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Speakers and Panels

Ray Ritchey

Ray Ritchey

Senior Executive Vice President

Boston Properties

Greg Meyer

Greg Meyer

Executive Vice President, Greater DC Region

Brookfield Properties

Bill Hard

Bill Hard

Principal & EVP

LCOR

Jon Peterson

Jon Peterson

CEO

Peterson Companies

Darian LeBlanc

Darian LeBlanc

Executive Vice Chair

Cushman & Wakefield

Peter Johnston

Peter Johnston

EVP

Boston Properties

Robert Brunton

Robert Brunton

Corporate Managing Director

Savills Studley

Julie Rayfield

Julie Rayfield

Executive Managing Director

Savills Studley

John Duffy

John Duffy

Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets

JLL

Kevin Thorpe

Kevin Thorpe

Global Chief Economist

Cushman and Wakefield

Stephen Fuller

Stephen Fuller

Director

The Stephen S. Fuller Institute, George Mason University

Barbara Comstock

Barbara Comstock

Congreswoman

U.S. House of Representatives

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Congresswoman

U.S. House of Representatives

Elliot Doomes

Elliot Doomes

Counsel, U.S. House of Rep.

Subcommitee on Economic Development, Emergency Management and Public Buildings

Ray Ritchey

Senior Executive Vice President

Boston Properties

Mr. Ritchey serves as Senior Executive Vice President. Prior to his appointment to this position in January 2016, Mr. Ritchey served as Executive Vice President, Head of our Washington, D.C. Office and National Director of Acquisitions and Development since April 1998 and Senior Vice President and Co- Manager of our Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Ritchey is responsible for all business development, leasing and marketing as well as new opportunity origination in the Washington, D.C. area. He also directly oversees similar activities on a national basis. Mr. Ritchey joined us in 1980, leading our expansion to become one of the dominant real estate firms in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. For four years prior to joining us, Mr. Ritchey was one of the leading commercial real estate brokers in the Washington, D.C. area with Coldwell Banker. He is a 1972 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California.

Greg Meyer

Executive Vice President, Greater DC Region

Brookfield Properties

Greg Meyer serves as the Washington, DC Regional Head for Brookfield Properties, which consists of 7 million square feet located in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction and overseeing day-to- day operations of Brookfield’s Greater DC portfolio. In his 28 year career, Mr. Meyer has held executive level positions with Equity Office Properties, Trammell Crow Company and Penzance Company. Mr. Meyer holds a BA degree from Hamilton College and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School. He is past President of the board of directors for the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District and sits on the board of directors for the District of Columbia Building Industry Association. He is a member of the Economic Club of Washington, DC and Federal City Council. Mr. Meyer and Brookfield Properties are active supporters of Special Olympics of DC, Cristo Rey High School in the District of Columbia, and The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington.

Bill Hard

Principal & EVP

LCOR

Mr. Hard is the senior executive for LCOR’s Bethesda, MD office, responsible for all Washington, DC metropolitan area development activity. Among his accomplishments are the development of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, VA, the acquisition of the COMSAT campus in Clarksburg, MD, the development of North Bethesda Center at the White Flint Metrorail station in Maryland, and the Oyster School/Henry Adams House in the District of Columbia.

Mr. Hard’s affiliation with LCOR dates to 1981 when he joined its predecessor The Linpro Company as a Partner. He subsequently was named Vice President of LCOR upon its founding in 1992, and an Executive Vice President and Principal in 1999.

He is actively involved in a number of industry organizations serving on the Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute’s Washington, DC District Council, Treasurer of Hospice Caring, Inc., and Chairman of the Real Estate Committee of the Montgomery College Foundation.

A graduate of Lafayette College, he also was awarded an MA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jon Peterson

CEO

Peterson Companies

Jon M. Peterson is the Chief Executive Officer of Peterson Companies, one of the largest, most-admired privately-held real estate companies in the Washington, DC area. Founded more than 52 years ago, the company is responsible for some of the most prominent and successful mixed-use retail, residential and office developments in Northern Virginia and Maryland including Fairfax Corner, Fair Lakes, National Harbor, Virginia Gateway, Downtown Silver Spring, RIO, Burke Centre and Tysons McLean Office Park.

