VALBRIDGE PROPERTY ADVISORS - Key Persons


Aaron Ward

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Basalt

Adam Nay

Job Titles:
  • Researcher / Spokane Valley

Adam Norman

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Charleston

Ana Bonifacio


Andrew Baker

Job Titles:
  • Director / Kansas City

Andrew Ciocca

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, FF & E / Personal Property / Las Vegas

Andrew Miles

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Louisiana

Anthony Mulé

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Principal / Chicago

Arthur Schwertz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Louisiana

Austin Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Louisiana

Blaze McCoy

Job Titles:
  • Analyst / Minneapolis - St. Paul

Bobby Bessinger

Job Titles:
  • Apprentice Appraiser / Charleston

Brandon T. Lux

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / Oklahoma City

Brett E. Weatherbie - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Managing Director
  • Senior Managing Director / Austin
Brett Weatherbie has been in the valuation and advisory service since 2003. Brett has been employed by Valbridge Property Advisors | San Antonio since 2004. He is a Partner and Shareholder and serves as Senior Managing Director in the firm. His specialties include all aspects of real estate valuation, consulting, appraisal review litigation support and expert witness testimony. Brett is a state-certified general real estate appraiser in Texas and a designated member of the Appraisal Institute. He is a past president of the South Texas Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and currently serves on the Appraisal Institute's Leadership Development and Advisory Council Planning Committee. Brett is a graduate of Auburn University.

Brian To

Job Titles:
  • Appraisal Analyst / East Bay

Brian Tobey

Job Titles:
  • Director / Cleveland

Bruce C. Jolicoeur

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Kennewick

Bryce Neubert

Job Titles:
  • Resident Appraiser Trainee Lic. 40723614

Candy Getz

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Charlotte

Carl C. Durkoop

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Spokane Valley

Carter Higdon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Louisiana

Chad White

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Basalt

Chris Knight - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Chris Lantz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Houston

Christopher D. Donato

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Charleston

Cindy N. Cortes

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations / Houston

Cole Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser Trainee / Kennewick

Cole Heiberger

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Analyst / Chicago

Courtney Jones

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Charlotte

Dallas-Fort Worth


Daniel Kann - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director

Daniel Schwertz

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager / Louisiana

David A. Donan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Cincinnati

David H. Brooks

David Brooks has been in valuation and advisory services since 1978. His specialties include commercial, multi-family and hospitality properties. David has served as an expert witness in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and in Maryland Tax Court. He is past president of the Maryland Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and served as President of CHAI, a non-profit housing agency. He is a licensed real estate broker and a former member of the real estate faculty at Johns Hopkins University. David is a state-certified general appraiser in Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Derek Shaner

Job Titles:
  • Director - Land Valuation / Kansas City

Dieter Matthes

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / Orlando

Ellerbe Dargan

Job Titles:
  • Analyst / Charleston

Erin Hagenston


Frankie Foote

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant / Spokane Valley

Garrett A. Warren

Job Titles:
  • Director / East Bay

Gary Barker - CEO

Job Titles:
  • SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR
  • Senior Managing Director / Cleveland
Gary Barker, MAI has been a commercial real estate appraiser since 1993. His firm was one of the early partners helping to build Valbridge and he has been involved in some capacity from the beginning. He was born in Akron and is a proud graduate of The Ohio State University. Based in Cleveland, Gary is certified in Ohio and focuses on appraisals for tax valuation. Specialty practice areas of focus include improved industrial and undeveloped land. He has served as Education Chairman of Northern Ohio Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and is currently an MAI Candidate Advisor.

Gary H. Zahller

Job Titles:
  • ABV, MAI

Gary Hardy

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Las Vegas

Gaston Garrido

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Development / Houston

Gayle Preuss

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager / Chicago

Griffin Marx

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Oklahoma City

H. Laird Goldsborough

Laird Goldsborough has been in valuation and advisory services since 1990. His specialties include all aspects of real estate valuation, expert witness support, and testimony, appraisal review, and consulting. Laird is a state-certified general appraiser in Kansas and Missouri, a licensed real estate agent in Kansas, chairman of the board of Datappraise, and a board member of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce. He has served as president of the Kansas City Chapter of the Appraisal Institute.

