While completing his MBA from the University of Western Ontario in 1982, Jack joined Matthews Group Ltd, the family construction company. In 1985, Jack was appointed President and presided over a period of unprecedented growth as company revenues grew from $69 million to over $500 million. In 1988, Jack founded Matthews to provide an American presence in the development business.

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From 1991 to 1993 ,Jack served as Chief Executive Officer of Paxport International, the firm awarded the $2 billion Federal contract to privatize and redevelop Pearson International Airport in Toronto.

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In 1994, Jack purchased Matthews and relocated to Dallas, Texas, and has continued to develop innovative, quality commercial, industrial, and residential projects in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. He has also established an international presence with Matthews EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).

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Jack has led the completion of many diverse projects, including hotels, condominiums, offices, retail, residential, and industrial space. His experience and mastery of all aspects of development — from imagining to creating, acquiring the land, financing the deal, building the project, then holding, or selling on completion — help to create value at all stages in the process.

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Jack's greatest strength is his ability to assemble great teams that can complete complex projects. He has had success in finding underutilized redevelopment sites as well as environmentally sensitive sites. In his understated way, he is as comfortable being part of a team as leading it.

Zach Sams joined Kensington Vanguard in November of 2016 after serving as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Fidelity National Title’s Dallas/Fort Worth division from 2012-2016. Zach is focused on expanding KV’s footprint in the D/FW, Texas, Arizona and National markets. From selling real estate for to business development roles at prominent local and national title insurance companies, Zach has been active in the in the real estate market since 2005.

Prior to the title industry, Zach attended The Golf Academy of America in San Diego, then spent two years playing professional golf on various mini tours in Southern California. Zach is a Veteran of the US Army. Zach lives in Argyle, TX with his wife Amber and their two boys 11&13. In his free time Zach enjoys playing competitive amateur golf and traveling with his wife and kids.

Arthur Santa-Maria is Vice President of Real Estate at Hoque Global and is responsible for the firm’s real estate investments, developments, and pursuits. His role involves working with development partners, architects, contractors, city officials, clients, and tenants to advance the company’s real estate projects.

Prior to joining Hoque Global, Arthur held positions at leading national and global real estate firms including Trammell Crow Company, CBRE, and JLL. Arthur is active in the community as a current member of the CityLab High School Foundation Board, The Real Estate Council’s PAC Board, and the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Committee. He has also previously served on the Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission and the board of the Achieve Center for Adults with Disabilities. Arthur has an MBA and bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Joined Granite Properties in 2008.

Responsible for leasing Granite’s office product in the Dallas/Fort Worth

area, managing the Dallas leasing team and leading Granite Corporate

Leasing.

Texas A&M University – Finance BBA

North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors - Past President

CCIM designation

The Real Estate Council member & TREC’s Associate Leadership Council

alum

Salesmanship Club of Dallas member

Touchdown Club member

Momentous Institute volunteer

Prior to joining Pacific Elm Properties, Ms. Terry was an

Executive Vice President at Colliers’ Dallas-Fort Worth

where she led the Office Agency Leasing group. During

her tenure at Colliers, she grew the firms’ Dallas footprint

by more than 8.5 million square feet in less than three

years, and she served as an advisor on Colliers’ National

Office Agency Advisory Council.

From 2014 to 2020, Sara was a Senior Vice President of

Leasing at Stream Realty, where she provided leasing

services for several institutionally owned Class A office

buildings, including leading the leasing and repositioning

efforts during the renovation of one of Dallas’ most iconic

office towers, Trammell Crow Center. In 2018 and 2019,

Sara was named a Stream Top Producer ranking her in the

top 5 of producers nationwide.

Prior to 2014, Sara spent most of her early career in

Atlanta, where she worked for Charlotte-based developer,

Crescent Resources. At Crescent, she was responsible for

leasing their 2.5 million square foot Atlanta office

portfolio, and she completed several corporate

relocations on behalf of the owner.

Bill Brokaw is senior vice president of Hillwood Urban, where he leads the

division’s business development and leasing efforts. During a career that

spans more than two decades, Brokaw has managed leasing transactions

totaling more than 7 million square feet of landmark, Class A office space

throughout the North Texas region.

