Advisory Board 2025

Founders 

Bennett, Marshall (deceased; Emeritus)
Marshall Bennett Enterprises 

Fogelson, Gerald (retired; Emeritus) 
President
Fogelson Properties Inc. 
23 Stephen Terrace Ranch Mirage, CA 92270 
Office Phone: 760.202.9677
Cell: 760.218.7888
Email: jerry@fogelsonproperties.com 
Assistant: Marie Czapinski 
Email: marie@csdcorp.net

Pasquinelli, Anthony (deceased; Emeritus) 
Executive Vice President 
BnA Homes

Co-Chairs

Bischmann, Ben 
SVP, Nat’l Ops/Asset Mgmt 
Bridge Industrial
9525 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 700
Rosemont, IL 60018
Office Phone: 630.626.4354
Cell: 847.962.-252
Email: bbischmann@bridgeindustrial.com

Gerhart, Damla (2023)
Principal and Managing Director 
Avison Young
One South Wacker, Suite 3000 Chicago, IL 60606
Cell: 312.513.1003
Email: Damla.Gerhart@avisonyoung.com

Advisory Board Members

Adreani, Bruce 
President Norwood Builders
838 Busse Highway Park Ridge, IL 60068
Office Phone: 847.655.7707
Email: bruce@norwoodbuilders.com

Bennett, Bija
President/Author/Speaker
BijaB
2 West Delaware Place, #1407 Chicago, IL 60610
Cell: 303.888.6603
Email: bija@bijab.com

Boatright, Ciere (2023)
Commissioner, Dept. of Planning and Dev.
City of Chicago
121 N LaSalle St. Chicago, IL 606-2 
Cell: 314.737.3115
Email: Ciere.Boatright@cityofchicago.org

Broderick, Chad (2021)
Managing Partner
LCI Development Partners
210 N. Carpenter, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60607
Cell: 410.599.8411
Email: crbroderick@lcidp.com

Collins, Kevin
Managing Director
CBRE, Inc.
321 N. Clark Street, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60654
Office Phone: 312.935.1033
Email: Kevin.Collins@cbre.com

Delle, Alfreda (2021)
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
LaSalle Investment Management
333 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 2300 Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 312.897.4032
Cell: 312.659.5914
Email: Alfreda.Delle@Lasalle.com

DeRouin, Mike (2023)
President FitzGerald & Associates
200 W. Adams, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 312.252.9213
Cell: 312.446.0132
Email: miked@fitzgeraldassociates.net

Diggs, Zena (2024)
Midwest Market Executive
Bank of America
110 N. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 312.828.9041 
Cell: 312.550.9850
Email: zena.diggs@bofa.com

DiGrino, Mariah (2024)
Partner
DLA Piper, LLC USA
444 W. Lake Street, Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60606-0089
Office Phone: 312.368.7261
Email: mariah.digrino@dlapiper.com

FitzGerald, Patrick 
Chairman
FitzGerald Associates Architects
Email: rossocorrecto@yahoo.com

Fogelson, Doug (2024)
2027 West Division St. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Cell: 773.848.1303
Email: Doug.Fogelson@gmail.com

Grusecki, James P.
Chairman/CEO
Northern Builders, Inc.
5060 River Road Schiller Park, IL 60176-1076
Office Phone: 847.678.5060 Ext. 235 
Cell: 708.542.8751
Email: jgrusecki@northernbuilders.com

Hamer, Charlton (2022)
Senior Vice President
Affordable Housing
The Habitat Company
350 W. Hubbard, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60654
Office Phone: 312.527.7448
Email: chamer@habitat.com

Hernandez, Tony (2024)
President
Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
325 N. Wells, 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60654
Office Phone: 312.602.6500 Ext. 501
Email: thernandez@hhdevcorp.com
Assistant/Email: Ivette Velasquez/ ivelasquez@hhdevcorp.com

Higgins, Tiffiny (2024)
1st VP
Legal Equity Residential
Two N Riverside Drive, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60606
Email: thiggins@eqr.com

Hozian, Elizabeth
SVP Commercial Real Estate 
Associated Bank
525 W. Monroe, 24th Floor Chicago, IL 60661
Office Phone: 312.544.4505
Cell: 847.721.2972
Email: Elizabeth.Hozian@associatedbank.com 

Huzenis, Harry
Executive Vice President
JRG Capital Partners
425 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60610-1139
Office Phone: 312.335.3248
Cell: 312.909.9581
Email: hhuzenis@jrgcap.com

Ivanelli, Jennifer (2024)
Principal, Commercial Real Estate
Ryan, LLC Cell
Phone: 773.469.1112
Email: jennifer.ivanelli@ryan.com

Kourelis, Kim
Managing Director
CIBC
120 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60603
Office Phone: 312.564.1944 
Email: kim.kourelis@cibc.com

