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James A. Thomas
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
James A. Thomas serves as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Mr. Thomas has served on
the Board of Directors since the Company was organized in March 2004. Mr.
Thomas founded TPG, our predecessor company and served as the Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of TPG from 1996 to the closing of our
initial public offering in October 2004. Thomas Properties Group, Inc. is publicly
traded on the NASDAQ.
Prior to founding TPG, Mr. Thomas served as a co-managing partner of Maguire
Thomas Partners, a national full service real estate operating company from
1983 to 1996. In 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners was divided into two
companies with Mr. Thomas forming TPG with other key members of the former
executive management at Maguire Thomas Partners. Mr. Thomas also served
as Chief Executive Officer and principal owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA
Basketball team and the ARCO Arena from 1992 to 1999. Prior to that, he was a
partner in two prominent Los Angeles law firms and served in the Regional
Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue Service.
Born in Pembroke, North Carolina, Mr. Thomas attended High School in
Cleveland, Ohio and received his B.A. degree in economics with honors from
Baldwin-Wallace College in 1959. He graduated magna cum laude from
Cleveland State Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1963 and was editor in-
chief of the Cleveland Marshall Law Review in 1962-1963. Mr. Thomas has
received honorary doctorate degrees from Baldwin-Wallace College and the
University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Mr. Thomas’ commitment to the community can be seen in his devotion to the
arts and his efforts to improve the quality of life in metropolitan Los Angeles. Mr.
Thomas is Chairman of the Board at Town Hall Los Angeles. He also serves on
the Board of Directors of the SOS Coral Trees, Center Theatre Group and Los
Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, California; and the
National Advisory Council of the Cleveland Marshall School of Law in Cleveland,
Ohio. In addition, he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ralph M. Parsons
Foundation and I Have a Dream Foundation in Los Angeles, Baldwin Wallace
College in Cleveland, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and St. John’s
Health Center Foundation in Santa Monica, California. Mr. Thomas also serves
on the Board of Governors of the Music Center of Los Angeles County and is a
member of the Rand Advisory Board. He served as Chairman of the Los Angeles
2000 Partnership, a diverse committee devoted to addressing regional urban
issues in Southern California and is a member of the Chairman Council of the
Weingart Center Association, and the Colonial Williamsburg National Council.
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R. Bruce Andrews
Director
Until his retirement in April 2004, Mr. Andrews served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust, which position he had held since September 1989. From 1970 to 1986, Mr. Andrews served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of American Medical International, Inc. Prior to joining American Medical International, Mr. Andrews was with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Andrews graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Accounting. Mr. Andrews currently serves on the board of directors for Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.
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Edward D. Fox
Director
Since January 2003, Mr. Fox has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vantage Property Investors, LLC, a private real estate investment and redevelopment company. Prior to 2003, Mr. Fox was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Center Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1998 to January 2003 when Center Trust was acquired by Pan Pacific Retail Properties. Mr. Fox also served as the Chairman of CommonWealth Partners from 1995 through October 2003, a fully integrated real estate operating company that he co-founded in 1996. Prior to forming CommonWealth Partners, Mr. Fox was a senior partner with Maguire Thomas Partners. A certified public accountant, Mr. Fox started his career in public accounting specializing in real estate transactions. Mr. Fox serves on the Dean’s advisory council for the USC School of Architecture and the board of directors of the Orthropaedic Hospital Foundation and the Los Angeles Boy Scouts. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in business administration, both with honors.
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John L. Goolsby
Director
Mr. Goolsby is a private investor and from 1988 until his retirement in 1998, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Howard Hughes Corporation, a subsidiary of The Rouse Company, a real estate development company. Mr. Goolsby served as a director of America West Holdings Corporation from 1994 to 2005. Mr. Goolsby currently serves as a director of Tejon Ranch Company.
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Winston H. Hickox
Director
From July 2004 until July 2006, Mr. Hickox was employed by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) as a Sr. Portfolio Manager, tasked to assist with the design and implementation of a series of environmentally oriented investment initiatives in the investment categories of Private Equity, Real Estate, Global Public Equities, and Corporate Governance. From January 1999 to November 2003, Mr. Hickox served as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), responsible for a broad range of programs created to protect California’s human and environmental health. From December 1994 to May 1998, Mr. Hickox was a partner and Managing Director with LaSalle Advisors, Ltd. Prior to joining LaSalle Advisors, Ltd., from September of 1987 until November of 1994, Mr. Hickox was a Managing Director with Alex, Brown Kleinwort Benson Realty Advisors Corp. Mr. Hickox has also served in a number of governmental appointments including as an alternate member of the California Coastal Commission, as a special consultant to the California State Controller, and on the Governor’s Office staff of California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. He was President of the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) from 1990 to 1994. He is currently a member of the board of the Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System. Mr. Hickox is a graduate of the California State University at Sacramento with a B.S. in Business Administration in 1965, and obtained a Masters of Business Administration in 1972 from Golden Gate University.
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Thomas S. Ricci
Executive Vice President
Thomas S. Ricci serves us as an Executive Vice President with responsibility for development, re-development and construction management. He served as Senior Vice President of TPG from May 1998 to our formation in March 2004, with oversight of business development and development services. From February 1992 through May 1998, Mr. Ricci was the vice president of planning and entitlements at Maguire Thomas Partners, Playa Capital Company division. As a senior executive at Maguire Thomas Partners, Mr. Ricci worked on several large mixed-use and commercial projects. Prior to joining Maguire Thomas Partners in 1987, Mr. Ricci was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, where he was involved in planning, programming, design and construction of medical facilities at locations in the United States and abroad. Mr. Ricci holds a bachelor of science degree and a bachelor of architecture degree with honors from the New York Institute of Technology.
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Paul S. Rutter
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Paul S. Rutter joined us as an Executive Vice President and General Counsel in September 2008. Mr. Rutter cofounded Gilchrist & Rutter Professional Corporation, a real estate law firm in Los Angeles in 1983 and served as Managing Shareholder until 2006. His practice included negotiating, structuring and documenting transactions in commercial real estate development, financing, leasing, acquisition and disposition. In 2006, he became Executive Vice President, Major Transactions, at Maguire Properties, where he served until June, 2008. Mr. Rutter received his J.D. (Order of the Coif) from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he served as Topic and Comment Editor for the Law Review. He earned his A.B. magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, received Dean's List honors, and was Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to the bar of the State of California, the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Federal Appeals. He is a member of the Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica Bar Associations and is active in the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Rutter is widely published and is a frequent speaker at legal and real estate meetings.
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Randall L. Scott
Executive Vice President and Director
Randall L. Scott serves us as an Executive Vice President and Director. Mr. Scott directs asset management operations nationally and East Coast development activity for us, as well as co-managing our relationship with CalSTRS. He was responsible for asset management and East Coast development activity for TPG from its inception in 1996 until our formation in March 2004. Prior to the formation of TPG, Mr. Scott was with Maguire Thomas Partners from 1986 to August 1996. As a senior executive at Maguire Thomas Partners, Mr. Scott worked on several large scale development projects, including One Commerce Square in Philadelphia and The Gas Company Tower in Los Angeles. Mr. Scott was also on the pre-development team for the CalEPA project in Sacramento and served in a general business development capacity. Mr. Scott is currently involved in various civic and professional organizations and serves on the board of directors of the Center City District, a Philadelphia non-profit special services organization. Mr. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics from Butler University in Indianapolis.
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John R. Sischo
Executive Vice President and Director
John R. Sischo serves us as an Executive Vice President and Director. He is responsible for our acquisition efforts and our debt capital market relationships, as well as co-managing our relationship with CalSTRS. He served as Chief Financial Officer of TPG from April 1998 until our formation in March 2004. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Sischo was with Banker's Trust from 1989 to 1998 where he was instrumental in developing Bankers Trust's real estate practice. Prior to 1989, Mr. Sischo was with Security Pacific Corporation's real estate investment banking practice. He began his career at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Mr. Sischo is on the board of directors of the Center City Association, a Los Angeles non-profit special services organization. Mr. Sischo received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Diana M. Laing
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Diana M. Laing serves as our Chief Financial Officer and corporate Secretary, which position she has held since May 2004. She is responsible for financial reporting, capital markets transactions and investor relations. Prior to becoming a member of our senior management team, Ms. Laing served as Chief Financial Officer of Triple Net Properties, LLC from January 2004 through April 2004. From December 2001 to December 2003, Ms. Laing served as Chief Financial Officer of New Pacific Realty Corporation, and held this position at Firstsource Corp. from July 2000 to May 2001. Previously, Ms. Laing was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arden Realty, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT, from August 1996 to July 2000. From 1982 to August 1996, she was Chief Financial Officer of Southwest Property Trust, Inc., a publicly-traded multi-family REIT. She is a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee for The Macerich Company, and serves on the board of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Ms. Laing holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a certified public accountant in Texas.
