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As President, Steve specializes in the development of new business and management of large, complex lease transactions at esrp. With over 30 years of experience representing only tenants, Steve’s expertise in both finance and transaction management has produced highly successful transactions totaling more than 50M square feet of space and over $10B in transaction value throughout his career. His transformational leadership and innovative approach, allow Steve to provide strategic direction for both esrp and clients. He works with clients and brands who want more than transactional real estate support. By delivering operational success and building business value, he enjoys relationships that last well past transaction completion.

Bill Cawley is the brand and vision behind Cawley Partners, a full-service, Dallas-based real estate company historically focused on commercial office product. Over the course of his career, Bill has owned all classes of commercial real estate in multiple markets across the country. He is continually recognized as one of the most influential business leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 2020, Bill was named Developer of the Year by D CEO Magazine, and most recently, he was the 2022 inductee to the NTCAR (The North Texas Commer- cial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals) Hall of Fame. Bill has acquired and developed more than 15 million square feet of commercial office product. His company, Cawley Partners, has been the premier office developer along the Dallas North Toll- way, developing more than $500 million of Class A office space and totaling more than 1.5 million square feet within the last 5 years. Bill Cawley served as the 2020 Chairman of TREC (The Real Es- tate Council) and is a past board member of NTCAR. Bill is an ac- tive member of ULI (Urban Land Institute) and serves on the SMU COX Folsom Institute for Real Estate Advisory Board. In addition to his industry related committee positions, Bill supports numerous charitable organizations.

Bill Brokaw is senior vice president of Hillwood Urban, where he leads the division’s business development and leasing efforts. During a career that spans more than two decades, Brokaw has managed leasing transactions totaling more than 7 million square feet of landmark, Class A office space throughout the North Texas region. Properties and projects that Brokaw has represented include Victory Park, The Towers at Williams Square, and numerous CBD high-rise buildings, in addition to other significant assets in Downtown Dallas, Las Colinas, and North Dallas. In 2013 and 2014, he received the Top National Broker – Agency Leasing Award from Cushman & Wakefield and has also received “Best Real Estate Deal” awards three times from the Dallas Business Journal. In 2011, he was featured as a Top DFW office leasing broker in the Dallas Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate “Heavy Hitters” list. He has also been designated as a “D CEO Power Broker” based on his outstanding revenue production from 2010 thru 2020. Brokaw began his commercial real estate career in 1995 at Lincoln Property Company. Brokaw has also held positions at Trizec Office Properties and originally joined Hillwood Development as vice president of leasing for Victory Park’s initial Class A office offerings. Following a move to Cousins Properties and Cushman & Wakefield, serving as executive director of their Dallas office, Brokaw returned to Hillwood to partner in the formation of the Hillwood Urban division.

Before founding QIP, Chad was Vice President, Acquisitions for Hillwood Investment Properties, where, from 2004 to 2012, he focused on development and acquisition opportunities in numerous markets nationally. In addition to helping lead the company’s acquisition team Chad coordinated over $1 billion in dispositions. He also played an integral role in the sourcing and structuring of numerous institutional joint ventures and development partnerships. Prior to joining Hillwood, Chad was a Director of Leasing and Dispositions with Emerson Partners, a Dallas based owner and operator of office and industrial properties.

Clay has over 30 years’ experience as a business development/operations management professional. His career is one marked by ever greater responsibilities and noteworthy accomplishment. His strong foundation in project management, combined with a unique ability to understand and communicate with people at all levels, creates an environment leading to exceptional service and quality results for our clients. As Vice President, Clay provides leadership in the development of client relationships and the pursuit of new business across all of our commercial construction service areas including office, retail, warehouse and medical offices. He is focused on delivering superior service by understanding our existing and potential client’s needs and connecting the precise resources necessary to deliver the greatest value to each project. He works closely with our clients to define high quality, cost effective solutions through intelligent preconstruction preparation and focused project management.