Heather Dockter

Job Titles:
  • Associate / Minneapolis - St. Paul

Heidi Fielding

Job Titles:
  • Appraisal Analyst / East Bay

Hubbard Savage

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations / Kansas City

James Marotta

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Boston

James Murren

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / East Bay

Jason Mushinski

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director - Right of Way / Houston

Jason Roos

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Kansas City

Jason Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser

Jeff Miller

Job Titles:
  • CCIM
Jeff Miller has been in valuation and advisory services since 1991. He has been a loan originator for life insurance and CMBS lenders, and regional reviewer for a life insurance company. Jeff's specialties include complex income properties, litigation work and estate planning. Jeff is a state certified general appraiser in Georgia, and the four surrounding states, and is a licensed broker in Georgia. Miller is a board member, and past president, of the Atlanta Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and a USPAP instructor. Jeff is a graduate of The University of Alabama.

Jennifer Cundiff

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Cincinnati

Jennifer Dewberry

Job Titles:
  • Director of Client Services / Minneapolis - St. Paul

Jessica J. Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant / Spokane Valley

Jessica Perryman

Job Titles:
  • Director - Office Valuation / Kansas City

Joanne Montgomery - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • PRESIDENT
  • President / Kansas City
Joanne Montgomery is President of Valbridge Property Advisors | Kansas City, the largest commercial real estate appraisal and consulting firm in Kansas City with 20 associates, seven MAIs, eight General Certified appraisers, and a very diverse client base. Joanne has a strong business background working in operations and management for both large companies early in her career and running her family's small business prior to joining the Kansas City office when Valbridge launched in 2013. In addition to being President of the Kansas City office, Joanne is the immediate Past President of the Valbridge Women's Council and currently serves as the Chair of the Mentorship Committee for VWC, is a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and the Future Leaders Alliance. She also helps with various special projects at the national level for Valbridge.

John E. "Josh" Hall III - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Managing Director
Josh Hall, MAI has been a commercial real estate appraiser since 2002. After graduating from Auburn University in 1994, Josh began a career in the appraisal business with Real Estate Appraisers, LLC. Josh has been a commercial appraiser for 28 years and has been involved with Valbridge since the beginning. Josh currently sits on the Board of Directors for Datappraise. Based in Montgomery, Josh focuses on appraisals and consulting for multi-family; retail buildings and shopping centers; office buildings; industrial buildings; religious and special purpose properties including schools, churches, and cemeteries; lodging; residential subdivisions; vacant industrial, commercial and residential land; rent studies, cost analysis, litigation support; right-of-way, timberland; developed office buildings.

Jonathan Legault

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser Trainee / Spokane Valley

Jonathan S. Beery

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Cincinnati

Joseph Warren

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / East Bay

Josh Fronen

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / East Bay

Julie Cope

Job Titles:
  • Researcher / Spokane Valley

Karen K. Meek

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Kennewick

Kari J. Collins

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Spokane Valley

Karl P. Finkelstein

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Charleston
  • Vice President of MARKETING and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Karl Finkelstein has been in valuation and advisory services since 1998. His specialties include commercial, multi-family, and resort properties. He is past president of the South Carolina Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and currently serves on the Admissions and Designation Qualifications Committee for the Appraisal Institute. He is a licensed real estate broker and member of the Urban Land Institute. Karl is a state-certified general appraiser in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and the State of New York.

Karlene R. Perry - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director
  • Vice President of FINANCE & OPERATIONS and SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR

Karsten Greil

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Louisiana

Kate Gillette

Job Titles:
  • Resident Appraiser Trainee Lic. 40748573

Kate Nordquist

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager / Minneapolis - St. Paul

Kenneth H. Cantrell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Atlanta

Kimberly Schiff

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager / Analyst / Louisiana

Lawrence J. Colorito Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Board of Directors, and Senior Managing Director
  • Senior Managing Director / Hampton Roads
Larry Colorito has been in valuation and advisory service since 1988. He specializes in all aspects of real estate valuation, including for lending and other transactions, expert witness support and testimony, appraisal review, and consulting. Larry is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in Virginia, North Carolina, DC, and Maryland. He has a B.S. in Finance from Penn State University and an M.S. in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver.

