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ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS DESIGN INC., Chicago: Joseph R. Geyer, 49, to vice-president of finance, from senior associate. Neal P. Springer, 60, pictured, to vice-president of the mission-critical design group, from senior associate.



CONSTRUCTION

J. L. BURKE CONTRACTING INC., Mokena: Matthew W. MacRitchie, 38, to director of business development, from equity partner at KSA.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

AMERICAN REALTY ADVISORS, Glendale, Calif.: Jennifer Lundmark, 35, to director of marketing and client service in the Central region office, in Chicago, from vice-president of institutional sales in the investment management division of Goldman Sachs.

GUARANTEED RATE, Chicago: Leslie Struthers, 43, to vice-president, from senior loan officer at National City.






REAL ESTATE

BUILDING GROUP, Chicago: Colleen Judge, 45, to vice-president, from property manager.





PRUDENTIAL PREFERRED PROPERTIES, Chicago: Jeff Lowe, 35, to vice-president and director of the Lowe Group, from real estate agent at Century 21 Sussex & Reilly.

SERVICES

ALJ GROUP LLC, Chicago: Todd M. Justic, 34, to president and CEO, from managing director at Carlyle Group.


MARCH 19

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS DESIGN INC., Chicago: Mark Ciszek, 46, to vice-president of the mission-critical facilities group, from senior associate. Paul E. Schlattman, 45, to vice-president of the mission-critical facilities group, from senior associate. Keith W. Seier, 35, to vice-president of the health and science group, from senior associate.

WIGHT & CO., Darien: Stella Koop, 43, to director in the K-12 education practice, from senior project manager. Leanne Meyer-Smith, 46, to senior project manager, from principal at Newman Architecture. Ray Prokop, 59, to vice-president of support services, from vice-president and director of construction.

YAS ARCHITECTURE LLC, Chicago: Ashley Tucker, 25, to marketing director, from marketing coordinator.






LAW

QUARLES & BRADY LLP, Chicago: Michael L. Ben-Isvy, 40, to partner in the real estate practice, from partner at DLA Piper.

REAL ESTATE

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, New York: Barbara Schenberg, 46, to senior vice-president and director of the Midwest region for the Inland Steel Building, from senior vice-president at the John Buck Co. Gary Wood, 59, to general manager of the Inland Steel Building, from vice-president and general manager at the Lurie Co.

McSHANE DEVELOPMENT CO., Rosemont: Thomas J. D'Alesandro IV, 54, to president, from senior vice-president at General Growth Properties Inc.




STUDLEY INC., New York: Kevin J. McLennan, 28, to senior managing director, in Chicago, from principal at Steinco Inc.





UGL EQUIS, Chicago: Brian Adelstein, 41, to senior vice-president, from vice-president in the corporate asset management group, in Chicago. Francine Niemiec, 34, pictured, to senior vice-president, from vice-president in project services, in Chicago.




SERVICES

ENTRIX INC., Houston: Todd M. Williams, 47, to president and CEO, in Barrington, from chief operating officer.


MARCH 12

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

MCGUIRE ENGINEERS, Chicago: Bill Stangeland, 52, to president, from senior vice-president. He succeeds Tony McGuire, 64, who became chairman. Also, David Brooks, 37, to vice-president, from principal.




RTKL ASSOCIATES INC., Chicago: Samantha Laloggia, 24, to business development associate, from outside sales representative at Manheim Kentucky in Louisville, Ky.

SSOE INC., Downers Grove: David Chicoine, 54, to senior project manager, from project director at OWP/P. Robert Davidson, 48, to department manager, from vice-president and manager of architecture at Austin AECOM. Ed Mackin, 60, to department manager, from manager of planning, design and estimating at Austin AECOM. Les Okunowski, 54, to senior architect, from project architect at Austin AECOM. Chris Piotrowski, 59, to senior project manager, from senior project manager at Austin AECOM. Mike Pusich, 60, to business leader for Chicago operations, from vice-president and director of architecture and director of newspaper facility planning and design at Austin AECOM. Jim Seymour, 32, to senior electrical engineer, from electrical engineer at Austin AECOM. Dean Thompson, 59, to senior mechanical engineer, from senior mechanical engineer at Austin AECOM. And Ken Truelsen, 61, to senior project manager, from senior project manager at Austin AECOM.

HOTELS

KEYLIME COVE, Gurnee: Dale McFarland, 42, to general manager, from general manager of Great Wolf Lodge in Scotrun, Pa.


THEWIT HOTEL, Chicago: John Callan, 48, to general manager, from managing director at the Hilton Indian Lakes Resort.






LAW

DLA PIPER, Chicago: Heidi J. Azulay, 34, to partner in the real estate practice, concentrating in transactional real estate law, from associate.

