The Future of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County

Timothy Hogan is a 20-year veteran of the real estate industry, with specialized experience in financing, acquisition and disposition, and the redevelopment and repositioning of land assets. Founded in 1985, Hogan celebrated its 30th year in business in 2015, and is known as the pre-eminent land consulting, advisory, and brokerage firm in the State of Maryland. In addition to his responsibilities as President, Mr. Hogan manages Hogan’s land investment platform where Hogan acquires and develops for its own account and on behalf of its investors. Mr. Hogan supervises all land transactions, land acquisition and assemblage, supervision of zoning and entitlements, engineering and permitting, and budget management. His many land development projects span several real estate sectors to include residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality, and mixed use, as well as affordable housing. Hogan acts as development manager on approximately 50 real estate development projects across 9 different jurisdictions in the Washington DC metro area and one residential PUD in the Carolinas. Mr. Hogan holds a B.S. in Finance from the RH Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland College Park where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was nominated as the Commencement Speaker. He is an active member of the Economic Club of Washington, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the Maryland Building Industry Association (MBIA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Mr. Hogan has been with Hogan since 1999. Prior to joining the Hogan, Mr. Hogan worked with Rodgers Consulting in Montgomery County, Maryland and Ridgecrest Investments in Frederick, Maryland.

Joseph Weinberg is Managing Partner and CEO of Resort & Gaming Entertainment for the Cordish Companies. For the past 30 years, he has overseen the acquisition, financing, design, development, and management of high profile hotel, gaming, retail and entertainment projects worldwide. Mr. Weinberg has also overseen the company's expansion efforts in Asia and Europe. Mr. Weinberg serves as a trustee on a number of philanthropic foundation boards, including the Joseph & Debra Weinberg Family Foundation, formed by Mr. Weinberg and his wife to support underprivileged communities in the United States and internationally. A graduate of the University of Virginia, he played Division I Baseball for The University.

Mr. Lighthizer started Chesapeake Real Estate Group, LLC (“CREG”) after spending 16 years at CB Richard Ellis, where he achieved the titles of Senior Vice President and Partner, and was a consistent “Top 5″ producer. His past institutional landlord clients include RREEF, Ohio Teachers, First Industrial, Opus, Invesco, Cabot, and CalEast/LaSalle Advisors. He also served as a tenant representative leader with the National CB Global Logistics Practice Group. Since starting CREG, Mr. Lighthizer has negotiated some of the region’s largest industrial transactions, including representing General Motors in the sale of their Baltimore Van Assembly Plant, which consisted of 182 acres and two million square feet of industrial space to Duke Realty for $33 million. Mr. Lighthizer previously represented GM with their acquisition of 80 acres in White Marsh, Maryland for their 800,000 square-foot Allison Transmission Plant. Lighthizer also negotiated the purchase of a 240-acre, 1.5 million square foot planned business park known as Baltimore Crossroads @95, which is currently in its final stages of development. Under Lighthizer’s direction, the company has purchased numerous properties as part of the company’s initiative to both own and broker commercial real estate. CREG has acquired, developed and/or has or held ownership in over 20 industrial, office, and retail projects that total over $300 million in value. The company’s partners include or have included Prudential Real Estate Investors, USAA, The Carlyle Group, Atapco Properties, Osprey Property, Somerset Construction, and Hostetter Construction.

Richard has over 29 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and has been with St. John Properties since 1993. He supervises the Leasing, Marketing and Interior Design Departments. Richard oversees all Maryland leasing of the St. John Properties real estate holdings in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Prince George’s counties as well as Baltimore City. This portfolio consists of more than 15 million square feet of office, research and development/flex and warehouse commercial real estate. He is also responsible for the Marketing Department’s strategy, branding and corporate identity, as well as St John Properties Interior Design Department, which completes more than 400 design plans per year. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Baltimore. Mr. Williamson serves on the Board of Directors of the BWI Business Partnership, The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP). Richard is a Maryland native and resides in Howard County. He has two sons Richard and Ryan, and an Australian Labradoodle, Bo.