Scott Harper is a technology entrepreneur with an engineering and finance background and extensive experience in sales, product strategy, product development, operations and marketing. He is the founder of several technology companies and worked in a number of early stage companies ranging from banking to consumer web to enterprise software. Scott has the unique ability to bridge the gap between business and engineering in product development. Under the leadership and vision of Scott, the Dialexa team provides custom technology services and solutions to some of the top companies in the world, as well as helping bring to market fast-growing, emerging startups looking to disrupt their industry. Dialexa has been repeatedly recognized by Entreprenuer.com as one of the most entrepreneurial companies in America, and by analyst firm Forrester as one of the top Digital Experience Service Providers in North America. Scott has also been recognized by Ernst & Young with the EY Entrepreneur of The Year Award.

Alana Liane brings a wealth of industry best practices to Page, along with an interest in multiple aspects of project architecture ranging from sustainable to interior design. She has worked for multidisciplinary design firms as well as on the client side for firms such as CBRE. Since joining Page at the beginning of 2015, Alana has overseen project delivery for a range of market sectors from Healthcare to Housing / Hospitality and Corporate / Commercial. She is a graduate of the University of North Texas where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design.

Ensuring that our Hana brand values and key product components are driven through the entire corporate enterprise and across all Hana spaces falls on the shoulders of Brian Harrington, our Chief Experience Officer. No stranger to creating compelling brand experiences, Brian has led marketing teams for iconic and innovative brands in transportation, urban lifestyle, consumer services and hospitality. After serving as Chief Product Officer for CBRE 360, Brian was tapped to become Chief Experience Officer for Hana. Prior to joining Hana, Brian served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing service, where he oversaw all brand experience, member acquisition and engagement, public relations, policy and partnership efforts for this innovative, urban brand. He has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences as well as a sought out interviewee by publications including the Wall Street Journal and The Economist on the topics of advertising, marketing and overall brand strategy. Most recently he was the inaugural entrepreneur in residence for the top-ranked Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where he taught, mentored and assisted in program development for both undergraduate and graduate students. Brian has held executive positions at the Boathouse Group, Upromise and Connection to eBay. Earlier in his career worked for EF Education and Sheraton Hotels. Brian received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in finance from Boston College. He currently serves on the board of directors of DropCar (Nasdaq: DCAR) and is an advisor to early stage companies. In 2015, he was named a top New England CMO by VentureBeat, and in 2005 was the recipient of the U. S. Congressional Angel in Adoption Award.

Lisa Lane, a Dallas native, is Director of Business Development in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and is responsible for leading Airwavz Solutions' products and services in the commercial real estate market. Airwavz Solutions provides custom wireless solutions as a service to building owners and their tenants in order to achieve excellent wireless performance throughout the building. Lisa is currently working with more than 70 clients, consulting them on current and future telecommunications trends like 5G, IoT and smart building infrastructure that will improve wireless performance within their buildings and yield longer-term profitability, higher building lease rates and longer tenant leases. Lisa is also a member of numerous local and national associations such as CREW, NTCAR, CoreNet Global, Urban Land Institute, and CCIM. Lisa has more than 17 years in High Tech business development and holds a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Minnesota State University. She is an outdoor enthusiast who loves to camp, fish and hike.

Travis Perkins is the Head of Customer Experience at Join Digital based in San Francisco, CA. He and his team focus on delivering new and innovative experiences to CRE owners/operators and their tenants. Travis has 12+ years in customer experience working for a wide range of technology companies in the cybersecurity, and real estate verticals including Cloudflare, iCiX and Till Mobile. Join Digital delivers on-demand IT services that help tenants become productive in their space from day 1. As the leader for customer experience, Travis is helping to curate new ways of delivering a frictionless experience for tenants and their employees.

As a third-generation builder, Greg Gordon has spent the last 25+ years continuing his family’s legacy in construction and real estate. The guiding passion through it all has been a passion for serving others. Whether it’s serving clients, subcontractors, employees, or his own family, Greg truly believes in the principle of servant leadership combined with the commitment to excellence. It’s with these in mind, that Greg founded Gordon Highlander in 2007. Under Greg’s leadership, Gordon Highlander has experienced tremendous growth becoming one of the top General Contractors in DFW. Recently the company was awarded the Dallas Business Journal’s Best Places to Work award, further reflecting Greg’s ongoing commitment to the people around him.