Lumpkins, Jerry (2021)
Chicago Commercial RE Lead
Valley National Bank
1 N LaSalle St., Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60602
Office Phone: 312.764.7836
Cell: 312.371.5039
Email: Jerry.lumpkins@valley.com

McShane, Molly (2021)
CEO
McShane Companies
9500 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 200 Rosemont, IL 60018
Office Phone: 847.692.8854
Cell: 847.421.9148
Email: mmcshane@mcshane.com

Meyer, Paul (2021)
Partner
Mayer Brown, LP
71 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 312.701.7182
Cell: 312.706. 8716
Email: pmeyer@mayerbrown.com

Meier, Thomas J
Vice President/Director of Sales
Chicago Title Insurance Company
10 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 3100 Chicago, IL 60603
Office Phone: 312.223.3880
Cell: 312.543.8259
Email: tom.meier@ctt.com
Assistant/Email: Danielle Barcewicz Danielle.barcewicz@ctt.com
Phone: 312.223.2227

Mills Clement, Michelle (2023)
CEO
Chicago Association of REALTORS®
430 North Michigan Ave., Ste. 800 Chicago, IL 60611
Cell: 312.619.8375
Email: Michelle@chicagorealtor.com
Assistant: Nikia Fitch
Email: nfitch@chicagorealtor.com

Newman, John R.
383 Kalaimoku St., #2809 Honolulu, HI 96815
Cell: 312.330.4558
Email: jnewman1947@gmail.com

Northcutt-Dunn, Julie (2024)
Executive Managing Director | Chicago Market Leader
South Central Division Leader
Colliers
71 South Wacker, Suite 3700 Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 786.517.4858
Cell: 314.713.4489
Email: julie.dunn@colliers.com

Olvany, Sean (2023)
VP, Market Officer – Chicago
Prologis
6250 N. River Road, Suite 1100 Rosemont, IL 60018
Office Phone: 847.292.8536
Cell: 847.224.6254
Email: solvany@prologis.com

Pasquinelli, Joseph
Principal
Archideas
311 West Superior, Suite 410 Chicago, IL 60654
Office Phone: 312.548.6795
Cell: 312.719.1106
Email: jpasquinelli@archideas.com

Six, Robert
Cell: 312.961.9248
Email: rmjsix@gmail.com
 

Scheibel, Patrick (2023)
Partner, Real Estate Services
Deloitte
111 Wacker Drive Chicago, IL
Cell: 312.218.3781
Office Phone: 312.486.4954
Email: pscheibel@deloitte.com

Smallwood, Ken (2021)
Vice President, Operations
Mid-America Asset Management, Inc.
One Parkview Plaza, 9th Floor Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Office Phone: 630.954.7371
Cell: 630.319.3712
Email: ksmallwood@midamericagrp.com

Stilp, Regina (2025)
Principal
Farpoint Development
120 N. Racine Avenue, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60607
Office Phone: 312.971.0543
Cell: 312.617.0239
Email: rstilp@farpointdev.com

Tate, Hope (2022)
SVP, Regional Operations Manager-Midwest
JLL 200 E. Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60601
Office Phone: 312.702.4169
Email: Hope.Tate@jll.com

Tjarksen, Susan
Principal, Managing Broker
Cushman & Wakefield of IL, Inc.
225 W. Wacker Dr., Ste. 3000 Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 312.477.7006
Cell: 312.523.7617
Email: susan.tjarksen@cushwake.com

Velamati, Rachna (2023)
Chief Diversity Officer, Human Resources
Heitman, LLC
110 N. Wacker, Suite 4000 Chicago, IL 60606
Office Phone: 312.676.6110
Email: Rachna.Velamati@heitman.com

Ex-Officio Members

Brodowsky, Glen
Dean, Heller College of Business
Professor of Human Resource Management
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue, WB 1211E Chicago, IL 60605
Office Phone: 312.341.6456
Email: gbrodowsky@roosevelt.edu

English Dixon, Collete
Executive Director, MB Institute of Real Estate
Roosevelt University 430 S. Michigan Avenue, WB1210F Chicago, IL 60605
Office Phone: 312.341.3767
Cell: 708.466.5095
Email: cenglishdixon@roosevelt.edu

Hamilton, Dr. Thomas W.,CRE, FRICS, CDEI
Professor of Real Estate
Gerald W. Fogelson Distinguished Chair in Real Estate Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue, WB1210E Chicago, IL 60605
Office Phone: 312.281.3287
Email: thamilton05@roosevelt.edu

Calvanico, Joseph, MAI, RICS, ASA
Assistant Teaching Professor, Real Estate
Anthony Pasquinelli Chair in Real Estate
Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue, WB1210X Chicago, IL 60605
Office phone: 312.281.3340
Email: jcalvanico@roosevelt.edu

Emeritus Members – In addition to Founders

Larry Mayer
Goldie Wolfe Miller
Ross Glickman
Michelle Panovich
Patrick FitzGerald
Hippolito (Paul) Roldan

Questions about this page?

Questions about this page?

Executive Director of the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate