Chairman, NAIOP Research Foundation
President,
Skip Kalb Strategies, LLC
NAIOP North Texas
Azle, Texas
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F.E. ‘Skip’ Kalb, Jr. is retired from BSNF Railroads and is now President of SDK Enterprises out of Azle, Texas. He has been a member of NAIOP since 2005.
Partner,
Wilson, Hull, and Neal
NAIOP Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
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Bilijack R. Bell is a partner at Wilson, Hull & Neal and Principal of Industrial Solutions Group, located in Atlanta, Georgia. A disciplined industrial focus providing real estate solutions for tenants, landlords, developers, and investors through brokerage, development, construction services, strategic land assemblage and entitlements in the Atlanta market. A NAIOP member since 2007, Bilijack is on the Georgia Chapter’s NAIOP Board serving as Governmental Affairs Committee chair. He is a former member of the E.CON, ICON Impact Projects Advisory, and Project of the Year committees. Bilijack is the current chair of the Business Park Development Forum and a former member of the Young Professionals II Forum.
Research Committee Chair, NAIOP Research Foundation
Vice President and General Manager,
The Opus Group
NAIOP Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Douglas Swain is vice president and general manager of The Opus Group - a family of commercial real estate development, construction and design companies headquartered in Minneapolis with offices and projects across the country.
Nominating Committee Chair, NAIOP Research Foundation
President and CEO,
The Elmhurst Group
NAIOP Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Bill is President and CEO of Elmhurst Group, which invests in commercial real estate and private operating businesses. Elmhurst’s real estate holdings include over three million square feet of office, hotel, flex and distribution space throughout the Pittsburgh region.
Audit and Investment Committee Chair, NAIOP Research Foundation
President,
Raymar Associates, Inc.
NAIOP Tampa Bay
Sarasota, Florida
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Ronald L. Rayevich is president of RayMar Associates, Inc., in Sarasota, Florida. He joined NAIOP in 1991 and has served on the NAIOP Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. He was chairman of NAIOP's Board of Directors in 1997.
Fundraising Committee Chair, NAIOP Research Foundation
Vice President, Director of Client Relations,
ECS Group of Companies
NAIOP Northern Virginia
Chantilly, Virginia
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Tracy Allen is vice president, director of client relations for ECS (Engineering Consulting Services) located in Chantilly, Virginia. Founded in 1988, Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) is a leader in geotechnical, environmental, construction materials, and facilities engineering. With over 1,400 employees, ECS has grown to more than 50 offices and testing facilities spread across the Mid-Atlantic, Southern, and Midwestern states. Tracy has been a member of NAIOP since 2000. She serves as a faculty member of the NAIOP Center for Education as has been a member of the Trends in Real Estate Development II National Forum since 2011.
Visionaries Program Chair, NAIOP Research Foundation
Managing Director, Business Development,
Baker Tilly
NAIOP Northern Virginia
Tysons, Virginia
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Barbara Schaefer McDuffie is Managing Director of Business Development in the East Region for Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP.