Travis is a senior managing director and co-head of the Carolinas offices of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joined JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and has more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate finance. He is primarily responsible for originating debt and equity transactions throughout the United States. During the course of his career, he has completed in excess of $12 billion in commercial real estate transactions on a broad range of properties, including multi-housing, retail, office, industrial, hotels and land. The capitalizations have included construction financings, conventional permanent financings and bridge financing, with a particular focus on equity placement transactions.

Kimarie is the Broker Lead of the Raleigh-Durham office and works with corporate users to develop real estate solutions to help solve complex business challenges, enable cultural and organizational change and achieve sustainable financial results. Kimarie is also responsible for growing the JLL Raleigh business, acquiring and developing top talent and fostering an innovative and inclusive culture.

Tiffany Barrier is Senior Vice President of Retail Services at CBRE | Raleigh. Tiffany has over 15 years of involvement in retail leasing and investment sale advisory services. She has extensive experience in both Landlord and Tenant representation bringing a proven record of accomplishment in developing overall strategies for both. While having a strong focus on the Raleigh/Durham market, Tiffany also handles a number of master broker multi-market accounts for Tenants expanding regionally and nationally. Her knowledge of the local, regional, and national real estate landscape and ability to identify and negotiate market opportunities has led to the successful roll out of numerous retail concepts, including Fleet Feet, Orangetheory Fitness, Happy + Hale, Chase Bank, and Chicken Salad Chick.

Deborah A. Boucher leads a specialty practice group of local and national experts dedicated to all aspects of Science + Technology (S+T) real estate. She is especially experienced advising users of technically complex, highly improved spaces as they navigate layered occupancy/exit strategies, frequently spanning multiple geographic markets throughout North America and around the globe. She utilizes a systematic and documented Process Management approach to maximize the opportunities available in any commercial real estate situation. Deb provides her clients with continuity and accountability via a single point of contact.

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Deb is a consistent C&W top producer within the firm and is widely regarded as one of the top life science real estate experts within the company. Because well over 90 percent of her work is S+T focused, she is nationally recognized as the dominate life science broker in the Southeast, thus providing her clients with the highest levels of negotiating power, regardless of size.

​Toby Burke is the Senior Director of State and Local Affairs for NAIOP

Danny Chavez joined the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance (CLTA) in November 2021 as the Chief Business Recruitment Officer. He serves as the executive lead for the business development team at CLTA. He formerly represented the Dallas-Fort Worth (McKinney) and San Antonio regions in executive roles.

As an economic development executive, Danny has worked domestically & internationally, with corporate executives, site selectors, capital partners and real estate developers to close projects and investments of all sizes. He has served in multiple capacities where he has focused on commercial & mixed-use developments and working with startups. 

Brent Christensen joined the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce as its President and CEO, where he leads the organization that includes Greensboro’s lead economic development organization as well as Launch Greensboro and Action Greensboro. Christensen is a 20+ year veteran of the economic development industry.

Daniel Cooper joined Crescent Communities in 2016 and currently serves as President of Construction. In this leadership role, Daniel, oversees all preconstruction and construction management across the company’s national footprint. In addition, Daniel leads Crescent Communities’ in-house construction company, Crescent Communities Construction. With over 19 years of construction management experience in a wide range of urban and suburban high-density projects, Daniel has successfully delivered over 16,000 multi-family units and a diverse portfolio of Commercial Mixed-Use Office projects and Industrial Buildings. 

Randy Elliott is a partner and Executive Vice President at Landmark Builders and leads the company’s central North Carolina office. He studied Industrial Engineering at NC State University and remains an avid Wolfpack fan through thick and thin. Randy has spent the last 15 years in the commercial construction industry, bringing an abundance of knowledge and experience to the preconstruction and construction processes. Randy takes pride in working with business owners, solving problems, and playing a key role in the planning stages of successful construction projects. Over the last five years, his leadership has been instrumental in growing revenues by over $100MM annually.

Tom Fritsch serves as Senior Managing Director of the CBRE | Raleigh and CBRE | Triad offices. As the senior executive, he is responsible for managing the company’s overall operations. His major responsibilities include the company’s financial performance, business development, and strategic planning. Mr. Fritsch oversees all operations in the Triangle and Triad regions along with their expansive portfolio of services inclusive of brokerage, tenant representation, property management, investment sales and corporate services. Since joining the company in 2013, Mr. Fritsch has overseen the successful completion of over 5,400 transactions with a value of $17.3B. In addition to supporting the company, Mr. Fritsch is involved with several organizations in the community. He currently serves on the NAIOP Board of Directors for the Raleigh-Durham Chapter, the Board of Directors for the WakeMed Foundation, and the Board of Advisors for the NCCU Real Estate School. He has also been a member of the Raleigh Chamber Board of Directors and NAIOP’s National Board of Directors, as well as a former President of TRAOBA and the NAIOP RaleighDurham Chapter.

