Chairman
KIERAN QUINN
Managing Director
Guggenheim Partners
Atlanta, GA
Kieran Quinn joined Guggenheim Partners and its affiliate, Pillar Multifamily, LLC, in February, 2011. He will be establishing a national platform to originate commercial and multifamily loans.
He was formerly with Walker & Dunlop as Vice Chairman and EVP where he managed the Capital Markets Group. In 2010, the group closed $500 million in loans and generated $4 million in fee income.
From 1993 – 2009, he served as President, Chairman and CEO of Column Financial, Inc. and Column Guaranteed. Column Financial was originally a joint venture between Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) and Equitable Real Estate. Column opened 18 offices in the US and two offices in Canada. Credit Suisse acquired DLJ and Column in 2000. Column closed over $50 billion in loans from 1993 – 2009 with 140 employees.
Column Guaranteed was a Fannie Mae DUS lender that Column acquired in 2003. Column Guaranteed merged with Walker & Dunlop in 2009.
Kieran worked at Equitable Real Estate from 1990 – 1993 where he managed the Equitable Life loan portfolio in Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington.
Kieran worked as V. P. finance at a private multifamily development company, based in Atlanta, from 1981 – 1990. He started his career at the First National Bank of Chicago from 1973 – 1980.
MBA - University of Chicago
BA – Villanova University
Secretary / Treasurer
NORRIS R. EBER, SCSM, CLS
Executive Vice President
Asset Management & Acquisitions
Joseph Freed & Associates, LLC
Palantine, IL
Norris Eber is the President of Abbell Associates, LLC and oversees all acquisitions and dispositions; asset management; investor relations; and strategic partnerships for Abbell, a seventy-year old Chicago-based investment, development and management company with over 2 million square feet of enclosed mall, open air and office properties located in the Midwest.
Norris has over 35 years of combined experience in retailing and shopping center development. He has earned the Senior Certified Shopping Center Manager (SCSM) as well as the Senior Certified Leasing Specialist (SCLS) designations. Currently he serves on the International Council of Shopping Centers’ Open Air Center Committee, ICSC Education Advisory Committee and the ICSC Foundation as a member of the Board of Directors. He is a past ICSC Central Division VP, ICSC Trustee and State Director for Illinois. Norris also serves on the Executive Committee of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation.
Prior to joining Abbell, Norris was EVP of Assets and Acquisitions at Joseph Freed & Associates LLC the largest privately owned shopping center developer in Illinois. During his 15 years with Freed he was involved in over 30 property transactions.
Before joining Freed, Norris served as SVP, Asset Management & Acquisitions for 7 years for Tucker Properties Corporation REIT. Prior to Tucker, he served as Managing Director for Moor + South. Mr. Eber also served as Manager of Leasing for Homart Development Co., a national shopping center developer where he was employed for 15 years with Homart & Sears.
Norris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Market Research from Northern Illinois University. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and holds a real estate brokers’ license in Illinois. 
Assistant Secretary / Treasurer
MICHAEL P. KERCHEVAL
President & Chief Executive Officer
International Council of Shopping Centers
New York, NY
MICHAEL P. KERCHEVAL is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He joined ICSC in January 2000 and was appointed to the position of President and CEO in May 2001, becoming only the third CEO in the association’s fifty year history. In this role he is responsible for the day-to-day management of ICSC’s global operations and carrying out the association’s strategic objectives. Prior to joining ICSC, Mr. Kercheval worked for 20 years in real estate investment banking, most recently as a senior executive with Lend Lease Real Estate Investments. 
ALAN J. BAROCAS
Senior Executive VP of Leasing
General Growth Properties
Chicago, IL
Alan Barocas is senior executive vice president of leasing for General Growth Properties, the country’s second largest shopping mall owner/developer and R/E investment trust (REIT).
Prior to joining GGP, Mr. Barocas was the principal of Alan J. Barocas and Associates, a retail R/E consulting group he founded in May of 2006, specializing in assisting retailers, developers and investment groups with growth and investment strategies. His client list included Under Armour, Calvin Klein, Fossil, New York & Company, Vornado Realty Trust, Advent International and Abbell Financial Investments. Prior to May of 2006, Mr. Barocas spent 25 years with Gap Inc., where he was instrumental in leading its three divisions (Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy) in developing and executing their R/E growth strategies. In January of 2007, Mr. Barocas was named to the board of directors of Stage Stores Inc., Houston, Texas. Mr. Barocas is a past trustee of ICSC and a graduate of University at Albany with a B.S. in Business Administration.
EDUARDO BROSS
Chairman
Constructora Planigrupo
Mexico
Eduardo Bross is the Chairman of Planigrupo. Planigrupo is the leading developer of
supermarket anchored shopping centers in Mexico. Eduardo holds an architectural degree from
the University of Guadalajara and a masters in Urban and Regional Planning from The University of Washington.
He has served in the board of numerous social, cultural and religious institutions and he was the president
of The Mexican Friends of the Jerusalem Museum, Founder and First Chair of the Graduate Studies Program in
Urban Planning at the University of Guadalajara and head of Planning, for the city of Guadalajara, Mexico’s
second largest city. Today Eduardo and his wife Eemilie live in Mexico City and Monterrey City, Mexico.
They are the proud parents of two sons, one daughter and seven grand children.
MARCELO BAPTISTA CARVALHO, CSM, CMD
President
Ancar S.A.
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Marcelo Baptista Carvalho is currently the President of Ancar Gestão Integrada de Shopping Centers and the President of ABRASCE- Associação Brasileira de Shopping Centers (Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers). He also serves as the President of the Rio de Janeiro chapter of NGO Junior Achievement and is a member of the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the Young President's Organization. Marcelo holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and is a graduate of the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard Business School. 
JOHN CROSSMAN
President
Crossman & Company
John M. Crossman is President of Crossman & Company, one of Florida’s largest retail leasing and management firms with over 12 million square feet under leasing and/or management. He has been in the real estate business for over 17 years and has been involved with more than $1 billion in transactions. Prior to joining Crossman & Company John was a principal at Trammell Crow Company.
John has been an active member of ICSC for over 17 years. He holds several leadership positions including Co-chair of the South Division of the ICSC Alliance and is an active member of the ICSC Foundation Committee. John is also a Real Estate Executive Advisory Board Member for both Florida State University and the University of Florida and a Retail Executive Board Member for the University of Florida.
As an active speaker and writer on national retail issues, John has been featured in several prestigious publications. In early 2004, John was named Top Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Salesperson by the Orlando Business Journal.
John earned a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate from Florida State University and has been an Orlando resident for the past 19 years. In his spare time, he is involved with numerous charitable activities including the Good News Jail and Prison Ministry and Purpose Orlando. John considers his greatest achievement to be the fact that his wife, Angie, agreed to marry him in 1996. They have two daughters, Claire and Ava - Ask John to show you pictures.
PETER EISENBERG
Principal
Clark Street Development
Peter Eisenberg is a Principal of Clark Street Development, LLC. Clark Street acquires, develops, redevelops, leases, and owns commercial real estate in the United States and abroad. The company's primary focus is the development and redevelopment of retail shopping centers and single tenant buildings. Clark Street also has significant experience in mixed-use, industrial, and land development.
In addition to his responsibilities at Clark Street, Mr. Eisenberg is actively involved in the International Council of Shopping Centers, serving on the ICSC Foundation Board of Directors and serving as an Officer on the Illinois State Committee in the capacity of Alliance Private Sector Co-Chair. He is a Co-Founder and Emeritus Member of ICSC's Next Generation National Advisory Group as well. Mr. Eisenberg also passionately supports The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation serving as President and a Founding Board Member. The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation funds gastrointestinal cancer research at Northwestern University and provides scholarships, mentoring opportunities, and several real estate education related programs to undergraduate and graduate level students throughout the Midwest.
Mr. Eisenberg graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He also earned a Juris Doctorate degree and an LL.M. in Real Estate Law with honors from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he serves on the Advisory Board for the Center of Real Estate Law.