Jon has been instrumental in the development of National Harbor from an underutilized waterfront property to a mixed-use waterfront destination that is home to Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, MGM National Harbor, Tanger Outlets and The Capital Wheel.

In 2016, he became Chairman of the Executive Committee which oversees all aspects of the retail, residential, commercial and mixed-use development and management. Prior to that, Jon served as Senior Vice President of Commercial and Business Development which allowed him to develop close ties to the entire metropolitan real estate community. He has led all aspects of build-to-suit, purchase and acquisition, sale, leasing and financing of commercial properties as well as the ground up development of approximately 3.5 million square feet of commercial office product in the Washington Metropolitan area.

Jon graduated from Middlebury College, and he and the Peterson Family believe passionately in giving back to the communities they serve. Jon was a member on the George Mason University (GMU) Board of Visitors as Vice Rector and GMU’s Board of Trustees member from 2014-2018. He was also a board member of Washington First bank from 2014-2018. Currently, Jon serves on numerous philanthropic boards and committees including National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP); NAIOP Northern Virginia; Youth for Tomorrow Board of Trustees; George Mason Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship; Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance; The 2030 Group; The 123 Club; GMU Patriot Club Advisory Board; George Mason Housing, Inc.; Inova Health Systems Investment Advisory Committee; Prince William Commercial Development Committee; Virginia Association for Commercial Real Estate; Prince George’s County Roundtable Board; and Prince George’s County Economic Development Board.

Darian LeBlanc

Executive Vice Chair

Cushman & Wakefield

Professional Expertise

Darian LeBlanc is an Executive Vice Chair at Cushman & Wakefield and one of the leading advisors in the United States for

large-scale government and institutional real estate transactions. Based in the Washington, DC region, he leads the firm’s

Government Services Group (GSG), a specialized team focused on securing and structuring federal, state, and municipal lease

transactions nationwide.

Over the course of his career, LeBlanc has completed more than 40 million square feet of leasing transactions with an

aggregate value exceeding $15 billion. He is widely recognized for navigating some of the most complex and high-profile

government requirements in the country, delivering solutions that align public-sector needs with private investment

objectives. In addition to his leasing practice, he is an integral member of Cushman & Wakefield’s Investment Sales platform,

advising on transactions involving government-leased assets.

LeBlanc is regarded as a key figure in the National Capital Region’s commercial real estate industry, particularly at the

intersection of federal transactions, economic development, and institutional investment. Drawing on 30+ years of experience

in both the public and private sectors, he advises clients on transaction strategy, portfolio optimization, and public-private

partnerships, and is known for bringing clarity and execution to highly complex assignments.

He has received numerous industry honors, including repeated recognition from CREBA, NAIOP, and national media outlets.

Professional Affiliations

• District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA)

• Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association of Greater Washington, DC (CREBA)

• Maryland/DC National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)

• Northern Virginia National Association of Industrial and Office Properties

Major Transactions

Landlord/Owner Representation

• MetLife, Constitution Center, Washington, D.C. - Multiple agencies, 1.4M sf

• The JBG Companies, The Parklawn Building, Rockville, MD – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 935,386 sf

• Beacon Capital Partners, Polk & Taylor Buildings, Crystal City, VA – U.S. Department of Defense, 911,818 sf

• Stonebridge, Three and Four Constitution Square, Washington, DC – U.S. Department of Justice, 839,000 sf

• Boston Properties, Patriots Park, Reston, VA – Confidential Tenant, 706,482 sf

• Boston Properties, Springfield Metro Center, Springfield, VA – Transportation Security Administration, 625,000 sf

• Stonebridge, Two Constitution Square, Washington, DC – U.S. Department of Justice, 575,760 sf

• The World Bank Group, 600 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC –U.S. Department of State, 463,151 sf

• Related Companies, Carlyle Innovation Campus, Alexandria, VA – National Science Foundation, 400,000 sf

• Stonebridge, One Constitution Square, Washington, DC – U.S. General Services Administration Headquarters,

• 330,000 sf

• Principal Real Estate, 1200 1st Street, NE, Washington, D.C. – District of Columbia, 291,838 sf

• Paramount Group, 425 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 285,561 sf

Robert Brunton

Corporate Managing Director

Savills Studley

Since joining Studley (now Savills Studley) in 2006, Mr. Brunton has negotiated an estimated 6.1 million square feet of assignments for federal tenants under Savills Studley's National Broker Contract with the General Service Administration (GSA). Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Brunton was a space management specialist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) overseeing the lease management and executions for FBI field office and resident agency locations across the United States.

ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS:

His recent notable professional accomplishments include working with the GSA/FBI team on the FBI HQ Consolidation project, the Department of State’s 463,151-square foot lease at 600 19th Street NW in Washington, DC, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s 352,750-square-foot lease at Founders Square (675 N Randolph Street) in Arlington, VA, FINCEN’s 125,000-square foot lease at 2070 Chain Bridge Rd in Vienna, VA and CNCS’ 84,606-square-foot lease at 250 E Street SW in Washington, DC.

EDUCATION:

Robert graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Physical and Health Education degree, specializing in physiology, anatomy, and biomechanics.

Julie Rayfield

Executive Managing Director

Savills Studley

As an executive managing director at Savills Studley, Julie provides real estate advisory and transaction services, including strategic planning, leasing, sales and acquisitions, for corporate, non-profit and federal clients. Since joining the firm's Washington, DC office in 2001, Julie has participated in real estate transactions totaling more than 7.2 million square feet.

Julie manages Savills Studley's national leasing account for the US General Services Administration (GSA), with its 176 million-square-foot portfolio of leased space nationwide. Currently, Julie is involved in procurements totaling more than 1 million SF in the National Capital Region for GSA. To date, Julie and her team have negotiated more than 500 real estate transactions on behalf of the United States government and its contractors, including structuring new leases, land and building sales, and build-to-suit developments. In addition to managing the firm's work with GSA and VA, Julie's team provides national representation for The Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

In 2008, Julie and her partners represented National Public Radio with its acquisition of 1111 North Capitol St, NE in Washington, DC (450,840 SF) and the subsequent sale-leaseback of its existing headquarters at 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in Washington, DC (400,000 SF). Her additional landmark transactions include lease procurements for The U.S. Department of Justice (575,790 SF), The U.S. Social Security Administration (334,103 SF), and The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (168,468 SF). Julie's recent private sector real estate transactions include work for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Xenophon Strategies, Podesta Group, and Carmen Group.

ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS:

In November 2009, Real Estate Forum magazine presented Julie with its prestigious "Women of Influence" award for her professional accomplishments and contributions to the local community.

In May 2009, the Washington Business Journal honored Julie and her team with the "Deal of the Year" award for their advisory role in the sale-leaseback of National Public Radio's (NPR) headquarters and its acquisition of a new headquarters site at 1111 North Capitol St. NW. The transaction was also named "2008 Sales Transaction of the Year" by the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors (GWCAR). In addition, Julie was named "2008 Broker of the Year" by the Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal, a "2008 Powerbroker" by CoStar Advisor and one of the "Most Influential in Real Estate" by Bisnow on Business.

Julie has served as an expert panelist at real estate industry events and has recently testified on Capitol Hill, in front of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management on the topic of GSA's leasing programs nationwide. She is also the author of The Office Interior Design Guide: An Introduction for Facility and Design Professionals, published by John Wiley & Sons, 1994 and 1996.

EDUCATION:

Julie attended the University of Virginia and graduated from Boston University with a Bachelors of Science degree.

John Duffy

Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets

JLL

John E. Duffy is an Executive Managing Director on the Capital Markets team for JLL's Washington, D.C. office.

Prior to joining JLL, John served as Managing Principal of Sage Capital Advisors.

He has over 25 years of experience in the key disciplines associated with the commercial real estate industry.

John's background includes extensive experience as a land use planner (comprehensive planning, zoning, architectural compliance), real estate developer (entitlement, architectural and engineering oversight, project financing, leasing, and disposition), real estate investor for his own account (joint venture office, retail and residential projects) and as a capital markets intermediary.

Prior to forming Sage Capital Advisors, John co-managed HFF's DC office as Senior Managing Director for 15 years where he was instrumental in building a capital markets team that was ranked #1 in the Washington DC region year after year.

John has a B.S. in Urban Planning from Virginia Tech and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Virginia.

Stephen Fuller

Director

The Stephen S. Fuller Institute, George Mason University

Professor Fuller joined the faculty at George Mason University in 1994 as Professor of Public Policy and Regional Development. He served as Director of the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy from July 1998 to June 2000 and from July 2001 to July 2002. In September 2001, the GMU Board of Visitors appointed him University Professor and in July 2002 he was named to the Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and Director of the Center for Regional Analysis; he served in this capacity until May 2015. He currently holds the position of Director of The Stephen S. Fuller Institute.

Prior to joining the George Mason University faculty, he served on the faculty at George Washington University for twenty-five years, including nine as Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning and Real Estate Development and one as Director of Doctoral Programs for the School of Business and Public Management.

Dr. Fuller received a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University (1962) and his Doctorate in Regional Planning and Economic Development (1969) from Cornell University. He has authored more than 800 articles, papers, and reports in the field of urban and regional economic development including monthly reports on the Washington metropolitan area (2/91 to 2/11) and Fairfax County economies (6/97 to 6/09).

Professor Fuller’s recent research has focusing on the structure of the Washington metropolitan area economy, how this changed during the Great Recession and how it will change going forward as its federal-spending dependency diminishes. He has also undertaken research on the changing workforce requirements of the Washington area’s emerging economy and the housing requirement of this future workforce. His current research involves the projected demographic changes over the next fifteen years and how these will impact the Washington area’s workforce, housing market, and demand for public services.

Professor Fuller was recently appointed to serve on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists by Governor McAuliffe. He served on the Governor’s Advisory Board of Economists under Governors Kaine, Warner, Allen and Wilder. In 2003, he was a member of the Governor Warner’s Tax Reform Working Group. He also is a member of the DC CFO Business Advisory Group of the District of Columbia, the Montgomery County Business Advisory Panel and the U.S Army Women’s Foundation. His international assignments include Kazakhstan, Georgia, Hungary and China as well as on-going projects in Portugal. He served on the Board of Directors of Tompkins Builders Inc., a DC-based company, from 2004 to 2012, and currently serves on the Boards of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation and Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts. In May of 2015, Dr. Fuller was elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Northfield Mount Hermon School.

Barbara Comstock

Congreswoman

U.S. House of Representatives

The 10th Congressional District embodies what is great about the Commonwealth of Virginia. From a suburban core in the East to expansive farmland in the West, the 10th District showcases the best of what Virginia has to offer to the nation. The 10th District has attracted many of the leading internet, high-tech, health, and defense companies in the world to Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley and is home to thousands of federal employees and other highly skilled professionals and entrepreneurs. Loudoun and Fairfax Counties are ranked as the #1 and #3 places to live in the country respectively because of the quality of life they offer residents.

Agriculture also plays a key role in the 10th Congressional District. In the western counties, there are rows upon rows of apple and peach orchards, and the wine industry and craft breweries are growing rapidly. Kraft Foods and Hood Milk operate large manufacturing facilities in the City of Winchester, also located in the western part of the District.

Tourism is another draw to the District, whether you are hiking on the Appalachian Trail, fishing on the Shenandoah River, leaf peeping on Skyline Drive, or taking the Metro to downtown Washington there will always be something new to explore. The 10th District is home to Manassas National Battlefield Park as well as many Civil War battlefields. These parks and battlefields are a reminder of the great and consequential history of the Commonwealth.

As you can see, Virginia’s 10th Congressional District is a place where you can live, work, learn, explore, and thrive.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Congresswoman

U.S. House of Representatives

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, now in her fourteenth term as the Congresswoman for the District of Columbia, is the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. She serves on two committees: the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Before her congressional service, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to serve as the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She came to Congress as a national figure who had been a civil rights and feminist leader, tenured professor of law, and board member at three Fortune 500 companies. Congresswoman Norton has been named one of the 100 most important American women in one survey and one of the most powerful women in Washington in another. The Congresswoman's work for full congressional voting representation and for full democracy for the people of the District of Columbia continues her lifelong struggle for universal human and civil rights.

Congresswoman Norton's accomplishments in breaking barriers for her disempowered district are matched by her success in bringing home unique economic benefits to her constituents. Among them are senatorial courtesy to recommend federal judges, the U.S. Attorney, and other significant federal law enforcement positions for the District; up to $10,000 per year for all D.C. high school graduates to attend any public U.S. college or university and up to $2,500 per year to many private colleges and universities; a unique $5,000 D.C. homebuyer tax credit, which has sharply increased home ownership in the District and was a major factor in stabilizing the city's population; and D.C. business tax incentives, including a significant wage credit for employing D.C. residents, which has maintained businesses and residents in the District.

