Chris Eastman is a Project Executive for Suffolk’s Southeast region. Suffolk is one of the nation’s largest privately held construction management firms serving clients in the healthcare, science and technology, education, federal government, and commercial sectors.

During Chris’ 27-year career, he has amassed construction and development experience including Class A office, residential (for sale and for lease), institutional, mixed-use urban, and waterfront development of more than 8,000,000 square feet.

Chris earned a BS in Building Construction from the University of West Florida and holds a current, Class A, Florida General Contractor’s License.

As a Project Executive, Chris provides leadership and oversight on Suffolk projects in the Tampa area and is responsible for ensuring the project teams provide a superior level of client service through the implementation of Suffolk’s ‘Build Smart’ vision.

He is a member of the US Green Building Council, Tampa Bay Builder’s Association, St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, Leadership Tampa Class of 2003, and the Tampa Downtown Partnership serving on the Urban Design Committee.

Chris recently became involved with the DreamIt program through his involvement with the Water Street Tampa project.

In 2019, the Tampa community elected Jane Castor to serve as the city’s 59th Mayor. This longtime

public servant and former Tampa Police Chief remains laser-focused on her vision for “Transforming

Tampa’s Tomorrow”—a five-pillar strategic plan centered around strengthening community-centric

services, enhancing workforce development, increasing housing affordability, improving transportation,

and fostering sustainability and resilience.

Under Mayor Jane Castor’s visionary leadership, her administration passed the most extensive

water/wastewater infrastructure plan in the city’s history, in addition to the first budget starting in the

black since the great recession. Her key achievements within the past two years also include helping

secure more than $90 million for transportation and mobility improvements, hiring the City’s first

Sustainability and Resilience Officer, and launching various strategic initiatives to support prosperous

and equitable job growth, economic developments, and housing opportunities.

Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Jane graduated from Chamberlain High School and attended the

University of Tampa on an athletic scholarship.

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Mayor Jane Castor is the 59th mayor of the City of Tampa. Under this former Tampa Police Chief’s

visionary leadership, her administration passed the most extensive water/wastewater infrastructure

plan in the city’s history, in addition to the first budget starting in the black since the great recession.

Her key achievements within the past two years also include helping secure more than $90 million for

transportation and mobility improvements, hiring the City’s first Sustainability and Resilience Officer,

and launching various strategic initiatives to support prosperous and equitable job growth, economic

developments, and housing opportunities. A Tampa native, Jane graduated from Chamberlain High

School and attended the University of Tampa.

A Senior Vice President for The Related Group, Michael Hammon works in the Condominium Division on boutique, luxury condominium deals in the State of Florida. Most of the properties are waterfront and are primarily marketed to local high-end buyers with an average size of over 3000 square feet per residence. He is currently working on deals in Tampa, Sanibel, Jacksonville Beach and West Palm Beach.

An industry veteran of more than 30 years, Mr. Hammon began his real estate career as a development associate at Related. Over the next 13 years, he rose through the ranks to become a senior vice president and was directly responsible for developing over 5,000 newly constructed residential units as well as the renovation of several thousand market rate, workforce and subsidized residences.

Following his first tenure at Related, Mr. Hammon led the residential development and redevelopment arm of Ram Development Company, where he led the firm’s expansion into the multifamily sector, served on its five-person senior management team as well as its investment committee for over 13 years.

An active community member, Mr. Hammon has served on numerous civic and cultural committees in the City of Miami Beach, including The Miami City Ballet Construction Committee, The Collins Park Cultural Campus Oversight Committee, the Cultural Arts Neighborhood District Overlay Committee, Miami Beach CDC and Miami Beach United.

Mr. Hammon is the recipient of a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University and a Master’s in Business Administration with an emphasis in Real Estate and Finance from the University of California, Berkeley.

Founder and President of NorthBridge, Jannie is a Tampa native with over 25 years' experience in the commercial real estate industry, specializing in both tenant and landlord representation. She has extensive experience in third-party leasing, spending most of her career leasing for grocery-anchored, power and unanchored strip centers, including diverse portfolios from privately held assets to publicly traded REITS, which included assets owned and/or managed by GE Capital, Heitman, ING, PGIM Real Estate (formerly Prudential Real Estate Investors), and Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Jannie's underlying skill set represents an ardent sense of customer value and the ability to close deals through a mutually beneficial win-win approach, highlighting all aspects of tenant and landlord representation, including knowledge of emerging market trends, site selections, and accomplished negotiations. She prides herself on extensive knowledge of the markets throughout Florida, concentrating on Central Florida and the West Coast. Bridging working relationships with local, regional, and national retailers and developers throughout Florida, with an emphasis on retaining and growing business through positive relationships, effective communication, and partnership.

Nick Herring supports all of Framework Group’s development, construction and consulting activities. Nick’s contributions are both operational and strategic in nature, and derive from his comprehensive technical understanding of the execution and delivery of complex urban projects.

Prior to joining Framework Group, Nick managed high-end residential, commercial and retail developments as a Project Manager for Shawmut Design and Construction. Nick’s portfolio of projects primarily includes tenant fit-outs and renovations of flagship properties in New York City and other major urban centers throughout the United States. Prior to Shawmut, Nick managed construction field operations as Resident Engineer for Hill International. At Hill, Nick led teams of subcontractors on large-scale public projects including the renovation of New York City Hall.

Nick has also gained experience in a variety of construction disciplines since joining the industry. During his undergraduate tenure, Nick completed internships in the fields of tract housing, commercial preconstruction processes and construction law.

Nick graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction and minors in Business Administration and Sustainability Studies. Nick also earned his Master of Business Administration from New York University’s Stern School of Business, specializing in Real Estate and Strategy.

Lee Schaffler, CFA, is Chief Portfolio Officer at Strategic Property Partners overseeing portfolio strategy, asset management, leasing, operations, and capital markets activities. Lee was previously an Executive Director in the Real Estate Americas Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management where he oversaw a portfolio of wholly owned and joint venture commercial real estate investments across the U.S. with a focus on retail, office, industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use property types. Prior to that he was an associate portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan, with responsibility for investing the real estate allocation of a large U.S. corporate pension fund client. He began his career in J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Global Tactical Asset Allocation Group. Lee earned a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.S. from Columbia University. Lee is a CFA charterholder. He was awarded the HEAA Young Alumni Achievement award from Cornell University. Lee is a past recipient of the ICSC’s “4 Under 40” award. Lee is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. He is a member of various industry organizations including ICSC, ULI, CREFC, NYPEN, CFAI, and NYSSA and sits on the ULI Tampa Bay Executive Board.

As Senior Vice President, John Bowden directly manages the operations of the Moss & Associates Tampa and Orlando offices. He focuses his team on maintaining client relationships, developing new clients and new projects in the Tampa Bay and Central Florida markets.

With more than four decades of construction experience in this region, John has seen the business from all sides making him an expert at managing relationships to secure the best project outcomes for our clients. He has also developed a nationally recognized training program for the use of CM At-Risk and Design/Build as contract delivery methods.

He has sat on boards for and maintains membership in the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, and the industry development council for Pinellas County Job Corps.

Edward is a Principal in CLA's real estate industry group. Over the last 9 years of his career he has been dedicated to providing seamless professional experiences to some of the largest real estate developers, homebuilders, private equity investors, and owners of real estate within our firm.

Working in the industry has given him the opportunity to develop strong technical capabilities and provide our clients with the technical advice and client experience that they should expect from their CPA.

Edward works in our firm's internal inspection group looking for ways to improvde the assurance process. He is also is part of the real estate technical group which works to develop improved methodologies for the firm.

DOMINIC PICKERING

Executive Director, Marina Pointe | Tampa

Dominic Pickering serves as Executive Director of Marina Pointe, a premier waterfront condominium community overlooking Tampa Bay in the Westshore Marina District. He oversees sales strategy and buyer engagement for the luxury development, which reflects BTI Partners’ vision for modern waterfront living in one of Tampa’s most sought-after locations.

With more than 20 years of experience in real estate, Dominic has worked across multiple domestic and international markets and has closed transactions with buyers from six continents. His background spans mortgage lending, property management, and currency exchange, giving him a comprehensive, global perspective on high-net-worth real estate transactions.

Dominic holds a Master’s degree in Leadership from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and a Marketing degree from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in London.

Mr. Feldman has been the president and CEO of Feldman Equities since

1990. From 1997 until 1999, he was the founder of, and served as the

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Tower Realty Trust, a

publicly traded REIT (New York Stock Exchange symbol: "TOW").

