Welcome ASU/MRED Students

We are pleased to welcome you to the 2012 RetailGreen and CenterBuild Conferences. I know that our attendees appreciate having you at this premier ICSC event. As in the past, we will be coordinating opportunities for you to speak individually with industry mentors during the meeting. Most of the appointments will be on Thursday and Friday, but given your attendance at both meetings I am trying to be flexible with the mentors. Unless otherwise indicated, the mentor meetings will be in "Wildflower A&B" Rooms.

Please take a moment to review the biographical information about the mentors. I have nomianlly used tags for the entries to identify the speaker's name, areas of professional expertise, professional affiliations, and geographic location. Feel free to visit this blog over the long holiday weekend, as I expect to be adding some additional profiles. At your earliest convenience, please email the names of three individuals with whom you would most like to meet during the conference. I will do my best to create the optimal experience for your entire class. 

Please send emails to the following address:

icscstudentmembership@gmail.com. (I will be abroad for a couple of days and this address is easier to check than my ICSC address, sritchie@icsc.org.) You may reach me via cell at 917-282-6562. I will get back to you as quickly as possible. I will be arriving at the conference on Wednesday evening and look forward to meeting you all then. Don’t hesitate to be in touch if you need anything. 


Thanks again for bringing your expertise and energy to this event.

                             --Sarah Ritchie

Gary Dempster, AIA, LEED AP, CDP

Gary Dempster is a Partner and Director of Altoon Partners LLP, a master planning, urban design, and architectural design firm specializing in retail and mixed-use projects worldwide. Dempster has overall partnership responsibility and over 30 years of experience in project management, construction documents and construction administration.

Collaboration, consensus building and problem solving within the context of aesthetic and pragmatic concerns are his management trademarks. His work includes several award-winning historic preservation, retail and mixed-use projects in California, Hawai’i, Nevada, and Washington D.C and internationally. Of the firm’s twenty ICSC Design & Development Awards, Dempster has had primary responsibility for eight of those projects.

Dempster has been active in ICSC as a speaker at numerous ICSC global events, including multiple ICSC CenterBuild Conferences and most recently at the 2011 ICSC RECon in Las Vegas. Dempster holds a Bachelor of Science, Architecture from the University of Southern California and became an ICSC Certified Development Design and Construction Professional in 2010.

Contact Information:
Gary Dempster
ALTOON PARTNERS
444 S Flower St 48th Fl
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2901
Phone: (213) 225-1900 Fax: (213) 225-1901
Email:

gdempster@altoonporter.com

Bruce Quisno

Bruce R. Quisno, AIA is a Vice President of Construction for Macy’s Inc. Department Stores. His responsibilities currently center around managing corporate capital construction projects for the Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s Southeast, South Central and Mid-West Regions. These regions are comprised of 308 stores. Mr. Quisno is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in design and construction. Over the past twenty plus years in retail alone, he has been involved with projects encompassing more than nine million square feet. Mr. Quisno has extensive experience in assembling winning teams and managing complex, successful projects. Prior to his current position, Mr. Quisno was OVP of Construction for Burdines, Macy’s West, Macy’s Northwest and Rich’s/Lazarus/Goldsmith’s. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor degree in Architecture and is involved in ICSC, the American Institute of Architects and serves on the editorial board for Retail Construction Magazine.

Contact Information:

Bruce Quisno
Macy's, Inc.
7 W 7th St
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2471
Phone: (513) 579-7622 Fax: (513) 579-7735
Email:

bruce.quisno@macys.com

K. Eugene (Gene) Colley, SCDP, LEED AP

K. Eugene (Gene) Colley is the founder and CEO of Royal Seal Construction, Inc. and Royal Seal Companies, Inc. based in the Dallas Fort Worth TX area. For the past 30 years, Royal Seal Construction has been a nationwide general contractor specializing in retail and restaurant construction in 44 states. Gene founded Royal Seal Companies, Inc. in 1995 developing single tenant retail projects across the US. In addition to founding and leading these ventures, Gene has been a speaker/facilitator at numerous Construction, Real Estate, and Restaurant Finance conferences and has written many articles for various trade publications.

Gene has been a member of ICSC since 1995 and a CenterBuild Committee member since 2004. He is a Senior Certified Development, Design, and Construction Professional and was on the committee that formulated the current CDP exam. Gene currently is the facilitator for the Construction Administration webinar in the ICSC Certification Series. He joined the CDP Admissions and Governing Committee in 2010. Gene has been a member of the Retail Contractors Association since 1994 and a RCA Board Member since 2001, having held the positions of Secretary/Treasurer, Vice President, and President.

Contact Information:

Gene Colley
Royal Seal Development, Inc.
124 McMakin Rd
Bartonville, TX 76226
Phone: (817) 491-6400 Fax: (817) 491-6401
Email:

gene@royalseal.com

Lance Josal, FAIA, SCDP

A 30-year veteran of the practice, Lance Josal was named RTKL’s President and CEO in September 2009. For the preceding seven years, Josal directed RTKL’s Commercial Practice Group—comprised of work in retail, hospitality and residential sectors—which accounts for more than 30% of the firm’s gross revenue. Josal is also a member of Arcadis’ Senior Management Committee. A strong and skillful manager, Lance has played an integral role in guiding RTKL’s expansion into new and emerging markets. He is a recognized leader in the planning and design of mixeduse developments, and understands the power that mixed-use complexes have as catalysts for urban growth and city renewal. Lance’s work is recognized for the way it strengthens America’s urban fabric, reinforces the public realm, and advances the mixed-use typology. A graduate of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, Lance holds Bachelor Degrees in both Art (’77) and Architecture (’78). He is a frequent speaker on project management and mixed-use development, and was elevated in March 2009 to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows for his contribution to the profession of architecture. He and his wife Karen live in Chicago.

Contact Information:

Lance Josal
RTKL Associates Inc.
200 South Michigan Ave., Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 542-5902 Fax: (312) 542-5901
Email: ljosal@rtkl.com