Mark Glagola is the Senior Managing Director of Transwestern’s Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets Group. He specializes in investment sales, joint venture development and equity financing for Office and Industrial Product throughout the Mid Atlantic. Mark also co-leads Transwestern’s National Industrial Group coordinating the company’s capital market efforts for institutions nationwide. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Mark is a 30-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry. He began his career in leasing and now specializes in institutional acquisition/sales and development. In the last 16 years, he has been involved in the acquisition of over 20 million square feet of product for clients and executed over $8 billion in sales. In the past two years alone, Mark sold more than 3 million square feet valued at over $400 million. Some of his clients have included Cabot Properties, Industrial Property Trust, State Farm, Liberty Property Trust, ORIX, Invesco, AEW, American Realty Advisors, NYSTRS, First Industrial, Morgan Stanley, Principal Life Insurance, RREEF, UBS and Atapco. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/RECOGNITION  #1 Maryland Sales Broker (2012) – Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association of Greater Washington, D.C. (CREBA)  NAIOP DC|MD member EDUCATION Mark earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in real estate from Johns Hopkins University. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Maryland and Virginia.

Sally Nash, Chief of Comprehensive Planning, has been with the Department of Planning and Zoning since 2006, first in the Current Planning Division (development review), and then in the Comprehensive Planning Division. She has staffed several planning efforts, including the Forest Drive/Eastport Sector Study, the Cultural Resources Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the City Dock Advisory Committee, a 25-member citizens’ committee assigned to investigate the revitalization of a part of downtown Annapolis. Ms. Nash received a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in Geography and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

John brings 17 years of experience to Rosso Commercial Real Estate Services. He has handled over $500 million in sales and leasing transactions and has been named by CoStar Group on five occasions as a “Power Broker”, both for Retail & Office transactions in the greater-Baltimore market, making him uniquely qualified as a true “full service” commercial real estate professional. John gained an interest in real estate while attending high school, so he signed up for real estate classes at a local real estate office in Severna Park, earning his real estate license as a high school senior. Shortly thereafter while attending Anne Arundel Community College, he obtained a position with the Hogan Companies/Murphy-Hogan, learning about land and commercial property brokerage. After transferring to the University of MD College Park, John decided to continue to focus his career in commercial real estate, transitioning to Murphy Commercial Real Estate, where he remained for over a decade, prior to starting Rosso Commercial in late-2016. John graduated from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland with a Finance degree. In 2019, John achieved the SIOR designation, a professional achievement for highly-qualified commercial real estate specialists with a strong and sustained transactional history in brokerage, fee-based services or executive management. John currently serves on the board of trustees for the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, one of the largest funders of nonprofit organizations in the County. Additionally, John serves on the board of directors for the Anne Arundel Community College Foundation, he is a board member for Creating Communities, and he and his wife serve on the Leadership Advisory Council for the Building Traditions Society at Anne Arundel Medical Center. John has previously served as a board member for the Greater Severna Park & Arnold Chamber of Commerce, the Anne Arundel Commercial & Industrial Association (AACIA), The ARC of the Central Chesapeake and Lifting Anne Arundel (a philanthropic giving circle in the County). John is a member of ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers).Additionally, John was appointed in 2017 by then County Executive Steve Schuh to serve on the newly created Agricultural-Tourism Commission focused on maximizing economic development in Southern Anne Arundel County while preserving its rural nature. John lives in Annapolis, MD with his wife, Priscilla, and two sons, Jack and Hayes.

Adam D. Baker is a partner in the firm's Land Use and Zoning group with a focus on real estate transactions. Since 2006, Adam has represented developers, institutions, property owners and companies in a variety of transactional and administrative real estate matters. Adam advises clients on all aspects of land use and zoning issues, primarily in Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel Counties. His practice includes representation before government and regulatory organizations and counseling clients on issues related to the entitlement and permit processes, including use restrictions, off-street parking requirements, stormwater management, historic preservation, traffic mitigation, green building requirements and incentives, and inclusionary housing obligations, among others. Adam also counsels developers and property owners in a variety of transactional matters, including leasing, development, construction, financing, land acquisition and disposition. He is a LEED accredited professional of the U.S. Green Building Council and has spoken and written extensively on the topic of sustainable development.