Meet the Team

Executive Committee

• Kris Fetter, Chair, Faison Properties
• Peter Fioretti, MREC
• Fred W. Klein, Childress Klein Properties
• Landon Wyatt, Childress Klein Properties
• Krista Hunter, Truist Bank
• Fred Klein III, Childress Klein Properties
• Brad Smith, Vice Chair, Bank of America
• Amy Klein Aznar, Childress Klein Properties

Board of Advisors

• Henry Atkins – Atkins Properties
• H.C. (Smoky) Bissell – Chairman & CEO, The Bissell Companies, Inc. 
• Robert Brinkley – Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
• Bryan Brooks – Vice President, Medalist Capital, Inc.
• Jefferson W. Brown – Member, Moore & Van Allen
• Shippen Browne – Executive Vice President, BWE
• Richard Buttimer – Dean of the Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte
• John Caruso – Managing Director, Rock Consulting Group
• Yongqiang Chu – Director of the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate, UNC Charlotte
• Walker Collier – Managing Partner, Trinity Capital Advisors
• Meagan Conley – Executive Director of Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, UNC Charlotte
• Alyson H. Craig, AICP – Assistant City Manager, City of Charlotte
• John Culbertson – Managing Partner, Cardinal Real Estate Partners, LLC
• Anne Marie DeCatsye – CEO and General Counsel, Canopy Realtor® Association
• Fred Dodson – COO and EVP, Dreamkey Partners
• Tracy Dodson – COO & Head of Economic Development, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance
• Jubal A. Early, Founder, First & Early Partners
• Kris Fetter – CEO, Faison
• Peter Fioretti –  Chairman & CEO, Mountain Real Estate Capital
• Paisley Gordon – President, Allen Tate Companies
• Krista Hunter – SVP Commercial Real Estate, Truist Bank
• Doug Irmscher – Chief Operating Officer, Beacon Partners
• Leslie Johnson – Assistant County Manager, Mecklenburg County Government
• Shawn Kennedy – Kennedy Properties & Development
• Shawn Kimble – Managing Partner, Miller Street Capital
• Fred W. Klein – Senior Managing Partner, Childress Klein Properties
• Fred (Freddie) Klein III – Managing Partner, Childress Klein Properties
• Amy Klein Aznar – Managing Partner, Childress Klein Properties
• Daniel Levine – President, Levine Properties
• Ken Loeber – Global Chief Strategy Officer, Transwestern Real Estate Services
• Chandler Lutz – Steve Ott Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte
• George Maloomian – President, Cambridge Properties, Inc. 
• Fulton Meachem Jr. – President & CEO, INLIVIAN
• Brent Milgrom Jr. – Partner, Real Estate & Commercial Development Department Chair, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
• Chase Monroe – Carolinas Market Director & Charlotte Brokerage Lead, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Rob Nanfelt – Executive Director, REBIC
• Compie Newman – Managing Director, CBRE
• John Ockerbloom – Managing Director, Head of US Real Estate Equity, Barings
• Keith Poettker – CEO, Poettker Construction
• Perry Quick – Managing Director, Fifth Third Bank 
• Curt Rigney – Senior Vice President, Batson-Cook Company
• Pat Rodgers – President & CEO, Rodgers Builders Inc.
• Ed Rose – President & CEO, Shelco
• Arthur Samet – President & CEO, Samet Corporation
• James Scruggs – Founder and Managing Partner, Kingdom Development Partners
• Tim Sittema – Managing Partner, Crosland Southeast
• Brad Smith – Commercial Real Estate Banking Market Executive, Bank of America
• Patrick Smith – Corsland Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte
• Shannon Smith – CEO, Abundant Power
• Marcie Williams – Chief Strategy Officer, Bainbridge
• Todd Williams – CIO, Grubb Properties
• Kip Womack – MSRE Faculty, Childress Klein Center for Real Estate
• Daniel Wright – UNC Charlotte
• Jane Wu – Founder & CEO, Panorama Holdings 
• Landon Wyatt – Partner, Childress Klein Properties 

Alumni of the Center for Real Estate (ACRE) at UNC Charlotte seeks to expand professional opportunities in real estate available to the alumni and students of UNC Charlotte through its networking, mentoring, fundraising and advocacy. 

• President and Newsletter – Peter Stipicevic
• Alumni Engagement – Bai Dalton
• Alumni Engagement – Kari Pell
• Alumni and Student Engagement – Mark Joyce
• Alumni and Student Engagement – Erick Miller
• Alumni and Student Engagement – Kevin Smyth
• Alumni and Student Engagement – Wyatt Street
• Community Service – Ashley Cooper
• Events – Kiel Bollero
• Events – Scott Carr
• Events – Connie Henderson
• Events – Daniel Wright
• Fundraising – Alistair Lowe
• Fundraising – Virginia Luther
• Marketing Chair – Michael-Paul James
• Marketing – Drew McNeish
• Marketing – Blake Shell
• Member at Large – Jerry Lee
• Member at Large – Dan Robertson
• Member at Large – Jake Springer
• Newsletter – Anna Radcliff
• Newsletter – Joshua Zilke

• Abundant Power
• Allen Tate Companies
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Barings
• Batson-Cook Company
• The Bissell Companies, Inc.
• Cambridge Properties, Inc.
• Cardinal Real Estate Partners, LLC
• CB Richard Ellis
• Center City Partners 
• Charlotte Housing Authority
• Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association
• Childress Klein Properties
• CitiSculpt, LLC
• City of Charlotte
• CNL Financial Group, Inc.
• Crescent Communities
• Crosland Southeast
• Evergreen Strategies
• Faison Properties
• Fifth Third Bank
• Foundation for the Carolinas
• Foundry Commercial
• Grubb Properties
• Jefferies LLC
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• Laurel Street
• Levine Properties
• Lincoln Harris
• Mecklenburg County Government
• Medalist Capital, Inc.
• Moore & Van Allen
• Mount Vernon Asset Management, LLC
• Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC)
• National Association of Realtors® 
• Northwood Ravin
• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
• Real Estate Building Industry Coalition
• Rodgers Builders, Inc.
• Samet Corporation
• Shelco, Inc.
• The Spectrum Companies
• SteelFab, Inc.
• TIAA
• Trinity Partners
• Troutman Sanders LLP
• True Homes Inc.
• Vision Properties
• Wells Fargo Corporate Properties Group
• Wells Fargo Real Estate Group
• Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLC