What a Week Tony LoPinto is CEO of Equinox Partners, an executive search firm specializing in the real estate industry, and parent company of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article are the author's own.
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CB RICHARD ELLIS
Director for Retail Asset Services | Florida
(FT. LAUDERDALE, FL) Responsible for retail portfolio's financial performance in the Florida market; provides recommendations for tactical and strategic planning; provides market analysis and asset positioning consultation; and assists in acquisition underwriting and due diligence.

PRUDENTIAL
Senior Asset Manager
(DALLAS) The FHA Asset Management Team is seeking a senior asset manager who will manage a portfolio of performing loans and among other duties, would be responsible for reviewing borrower requests for credit actions such as transfer of physical assets, partial releases, easements, condemnations, modifications, & SNDA's, etc, in order to make recommendations to the team leader, legal counsel, Prudential Asset Resources and/or PHP Management Team, and HUD field offices and others as applicable.

RREEF
Senior Analyst, Portfolio Management
(NEW YORK CITY) Primary duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited, to assisting in the appraisal process by working with independent appraisers, completing in-house valuations and analyzing the results and assisting in preparation of the Annual Investment Plan and in the development of Hold/Sell recommendations.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
Manager, Corporate Real Estate Performance Manager
(ROSEMEAD, CA) The manager will support the Business Services Department head and collaborate with the Corporate Real Estate team in defining and implementing the CRE current year budget, developing performance benchmarks and people strategies.

SELECTLEADERS
Chief Financial Officer
(NEW YORK CITY) Key responsibilities and requirements include: direct and oversee all accounting/controls, finance, treasury, budgeting & forecasting, performance measurement, regulatory compliance, and tax aspects for the company; possess a proven track record designing and implementing financial and administrative platforms.

OFFICE MEDIA NETWORK
Vice President of Property Development
(NEW YORK CITY) The position will be dedicated to expanding OMN's real estate platform by consistently securing new real estate partners. This will be done by leveraging personal contacts as well as cultivating & positioning the value proposition to new contacts.

OFFICE MEDIA NETWORK
Senior Vice President of Property Development
(SAN FRANCISCO) The position will be dedicated to expanding OMN's real estate platform by consistently securing new real estate partners. This will be done by leveraging personal contacts as well as cultivating & positioning the value proposition to new contacts.

KELLERAUGUSTA PARTNERS
Manager, Investor Reporting
(BOSTON) Assist with the timely and accurate preparation and issuance of all external financial reporting matters of the company, including the annual report, SEC filings, debt compliance, supplemental data packages, press releases and monthly/quarterly joint venture reporting packages.
Promotions No more than one submission per company will be considered per week.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three for coverage in Executive Watch.
WENTWORTH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CORP.
(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) Stacia Scaduto is promoted to executive director for Wentworth's Philadelphia region. She joined the company as regional director in 2005. In addition, Patrick Parker is promoted to regional director of Wentworth's Center City Philadelphia office. He joined the company in 2001.

CONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE COS.
(CORAL GABLES, FL) CREC veteran Steven Hurwitz rises to shareholder and senior vice president at the commercial real estate firm. He served as vice president of the company and was one of the top-producing commercial leasing associates for the past two years.

WELLS REAL ESTATE FUNDS
(NORCROSS, GA) The real estate investment company promotes Peter Mitchell to senior vice president, Midwest acquisitions. Mitchell has been with the company since 2002.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(CHARLOTTE, NC) As part of the company's effort to grow business across the country, Chris Wasko is appointed market director in North and South Carolina, and Rob Hinton is hired as managing director. Wasko joined the firm in 1984 and was previously regional director for the markets group in the Atlanta region. Hinton comes from the Staubach Co.

CORPORATE FACILITY ADVISORS
(HOLLYWOOD, FL) Garibaldi Group CEO James Garibaldi is elected president of Corfac International for 2008. He served as vice president of the organization in 2007 and has been a member of the executive committee since 2004.
COLLIERS HOUSTON & CO
(TEANECK, NJ) The company bumps up three of its professionals to senior associates. James Costanzo, Andrew Houston and Frank Kobola all receive promotions.

MORRIS ARCHITECTS
(HOUSTON) Doug Childers rises to the position of principal and will direct the firm's urban studio. The company also elevates Todd McCurdy to principal for landscape architecture and planning services.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP
(CHICAGO) W. Michael Bennett is raised to the position of associate vice president of investment. He has been with the company since April 2003.

STUDLEY
(LOS ANGELES) The tenant advisory firm promotes Michael Shuken to managing director of its Downtown office and Liron Nelik to associate director of the West L.A. office.
New Hires No more than one submission per company will be considered per week.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three for coverage in Executive Watch.
TRANSWESTERN CHICAGO
(CHICAGO) Dennis L. Redmond is named senior vice president of tenant advisory services. He previously worked for NAI Hiffman and CB Richard Ellis.

CAPMARK FINANCE
(NEW YORK CITY) Jonathan Kohan is hired as vice president in the company's New York City office. He joins Capmark from Wachovia Securities.