MARY LOU FIALA
Co-Chairman
LOFT Unlimited
Jacksonville, FL
United States
Ms. Fiala is the Co-Chairman of LOFT Unlimited, a personal financial and business consulting firm in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Fiala served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Regency Centers Corporation, a real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership and operation of grocery anchored shopping centers from 1998 to February 2009, when she was named Vice Chairman and COO. In her role as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Fiala was responsible for the operational management of Regency’s retail centers nationwide. Prior to working with Regency, Ms. Fiala served as Managing Director of Security Capital Global Strategic Group Incorporated, where she was responsible for the development of operating systems for the firm’s retail-related initiatives. Previously, she also served as Senior Vice President and Director of Stores for Macy’s East/Federated Department Stores, where she was responsible for 19 Macy’s stores in five states, generating more than $1 billion in sales volume. Before her tenure at Macy’s, Ms. Fiala was Senior Vice President of Henri Bendel and Senior Vice President and Regional Director of stores for Federated’s Burdine’s Division. Ms. Fiala earned a bachelor’s degree in science from Miami University. She is a current member of the Board of Directors for Regency Centers Corporation, a member of the board for Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. and a board member of Stir Crazy, Inc. Ms. Fiala also served as the 2008 – 2009 Chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
L. MICHAEL FOLEY
CSM, President
L. Foley & Associates
La Jolla, CA
L. Michael Foley has been active in many aspects of the real estate industry over the past 35 years. He is the principal officer of L. Michael Foley & Associates, a consulting firm whose current focus is on resort development in Mazatlan, Mexico. He is the retired Chairman of BRE Properties, a NYSE traded multi-family REIT. He was Executive Vice President and CFO, of Coldwell Banker Residential after it was sold by Sears. While at Sears he was Chairman of Sears Savings Bank, Senior Executive Vice President of the Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, and Executive Vice President of Homart Development Co., the shopping center development arm of Sears. He played an active role in General Growth’s later acquisition of Homart. Earlier in his career he was Vice President Finance at Bell and Howell, and Vice President Diversified Real Estate at Chrysler Realty Corporation. He has been active in the ICSC, serving as a Trustee from 1984 to 1990, as a Regional Vice President for the Midwest, and as a Trustee and now Chairman of the ICSC Foundation. He attended the University of Michigan where he received a BS in Engineering, and Harvard Business School where he received an MBA. He and his wife, Pamela, live in La Jolla, California.
KEMPER FREEMAN, JR.
Owner
Kemper Development Company
Bellevue, WA
Kemper Freeman, Jr., is the principal owner and hands-on leader of Kemper Development Company which has developed a total of 4 million square feet of R/E in the Bellevue CBD. This portfolio, called “The Bellevue Collection” is comprised of Bellevue Square, a super-regional shopping center and two mixed-use projects, all connected via sky bridges. In 2008, Bellevue Square underwent a $40 million dollar urban-garden renovation. A third mixed-use project is part of Kemper Development Company’s future development plans.
Kemper Freeman is a past Chairman of ICSC as well as the past chairman of the association’s Government Relations Committee and has served as a Trustee since 1987. He serves as a Board Member of Overlake Hospital and Tateuchi Center. Mr. Freeman has a long history of involvement in political and civic activities. He is a former Washington State Legislator, and has served on the boards of numerous business and civic organizations.
JOHN M. HART
Chairman
Hart Realty Advisers, Inc.
John is founder and Chairman of Hart Realty Advisers, which he formed in
1982. The primary business of this privately held firm is representing
the interest of client pension funds, endowments, Taft Hartley's, and
foundations in their commercial real estate investments in various major
markets throughout the United States. They acquire or joint venture and
asset manage, on behalf of these clients, larger Class A shopping
centers, office buildings, apartments, and industrial properties.
Prior to forming his own firm, John had a twenty-year career in the Real
Estate Department of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, now
CIGNA. He held positions as Vice President of Mortgage Operations with
responsibility for producing real estate investments for a variety of
CIGNA-managed portfolios, as well as President of CONGEN Realty Advisory
Corporation, a subsidiary created to service various investment
portfolios.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in
Political Science and Philosophy. He completed two years of graduate
work in Political Science and African Studies. He was a four-term
Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and a
member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and Pension Real Estate
Association (PREA), was a past member of Counselors of Real Estate
(CRE), American Hotel and Motel Association, Mortgage Bankers
Association, and was a frequent panelist and lecturer for all of these
organizations.
DAVID HENRY
Executive Vice President of Development Operations
Kimco Realty Corporation
New Hyde Park, NY
David B. Henry is Vice-Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of Kimco Realty Corporation, a NYSE REIT which is one of the nation’s largest owner of neighborhood and community shopping centers. Before joining Kimco Realty, Mr. Henry was Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer at GE Capital Real Estate. He spent 23 years with the company and was responsible for pension advisory activities and investment policies and strategies in the U. S. and international markets. Mr. Henry was also chairman of the Investment Committee, and a member of the Credit Committee. Prior to joining GE Capital, he was Vice President for six years with Republic Mortgage Investors, a REIT based in Coral Gables, Florida. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1971 with a B.S. in Business Administration, and received an M.B.A. in 1973 from the University of Miami. Mr. Henry has been a member of ICSC since April 2001.
