ULI North Florida announces graduates of inaugural Center for Leadership

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) of North Florida recently announced the graduates of their inaugural Center for Leadership. 

According to a press release on behalf of the organization, the 28 graduates join more than 700 individuals across the country who have participated in the program since its inception in 2010. The hands-on focused training is designed to cultivate leaders in the real estate industry and facilitate collaboration to examine some of North Florida’s most pressing land use issues. 

The class was comprised of developers, engineers, attorneys, bankers, planners, brokers, architects and other real estate professionals. 

“Leadership is such an important aspect of the real estate industry; therefore, I am proud of our members who participated in this opportunity to sharpen their skills,” said Maurice “Mo” Rudolph, chair of ULI North Florida. “The knowledge and experience they have gained will continue to serve North Florida for years to come.” 

The graduates were chosen by a selection committee comprised of senior ULI leaders to join the intensive eight-course program. Each course included a component on leadership, instruction and site tours of real estate projects, and an interactive facilitated exercise known as a Technical Assistance Panel, to assist local government with current land use issues. 

The Center for Leadership graduates for 2019 are: 

• Shannon Acevedo, planner, Matthews Design Group 

• Alonza Anderson, project manager, Duval County Public Schools 

• Amanda Askew, deputy city manager, City of Neptune Beach 

• Michael Biagini, vice president, Scherer Construction 

• Gerry Dedenbach, vice president, CHW 

• Bois Farrar, associate, Skinner Bros. Realty 

• Blake Fletcher, chief operating officer, Fletcher Family Companies 

• Laura Gonzales, senior relationship manager/vice president, TD Bank 

• Charles Griffith, partner, Papalas | Griffith, PLLC 

• Holly Grimes, associate & studio director, Wakefield Beasley & Associates, A NELSON Company 

• Lindsay Haga, senior planner, ETM 

• Katherine Hardwick, vice president of marketing, Downtown Vision 

• Marc Hudson, land protection director, North Florida Land Trust 

• Douglas Hutchinson, director, commercial real estate, Pepine Realty 

• Maurice Martinez, business compliance officer, City of Jacksonville 

• Michael McGowan, vice president, Chase Properties 

• Kathryn McKie, senior manager, financial services, Regency Centers 

• Betsy Pepine, broker-owner, Pepine Realty 

• Patrick Pierce, senior manager, Environmental Services, Inc.

• Tony Pooley, sustainability & resiliency development lead, Environmental Services, Inc.

• Chris Rusnak, controller, GreenPointe Holdings

• Jessie Spradley, government affairs director, Northeast Florida Builders Association

• Mary Sullivan, manager, real estate accounting, Rayonier

• Ryan Taylor, vice president / project executive, CPPI

• Clint Thomas, vice president, Carlton Construction

• Cyndy Trimmer, attorney, Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC

• Bradley Weeber, vice president / shareholder, ETM

• Russell Yaffee, vice president, Peters and Yaffee

More information about ULI North Florida is available online at www.northflorida.uli.org or www.uli.org.