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Doug Dwyer

Transwestern Properties
901 South MoPac, Building 4, Suite 250
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 328 5600
www.transwestern.net
doug.dwyer@transwestern.net

Robert Ehrlich, Jr.

Ehrlich Realty Corporation
1601 W. 38th Street #206
Austin,, Texas 78731
451-5166
rmeinc@swbell.net

Tom Ezell

Ezell Investments
2706 West 35th Street
Austin, Texas 78703
469-0789
tezell@austin.rr.com

As Owner and Broker, Tom has provided 30 years of brokerage service, market research and location analysis, including demographic studies for investors and/or users. As an active partciptant in the commercial real estate market, Tom acquires land investments, develops multi-family apartments, and renovates historical downtown office buildings. He brokers and leases commercial office buildings, retail centers, industrial, and multi-family projects throughout central Texas. He also provides personal management services. As owner of University Schwinn Cyclery and Floorcraft, Inc, he reorganized and expanded both businesses before selling them in 1977. While working for Xerox Corportation, he gained retail and marketing skills. He also achieved local and national recognition as the "Xerox National Sales Leader". With 45 years of ongoing community service, Tom has been involved in the following organizations: Kinghts of the Symphony, West Austin Youth Assocation, Westwood County Club (former President), the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Board, Admirals Club, Austin Assembly, and Barton Creek Country Club.

Mervin Fatter

Fatter and Evans Architects, Inc.
813 South Lamar, Suite 100
Austin,, Texas 78704
476-3181
mervin-fatterevans@austin.rr.com

Sue Gravett

Henry S. Miller
9442 North Capital of Texas Highway, Building 1, Suite 500
Austin, Texas 78759
(512) 340 9682
www.henrysmiller.com
sgravett@henrysmiller.com

Sue has over 39 years experience in business management, organizational development, and real estate including managing personal and corporate real estate holdings. She is the Principal and President of Henry S. Miller Commercial Austin, Inc. Sue has been an active member in the Austin community for over 35 years serving on several non-profit boards including being a founding member of The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and South Texas, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Central Texas Commercial Associate of Realtors (CTCAR), Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary Club of Austin. She has also served as an officer and director on several public and privately held corporate boards. Sue is currently a member of ACRES, RECA, CTCAR, NAR, TAR, Rotary Club of Austin and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.

Steve Hall

Steve Hall Real Estate
1407 Patterson
Austin, Texas 78733
(512) 468 8255
stevehallre@austin.rr.com

Spencer Hayes

Colliers Oxford Commercial
2700 Via Fortuna Drive, Suite 100
Austin,, Texas 78746
370-2412
www.oxfordcommercial.com
shayes@colliersoxford.com

Spencer Hayes is a co-founder and principal of Oxford Commercial, a full service real estate firm, where he has served as Managing Partner since 2002. In 2007, Oxford joined forces with Cushman & Wakefield by becoming a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance program. Spencer has been involved in lease transactions exceeding 3,000,000 square feet and sales of over 650,000 square feet in Austin. In 2002, Governor Rick Perry appointed Spencer to the Lease Board of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Spencer has served as an active leader in other areas of the community through Austin Revitalization Authority, Boy Scouts of America, Priority Associates, Grace Covenant Church, and The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. His professional affiliations include SIOR (one of only eight in Austin), Austin Commercial Real Estate Society, Commercial Leasing Brokers Association, and The Real Estate Council of Austin.

Jerry Heare

NAI Austin
7320 MoPac, Suite 101
Austin,, Texas 78731
346-5180
jheare@naiaustin.com

Jerry is a Principal of NAI Commercial Industrial Properties Co. and specializes in marketing, selling and leasing major industrial facilities and land throughout the region. He has also been instrumental in locating industrial and distribution sites and facilities for companies throughout Central Texas. Some of his clients include: Samsung Electronics; XYCARB Ceramics; Wide-Lite Corp.; Butler Manufacturing; Glastron Boats; TECO; BMC West; Sysco Corp.; Sasol; Cypress Semiconductor; Manitex; and Air Products. Before joining NAI CIP in 1980, Jerry spent 12 years with the economic development agency of the State of Texas where he was directly involved incorporate site and facility location and financing. Jerry is a member of SIOR; ACRES; CTCB; the Southern Economic Development Council; the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce; Leadership Austin; and has served as a Lecturer for the University of Texas at Austin.

Fred Higgins

NAI Austin
7320 MoPac, Suite 101
Austin,, Texas 78731
346-5180
fhiggins@naiaustin.com

Fred joined NAI Commercial Industrial Properties Co. in 1983. He has been active in the appraisal and brokerage of commercial land and income properties since 1971. Although his years of real estate brokerage experience cover a wide cross-section of commercial sales, leasing, site and facility location as well as investment real estate, Fred focuses primarily on the investment and urban raw land markets and provides site location services to commercial and retail users and developers. His client services encompass project acquisition and investment analysis as well as the full spectrum of services expected from a seasoned, competent real estate investment broker. Fred has worked with such major clients as: U.S. Bureau of the Census; International Conference of Building Officials; Borden Co.; Valencia Hotel Corp.; Rehab Hospital Services Corp.; White Lodging Services (Marriott); Nationsbank; Medistar Corp.; and Chase Manhattan Bank. Fred is a member of RECA; CCIM; ACRES; CTCB; TAR; NAR; and the Travis County Children's Partnership.

Matthew Hooks

Ironwood Real Estate
207 San Jacinto, Suite 300
Austin,, Texas 78701
477-2225
mhooks@ironwoodre.com

Matt co-founded Ironwood Real Estate in 2002 to focus on the acquisition and development of retail properties in Central Texas. Ironwood is a full service real estate company that provides investment, management, brokerage and development services for its portfolio of retail properties, as well as for third party clients. A licensed real estate broker in the State of Texas, Matt and his brokerage team represent quality tenants and landlords in their property sales and leasing activities. Matt is active in professional and civic organizations, including the Real Estate Council of Austin, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Downtown Alliance, Children’s Trust of Central Texas, and the Gulf Coast Conservation Association. Matt received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin University.

Joe Hoover

Joseph Hoover Company
4203 North Hills Drive
Austin,, Texas 78731
457-9925
hoover@josephhoover.com

Joseph Hoover has over 26 years of professional experience in real estate consulting, marketing, brokerage, personal investment, syndication, land development and asset management. He has successfully represented buyers and sellers of office buildings, shopping centers, industrial projects, residential land and commercial tracts. During his career, Joseph has been involved in the brokerage of over $400 million of real estate.

Ed Horne

Capital Realty Advisors
8716 North MoPac, Suite 100
Austin,, Texas 78731
502-2050
ehorne@wilshire-homes.com

Currently Mr. Horne is the President and CEO of Capitol Realty Advisors, Inc. and Wilshire Homes LP. Wilshire Homes, LP is a $200 million plus homebuilding company building over 700 plus homes per year in the Texas focusing on the Austin, San Antonio, and Houston. Wilshire Homes has been operating in the Texas markets since the early 1990’s. The customers are primarily first and second time move up buyers with a desire to have the homes customized to their individual needs. Capitol Realty Advisors, Inc. began in 1986 and specializes in the management of residential developments in the Austin, San Antonio, and Houston markets. Capitol Realty Advisors is active in the brokerage of land in the Texas markets. Mr. Horne, as a licensed Real Estate Broker in Texas, has been active in the management and sale of real estate in Texas since 1976. He has development and managed numerous subdivisions, apartment complexes, and single family homes over the years through out Texas, Arizona, and Georgia.

Rick Jenkins

Prudential Owens Realty
900 Congress, Suite L-100
Austin,, Texas 78701
801-8832
rickjenkins@pruowens.com

Rick Jenkins has been involved in commercial real estate and land development for over 25 years. He has developed over 5,000 residential lots and over 500 condominium units. He specializes in the entitlement and development of residential subdivisions & condominiums. Rick has developed projects in Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, Buda, Kyle, Hutto, Manor, Cedar Park, Leander, San Antonio and College Station. Some of Rick's clients include KB Home, Lennar Homes, Centex Homes and Main Street Homes. Rick is the CFO of Prudential Texas Realty and is a past president and board member of ACRES.

Helen Jobes

Sperry Van Ness/Gold Eagle
3619 Bull Creek
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 452 5400
www.goldeagleinvestments.com
helen.jobes@svn.com

Helen Jobes, CCIM serves as the Owner/Broker of Gold Eagle Investments and senior investment advisor and managing director for Sperry Van Ness, specializing in the sale and leasing of office property in Central Texas, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. During her 26-year career, Jobes has leased nearly 800,000 square feet of office space and sold more than $320 million in commercial real estate, including office/warehouse projects, apartments, retail centers, and land. Though skilled in all property types, Jobes focuses specifically on office investments and leasing. Jobes holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation. The designation is awarded to professionals who have completed graduate level courses in financial, market and investment decision analysis and have fulfilled professional experiential requirements. As a CCIM designee, Jobes is recognized as an expert in the disciplines of commercial and investment real estate, is a member of the National Association of Realtors, and subscribes to its strict code of ethics. Jobes attended Pan American University, the University of Texas and St. Edward's University. Jobes serves on the board of directors for the Real Estate Council of Austin, a 2,100-member organization comprised of business and real estate professionals. She has also served as past president of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society, and is a member of the Central Texas Commercial Brokers Association.