MICHAEL E. MCCARTY, SCLS
President and Chief Executive Officer
Simon Property Group
Michael E. McCarty is executive VP of development operations of Simon Property Group, Inc., an S&P 500 company and the largest U.S. publicly traded r/e company. Simon Property Group operates from five retail r/e platforms: regional malls, Premium Outlet Centers®, The Mills®, community/lifestyle centers and international properties. The Company currently owns or has an interest in approximately 390 properties in North America, Europe and Asia.
Michael joined Simon Property Group in 1979, serving in both management and leasing positions within the Company. In January 1995, he was promoted to the position of senior VP of the community/lifestyle center division and became its president in 2000. He was promoted to his new position in 2007.
In his role as executive VP of development operations, Michael is responsible for the successful execution of all development programs within the regional mall platform in which the Company embarks. He also serves as the principal corporate liaison for several national retailers.
Michael is formerly an ICSC Trustee, Executive Committee member and Indiana ICSC State Director. He is a member of the board of directors for the Simon Youth Foundation.
RUDOLPH E. MILIAN, SCMD, SCSM
Senior Staff Vice President, Professional Development Services
ICSC
Rudolph E. Milian is senior staff vice president for professional development services of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He is responsible for ICSC’s programs and services promulgating industry best practices, such as professional education, certification, textbook and periodical publications, including Shopping Centers Today and Value Retail News. Prior to joining the ICSC staff in in the late 1990s, Mr. Milian was an executive with a large shopping center REIT with corporate responsibilities for property and asset management.
Mr. Milian's shopping center career spans more than two decades, having previously held positions in on-site, regional, and corporate shopping center marketing and management as well as director of advertising for a retail chain. Mr. Milian has served on many professional boards including president of the Advertising Federation of Greater Miami/AAF, editorial advisor to the South Florida Business Journal, and the Advisory Board of Youngstown State University College of Business. Volunteering throughout his career for ICSC, he served as Ohio state director, Ohio state operations chairman, North Texas/Oklahoma state operations chairman, MAXI chairman, faculty of the School for Professional Development and University of Shopping Centers, member of the prestigious CSM Committee and speaker at many domestic and international conventions.
Mr. Milian authored the RetailGreen Agenda published by ICSC in 2008 and Green Tactics published in 2010. He is a graduate of Miami-Dade College from which he received a degree in marketing.
JEFF NEWMAN, ESQ.
Senior Partner
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Newark, NJ
Jeffrey Hugh Newman is a senior partner at Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., a member of the Firm's Management and Executive Committees and Chair of the R/E Department. Mr. Newman has been practicing in the area of R/E for over 25 years and has focused on the shopping center industry. His national reputation has been developed through his representation of numerous retailers, developers, landlords and lenders, as well as the result of numerous speaking engagements throughout the country. In addition, he has published numerous articles in both the R/E Review and Commercial Leasing, Laws and Strategy.
Mr. Newman has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America since 2001, the Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2005, and New Jersey Super Lawyers and New York Super Lawyers since 2005 and 2006, respectively.
VALERIE RICHARDSON, SCLS
VP of R/E
The Container Store, Inc.
Coppell, TX
Valerie Richardson is the VP of R/E for The Container Store, Inc. She is responsible for site evaluation and lease negotiation, as well as store design coordination and construction for The Container Store’s nationwide store expansion program.
Prior to joining The Container Store in the fall of 2000, she was Senior VP – R/E and Development for Ann Taylor, Inc., where she administered the company’s store expansion strategy for Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Loft. Before her years at Ann Taylor, she was VP of R/E and Development for the Superstore Division of Barnes & Noble, Inc. She began her R/E career at Dallas-based developer, Trammell Crow Company.
Ms. Richardson earned an M.B.A. in R/E from the University of North Texas and a B.S. in Education from Southwest Texas State University. In 2004, she became a member of the Board of Trustees of ICSC. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Trustees of Baylor-Plano Medical Center in Plano, Texas.
BEVERLY A. RICKS, SCSM, SCLS
Principal
Retail Property Solutions, LLC
Atlanta, GA
With more than 30 years in the commercial real estate arena, Beverly spent the bulk of her career at Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, Inc. / Lend Lease Real Estate Investment Management, Inc., one of the premier real estate investment advisory firms. Commencing in 1973 in Equitable’s appraisal training program, she gained experience in all disciplines of the company’s debt and equity businesses, working with all asset classes and rising to the position of Vice President.
