John Orsak is a 23-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry and serves as Executive Vice President. John and his team are responsible for Development, Acquisitions, Leasing, Property and Project Management across Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. John has been successful in developing over 13 million sq. ft. during his time at Lincoln Property Company. John also oversees the leasing and management efforts of a nearly 26 million sq. ft. portfolio of Class A office and industrial projects valued at over $2 billion.

Sharon is President, CEO and co-founder of Plaza Companies. Her forward-thinking commitment has helped make Plaza one of the premier real estate firms in Arizona and has earned her and Plaza respect throughout the industry and across the country. She is not only dedicated to her business endeavors, but is also actively involved in many different aspects of the community.

Sintra Hoffman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of WESTMARC, representing

the West Valley of the Phoenix metro area. She previously served as Assistant Division

Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Her professional background

includes 20 years of experience in local, state and federal government. Sintra lead ADOT’s

Office of Public Affairs which focused on building and sustaining relationships with leaders

in Arizona’s cities, towns, counties and business community. Prior to her time at ADOT, she

spent 10 years with the City of Surprise, serving as the Director of Intergovernmental

Relations and Deputy City Manager.

Sintra was recognized as by Arizona Business Magazine as one of the Most Influential

Women in 2016. Sintra has been recognized for her accomplishments in transportation

lobbying and problem solving. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

and Masters of Administration in Public Administration.

Max Friedman is a Partner at Banyan Residential, where he is responsible for overseeing the full-cycle execution of Banyan’s $2.2 billion development pipeline as the firm’s development team leader. Mr. Friedman most recently served as a Director of Real Estate Investments at Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT), a leading U.S. multifamily REIT, where he managed a development pipeline of over 2,000 apartment units in select CA and AZ markets.

Prior to Camden, Max was a Development Associate at Carr Properties, a private office REIT based in Washington, D.C. While at Carr, Mr. Friedman worked on over 3.5 million square feet of mixed-use urban infill developments in DC, MD and VA, including Midtown Center, the sixth-largest office completion in the United States (2018). Mr. Friedman began his real estate career as a broker at CBRE in Washington.

Max holds a Masters degree in Real Estate Finance from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Michigan. Mr. Friedman is an active member of Urban Land Institute, and serves as a Big Brother mentor in the BBBS-LA program through the Jewish Federation in Los Angeles. Max is an avid surfer and skier and lives with his dog Ellie in LA.

A key player in the Southwest Region’s growth during the past 15 years, Chuck now serves as the region’s leader. As President of the Southwest Region, he oversees team members from all of Ryan’s services and works closely with the entire regional leadership team to purposefully grow the region in concert with the company’s strategic direction. Chuck is also responsible for developing strong, productive relationships with partners and market players across the spectrum. He brings 25 years and over 25 million square feet of project experience—all at Ryan—to his new role, including deep expertise in design, development, construction management and leadership. Under his guidance, the Southwest Region supported Ryan’s expansion into the West, Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regions— forming the Western Division and growing the Southwest Region from $100M to more than $800M in the entire division. Each of those new regions were staffed and led in part by Chuck’s trained construction teams, while he held direct responsibility for each of those teams until the regional offices were formally established. He has a reputation for leading with integrity and trust.

Phoenix Community and Economic Development director, Christine Mackay, has served the people of Phoenix since August 2014. She is responsible for leading and fostering an environment where businesses can create and retain jobs, make capital investment and reinvestment in the community, and connect our workforce to employers and training opportunities. During Mackay’s tenure with the City of Phoenix, the department has facilitated the creation of over 100,000 high-value jobs, seen the average wage of those jobs increase from over $30,000 in 2014 to more than $80,000 in 2023, and closed deals with more than $75 billion in capital investment.

Christine leads a department of over 55 full time staff that encompasses the full spectrum of economic development areas including: business attraction, business retention and expansion, community development, international relations, Sister Cities, the Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board, administration, research, marketing, the City-owned Footprint Center and Phoenix Bioscience Core.

In 2021, Christine was named as one of the Top 50 Economic Developers in the Country by Consultant Connect. She is a three-time honoree as "Economic Developer of the Year, Large Community" by the Arizona Association for Economic Development. Mackay was recognized as "Leader of the Year in Economic Development–Public Policy" by the Arizona Capitol Times, and "Industry Leader of the Year – Economic Development" by Arizona Commercial Real Estate Magazine. She has also been on the list of the Arizona Business magazine’s "50 Most Influential Women in Arizona."

She is a member of the Economic Development Director's Team for Greater Phoenix, Maricopa Association of Government's Building a Quality Regional Community committee, Flinn Foundation Biosciences Roadmap committee, the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), Commercial Office Real Estate Executives (CoreNet), the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED), and the Arizona Business Incubator Association.

Christine has more than 26 years’ experience in economic development overlapping 30 years of commercial real estate experience. Christine Mackay has spent both her personal and professional life here in the Valley.