping found Johnson Souza Group, Inc., he worked for Charles Schwab Investment Management (CSIM) as Managing Director - Index Services; Chief Economist – Managing Director with Global Real Analytics (GRA); and Investment Advisor for Quantum Financial Network (QFN).  He is a Registered Representative and Investment Advisor, and a licensed California insurance agent.  He has been an investment advisor and commercial real estate broker, providing economic and investment consulting services to retail and institutional real estate investors. 

Meade N. Boutwell, LEED® AP O&M
Senior Vice President
CBRE, Inc.
  Meade Boutwell is a 30-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, specializing in office leasing with extensive experience in tenant and property representation.  He has sold, leased or subleased over 10 million square feet of commercial space in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Meade is a leading advocate for sustainable real estate and is one of the first sales professionals in San Francisco to receive the LEED AP O&M designation.  He is Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Northern California Chapter.

Christopher Coleman
The Office Team
DropBox
  Christopher Coleman has more than 30 years of global experience in the media and technology sectors. He joined DropBox last year to lead the global real estate and office functions and secured new space at 333/345 Brannan St., San Francisco. Prior to Dropbox, Chris was a Google real estate executive for ten years, where he strategically planned, leased, designed, and built offices in more than 50 cities. Prior to Google, Chris worked for 12 years, at CNN and Turner Broadcasting. He managed the design and construction of new networks–CNN International, CNN En Espanol and CNN Financial News, while master-planning and renovating CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta.

Samantha Chandler Duvall
Vice President, Business Development
Chandler Properties
  Samantha DuVall is the Vice President, Business Development at Chandler Properties, one of the largest locally owned and operated property management companies in San Francisco. Founded by her mother, Carolyn Chandler 33 years ago, the company has grown to manage over 5,000 residences in apartment buildings and condominium associations. Since joining the company in 2007, Samantha has developed the internal investment sales department, brokered over $50M in apartment building sales, and acquired new apartment building investment opportunities for her own real estate portfolio.

Tom McDonnell
Vice President, Regional Leasing Manager
Shorenstein Realty Services
  Tom McDonnell is responsible for overseeing office, retail and industrial brokerage activities and managing brokerage teams in San Francisco, the East Bay, Peninsula and Silicon Valley. Prior to joining Shorenstein in 2005,  he was a director with Cushman & Wakefield responsible for both tenant and landlord brokerage representation in San Francisco. Tom graduated from Santa Clara University with a B.S.

Todd Rufo
Director
San Francisco Office
Of Economic & Workplace Development
   As Director, Todd oversees Business Attraction and Retention, Small Business, Film, International Trade and Commerce, Workforce Development, and the Neighborhood Development divisions. Todd was previously the Deputy Director for the Department, where he lead the city’s business attraction and retention efforts, with a focus on key business sectors including technology, biotech, cleantech, financial and professional services and manufacturing. Todd received a Masters in Urban Planning in 2004 from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, after which he worked for the City of New York.

Brandon Wang
Director / Development
Kilroy Realty Corporation