Marshall A. Loeb has served as President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2015 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director in January 2016. Mr. Loeb, who was with EastGroup from 1991 to 2000, began with the Company as an Asset Manager and rose to Senior Vice President after having a variety of responsibilities including opening EastGroup’s Western Regional Office in Phoenix. Subsequent to his time at EastGroup, Mr. Loeb served as the Chief Financial Officer of Parkway Properties, Inc. (2000-2005) and, most recently, as President and Chief Operating Officer of Glimcher Realty Trust (2005-2015). Mr. Loeb received a B.S. degree in Accounting and a Master of Tax Accounting degree from The University of Alabama, then earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Howard Wedren has been working in the Chicagoland real estate community for the last 21 years. He has been involved with the development and leasing of a variety of real estate including office, industrial, parking and retail properties.

Howard began his commercial real estate career in 1994 after joining Fifield Realty Corporation as an associate. Within two years was promoted to Vice President and Principal of the organization. During that time he was actively involved the development and leasing of over 2,000,000 square feet of class A office buildings in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, including: the build to suit of the Quaker Oats headquarters building, 550 West Washington, Windy Point of Schaumburg and The Civic Opera Building.

Prior to founding Dayton Street Partners, Howard was principal with Chicago based Montero Partners, Ltd., a commercial real estate investment firm. Howard’s primary focus at Montero included identifying and underwriting value-add acquisitions as well as fostering broker relationships.

In November of 2006 Howard founded Dayton Street Partners LLC, a commercial real estate investment and development firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is focused on the acquisition and development of key infill industrial and office projects throughout the City of Chicago.

Since its inception, Dayton Street has developed projects such as Chicago’s first speculative 100,000 square foot industrial building at 815 West Pershing Road and the redevelopment of the 50,000 square foot, 920 West Pershing Road.

Howard is also an active board member of the Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, Commissioner of the City of Chicago Special Service Area (Stockyards Industrial Park). He lives in the City of Chicago with his wife and two children.

Howard holds a bachelor degree in Regional Development from the University of Arizona.

Kalyan Sakthivelayutham is a visionary senior executive with more than 24 years of expertise in technology and world-class supply chain excellence. He held various strategic leadership positions and created long term business values for global automotive, manufacturing and supply chain companies. He is currently working at DHL as a Vice President – IT and holding responsibility for the North America region’s Automotive, Engineering & Manufacturing and Chemical & Energy sectors. Previously he was a Chief Information Officer at Honda Logistics North America (HLNA) and he drove the technology as the underlying business enabler for achieving the global supply chain excellence.

Kalyan received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India, and his master’s degree in Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Kalyan resides in Powell, Ohio, with his wife, Meena, and his two children, Anusha & Shahana.

Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP, serves as an Executive Managing Director at NKF where he leads the company’s National Industrial Practice. In this capacity, he guides the direction and expansion of the firm’s industrial brokerage capabilities across North America, including supporting various corporate portfolio, e-commerce, manufacturing, food & beverage, and data center projects, while also promoting the benefits of sustainability, technology and innovation for the sector. He also serves as CEO and Founder of Op2mize Energy, a strategic energy procurement firm.

Mr. Kasselman was recently honored as a member of the 2017 Midwest CRE Hall of Fame, a 2016 CoStar Power Broker, and recently won NKF’s Outstanding Service Award for 2016, in addition to numerous other honors and distinctions received over his 30-year career. He is a prominent national speaker and accomplished author on a variety of topics including economic trends, innovation, sustainability and the exponential future of CRE. Over the course of his career he has completed more than 1,000 transactions worth in excess of $1 billion.

In addition to his NKF responsibilities, Mr. Kasselman is serving a one-year term as the 2017 Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR) Global President. SIOR was founded in 1941 by the US Government to help secure industrial facilities in support of the World War II effort. In this regard, SIOR has been servicing the commercial real estate industry for over 75 years. In this volunteer role, Kasselman leads the preeminent non-profit commercial real estate services organization in an array of strategic and global initiatives while acting as an ambassador and discussing the many benefits of becoming a SIOR designee.

Michael Beckerman is the CEO of CREtech, the largest event, research and data platform devoted to the commercial real estate technology sector. CREtech annually produces sold out events in New York, Boston and Los Angeles and has built the biggest community of real estate tech professionals in the world.