David G. Johnson

Cypress Properties
601 E. Whitestone Boulevard, Suite 246
Cedar Park, Texas 78613
(512) 528 9994
www.cypressproperties.com
david@cypressproperties.com

David was born and raised in Austin and has lived in Austin all his life except for the time he spent in Lubbock attending Texas Tech University earning his BBA in Marketing and Real Estate. While attending Texas Tech David became a licensed real estate Agent in 1980. David returned to Austin in 1982 and earned his Broker's license in 1983 the same year he founded Cypress Properties. Cypress Properties has been based in Cedar Park since 1983 and David has specialized in all facets of the commercial real estate field in the Cedar Park and Leander sub-market since that time. In addition to being an ACRES board member and officer David belongs to RECA and is past Chairman and board member of the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, past board member and officer of the Leander Chamber of Commerce and founding President of the Rotary Club of Cedar Park. Additionally, since the early 1980's, David has served on numerous City Council appointed boards and commissions of both of the Cities of Cedar Park and Leander.

Dick Kemp

Kemp Properties
3809 S. 2nd Street #D-200
Austin,, Texas 78704
441-1062
dkemp@kempmanagement.com

Kemp Management, founded by Dick Kemp in 1978, currently develops and manages shopping centers, office and warehouse buildings and residential condominiums. His achievements include- 1996 President of the Texas Association of Realtors; Life Director of Texas Association of Realtors; Realtor of the Year by Austin Board of Realtors; "We Care Austin" Award; Current Member Salvation Army Advisory Council, Austin Board of Realtors and National Association of Realtors.

Mike Kennedy

Commercial Texas, LLC
515 Congress, Suite 1850
Austin,, Texas 78701
474-2411
mkennedy@commercialtexas.com

Mike Kennedy's role as President of Commercial Texas is not limited to managerial functions. Everyday he's on the front lines creating value for the fiscal well-being of leading companies. Throughout his career, Kennedy has been recognized as one of the most active office leasing and sales brokers in the Austin area. Kennedy is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas and the South Texas College of Law in Houston . He is an active office member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), a Charter Member and past President of the Austin Commercial Leasing Brokers Association (CLBA), and was named to the Top 10 Austin brokers list by Austin Magazine . In addition, Kennedy is a member of the Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA), Texas Bar Association, the Travis County Bar Association, the Austin Chamber of Commerce and Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). He has been a speaker at the Austin Technology Council and CLE International in Austin . He has also published numerous articles on trends in commercial real estate in Central Texas.

Neal Kieschnik

United Commercial Realty
515 Congress Avenue #1950
Austin,, Texas 78701
476-1771
nkieschnik@ucrrealty.com

Neal is a retail broker with United Commercial Realty (UCR) and has been involved with Austin real estate for over 15 years. His tenant representation accounts include such retailers as Darden Restaurants, IHOP, KAY Jewelers, and Papa Murphy’s Pizza. Notable project leasing assignments include Southpark Meadows I&II, Rivery Towne Crossing, Target South, and Lakehills Plaza. Neal received his BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and has been a licensed real estate broker since 1998. Neal is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and is actively involved with the Coastal Conservation Association of Texas.

James Knight

Knight Real Estate
307 E. 2nd Street
Austin, Texas 78701
472-1800
www.knightrealestate.com
jamesknight@KnightRealEstate.com

James Knight, CCIM is the 3rd generation of Knight Real Estate Corporation. Beginning in May of 2000, James has worked in property management, sales and leasing. James’ management work includes day to day operations, leasing, and tax protests for a grocery anchored shopping center and a self storage facility. As a Broker, his experience includes both user and investor sales of raw land, redevelopment, and investment properties. He has facilitated office, industrial and retail lease transactions. Prior to his work at Knight Real Estate, James worked in the New York, New York office of Marcus and Millichap handling investment sales in the upper west side of Manhattan. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, James holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in History with specializations in Business Foundations and Spanish. James is active in many real estate organizations including the Austin Board of Realtors, the Real Estate Council of Austin, the CCIM Central Texas Chapter, and the Urban Land Institute. Prior to earning his CCIM designation, James was invited to become a member of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society and was selected as a member of the Real Estate Council of Austin’s Leadership Development Committee. James has served in leadership positions as a director of the Paloma Lake Municipal Utility District, President of the Bachelors Club of Austin, and has served in the Transportation and Membership Committees of the Real Estate Council of Austin, and the Board of the CCIM Central Texas Chapter.

Robert Knight

Knight Real Estate
307 E. 2nd Street
Austin,, Texas 78701
472-1800
knight@knightrealestate.com

Knight Real Estate is a locally-owned company that has been active in commercial real estate brokerage and development in the Austin market since the 1940's. Robert Knight, CCIM, the current President, is a graduate of The University of Texas, The University of Texas School of Law, and the University of Virginia Graduate School of Business. Mr. Knight has been active in numerous professional and civic activities including serving on the Board of Directors of many of the following organizations: the Austin Board of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors, the Austin Bar Association - Real Estate Section, the Heritage Society of Austin, the Paramount Theatre, the Helping Hand Home for Children, Republic Bank, and Austin Trust Company. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas teaching courses in Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Finance, and Appraisal. He is a former winner of the Lone Star Trophy given by the Texas Association of Realtors in recognition of the Commercial Transaction of the Year for the State of Texas. Currently Mr. Knight is focusing his efforts on improving Downtown Austin. He is a member of the Downtown Commission of the City of Austin and is actively engaged in the brokerage and development of downtown properties.

Bill Kochwelp

First Austin Properties
1004 MoPac Circle, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 347 9005
bill@firstaustinproperties.com

Principal of First Austin Properties specializing in the sale of single family development and investment land. First Austin Properties has been an Austin area full service brokerage firm since 1982. Bill is a current board member of ACRES with over 23 years experience in real estate.

Karen Krajicek

Becker Companies
8217 Shoal Creek Boulevard
Austin,, Texas 78756
771-3545
klkrajicek@aol.com

Karen has been working in investment and landlord representation in the Austin area since 1997. Karen grew up in Austin and prior to her return she served eight years on active duty as a Marine Corps Supply Officer. She was responsible for negotiating contracts both inside and outside of the Department of Defense. She has received numerous awards during her tenure with the US Marine Corps. Upon completion of her Marine Corps duty she spent a year living in Estonia and working with the US State Department as their supply officer where she negotiated supply and real estate contracts. She was recognized and awarded for her results working with Estonian and Russian representatives to secure commercial real estate outside of the US jurisdiction. Ms. Krajicek currently represents landlords throughout the Austin area. She has negotiated retail, office, flex and industrial leases with a focus on providing quality service for landlords and tenants. Additionally, Karen has expertise in tenant finish out and construction. Karen’s family has been participating in the Austin area Commercial Real Estate industry since 1887 and she intends to carry on the tradition. Karen is a member of ACRES, CLBA, CTCAR and is a Candidate of CCIM.

Royce Lacey

NAI Austin
7320 MoPac, Suite 100
Austin,, Texas 78731
346-5180
rlacey@naiaustin.com

Royce serves as Vice President of NAI Commercial Industrial Properties Co. and joined NAI CIP in 1980. He is one of the most well-known corporate and industrial real estate professionals in the Austin metropolitan area. Royce has been instrumental in locating sites and facilities, arranging build-to-suit facilities, or disposing of sublease properties for many of the major employers in the Austin metropolitan area including: AMP Corporation; Apple Computer; Ashland Chemical; Applied Materials; Baker Hughes; Cirrus Logic; Dell Computer Corporation; Encore Orthopedics; Freescale Semiconductor; GTECH; Hart Graphics; Hart InterCivics; Lockheed Martin; Motorola; Pepsi-Cola; Photronics; Sysco Food Service; Texas Instruments; The Nature Conservancy; and Tivoli Systems (IBM). Before joining NAI CIP, Royce spent 17 years as an electrical engineer in the computer systems/peripheral equipment industry. His responsibilities included engineering management, marketing product management, international licensing and engineering/ manufacturing facility site selection. Royce is a member of SIOR; BCCR; NAR; TAR; CTCB; ACRES; CLBA; and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.

Ronny Landry

Landry Commercial
4201 Bee Caves Road, Suite A-204E
Austin,, Texas 78746
329-5061
r.landry@gte.net

Ronny Landry formed Landry Commercial with a primary focus on representation of major commercial developers in land acquisition, entitlements and leasing of commercial buildings. Mr. Landry has over 35 years of experience and is diversified in all aspects of commercial real estate. Before forming Landry Commercial, he was Director and Branch Manager for the Austin/San Antonio offices of Cushman & Wakefield. As an operating partner of Lincoln Property Company in Austin and San Antonio, he was responsible for development and marketing of approximately 1 million square feet of offce and retail projects. Before moving to Austin he was involved in the development and leasing of over one million square feet of industrial space in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex for Lincoln. As Executive Vice President of Marketing his responsibilities widened to the Central, South and East United States where he opened offices for Lincoln and was involved in site selections in Boston, Minneapolis and Washington, D. C. His real estate career began in Dallas with Hank Dickerson and Duvall-Giles Company as a retail leasing and land sales broker.

John Lewis

John Lewis Company
1717 W. 6th Street, Suite 390
Austin,, Texas 78701
476-7011
john@johnlewisco.com

In 1970 I began a career in commercial brokerage which has evolved into developing and investing over the years. I feel very fortunate to have learned the business from Roger Hanks, Ed Fleming and Ken Carr as I was starting out in the business.