People on the Move - Q3/2008

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HORN DESIGN, Chicago: Melissa Bertram, 27, to interior designer, from lead interior designer at Allied Office Interiors in Lansing, Mich.

SMITHGROUP, Detroit: Brian Bilski, 33, to job captain and manager of technical services for the workplace studio, in Chicago, from project designer and technical coordinator at Solomon Cordwell Buenz.

REAL ESTATE

CAPE HORN GROUP, Chicago: Noel Ross, 25, to sales associate, from real estate consultant at @properties.

EPIC REALTY PARTNERS/TCN WORLDWIDE, Rosemont: John Coleman, 46, to senior vice-president and director of sales and business development, from senior vice-president of portfolio real estate at the Alter Group.





JOHN BUCK CO., Chicago: Matthew C. Cohen, 28, to senior transaction specialist, from transaction specialist at Staubach Co. Jennifer McGregor, 40, pictured, to vice-president, from director of business development and marketing at Holabird & Root. Kyle Miller, 23, to associate, from project management engineer at Barton Malow in Southfield, Mich.



GK DEVELOPMENT INC., Barrington: Elaine Hoffmann, 48, to senior vice-president of capital markets, from director of sales for the Midwest group at Spectrus Real Estate.





SEPTEMBER 18

ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING

SCHULER SHOOK, Chicago: Giulio Pedota, 41, to principal, from senior lighting designer.





SMITHGROUP INC., Detroit: Kenneth Novak, 43, to project manager and associate in the workplace studio, in Chicago, from vice-president of design and construction consulting services at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.




CONSTRUCTION

BARTON MALOW CO., Southfield, Mich.: Bruce Watts, 50, to director of the Chicago regional office, in Chicago, from senior vice-president at the Rise Group.




HOTELS

SHERATON CHICAGO NORTHBROOK HOTEL, Northbrook: Stephen McCulley, 47, to general manager, from general manager at the Hilton Garden Inn Houston Northwest, in Houston. Geri Patterson, 49, to director of sales, from director of sales at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore.

REAL ESTATE

CENTRUM PROPERTIES, Chicago: Taylor O'Shaughnessy, 22, to retail leasing associate, from real estate associate at Homescout Realty.

STUDLEY INC., New York: Erin Trella, 33, to managing director, in Chicago, from global commercial manager at Premier Farnell PLC.






TRILOGY REAL ESTATE GROUP LLC, Chicago: Jeff Katz, 31, to vice-president of acquisitions, from senior vice-president for investment sales at DTZ Rockwood LLC.


SEPTEMBER 11

CONSTRUCTION

SONOMA CONSTRUCTION LLC, Chicago: Anthony DeSanti, 39, to vice-president and director of project management, from senior project manager.

CONSUMER SERVICES

AFFINIA CHICAGO HOTEL: Roderick Jao, 39, to sales and marketing director, in Chicago, from sales director at the James Hotel.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DWINN-SHAFFER & CO., Chicago: Andrew Wineburgh, 52, to president and CEO, from senior vice-president. He succeeds Leonard "Bud" Wineburgh, 81, who died earlier this year.




GOVERNMENT

CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Chicago: Scott W. Ammarell, 48, left, to executive vice-president of legal and general counsel, from first deputy of legal. William Little, 46, to executive vice-president for the Office of Development Management, from managing director in the same office.



SEPTEMBER 4

FINANCIAL SERVICES

CHARTER ONE, Providence, R.I.: Steve Bensinger, 40, to mortgage loan officer, in Chicago, from senior loan officer at Bank of America. Steve Fine, 52, to mortgage loan officer, in Algonquin, from mortgage loan officer at Bank of America. Brad Knudson, 40, to mortgage loan officer, in Rolling Meadows, from loan officer at mTeam Group. Jason Koziol, 29, to mortgage loan officer, in Orland Hills, from senior loan officer at Bank of America.

NEW TRIER PARTNERS LLC, Northbrook: Gregory D. Skirving, 61, to senior managing director, responsible for a real estate fund, from senior vice-president at DCT Industrial.





NON-PROFITS

EMERGENCY FUND, Chicago: Ginger Downs, 56, to board member, and continuing as CEO of the Chicago Assn. of Realtors.