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Kenneth J. Aspis
Senior Vice President
Mr. Aspis brings to Thomas Properties Group 25 years of extensive experience in the fields of development, construction and facilities management having participated in a broad range of commercial, corporate, residential, retail and specialty type projects throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Aspis managed a $2B privatized military housing residential portfolio in eight states for GMH Military Housing. Between 1992 and 2000, he was a Vice President for Citigroup (Los Angeles, Tampa and New York) and as development manager was responsible for the successful completion of the Tampa Campus a $188MM mixed-use development complex. Mr. Aspis also managed a portfolio of commercial assets in mid-town Manhattan with an annual operating budget of $157MM in addition to providing development and construction management type services to Citigroup business throughout the United States. From 1987 to 1991, he assumed the position of Director of Construction for Griffin Related Properties and managed a construction portfolio in excess of $350MM throughout southern California. Between 1982 and 1987, he was employed by several nationally recognized general contractors in Dallas and Los Angeles. In 1982 Mr. Aspis received his Bachelor of Science in Building Construction from Texas A&M University.
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Jerry D. Hackney
Senior Vice President
Jerry D. Hackney leads the property management team for TPG. His responsibilities include tenant relations, employee development, and primary due diligence for property acquisitions. Mr. Hackney brings over 25 years of extensive property and facility management experience. Previously employed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, he worked in the real estate consulting practice, heading up the Mid-America region lease consulting and construction advisory services. Formerly, Mr. Hackney was Vice President of Operations for a national developer, with responsibility for more than 10 million square feet. Mr. Hackney is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Dallas Christian College.
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Ayahlushim Hammond
Senior Vice President
Ayahlushim Hammond is Senior Vice President at Thomas Properties Group (TPG). In this capacity, Ms. Hammond, who joined TPG in May, 2006, is responsible for leading TPG’s efforts in advising NBC Universal on the backlot residential development, as well as for TPG’s proposed development of the Metro/Universal station, a 1.4 million square foot Class A office development. Previously, Ms. Hammond was a partner and managing member of Kensington Holdings, a boutique real estate development company located in Los Angeles, California. Prior to her tenure at Kensington Holdings, Ms. Hammond served as the Regional Administrator overseeing the Downtown Los Angeles region for the City of Los Angeles’ Community Redevelopment Agency. This region encompassed approximately 5,600 acres and entailed a new City Center Project Area, the Bunker Hill Urban Renewal Project Area, the amended Central Business District Redevelopment Project Area, the Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project area, the Central Industrial Project Area, the Chinatown Project Area as well as the entirety of the Council District 9 Project Area. Ms. Hammond began her work at the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency in 1990. Prior to that, she served as Chief Planning Deputy for City Councilman Robert Farrell. Ms. Hammond received her Bachelor of Science from Pomona College in Claremont, California.
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Kent S. Handleman
Senior Vice President
Kent S. Handleman, Senior Vice President of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. leads the leasing effort for the Company in Southern California. Mr. Handleman has over 20 years of transactional experience encompassing in excess of six million square feet of space. His tenure in the industry began with three years experience in real estate acquisitions for a pension fund advisor. After completing his MBA at the Marshall School of Business at USC, he oversaw leasing and asset management for a three and one-half million square foot office building portfolio including two and one-half million square feet in downtown Los Angeles. In these two projects, he negotiated five of the largest lease transactions completed in Los Angeles from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, he joined CB Richard Ellis where he was Vice President of corporate services and lead tenant representation assignments in the Los Angeles area and nationally on over two million square feet of transactions. Mr. Handleman is active in the real estate community and is a member of the Los Angeles Commercial Realty Association. In addition, he is a supporting member of a Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles charity group and serves as a mentor in the Career Advantage Program at the Marshall School of Business at USC. Mr. Handleman also has an undergraduate degree in Business from the Marshall School. He is a licensed real estate professional in the state of California.
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Joseph P. McManus
Senior Vice President
Joseph P. McManus serves us as a Senior Vice President. He joined TPG in 1998 to establish and oversee its full-service brokerage division, which he ran until our formation in March 2004. Based in Philadelphia, Mr. McManus’s responsibilities include the leasing of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, as well as serving the brokerage needs of a select group of corporate clients. From 1984 to 1998, Mr. McManus was with the sales and leasing division of CB/Richard Ellis in Philadelphia. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1977, and is a licensed broker in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia.
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Todd L. Merkle
Senior Vice President
Todd L. Merkle is Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, for Thomas Properties Group. Prior to joining Thomas Properties Group in 2004, Mr. Merkle spent ten years in the investment banking business at the firms of Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, having been based in both New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA. In this capacity, Mr. Merkle was involved in a variety of investment banking transactions on behalf of both public and private real estate clients, including buy-side and sell-side M&A/strategic advisory assignments, special committee representations, fairness opinions, asset and portfolio sales, and public and private equity and debt financings. Mr. Merkle also spent two years as an associate in the treasury department of Irvine Apartment Communities in Newport Beach, CA. Mr. