With more than two decades of experience in the commercial and residential real estate markets in

Atlanta, Rountree has developed over $250 million in assets. His portfolio includes land acquisition,

disposition, zoning, development, construction, sales and operations. He has twice been awarded the

Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s Award for Excellence - one for Excellence in Adaptive Use at Lizzie

Chapel Flats in Inman Park, and the other for Excellence in Historic Preservation in Buckhead. Current

projects include single family homes in Alpharetta and mixed use development at East Point Exchange

(EPX). Atlanta Business Chronicle Who’s Who in Residential Real Estate.

Gene Kansas is a student and explorer of life, devoting his time to family

and the city he adores, immersing himself in the arts, education and the

greater Atlanta community.

Benefitting greatly by an Honor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship from

University of Arizona, Gene is Founder of Gene Kansas | Commercial Real

Estate, leading with a creative voice, a passion for community building, and

an expertise in difference-making. As a former Board Member of the

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (2008 – 2011), as a 15-year mentor and

former Board Member with Big Brothers Big Sisters (2011 – 2014), as

Creator & Host of both Sidewalk Radio & Building Memories, as an

entrepreneur, and as a Masters in Digital Media from Georgia Tech, Gene

takes great pride in giving back and looking forward.

Gene is an Atlanta Business Chronicle “40 under 40” and Atlanta Homes &

Lifestyles “20 Under 40”. The National Trust for Historic Preservation

named his firm’s redevelopment of the Atlanta Daily World Building the #2

Preservation Win nationally for 2014, and the team was recognized by The

Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation with a 2015 Preservation Award for

Excellence, and a 2015 Atlanta Urban Design Commission Award of

Excellence. Gene is the proud recipient of the 2016 Alonzo F. Herndon

Business Award as named by Historic South-View Preservation

Foundation. And, at Georgia Tech, Gene was proudly honored as the 2016

Ivan Allen, Jr. Legacy Award winner, the highest graduate student honor

awarded in the college.

Launching in August of 2017, Gene’s most current venture, Constellations,

is a civic and social shared workspace where stars come together and shine.

Constellations is located in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Historic District,

birthplace of MLK, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Gene’s focus on

building up community and encouraging culture are both pursuit and

passion, a direction he is happy to share.

Chuck Hull, AIA is a Principal at Smallwood, an Atlanta based, multi-disciplinary design

firm providing Master Planning, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture,

and Experiential Graphic Design services to clients world-wide.

Chuck has over 40 years of experience that includes the adaptive re-use and re-

purposing of a wide array of commercial and institutional projects. He was the lead

designer for the renovation and re-purposing of the historic Georgian Terrace Hotel,

adaptive reuse and historic renovation of the American Tobacco manufacturing complex

into a commercial, mixed-use campus In downtown Durham, NC, and is currently

leading Smallwood’s team in the re-imagining and modernization of the historic Macon

Auditorium.

Chuck holds both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture degree from

Georgia Tech, is a member of NAIOP and has won numerous awards for Design

Excellence.