Michael is one of the most active leaders and sought after speakers in the emerging commercial real estate tech sector, having delivered keynote presentations at conferences and private company events around the world. He is a frequent guest on industry podcasts such as Fifth Wall and also one of the most popular bloggers in the commercial real estate tech sector.

He began his entry into commercial real estate tech in 2012 with the launch of The News Funnel, a customized news platform, and subsequently launched a blogging, social media and marketing platform for the commercial real estate industry, The Content Funnel.

Michael previously spent 25 years in the public relations industry having built Beckerman Public Relations into the largest firm in the industry specializing in the commercial real estate industry.

Michael resides in New Jersey with his wife and two children.

Peter Tsantilis is a partner in The Law Offices of Liston & Tsantilis, P.C. He represents clients in the areas of property tax litigation and incentives, land use/zoning, industrial and commercial real estate transactions/leasing and eminent domain litigation. Mr. Tsantilis is the author of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) chapter entitled Due Diligence for Leases on Commercial Properties and the IICLE chapter entitled Taxable and Exempt Property. He was honored as one of the 40 Under Forty Illinois Attorneys to Watch in

2013, a Leading Lawyer for 2018, 2019 and 2020 (top 5% of Illinois lawyers named by their peers in statewide surveys), a Leading Lawyers Emerging Lawyer for 2015, 2016 and 2017 and an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2010, 2012 and 2013. He has been an active member of the Real Estate Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Institute for Professionals in Taxation. He is a frequent speaker at seminars dealing with a wide range of topics affecting diverse and complex interests in the real estate industry, including real estate developers and owners,

brokers, property managers, title insurers and other attorneys.

In 2003, he obtained his J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In addition, he received his B.B.A. in Economics and Finance, and graduated valedictorian from Loyola University Chicago School of Business Administration in 2000.

Mr. Fitzgerald is responsible for providing strategic direction, evaluating investment decisions and utilizing relationships to source transactions. He has been instrumental in raising three investment funds and their co-invest/joint venture programs for Exeter totaling $1.5 billion to serve pensions, endowments, fund of funds and insurance companies across North America, Asia and Europe. In addition he has overseen the acquisition and management of 150 transactions and over $3.0 billion of investments across the United States. Prior to Exeter, Mr. Fitzgerald worked for Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Liberty Property Trust for 14 years from 1993 to mid-2006, where for the last seven years he was Northeast Regional Director. This region, Liberty’s largest, included 180 industrial and office properties comprising approximately 15 million square feet of commercial space valued at an estimated $2.5 billion. During his tenure as Regional Director, Mr. Fitzgerald oversaw all aspects of acquisitions, asset management, development, leasing and property management. In addition, Mr. Fitzgerald was part of the senior management team that restructured Liberty’s finances and took the predecessor company public in 1994. Prior to Liberty, Mr. Fitzgerald worked in the Real Estate Consultancy group at Coopers & Lybrand from 1989 to 1992 with a focus on Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) workouts and bankruptcy and creditor committee representation. Mr. Fitzgerald graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA degree in Business Administration and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Clewlow became Chief Investment Officer in January of 2005, after serving as Senior Vice President of Investments. He joined CenterPoint in 1997 and oversees investment activity for the Company. Additionally, he managed CenterPoint Venture, a joint venture of the company and the California Public Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest pension fund, which ultimately purchased the company in 2006. Mr. Clewlow has been involved in industrial real estate since graduating from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1985. He worked for CBRE as an industrial real estate broker for 11 years serving the Chicago area and joined CenterPoint in an acquisitions capacity. Mr. Clewlow received his Master’s in Business Administration in 2004 from Kellogg's Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Clewlow is a member of NAIOP Chicago and served as the organization’s President in 2012. Mr. Clewlow was appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois to serve as a Commissioner on the Illinois Medical District.

Mr. Ferdinand Seefried founded Seefried Properties in 1984 to develop industrial real estate,

focusing on locations near airports and targeting international freight forwarding and

transportation companies.

With Mr. Seefried's close ties to European financial institutions and leading international freight

forwarders, the company quickly emerged as the leader in warehouse development around

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Mr. Seefried has expanded from his origins as a

European capital investor in Southeastern U.S. commercial real estate to become one of the most

active builders of highly functional distribution and warehouse facilities in the United States.

Starting in the 1990s Mr. Seefried expanded his successful business to Orlando, Tampa, Dallas-

Ft. Worth, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

Seefried Properties is now actively developing bulk distribution and air cargo warehouses in all

these markets. Mr. Seefried's vision for the company is to grow a significant presence in all

major U.S. distribution markets. The company has developed 60 million square feet of industrial

properties and is managing over 25 million square feet of warehouses.

Prior to starting Seefried Properties, Mr. Seefried served as an executive for Transatlantic Group,

a European based real estate advisory group. He was responsible for the acquisition and property

management of a commercial real estate portfolio in excess of $450 million.

Mr. Seefried has served as a diplomat for his native Austria since 1989. He is Honorary Consul

General of Austria for Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. He is a member of the Capital City

Club Atlanta, the US Austria Chamber of Commerce New York and holds a Director position in

Stonebranch, Inc., Atlanta. Mr. Seefried is also a member of the Advisory Council of Emory

University, Department of German Studies and a board member of the Goethe Zentrum Atlanta.

Mr. Seefried holds a master's of business administration from the University of Munich.

Mr. Sweeney serves as our Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Mr. Sweeney served as Managing Director for STAG Capital Partners, LLC from 2004 to 2011, where he was responsible for managing an acquisition team in the sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and closing of deals with a territory of approximately half the country. Mr. Sweeney was employed at Fidelity Investments Real Estate Group from June 1995 to October 2004 in various capacities, most recently as an Investment Officer where he was responsible for sourcing, negotiating, underwriting and closing private equity and mezzanine debt investments in various real estate asset types. Mr. Sweeney received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Michael’s College and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Nicholas L. Pell is the Chief Investment Officer at Gramercy Property Trust. Prior to joining Gramercy in July 2012, Mr. Pell was a Director in the Investment Department at W. P. Carey & Co. Prior to joining W.P. Carey, he was a Director of Business Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment. He serves on the board of the Newport Festivals Foundation. Mr. Pell received a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Gray oversees the industrial and logistics sector team globally for Nuveen Real Estate including

all transactional and operational activity across the sector vertical. In addition, he is charged

with defining the global logistics strategy, formulating partnerships and launching new

sector-focused investment funds and initiatives.

Prior to joining Nuveen Real Estate in 2018, Gray served as president and chief investment

officer of Evergreen Industrial Properties, the former US industrial platform of TPG Real Estate

which was acquired by Ivanhoe Cambridge in 2017. Before leading Evergreen, Gray worked at

Colony Industrial as senior vice president as well as Cobalt Capital Partners, which was

acquired by Colony in 2014. Over the course of his career, Gray has executed over $14bn in

industrial transactions across more than 40 global markets.

Gray graduated with a B.S. in both Finance and Accounting from Indiana University and an

M.B.A. from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Based in Dallas, Gray

currently serves as a member of Nuveen Real Estate’s Global Executive Leadership Team and

the Americas Investment Committee. He also holds a CPA in the State of Texas.

Rene Circ is responsible for enhancing CoStar’s research capabilities in the industrial sector, as well as

contributing to forecasts and the development of analytical tools for the company. As a trained

economist, Rene specializes in real estate market forecasting, investment structuring, and market

selection.

Prior to joining CoStar, Mr. Circ was vice president and national director of research for Grubb & Ellis

Company, where he led all aspects of industrial real estate research, including data quality and

integration and market analysis and forecasting. With more than 15 years of experience as a market

strategist and real estate economist, Mr. Circ also worked with institutional investors on investment

strategy development and market selection, and served as a resource to appraisers on valuations of

industrial portfolios. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis, Mr. Circ led the investment research function at First

Industrial Realty Trust, focusing on domestic and international investment strategy, investment

structuring, and joint venture formation.

A frequent speaker and writer, Mr. Circ has written articles on industrial real estate strategy, industrial

real estate property classification, and sale-leaseback transaction structures for several real estate

industry publications. He has served as a reviewer for textbooks published by the Urban Land Institute

and as a guest lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Mr. Circ received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from Beloit College in

Beloit, WI, and his master’s degree in Economics from DePaul University in

Chicago, IL.