Leah Walter

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Analyst / Chicago

Lisa Heeney - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Lisa W. Barrington

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant / Charleston

Mark Luna

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Lubbock

Martha Russell Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Louisiana

Matthew Lubawy

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Las Vegas

Matthew Weir

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Analyst / Chicago

Michael F. Berry

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Richmond

Michael G. Divin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Lubbock

Michael J. Flak

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Akron

Michele Wood

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, People and Culture / Houston

Mitchell Creer

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Analyst / Chicago

Molly Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Research Team Lead / Minneapolis - St. Paul

Morgan Botha

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant / Spokane Valley

Nathan Schumacher

Job Titles:
  • Resident Appraiser Trainee Lic. 40670452

Nicholas Gambino

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Louisiana

Nick Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director / Oklahoma City

Nicolas Fell

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Intern / Chicago

Nolan Tong

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / East Bay

Norm Hulberg

Norm Hulberg has been in valuation and advisory services since 1976. Norm's expertise includes loan transaction support, mergers, and acquisitions, estate planning, taxes, litigation, project design, and feasibility, leasing and insurance. He is a state-certified general appraiser in California and holds membership with the Rotary Club of San Jose, where he is a director and the San Jose Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Norman C. Hulberg - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Managing Director

Parker Moring Jr

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Louisiana

Paul Gilliam

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director - Institutional Asset Valuation, Vice President - Financial Modeling / Houston
  • Vice President of FINANCIAL MODELING
Paul Gilliam has been in the valuation and advisory services since 2007. Paul's specialties include valuation of office, health care, institutional properties, and special-use properties. Consulting assignments include feasibility and market rent studies, business interruption loss analysis, studies relating to diminution in market value from a variety of sources, and equal and uniform analysis for real estate tax protests. Paul is a state-certified general appraiser in Texas.

Paul P. Grafe

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / San Antonio

Peter Boland

Job Titles:
  • Analyst / Charleston

Phil Ware

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / Las Vegas

Rachel Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Researcher / Spokane Valley

Richard L. Armalavage - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF Executive OFFICER
  • President
  • Senior Managing Director
Rick Armalavage has been in valuation and advisory services since 1978. Rick's specialties include highest-and-best-use analysis, subdivision and condominium analysis, feasibility studies, and support services as an expert witness. He is a state-certified general appraiser and licensed real estate broker in Florida and holds membership with the National Association of Realtors and the Urban Land Institute.

Roger D. McRoberts

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Spokane Valley

Rollie McCormick

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser

Ryan Cloern

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Louisville

Ryan Walker

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Charlotte

Scott Carlisle

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Charlotte

Scott Tew - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Managing Director
  • Senior Managing Director / Orlando
Scott Tew has been in valuation and advisory services since 1991. His specialties include all aspects of real estate valuation, expert witness support, and testimony, cash flow modeling, and consulting. Scott is a state-certified general appraiser in Florida and multiple other states across the Southeastern US. Tew has served in a senior leadership capacity at a number of publicly and privately-owned valuation firms over the course of his career. He also has previously served as a board member for the East Florida Chapter of the Appraisal Institute.

Shaun Payne

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director / Charleston

Sheila Schwertz

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Staff and Community Relations / Louisiana

Stephen Agen

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser Trainee / Spokane Valley

Stephen D. Kuhnhoff

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Emeritus / East Bay

Stephen Schiff

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Louisiana

Stone Remy

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser Trainee II / East Bay

T. Jordan Sale

Job Titles:
  • Director / Austin

Tanner Stover

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser Trainee / Spokane Valley

Taylor Blanks

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Charleston

Teresa Scott

Job Titles:
  • Accountant / Charleston

Thaddeus Landis

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Analyst / Chicago

Thomas E. Peters

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Charleston

Tiffany Tauala

Job Titles:
  • Researcher / Spokane Valley

Tim Brennan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director

Tim N. Treadway

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director - Multifamily / Houston

Timothy Albert


TJ Esbensen

Job Titles:
  • Resident Appraiser Trainee Lic. 40115904

Tom Petzold

Job Titles:
  • Resident Appraiser Trainee Lic. 40603107

Trina W. Walters

Job Titles:
  • Senior Appraiser / Charleston

Tyler Siegworth

Job Titles:
  • Director - Multifamily Valuation / Kansas City

Will Kastilahn

Job Titles:
  • Director of Real Estate Valuation / Chicago

William Hoff

Job Titles:
  • Senior Real Estate Analyst / Chicago

Wyatt Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser Trainee / Spokane Valley

Zachary Guy

Job Titles:
  • Appraiser / Oklahoma City