Meet the Team

Executive Committee

• Kris Fetter, Chair, Faison Properties
• Fred Klein, Childress Klein Properties
• Peter Fioretti, MREC
• Landon Wyatt, Childress Klein Properties
• Richard Buttimer, Belk College of Business
• Bradley Smith, Vice Chair, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Board of Advisors

• Henry Atkins – President, Atkins Properties
• H.C. (Smoky) Bissell – Chairman & CEO, The Bissell Companies, Inc. 
• Robert Brinkley – Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLC
• Bryan Brooks – Vice President, Medalist Capital, Inc.
• Jefferson W. Brown – Member, Moore & Van Allen
• Shippen Browne – Executive Vice President, Bellwether
• John Caruso – Managing Director, Global Head of Fund Finance, Nuveen Real Estate
• Walker Collier – Managing Partner, Trinity Capital Advisors
• Alyson H. Craig, AICP – Director, Charlotte Planning, Design & Development
• John Culbertson – Managing Partner, Cardinal Real Estate Partners, LLC
• Geoffrey Curme – Managing Member, Mt. Vernon Asset Management, LLC
• Anne Marie DeCatsye – CEO and General Counsel, Charlotte Regional Realtor Association
• Darryl Dewberry – CEO, The Spectrum Companies 
• Fred Dodson – COO and EVP, Dreamkey Partners
• Tracy Dodson – Assistant City Manager, City of Charlotte
• Jubal A. Early, Senior Vice President, Lincoln Harris
• Kris Fetter – President & Chief Executive Officer, Faison Properties
• Peter Fioretti –  Chairman & CEO, MREC
• Walter D. Fisher Jr. – Managing Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, Charlotte Office
• Paisley Gordon – President, Allen Tate Companies
• William Harrison – Managing Director, TH Real Estate
• Doug Irmscher – Chief Operating Officer, Beacon Partners
• Leslie Johnson – Assistant County Manager, Mecklenburg County Government
• Shawn Kimble – Head of U.S. Real Estate Capital Markets, Barings
• Fred W. Klein – Senior Managing Partner, Childress Klein Properties
• Kevin Lambert – Chief Financial Officer, Crescent Communities 
• Daniel Levine – President, Levine Properties
• Ken Loeber – Executive MD, Market Leader, Transwestern
• George Maloomian – President, Cambridge Properties, Inc. 
• Charles Lindsey McAlpine – Managing Partner, CitiSculpt
• 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 – Interim Executive Director, REBIC
• Dionne Nelson – President & CEO, Laurel Street
• Compie Newman – Managing Director, CBRE
• John Ockerbloom – Managing Director, Head of US Real Estate Equity, Barings
• Keith Poettker – Chief Executive Officer, Poettker Construction Company
• Perry Quick – Senior Vice President, Fifth Third Bank 
• David Ravin – President & CEO, Northwood Ravin
• Curt Rigney – Senior Vice President, Batson-Cook Company
• Pat Rodgers – President & CEO, Rodgers Builders Inc.
• Ed Rose – President & CEO, Shelco, Inc.
• Arthur Samet – President & CEO, Samet Corporation
• Glen Sherill – President, SteelFab, Inc.
• James Scruggs – Founder and Managing Partner, Kingdom Development Partners
• Thomas K. Sittema – CEO, CNL Financial Group, Inc. 
• Tim Sittema – Managing Partner, Crosland Southeast
• Bradley A. Smith – Senior Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Shannon Smith – CEO, Abundant Power
• Frank Warren – Director of Development, Helen Adams Realty
• Marcie Williams – Chief Executive Officer, RKW Residential
• Todd Williams – Chief Investment Officer, Grubb Properties
• 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 – Ashley Cooper
• Board Advisor – Alyson Craig
• Fundraising – Sean Hoskins
• Fundraising – Virginia Luther
• Member at Large – Rad Hudson
• Member at Large – Tyler Brandt
• Member at Large – Jake Alexander
• Member at Large – Caitlin McCain
• Member at Large – Peter Stipicevic
• Member at Large – Kory Jeter
• Member at Large – Trent Michels

• 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