Prior Alfred A. Ring Distinguished Speakers
Fall 2012
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August 30, 2012
Nathan S. Collier
“Personal Leadership”
Founder and Chairman, The Collier Companies
Video -
September 4, 2012
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September 27, 2012
Ed Crapo
Alachua County Property Appraiser
Video -
October 4, 2012
James W. Stine
“A Real Estate Investment Strategy”
Bio | Video -
November 1, 2012
Ray Sandelli
“What I (and some of my friends) Learned Outside the Classroom”
Senior Managing Director (Ret.), CB Richard Ellis
Bio | Video
2012
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Mr. J. Andrew (Andy) Hogshead
Chief Executive Officer, The Collier Companies -
Mr. Steven A. Pepper
“I'm So Distressed-Real Estate Loans in the Modern World”
Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory (Atlanta)
Bio -
Mr. Charles P. (Charlie) Toppino
President, Oak Pass Capital Management, LLC
Bio
Presented in partnership with the Finance Speaker Series -
Mr. Thomas D. (Tom) Zale
“Navigating a Portfolio through the Great Recession”
Managing Director, Real Estate Equities, Northwestern Mutual Real Estate Investments
Bio
2011
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Mr. Paul Phillips
Executive Vice President, IDI (Industrial Developments International)
Bio | View this Presentation -
Mr. Martin "Hap" Stein
"REITSs and Regency Centers' Strategy in the Current Uncertain Environment"
Chairman & CEO, Regency Centers
Bio | View this Presentation -
Ms. Debra Koehler
"Workforce housing: changing the multi-family world as we know it"
President, Sage Partners, LLC
Bio | View this Presentation -
Mr. Richard Donnellan
"Why Multi-family remains a favored investment asset class"
Principal, Apartment Realty Advisors
Bio | View this Presentation -
Mr. John Coleman
Senior Vice President, EastGroup Properties, Inc.
Bio -
Daniel C. Knuth
Director - Real Estate Equities for Northwestern Investment Management Company
Bio -
Jacques Gordon
"Investing in International Real Estate"
Global Strategist, LaSalle Investment Management
Bio | Video -
Barry Altshuler
Senior Vice President, Equity Residential
Bio -
Todd Powell
Director of Real Estate, Plum Creek
Bio -
Howard Gutman
"The Lutgert Companies and the Future of Small Privately Held Real Estate Companies"
President, The Lutgert Companies
Bio
2010
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Frederic Scarola
Managing Partner, Covenant Capital Group
Bio | Video -
Aaron Wessner
Park Bridge Financial
Bio -
Sandra Hostetter
President, CNL Bank
Bio -
Robert Carmichael
Senior Vice President, Asset Recovery Group, KeyBank -
Duane Stiller
Founder and President, Woolbright Development
Bio | Video -
Darryl LeClair
President, CEO and Chairman, Echelon Development, LLC
Bio -
Angie Brown
"Valuation - Part Art and Science"
MAI, Principal and Vice President, Meridian Appraisal Group, Inc.
Bio -
Chuck Taylor
Director, Reynolds Capital Group
Bio
Dan DuPree
Bio -
Steve Mauldin
President & CEO, Crosland, LLC
Bio
Perry Reader
President of Community Development, Crosland, LLC
Bio -
Steve Williams
"What's It Worth?"
Global Advisor, Real Capital Analytics
Bio
2009
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Bill Schroeder
Principal, Rock Creek Capital
"Mitigation banking and Opportunity land fund"
Bio -
Casey Cummings
President, Ram Development Company
"Real Estate investment Decisions in the Brave New World"
Bio -
Jeremy Collett
EVP for Capital Markets, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker -
Nathan S. Collier
Principal & Chairman, The Collier Companies
"From Small Acorns"
Bio -
Kenneth R. McGurn
President, McGurn Investment Co.
Bio -
Laurie A. McMahon
Managing Director, Principal, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers
Bio -
Wm. Britton Greene
President and Chief Executive Officer, The St. Joe Company
Bio -
P. James Mehalso
Managing Director, Prudential Real Estate Investors
Bio
2008
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Ralph Conti
Executive Vice President, Southeast Region, Kimco Developers, Inc.
"Branding yourself: 'a road to success'"
Bio -
Eric Deckinger
Senior Vice President-Commercial Development, Kitson & Partners
"Transit Oriented Development in SE Florida"
Bio -
Lou Plasencia
Chairman & CEO, The Plasencia Group
"Peak Performance: The Credibility Quotient - A review of keys to successfully marketing your company, your asset or yourself."
Bio -
Greg Newman
Executive Vice President, Southeast Region, iStar Financial, Inc.
"The Deal: from a lender's perspective"
Bio -
Marc Kopelman
Director - Equity Investment, Stiles Capital Partners
"There's Always a Joker in the Deck: What happens now that commercial real estate has drawn the housing card?"
Bio -
James A. Grissett, III
The Parthenon Group, Principal
"The REIT and CMBS Markets: The Year Just Past! The Year Ahead?"
Bio -
William Sulzbacher
Atlantic Coast Developers, LLC, President and Chief Executive Officer
"A Retail Development Company's Focus on Growth Markets in a Challenging Economic Environment"
Bio -
James Heistand
Eola Capital, LLC, Founder and Partner
"Accessing Equity in the Capital Markets"
Bio -
Dan Woodward
Highwoods Properties, Inc., Vice President
"Increasing Challenges for Office Development in Florida—Have We Killed the Golden Goose?"
Bio -
Craig Ustler
Ustler Development, Inc., President
"The New Reality of Urban Development"
Bio -
Daryl Carter
Maury L. Carter & Associates, Inc., President
"The Maury Carter Story... Wisdom of My Father"
Bio
2007
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Eddy Benoit
Senior VP, Ambling Companies, Inc. with Ambling associates:"Mixed-Use Development - Savannah River Landing"
Bio -
Todd Zeldin
President, ACG Professionals, Inc.
"ACG: From Sole Proprietor to the Blackstone-EOP Transaction"
Bio -
Ring Rising Professional:
Beau Beery, CCIM, MARE
Director of Commercial Brokerage & Property Management,
AMJ Inc. of Gainesville
"Shopping Center: To Buy or Not to Buy"
Bio -
Dale Dignum
Executive Vice President, FNB of Pennsylvania
"Real Estate Lending in Commercial Banks"
Bio -
J. Timothy Morris
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. and CIO, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund
"International Real Estate Investing"
Bio | Slides -
Carlos Alfonso
CEO & General Manager, Alliant Partners
"One Path to Community Development"
Bio | Slides -
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John Ropes
President, Ropes Associates, Inc.
"Organization and Execution of a Successful Development Plan"
Bio -
Jim Motta
President, Starwood Land Company
"Placemaking: Guiding Principles for Planned Communities"
Bio
2006
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James L. Fried
Managing Director, Aztec Group, Inc.
"Managing Your Career Path - A Case Study" -
Dan Dupree
Vice Chairman, Cousins Properties Incorporated
"Site Plans and the Proforma - The Fun Part of Development" -
Gregory J. Walz
Regional Director, Northwestern Investment Management Company
"How Do You Manage a $4.2 Billion Real Estate Portfolio?" -
Seth Wise
President, Levitt Corporation
"Homebuilding, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" -
Timothy Becker
Director of Commercial Development, The Bonita Bay Group
"Being Successful in Real Estate - It's about People" -
John Blackmon
Credit Director, The Citigroup Private Bank
"Getting Deals Done: Merging Mutual Interests and Other Practical Lessons" -
David D. Fitch
President and CEO, Gables Residential
"Public to Private - The Gables Transaction" -
Duane Stiller
President, Woolbright Development Corporation
"The Entrepreneurial Approach to Successful Retail Property Investment in Florida" -
Chuck Davis
Director, MetLife Real Estate Investments
"Relative Value and the Real Estate Asset Class" -
Dennis Gilkey
President and CEO, Bonita Bay Group
"Real Estate Development in Florida — Where is it Going?" -
Mitchell Rice
CEO, RMC Property Group
"Mixed-Use Development: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why" -
James Izzo
President, The 1220 Group
"Intercontinental Center: A Case Study Using ARGUS"
2005
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Angel Arroyo
Sr. Acquisitions/Dispositions Manager, Banyan Realty Advisors,
"Acquisitions & Due Diligence for Multifamily Properties" -
Stephen Wayner
VP, Bayview Financial Exchange Services, LLC
"1031 Tax Deferral Strategies" -
Trevor Phillips
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
"Valuation of Contaminated Real Property" -
Rick Scarola
Managing Partner, Covenant Capital Group
"Capital Opportunities: Secondary and Tertiary Apartment Markets" -
Stumpy Harris
Executive VP, Harris, Harris, Bauerle & Sharma
"The Power of Eminent Domain to Condemn Private Property for Community Redevelopment" -
Otis Wragg
Principal, Wragg & Casas Public Relations
"Communications and the Real Estate Market" -
Thomas Bogle
Executive Managing Director, Strategic Accounts CBRE
"The Evolving Commercial Real Estate Market" -
John M. Crossman
CCIM, Principal, Trammell Crow Company
"Developing a Career in Commercial Real Estate" -
Donald A. Haber
Chief Credit Officer and Head of the Commercial Mortgage Conduit for the US, Barclays Capital
"Careers and Opportunities in the Commercial Real Estate Industry" -
Gary M. Ralston
President and Founder, Florida Retail Development, LLC
"Small Scale Development - A Retail Case Study" -
Angela L. Brown
MAI, President, Realvest Appraisal Services, Inc.
"the Appraiser/Consultant - Beyond the Numbers"
2004
- Bill Hunter, AFCD, Inc.
- Michael Warren, AMJ, Inc.
- Richard Ahrens, Ahrens Companies
- Jeffrey Conn, Hallmark Partners
- Paul Ellis, Trammel Crow
- Paul Douglas, Douglas Development Group
- Richard Eckhard, Partner, Holland & Knight
- David Schaffel, CIO, Co-Star Group
- Bud Meadows, VP - Customer Relations, Pulte Homes
- Steven Ekovich, First VP and Regional Mgr., Marcus and Millichap
- Adolfo Marzol, Executive VP, Fannie Mae
- Larry Furlong, Senior VP, Fidelity National Title
2003
- Douglas Bennett, Senior Investment Officer for Real Estate, Florida Retirement System
- Kelley Bergstrom, Bergstrom Investments
- Howard Taft, Senior Managing Director, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.
- Lewis Goodkin, President of Goodkin Consulting Corporation - A Strategic Alliance with PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Steve Patterson, President and CEO, ZOM Holding, Inc.
- Chris D. Wheeler, Chairman and CEO, Gables Residential Trust
- Julian Stokes, Managing Director, Integra Realty Resources - Southwest Florida
- Arthur Menor, Partner, Shutts & Bowen, LLC
- Lewis Goodkin, President, Goodkin Consulting Corporation - A Strategic Alliance with PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Alfred Hoffman, Jr., CEO, WCI Communities, Inc.
- Steven Messing, Regional Vice President - Real Estate, Eckerd Corporation
- Albert Rex, President, CareyKramer Company
2002
- Martin D. Nass, Senior Partner and Real Estate Practice Leader, TMP Worldwide
- Steven A. Cohen, Senior Vice President of Real Estate Finance, SunTrust Bank
- Craig H. Sher, President & CEO, The Sembler Company
- Robert Simmons III, CEO, R.R. Simmons Construction Company
- Richard P. Donnellan Jr., Managing Director, Atlantic Realty Partners
- Stephen H. Bittel, Chairman & Founder, Terranova Corporation
- Larry D. Richey, Senior Managing Director & Operating Manager, Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Incorporated
- Woodward S. (Woody) Hanson, Real Estate Analyst and Consultant, Integra Realty Resources - Hanson Consulting, Inc.
- John Beeland, Senior Acquisitions Manager, LNR Property Corporation
- Mike Warren, President, AMJ Construction, Inc.
- Paul Phillips, President, Prudential Real Estate Investors-International
- William S. Orosz Jr., President and CEO, Cambridge Homes
- Jeanette Rice, Principal-Research, LendLease Real Estate Investments, Inc.
