Prior Alfred A. Ring Distinguished Speakers

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

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
Dave Materna
Partner, Stornoway Co. LLC
Bio  |  Slides
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

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"

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"

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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