Properties and projects that Brokaw has represented include Victory Park,

The Towers at Williams Square, and numerous CBD high-rise buildings, in

addition to other significant assets in Downtown Dallas, Las Colinas, and North Dallas. In 2013 and 2014, he received the Top National Broker – Agency Leasing Award from Cushman & Wakefield and has also received “Best Real Estate Deal” awards three times from the Dallas Business Journal. In 2011, he was featured as a Top DFW office leasing broker in the Dallas Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate “Heavy Hitters” list. He has also been designated as a “D CEO Power Broker” based on his outstanding revenue production from 2010 thru 2020.

Brokaw began his commercial real estate career in 1995 at Lincoln Property Company. Brokaw has also held positions at Trizec Office Properties and originally joined Hillwood Development as vice president of leasing for Victory Park’s initial Class A office offerings. Following a move to Cousins Properties and Cushman & Wakefield, serving as executive director of their Dallas office, Brokaw returned to Hillwood to partner in the formation of the Hillwood Urban division.

Bob’s global perspective, attention to detail, and over 20 years of experience inform his work designing projects in diverse geographic locations from Texas to Singapore. Working across varied sectors and scales, his portfolio includes urban plans, mixed-use developments, office towers, and academic facilities.

Whether for a single building or an entire neighborhood, Bob seeks to establish new

connections between program types and the public realm. Leading the expansion of
KPF’s portfolio in Texas, Bob has been central to the design of a number of significant
mixed-use developments in Austin and Dallas. His work in Dallas has given him a close view of how large-scale development, public infrastructure, and street-level design come together to shape a city’s core. Bank of America Tower at Parkside and the Knox Street Office combine state-of-the-art workplaces with hospitality-driven lobbies and retail opportunities while extending local greenery vertically through the buildings. In Bellevue, Washington, the new Hom district is anchored by placemaking interventions and a vibrant public realm. As the Senior Designer of 18 Robinson he helped synthesize the unique conditions of contemporary Singapore to realize a sustainable retail and office tower that is GreenMark certified and features an innovative landscaped podium and rooftop Sky Gardens with planted trees, natural ventilation, and views across the city, exceeding the requirements of Singapore’s Land Replacement Policy. 

Bob has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting Critic at NYIT and Pratt. He is part of the Visualization Leaders group at KPF.

Anything uptown and urban in real estate is Jack Gosnell’s forte. Jack is an Executive Vice President with CBRE | UCR Urban in Dallas. His arrival prompted the development of our Urban division – formed to pursue urban redevelopment for mixed-use projects in the urban core. The principal focus of Jack’s energy has turned to adaptive re-use and redevelopment of urban cores. He is active in the redevelopment of Downtown Dallas. In 2016, Jack received the Stemmons Service Award, the highest award and honor given in the commercial real estate industry in Dallas by The North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR).

Prior to CBRE | UCR, Jack began his real estate career in specialty retail leasing and commercial sales in 1972 with real estate legend Henry S. Miller, Jr. There he worked on leasing assignments with Turtle Creek Village and Old Town Village, which were prototypes of denser urban centers such as Mockingbird Station and West Village. He was Henry S. Miller, Jr.’s assistant during the acquisition of Highland Park Village in 1975.

Gosnell began moving toward the urban core when he established his own business in 1978. He moved his focus from specialty retail to a multi-tiered approach to real estate. He assembled five major blocks in Uptown, which included the land for One McKinney Place, The Residence on McKinney and the Worthington. He was instrumental in assembling much of the land currently known as the State Thomas area in Uptown.

During the 80’s and 90’s, Gosnell brokered over 200 building sales and over 300 leases south of Northwest Highway, 75 percent of the leases being restaurants. At one time in the 90’s, Gosnell had brokered 65 percent of Uptown/Downtown’s 145 restaurants. These include: 8.0 Bar, Meddlesome Moth, Taverna, The Common Table, Fedora, Asian Mint, The Knox Street Pub, The Idle Rich Pub, Iron Cactus, Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille, Palomino, Wild Salsa, Capital Grille, Dallas Chop House, Ocean Prime, Dee Lincoln’s Tasting Room, Pho Colonial, Stephan Pyles’ Stampede 66, FT 33, Ascension Coffee, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, Katy Trail Ice House, the Rustic, Mutts Cantina, Mesero, Moxie, Shelby County Café, OAK, Mudhen, Adelmo’s and Shake Shack to name a few.

