Meet Our Trustees

Susan H.S. Graham is owner of Susan H. Graham, LLC, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ms. Graham is a past Hawaii Chapter president and served on the NAIOP National Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and Environment and Infrastructure Sub-committee. She is currently vice chairman of the Research Foundation and chair of the Foundation's Distinguished Fellows Committee.

Lawrence A. Pobuda is the founder of the Lawrence Real Estate Advisory Group, located in Edina, Minnesota. He served as chairman of the NAIOP Board of Directors in 2010 and was on the Executive Committee. Mr. Pobuda was a member and chairman of the Nominating, Audit, and Government Affairs Committees. He was an ADPAC Trustee in 2010. Mr. Pobuda is currently a member of the Office Development I Forum and the secretary/treasurer of the Research Foundation.

Since 1991, Thomas J. Bisacquino, NAIOP's president and CEO, has served as the association's chief executive officer. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the association which is headquartered in Northern Virginia. Mr. Bisacquino directs NAIOP’s legislative activities on behalf of its membership in the federal, state and local arenas. Under his guidance and leadership, the headquarters staff is responsible for serving over 15,000 members who are involved with the development, ownership, and investment of industrial, office, retail and mixed-use properties throughout North America.

Stephen Crosby is president of CSX Real Property, Inc. He oversees their real estate activities including land development and sales, industrial development, limited hotel development, property sales and leasing, telecommunication network development and public rail transit. Mr. Crosby received his MBA from the University of Florida and continues to operate out of Jacksonville. Mr. Crosby served as NAIOP's 2004 chairman of the board and on the Nominating Committee. He is a member of the Business Park Development Forum. He also is a former chairman and a current trustee of the NAIOP Research Foundation and serves on the Foundation's Research Committee.

Robert G. Cutlip is president of Gladstone Commercial Corporation in McLean, Virginia. He served as NAIOP's chairman of the board for 2006 and was a member of the Board of Directors, the Credit and Capital Advisory Board, and the Nominating Committee. Mr. Cutlip serves on the Audit Committee, and is a member of NAIOP's Industrial Development I Forum. He is past chairman of the NAIOP Research Foundation, a current Foundation trustee and serves on the Fundraising Committee.

Christopher Haley is co-founder of Palladian Realty Capital LLC, with offices in Maryland and Delaware. As a boutique real estate advisory-firm, Palladian offers differentiated and independent services to its privately-held and publicly-listed constituents supported by a research-oriented foundation. Palladian leverages its principals' advisory- and research-oriented capabilities to assist property-oriented businesses in their capital- and strategic-planning efforts. Prior to Palladian, Mr. Haley was managing director in Wachovia Securities' Equity Capital Markets division where he led its research and investment efforts in the real estate securities sector beginning in 1993. Mr. Haley is a trustee of the Research Foundation and is chairman of the Foundation's Research Committee.

George D. Livingston is chairman of NAI Realvest Partners, Inc. in Maitland, Florida. He is a past president of NAIOP's Central Florida Chapter and is a current member of the Industrial Development I Forum. Mr. Livingston is a Research Foundation trustee and serves on the Foundation's Research and Fundraising Committees.

Dwight S. Taylor is president of Stonegate Partners, LLC, located in Pikesville, Maryland. Mr. Taylor served on the NAIOP National Board of Directors, Diversity Task Force, Membership and Chapter Relations Committee, Audit committee, and is a past president of the Maryland Chapter. He is also a former member of the Office Development II Forum. He serves on the NAIOP Research Foundation Board of Trustees and the Foundation's Fundraising Committee.

Richard L. Woodruff is the former COO/CFO of WWR-Real Estate Services, a commercial development and management company located in Boulder, Colo. Mr. Woodruff joined NAIOP in 1988. He was a member of the Capital Markets I Forum and the Colorado Chapter where he was the chapter treasurer and the chapter public relations chair. He was also a member and former chairman of the Tax and Finance Subcommittee, a trustee of the Research Foundation and served on the Foundation's Research and Fundraising committees.

Frank Wuest is president of both Forest City Enterprises' Boston regional office and the Forest City Science + Technology Group. Mr. Wuest is responsible for the management of Forest City's national life science portfolio, as well as all new investment activity initiated in the Boston region. He has been a NAIOP member since 1992 and is a past president of the Massachusetts Chapter. Mr. Wuest served on the NAIOP Board of Directors and the Membership and Chapter Committee. He is currently on the Capital Markets I Forum, and serves as a Research Foundation Trustee and on the Foundation's Research Committee.

Shirley Maloney is senior vice president of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. Maloney oversees the day-to-day operations of the headquarters office of NAIOP. She also serves as Executive Director of the NAIOP Research Foundation. She has been employed by NAIOP since 1988. She earned a bachelor of science degree in Management and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.