CREW Event Details

WELCOME TO CREW! 2009- 2010 Highlights

• Jerry M. Slusky, Esq. - Smith Gardner Slusky Law - Chair of CREW Steering Committee
  

HOT TOPICS: Seeding the Future
Multiple topics on how real estate professionals can remain current & relevant as we survive the economic spiral.

Jerry M. Slusky, Esq. - Smith Gardner Slusky Law - Chair

• Property & listing information: Doug Curry, CEO & Co-Founder - Xcelligent
• Green Building & Commissioning for Sustainability: Thomas Carson, Mechanical Engineer - Schemmer & Associates & Russell Sack, Senior Electrical Engineer - Schemmer & Associates
• The Borrower’s Advocate: Todd Moore, Vice President - 1st Service Solutions
• CMBS: Bob Chalupa, Senior Vice President - Q10- Daisley Ruff Financial Corp.
• Social Media: Loretta Carroll, President - Carroll Communications
• Register of Deeds Electronic Filing: Diane Battiato, Douglas County Register of Deeds
• Tax Credit Markets- There's Gold in Them Thar Tax Credit Hills: Thomas McLeay, Vice President & General Counsel - Farnam Equity Fund, LLC, an affiliate of American First Real Estate Group

RETHINK. RETOOL. RECOVER.: Redevelopment of Existing Real Estate Projects Examine how existing real estate projects have re-tooled & transformed to keep the project afloat. 

Pamela Dingman, CEO - Engineering Design Consultants, LLC - Co-Chair
John Dineen Jr., AIA Omaha - HDR - Co-Chair

• Ed Fleming, Senior Vice President - Grubb & Ellis|Pacific Realty (download bio)
• Jason Townsend, Townsend Co. of Kansas City & the Wall Street Towers Development (download bio)
• Larry Foster - Director of Parks, Recreation, and Public Property - City of Council Bluffs, Iowa

INVESTING IN MULTIFAMILY ASSETS: Challenges & Opportunities Apartment Market Outlook
Discuss what is happening in the multi-family sector in terms of sales & operations.

Tammi Renee' Adams, Asst. Director of Acquisition and Dispositions - Haley Associates Limited Partnership

• Daniel P. Clatanoff, President - DEI Communities
• Bob Dean, Executive Vice President of Property Management - Seldin Corporation
• Jonathan Gilfillan, Vice President, Production - Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC
• Allan Murow, Vice President of Investment Services - Noddle Companies
• Sean Fogarty, Managing Director - Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
• Angie Lagasse, Vice President, Residential Property Management - Lund Company

REAL WORLD REAL ESTATE DECISIONS IN A CHANGING BUSINESS CLIMATE Successful Omaha based companies discuss real world issues & how they have successfully overcome the downward spiral.

Barry Zoob, Vice President- Grubb & Ellis Co. - Co-Chair
Ben Meier, Senior Associate, Brokerage Services - The Lerner Company - Co-Chair

• Jim Doyle, Vice President of Real Estate & Facilities - Con Agra Foods
• Brenda Dooley, President - First National Buildings
• Shawn Johnson, Vice President, Facilities & Corporate Real Estate - Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

BACK TO FINANCING: The New Normal - How Long Will It Last?
Discussion about the current state of capital markets & the global & national issues that affect our local real estate markets. 

Dwayne W. Sieck, Executive Vice President, Director of Real Estate Finance - Mutual of Omaha Bank – Co- Chair

Bob Chalupa, Senior Vice President - Q10- Daisley Ruff Financial - Co- Chair

• Susan Pfeil, Director- Commercial Mortgage, Aviva Investors- Des Moines
• Steve Mack, Kansas City Life or Kansas City
• Jerry Banks, Vice President, Real Estate - Lozier Corp
• Chris Redmond, Fannie Mae of Chicago
• Karen Cenovic, Senior Commercial Banker - Mutual of Omaha Bank

DOUGLAS COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS: E-filing documents in the office of the Register of Deeds

Diane Battiato, Douglas County Register of Deeds

DEVELOPMENT & DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS: The committee announces the Development & Deal of the Year Winners based on creativity, difficulty & complexity

HALL OF FAME LUNCHEON

• Honor Past Hall of Fame Recipients
• 2010 Hall of Fame Inductions
• Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Ann Hambly, President & CEO - 1st Service Solutions

CREW TALK: Interactive Breakout Discussions
Session One: 2pm- 2:35pm | Session Two: 2:40pm- 3:15pm
[Pick 2 of the 5 options]

LEGAL UPDATES [Special one hour breakout session.]
Attorneys will discuss critical updates in legal ethics & how they can communicate clearly with clients to insure they understand what they are consenting to.

• Patrick Lutz, CEO - Nebraska Title Company
• Thomas F. Ackley, Esq. - Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O.
• Gregory Brigham, Associate General Counsel - Nebraska Title Company

NAVIGATING THE CMBS SYSTEM
Experts will discuss commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) in American security markets.

• Ann Hambly, President & CEO - 1st Service Solutions
• T odd Moore, Vice President - 1st Service Solutions

LEASE RELIEF
The art of tenant survival

• Max Burbach, Esq. - Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O.
• Ben Meier, Senior Associate, Brokerage Services - The Lerner Company
• Gordon Sudbeck, Vice President Leasing, Property Management - Noddle Development
  

NEW POST CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCES
Learn more about the new Post Construction Stormwater Management ordinances passed within the last year. These Post Construction Stormwater Management ordinances are in effect in most jurisdictions within the Papillion Creek watershed.  Understand what is required for future development & redevelopment projects regarding water quality control of the first 1/2 inch of stormwater runoff from a site & controlling peak stormwater runoff discharges.

• Leslie Peterson, Client Development Manager - Lamp Rynearson & Associates
• Mike McIntosh, P.E. - Lamp Rynearson & Associates
• Dave Lampe, P.E., LEED AP - Lamp Rynearson & Associates

MAJOR UNDERWRITING ISSUES FACING LENDERS TODAY
Finance experts will emphasize underwriting of a couple of specific properties or cases that highlight major underwriting issues facing lenders today. They will also show comparisons between lenders & how they approach underwriting issues.

• Bob Chalupa, Senior Vice President - Q10- Daisley Ruff Financial
• John Bendon, Senior Vice President, Managing Director - NorthMarq
• Dwayne W. Sieck, Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Lending - Mutual of Omaha Bank
  
  

HOW TO MARKET YOUR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BUSINESS IN THE 2010'S: SOCIAL MEDIA

• Loretta Carroll, President - Carroll Communications

THE "INS & OUTS" OF WORKOUTS
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Workout experts discuss various solutions for dealing with troubled properties.

Dan Smith, Esq.- Smith Gardner Slusky Lazer Pohren & Rogers, LLP - Chair

• Robert Gonderinger, Esq.- Croker, Huck, Kasher, DeWitt, Anderson & Gonderinger, L.L.C.
• Robert J. Bothe, Esq. - McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC, LLO
• Jeffrey Sims, Senior Vice President - First National Nebraska, Inc.