Photo: John (center, in tuxedo) with his family at BOMA International’s 2014 annual conference in Orlando.

Positions: Managing principal of Oliver & Co; chair and chief elected officer of BOMA International; and BOMA Fellow.

Located: Atlanta

Responsibilities: Splitting time between my duties as BOMA International’s chair and running the commercial real estate firm I established with my son.

How you got involved in property management: I started as a leasing and property manager for a suburban office park in Atlanta.

Industry extracurriculars: I’ve been involved with BOMA for more than 30 years; prior to my current term as BOMA International chair, I also served as president of BOMA/Georgia and headed BOMA International’s national advisory council.

Daily habit: Spending time with my family—they mean everything to me.

Favorite book: The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino.

Favorite music: Garth Brooks.

Favorite movie: Avatar—but I also was pleasantly surprised by Frozen when I took my grandkids to see it.

Favorite restaurant: Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach.

Favorite Vacation: Hawaii—I’ve traveled there five times and I would go again tomorrow.

First job: Bagging groceries.

Job in another life: Real estate developer, because I love to create new things.

Item on bucket list: Stay in an over-water bungalow in Bora Bora.

Person you'd like to meet, dead or alive: Author Og Mandino—I missed an opportunity to hear him speak not long before he died in 1996.

Family life: I’ve been married to my wife, Karen, for 40 years, and we have four grown children and six grandchildren (and counting).

Startling fact: I got to play the world-famous course at the Augusta National Golf Club—and I shot an 89!