Mr. Rendak joined Inland Mortgage Capital in 2000, rising up to the rank of president in 2011. His career has been principally devoted to commercial real estate finance. Since arriving at Inland, Mr. Rendak has been focused on all aspects of its bridge lending program, including originating, underwriting, marketing, portfolio management and capital raising. During his career at IMC, Mr. Rendak has been involved in over a billion dollars’ worth of commercial real estate financing.

Erik is a Principal of Avison Young and the Practice Leader of the firm’s Industrial Capital Markets Group. He oversees a national team providing asset advisory, disposition, equity sourcing, development capitalization and sale-leaseback services to a wide range of institutional and privately held commercial property owners across North America. With more than 20 years of experience and $4 billion in transactions, Erik has built a strong track record in the industrial, healthcare and office property sectors. He frequently is selected to advise institutional investors on sales of multi-market portfolios and individual asset assignments throughout the U.S. and internationally. Erik often is called upon to provide market commentary to national, regional and local media outlets and is a frequent speaker at national commercial real estate industry events.

Wendy Berger is CEO and Founder of WBS Equities, LLC. WBS Equities is a real estate

development firm which specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development, sale

lease back transactions and acquisition of industrial buildings for food and beverage

manufacturers and distributors. Wendy is also an active investor across multiple real estate asset

classes including retail, multi-family, senior housing and self-storage.

Over the last 28 years she has been involved in the real estate business as a developer, property

manager, broker and principally as an owner-investor. Wendy began her career at American

National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago (a subsidiary of First Chicago, now JP Morgan

Chase) in Commercial Lending. Wendy spent several years as a principal with Berger Realty

Group, an 80-year- old family owned Real Estate business where she focused on residential and

industrial property management and development. She was responsible for managing 3,000

apartment units, 200,000 square feet of commercial space and 250,000 square feet of industrial

space.

Aside from her experience in the real estate field, Wendy spent 10 years working with ultra-high

growth technology startups. Wendy was employee number 10 at Orbitz, the Travel web site

founded in 2000 by American, Continental, Delta, Northwest and United Airlines. Wendy was

Director of the Enterprise Planning at Orbitz and focused on strategic planning. Prior to Orbitz,

Wendy co-founded and was COO of Neoglyphics Media Corporation, one of the country’s first

web site development firms. Neoglyphics grew from a small start-up to a corporation with a staff

of more than 150 employees before it was sold in March 1998 for $65 million.

Wendy earned her MBA in Finance and Real Estate from Northwestern University’s Kellogg

School of Business. She received a B.S., cum laude, in Finance and Marketing from Syracuse

University.

In her spare time Wendy is an avid triathlete and runner, having completed 31 Olympic Distance

triathlons and six half-marathons.

Wendy serves on the Board of directors of the Chicago Public Library Foundation (2016 –

present), the Board of directors of the Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Chicago (2001 –

2007, and 2009 – present). Wendy has volunteered for TimeLine Theater, The Marwen

Foundation, Chicago Run and the Uptown Cafe. Wendy served until 2004 as Vice-President and

Membership Chair at The Standard Club of Chicago and as a member of the Board of Directors

(1994 – 2004). Wendy is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and served as the

chair of the Real Estate Membership Committee. Wendy served two years on the Board of

Directors of TEDxMidwest. Wendy co-founded Illinois Women in Cannabis in 2014. Wendy is

an active mentor, a role she takes very seriously, usually mentoring 4 – 5 young women at any

given time.

Most recently, Wendy is proud to now call herself a TED speaker, her talk is available on the

TED web site.

Jim Martell serves as CEO of Logistics Property Company, LLC (“LPC”) where he is

responsible for the overall strategic direction, planning and performance of LPC. Jim

has 43 years of experience in all aspects of commercial real estate including leasing,

management, acquisition, development, construction, financing, and disposition. Over

the course of his career, Jim has been involved in office, retail, multi-family and

industrial development throughout North America. Since 1995 he has completed

several billion dollar development projects. Jim began his real estate career as a

commercial real estate lender and then worked for a regional general contractor for

nine years. Moving to Chicago in 1986, Jim joined the Shearson Lehman Brother’s

Balcor Company as a portfolio manager ($9.0BN in NAV). Following Balcor, he

worked for the Prime Group until he formed Ridge in 1995. In 2003, Ridge formed

several REITs with Prudential Real Estate Company. Selling the assets of the Pru

Ridge REITs in 2014, Ridge formed Ridge Development Company, LLC with

Transwestern. In 2017, Ridge wrapped up its joint venture with Transwestern and

formed Logistics Property Company, LLC with Macquarie Capital out of Australia.

