Future of Prince George's County & Evening Schmooze

A proud, life-long Prince Georgian, Angela was raised in Camp Springs and now resides in Upper Marlboro with her daughter, Alex. After graduation from the University of Maryland Law School, Angela began her career as a Prince George’s County Assistant State’s Attorney in 1997, eventually becoming the county’s first full-time prosecutor assigned to handle domestic violence cases where she tried, and successfully prosecuted scores of cases against violent offenders. In 2002, Angela was appointed by the County Executive to serve as Education Liaison, where she organized educational forums to help increase parental involvement in schools and environmental based learning opportunities. In 2003, she was appointed the Executive Director of the county’s Revenue Authority. Under her leadership, the agency increased revenue by 40% through their parking enforcement program and some of those funds were used to help the county maintain a balanced budget during the recession. In 2010, overcoming a two-percent name recognition against a field of candidates who had all run for public office previously, Angela, by an overwhelming margin, was elected to serve as the county’s State’s Attorney, becoming the youngest and first woman to be elected to the office in Prince George’s County. As State’s Attorney, Angela led a staff of 100 attorneys and 110 professional administrative staff responsible for prosecuting people accused of committing crimes. As the county’s top law enforcement official, Angela played a key role in public safety and strived to carry out her responsibilities in a firm, fair and consistent manner. She increased the office’s budget by 40% and successfully fought for additional resources to ensure the office could appropriately support the needs of the community. A hallmark of Angela’s approach as State’s Attorney was to engage the community to prevent further crime. She created a truancy reduction initiative that works with schools to keep kids on the right path and she started a program called Back on Track – Prince George’s aimed at giving low-level, non-violent offenders a second chance in the community. Under her leadership, prosecution rates rose across the board and remained steady over the last eight years. Alsobrooks and her office have been a major factor in the record crime reduction the county has seen over the last four years and the 50% reduction in violent crime over the last seven. In November, Angela was elected as the 8th County Executive for Prince George’s County and the first female to hold the position. Angela is a member of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and is involved in the effort to raise breast cancer awareness in her community.

Brad Frome graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland with a BS in government in politics and attended law school at George Washington University.  Brad started his career in Maryland government working for a member of the House of Delegates in 2003, staying in Annapolis until 2005.  Brad then served as a chief of staff to a member of the Prince George’s County Council for five years before joining Rushern Baker’s Administration.  In the Baker Administration he served first as Deputy Chief of Staff than as an Assistant Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for economic development and public infrastructure where he coordinated policy initiatives for the county as well as economic development projects.  Brad then joined the Administration of Angela Alsobrooks serving as her Director of Strategic Operations.   Brad recently joined the private sector as a government affairs consultant working for Perry White Ross and Jacobson specializing in legislative affairs at the state and local level as well as economic development project coordination.     Born and raised in suburban Philadelphia Brad is married with two small boys.

Vicki Davis is responsible for managing the acquisition, planning, design, and implementation of all Urban Atlantic projects, and asset management of properties that the company owns and its Mid-City Community CDE investment portfolio. With over 28 years of experience in real estate development, she formerly served as Deputy Director of the Maryland Housing Fund and Maryland DHCD -Division of Credit Assurance. Her experience also includes portfolio management for MNC Financial-South Charles Realty and multifamily development for Trammell Crow Residential. As President of Urban Atlantic Development, Ms. Davis has managed development of over $2 billion in real estate projects and asset managed over $4 billion in real estate investments. She has developed over 6,000 multifamily residential units and 600,000 commercial square feet for Urban Atlantic, including eight HOPE VI mixed-finance public housing redevelopment projects, as well as transit-oriented mixed-use projects.  Ms. Davis holds a MBA in Finance from American University, an MS in Engineering & Construction Management from University of Texas, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. She taught for 12 years in the Johns Hopkins Real Estate MBA program and is a LEED AP.

Mukang Cho founded Morning Calm Management and is the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Principal. Prior to joining Morning Calm Management, Mr. Cho was Chief Executive Officer and Principal of In-Rel Properties, a Managing Principal in charge of real estate strategy at Crown Capital Management and its affiliates, and a partner in the real estate practice group of Kirkland & Ellis. He began his career as a corporate attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and then served as a principal of Trifecta, a distress focused middle market investment firm. In his capacities as principal and advisor, Mr. Cho has successfully completed hundreds of transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $100 billion. Mr. Cho is a member of the President’s Council of The Real Estate Roundtable and the Cornell Real Estate Council. He is also a Vice Chairman of the Medical Peace Foundation, a non-profit organization started by his late father which develops free medical centers around the world. Mr. Cho graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. From Cornell University (with distinction). Morning Calm Management is a real estate investment firm with a focus on special situation investing and commercial real estate credit. Through its affiliates, the firm owns and operates approximately 10 million square feet of commercial real estate throughout the United States and manages a series of separate accounts, funds and ventures for its equity and credit strategies.

Scott Melnick formed Melnick Real Estate Advisors (MREA) in 2018 to offer clients a hands-on boutique investment sales platform focusing on multifamily disposition, acquisition, equity/debt placement, and 1031 exchange assignments. Scott, one of the leading multifamily brokers in the nation, has transacted over $25 billion of transactions throughout his career including the largest transactions for their respective years in the Washington and Baltimore metro regions, as well as Northern Virginia. Scott created and led dominant multifamily sales teams at Transwestern, JLL, and Berkadia from 1999-2018, and immediately prior to forming MREA Scott led Berkadia’s national Institutional Client Services platform for investment sales and debt. Scott earned an MBA/Finance from New York University and a BA/Economics from Ithaca College and also completed specialized real estate coursework at Cornell University and NYU Law School. Scott is an active Advisory Member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and has been a prominent speaker at NMHC national and local conferences.

