CRE - Key Persons
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- Second Vice Chair
- Second Vice Chair of the Board
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- First Vice Chair
- First Vice Chair of the Board
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- 2019 past Chair of the Board
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- Digital Communications Manager
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- Director of Education and Meetings
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- Director of Member Services
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- Chief Executive Officer
- President
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- Chairman of the Board
- Partner
- Shareholder
In January 2019, Michael J. Ash, Esq., CRE, joined the firm of Carlin & Ward focusing on eminent domain, real estate tax appeals, infrastructure planning, and real estate litigation.
Roger Sherman, FAIA leads the Stone Soup Group at Gensler LA, which researches and incubates design strategies and solutions that address problems of urbanization: in particular how to manage (climate/economic/cultural) change and achieve resilience. Thematics include the nexus of digital technology and public space; new and expanded forms of community; and housing equity and affordability, and off-the-grid infrastructural planning, amongst others. Informed by a radical pragmatism, Roger works through the development of prototypes able to achieve wide impact by being brought to scale. Projects include an Infrastructure/Development Plan for NE Haiti; 2 riverfront parks in Wuhan, China; a pilot street furniture installation for the LA Dept. of Transportation; a Community Resilience Hub in Compton, CA; a new downtown campus center for UCSD; a distance learning center for sustainability in Cameroon; and a master plan for AltaSea at the Port of LA. He has worked on numerous supportive and affordable housing projects including "Urban Awning"m which won a World-Changing Design Ideas Award from Fast Company in 2021. Prior to joining Gensler, Roger was Director of Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design. He has appeared at TEDx and MoMA, in Newsweek and on CNN, and had his work featured at the Venice, Rotterdam and Chicago Architecture Biennales. In 2006, Sherman co-founded cityLAB (www.citylab.ucla.edu), an urban "do-tank" at UCLA, where he is an Adjunct Professor. Roger is author of "LA Under the Influence: The Hidden Logic of Urban Property"; "Re American Dream: New Housing Prototypes for Los Angeles", and "Fast Forward Urbanism". He has taught and lectured widely, including at Harvard, Princeton and UC Berkeley.
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Architect
Urban/Land Planner
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Affordable Housing
Kathleen Rose, CRE, and Fred Campbell, CRE, discussed the mission and scope of the CRE Consulting Corps at the 2017 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Chicago. Kathleen and Fred were joined by Rob Anderson, city manager of Fairborn, Ohio. During the presentation, titled "Helping Your Community Solve Challenging Real Estate Problems", Kathleen and Fred discussed… Read more
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- Director of Marketing and Communications
Raja P. Waran, MAI, CRE leads the Philadelphia office of Integra Realty Resources as its Senior Managing Director. He has over fifteen years of commercial real estate and land use experience involving analysis and report development for various property types. Mr. Waran has experience with providing commercial real estate valuation and advisory services for various purposes, including loan underwriting, and financial reporting, with a focus on litigation support. Mr. Waran's previous employment experiences include roles at TD Bank, FTI Consulting in New York City, American Appraisal Associates, the NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, and Real Estate Advisory and Development Services. Clients served included various financial concerns, law and public accounting firms, private and public agencies/entities, pension and advisory companies, investment firms and the general public.
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Director of Member Services Lyndsey Adams ladams@cre.org +1 312-329-8533 For information on applying for the CRE® designation, as well as membership questions including CRE® chapters and membership engagement & annual renewal. Director of Public Service Initiatives Samantha DeKoven sdekoven@cre.org +1 312.329.8431 For information on the CRE Consulting Corps and the CRE Foundation. Director of Marketing and Communications R.J. Sirois rsirois@cre.org +1 312-329-8430 For information on communications and marketing initiatives, media relations, and news for the CRE website.
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- Chief Administrative Officer
President and Chief Executive Officer Mary Fleischmann mfleischmann@cre.org +1 312-329-8428 For executive matters, government relations, ethics issues, the invitation process, The Counselors of Real Estate Foundation, and member concerns and/or suggestions to strengthen and improve the organization. Chief Administrative Officer Shea Shumpert sshumpert@cre.org +1 312-329-8425 For information on CRE dues, committee assignments, Bylaws, Code of Ethics, Standards of Professional Practice, and organizational policies and procedures. Director of Education and Meetings Larisa Phillips lphillips@cre.org +1 312-329-8422 For information on Real Estate Issues content, national meeting programming, business issues forums, continuing education credits, and sponsorships for CRE national meetings and conferences.