Mark Falcone founded Continuum Partners, LLC in Denver in 1997. Since its inception Continuum has successfully completed over $2 billion of development and established itself as a national leader of complex, mixed use urban infill projects.

Prior to forming Continuum, Mark worked with The Rouse Company’s division of Office and Community Development in Baltimore, MD and served in several key roles in his family’s real estate development group, The Pioneer Companies. He graduated with a BA from Colgate University in 1985.

Throughout his career Mark has been actively engaged in the dialog to advance more sustainable settlement patterns within his industry and amongst public policy makers. Over the years Mark has served in several volunteer leadership positions for the Nature Conservancy, a not for profit affordable housing developer and other various organizations focused on the issues and challenges of our built environment. Mark has also served on other boards including NEA’s Mayor’s Institute on City Design, Colgate University and the Bonfils Stanton Foundation.

Currently Mark is a member of the University of Denver Board of Trustees, he serves as Vice – Chair of the Biennial of the Americas Board, is one of 2 Trustee Emeriti of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver and serves on the International Committee of the Tamayo Museum in Mexico City and the Whitney Museum’s National Committee.

As chair of the Colorado Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Mark led a statewide 50 million dollar campaign for the protection of several major landscapes, including a collection of ranches in Southern Colorado which now make up the Great Sand Dunes National Park. In 2004 he and his wife Ellen Bruss donated a piece of land to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver which led to the construction of a new building by David Adjaye. Mark led the 16 million dollar capital campaign to fund the building.

Mark is currently leading a new initiative between the Nature Conservancy and the Biennial of the Americas called the Youth Congress for Sustainable Americas. This new partnership is assembling a network of young citizen activists throughout Latin and North America to coordinate action across the hemisphere which will lead to measurable progress on Climate Action initiatives. The delegates include members from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Columbia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Cuba, Canada and the United States.

Mark has two children. Sonya, 27, graduated from Colgate University in 2012 and is currently getting her MBA at UCLA. Luke, 26, graduated from Willamette University in 2015 and is getting his Masters in Architecture at SciArc. Mark is married to Ellen Bruss, founder and owner of EBD Design, a branding and graphic design firm.

Lorena is a seasoned real estate broker serving clients in retail, hospitality, creative office and investment sales. Formerly a top producer in her role of Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle in Southern California, Lorena formed URBANLIME Real Estate, a boutique consulting and brokerage firm based out of Downtown Los Angeles specializing in investment sales and leasing of urban properties in the Los Angeles area.

Over the years, Lorena has developed a strong network of national and independent retailers, fashion, creative and tech companies and has established solid relationships with regional and institutional landlords that have resulted in successful transactions ranging from retail, industrial and office leasing to investment and owner-user sales.

Lia Tatevosian is currently Vice President, Operations Manager for Swinerton, with oversight of the

Aviation, Civic, Special Projects, Seismic/Adaptive Reuse and Entertainment markets for Swinerton’s

Orange County and Los Angeles Division. She is responsible for an annual revenue of

$550Mil for 2017 and 550 employees and growing. Lia is a 22-year veteran with Swinerton, having

started her career with them as a Project Engineer in 1996 and working her way up through project

management and estimating. Prior to working for Swinerton, Lia spent 2 years as a Junior Estimator

working for an LA general contractor in Silver Lake, CA where she discovered her passion for

construction.

Lia has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis. She lives in Glendale, CA and has three children,

Mara (17), Luca (15) and Ella (9). In her spare time, Lia coaches a high school age girl’s basketball

traveling team, enjoys watching her son play basketball, going to music concerts and the movies.

Lia is one of the co-founders of Women in Construction Operations (WiOPS) and served on their

Southern California board for 5 years.

She also serves on the Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE) Los Angeles Chapter board helping

high school students become exposed to the ACE disciplines and leading them in the right direction,

finding scholarships and internships in their desired fields.

Lia is also one of the newest members of the Architecture and Design (A+D) Museum board in Los

Angeles, whose mission is to celebrate and promote an awareness in progressive architecture and

design in everyday life through exhibits, educational programs and public outreach..

Lastly, Lia serves on the Swinerton Foundation board, which helps build sustainable cities and

neighborhoods by partnering with community-focused non-profit organizations to support health,

social services, cultural, education, and environmental programs that benefit all members of the

community. The Swinerton Foundation also serves as a catalyst to encourage and expand the

philanthropic endeavors of Swinerton Incorporated and its affiliates' employees and has raised and

donated millions of dollars to non-profit groups and organizations since its inception in 2002.

A proud L.A. native, Cheyanne Sauter has been a nonprofit professional for over 20 years. Her true calling lies in working with and supporting artists, and in July 2013 Cheyanne joined Art Share L.A. as an Interim Director to revitalize the nonprofit. In two years, she developed a programmatic model that supported 200 visual & performing artists annually. Today, Art Share L.A. has a staff of six and offers diverse programming that engages hundreds of emerging artists to create, exhibit, and share their work with thousands of art lovers annually. In 2017, Cheyanne was named Pioneering Woman of the Year by Council District 14, Jose Huizar's office. She currently sits on the boards of the Los Angeles River and Business Association (LARABA) and the Arts District Business Improvement District (ADLA).

