Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber 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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Job Opportunities

MCKINLEY INC.
Regional Director, West Florida Client Services
(ANN ARBOR, MI) The regional director will be responsible for managing a portfolio of apartment communities on Florida's West Coast, from Miami to Pensacola, with the goal of maximizing operating performance and achieving the company's financial goals.

MIT CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE
Program Coordinator
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) The coordinator will be responsible for organizing and managing the Center's professional and executive education offerings.

ALLIANT ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LLC
Controller
(WOODLAND HILLS, CA) The controller will primarily oversee the financial operations activities of over 40+ Low Income Housing Real Estate Partnerships throughout the United States. This includes overseeing the analyses of monthly operating statements from third party property management companies, and the preparation and review of all annual property audits.

NOKIA CHINA INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
Head of Workplace Services--APAC & China
(BEIJING, CHINA) The head of workplace services is responsibile for the provision of workplace service delivery and space management across APAC & China. This includes team leadership, strategy development, supply chain and financial management, and operational delivery.

CALPERS
Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Portfolio Analytics, Research and Operations
(SACRAMENTAO, CA) The portfolio manager will manage the day-to-day implementation of investment strategies and policies in the CalPERS Real Estate Investment Portfolio to ensure that the investments for the Public Employees Retirement System (PERF) achieve strategic return and risk objectives.

ATRIA SENIOR LIVING GROUP
Director--Risk Management
(LOUISVILLE, KY) The director will be responsible for managing all aspects of Atria's safety and loss prevention programs. Key areas of focus include being a member of the Company's Safety Committee, developing safety and loss control programs and policies and procedures, overseeing the workers compensation program and providing administration for all insurance programs which are either placed with outside carriers or provided by our wholly-owned captives.

JONES LANG LASALLE
Asset Manager--Mexico City
(MEXICO CITY) The asset manager will deliver investment performance of portfolio/assets consistent with budgets and exceeding client return benchmarks, develop and implement annual property operating budgets--in conjunction with property teams--asset/portfolio strategic plans, and leasing strategies for all assets; among other duties.

CONFIDENTIAL
Asset Manager
(NEW YORK CITY) The asset manager will be responsible for, but not limited only, to acquisition and divestment of properties; negotiation of purchase and sale and lease agreements; resolution of landlord-tenant disputes; resolution of zoning and rights of use issues; negotiating condemnation and eminent domain awards and; participating in due diligence for multi-unit acquisitions.

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.

JONES LANG LASALLE, INC.
(BOSTON) Jones Lang LaSalle is naming Alex Dauria as managing director, and Ben Breslau and John Schena as national directors from the Boston Region. Chris Beeson, Stephen Flint , David Girard, Dana Griffin, and Mark Jolly were named associate directors. Alex Dauria is an EVP on the firm's leasing team, SVP Ben Breslau directs the overall activities of the firm's research team in the Americas and John Schena is a SVP on the project and development services team.

GREENBERG GLUSKER
(LOS ANGELES) Greenberg Glusker is naming partner Bob Baradaran as chair of the firm's Real Estate Group.

ROCKWOOD
(SAN FRANCISCO) Rockwood Capital, LLC is promoting Peter Kaye of Rockwood's San Francisco office from director and manager of the portfolio for Rockwood Funds V and VII to managing director; Tyson Skillings of the Los Angeles office from director and manager of the portfolio for Rockwood Funds III, IV, VI and VIII to managing director; and Suzanne Woody from VP and member of the portfolio and asset management team in the White Plains office to director.

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.

ROB HARMAN
(SEAFORD, DE) Rob Harman is hiring Rodney Joyner as an advisor in this office. Joyner spent the last six years working as a realtor with Home Team Realty.

A10 CAPITAL
(DENVER) A10 Capital is hiring Alan Welty to head up its Denver office. Prior to joining A10 Capital, Alan was a commercial mortgage originator for Marcus and Millichap Capital Corp. here

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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.