Michael Haley is the Executive Director of Wake County Economic Development and the Senior Vice President of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Wake County Economic Development – a public private partnership between Wake County, the City of Raleigh, and the private sector – is the lead economic development agency for Wake County and the City of Raleigh. Michael leads WCED’s business recruitment, retention, and expansion; marketing and public relations; talent recruitment; and support of entrepreneurship. Prior to his current role, Michael served as the Director of Business Recruitment and Expansion for WCED. Prior to joining WCED, Michael served as a Public Policy Analyst and then the Public Policy Director for the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Michael was named one of the Top 50 Economic Developers in North America in 2019 by Consultant Connect and the North Carolina Economic Developer of the Year for 2019 by the NC Economic Development Association.

Howard Jenkins joined CBRE | Raleigh in August 2016. As an Executive Vice President, he is an integral member of CBRE’s Southeast Multifamily platform that integrates CBRE’s Raleigh, Charlotte, Charleston and Atlanta offices.  Howard oversees the greater Triangle region representing various clients in the disposition of multifamily and mixed-use assets.

Howard’s unique background features over 14 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Most recently, he spent 11 years with Federal Capital Partners (FCP), a privately held real estate investment company based in Chevy Chase, MD that has invested in or financed over $9.3 billion in assets since its founding in 1999.

At FCP, Howard’s scope of responsibilities included asset management for over 3,900 residential units in the Carolinas ranging from workforce housing to Class A and mixed-use. His full-life-cycle acquisition, asset management and disposition experience spans multifamily, commercial and mixed-use assets across the greater Mid-Atlantic aggregating over $900 million of assets under management.  Prior to FCP, Howard’s career included an acquisition role at Nautic Partners, a middle market private equity firm, and as an investment banking associate with Prudential Securities in New York.

Skip is responsible for overseeing Highwoods Raleigh Division operations, including all leasing, property management, acquisition/ disposition and development activities for its 6.5 million square foot office portfolio. Skip joined Highwoods in 2002 and originally served as Highwoods’ Corporate Vice President of Leasing where he was responsible for the company’s leasing activities nationally.

Welch Liles is a Managing Director – Development at Asana Partners, a real estate investment firm that creates value through the acquisition, enhancement, and operation of distinctive retail driven mixed use properties in dynamic urban markets throughout the United States. As Managing Director, Welch oversees the firm's development, strategic development partnerships, and construction management activities across all national markets. He has over thirteen years of industry experience including a diverse development and construction management background. Welch is a proud Charlotte area native, active member and acting President of NAIOP Charlotte, and a graduate of North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.​​

Mike Longmore joined Koury Corporation in September 2019 as Senior Vice President of Commercial Real Estate. Mike is a 32-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, and he has overall responsibility for the Company’s retail, office, and industrial and land portfolio. Before joining Koury, Mike worked for the global real estate firm, JLL, where, as Executive Vice President, he focused on Capital Markets, Leasing, Property Management and Marketing for the national retail platform, based out of their Charlotte, NC office. Prior to joining JLL he was Vice President – Leasing Director for the Chicago based REIT, Inland, with responsibility for leasing over 130 retail centers totaling over 18 million square feet in 17 states. 

John Loyack is vice president of global business services for the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, the nonprofit organization that performs a variety of critical economic-development functions on the state’s behalf. John leads the EDPNC teams responsible for helping North Carolina manufacturers sell more exports, supporting the growth of existing businesses across the state, and counseling entrepreneurs on how to start a small business in North Carolina.

Prior to his role at the EDPNC, John served as director of international trade for the North Carolina Department of Commerce. On the private-sector side, he has more than 25 years of experience in new product development for companies such as MercuryMD, Thomson Reuters, Time Warner and Esteve Labs.

John earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish from Gettysburg College and holds an MBA in International Business Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is fluent in Spanish, is a patent holder and a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP®). In addition to being a member of the Board of Go Global NC, he is also a member of the NC Apprenticeship Council and the NC MEP Advisory Board.

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