From 1990 until 2003, Beverly focused exclusively on asset management of the retail portfolio and advanced to Senior Vice President / Principal. She was responsible for the national retail portfolio for Prime Property Fund (PPF) which included Dadeland Mall in Miami, Rosedale in Minneapolis and Fashion Valley in San Diego.
In June 2005, Beverly and Daryl Mangan formed Retail Property Solutions, LLC (RPS) to provide retail real estate advisory and consulting services to developers, owners, lenders and municipalities. Assignments have included strategic planning, asset positioning, remerchandising, redevelopment, due diligence, anchor store lease negotiations, retail viability assessment and ground-up development projects.
Beverly is a Past Trustee of ICSC and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the ICSC Foundation and is also a member of the Government Relations Committee. She has been an active member of the Fusion Conference Program Committee (f/k/a Fall Conference) since 2001 and served as Chair of the 2002 Conference. Along with her business partner, she is an active faculty member of the ICSC Executive Learning Series. Additionally, she has moderated or been a panel member for ICSC and was an instructor at both University of Shopping Centers and The John T. Riordon School for Professional Development.
HEATHER HERRING STANTON
Corporate Communications and Marketing Director
The MG Herring Group, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Heather Herring Stanton is the Corporate Communications and Marketing Director of The MGHerring Group, a developer of regional shopping centers and mixed-use projects, based in Dallas, Texas. In her role, Heather is responsible for creating, implementing and overseeing communications and marketing programs for The MGHerring Group.
Heather is actively involved in the International Council of Shopping Centers. She serves on the ICSC Foundation Board of Directors, the Next Generation Advisory Board and is the Next Generation Divisional Chair for the Southern Division of ICSC. She is a member of the ICSC Fusion Conference planning committee.
Heather began her career in the industry for The MGHerring Group in 1998. She was an Assistant Marketing Director at an MGHerring Group shopping center, eventually assuming the position of Marketing Director. She returned to the Dallas office of The MGHerring Group in 2002, first as a Leasing Representative and then as Leasing Manager. She assumed her current position in corporate marketing in 2006.
YAROMIR STEINER
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Steiner+Associates
Columbus, OH
Yaromir Steiner is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Columbus, Ohio based Steiner+Associates, a comprehensive real estate development and property management company.
Founded in 1993, in Miami, Florida, Steiner + Associates was established with a vision of creating pedestrian friendly, human scale, new urban retail developments, with strong leisure time components. This vision was inspired and realized while Mr. Steiner was developing CocoWalk in 1990.
Since 1993, Steiner + Associates has grown to more than 350 employees, with completed projects in six states. These projects are large-in-scale, high-energy, mixed-use, market-dominant and are driven by a regional retail core. They are designed and developed by using the same fundamental principles of town planning that have been embraced by vibrant urban city centers throughout the world for centuries.
Mr. Steiner is actively involved in all aspects of his company’s operations. His areas of focus include the design and creation of new Steiner + Associates projects, expanded integration of residential and office uses with significant attention to sustainability initiatives.
Mr. Steiner was born in Istanbul, Turkey and was a member of the French 11th Airborne Division. He holds a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering and a post graduate Degree in Business Administration from the University of Toulouse in France. He speaks four languages and lives in New Albany, Ohio.
He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute, the Council for New Urbanism, the French American Chamber of Commerce. He is a Board Member of the New Albany Community Foundation and the President of the Simon Kenton Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
MICHAEL WEAMER
Executive Vice President
American Heart Association / Founders Affiliate
Michael L. Weamer, CAE is Executive Vice President of the American Heart Association/Founders Affiliate. The Founders Affiliate is a $100 million organization dedicated to reducing death and disability from cardiovascular disease and stroke in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Prior to joining AHA in 1990, Mr. Weamer was President of the National Society to Prevent Blindness (1986-90) and also served as an affiliate Executive Director of the National Easter Seal Society (1974-1986), administering rehabilitation centers that provided physical, speech and occupational therapy for physically disabled children and adults as well as pre-school education programs in Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York.
Michael has served as chairman of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and was a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the New York Society of Association Executives and treasurer of the Hudson Guild Settlement House in Chelsea. He also recently completed a term as Chairman of Health Power, a nationally unique non-profit organization committed to minority health improvement and serves as a Board Advisor to the National Marfan Foundation.
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