National Industrial & Logistics Summit

Nick Kittredge

President, East Region
Prologis

Nick Kittredge is responsible for the East Region of the Americas for Prologis. Previously he was the senior vice president, country manager of Brazil, overseeing the Prologis CCP joint venture. Mr. Kittredge joined the company in 2004 and has served in a variety of positions in transactions focusing on business in the United States and abroad, including vice president, acquisitions Mexico, transactions officer, Mexico, and transactions associate, Southwest region. Prior to joining Prologis, he was a management consultant for Accenture. Mr. Kittredge is a member of the Urban Land Institute and formerly served on the association's Executive Committee in San Francisco. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California in Berkeley. Additionally, he holds two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania; a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business and a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the Lauder Institute.

Andrew Mele

Managing Director
Trammell Crow Company

Mr. Mele, Managing Director in the Company’s Northeast Metro Division, oversees industrial development and investment activity in the northeast United States. In his capacity, Mr. Mele is responsible for all aspects related to development including: deal sourcing, strategic planning, development execution, financing, leasing and disposition of both speculative and build-to-suit projects. Since rejoining TCC in 2005, Mr. Mele has been responsible for the entitelment and/or development of approximately 9.5 million square of industrial assets.​​​

John Hanlon

Executive Director
First Industrial Realty Trust

With more than 28 years of real estate leadership focusing on commercial investments for public and private companies, John Hanlon brings a depth of expertise in acquisition, development and asset management to his role at First Industrial Realty Trust. As Senior Investment/Development Officer, Mr. Hanlon leads First Industrial’s investment strategy and initiatives across the NE region. He leverages extensive market knowledge and experience to originate new opportunities in the region that benefit our investors and provide real estate solutions for customers. Most recently, Mr. Hanlon served as principal for the Hayden Maguire Real Estate Fund and senior acquisitions officer for Hayden Real Estate Investments, where he led the acquisition and development activities for the firm. Earlier, Mr. Hanlon worked in a senior capacity with several leading real estate firms. He was Managing Director at Cornerstone Real Estate Funds, where he led and managed all aspects of U.S. real estate investments and operations. Previously, he was First Vice President and Market Officer at Prologis, where he conducted all development and acquisition capital deployment, and oversaw the New Jersey and Pennsylvania portfolios and regional operations for the REIT. Mr. Hanlon received his MBA in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business and his bachelor's degree in Economics from Virginia Tech.

PJ Charlton

Senior Vice President, Investments
CenterPoint Properties

Paul "PJ" Charlton joined CenterPoint as Senior Vice President, Investments, in 2015 to oversee the growth of the Company's Eastern Region portfolio. In this role, Mr. Charlton is responsible for executing CenterPoint's Eastern Region investment strategy, sourcing and managing local acquisition transactions, and collaborating with the entire regional team to look for new investment opportunities and add value within the existing portfolio. Mr. Charlton brings more than a decade of experience in industrial real estate to the Company. Prior to joining CenterPoint, he served as Principal and Senior Vice President of Investments for KTR Capital Partners, where he led the sourcing, negotiation and execution of more than $1 Billion of industrial investment transactions in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Mr. Charlton graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in business from Wake Forest University and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Wendy Berger

CEO & Founder
WBS Equities

Wendy Berger is CEO and Founder of WBS Equities, LLC. WBS Equities is a real estate development firm which specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development, sale lease back transactions and acquisition of industrial buildings for food and beverage manufacturers and distributors. Wendy is also an active investor across multiple real estate asset classes including retail, multi-family, senior housing and self-storage. Over the last 28 years she has been involved in the real estate business as a developer, property manager, broker and principally as an owner-investor. Wendy began her career at American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago (a subsidiary of First Chicago, now JP Morgan Chase) in Commercial Lending. Wendy spent several years as a principal with Berger Realty Group, an 80-year- old family owned Real Estate business where she focused on residential and industrial property management and development. She was responsible for managing 3,000 apartment units, 200,000 square feet of commercial space and 250,000 square feet of industrial space. Aside from her experience in the real estate field, Wendy spent 10 years working with ultra-high growth technology startups. Wendy was employee number 10 at Orbitz, the Travel web site founded in 2000 by American, Continental, Delta, Northwest and United Airlines. Wendy was Director of the Enterprise Planning at Orbitz and focused on strategic planning. Prior to Orbitz, Wendy co-founded and was COO of Neoglyphics Media Corporation, one of the country’s first web site development firms. Neoglyphics grew from a small start-up to a corporation with a staff of more than 150 employees before it was sold in March 1998 for $65 million. Wendy earned her MBA in Finance and Real Estate from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business. She received a B.S., cum laude, in Finance and Marketing from Syracuse University. In her spare time Wendy is an avid triathlete and runner, having completed 31 Olympic Distance triathlons and six half-marathons. Wendy serves on the Board of directors of the Chicago Public Library Foundation (2016 – present), the Board of directors of the Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Chicago (2001 – 2007, and 2009 – present). Wendy has volunteered for TimeLine Theater, The Marwen Foundation, Chicago Run and the Uptown Cafe. Wendy served until 2004 as Vice-President and Membership Chair at The Standard Club of Chicago and as a member of the Board of Directors (1994 – 2004). Wendy is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and served as the chair of the Real Estate Membership Committee. Wendy served two years on the Board of Directors of TEDxMidwest. Wendy co-founded Illinois Women in Cannabis in 2014. Wendy is an active mentor, a role she takes very seriously, usually mentoring 4 – 5 young women at any given time. Most recently, Wendy is proud to now call herself a TED speaker, her talk is available on the TED web site.

Jeff Palmquist

Senior Vice President, Northeast
Duke Realty

As Regional Senior Vice President of Duke Realty's Northeast Region, Jeff is responsible for leading and directing the leasing, property management and marketing of its growing industrial portfolios in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington, DC, as well as new development opportunities, land and building acquisitions, and dispositions. Jeff joined Duke Realty in 1995 as a Senior Leasing Representative in its Columbus office and was promoted to Vice President, Industrial Leasing in 1999. In 2006, Jeff was named Senior Vice President of the company's Nashville, Tennessee operations and, in December 2013, was promoted to his current role. During his tenure, Jeff has completed more than 30 million square feet of industrial development and acquisitions in Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, Wisconsin, Virginia and Maryland. EDUCATION • Bachelor’s degree, Business Administration in Finance, University of Cincinnati PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Past President/Board member, Nashville Chapter of NAIOP • Leadership Middle Tennessee COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT • Habitat for Humanity • Ronald McDonald House • Toys for Tots • Second Harvest Food Bank • United Way

Omer Mir Ahmed

Chief Development Officer
Seagis Property Group

Dov Hertz

President
DH Property Holdings

Dov Hertz is the Founder and Principal of DH Property Holdings and is responsible for the investment policies, daily management and strategic direction of the firm. Prior to founding DH Property Holdings, Dov was the Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Asset Management at Extell Development Company. During his 13+ years at Extell, Dov negotiated and supervised the acquisitions of well in excess of $20 Billion of New York real estate. Dov was directly responsible for sourcing some of the most notable transactions over the last 10 years including The Ring Portfolio, One 57, Nordstrom Tower, and One Manhattan Square. Prior to joining Extell, Dov worked as a Commercial Broker at Eastern Consolidated and as a Senior Vice President at Everest Broadband Networks where he negotiated over 250 million square feet of access deals across the United States.

Kurt Nagle

CEO
American Association of Port Authorities

Kurt Nagle has over 30 years of experience in Washington, DC, related to seaports and international trade. Since 1995, Mr. Nagle has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). Mr. Nagle began working at AAPA, the alliance of the leading public port authorities throughout the Western Hemisphere, in 1985. Prior to joining AAPA, Mr. Nagle was Director of International Trade for the National Coal Association and Assistant Secretary for the Coal Exporters Association. Previously, he worked in the Office of International Economic Research at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. Nagle serves on the Executive Committee of the Propeller Club of the United States and is a former commissioner of PIANC, the International Navigation Congress. Mr. Nagle holds a Master's Degree in Economics from George Mason University.

Derek Fish

Senior Vice President, Investments
Realterm

Derek Fish is responsible for leading Acquisitions and Business Development for Realterm in the United States. Previously, Mr. Fish worked for Ravinia Capital Group in Chicago, IL, as an Acquisitions Associate charged with underwriting real estate investments and capital structures across property types. Derek was also a senior analyst at LaSalle Investment Management responsible for asset management of properties across a $3.0 billion fund. Mr. Fish holds a BA from Dartmouth College.

Adam Gordon

Managing Partner
Wildflower

Adam I Gordon is the managing partner of Wildflower Ltd, as well as affiliated companies, Madison Development and Adam Gordon Holdings. Wildflower is currently constructing the first modern E-Commerce warehouse in New York City. Brooklyn Logistics Center spans two entire city blocks. The firm is also under development with JFK Logistics Center on approximately 11 acres less than a mile from JFK airport. Adam’s company has been one of the most active developers of self-storage in Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx for the past two decades. Recently, they sold a portion of their portfolio to Prime Group for over $184 million. Mr. Gordon has also developed numerous historic residential properties in Manhattan as well. He also pioneered the largest community solar project in New York City, on over 2 acres of rooftop, reflecting the firms commitment to sustainability. Adam has spoken on real estate and entrepreneurship at Harvard, Wharton, Dartmouth, Columbia and NYU. He received his BA in International Relations from the University of Michigan and his MBA in finance from the Wharton School. He was a longtime cabinet member at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He resides in Manhattan.

Matthew Hoelzli

Principal
Margulies Hoelzli Architecture

Mario Morroni

Executive Vice President, Industrial, North America
Ivanhoe Cambridge

Mario D. Morroni leads the North American Industrial initiative, a new business unit created in March 2018 by Ivanhoe Cambridge. In this role, he oversees the implementation and execution of the investment strategy. Through a combination of direct investments and co-investments with key strategic partners, his team ensures the fluidity and efficiency of the operations, asset management and investment processes. From 2014-2017, he coordinated the development of Ivanhoé Cambridge’s global investment strategy and oversaw its implementation. In this role, he was responsible for the allocation of capital, portfolio construction, research and strategic market analysis from both the fundamental and capital markets perspective. Since joining Ivanhoe Cambridge, he has been involved with several committees notably, Otéra Capital’s Board of Directors, the Investment-Risk Committee of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Investment Committee at Ivanhoé Cambridge. Prior to joining Ivanhoé Cambridge, he was with the Montreal Police Pension Fund from 2001 to 2014 where he was appointed President and CEO in 2010. In this capacity, he served as a member of the Ivanhoé Cambridge Board of Directors and as a member of the Audit Committee from 2010-2014. Mr. Morroni holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance from Concordia University. He is also a certified financial planner Pl. Fin and ASC, the equivalent of the Corporate Directors designation.

Marc Lebovitz

Principal
Woodmont Industrial Partners

Marc Lebovitz is a Principal of Woodmont Industrial Partners. Mr. Lebovitz provides investment strategy and logistics expertise pulling from his ownership experience of two national third-party logistics companies, East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, and Romark Logistics. Marc is currently serving as President of Romark Logistics.

Dan Schauble

VP of Geo-Environmental
Advantage Engineers

Dan Schauble, VP of Geo-Environmental: Dan has decades of experience in Geotechnical Engineering, Materials Testing and Environmental services. From development and implementation of subsurface investigations to deep foundation design, from stabilized slopes to earth-retaining structures and settlement analyses, and from quality assurance to materials testing, he is experienced in all facets of his discipline. Dan uses his wealth of knowledge not only to help our clients, but to support, educate, and mentor junior staff.