Congresswoman Norton also has brought significant economic development to the District of Columbia throughout her service in Congress, creating and preserving jobs in D.C. The most significant are her work in bringing to D.C. the U.S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters compound, now under construction, and is the largest federal construction project in the country; her bill that is developing the 55 acre-Southeast Federal Center, the first private development on federal land; her work that resulted in the relocation of 6,000 jobs to the Washington Navy Yard; and her successful efforts to bring to the District the new headquarters for the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, along with an additional Metro station at New York Avenue, which has resulted in the development of the NOMA neighborhood.

Congresswoman Norton helped end the city's most serious financial crisis in a century, in the 1990's,by achieving a historic package that for the first time restructured the financial relationship between Congress and the District, by transferring $5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and billions more in state costs to the federal government.

The Congresswoman, who taught law full time before being elected, is a tenured professor of law at Georgetown University, teaching an upper-class seminar there every year. After receiving her bachelor's degree from Antioch College in Ohio, she simultaneously earned her law degree and a master's degree in American Studies from Yale University. Yale Law School has awarded her the Citation of Merit for outstanding alumni, and Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has awarded her the Wilbur Cross Medal for outstanding alumni, the highest awards conferred by each on alumni. She is the recipient of more than 50 honorary degrees.

Before being elected, Congresswoman Norton served as a trustee on a number of public service boards, including the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Board of Governors of the D.C. Bar Association, as well as served on the boards of civil rights and other national organizations.

The Congresswoman is a third-generation Washingtonian, and is the mother of John Holmes Norton and Katherine Felicia Norton.

Fireside Chat with Bob Peck

The GSA Then and Now and What to Expect

Norman Dong

Norman Dong

Former PBS Commissioner, GSA

Partner, FD Stonewater

Bob Peck

Bob Peck

Former PBS Commissioner, GSA

Government Practice Co-Chair, Gensler

Steve Moore
Moderator

Steve Moore

Executive Director

SWBID

Norman Dong

Former PBS Commissioner, GSA

Partner, FD Stonewater

Norman Dong served as the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service (PBS) for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

As PBS Commissioner, Mr. Dong lead one of the largest and most diversified public real estate organizations in the world. Mr. Dong managed the nationwide asset management, design, construction, leasing, building management and disposal of approximately 374 million square feet of government-owned and leased space, accommodating over 1 million federal workers, and covering all 50 states, six U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Additionally, Mr. Dong oversaw an annual budget of approximately $10 billion and a workforce of almost 6,000.

Prior to joining GSA, Mr. Dong was Acting Controller at Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where he was responsible for coordinating government-wide improvements in all areas of financial management, including financial reporting, improper payments, open government, and real property management.

In addition to his Federal experience, Mr. Dong also has worked at the state and local levels of government. In the District of Columbia, he held several positions, including Deputy Mayor for Operations and City Administrator under Mayor Anthony A. Williams. And in Connecticut, he served as special assistant for finance and accounting in the Office of the State Comptroller.

Mr. Dong also has experience working in the private sector. In his role as Vice President at ACS, Inc., he managed several business units that provided operational and financial solutions for state and local government clients.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Master’s degree from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. He currently resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons.

Bob Peck

Former PBS Commissioner, GSA

Government Practice Co-Chair, Gensler

Bob brings tremendous professional experience and industry expertise to his dual roles as a Leader of Gensler’s Firmwide Government Practice and the Southeast Region Director of Consulting. Bob served for eight years as Commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service, responsible for design, construction, leasing and management for more than 375 million square feet of space housing more than 1.1 million employees with an annual budget of more than $9 billion. He has been a land use attorney, commercial real estate mortgage banker and broker and has also served as President of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and Vice President for Public Affairs at the American Institute of Architects. He received his B.A. cum laude with distinction in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Yale Law School. A Gensler Principal, Bob has been a visiting Loeb Fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a visiting lecturer at Yale College. An Honorary Member of both the AIA and American Society of Landscape Architects, in 2012 he received the AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture.

Steve Moore

Moderator

SWBID

Steve Moore leads the Southwest Business Improvement District as Executive Director, connecting businesses and innovation efforts. Established in 2015, SWBID is a 480-acre cultural, government, and residential area occupying most of the SW quadrant of the District of Columbia.

The SWBID employs 30 ambassadors and staff and manages several initiatives, including large-scale beautification programs, homeless outreach, weekend markets, transportation, and public art installations.

Prior to working at the SWBID, Steve joined the team of Hoffman-Madison Waterfront LLC (HMW) as a leasing strategist and special projects manager. At HMW, he implemented the local leasing strategy and managed special projects for the 25-acre waterfront development on the Washington Channel.

Steve also served as the President and CEO of the Washington, DC Economic Partnership, a non-profit organization promoting business and retail opportunities in the District of Columbia, and frequently worked with the Mayor's Office. Before joining the Economic Partnership, he was the Deputy Executive Director for the Downtown DC Business Improvement District. The majority of Steve's career was with The Rouse Company of Columbia, Maryland.

Steve had led several forums and summits throughout his career in efforts to further economic prosperity. He has traveled extensively to study cities, tourism, transportation, climate change, event planning, and business development.

Working with the GSA

Development, Leasing, and more!

Elaine Clancy

Elaine Clancy

Former Director-Leasing, GSA

SVP, Lincoln Property Company

Tim Hutchens

Tim Hutchens

EVP & Head, Federal Lessor Advisory Group

CBRE

Joseph Delogu

Joseph Delogu

Founding Partner

FD Stonewater

Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan

Managing Director, Government Investor Services

JLL

Peter Marcin

Peter Marcin

EVP, Government Sevices Group

Transwestern

Jon Bouker
Moderator

Jon Bouker

Partner

Arent Fox

Elaine Clancy

Former Director-Leasing, GSA

SVP, Lincoln Property Company

Elaine Clancy, formerly the director of leasing for the National Capitol Region at the General Services Administration, is the Senior Vice President – Government Services Group for Lincoln Property Group. In this capacity, Ms. Clancy will lead Lincoln’s efforts to increase services provided to government tenants. Ms. Clancy will be based in the Washington, D.C. office and will lead a national team focused on providing services to federal, state or local governmental agencies or to landlords with those tenants in their buildings. Services may include leasing and strategic advisory services for sales or financing.

Ms. Clancy has more than 20 years of experience in real estate leasing, development, financing and investment banking. Prior to working for the GSA, Ms. Clancy served as managing director for Celtic Capital Management, as managing director for investing and portfolio management at Choice Hotels, and as senior vice president for real estate investment banking at Ferris Baker Watts. She also worked as senior vice president in real estate investment banking at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey and Company.

Tim Hutchens

EVP & Head, Federal Lessor Advisory Group

CBRE

Tim Hutchens is a CBRE Executive Vice President and the head of the Federal Lessor Advisory Group (FLAG), a national CBRE practice group which provides services to private sector and governmental entities in connection with all aspects of federal real estate transactions, including lease procurements, enhanced use leases, site selections and acquisitions, investment sales, project financing, and lease construction projects. Tim possesses a combination of real estate, business and legal skills, which allows him to provide effective advice and assistance to clients involved in real estate transactions involving the federal government on a nationwide basis.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Hutchens has represented building owners and developers in successfully completing more than 26 million square feet of Federal Government leases, including the largest federal lease ever consummated -- the USPTO Headquarters at Carlyle in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Hutchens has also represented various federal government agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Energy and the Department of Veterans Affairs, in real estate planning, needs and market analysis, portfolio considerations, leasehold acquisitions and real property dispositions.

In federal government leasing matters, Mr. Hutchens provides broad-based representation encompassing virtually all aspects of the transaction. By way of illustration, services include: proposal preparation; transaction structuring; review of the government lease agreement; contract administration throughout the lease term and services with respect to controversies that may arise from time to time.

Prior to entering commercial real estate, Mr. Hutchens practiced real estate law, with an emphasis on federal government lease transactions, as a partner with the Washington, DC firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP.

Joseph Delogu

Founding Partner

FD Stonewater

Joseph Delogu is a national expert in the area of federal government occupied real estate as well as a recognized leader in

real estate finance and development industries. Joe’s experience, which started as an executive at the U.S. General Services

Administration spans nearly 30 years and involves projects located in almost every state. Joe has led countless teams on

thousands of leasing transactions, development or construction consulting projects and investment management initiatives.

Formerly a Partner at Spaulding & Slye, a full service real estate development and services company, Joe served as a

Managing Partner within the overall firm, creating and running the firm’s Government division and participating with the other

Partners in the management of the company’s other businesses. When S&S was acquired by Jones Lang LaSalle in 2006,

Joe was named an International Director (the firm’s top title) as well as the Managing Director of the Government Investor

Services group.

As a Founding Partner at FD Stonewater, Joe participates in the management of each of the firm’s business lines, and

provides daily oversight to the Federal lease transactions business and several of the firm’s investment properties.

Joe Brennan

Managing Director, Government Investor Services

JLL

Joseph B. Brennan is a Corporate Regional Director of JLL. Joe serves as the Managing Director of the firm’s national Government Investor Services (GIS) practice, headquartered in Washington, DC.

The JLL GIS practice is the largest of its kind and has successfully completed over 4,000 individual transactions for government agencies and private sector owners of real estate.

Joe provides leadership to the GIS team in the areas of strategy and transaction implementation to investors in the federal sector.

The process, politics and strategy associated with federal real estate present complex challenges for investors, and his team is uniquely skilled to successfully advise Jll's clients in the federal real estate arena.

Specialties:

Leasing, Investment Sales, Financing, and Build-to-suits in the Government Sector

Years of experience

20+ years

Experience:

Senior Vice President of Brokerage, Spaulding and Slye, Washington, DC

Staff Assistant to the President, Office of Presidential Advance, The White House, Washington, DC

Key transactions

United States Department of Defense, The Pentagon: Developed and implemented an immediate 1,000,000 square foot relocation of Pentagon employees immediately following the September 11th terrorist attacks.

The United States Department of State: Development and implemented numerous significant transactions with the United States department of State, with various institutional owners.

The United States Army: Advised the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the implementation of the Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) program on a national basis.

United States General Services Administration: Developed and implemented a dual award of leases in Arlington, VA on behalf of the United States Department of Defense and the United States Department of State.

National Transportation Safety Board NTSB: developed and implemented an award of the headquarters lease and conference facility in Washington, DC.

United States Transportation Security Administration TSA: Engineered the lease award for the TSA headquarters facility in Arlington, Virginia.

Education

Loyola College, Bachelor of Business Administration, Baltimore, MD

Affiliations:

The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) – Member;

The City of Alexandria, Mayors BRAC Advisory Board – Board Member;

The Eisenhower Partnership – Board Member;

The Federal Real Property Association (FRPA) – Member;

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) – Member;

Urban Land Institute (ULI) – Member;

Georgetown University, Kennedy School of Ethics- Sponsor of the annual “Brennan Lecture” focusing on business ethics.

Peter Marcin

EVP, Government Sevices Group

Transwestern

Peter joined Transwestern in 2012 as executive vice president of Transwestern’s Government Services Division based in Washington, D.C. He concentrates on marketing and leasing commercial space to federal, state and local Government entities.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Prior to joining Transwestern, Peter was the executive director and head of Cushman & Wakefield’s Federal Practice Group, based in Washington, D.C. Having formerly served as in-house broker for the General Services Administration, Peter had dedicated his practice to Government Real Estate transactions, also having experience and education as an attorney, architect and construction manager.

As a broker both within GSA and in the private sector, Peter has been lead broker in lease transactions for over 10 million square feet of commercial office transactions with the Federal Government in the greater Washington, D.C. area with a total contract value of more than $3 billion. He has consistently been ranked among the top 10 Regional Leasing brokers in the Greater Washington area, and was listed as the top landlord office broker in the entire United States for 2008-2011 based on transaction volume by COSTAR.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION/RECOGNITION

• GWCAR Top 10 Leasing Broker 2002 (VA), 2003 (VA), 2005 (MD & Regional), 2008 (D.C. & Regional), 2009 (MD, D.C. & Regional), 2010 and 2011 (Regional)

• #1 Broker in MD in 2005 and awarded deal of the year five times since 2010 (GWCAR x2, NAIOP x2 and WBJ)

• Costars Top 20 Regional Power Broker seven times between 2004-2011

• Brokered the largest lease transaction of the year for the NCR in 2004 (existing building, DOD – 401,000 SF), 2008 (USCG – 592,000 SF), 2009 (HHS – 805,000 SF), 2010 (Defense Health Headquarters – 670,000 SF) and the second largest in 2011 (HHS – 936,000 SF)

• 2010 GWCAR Leasing Transaction of the Year and the NAIOP 2011 Award of Merit for the Defense Health Headquarters

• 2011 GWCAR Transaction of the Year and 2012 NAIOP Transaction of the Year for Health and Human Services

EDUCATION

Peter earned his Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the University of Virginia, concentrating on Design and Construction Management. He also earned his Juris Doctorate from the Catholic University of America. Peter is a licensed salesperson in Washington, D.C. and Virginia and licensed broker in Maryland.

Jon Bouker

Moderator

Arent Fox

Jon S. Bouker, co-practice group leader of the firm’s Government Relations practice, brings to Arent Fox extensive experience in the US Congress, which he puts to work serving clients on a wide variety of general business and government relations matters. Jon represents clients before Congress, the White House and federal agencies (particularly the General Services Administration), the government of the District of Columbia, and surrounding counties. Jon also is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

One on One with the GSA

Chris Wisner

Chris Wisner

Assistant Commissioner for Leasing

GSA Public Buildings Service

Bob MacKichan
Moderator

Bob MacKichan

Former General Counsel, GSA

Partner, Holland & Knight

Chris Wisner

Assistant Commissioner for Leasing

GSA Public Buildings Service

Mr. Chris Wisner has served as the Assistant Commissioner for the PBS Office of Leasing since March of 2012. He

joined GSA in March of 2009 as the Director of Real Estate Acquisition Policy in the Office of Real Estate Acquisition.

Chris came to GSA with more than twenty years of experience in the private sector real estate and strategic portfolio

management. He has held executive management positions in real property portfolio management and strategic

planning with Coldwell Banker Commercial, Savvis Communications, Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc, and MCI

Communications.

Bob MacKichan

Moderator

Partner, Holland & Knight

Robert “Bob” C. MacKichan Jr. is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C., office and is the

leader of the firm’s GSA Leasing and Federal Real Estate Team within the Litigation and Dispute

Resolution Practice. His multifaceted practice involves decades of experience in litigation,

government contracts, real estate and public policy issues associated with federal government real

estate. Clients call on him for his substantive knowledge and extensive relationships in D.C. to

handle government real estate disputes, government contract concerns, government lease

procurement and administration, real estate acquisition and disposition, and government

construction and administration. In addition, he advises clients on holdovers and condemnations,

the competitive procurement process and disputes under the Contract Disputes Act.

Mr. MacKichan primarily represents building owners, real estate developers, REITs and asset

managers nationwide in matters relating to federal real estate disputes. He previously served as

general counsel of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), where his work included the

authorization for the construction of the International Cultural and Trade Center Building (now

named the Ronald Reagan Federal Building) in Washington, D.C., as well as the utilization of public

bond financing for several GSA projects.

Summary

After an eventful Presidential race, a new team is on it's way in at the GSA and we anticipate a lot of change. Join Bisnow this April for the Federal Markets & Real Properties event and learn all about the following hot topics:
  • GSA Top Priorities and Initiatives

  • Government Procurement Policy and New Opportunities

  • Public/Private Partnerships

  • New Real Estate Leasing

  • Federal Budget Impacts on Federal Contracts

  • Doing Business with the GSA

  • New Initiatives in Federal Sustainability

  • Trump and the GSA

  • Possibility of FED Agencies moving out of DC 

 Don’t miss this all-star lineup of speakers and, as always, great networking opportunities in the Commercial Real Estate and Federal Contracting communities. Follow us on Twitter @BisnowDC and join the fun online using hashtag #BisnowDC!

Venue

National Square Building
500 D Street, SW 
Washington, DC 20024

Floor: 12th floor


Self Parking Onsite
Event Attendee Discounted Parking Rate: $10

Agenda

Time Activity
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
Coffee, Networking, & Breakfast
12:30 PM
12:35 PM
Bisnow Welcome Remarks
12:35 PM
12:45 PM
One-on-One with the GSA
12:45 PM
1:05 PM
Fireside Chat with Bob Peck
1:05 PM
2:00 PM
Working with the GSA: Development, Leasing, and More!
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Post-game Networking

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