MARKETING/MEDIA

THOMSON REUTERS, New York: John O'Neil, 42, to manager of property tax services, in Chicago, from industrial real estate broker at Nicolson Porter & List.

NON-PROFITS

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION, Scottsdale, Ariz.: Daniel Marquardt, 60, to chairman, and continuing as managing principal at Thornton Tomasetti, in Chicago.


REAL ESTATE

NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK, New York: Shanna N. Athas, 25, to associate, in Chicago, from associate of commercial development at the Daly Group LLC.




SERVICES

PRECISION BLUE INC., Downers Grove: Ed Rodham, 42, to president and chief operating officer, from vice-president of marketing at United Stationers. He succeeds owner Allen Rank, 60, who became CEO.



MARCH 5

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Washington: Steven Burns, 51, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as president and CEO of Orange Loft LLC. Walter Eckenhoff, 59, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as principal at Eckenhoff Saunders Architects. George Efstathiou, 57, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as managing partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP. Jonathan Fischel, 58, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as senior associate at Wright Heerema Architects. Jeanne Gang, 44, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as president and design principal architect at Studio Gang Architects. Louis Garapolo, 66, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as principal at Garapolo Maynard Architects. Joseph Gonzalez, 58, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as principal at DeStefano + Partners. And Patrick Loughran, 44, to member of the college of fellows, and continuing as associate principal at Goettsch Partners.


FINANCIAL SERVICES

NEAR NORTH NATIONAL TITLE, Chicago: Jamie Dougherty, 34, to senior vice-president of business development and strategy, from vice-president at Connaught Real Estate Finance.




LAW

BRYAN CAVE LLP, Chicago: Greg Hummel, 60, to partner in the real estate and banking client service groups, from partner and head of the public-private partnership industry group at Bell Boyd & Lloyd.


REAL ESTATE

GARRISON PARTNERS CONSULTING, Chicago: Cory Robertson, 39, to partner, from director of sales and marketing at Belgravia Group.





WINNERS EDGE INC., Oak Brook: Michael J. Piscoran, 46, to vice-president, from national vice-president of strategic growth at Coldwell Banker Commercial in Parsippany, N.J.





SERVICES

ROSE PAVING CO., Bridgeview: David Rivers, 33, to director of national operations, from senior project manager.

FEBRUARY 26

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Chicago chapter, Chicago: Vuk Vujovic, 43, to chair of the committee on the environment, and continuing as director of sustainable design at Legat Architects Inc.

HOK CHICAGO, St. Louis: Fernando Araujo, 42, to technical director, in Chicago, from technical leader and senior project manager at OWP/P Inc. Adam Berkelhamer, 35, pictured, to senior associate and senior project manager, from lead architect at Calatrava Valls in Zurich, Switzerland.



CONSTRUCTION

LAMP INC., Elgin: Randy Jostes, 53, to senior executive in business development, from CEO at Design Alternative Inc.





FINANCIAL SERVICES

Origin Capital Partners, Chicago: George D. Frigelis, 32, to executive vice-president, from president of Axia Realty Group.

LAW

LAVELLE LAW LTD., Palatine: William Terpinas Jr., 42, to senior associate and chair of the real estate division, from partner at Tuzzolino & Terpinas LLC.


SERVICES

GALVAN & ASSOCIATES LLC, Lockport: Joseph P. Galvan, 52, to principal in the housing and community development practice, from Midwest director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.



FEBRUARY 19

REAL ESTATE

HOWARD ECKER & CO., Chicago: Kevin O'Reilly, 30, to vice-president, from assistant vice-president.


GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Santa Ana, Calif.: Justin A. "J" Stanley, 60, to senior vice-president, director of sales, from chief financial officer at Staubach Midwest LLC.





JONES LANG LASALLE, Chicago: Dominic Carbonari, 31, and Frank Griffin, 42, pictured, to executive vice-president, from senior vice-president at Grubb & Ellis. Annie Koch, 30, to associate, from marketing coordinator at Grubb & Ellis Co. Aaron Rosdal, 36, to associate, from leasing representative at ProLogis. And Robert Russell, 33, to senior analyst, from associate at Cushman & Wakefield.

LEE & ASSOCIATES, Los Angeles: June Simonian, 48, to principal, in Chicago, from senior managing director at Bradford Allen.


STRADA REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC., Westmont: Howard M. Wender, 57, to director of business development, from vice-president at Transwestern Investment Co.





SERVICES

CHICAGO CENTRAL AREA COMMITTEE, Chicago: Jayne Carr Thompson, 62, to chairperson, from board director. She is president and CEO of Jayne Thompson & Associates Ltd. Ms. Thompson succeeds Dirk Lohan, 70, whose term ended. He continues as a board member.