A 28 year veteran of the industry, Fred joined FCL Builders as a Superintendent and was quickly promoted to Senior Superintendent, Project Manager, Vice President and ultimately became a Principal of the company in January 2015. His responsibilities include supervision of project design in conjunction with the clients needs, and he always brings a determined focus on Value Engineering. Fred also coordinates Sales and Estimating activities for project proposals to ensure that each project receives equal attention, regardless of the size of the project.

Howard Green, Executive Vice President of Meridian Design Build and one of two founding principal owners, has been personally involved in the planning, design, and construction of more than 150 facilities with a total square footage in excess of 30 million square feet. He has worked closely over the last 28 years assisting developer and build-to-suit clients in the successful delivery of projects ranging in size from 15,000 to 1,000,000+ square feet.

Paul Heitman, Assoc. AIA, CSI

Paul is Director of New Business Development at Heitman Architects. With a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts from SAIC: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and graduate architectural studies at SCI-ARC: Southern California Institute of Architecture, and IIT: Illinois Institute of Technology, Paul brings a creative approach to planning & design. Paul is also an active member of the Chicagoland economic development community. He serves as President of the Golden Corridor MakerSpace, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and supporting young people and entrepreneurs to ‘make’, by democratizing access to design & fabrication tools.

Jake leads Pepper’s Integrated Construction Services (ICS) team, bringing the firm’s preconstruction services, technical services, and high performance/sustainability capabilities together in alignment with the company’s operational units to innovatively serve clients across the nation in a variety of markets including industrial and manufacturing. Pepper’s ICS team represents some of the most advanced thought leadership in our industry—investigating new technologies, evaluating new methodologies and creating innovative solutions in the field. Jake also works closely with Pepper’ IT group to align project technology with business applications and deliver integrated platforms that create efficiencies at both the business and project level.

Jake earned his MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business. In addition to serving as a guest speaker for the Masters of Project Management program at Northwestern, and he is an active member of the Urban Land Institute. Outside of work, Jake spends time with his 3 young boys and has a passion for environmental issues, including clean water and sustainable urban farming.

Neal Driscoll is Vice President and Market Officer responsible for Liberty’s Chicago and Minneapolis region. Mr. Driscoll joined Liberty in 2005 as vice president of leasing and development for Liberty’s Wisconsin portfolio. In early 2012, Mr. Driscoll assumed leasing and development responsibilities for Liberty’s entire Chicago region. Prior to joining Liberty, Mr. Driscoll focused on industrial and investment real estate for Inland Companies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and before that, at Colliers, Turley, Martin and Tucker in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Driscoll earned his Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Shawn Clark serves as President of CRG. With over a decade in the commercial real estate industry, Shawn is responsible for providing strategic direction for the company and managing day-to-day operations. In addition, Shawn maintains an active role in deal structuring, fund and project level financing activities, development management, and asset management. Shawn earned his Master’s degree in Real Estate Finance from DePaul University and his Bachelor’s degree in Construction Science and Management from Clemson University. Shawn is the founder of Illumination, an immersive theatrical event that raises money for rare disease research and is a Co-Chair of the associate board for the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Ryan S. Stoller is a Principal at Venture One and is Co-Head of Investments and Development. Prior to Venture One Mr. Stoller served as Senior Vice President of Investments at KTR Capital Partners and was responsible for the sourcing, underwriting and execution of prospective investments for KTR in the Midwest. During his 8 year tenure at KTR, Mr. Stoller was part of an investment team responsible for the acquisition and development of over 70 million square feet of industrial real estate resulting in the successful sale to Prologis for $5.9B in June 2015. Prior to joining KTR, Mr. Stoller spent time at First Industrial Realty Trust and the Trammell Crow Company.

