Mert Livingstone is Vice President, Workplace Solutions for Johnson & Johnson. Mert provides leadership for global strategic portfolio planning and has direct operational responsibilities for J&J’s North American portfolio of sites.
Mert has 25 years of leadership experience in corporate real estate and facilities management within the pharmaceutical industry, including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Monsanto and G. D. Searle.
Mert is a member of the board of directors for IAMC (Industrial Asset Management Council), currently serving as Chairperson. He is also a member of CoreNet Global, currently serving on the faculty for CoreNet’s SLCR curriculum.
Mert holds a B.S. in Business from Roosevelt University (Chicago, Ill) and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Lake Forest, Ill).

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George A. Manos, a native of Canton, Ohio, graduated in 1973 from Ohio Northern University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.

Following graduation, Mr. Manos began working for U. S. Steel in the Commercial Department at the company's Cleveland office. After serving for a brief period as an electrical maintenance manager at Lorain Works in Ohio, he returned to the Commercial Department in 1976. Mr. Manos initially worked as a sales representative for the department, then steadily advanced through a number of management positions in marketing and personnel.

In 1986, Mr. Manos returned to Lorain Works when he was named manager of marketing and business planning. Promoted to assistant to the president in 1989, Mr. Manos played a significant role in the formation of U. S. Steel's joint venture with Kobe Steel of Japan, USS/Kobe Steel Company, created to own and operate the former Lorain Works. In 1996, he was named vice president of business processes and public affairs for USS/Kobe.

In 1999, Mr. Manos was named director-administrative, governmental and legal affairs for Republic Technologies International, a company comprised of USS/Kobe and Republic Engineered Steels and Bar Technologies. He remained in that position until 2000, when he was transferred to the former USX Corporation's state governmental affairs office in St. Paul, Minn., to serve as manager-governmental affairs.

In January 2002, following the spin-off of U. S. Steel from USX Corporation, he joined the Public Affairs Department at headquarters in Pittsburgh as manager, public affairs and corporate meetings. He was promoted to general manager-human resources in September 2003, and held that position until he was appointed to his current post in April 2007. As president of U. S. Steel's USS Real Estate division, Mr. Manos is responsible for the management, development and marketing of U. S. Steel's domestic real estate assets.

Mr. Manos serves on the board of directors of Smart Skin, Inc., the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) and the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council.

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Kevin Dollhopf is currently vice president of Worldwide Real Estate for Hanesbrands Inc., one of the largest textile/apparel manufacturing companies in the world featuring consumer brands including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, and Wonderbra. Hanesbrands employees 50,000 people working in a real estate portfolio that consists of more than 25 million square feet of manufacturing, distribution, office and retail space in 23 countries.

Dollhopf has expertise in developing centralized real estate functions for newly created public companies with under-managed real estate portfolios, such as the Earthgrains Company spin-off from Anheuser Busch in 1996 and the Hanesbrands spin-off from Sara Lee in 2006. He has a wide range of real estate experience in financing, research, leasing, and portfolio optimization from working for several Fortune 500 companies in the banking, retailing, real estate, and consumer packaged goods industries.

Dollhopf has an MBA in finance from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.A. in urban planning from Miami University in Ohio. He has been a member of IAMC since 2002, received his MCR in 1998 and is the former 2005-2006 president of the St. Louis Chapter of CoreNet. Dollhopf's civic involvement includes board participation in the YMCA, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and the Humane Society.

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Roger Nesti, Director of International Real Estate, joined the Kellogg Company in 2010 and is based at the Kellogg Headquarters in Battle Creek, MI. As part of the Corporate Real Estate Group, Roger is responsible for asset management, transaction management, project management, lease administration and strategic planning for the regions outside of North America.

Prior to joining Kellogg, based in Pasadena, CA Roger was the Director of Real Estate for Avery Dennison. Prior to Avery Dennison, he served as the Global Manager of Corporate Real Estate for Kennametal in Latrobe PA.

Roger is a member of the Industrial Asset Management Council, has served on the Board of Directors since 2008 and currently sits on the Executive Committee, with the position of Treasurer. He has also served as the Chairperson for the Honorarium Committee, currently serves as Co-Chair of Research Roundtable and sits on the Education & Research Committee. Prior volunteer board work includes serving on the board of the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland, located in Westmoreland County, PA,.

Roger has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from East Carolina University and Masters Degree in International Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University. In addition, Roger has earned the designations of MCR and CCIM.

Roger, his wife Denise, and their two children reside in Richland, MI, USA.

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Doyle Shea joined 3M in 2005. His current responsibilities include the planning, development and execution of real estate strategy for 3M subsidiaries located in Asia and Latin America. In the U.S. Doyle manages the real estate issues involving 3M's distribution network and a number of strategic owned manufacturing locations. The team that reports to Doyle is responsible for the real estate strategy and transactions in the US and Canada.

Prior to joining 3M Doyle was based in Chicago and spent twenty years with R.R. Donnelley and one year with W.W. Grainger. At both firms he managed the real estate and construction activity for their U.S. and international locations.

A charter member of IAMC, Doyle is currently serving as Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors and has been a member of the board since 2007. He has served on the Program Delivery committee since 2005, most recently as chair.

Doyle has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics from the University of Iowa and completed advanced accounting courses at the University of Nebraska-Kearney and construction management courses at Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Sam Foster
Executive Vice President
Industrial Services

Current Responsibilities
As Executive Vice President, Mr. Foster's responsibilities include representation of Mattel, Whirlpool, Xerox, MeadWestvaco and other corporate real estate clients in acquisition and disposition of industrial and "flex" properties in the southwestern states.

