Mayor Kirk Watson has been immersed in public policy, spanning local and state government in

Texas, for more than three decades. He served in the Texas Senate for over 13 years, leading on

a wide range of issues including education, health care, transportation and government

transparency. His peers elected him President Pro Tempore of the Senate in 2019.

In 1991, Gov. Ann Richards appointed Watson Chair of the Texas Air Control Board, the agency

charged with addressing air quality issues. He was Vice-Chair of the committee that oversaw

creation of the agency now known as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

First elected Austin mayor in 1997, Watson won praise for bringing different political sides

together around transformative environmental and economic development initiatives. In 2012,

serving in the Texas Senate, he led the effort to build a new medical school at The University of

Texas at Austin.

As a result of his numerous health care efforts, Watson has been honored by the Meadows

Mental Health Policy Institute and NAMI Austin. The American Medical Association recognized

him with the prestigious Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service.

Watson also served as the Founding Dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University

of Houston.

He was honored multiple times in Texas Monthly magazine’s analysis of the state's best

legislators. In 1998, the magazine described him as “a man with a vision of what the community

wants—and the moxie to carry it out.”

He is a recipient of the prestigious President’s Citation from The University of Texas at Austin

and the Pro Texana Medal of Service from Baylor University. The Baylor Line Foundation

(formerly the Baylor Alumni Association) named him a Distinguished Alumnus. Austin

Community College awarded him an honorary degree. The Freedom of Information Foundation

of Texas gave him its Open Government Lawmaker of the Year award, and the Texas Press

Association named him a Friend of the First Amendment. The Greater Austin Chamber of

Commerce also has named him Austinite of the Year.

During a career that began in 2005, Anne has completed hundreds of transactions for some of the industry’s most respected institutional owners, including Clarion Partners, Lionstone, TA Associates, UBS, Shorenstein, Westmount Realty, TIER Reit, and Principal Financial Group. She is regularly recognized as a “Commercial Real Estate Heavy Hitter” by the Austin Business Journal.

Prior to joining Endeavor in 2015, Anne was a Vice President of Office Leasing at Austin-based Live Oak Gottesman.

Ryan Bohls serves as the Texas Market lead for Franklin Street, leading growth efforts for the firm across the state. He has successfully launched Franklin Street's Austin and Dallas locations and is actively building full-service teams to serve clients with tailored solutions across Texas while providing expertise and guidance to team leads.

Prior to joining Franklin Street, Bohl’s played a pivotal role in the establishment of Newmark’s Central Texas offices in 2015 prior to assuming the role as market leader at Partners. With over $2.7 billion dollars in negotiated transactions, Bohls’ signature deals include the representation of Amazon in their initial acquisitions at The Domain for their Austin beachhead, also brokering Under Armour’s digital headquarters in the vibrant Seaholm district and handling the disposition of a 147-acre site on behalf of Exxon, to name a few.

He co-founded the Austin Young Chamber and has served on the board with prominent organizations like the Young Men’s Business League.

Rosie brings more than 20 years of experience leading strategic initiatives, aligning senior stakeholders, and advancing complex priorities across the built environment, public and private sectors, and large capital programs.

At EnvelopiQ, Rosie leads the firm’s technology advisory practice, guiding owners and partners through early decisions that clarify priorities, reduce risk, and support long-term asset value. Examples of the firm’s work include establishing district-wide technology strategies for Electric Works and Bottleworks, two major adaptive reuse redevelopments in Indiana. Currently, the team is advising on technology strategy, planning, and activation for IU Health’s $4.3 billion downtown Indianapolis medical campus and the State of Indiana’s $650 million co-location campus.

Before joining EnvelopiQ, Rosie directed a $54 million corporate engagement portfolio at Purdue University, which included building industry-academic research partnerships with Fortune 5 technology companies. Her experience also includes an executive leadership role at Browning Day, where she advanced the architecture firm’s growth across mixed-use, civic, and urban redevelopment.