He is currently a member of NAIOP, SIOR and ULI. In 2015, Stoller was awarded “50 under 40” in commercial real estate by Globe Street’s Real Estate Forum. Mr. Stoller received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance and Consulting from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Kevin is a founding member and Managing Principal of Clarius Partners and is responsible for all aspects of the business. This includes the joint oversight of all company operations, including human resources, administration, accounting, financial management, debt and equity financing, marketing, client relations, and new business procurement on a national, regional and local basis. Kevin also leads the company’s management, development and leasing efforts for Clarius Park Morris, Clarius Park Joliet, and Clarius Park McCook in greater Chicago and Clarius Park Arcadia North, in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Prior to forming Clarius Partners, Kevin was Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for the Central Region and Northeast Region at Higgins Development Partners, responsible for all phases of land, industrial and office development projects, including new business identification, pursuit, underwriting, entitlement, construction, management and leasing.

Prior to joining Higgins, Kevin was a Senior Vice President with Catellus Development Corporation, where he led all aspects of land, office and industrial development projects in the Chicago region, while playing a key role in sourcing new business and opening a new Northeast regional office serving New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In 2005 when ProLogis acquired Catellus, Kevin was named Senior Vice President and Market Officer of Capital Deployment for New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Prior to Catellus, Kevin was a Project Manager for Hines Interests, LP, in Chicago.

Kevin graduated with a bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, College of Architecture and Planning, and a Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan.

Since 1997, Kevin has directly led in the successful identification, transaction and development of over 1,500 acres of land and 4.7 million square feet of office and industrial build-to-suit projects.

Kevin has been a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Chapter of NAIOP since 2001, serving currently as its legislative committee chair, and in the past as its president; in addition to NAIOP, Kevin is active with several other industry and non-industry organizations. Kevin is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois.

Joshua Hanna is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group in the Chicago

office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he focuses on complex real estate

transactions including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions as well as

financing, development, management and restructuring of real estate assets.

He advises private equity funds, REITs, foreign pension funds and other

institutional investors in transactions involving various asset classes, including

office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality and community living.

Chambers USA noted in its 2015 edition that Josh “has an increasingly

prominent presence in the real estate market and is described by his clients as

‘a rising star who’s super-confident and gets things done’” with “notable

expertise in the hospitality sector.” He was described as “outstanding” in the

2015 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. and “extraordinary” in the 2016 edition of

Chambers USA. In the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, clients praised Josh

for being “commercial and knowledgeable.”

Michelle Comerford is the Industrial & Supply Chain Practice Leader at Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co., one of the largest specialty site selection and incentives advisory firms in North America. Michelle Comerford develops corporate location strategies and executes site selection projects for BLS & Co.’s manufacturing and distribution clients. Based in Cleveland, Michelle has worked across a range of industries during her 13-year career. She is an expert in transportation/logistics cost analysis, and has advised numerous clients on site selection decisions with an emphasis on supply chain network optimization, inbound and outbound transportation costs, and customer service requirements.

Michelle was formerly with Austin Consulting, serving most recently as Managing Director of the group. During her career, she has directed the evaluation of supply chain logistics, location strategy and community/site selection alternatives, as well as due diligence, incentives negotiation, property acquisition, and other aspects of project implementation.

Michelle has been a featured speaker at a number of economic development events and meetings, and she is a frequent contributor to industry-specific publications. Michelle is also a member of the Site Selectors Guild, where she serves on the Board of Directors and as Secretary.

Michelle earned a B.S. in Business Administration (Logistics and Marketing) from John Carroll University.

Eric Pitcher manages economic development sales for BNSF Railway

Company in the Midwest states of Illinois and Wisconsin as well as portions of

Iowa, Kentucky and Minnesota. Within the region Eric is responsible for

attraction of large distribution and industrial facilities to sites served by or near the BNSF Railway

network, managing the approval process for installing rail service to new and expanding

customers, identifying new locations for railserved industrial parks, and managing the BNSF

network of transload providers.

Prior to BNSF RR, Eric supervised sales and economic development groups for Fortune 500

energy companies and for the State of Illinois, managing over 20 million square feet of industrial

and commercial site location projects worth over $4 billion. He received his MBA from the

University of Chicago, is a member of the International Economic Development Council, America

Railway Development Association and is former president of the Illinois Development Council.

Mr. Clair is the Managing Partner of Transportation and Logistics Advisors, LLC (TandLA). For over two decades, Mr. Clair has participated in hundreds of consulting assignments with dozens of clients. He has deep experience assisting clients in the transportation and logistics industries, and energy/mining sector, across a wide range of projects.