REAL ESTATE

CHIEFTAIN GROUP, Limerick, Ireland: Britta Rivera, 41, to vice-president of U.S. sales, in Chicago, from vice-president of sales at Lennar Urban.





AUGUST 28

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

RTKL ASSOCIATES INC., Chicago: Mark Banholzer, 44, to vice-president and national practice leader for healthcare interior architecture, from design principal and vice-president at HOK.




URS CORP., San Francisco: Bradley H. Winick, 52, to principal urban planner, in Chicago, from principal and senior urban designer at JJR.


YAS ARCHITECTURE LLC, Chicago: Peter Schlecht, 41, to project manager, from project manager at Arquitectonica in Miami.






FINANCIAL SERVICES

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, Seattle: Lancelot Lie, 40, to senior loan consultant in the commercial mortgage lending group, in Chicago, from vice-president at Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance.

GOVERNMENT

CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Chicago: Linda J. Kaiser, 43, to executive vice-president of resident services, from managing director of resident services.

LAW

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP, Indianapolis: Michael D. Weis, 45, to partner in the business department, in Chicago, concentrating in real estate and corporate transactions, from partner at Patzik Frank & Samotny Ltd.



REAL ESTATE

INLAND WESTERN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRUST INC., Oak Brook: Maria Pope Toliopoulos, 33, to associate counsel, from associate at Daspin & Aument LLP.


AUGUST 21

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

ADRIAN SMITH & GORDON GILL ARCHITECTURE, Chicago: Peter A. Weismantle, 57, to director of supertall building technology, from associate partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP.




HOK CHICAGO, Chicago: Tom Polucci, 40, Sheryl Schulze, 45, and Douglas Smith, 53, to group vice-president, from vice-president. Craig Pierson, 50, to vice-president, from senior associate. Janet Calkins, 38, Chansik Park, 34, Yolanda Van Hecke, 45, and Jim Wilson, 33, to senior associate, from associate.


CONSTRUCTION

TECTA AMERICA CORP., Skokie: Eileen Kamerick, 50, to senior vice-president and chief financial officer, from chief financial officer and chief administrative officer at Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. She replaces Mark Castaneda, 43, who is relocating.



FINANCIAL SERVICES

CHARTER ONE BANK, Providence, R.I.: Jesse Montenegro, 47, to mortgage loan officer, in Lansing, from account executive and loan officer at Bank of America.

HYDE PARK BANK, Chicago: Brian Korosa, 35, to production manager in the mortgage lending department, from vice-president and director of non-conforming originations at National City Bank.


GOVERNMENT

CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Chicago: Addie Wright, 51, to executive vice-president of organizational effectiveness and corporate sales, from chief human resource officer at Kids Hope United.



REAL ESTATE

STUDLEY, New York: Jon Azulay, 26 (pictured), and Jonathan Metzl, 27, to associate director, in Chicago, from assistant director. Greg Mikrut, 25, to analyst, from associate at Millennium Properties.





AUGUST 14

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

DAHLQUIST & LUTZOW ARCHITECTS (DLA) LTD., Elgin: Lex Pegues, 47, to senior architect, from vice-president of architecture at KDC Architects.


DESTEFANO & PARTNERS, Chicago: Yiwei Liu, 37, pictured, to senior associate, from associate. Mark Schmieding, 44, to senior associate, from firmwide building information management (BIM) technology leader at Perkins & Will. And Lucy Orta, 37, to associate, and continuing as executive assistant.



LAKOTA GROUP INC., Chicago: Nicholas P. Kalogeresis, 42, to vice-president, from program officer at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GUARANTEED RATE INC., Chicago: Russell Hossain, 38, to national sales director of retail, from managing director of wholesale. Also, Katie Hooper, 31, to director of branch operations, from financial center operations manager.

PLANTE & MORAN PLLC, Chicago: Sarah E. Shepard, 37, to partner, concentrating in audit, tax and business consulting services for construction contractors, home builders, developers, and real estate investors, managers and owners, from associate.

GOVERNMENT

CHICAGO DEPT. OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, Chicago: Michael Jasso, 43, to deputy commissioner, from special assistant in charge of the TIF program for the District of Columbia.

LAW

LILLIG & THORSNESS LTD., Oak Brook: David R. Stallter, 45, to partner, concentrating in corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, taxation and residential and commercial real estate, from associate.

