Membership invitations were extended to 24 real estate advisory professionals after The Counselors of Real Estate Annual Convention in Montréal. While we are excited by the number of new members the organization has invited, we particularly celebrate the breadth of experience and new skill sets they bring to the Counselor organization.

New Members
David W. Baird Managing Director, Strategic Advisory Services Cushman & Wakefield Baltimore, MD Recommended by: Frank Liantonio, CRE Practice Focus: Strategic advisory services focused on transforming and optimizing corporate, institutional, public, and private real estate assets.	Paul G. Bakken President The Valuation Group, Inc. Minneapolis, MN Chapter: Minnesota Recommended by: Al Benton, CRE Practice Focus: Consulting and valuation of real estate for litigation.
Victor S. Brown, Jr. Acquisitions Director/Managing Partner 5 Stone Green Capital New York, NY Chapter: New York Metropolitan Recommended by: Jonathan Schein, CRE Practice Focus: Impact-driven U.S. real estate investments delivering attractive financial returns alongside measurable positive social and environmental outcomes.	Charles-Henri Brunet President , Co-Owner ESpace Construction Inc. Dorval, QC Canada Recommended by: Michel Couillard, CRE and Scott Muldavin, CRE Practice Focus: Architect/builders of industrial, commercial and multi-unit residential with focus on sustainable and intelligent design through value engineering.
Royal E. Caswell III SVP and Managing Director, Institutional Real Estate McKinley Companies, LLC Ann Arbor, MI Chapter: Midwest Recommended by: Harry Collison, CRE Practice Focus: Distressed real estate/workout, property management, new construction/redevelopment, receiverships, lease/contract negotiation, real estate investment.	Mark Duclos President Sentry Commercial Hartford, CT Chapter: Connecticut Recommended by: Nick Morizio, CRE Practice Focus: Advisory services for office and industrial clients, including representation for acquisition and disposition of client facilities.
Geethaa Ganesan Executive Director J.P. Morgan Asset Management New York, NY Chapter: New York Metropolitan Recommended by: Jerry Witte, CRE Practice Focus: Real estate valuation and investment analysis.	Eric B. Garfield Managing Director | Los Angeles Regional Manager Cushman and Wakefield El Segundo, CA Chapter: Southern California Recommended by: Beth Finestone, CRE Practice Focus: Estate planning, estate tax, non-cash charitable donation, financial reporting, and litigation support.
Andrew Gowder, Jr. Founder and Partner Austen & Gowder, LLC Charleston, SC Chapter: The Carolinas Recommended by: Tony DellaPelle, CRE Practice Focus: Land use and entitlement, property acquisition and development, infill restoration, historic preservation/land conservation, real property litigation.	Sascha Kilb Partner / Managing Dierctor Drees & Sommer SE Frankfurt Am Main Germany Chapter: European Recommended by: Ralf Koschny, CRE Practice Focus: Real estate consulting, investment consulting, due diligence, portfolio analysis, feasibility studies, sustainability consulting, project management.
Miles Loo, Jr. Executive Vice President Newmark Knight Frank Los Angeles, CA Chapter: Southern California Recommended by: Karen Davidson, CRE Practice Focus: Data center, life science, office, retail (luxury boutiques and lifestyle entertainment complexes).	James A. Moore, Ph.D. Principal Jacobs Tampa, FL Recommended by: Scott Muldavin, CRE Practice Focus: Community engagement; urban redevelopment; infill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented development; urban design, design guidelines, codes; sustainability, life-cycle costing; smart cities.
Kieyasien K. “Teya” Moore, Esq. Managing Partner Benjamin & Banks Real Estate LLC Bowie, MD Chapter: New York Metropolitan Recommended by: Cynthia Shelton, CRE Practice Focus: Economic and community redevelopment; retail, office, and shopping centers.	René Nelson Principal Broker and President Pacwest Commercial Real Estate, Inc. Eugene, OR Chapter: Oregon Recommended by: Bob Nelson, CRE Practice Focus: Counseling real estate investors; buying, selling, and exchanging apartment complexes and other income properties in the Pacific Northwest.
Nino D. Pedrelli, Ph.D. Principal State Street Realty Advisors, LLC Saint Louis Park, MN Chapter: Minnesota Recommended by: Charlie Brigden, CRE Practice Focus: Commercial and multi-family infill development for personal account or as third party owner representative.	Bob Percival Chairman and Managing Director SVN/Percival Partners Charlotte, NC Chapter: The Carolinas Recommended by: Rob Nahagian, CRE Practice Focus: Office and industrial lease and sales analysis, repositioning, and adaptive reuse, as well as retail development.
Stephen Perricone Managing Director Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Wayne, PA Chapter: Delaware Valley Recommended by: Joe Nahas, CRE Practice Focus: Loan transactions throughout the U.S., providing non-bank capital primarily through insurance companies for all cash flowing property types.	Joshua H. Rikon Managing Member Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C. New York, NY Chapter: New York Metropolitan Recommended by: Mike Rikon, CRE Practice Focus: Eminent domain law.
Howard A. Roston, Esq. Shareholder Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Minneapolis, MN Chapter: Minnesota Recommended by: Tony DellaPelle, CRE Practice Focus: Attorney and real estate investor; real estate litigation and transactions.	Ron Throupe, Ph.D. Principal American Valuation Partners Castle Rock, CO Chapter: Colorado Recommended by: Elaine Worzala, CRE Practice Focus: Valuation in litigation, real estate damages, litigation support, eminent domain, construction defects, environmental.
Nick A. Tillema President Access Valuation, LLC Indianapolis, IN Chapter: Midwest Recommended by: Sam Long, CRE Practice Focus: Attorney/appraiser/instructor specializing in consulting and forensic appraising for litigation purposes.	Raymond P. Trevisan, Esq. Executive Managing Director Cushman & Wakefield Morristown, NJ Chapter: New Jersey Recommended by: Tony DellaPelle, CRE Practice Focus: Real estate advisory and brokerage services with a focus on tenant representation.
Hans J. Vrensen Head of Research and Strategy AEW Europe LLP London United Kingdom Chapter: European Recommended by: Taco Brink, CRE and Noelle Brisson, CRE Practice Focus: Head of European Research and Strategy team supporting AEW acquisitions, asset management, debt fund, investor relations, and securities teams.	David P. Waite, Esq. Partner Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP Los Angeles, CA Chapter: Southern California Recommended by: Bob Dietrich, CRE Practice Focus: Land use and environmental law focusing on CEQA, climate change, discretionary permits and entitlements, infrastructure agreements, public-private partnerships, zoning, environmental regulatory compliance, CERCLA, RCRA, and Proposition 65.
Reinstatement
Charles A. McClure III Chairman McClure Partners Dallas, TX Chapter: Dallas-Fort Worth Practice Focus: Full service real estate brokerage and development company; general partner with ten other partnerships or corporations.	John Winslow Managing Broker Terra Management Group Larkspur, CO Chapter: Colorado Practice Focus: Broker, senior analyst, market and feasibility studies, highest and best use analysis on potential acquisitions, compilation of data.