Mr. Clair has significant experience assisting transportation service providers to grow and improve their financial performance, and in assisting shippers and 3PL’s to design and manage their supply chains. He also has considerable experience advising suppliers to the transportation industry, including equipment manufacturers, information service providers, and providers of leasing and other financial services. He has assisted clients with rail, trucking, parcel, ocean, inland barge, airfreight, and 3PL services.

Most recently Mr. Clair has been assisting both 3PLs and buyers of 3PL and Transportation Management services. His work has also been significantly in the areas of LTL and TL brokerage, transportation management systems, eCommerce and eFulfillment, but has also covered intermodal, LTL, OEM auto parts, after market auto parts, chemicals, fertilizers, steel and other metals, and agricultural products.

Prior starting TandLA, he was a partner at Zubrod/Clair, and at Norbridge. Prior to being in boutique consulting companies he held senior positions at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman). Before becoming a consultant, Mr. Clair was Director of Business Development for IU International (now Landstar Systems). He has also held several management positions at Union Pacific Railroad.

Mr. Clair is member of the Business Advisory Council (BAC) at the Northwestern University Transportation Center.

Mr. Clair received a B.S. (Cum Laude) from the University of Maryland with a double major in Finance and Transportation/Logistics; and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, University of Minnesota. He has completed the Stanford University Law School Directors College program.

Ian Hirt joined the Ports of Indiana in March 2017 as Port Director at the Port of Indiana–Burns Harbor after spending over 25 years in various maritime shipping capacities along the Great Lakes. Ian most recently served as General Manager for North America Stevedoring in Chicago where he oversaw a 300% increase in business growth. Prior to that, he spent 12 years as General Manager for Federal Marine Terminals, coincidentally the stevedore at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. Additionally, Ian has served as a vessel agent overseeing activities for various governmental agencies including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard. He has also managed safety and training programs for several marine terminals.

Ian holds a bachelor’s degree from Northern Michigan University in finance and enjoys time with his wife, Patty, and daughters Lily and Molly. He also enjoys competing in hockey, soccer and golf, as well as sailing, traveling and outdoor activities.

Keith has a degree in Industrial Engineering and 11 years of experience in Supply Chain and Logistics.

Joined DHL Supply Chain in 2007 in the dedicated fleet discipline then transferred to facility. Since then, he has worked numerous projects across all sectors and disciplines, expanding his expertise with an average of 20+ projects a year.

Solution competencies include: retail metro delivery, home delivery, after market service parts delivery, facility design, yard design, inbound supplier delivery, and E-Commerce solutions. He is the North American technical lead for inbound to manufacturing solutions with design focus on sequencing, metering, cross docking, line feeding, inbound supplier pick-ups, supplier parks, and shuttles.

John Morris is the Leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s Logistics & Industrial Services for the Americas. He has responsibility for the Logistics and Industrial client business at Cushman & Wakefield, including oversight for the company’s more than 800 brokerage professionals in North and South America. He also oversees the Industrial service line’s collaboration with Cushman & Wakefield’s other service lines, such as Global Occupier Services (GOS), Global Consulting and Capital Markets. John assumed this position in 2013.

John is also the lead for Cushman & Wakefield’s Business Incentives Practice (BIP) group. This group and its professionals negotiate, secure and administer relocation and investment incentives from state and local government agencies for our clients. In this role he is responsible for growing the Business Incentives productivity, talent and market presence.

John reports to Cushman & Wakefield’s Chief Operating Officer, Todd Schwartz and is based in Rosemont, Illinois.

Prior to this role, John was Head of Cushman & Wakefield Global Consulting, where he was the lead practitioner for Cushman & Wakefield’s Supply Chain Solutions Consulting practice. Mr. Morris has been an industry leader in network and location strategy for manufacturing and distribution operations. He has an extensive background in supply chain strategy, network design, supply chain cost reduction and location strategy. He joined Cushman & Wakefield from A.T. Kearney in April, 2005.

Mr. Morris is experienced in leading supply chain transformation initiatives at Fortune 500 companies in multi-million dollar consulting engagements working directly with client senior management. Responsibilities have included: network design, location selection, organizational design and network rollout plan development.

He has been a key driver of thought leadership in supply chain strategy and logistics at Cushman & Wakefield. John is on the Editorial Advisory Board for Area Development and is an active member of CSCMP, SIOR, and NAIOP.