As the Downtown Los Angeles Alliance's Executive Director, Nicholas ‘Nick’ Griffin spearheads the organization’s efforts to

attract new businesses, retailers, investors and residents to what has grown to become

one of the nation’s most dynamic urban centers. Hailed the “next great American City,”

by GQ Magazine, Downtown LA has experienced unprecedented growth over the past

16-years, in large part due to the efforts of the DTLA Alliance's economic development team.

Prior to the DTLA Alliance, Nick spent more than 25 years in business development in the real

estate, media/entertainment and technology industries. For the previous 10 years, Nick

was a leading commercial leasing and sales broker in New York City, where he was

responsible for more than $100M in transactions. Prior to his rise in real estate, Nick

spent a decade as a marketing and sales executive in the creative media and

technology industries. Nick is a graduate of UCLA and holds an MBA from Ohio State

University.

Perry J. Pound is the Managing Partner of Cambridge Pacific, a capital formation and infrastructure investment platform that finances the physical layer of the intelligence economy. The firm partners with institutional investors, family offices, developers, and infrastructure sponsors to originate, finance, and scale data centers, energy infrastructure, and strategic real assets. Since inception, Cambridge Pacific has executed and advised on more than $1 billion of transactions.

Over a 24-year career spanning $4.5B+ in institutional real estate and infrastructure transactions, Perry built and led Greystar's Southern California Development Division, deploying $1.5B+ across institutional development and raising $650M+ in equity from global pensions and sovereign wealth funds. His earlier work at Recurrent Energy covered utility-scale solar acquisitions — land control, interconnection position, and offtake diligence — experience directly relevant to today's powered land market.

Perry holds a Master of Arts from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, with a concentration in International Finance & Banking and cross-registration at Harvard Business School, along with a B.A., cum laude, from Pepperdine University. He splits his time between Texas, New York, and Paris.

Brad Cox serves as Senior Managing Director for Trammell Crow Company where his

primary focus is raising capital, setting investment strategy, creating deal flow, and

overseeing the day-to-day activities for the Los Angeles Business Unit. Trammell Crow

Company is a 69-year national development company, a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE,

with offices in 16 cities across the United States.

The Los Angeles division portfolio currently includes $1.8B of in process development

including 200 acres of industrial development in Santa Clarita, Irwindale and Compton;

400,000 SF Office Building for LA County Department of Mental Health Services; 50,000 SF

Medical Office Building for MLK Hospital; and over 4,000 multifamily units in Downtown Los

Angeles, Pasadena, Hollywood, North Hollywood and Bakersfield.

Prior to joining Trammell Crow Company, Brad was Senior Managing Director of the Southern

California region for Cushman & Wakefield that included six offices and 135 brokers. His

career experience has included the development, marketing and leasing activities of real

estate portfolios totaling in excess of 10M SF for institutional and entrepreneurial owners in

Southern California.

Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, past development and leasing experience includes the

1.2M SF Westwood Gateway project in West Los Angeles, the 600,000 SF 550 South Hope

Street Office Building and the repositioning of the 1.2M SF 55 story 333 South Hope Street

building in downtown Los Angeles on behalf of, Bren Investment Properties, The Koll

Company and MetLife.

Tony heads Fairfield’s western asset management division, overseeing stabilized, acquisition and redevelopment assets in California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Washington. He is responsible for the overall portfolio oversight and property strategic planning including establishment of long- and short-term investment goals, financial projections, operations performance and implementation of investment strategies. He joined Fairfield in 2015 as part of the merger with Associated Estates (AEC) and has over 25 years of experience in real estate. Prior to Fairfield/AEC, Tony served as senior vice president of investments at Equity Residential (EQR). There he was responsible for the business activities of a 26,000-unit apartment and mixed-use portfolio throughout the southwestern United States with an emphasis on acquisitions, asset management and asset repositioning. Tony received his undergraduate degrees from Wichita State cum laude and his MBA from Oklahoma University.

John Zanetos is a Executive Vice President in the Los Angeles office of CBRE. The world’s largest real estate services firm. John’s track record with tenants and landlords has enabled him to complete a multitude of complex transactions across the United States. Major transactions have included lease acquisitions and space dispositions for Fortune 500 Companies, multi-market relocations, strategic development, advance lease renewals and occupancy cost reduction strategies.

John’s primary focus is representing firms with operations in Southern California, devising creative real estate solutions and providing advice during transaction negotiations. John has received numerous CBRE recognition awards. In 2016, John successfully completed the two largest lease transactions in Greater Los Angeles including a 250,000 RSF lease with Warner Music Group and a 240,000 RSF lease with City National Bank.

In addition to representing clients within the acquisition and disposition of their lease space, John advises some of the largest institutional investors of real estate on the marketing and leasing of their assets.