As Director of Commercial, Nick Arambarri is responsible for leading the brand development, market strategy, client relationships, cultural development, and business management of LPA’s Commercial practice. He has extensive experience guiding large, complex multi-disciplinary teams to design best-in-class office projects that set new standards for campus design, workplace environments and energy efficiency.

Nick joined LPA in 2001 after interning with the firm as a student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. In 2020, he led the creation of the Commercial practice, working closely with the Workplace, Healthcare and Mixed Use practices. Throughout his career, Nick has worked on a wide-range of differentiated office projects including high-rise office towers, low-rise office campuses and repositioning of existing buildings. Career highlights include 650 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach, CA, the first high-rise office project in the area, which was developed in partnership with Pei Cobb Freed; the complex One La Jolla Center, San Diego, CA; and the renovation of the world-famous Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego with Selldorf Architects.

On every project, Nick fosters a collaborative culture between the design team, contractor and client. He works closely with commercial and workplace practice leaders to ensure the integrated design solutions are tailored to the goals of each project. His proven execution abilities help deliver high quality projects under constantly evolving constraints, while addressing the current and future needs of companies and communities.

Nick is an active member of several commercial real estate organizations, including NAIOP and the Urban Land Institute. He has also served as a guest lecturer on commercial real estate topics for the MBA program at the University of California, Irvine.

“Each project is an opportunity to earn the trust of our clients and make our communities a better place for people to thrive.”

Shravan Parsi is an entrepreneur and innovator with a background in the diverse fields of real estate investing and pharmaceutical research. His experience as a pharmaceutical scientist drives his systematic approach to multifamily and commercial real estate investing. Shravan’s first book, The Science of the Deal: The DNA of Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Investing was published in November 2019 by Forbes Books, a market leader in business print and digital media. Shravan has been involved in Texas real estate since 2003 and acquired 22 apartment complexes to the tune of 4300 units & several commercial properties, by co-investing with private equity groups, family offices, high-networth individuals and accredited investors.

Shravan is the CEO & Founder of American Ventures. With a forecasted pipeline of $300 million in planned acquisitions for 2022/2023, American Ventures is positioned for aggressive growth. American Ventures offers private equity firms, family offices and accredited investors access to quality multifamily and commercial real estate investment opportunities.

Alex is a Managing Director and local lead for Hines in Austin, responsible for the execution and management of development and acquisition projects in Austin and San Antonio. He joined Hines in 2018 and has helped build a pipeline of over 1.6 million square feet of new office and multifamily projects. Notable projects include ‘T3 Eastside’, a 100,000 square foot mixed-use office project in East Austin, Hines’ first heavy timber project to feature multifamily units, ‘Varenna Lakeside’, a 336-unit multifamily project in Georgetown, and ‘Retreat at Easton Park’, a 349-unit multifamily project in SE Austin. Alex earned his MBA from the University of Texas, and his BA in Economics from Arizona State University.

Chris is a Senior Vice President in the Austin office focused on Office Tenant Representation.

He is a seasoned commercial real estate professional with over 14 years of experience representing tenants, landlords, and investors across the office, industrial, and retail sectors. Known for his strategic insight, market expertise, and relationship-first approach, he has completed over $500 million in transaction volume throughout his career. A Houston native, Chris grew up around real estate and developed a competitive edge early in life through a nationally ranked tennis career. He was ranked #1 in both Texas and the U.S. during his junior years and went on to play collegiately at Duke and TCU before channeling that same drive into commercial real estate.

Mark Hart, AIA, NCARB, LEED is the founding member and CEO of Mark Hart Architecture (MHA). A graduate of The Ohio State University, he relocated to Austin in 1997 and has since built a distinguished career in multifamily, high-rise, and high-density mixed-use architecture, with over 30 years of experience primarily in Central Texas.

His commitment at MHA centers on transforming clients' visions into reality. As CEO, he leads business development, strategic planning, and client relations, while also overseeing the architectural production process from initial site studies to the completion of construction documents and administration.

Mark has over seen the design and production of 5,000+ units in the Austin area mainly in the Urban Core and West Campus neighborhood.

Outside of work, Mark enjoys running the trails of Town Lake and cherishes time spent with his wife and two sons.