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Page 16 — Office Properties Quarterly — March 2020 www.crej.com DISTRICT COUNCIL SPOTLIGHT Building Healthy Places meets 2nd Thursday, 8:30am-10:00am, KEPHART (2555 Walnut Street, Denver) Works to integrate best practices in Building Healthy Places focused on sustainable design, active living and transportation, access to healthy food, safe public spaces, and economic development. Holds monthly meetings focused on these topics areas. Partners with the Colorado Health Foundation to organize Building Healthy Places workshops in communities across the state. Chairs: Katie Blum, East West Partners; Bill Mahar, Norris Design Staff contact: Marianne Eppig Explorer Series meets 3rd Tuesday, 8:30am-9:45am, Alliance Center (1536 Wynkoop Street, Denver) Offers the straight story on key trends and projects like Convention Center Redevelopment, Design in Denver, disruptive technology, water policy and more. Explorer Series programs and tours are led by the developer, architects, and public officials who worked on the project, and provide great opportunities for networking and socializing. Chairs: Susan Brown, Valerian; Michele Decker, 4240 Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Housing meets 1st Tuesday, 12pm-1pm, Hord Coplan Macht (1800 Wazee Street (Dairy Block), Denver) Mediates among real estate, homebuilder, affordable housing, and housing-the-homeless interests and helps generate interest in Colorado’s housing diversity as an economic development asset. Creates educational programming, white papers, and keeps up to date on affordable housing issues in Colorado. Chairs: Chelsey Hume, Denver Metro Habitat for Humanity; Mark Marshall, Urban Land Conservancy Staff contact: Sarah Franklin TOD Best Practices/Mobility meets 1st Wednesday, 11:30am-1pm, Stantec (1050 17th St. #A200) Focused on important transit and development issues facing Colorado, hosting annual programs focused on issues like center-city transit, regional connections, and the numerous development opportunities around these transit lines. Hosts TOD Marketplace intermittently, bringing together 500 developers and transit advocates. Chairs: Jordan Block, HDR, Inc; Terry Willis, KTGY Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Young Leaders Group (YLG) Steering Committee Organizes and leads activities providing education, mentorship, and networking to young professionals under 35 years of age in the real estate industry. The group is 250 members strong and hosts its own full menu of tours, volunteer days and networking. YLGs schedule a networking event each month, two Discovery series educational programs, and the Partnership Forum and Development 360 mentoring programs. A list of YLG committees is available on our website: https://colorado. uli.org/get-involved/young-leaders-group/ Chairs: Mariel Beaudoin, Urban Ventures; Tim Welland, Palisade Partners Staff contact: Elise Martinez Business Development Builds networks with community leaders to encourage their participation in ULI as members, sponsors and volunteers. Manages annual sponsorship campaign in conjunction with staff, raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Chairs: Ferdinand Belz III, The Fulenwider Company; Sarah Rockwell, Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell Staff contact: Michael Leccese Impact Awards ULI Colorado’s biannual Awards program has taken place in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Our next program will be in 2021. The program has built on the international success of the ULI Awards for Excellence and J.C. Nichols Prize, with project and personal awards. View past winners on our website. Chairs: Tom Kooiman, Brinkmann Constructors; Rebecca Stone, OZ Architecture Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Membership Committee Hosts New Member Coffees every other month; reaches out to recruit and orient new members. Chairs: Jon Meyers, Calibre Engineering, Michael Kane, CBRE; Kurt Schoffstall, PGIM Real Estate Finance; Adam Zard, Marcus & Millichap Staff contact: Elise Martinez Colorado Product Councils (CPC) CPCs have offered a similar experience as ULI’s national Product Councils, but at the local level. ULI members must apply to be included and are rewarded with the highest level of education and networking at two special meetings a year. Each CPC is limited to 40 members and is guided by local leaders. Application is limited to senior professionals in their field. Councils: Multi-family Product Council; Resort Entertainment Tourism and Leisure (RETL) Council; Commercial Office & Industrial (COIC); Community Development Product Council Chairs: Sam Kasparek, Karoi Residential; Kim Sperry, RangeWater Real Estate; Craig Cohn, Vail Health; Elena Scott, Norris Design; Scott Chomiak, Koelbel & Co.; Jim Johnson, Otten Johnson; Susan Wade, Redlands; Whitney Hake, Transwestern; Elaine Kanelos, GE Johnson. Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Technical Advisory Panels (TAPs) Brings ULI Colorado expertise directly into communities on tough real estate problems. Provide one and a half day (or longer) advisory panels consisting of ULI Colorado members for local communities. Recently ULI has convened TAPS on critical sites in Denver, Boulder, Arvada, Erie , Evergreen, and Castle Pines. Chairs: Alan Colussy, Alan Colussy Architecture LLC, LaDonna Baertlein, Dig Studio; Anna Jones, CliftonLarsonAllen; Andrew Knudtsen, EPS Denver Staff contact: Marianne Eppig Regional Committees Staff contact: Marianne Eppig ULI Colorado Boulder meets 2nd Wednesday, 8am-9am, WW Reynolds (1375 Walnut Street, Suite #10, Boulder): In 2009 ULI Boulder became a satellite committee of ULI Colorado serving this city of 100,000 and its 100+ ULI members. ULI Boulder’s goal is to work directly with community leaders on difficult issues such as affordable housing, density, and town-gown relations with CU. ULI Boulder hosts successful programs and advisory panels and has become a trusted resource among public officials. Chairs: Melissa McGinley, Boulder Housing Partners ; Co-Chair TBD ULI Southern Colorado meets 2 nd Wednes day, 10-1 1a m, HB&A (102 E Moreno Ave, Colorado Springs): In 2016 Colorado Springs became a satellite committee of ULI Colorado . It has since grown to be ULI Southern Colorado with the goal of work ing directly with local developers and community leaders to highlight th e region ’s growth from a multiplicity of perspectives. Chairs: James McMurray, HB&A, Jariah Walker, Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority ULI Northern Colorado meets 2nd Tuesday, 4-5:30pm, The Neenan Company (3325 S Timberline Rd, #100, Fort Collins): ULI Northern Colorado’s goals are to bring together leaders from diverse real estate perspectives, plan high-quality events, and educate local leaders on relevant issues. Chairs: Sam Garry, Neenan; Jake Hallauer, NAI Affinity Mentoring & Leadership Programs Women’s Leadership Initiative In 2013, ULI Colorado joined this national ULI program to advance the careers and leadership of women within ULI, the greater community, and their professions. WLI seeks to increase the numbers of women who join ULI, become leaders of ULI committees, and are featured as speakers and panelists. Watch for WLI’s newest mentoring program, “Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” coming soon! Chairs: Sarah Nurmela, City & County of Denver ; Co-Chair TBD Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Real Estate Diversity Initiative (REDI) Launched in 2009 in cooperation with the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED), this program has mentored more than 32 0 women and minorities seeking to advance their careers in real estate. The program runs from June- Octo ber, with applications opening in May . Staff contact: Marianne Eppig NEXT Champions the ULI mission by engaging members between the ages of 35 and 45. The program will enhance the value of the ULI membership by offering programs that promote leadership development, career advancement, and the opportunity to expand and enhance a participant’s professional network. Applications open toward end of each year. Chairs: Erik Clore, Lowe Enterprises; Jeff Friedman, Hall Estill Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Partnership Forum Started in 2007, ULI Colorado’s oldest career development program has served 700 + Young Leaders in forums led by such industry veterans as Amy Cara, Don MacKenzie, Susan Powers, and Charlie Woolley. Current moderators include: Chris Achenbach, Urban Roots; Austin Kane, Unico; Paul Washington, JLL; and Becky Zimmermann, Design Workshop. Chairs: Emily Felton, Kimley-Horn; Danielle Vachon, MGL Partners Staff contact: Elise Martinez Development 360 A hands-on crash course in development led by veteran developers who take a class of Young Leaders from A-Z on a particular project. With leaders such as Paul Books, Cameron Bertron, Matt Joblon, and David Jaudes, past classes have focused on Welton corridor, SLOANS, Cherry Creek redevelopment, and microunits in RiNo. Chairs: Andrew Hanna, McCaffery; Natalie Satt, the Highland Development Company Staff contact: Sarah Franklin Etkin Johnson Student Scholars Program Funded by Bruce Etkin through the Aspen Community Foundation, this program hosts 25 students a year who receive free membership, special programming and access to all ULI content, committees and programs. Staff contact: Elise Martinez Staff Contact Info: Executive Director: Michael Leccese, 303.893.1760 ext.4, Michael.Leccese@uli. org Director: Marianne Eppig, 303.893.1760 ext. 3, M arianne. E ppig@uli.org Director: Sarah Franklin, 303.893.1760 ext. 2, Sarah.Franklin@uli.org Associate: Elise Martinez, 303.893.1760, ext. 1, Elise. M artinez@uli.org ULI Colorado Executive Committee Descriptions and Contacts “We believe it is important to give locally to the mission of sustainable land use, and at the same time get the benefit of ULI Colorado’s broad knowledge, all while staying connected to the best and brightest in our industry.” - Craig Ferraro, Managing Partner, East West Partners