From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Feldman served as Chairman of Feldman Mall

Properties, Inc. a publicly traded REIT. He is also the founder and former

Chairman of the Midtown West Association of New York City. Mr. Feldman

was formerly a member of the Board of East Woods School in Oyster Bay NY. He graduated

from Windham College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Mr. Feldman has

lectured at the graduate schools of N.Y.U. and Columbia University on commercial real estate

development.

Mr. Feldman has been directly responsible for the management, development or acquisition of

over 11 million square feet of real estate with an aggregate value of over $3 billion dollars during

a career spanning over 30 years in the commercial real estate business. Mr. Feldman's primary

focus over his career has been on the acquisition and redevelopment of turnaround real estate.

Kevin Coyne joined Summit Broadband in May 2020. With more than 20 years of telecommunications experience focused on fiber-optic and high-bandwidth solutions, Mr. Coyne leads the company as it continues the strategic expansion of its fiber-optic network into new enterprise, government, education, and residential communities in Florida.

Before joining Summit Broadband, Mr. Coyne was a founding member and Chief Operating Officer of FiberLight, LLC, where he led all aspects of sales, operations, and finance. In that role, he grew FiberLight from a company with less than $1 million in revenue and 1,100 route miles of network to one with more than $200 million in revenue and 16,000 route miles, spanning over 430 cities and including over 1.8 million fiber miles. His background includes roles in finance, strategic planning, sales, marketing, and operations.

Mr. Coyne is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an accounting degree from Towson State University and a Master of Science degree in Taxation from the University of Baltimore

Rob Ledford is a Partner with Baker Barrios Architects and has been with the firm for over 25 years. In 2019, after 17 years as Managing Principal of Baker Barrios’ Tampa office, he was named the firm’s Chief Operating Officer.

His impressive 30-year career has given him a vast knowledge in all facets of the industry and allowed him to work closely with clients in public and private sectors, fostering relationships and strengthening the firm’s brand. As COO, Rob helps drive the firm’s core values which emphasize the importance of mentorship, creative excellence, innovative solutions, and long-term relationships for the next generation of talent.

Rob is currently serving as the Principal in Charge of Hillsborough Community College’s new Administration building on the main Dale Mabry campus.

Committed to community, Rob is engaged at the professional and civic level and is personally committed to supporting immediate need causes. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Tampa Bay Chamber, as member of the University of Tampa Board of Fellows, and as Past Chair of the Hillsborough Community College Foundation Board. In addition, Rob is co-chair of the Chambers Workforce Housing Caucus, which was formed to explore ideas and solutions for future workforce housing opportunities throughout Tampa Bay.

Serving as General Manager of Suffolk’s Florida Gulf Coast, Josh Christensen is a 24-year

industry veteran. In his role, he oversees project teams from the earliest preconstruction

efforts through project closeout and beyond. He is responsible for the day to day operations

of Suffolk’s offices in Tampa and Estero. He is widely recognized for his strong leadership

and mentoring abilities, as well as a steadfast commitment to superior client service.

Throughout his career, Josh has been involved with construction projects in nearly every

industry sector including senior living, multi-family residential, K-12 and higher education,

and hospitality. He has consistently provided clients and partners with sustainable, costeffective, and efficient solutions that bring projects to life.

In addition to his role at Suffolk, Josh is active in the industry as a member of the Urban Land

Institute and a host of other organizations. He also donates his time to various community

efforts including a partnership with Starting Right, Now – a Tampa-based charity that offers

mentoring, housing, employment assistance, and life skills to homeless youth. Suffolk

recently donated project management resources and supplies to oversee the renovation of

the charity’s new training facility, a significant effort lead by Josh and his team.

Josh graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

He and his wife reside in southwest Florida along with their dogs.

Alexander Hoffman is a USF Civil Engineering Graduate who specialized in Structural Engineering. On Alex's spare time he likes to lift weights, run, cycle, fish and hunt when time is permitting. Alex’s work experience with Advanced Engineering includes Structural design and analysis utilizing many different materials such as wood, steel, past in place concrete etc for multi story structures. Civil land development design and analysis for mixed use, single family, commercial, multi-family and airport developments for site planning, stormwater, retention ponds, underground vaults, etc. Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing design and analysis on residential, multi-family and commercial developments, renovations and restorations. At Advanced Engineering Alex has excelled in scaling and training the Advanced Engineering team which provides the next level of service to clients including owner representation and real state development management.