THE STAUBACH CO.
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Chip Olsen is appointed senior vice president and managing director of corporate services for the Carolinas. In addition, broker Mark Ayers takes on the additional role of a leadership position with Staubach's national financial industry team.

CIP REAL ESTATE
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Jared Rogers is chosen to serve as vice president and regional director in CIP's newly expanded operations in the southeast. Rogers joins the company from Buchanan Street Partners.

BIANCO PROPERTIES
(ST LOUIS) Bianco hires Scott B. Koch as property manager for a portfolio of the company's investment properties.

LAURUS-VALENS
(NEW YORK CITY) Jay Drezner joins the investment management firm as senior investment analyst. He spent the past nine years in various positions with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

ADLER GROUP
(MIAMI) The commercial real estate firm adds to its leasing management team by hiring Patricia Quintana as director of leasing and Nicole Messer as commercial associate. In addition, Brad Nojaim joins the company as leasing manager of its Airside International Business Park at Opa-Locka Airport.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(SAN FRANCISCO; DALLAS) JLL brings Mark George on board as vice president and Steve Church joins the company as senior vice president. George was previously employed by Colliers and Church ran his own property brokerage firm.

INTERCONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE CORP.
(BOSTON) Sharlene Ward is appointed property accountant for the firm's finance and accounting group. She previously worked for Carpenter and Co. Inc.

LANE NORTHEAST
(PHILADELPHIA) Bill Brown is named to the newly created position of division partner. He joins the company from Oxford Properties.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(LOS ANGELES; ONTARIO) Kim Hourihan is hired as a portfolio manager and managing director of the managing accounts group with CBRE Investors and Cray Carlson becomes a senior vice president in the Ontario office. Hourihan previously held positions with Starwood Capital Group and TA Associates Realty. Carlson joins the company after nearly two decades at Marcus & Millichap.

BILLINGSLEY CO.
(DALLAS) Jason Claunch is named senior vice president, retail leasing and development and Joel M. Overton, Jr. is appointed senior vice president, general counsel.

THE SITUS COS.
(HOUSTON) David Stern comes on board as vice president of real estate consulting and due diligence. Before joining the company, Stern was vice president of commercial real estate finance at Zenta.

CRESAPARTNERS
(NEW YORK CITY; CHICAGO) The real estate advisory firm appoints Jennifer Lamb director of administration and Michele Gallois-George part of the company's project management group. Lamb was previously office manager for Context-TQA and Gallois-George was a regional manager for First American Title Insurance Co.
PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY
(HOUSTON) Spencer Chambers is hired as government relations department manager. His 15 years of experience in government relations includes legislative aide positions with Sen. John Cornyn and State Rep. Tony Goolsby.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER
(ROSEMONT, IL) Brenda Sexton joins the office advisory group of Colliers Bennett as executive vice president. Sexton spent 20 years in the industry before she was appointed director of the Illinois Film Office in 2003.

AQUE INVESTMENT GROUP
(HOUSTON) Sheryl Crutchfield is named director of leasing and marketing. Before joining Aque, she served as senior leasing manager for Caldwell Cos.

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS
(PLANO, TX) Derek Williams is hired as vice president of commercial lending. He joins the company from Texans Commercial Capital.

J.L. HARE ASSOCIATES
(SANTA ANA, CA) Angela Gindy is hired to serve as director of business development. In this role, she will be responsible for targeting commercial, hospitality, medical and public works developments.

UCR URBAN
(DALLAS) The company adds Roland Mackie to its employee roster as an executive vice president. He joins UCR from Kirkland's Home, where he was the senior vice president of real estate and development.

STAUBACH RETAIL
(CHARLOTTE, NC) The company is expanding in the Carolinas with the addition of three new vice presidents. Randal Johnson is hired as senior vice president and market leader in the new Charlotte office. Joining him are new vice presidents Steve Ellis and Larry Wheeler. All three previously led their own companies.

HOLLIDAY FENOGLIO FOWLER
(MIAMI) Michael Sprotzer is hired as an associate director in the firm's investment sales group and as a member of HFF's national multifamily group. He previously worked for Ram Development Co. and RealFoundations, Inc.

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER
(SAN FRANCISCO) Stephen Berkman and Deborah Schmall join the firm's global real estate practice as partners. Berkman previously worked for Winston & Strawn LLP and Schmall was employed at Farella Braul + Martel LLP.

GVA WILLIAMS
(NEW YORK CITY) The company adds two new associates, James Barile and Sheena Gohil to its tenant representation group. Barile was formerly employed by Newmark Knight Frank, while Gohil was with Lincoln Property Co.

EMORY HILL REAL ESTATE SERVICES
(NEW CASTLE, DE) Kristen J. Mickle joins the company as property management assistant and Sharon J. Rainey is hired as bookkeeper. Mickle most recently worked for Pettinaro Construction Co., and Rainey was employed by Cornell Management Corp. and Applied Card Systems.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.