- Jan Luytjes, Vice-President of Fixed Income Research, Freddie Mac
- Michael LaCour-Little, Vice President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
2001
- Rob Gidel, Managing Partner, Liberty Partners LP
- Laurie Burns, Vice President of Development, Darden Restaurants, Inc.
- Miles Keeping, Senior Lecturer, Oxford University
- Alden Toevs, Executive Vice President, First Manhattan Consulting Group
- Casey Cummings, President, Ram Development Company
- Dr. Cristina Barettini, Professor, University of Turin, Italy
- Lydia Brown, Vice President, Prager, McCarthy and Sealy
- Robert Carmichael, Senior VP-Community Development Bank, Bank of America
- Joseph Williams, Principal, Professors Capital
- Martin ("Hap") Stein, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Regency Centers Corporation
- David Marks, Marketplace Advisors, Inc.
- Keith Schantz, Real Estate Manage-Florida, Starbucks Coffee Company
- Walter Byrd, Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield
2000
- Jacques Gordon, Managing Director/Investment Research, LaSalle Advisors Capital Management, Inc.
- Jack Conroy, CCIM, Chairman of the Board, Investment Properties Corporation and Grubb and Ellis/IPC
- David Ginn, President and CEO, Mortgage Institute, Inc.
- David Evemy, Vice President, CoStar Group
- Scott (Skipper) Peek, Vice President and Regional Manager, Highwood Properties, Inc.
- Paul Ellis, Principal, Director of Property Management, and Director of Industrial Services, Trammell Crow Company
- Paul Allen, Chief Financial Officer, North American Mortgage
- John McCarthy, Managing Director, Bank of America-Montgomery Securities
- Dr. Alfred A. Ring, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida
- Robert Banting, President, Anderson & Carr, Inc.
- Steve Melnyk, President, Riverside Golf Management Company
- Edgar Jones, Vice-president, Grubb & Ellis
- James Fried, Director of Acquisitions, The TriStone Company
- Dan Page, Managing Broker, Arvida Realty Services Comm. Div.
1999
- Tom Arnold, Director, Praedium Funds, Credit Suisse First Boston
- Courtney Hubbard, Director of Due Diligence, CNL
- Richard Langhorne, President, The Langhorne Company
- Michael Stein Ramshaw, Partner, Arthur Andersen
- Robert Carmichael, Vice President, NationsBank
- David Thomas, Vice President, Beers Construction Company
- William Walton, Managing Partner, Westbrook Partners LLC
- Craig Werley, Senior Managing Partner, The Meyers Group
- Ken McGurn, President, McGurn Investment Co.
- Manuel D. Medina, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Terremark Group, Inc.
- Andrea Tedone Lorry, G.M., Recruiting Captain-Atlanta, Jones Lang Lasalle
- Perry Reader, Vice President and General Manager, The Celebration Company
- Peter Pruitt, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
- Frank Zohn, President, Michael Swerdlow Company
- Douglas Bailey, President, Regent Properties
1998
- Michael Stein, Arthur Andersen, Miami, FL
- Ezio Bruna, OmniTel Pronto Italia, Ivrea, and the Politechnic University of Turin, Italy
- Mari Roby, Vice President, NationsBank
- Robert Carmichael, Vice President, NationsBank
- Laurie Burns, VP, Homestead Village, Inc., Atlanta
- Grant Austin, Managing Director, Pardue, Heid, Church, Smith & Waller of South Florida
- Dan Dupree, President and CEO, Cousins Properties Incorporated
- Robert Rowe, Partner, Green and Rowe Investments
- Lew Friedland, President, JIREH, Inc.
- Steve Melnyk, President, Riverside Golf Group, Inc.
- Kelley Bergstrom, private investor (former President, JMB Realty Corporation)
- Bill Nicholson, Director of Commercial Real Estate, Barnett Banks
- Jill Fisher-Powers, Chief Legal Counsel, Prudential Florida Realty
- Fred Bunch, National Director, Arthur Andersen
- Marty Nass, Partner, Lamalie Amrop International