Mr. Kelly is involved in the day-to-day operations and management of Carrollton Enterprises in their shopping center portfolio in Prince George’s County, Maryland. He has been with the company for 20 years and obtained his Masters of Real Estate Development degree from the University of Maryland. Mr. Kelly is also involved with the International Council of Shopping Centers, being the former Chair of the Maryland Government Relations Committee. He resides in Olney, Maryland, with his wife, stepson, stepdaughter and their twin boys.

Land use attorney Chris Hatcher advises real estate developers, builders, nonprofits, financial institutions, and property owners on navigating the regulatory and political processes for development in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties. As one of his developer clients says, “Chris’s unique combination of technical expertise, people skills, and drive make him extremely effective,” citing his “knowledge of the process, as well as his ability to make personal connections with key people.” Chris is experienced in municipal law, land use, zoning, subdivision, urban planning, historic preservation, environmental issues, and other real estate development matters for mixed-use, residential, and office developments throughout Maryland. He regularly appears before the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources, and the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services on entitlement and development approvals. He works closely with development team members--including architects, engineers, and land planners--to create presentations for community stakeholders, administrative bodies, and municipalities. Chris currently serves on the board of directors of the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation.

Suzanne was born and raised in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Suzanne graduated from The American University with a B.S.B.A. degree in Accounting and Finance. She is a licensed certified public accountant, and was an owner and partner in Hillman & Glorioso for over 30 years. Through her work at Hillman & Glorioso, a boutique public accounting firm specializing in real estate, Suzanne honed her expertise in business organization, internal controls and structured finance. During her distinguished career, Suzanne has been an active member of the community, having served on the Board of Directors to First Union Bank and its predecessor State National Bank of Maryland (1982-1989), where she was a member of the both loan and audit committees. Suzanne has also been an active alumni at American University, serving on the Advisor Counsel to Dean Tuttle at the Kogod School of Business (1990-1992) and later on the Board of Directors for American University (1992-2000). Since 2010, Suzanne has served on the Board of Trustees for the University of Maryland College Park Foundation. In addition to her many philanthropic endeavors, Suzanne founded the Hillman Entrepreneurs program with her husband David. The Hillman Entrepreneurs Program is a scholarship initiative targeted to students who have an interest in entrepreneurship and a desire to start a business or lead a company. The goal is to support and develop ethical leaders who want to give back to their local communities. The program awards scholarships to students at Montgomery College, Prince George’s County Community College and The University of Maryland at College Park.

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.

Derek Olszanowski, Vice President-Asset Management, has over 15 years of experience in multi-family operations and is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the residential portfolio for Chesapeake Realty Partners. At CRP, Mr. Olszanowski has been responsible for nearly $1B of assets, including disposition of over $500M of multi-family property. Prior to joining CRP, he served as the Corporate Trainer, among other roles for Bozzuto Management and was a Regional Property Manager with The Dolben Company. He earned a BS in Education from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew M. Gordon is an Associate in the Firm’s Land Use/Zoning Practice. He represents clients in all aspects of the approval and entitlement processes, from pre-project due diligence to public hearings and agency relations. Matthew joined Linowes and Blocher from the Prince George’s County Office of Law and previously served as a legal advisor to the Prince George’s County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement. He brings significant government experience and helps clients navigate the complex regulatory issues involved in developing real estate in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. He has worked on a variety of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, and has particular experience in the area of multi-family properties. Matt represents clients before the Montgomery County and Prince George’s Planning Boards, Montgomery and Prince George’s County Councils, and regulatory agencies in these jurisdictions.

David S. Iannucci is the President and CEO of the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) with a passion for business growth and expansion. Often referring to economic development as the foundation of wealth creation upon which community benefits are built upon, Iannucci is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Prince George's County and works diligently to do so daily. Mr. Iannucci has played a prominent role in economic development projects across the state of Maryland, including leading the County's effort to develop the 2013 Strategic Plan for Economic Development under which the County ascended to the rank of #1 in job growth in the State of Maryland. He was also intricately involved in the updated 2022 Strategic Plan for Economic Development which will be published later this year. As the head of the Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation, Mr. Iannucci oversees the County’s $50 million Economic Development Incentive Fund, which has leveraged over $1.1 Billion in private sector investments and has played a prominent role with the County’s key initiatives such as the pursuit of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters, the opening of the brand new, state of the art University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center, and multiple Transit Oriented Development projects including the economic expansion around the Blue Line Corridor and the future Purple Line. Appointed by County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Mr. Iannucci previously served under former County Executive Rushern Baker, III as the Assistant Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Economic Development where he oversaw the activities of EDC, FSC First, and the Conference and Visitors Bureau. In both his current position and former position, he directs Prince George’s County’s efforts to retain and support the existing business community. In his 45-year career, Mr. Iannucci has served in many positions within state and local government. His previous positions include Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Executive Director of the Baltimore County Department of Economic Development, and under former Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer, Chief Legislative Officer. Mr. Iannucci is a 1979 graduate of the University of Maryland School Of Law, a member of the Maryland Bar, and a 1974 graduate of the University of Maryland College Park. David S. Iannucci is also a former President of the Maryland Economic Development Association and is a member of the MEDA Hall of Fame. A long-time resident of Prince George's County, he resides in Bowie with his wife and daughter. Attachments area

As a market president for United Bank, Steve is responsible for the management and operation of all bank offices in the Suburban Maryland area, including client relationships and new business development. Prior to this role, Steve was a commercial lender with United for 13 years, working with international, national and local real estate developers who focus on multifamily development, retail, office, residential homebuilding and industrial properties. He also serves on the board for the Catholic Charities Golf Classic and is involved in the corporate work study program with Don Bosco Cristo Rey high school, which allows students to apply classroom learning to the workplace.