FEBRUARY 12

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

DBHMS, Chicago: Brie H. Yaksic, 25, to business development manager, from marketing coordinator at Primera.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP INC., Los Angeles: James Whalen, 45, to executive vice-president, in Chicago, from senior vice-president.

MATANKY REALTY GROUP, Chicago: Matthew L. Ramadan, 52, to sales and leasing associate, from executive director at Operation Breakthrough Inc. in Durham, N.C.




U.S. EQUITIES REALTY, Chicago: Anthony DiBiase Jr., 42, to chief operating officer, from senior vice-president and executive director.





SERVICES

MIDWEST REAL ESTATE DATA LLC, Chicago: Charles Melidosian, 42, to president, and continuing as chief information officer at Baird & Warner.



REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CORP., Chicago: Michael Jacobs, 49, to director of business development, from director of national sales at American Invsco.

ROSE PAVING CO., Bridgeview: Mike Shereck, 55, to managing director in the special projects division, from regional site engineer.







FEBRUARY 5

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

KLEIN & HOFFMAN INC., Chicago: Jon Boyd, 56, to chairman and CEO, from executive vice-president.





LAW

BECKER GURIAN, Highland Park: David Meek, 39, to of counsel, focusing on land use, zoning and other development and municipal issues, from senior counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP.

JONES DAY, Chicago: John D. Neumann, 37, to partner, focusing on corporate real estate services, real estate finance and real estate capital markets, from associate.

REAL ESTATE

AMB PROPERTY CORP., San Francisco: Adam Tyler, 27, to leasing and transactions officer, in Rosemont, from acquisitions associate.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER INC., Rosemont: David W. Florent, 31, and Frederick L. Regnery, 32, to senior vice-president, from vice-president. Stephen M. Levitas, 40, pictured, to executive vice-president, from senior vice-president. Peter O. Bourke, 34, to senior associate, from associate. Philip C. Stafford, 37, to principal, from senior vice-president.


NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK, New York: Brian Zelis, 40, to associate, from associate at Mesa Development LLC.






STUDLEY, New York: Tony Smaniotto, 53, to senior managing director and head of the Midwest capital transactions group, from senior vice-president at CB Richard Ellis Capital Markets.





JANUARY 29

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

ALFRED BENESCH & CO., Chicago: John Carrato, 52, to president and CEO, from senior vice-president. Kevin Fitzpatrick, 46, to Chicago division manager, from Chicago division construction group manager. Dan Gross, 47, to Chicago division construction group manager, from project manager. Laura McGovern, 44, to Chicago assistant division manager, and continuing as Chicago division civil group manager.

CANNON DESIGN, Grand Island, N.Y.: Daniel Niewoehner, 37, to associate vice-president, in Chicago, from senior lab planner and project architect at CUH2A Inc.

HOK, St. Louis: Robin Ellerthorpe, 52, to technology application services director, in Chicago, from director of workplace professional services at Herman Miller Inc. in Grand Rapids, Mich.

NELSON, Philadelphia: Enza Parrella, 56, to managing director, in Chicago, from senior director at OWP/P Architects.

LAW

QUARLES & BRADY LLP, Chicago: Everett Ward, 47, to partner in the real estate practice, from partner at Jenner & Block LLP.

REAL ESTATE

AMB PROPERTY CORP., San Francisco: Carter Andrus, 29, to vice-president of leasing and acquisitions, in Rosemont, from senior vice-president at Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler.

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP INC., Los Angeles: Christopher Reynolds, 39, to executive vice-president of global corporate services, in Chicago, from senior vice-president.





GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Santa Ana, Calif.: Brian Pohl, 39, pictured, to senior vice-president in the multi-housing investment group, in Chicago, from director of apartment brokerage services in the capital markets group at Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Symeon Stavrakas, 32, to senior associate in the multi-housing investment group, in Chicago, from analyst at Cushman & Wakefield Inc.



SERVICES

VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Arlington Heights: John C. Melaniphy III, 49, to business and development coordinator, from vice-president of development at Mid-America Development Partners.




JANUARY 22

HOTELS

BLACKSTONE, Chicago: Laura Ekker, 29, to senior manager of catering, from senior catering sales manager at Hotel Sofitel Chicago Water Tower.

KIMPTON HOTELS & RESTAURANTS, San Francisco: Duncan Clements, 38, to general manager of Hotel Burnham, from general manager of Hotel Lumen in Dallas.

REAL ESTATE

HOWARD ECKER & CO., Chicago: Claire Woolley, 39, to vice-president, from director of project development at the Chicago Department of Environment.




FIRST WESTERN PROPERTIES INC., Chicago: Thomas Koikas, 39, to vice-president, from managing director at Exit Premier Realty.






LARAMAR GROUP LLC, Chicago: Ben Slad, 29, to assistant vice-president of asset management, from senior analyst.


UGL EQUIS, Chicago: Michael D'Angelo, 56, to senior vice-president in the brokerage division, from president of Binswanger Midwest. Clark White, 41, to finance manager, from accounting manager at LocalLaunch/Business.com.





SERVICES

CLIFF DWELLERS, Chicago: Larry E. Lund, 59, was re-elected to president and is continuing as principal at the Real Estate Planning Group.

GLOBAL RESOURCES IN PURCHASING INC., Naperville: Randall L. Axelson, 50, to principal, in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., from vice-president at CentiMark Corp.



JANUARY 15

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

ECKENHOFF SAUNDERS ARCHITECTS INC., Chicago: Asha V. Patil, 41, to project manager, from project designer at OWP&P Architects Inc.

SMITHGROUP, Detroit: Rod Vickroy, 45, to principal for the workplace studio, in Chicago, from design director.






LAW

DLA PIPER, Baltimore: Heidi J. Azulay, 34, to partner in the real estate practice, in Chicago, from associate.

GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP, Chicago: Michael J. Baum, 31, to shareholder in the real estate department, from associate.

REAL ESTATE

BRIDGE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LLC, Chicago: Kevin Carroll, 40, to principal of the new Miami office, from principal at Biscayne Partners in Miami.

JOHN BUCK CO., Chicago: Kevin J. Alcaro, 36, senior vice-president, and continuing as controller, from vice-president. Also, Kyle Elfers, 32, to senior vice-president, from vice-president; Suzanne I. Hendrick, 43, to vice-president, from general manager; Robert Stanek, 30, to vice-president, from associate, and Betsy Traczek, 35, to vice-president, from director of operations.

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Santa Ana, Calif.: Christopher P. Lydon, 45, to senior vice-president and industrial leader, in Chicago, from vice-president of leasing and market director at AMB Property Corp.

LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST, New York: Steven J. Spayer, 52, to regional director, in Chicago, from vice-president. Also, James Bolt, 26, to vice-president, from assistant vice-president.

ML REALTY PARTNERS LLC, Itasca: Ryan T. Hesch, 34, to vice-president, from director.







SERVICES

BELLA TERRA PARTNERS LLC, Chicago: Rhea Campbell, 40, to founding partner, from tenant representation broker at CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.




JANUARY 8

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

DLR GROUP, Chicago: Jim Beckett, 32, to senior associate, and continuing as project manager, from associate. Also, Nathan Casteel, 29, and Scott Swanson, 30, to associate, and continuing as architectural designer; Kerri Callahan, 30, to associate, and continuing as project manager, and Eva Jankowski, 28, to associate, and continuing as administrative leader.


GOVERNMENT

U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, Washington, D.C., Jesse J. Ozuna, 35, to regional director of budget and financial management of real estate operations for the Great Lakes, in Chicago, from branch manager in the portfolio division.



HOTELS

BLACKSTONE, Chicago: Ozgen Cevik, 36, to assistant general manager, from hotel manager at the Westin Providence in Providence, R.I.

REAL ESTATE

ILLINOIS HOMES LLC, Westchester: Jeff Kudukis, 46, to CEO, from president and CEO at JMK Group Inc.


SERVICES

ABLE ENGINEERING SERVICES, San Francisco: Jack O'Rourke, 46, to vice-president of the Midwest, in Chicago, from engineering manager.




AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS, Des Plaines: Judy Freeman, 57, to administrator of environmental practices specialty, and continuing as special projects manager at Gabriel Environmental Services.

GABRIEL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, Chicago: Steven C. Sawyer, 55, to executive vice-president, from senior vice-president.

LEGUM & NORMAN INC., Alexandria, Va.: Thomas A. Skweres, 56, to executive vice-president of the Midwest division, in Chicago, from president at Vanguard Community Management Chicago.


NEDERVELD INC., Grand Rapids, Mich.: Tamie Christmas, 45, to Midwest region sales director for forensic engineering and fire investigation, in Northfield, from North Central sales manager at HM Electronics Inc.




SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL & OFFICE REALTORS, Washington, D.C.: Ray Oczak, 55, to president of the Chicago chapter, and continuing as president at Winner's Edge Inc. Also, Chris Curtis, 40, to secretary, and continuing as principal of Nugent Curtis Real Estate LLC; David Liebman, 55, to director at large, and continuing as senior associate at Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler Inc.; James B. Planey, 62, to vice-president, and continuing as principal at Lee & Associates of Illinois, and David Prioletti, 50, to treasurer, and continuing as senior vice-president at CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.