Bob & Joe Sixpack

They may sound like ordinary guys, yet are anything but. Bob Peck and Joe Moravec have a combined 13 years as Public Buildings Commissioners under their belts and are now going strong in the private sector applying all their accumulated wisdom (assuming they or anyone knows how the government does things). That's why we're thrilled to have them on stage together at our 5th Annual Washington Real Estate Summit May 7 at the Wardman Park.

Bob (whom we snapped last night at the Helen Hayes Awards at the Building Museum with hip and tieless Mitchell Schear, Bob's wife Lynn Palmer, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp chief Josh Gotbaum) has the unique distinction of two stints as Public Buildings commish, first from 1995-2001 under Clinton, then '09-'12 under Obama. He helped usher in a wave of space efficiency at GSA, also pushing more sophisticated design for government-owned assets. Now he's at Gensler in the firm's workplace design consulting group.

Joe (left, whom we snapped in February with Transwestern's Jim Millard and the Smithsonian's Ed Rynne) led GSA's 350M SF real estate arm from 2001 to 2005 under Bush 43 after a notable brokerage career with Grubb & Ellis and Barnes Morris. He helped restructure the government's 180M SF portfolio of owned space by approaching it with an asset management eye, increasing cash flow as a result. Today, Joe's with DC-based Easterly Partners, an investment management firm focusing on GSA-leased assets. More info on the May 7 Summit.