Oakland's Annual State of the Market Summit!

HPA, Inc., is a multi-disciplined design corporation that offers services in architecture, planning, and interiors to institutions, corporations, and developers throughout the Western United States. Formed in 1980 with its headquarters in southern California HPA brought it focus to the highest levels of service and design excellence to northern California in 2011. Based in the Oakland office, Teresa Goodwin, Regional Director oversees client relations and project success. Recent project experience includes OMP’s Eureka Landing project in Newark, 138,000 sf building plus a 6,000 sf mezzanine speculative building and subsequent advanced manufacturing tenant improvements and Trammell Crow’s San Leandro Business Center project, three buildings totaling 553,200 square feet of high tech manufacturing, assembly and distribution space.

Razmig co-manages RPP and is specifically responsible for asset management and capital markets. Prior to RPP, Razmig, a serial entrepreneur, co-founded several companies and practices, including Roland Berger Strategy Consultants’ Middle East practice and served as Partner and Saudi Arabian Country Manager. Within six years, Roland Berger was ranked one of the top five consulting firms in the Middle East, managing over fifty consultants. Razmig started his career at Booz & Co. and Deloitte Consulting. Razmig is a graduate of American University of Beirut, Carnegie Mellon University, and Harvard University.

With more than 15 years of real estate experience, William Lu serves as senior vice president and market officer for CA’s industrial division. In his role, William is responsible for the strategic oversight and execution of the division’s growth across the West through deal pipeline generation and market strategy creation. Prior to joining CA, William served as senior vice president for CenterPoint Properties, where he was responsible the development department across the West including the Greater Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle markets. There, William was responsible for setting strategic goals for the western United States region, recruiting and managing a regional team, ensuring execution of corporate goals, working with the investments team on acquiring stabilized assets, sourcing development sites and serving as the primary point of contact for brokers and tenant for development projects. William has also served as a vice president at Conor Commercial Real Estate where he was responsible for managing development projects in the California/​Nevada market, including land selection and acquisition, feasibility/​underwriting, entitlements, financing, development/​construction, leasing and disposition efforts. He has also held roles as a project manager with Pulte Homes and a senior staff manager with AMEC Earth & Environmental. William earned a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of California at Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business.

Alan E. Dones is a licensed contractor, a long-time entrepreneur, an outspoken advocate of equal opportunity in employment and contracting, and an accomplished musician/producer. Dones is principal of ADCo, LLC and managing partner and co-founder of SUDA, LLC, a firm specializing in large-scale, innovative, public agency projects and mixed-use development. SUDA has completed several landmark projects in Oakland, CA and is currently pioneering international development projects in Africa. In 1988, Alan Dones co-founded and served as CEO of Rondeau Bay Construction, Inc. (RBC), an engineering and construction firm based in Oakland, CA. Under his leadership, RBC grew to include offices in five major US cities and completed over $70 million of construction projects. Alan is active in a number of local and national organizations. He has worked with agencies throughout the United States to revise and enhance their small business and W/MBE policies. Currently, he is a member of the City of Oakland’s Workforce Investment Board; member of the Alameda County Health Care Foundation; and member the East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission. Formerly, Dones served as president of the Northern California Chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors; vice-chairman of the Oakland City Charter Review Committee; board member of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce; delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business; and member of the Legislative Committee for the Engineering and Utility Contractor’s Association. As a member of the Military Conversion and Reinvestment Commission, Mr. Dones was instrumental in promoting legislation and drafting revisions to the language of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) that enhanced the ability of Women and Minority owned firms to compete for DOD and conversion related contracts. Mr. Dones has authored several articles on minority business issues in local and National publications. He has co-authored a measure on the 1996 ballot in Oakland, California to amend Oakland’s City Charter mandating Affirmative Action programs, combating disparities in City employment and contracting. This initiative had national significance in that it is one of the first voter responses to counter the impact of the controversial anti-affirmative action California Civil Right Initiative (CCRI). Alan Dones is executive producer and co-founder of Strategic Media Alliance, LLC (SMI) ― an international production company based in Oakland, CA. His musical credits are many. Alan co-authored the 1981 hit single, “Be Yourself” with world-renowned bassist, Nathan East. The song appeared on singer Debra Laws’ first solo album, “Very Special” and rose to the top-ten mark on Billboard’s R&B charts [listen]. In 1981, Dones co-authored, “Go For It”, performed by Bill Summers & Summers’ Heat and featured on their classic Jam the Box album. Alan has produced, written and performed with many of the Bay Area’s top artists, including Rodney Franklin, Ray Obeido, Larry Batiste, Jennifer Johns, Hannibal Means, Patricia Banks, Harvey Scales, David Daniel, and The Nemonics. He performed for more than a year in the award-winning and highly acclaimed San Francisco musical review, “Soul, Style & Sass.”

Andy Friedman joined Shorenstein in 2004. He oversees the Western United States Investment Group which includes Capital Transactions, Asset Management, Leasing, and Development. His responsibilities include overseeing the sourcing of investment opportunities and directing the underwriting, due diligence, structuring and closing of capital transactions. In addition, he is responsible for the investment performance of assets in the West through oversight of the development and execution of asset specific strategies during the company’s ownership. Mr. Friedman is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Lambda Alpha International, the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Prior to joining Shorenstein, Mr. Friedman was a principal at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. overseeing capital transaction and asset management assignments throughout the Western United States. Mr. Friedman continued in this role when he joined Morgan Stanley upon its acquisition of Lend Lease in 2003. Mr. Friedman graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a B.A., and from the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Management with an M.B.A.

Dean Rubinson joined Ellis Partners in 2005. Dean manages all company development projects, oversees the development team, and provides expertise on entitlements, design and construction matters. Prior to joining Ellis Partners, Dean was the Director of Project Management for CB Richard Ellis’ San Francisco office, where he provided development and construction consulting services to landlords and tenants throughout the Bay Area. Previously, Dean was Director of Development for the Penobscot Corporation, a commercial and residential developer operating in the New York, Chicago and Charlotte markets. In these positions, Dean has managed a broad range of urban redevelopment projects and successfully completed the rehabilitation and repositioning of office and retail complexes in a wide variety of political and market settings. Dean holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Columbia University. Dean is a licensed civil engineer and a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Travis’ portfolio includes high-tech companies, high-profile financial institutions, leading healthcare facilities, and Fortune 500 commercial office projects locally in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Southern California and across the West Coast. As Project Executive and leader of Truebeck Construction’s San Francisco office, Schultz is responsible for local strategy, expanding operations in the city, and interiors market development.

Ken Lowney is the Founder and President of Lowney Architecture, a multidisciplinary practice offering architectural, interior, and master planning services. With locations in Oakland and Honolulu, the firm focuses its practice on residential, mixed-use, hospitality and retail projects. In his hometown of Oakland, Ken leads discussions about community development, affordable housing and off-site construction design methods while serving in leadership roles for the Modular Building Institute, SPUR, the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and the Oakland Land Use Committee. Lowney Architecture first made its mark with expertise in urban retail, specifically grocery store design. The firm is now also synonymous with the design and delivery of innovative, prefabricated projects, having designed over 6,000 modular units.

With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, TIm has a passion and a keen eye for design. Tim has always had a passion for architecture, he worked as an intern in high school and went on to get his degree from the prestigious University of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Tim currently has his Licence to practice Architecture in California, Utah, and Idaho.