Louis Langlois

VP of Solar & Energy Solutions
Carbon Lighthouse

Louis Langlois is the Vice President of Solar and Energy Solutions at Carbon Lighthouse. Louis was one of the company's earliest employees and is responsible for business development, strategy, and expanding service offerings to new markets. With over 23 million square feet of assets currently under Carbon Lighthouse's service umbrella, Louis is involved with the financing and technical qualification to deliver comprehensive energy reduction solutions. Louis has over a decade of experience in business and technical roles, starting his career as a research and development engineer in the technology industry. His expertise now lies in finance, energy markets and new product evaluation and he is passionate about finding the right solution for investors to boost profit while reducing carbon emissions. Louis holds a B.A. in Physics from Wesleyan University.

Leslie Lanne

Managing Director
JLL

Leslie Lanne is a Managing Director at JLL, specializing in institutional landlord and tenant representation in the sale and leasing of industrial real estate in Northern and Central Jersey, the outer Boroughs of New York City, eastern Pennsylvania, as well as for select clientele throughout major US industrial markets. Ms. Lanne currently handles 1.3M square feet of agency leasing in the New York/Outer Boroughs and is a subject matter expert when it comes to the NY region and what clients and owners alike are looking for. She is also the lead for JLL’s Urban Infill practice. Experience Prior to joining JLL in 2017, Leslie served as Senior Vice President with GLP US, running the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region which included overseeing all leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, property management and project management for more than 30 million s.f. of distribution space. Prior to GLP, Leslie was a member of the founding senior team of IndCor Properties (a Blackstone Company) with the same region and responsibilities she continued to execute on at GLP, when they acquired IndCor for $8.1 billion. Before that, Leslie was Vice President at Prologis, responsible for its 24-million-s.f. portfolio in New Jersey. Earlier, she held roles at Deutsche Asset Management and was a commercial real estate office broker with Spaulding & Slye (acquired by JLL) in Boston, MA. Leslie has extensive experience and history with institutional investor/owners and has been involved with over 100 million s.f. of transactions with ecommerce, distribution and warehousing tenants, giving her insight and access to decision makers and how they evaluate their real estate from site selection to lease execution. Leslie’s 19 years of experience across real estate verticals, in multiple regions and markets enable her to help our clients achieve unparalleled results. Education and affiliations Leslie holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Northern Arizona University. She is a licensed real estate broker in the States of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Brandi Hanback

EVP of Industrial, Head of FTZ, Trade & Logistics
Rockefeller Group

Brandi Hanback is Executive Vice President of Industrial Development and Head of FTZ, Trade & Logistics for the Rockefeller Group. Ms. Hanback leads the industrial development activities of the Rockefeller Group’s regional offices covering the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West Coast, Southwest and Northwest. She is based in the Mid-Atlantic and is a member of the company’s corporate and strategic executive management team headquartered in New York and also serves on the company’s Investment and Portfolio Committees. Ms. Hanback is responsible for Rockefeller Group’s port strategy and has experience working directly with tenants and clients on supply chain requirements. She also oversees the company’s longstanding FTZ division, which works directly with tenants and clients on a consulting basis as needed on complex international trade, logistics and customs matters. Rockefeller Group’s tenants and clients include large multinational manufacturers and distributors engaged in importing and exporting. Prior to joining Rockefeller Group in 2003, Ms. Hanback was a Senior Manager and Area Leader at KPMG LLP in Washington, DC. Ms. Hanback also served for 10 years as Executive Director of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones. In this capacity, she represented the interests of FTZ grantees, operators, and users through interaction with officials in the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and key congressional committees involved in international trade. Ms. Hanback holds a Juris Doctorate and is admitted to the bars of Maryland, District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court. She holds a master’s degree in international transactions, is a licensed Customs Broker and an Accredited Zones Specialist. Ms. Hanback is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones.

Andrew Chung

CEO
Innovo Property Group

Andrew Chung founded Innovo Property Group (“IPG”) in 2015. Prior to starting IPG, Andrew Chung was a Partner at The Carlyle Group in the U.S. Real Estate Fund. He served as head of the New York office for the Real Estate Fund for 10 years. Mr. Chung is currently a member of the Advisory Board for NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. He was also recognized by ranking in the New York Observer’s “Power 100: The Most Powerful People in NY Real Estate” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Mr. Chung graduated from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics.

John Thomas

Partner
Transwestern Development

John serves as Partner at Transwestern Development Co. (TDC®), where he directs all industrial development activities as the national leader of the Logistics Group. He is responsible for strategic direction and day-to-day management of the group and works with the regional development officers on business development and project execution. John brings to his role 35 years of experience in the real estate business. Prior to joining TDC he held a variety of senior roles with other firms. John has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Carl Evenstad

Managing Director, Real Estate Debt
Capital One

Paul Rubacha

Co-Founder & Principal
Ashley Capital

Paul is a Co-founder and Principal at Ashely Capital. He has primary responsibility for financing and capital transactions. Paul supervises a professional staff located in four cities and oversees facets for acquisition, development and management of Ashely’s twenty-seven million square foot portfolio of distribution, e commerce, and manufacturing properties. Prior to co-founding Ashely Capital, Paul served in senior capacities with the Real Estate Departments of Goldman Sachs, Citibank and the Prudential Insurance Company. He holds both an undergraduate degree and MBA from Cornell University. Paul has been a real estate lecturer at several universities and served as a panelist for various organizations including the Urban Land Institute, the U. S Department of Transportation and Institutional Investor Magazine. He has been awarded the distinction of Counselor of Real Estate. Paul is member of numerous community non-profit and educational boards including multiple terms as Board Chairman. At Cornell University he has actively served on the College of Architecture Advisory Board, the University investment committee and is Board Chair of the Baker Program in Real Estate.

Nicholas Pell

CIO
Gramercy Property Trust

Nicholas L. Pell is the Chief Investment Officer at Gramercy Property Trust. Prior to joining Gramercy in July 2012, Mr. Pell was a Director in the Investment Department at W. P. Carey & Co. Prior to joining W.P. Carey, he was a Director of Business Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment. He serves on the board of the Newport Festivals Foundation. Mr. Pell received a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Jose Cruz

Senior MD
JLL

Jose is a senior managing director and co-office head in the New Jersey office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joins JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and is a member of the firm’s leadership committee. Jose specializes in investment advisory throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and also oversees the day-to-day operations of the firm’s New Jersey office. During the course of his more than 25-year commercial real estate career, he’s been involved in more than $62 billion of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and land sales. Jose started at HFF in March 2010. Before that, he was the executive director of Cushman & Wakefield’s New York area investment sales group where he spent more than 17 years. He began his real estate career as a real estate analyst at PaineWebber, UBS, Inc.

Sam Isaacson

Managing Director
JCR Capital

Sam Isaacson is a Managing Director at JCR Capital serving as the head of its Structured Finance Platform, which is investing out of a $307MM value-add fund and a $330MM opportunistic fund. Prior to joining JCR Capital, Mr. Isaacson was a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at LEM Capital, an institutional value-add multifamily investor in Philadelphia. In this role, he was responsible for the underwriting and due diligence of potential investments. Prior to joining LEM, Mr. Isaacson was an Associate at Wells Fargo Securities in their Investment Banking – Financial Institutions Group where he focused on capital markets and M&A transactions involving REITS and specialty finance companies. Mr. Isaacson received a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from the William Mitchell College of Law.