Gosnell brought Forest City to Dallas to redevelop the notable Mercantile Bank building, the Continental building and the historic Wilson Building as a downtown mixed-use complex. CBRE | UCR Urban will lease the retail component and is active in the retail reemergence of the downtown Central Business District (CBD). He has chaired the Retail Recruitment Committee for Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI) and is working on a leasing plan for the Specialty Retail District in Downtown Dallas.

Gosnell’s current projects include 1401 Elm in downtown, McKinney & Olive in Uptown, The Union, and The Farmers Market privatization. 1401 Elm is a landmark Skidmore tower with 120,000 square feet of retail to be redeveloped and delivered late in 2016. McKinney & Olive is a new César Pelli tower with 60,000 square feet of luxury retail and restaurant space in the heart of Uptown Dallas. The Union is 100,000 square feet of retail plus office and a residential tower. The Farmers Market represents a $90 million dollar redevelopment of a Dallas landmark.

Originally from Arlington, Virginia, Jack received his Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University. He served in the Armed Forces and resigned from the Army with commendation as a Captain in the Corps of Engineers.

Joseph F. Pitchford serves as managing director for Crescent Real Estate Equities, LLC. His responsibilities include project identification, development, and execution company-wide. Mr. Pitchford has more than twenty years of experience in commercial real estate, particularly in real estate development and project management.

Prior to joining Crescent, Mr. Pitchford served as senior vice president and regional director with Concord Eastridge, Inc. and as vice president and regional partner with Hines, where he organized and opened Hines' Arizona office.

Mr. Pitchford received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and his Master of Business Administration from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Ahava Silkey-Jones is the Executive Director of the Dallas Arts District. She is a recognized civic arts leader known for building cross-sector partnerships that expand access, activate communities, and generate lasting civic and economic impact. Previously, she served as Vice Provost of the School of Creative Arts, Entertainment and Design at Dallas College, an institution serving more than 130,000 students, where she led a $56 million division across seven campuses. Her multidisciplinary leadership experience also includes serving as a school principal, executive director, nonprofit founder, and arts commissioner. Ahava received a 2025 Obelisk Award from the Business Council for the Arts and was named a 2025 Top Woman Leader by Women We Admire. She serves on several boards locally and nationally. She holds degrees from Harvard University, Roosevelt University, and DePaul University. Her work is grounded in the belief that the arts connect people, expand opportunities, and position communities to thrive.

Dr. Brad Williams is Vice Chancellor of Operations and Innovation for Dallas College, where he also serves as President of their El Centro Campus. Previously, he served as President of Oklahoma State University in Oklahoma City. Driven by a strong commitment to student success, employee excellence and community relevance, he values creativity, innovation, collaboration, and the integration of technology to enhance resources and provide students hope, help and a way forward.

Dr. Williams earned his bachelor’s degree in communication, marketing, and music. He also has a master’s degree in human resource administration from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and higher education from Oklahoma State University.

Christopher Beynon, AICP, of Berkeley-based design firm MIG, is an international leader in the transformation of our urban environments. Chris has led downtown planning, urban design, organizational development, park and streetscape design, retail revitalization, and economic development projects for a wide range of downtown organizations, partnerships, public agencies, and private developers. His work has resulted in real change for city centers large and small throughout North America, including Dallas, Denver, Charlotte, Kansas City, Calgary, Seattle, Anchorage, Chicago, Fort Worth, Boston and many more. A highly skilled designer, facilitator, writer and keynote speaker, Chris is a catalyst for critical thought and collaboration. He uses his knowledge of cutting-edge trends, quantitative analysis, dynamic imagery, and strategic insights to produce measurable outcomes and tangible impacts, helping communities and organizations discover their own distinctive paths toward future success.