VEDDER PRICE P.C., Chicago: Eric A. Berg, 42, to shareholder in the real estate and construction law practice groups, from partner at DLA Piper US LLP.






NON-PROFITS

TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, San Francisco: Andrew Vesselinovitch, 44, to director of the Chicago area urban parks program, in Chicago, from bicycle program director for the New York City Department of Transportation.



REAL ESTATE

JONES LANG LASALLE INC., Chicago: Stan Stec, 49, pictured, to manager of global finance operations, from global controller. Mark K. Engel, 36, to global controller, from assistant global controller.




JOSEPH FREED & ASSOCIATES LLC, Chicago: Mike Cassady, 46, to vice-president of development, from development director. Kirsten Ekdahl Hull, 30, and Joseph Carr, 30, to development director, from development manager. Lisa Gryzik, 45, to director of property management, from property manager. Tom Kaufman, 29, to leasing manager, from leasing representative. Bob Slanker, 51, to vice-president of tenant construction, from tenant construction coordinator. And Phil Leiterman, 27, to senior accountant, from financial analyst.

TRANSWESTERN, Houston: Paul Fishbein, 45, to senior vice-president, in Chicago, from partner and senior vice-president at Centrum Properties.

AUGUST 7

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX CORP., Southfield, Mich.: G. Iain Dickie, 44, to project manager, in Chicago, from project manager at Chipman Adams & Defilippis Architects Inc.




INTERPLAN MIDWEST LLC, Oakbrook Terrace: Matt Wisz, 39, to program director, from program manager.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GUARANTEED RATE INC., Chicago: Brian Lindstrom, 42, to vice-president of mortgage lending, from president at Chicago United Mortgage Inc.


HOTELS

ELYSIAN HOTEL & RESORTS, Chicago: Joe Aguilera, 48, to vice-president of sales, from director of marketing at the Four Seasons Chicago.





WHITE LODGING SERVICES CORP., Merrillville, Ind.: Rocky Wruck, 35, to general manager of the Hilton Garden Inn Schaumburg, from opening general manager at the Courtyard by Marriott in Schaumburg. Lucy Raymond, 27, to director of sales for the Hilton Garden Inn Schaumburg, and continuing as cluster director of sales for other company properties in Schaumburg.


REAL ESTATE

U.S. EQUITIES REALTY, Chicago: Michael Tobin, 55, to senior vice-president of the development group, from partner at Northern Realty Group.





SERVICES

BUILDING OWNERS & MANAGERS ASSN. OF CHICAGO, Chicago: Ron Tabaczynski, 43, to director of government affairs, from senior property tax and assessment analyst at Commercial Real Estate Tax Analysts (CRETA) and president and founder at Andama Consulting.


JULY 31

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

GENSLER, San Francisco: Dan Sullivan, 48, to co-director of architecture, in Chicago, from senior principal at OWP&P Inc.





PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS P.C., New York: L. Ramu Ramachandran, 39, to senior associate, in Chicago, from associate. Also, Sarah Eddy, 29, and Jennifer McDermott, 31, to associate, from designer.

RTKL ASSOCIATES INC., Baltimore: Mark A. Mockus, 41, to associate, in Chicago, from design manager at General Growth Properties Inc.

SCHULER SHOOK, Chicago: Lorna Luebbers, 38, to principal in marketing and business development, from marketing director. Also, Joshua Grossman, 35, to senior consultant, from project consultant.





WIGHT & CO., Darien: Steve Collins, 55, to vice-president of government programs, from director of public sector sales. Also, Elizabeth Koski, 39, to vice-president of marketing and communications, from director of marketing and communications, and Brad Paulsen, 42, to vice-president of business development, from vice-president and K-12 market leader.


REAL ESTATE

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Santa Ana, Calif.: Tom Fioretti, 48, pictured, to managing director, project management, in Chicago, as of Aug. 1, from principal at Fioretti Associates. Bill Starcevich, 38, to vice-president, project management, in Chicago, as of Aug. 1, from senior project manager at Fioretti Associates; Tony Ucho, 55, to project manager, in Chicago, as of Aug. 1, from project manager at Fioretti Associates, and Joanne Fioretti, 48, to manager, in Chicago, as of Aug. 1, from office manager at Fioretti Associates.



SERVICES

Crane & Machinery Inc., Bridgeview: Paul Zaremba, 45, to general manager, from general manager at Randall Industries Inc.



JULY 24

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

4240 ARCHITECTURE INC., Chicago: Jeremy Green, 42, and Tom Hanley, 38, to senior associate, from associate. Greg Brewer, 51, to associate, from architect. And Corey McClenahan, 31, to associate, from designer.

INTERPLAN MIDWEST LLC, Oakbrook Terrace: Michelle Gillette, 47, to program director, from program manager.

MORGAN/HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION, Woodridge: Gregory W. Freehauf, 59, to vice-president of pre-construction activities, from president of TCB Design Build.






FINANCIAL SERVICES

MIDWEST BANC HOLDINGS INC., Melrose Park: Brogan M. Ptacin, 47, to head of the corporate banking group in charge of commercial real estate and commercial and industrial lending groups, from executive vice-president of commercial and industrial lending at Royal American Corp. Jonathan P. Gilfillan, 47, to executive vice-president and division head of commercial real estate lending, from senior vice-president at Park National Bank.

PHOENIX REALTY GROUP, New York: Abbas Kanji, 31, to vice-president of acquisitions, in Chicago, from vice-president of acquisitions at Orion Residential.

HOTELS

SAGE HOSPITALITY RESOURCES, Denver: Shakir Hussain, 48, to general manager of the Blackstone, in Chicago.




LAW

LEVIN GINSBURG, Chicago: Kenneth S. Strauss, 34, to senior associate concentrating in litigation and real estate, from partner at Strauss & Watychowicz P.C.


REAL ESTATE

BAIRD & WARNER, Chicago: Laura Ellis, 40, to general sales manager of Baird & Warner Residential Sales, from senior vice-president of residential sales.





CHICAGO ASSN. OF REALTORS, Chicago: Michael Cello, 43, to board member, and continuing as a vice-president at UGL Equis.

DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY, Beachwood, Ohio: Blake Panzino, 25, to leasing manager, in Chicago, from leasing agent at Poag & McEwen Lifestyle Centers in Memphis, Tenn.

TRANSWESTERN, Houston: Maggie Brophy, 22, to associate in the tenant advisory group, in Chicago, from student. Louis Jacobsohn, 27, to associate in the tenant advisory group, in Chicago, from consultant at the Revere Group. He succeeds Katherine Williams, 27, who left the company.

JULY 17

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

A. EPSTEIN & SONS INTERNATIONAL INC., Chicago: Alex Weiner, 43, to vice-president of business development, from vice-president of development at Centrum Properties.




NELSON, Chicago: Martin Festenstein, 49, to project director, from principal and project director at Gensler.


REAL ESTATE

STAUBACH RETAIL, Dallas: Ryan Murphy, 36, to senior vice-president and market leader, in Chicago, from executive vice-president of the development services group at NAI Hiffman.




PRESERVATION

LANDMARKS ILLINOIS, Chicago: Jim Peters, 56, to president and CEO, from director of preservation planning. He succeeds David Bahlman, 63, who is retiring.



JULY 10

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

HORN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE, Chicago: Katy Munzell, 29, to business development and marketing director, from area sales manager at Regus Group PLC.



HOK GROUP INC., St. Louis: Randy Buescher, 53, to senior associate and project manager, in Chicago, from partner at Robu Design LLC.


MEKUS TANAGER INC., Chicago: Stephen Wierzbowski, 55, to principal, from principal at WDW Design Inc.







CONSTRUCTION

BULLEY & ANDREWS LLC, Chicago: David Linden, 32, to senior project manager, from manager of construction services at Tennis Corp. of America.


EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Chicago: Michael A. Pagano, 56, to dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, from interim dean. He is also a professor of public administration.




FINANCIAL SERVICES

ADF Capital, Evanston: Jennifer Chan, 27, to analyst, from assistant property manager at King Properties in Durham, N.C.

REAL ESTATE

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Chicago: Brett Ratay, 32, to vice-president, in Rosemont, from associate vice-president.

SPERRY VAN NESS, Irvine, Calif.: Kevin Baran, 49, to adviser, in Chicago, from associate at Alliance Real Estate Advisors. Also, Matt Chapdelaine, 29, to senior adviser, from associate at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc.; Abe Salander, 29, to adviser, from associate at Marcus & Millichap, and Nate Glaisner, 28, to associate adviser, from associate at Marcus & Millichap.