Experience
Mr. Foster has managed major agency and disposition assignments, both domestically and internationally for, among other clients, ProLogis, Mattel, MeadWestvaco, Steelcase, Rohm & Haas, Aleris, Sara Lee, Bank of America and Silgan Containers.

Positions
Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Mr. Foster was Director of CB Richard Ellis’ Madison Advisory Group. During the course of his career, Mr. Foster has effected or supervised transactions valued at over $2.7 billion

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Karen De Marinis joined BD in 1989 and has served as the Director of Real Estate for the past 10 years. BD is a leading global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. Karen oversees BD's 16M square foot global real estate portfolio. Her responsibilities include site selections, transactions, property taxes, incentive negotiation and the disposal of surplus real estate. Previously Karen held the position of Director of Engineering overseeing the construction of major capital projects.

Karen is a member of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) and Corenet Global. She is currently on the Board of Directors at IAMC, and also serves on the membership and program committees.

Karen received her Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Bucknell University and her MBA from Columbia University. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Wayne, NJ.

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Todd Clark, director of global facilities, joined WMS Gaming in 2011. Clark and his department are responsible for worldwide master planning, transaction management, project management, lease administration, facilities management, strategic planning, and execution of the master/strategic plans for all WMS business unit requirements. Clark has 19 years of leadership experience in corporate real estate and facilities management within the forest product, pharmaceutical, consulting, and product distribution industries. Prior to joining WMS Gaming, Clark served as the director of global real estate at Cummins. A native of the suburbs of Chicago, Clark holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with concentrations in both finance and real estate & urban land economics from Southern Methodist University.

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Jack has been with Glaxo since 1988. He started with the company as Treasurer for Glaxo's US holding company and spent five years in Investor Relations. Following the merger of Glaxo Wellcome & SmithKline Beecham in 2001, Jack joined GSK's real estate department whose role it was to minimize the risk associated with GSK real estate assets. This included site selection, lease negotiations, disposition of surplus assets, lease audits, tax appeals, lease administration, and encouraging business to use space efficiently and effectively.

GlaxoSmithKline is a Global Pharmaceutical company with $24.4 billion in turnover in 2008, and 100,000 employees. Its major therapeutic areas are Respiratory, Anti-virals, Central Nervous system, Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Anti-bacterial, Oncology, Vaccines, and Consumer Healthcare.

Prior to joining Glaxo, Jack worked as a senior accountant for a shipping & brokerage company then spent 6 years as Comptroller for an expedition cruise & travel company.

Jack is active in IAMC, and is currently the Chair for the Future Sites Committee, and served on Leadership and Member Relations Committee.

Jack has Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University and accounting from Kings College.

Jack has been married for over 30 years to his wife Mary Ellen, and has three children.

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Sarah Roberts, senior vice president-economic development, leads the regional economic development team of the Greater Waco Chamber. The economic development team aims to "grow Waco" by creating new jobs and increasing investment in Waco's diverse economic sectors. Roberts' team is responsible for business recruitment, expansions, market research and strategic development opportunities for the Greater Waco area. Working with the Waco Industrial Foundation, Roberts manages acquisition, disposition and development of a 2,200-acre real estate portfolio to enhance the competitiveness of the Greater Waco area.

Since joining the team in 2003, Roberts has been in involved with more than 50 new location and expansion projects with numerous firms, including Associated Hygienic Products, L-3, Caterpillar, The Dwyer Group, Allergan, and Profiles International. Roberts also led the planning and implementation of a 5-year master plan for the Waco Industrial Foundation land holdings.

Associations and Awards
Texas Economic Development Council, Director, 2007-20011, Executive Committee 2009
Industrial Asset Managers Council
Waco Aviation Advisory Board, Director 2004-2008
International Economic Development Council Award, 2009 Multi-Year Economic Development Program (greater than 200,000 population)
Community Economic Development Award, 2003 Top Economic Development Program in Texas

Education
Roberts holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Baylor University

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Judy Passwaters

Judy is currently a Global Director in DuPont Integrated Operations, leading a corporate initiative to improve PSM Quality Assurance.
Prior to her current position, Judy was the Global Director of DuPont Facilities & Real Estate, responsible for DuPont Corporate Real Estate, as well as the acquisition, construction and operation of 330+ DuPont offices and laboratories worldwide.
During her career with DuPont, Judy has held leadership positions in manufacturing, engineering, business operations, and Six Sigma, living in the US and in Europe.
Judy is a member of the IAMC board of directors and is co-chair of the IAMC Industry Groups.
Judy holds a B.S. Degree in Chemistry from West Virginia University and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Delawar

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William J. Lewis
Vedder Price P.C.

Bill is the Head of the Real Estate and Land Use Group at Vedder Price and is located in the Firm’s Chicago office. His keen insight into both legal and business issues, and the balance between them, has permitted him to gain the trust of numerous Fortune 500 companies, privately held businesses, and individuals. Bill’s expertise is in commercial, industrial, and retail leasing and acquisition, and his experience includes: development of commercial and residential real estate; commercial real estate lending and borrowing; single-family and condominium development and conversion; and zoning.
He is nationally known for his representation of office, retail, and industrial tenants, and has negotiated lease transactions throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Over the years, Bill has been lead counsel in numerous transactions named by Crain’s Chicago Business as the “Largest Chicago and Chicago-Area Leases,” and has completed leases as large as 2,178,000 rentable square feet.
In addition, Bill has assisted clients in acquiring and disposing of more than one billion dollars in real estate assets in his career, many of which contained environmental, governmental, and/or other impediments to their use and development.
Bill has served as an Adjunct Professor at the John Marshall School of Law in Real Estate Law, and he speaks frequently on commercial real estate topics.

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