Jessica Miller Essl is the co-president of M2G Ventures, a commercial real estate private equity and advisory development comp any based in Fort Worth, Texas. Guided by the leadership of Jessica and her partner, Susan Gruppi, the fast-growing company carefully invests in distinctive mixed-use and industrial development projects located in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and the Austin Central Texas region. Jessica is responsible for business development, strategy, marketing, leasing and overseeing the company’s landlord advisory practices at M2G. Under Jessica’s leadership, the company continues to push the envelope with innovative ways to create places users want to be. Jessica possesses a relentless drive in truly creating value-add opportunities for all of the projects the company touches. Prior to starting M2G, Jessica was with Open Realty Advisors. During her tenure there, Jessica was instrumental in the company’s landlord consulting platform. She led the strategy and execution of the real estate roll out for Tesla and Spanx across North America. Jessica also played a key role in the site selection and execution of other major brands, such as J. Crew, Apple, Restoration Hardware, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Abercrombie & Fitch, to name a few. She negotiated transactions with every major retail owner in the United States during her time there. Prior to joining Open Realty, Jessica was Senior Leasing Representative at Trademark Property Company, where she specialized in the leasing strategy, execution, and project management of super-regional malls and upscale mixed-use centers. Jessica is credited with bringing some of the nation’s most premier specialty retailers to Trademark’s projects during her four years there. Jessica serves on the Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth, the TCU Center for Real Estate Advisory Board, the Board for the TCU M.J. Neeley Entrepreneurial School, and the Small Development Council for Urban Land Institute. Jessica was named Top 40 under 40 in 2017 as well as received the Strong Partner Award from Girls Inc. of Tarrant County. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate with a Concentration in Leadership.

Mr. Chismark is a Partner with Morrison & Head, a Texas based property tax consulting, due diligence and appeals practice. He oversees the Dallas office working with institutional owners of commercial real estate through acquisition, development and property tax protests. Mr. Chismark’s team represents $14.5 Billion in commercial real estate in DFW. Morrison & Head is the fastest growing tax consulting practice in Texas and was recently named one of DFW’s 100 fastest growing companies for 2020. Ryan grew up in Syracuse, NY before relocating to Texas in 2012. He lives in Dallas with his wife Chelsea and his labradoodle Dwight.

Lance Wright is a Managing Director for ACORE Capital and operates out of the firm’s Dallas, Texas office. He manages the Central Region for ACORE which includes both the Southwest and Midwest areas of the United States and he originates roughly $1 billion of debt volume per year. Prior to his current role, Lance was a Regional Director at GE Capital Real Estate where he oversaw the origination efforts in the Central portion of the United States. While at GE, Lance was named one of the “20 Rising Stars in Real Estate” by Institutional Investor News in 2008. Prior to this position, Lance was a Senior Director at GE and was consistently one of the top producers within North America Lending. Lance has been actively involved in the real estate finance industry since graduating from SMU in 1990. He joined GE in 2001 from Heller Financial where he was Director. Earlier in his career, Lance worked with Amresco in Dallas. Currently a Vice Chair of the 1,250-member ULI North Texas Chapter, Lance is an active member in the national ULI Student Housing Council (STHC), and is also a member of NMHC, MBA, ICSC and The Real Estate Council (TREC). Lance has a BBA in Finance from SMU and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Arlington. While at SMU, Lance was a member of the 1986 SMU Mustang football team Lance has been married to his wife, Angie, for 19 years and they reside in University Park, Texas. They have three children – Christian (age 16), George Nicholas (age 14) and Alexandra (age 10). Lance enjoys watching his children’s sports teams, playing golf, traveling, and reading in his spare time.

Sayres has closed several multi-acreage commercial land sale transactions on the Dallas North Tollroad, and he is currently handling project leasing for several other developments such as Stonebrook Business Park, Frisco Bridges Place, and Headquarters I & II. Sayres places a major emphasis on developing relationships, synergy, and client service. His focus today is in real estate along the Dallas North Tollroad From 190 to US 380 now referred to as the “5 billion dollar mile”. He has also done work in the hospitality sector, and medical projects such as an expansion for Scottish Rite hospital and Heady Investments is developing a new medical office building for Baylor near the intersection of Preston Road and George Bush Freeway. Sayres plans on continuing his path to develop Class A projects, and working to give his clients the best possible locations, amenities, and first class identity to help them flourish and to set them up for success.