Eric possesses over 20 years of extensive commercial real estate experience across a broad spectrum of asset classes as PEBB’s Chief Investment Officer. His responsibilities include overseeing the company’s acquisitions and investment allocations, driving PEBB’s vision and investment strategy, portfolio and asset management, development, and repositioning projects, and identifying value-add and opportunistic investments.

Eric previously served as PEBB’s Chief Development Officer from 2018 to 2020 and joined PEBB as Director of Development in 2016. Since then, PEBB has expanded into a prolific and diversified commercial real estate leader with a nationwide portfolio and successfully embarked on transformative developments and significantly expanding upon high quality assets under management.

Throughout his career, Eric has been involved in the acquisition and redevelopment of several billion in property and asset management of over 10 million square feet of retail, office, industrial and multifamily properties nationwide. Prior to joining PEBB, he served as Principal of a vertically integrated real estate platform and worked at Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM).

Eric graduated from Lafayette College with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Law and earned a Master of Science in Real Estate from New York University. Additionally, Eric is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), a Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker, and a Florida Licensed Certified Building Contractor. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), The Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Realtors, and the CCIM Institute.

Verdell Hawkins presently serves as Economic Development Manager for Florida Power and Light where he facilitates business attraction and expansion efforts. Verdell has over 20 years of experience in community and economic development. This experience ranges from serving urban communities in metropolitan Atlanta to rural communities of Mississippi and Northwest Florida.

His work in economic development includes business development activities across the United States, Canada, and Europe. It also entails project management, business retention efforts, and the provision of utility/infrastructure support.

Verdell is a seasoned community developer having spent years overseeing government relations, nonprofit management, workforce development, and community engagement efforts across the Southeast United States.

Verdell is very engaged in the local community. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Florida’s Great Northwest. He also serves as the Northwest Region Director for the Florida Economic Development Council, board member for the UWF HAAS Center Board of Economic Advisors, and as an advisory board member for the Florida Small Business Development Center. Verdell is also the current President of the Northwest Florida chapter of the African American Professionals Employee Group within FPL and an active member of the Pensacola Downtown Rotary.

Hawkins is also an active member of his local church where he teaches Sunday school and serves as a children’s church facilitator.

Verdell is a proud graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Business Management and served as Student Body President. He also holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Georgia State University with specialization in planning and economic development. In addition, he is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute and is currently pursuing a PhD in International Development.

Verdell and his wife Christina reside in the Pensacola area with their two children

Wes McCurry was appointed as the president of the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County in January 2026.

Previously Wes was the organization’s senior vice president, leading the EDC’s business attraction and retention activities. Prior to joining the EDC in 2022, he oversaw the rapid development of the City of Port St. Lucie’s jobs corridor as director of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.

Wes joined the city in 2018 after serving as a senior associate with the Port St. Lucie office of Fishkind & Associates, an economic and financial consulting firm involved in key financial advisory roles to special districts, local governments, redevelopment agencies and real estate developers. At Fishkind & Associates, he was tasked with management of the 8,200-acre Tradition master-planned community.

With more than 25 years of experience in community and land development, Wes also previously served as vice president of Core Communities, LLC and president of Core’s subsidiary, Tradition Development Company, LLC.

McCurry has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and has been a member of the Urban Land Institute, where he served on the Community Development Green Council, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Michael Falk and Colliers have combined forces to provide the highest quality of service to clients. He has been an experienced professional in the field of Commercial/Industrial Real Estate since 1982. Falk serves as a Commercial Market Specialist in the South East of Commercial/Industrial Real Estate since 1982. Falk serves as a Commercial Market Specialist in the South East Florida Metropolitan market, delivering an elevated level of expertise. He has successfully performed site selections, corporate consulting, lease analysis, sales, and leasing nationwide. He also provides national market consulting to various Wall Street Investment Firms. He has been involved in Real Estate for over 40 years.

Jill Marasa is the Director of Development – Treasure Coast for Ashley Capital, one of the largest

privately-held industrial real estate investment companies in the U.S. She oversees the development

activity for the Florida land portfolio, comprised of over 2,000 acres in Martin County and St. Lucie

Counties including Sunrise Grove Commerce Center, Martin Commerce Park and PCC2023.

Jill started her career in the financial services industry in New York and New Jersey and held various

economic development roles at the Business Development Board of Martin County. Prior to joining

Ashley Capital, she served as the Vice President, Business Retention and Expansion at the Economic

Development Council of St. Lucie County responsible for promoting economic development and leading

business retention, expansion and attraction efforts, as well as recruitment for new industrial

development activity.

Mark Tillotson oversees FCL’s operations in Florida as Associate Vice President from their office in Tampa. After joining FCL in 2021 as a Project Executive in the Northeast Region, he successfully delivered industrial projects for many key national industrial developers. Throughout his 26 years of experience in the industry, Mark has focused his efforts on growing relationships with customers and trade partners, with a priority to protect customer investments throughout the building process.

Dan Hoyt was raised in Southern Maine and graduated from the University of Maine with a BS in Economics. He began his construction career at the age of 19, sharpening drill bits in a rock quarry. Over the years, Dan has worked in multiple states along the East Coast, including Texas.

Dan played a significant role in the Ultimate I-4 project, overseeing 212 lane miles of asphalt and 102 lane miles of concrete roadway. He has also contributed to rebuilding Daytona Speedway and Richmond, Atlanta, and Talladega Speedways. After moving to Florida in 2002, Dan participated in the state’s first design-build roadway project, the I-4 expansion in Polk County. Throughout his career, he has held various positions, from laborer to his current role as Area Manager for CWR Contracting - Southern Division, a position he has held since March 2022. Dan enjoys the outdoors, spending his free time hunting, fishing, hiking, skiing, and boating. He lives in Florida with his wife, Lisa, and their two children, Daniel (32) and Katelyn (26).