Meet Our Trustees

The Charles Hawkins Co. has been one of the leading, independent, full-service real estate companies in Nashville, Tennessee since 1962. As president of the privately-held company, Mr. Agnew’s primary duties include managing the day-to-day operations involved with 15 employees and 20 brokers. Secondly, his responsibilities include asset management oversight for a $500 million portfolio of commercial property that totals approximately 9.6 million square feet.

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 and has been a member of the Trends in Real Estate Development II National Forum since 2011.

Frank serves as a Principal and CEO of Capital Associates, located in Raleigh, NC. He joined Capital Associates in 1986 after moving from Dallas Texas. Prior to his role as CEO, Frank was a Development Partner with Capital Associates developing a number of projects throughout the Triangle. In Dallas, Frank served as Vice President of Development with Southland Financial Corporation for the Las Colinas Development. In his 40-year carrier, Frank has developed over 30 projects ranging in size from a small warehouse to the 1.2 million square foot Towers at Williams Square mixed-use project in Las Colinas. As CEO Frank has implemented a successful business strategy of brokerage, management and development revenue sources for Capital Associates. In 1978, Frank graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and later received an MBA from the University of Dallas. He served on NAIOP’s Environment and Infrastructure Subcommittee and has been a member of the Office Development II Forum since 1999.

Collin Barr is President of the Southern & Western Divisions for Ryan Companies US, Inc. In this role, Mr. Barr provides executive oversight to Ryan Companies Southeast Region in Tampa and Atlanta, the SouthCentral Region in Austin and Dallas, the Southwest Region in Phoenix and Tucson, the West Region in San Diego and the Northwest Region in Seattle. These five Regions encompass the disciplines of development, capital sourcing, architecture & engineering, construction, and property management, where project solutions are delivered to customers across the United States in the market sectors of: office, industrial, retail, healthcare, governmental, hospitality, multifamily, and senior living. Mr. Barr joined NAIOP in 1987 and is a member of the Diverse Asset Development Forum.

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.

Jean Kane is CEO of Colliers International | Minneapolis St. Paul. She leads a team of 240 professionals who are responsible for delivering a broad range of business property service solutions to their clients.

Nino Pedrelli, Ph.D. is the owner at State Street Realty Advisors, LLC, located in St. Louis Park Minnesota. State Street Realty Advisors provides a broad base of services, such as asset management, investment analysis, development consulting, and project management for family offices, individuals, non-profits and municipalities with real estate holdings.

Lex is Executive Director, Real Estate Investments for the Southeast region with USAA Real Estate Company. He is responsible for the region's involvement in acquisitions, development, build-to-suits, joint ventures, and capital transactions which also includes senior and mezzanine debt, and preferred equity financing structures. Lex oversees all aspects of the deal process including sourcing transactions, market and property underwriting, due diligence, venture structuring, and closing across a variety of strategies with multiple capital sources. Additional responsibilities include supporting the initiatives of other company departments, working cohesively with the investment management team to develop transaction strategy, and advocating and presenting transactions to investment committee. Lex is a former member of the Board of Directors and served as the Developing Leaders representative on the Executive Committee. He is a past member of the National Forums Advisory committee. Lex has been a member of the Deal and Investment Concepts Forum since its inception in 2011 and served as its chair.

Eva Stevens is the former president and chief operating officer of United Properties, a privately held firm specializing in commercial and senior housing property investment and development, located in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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.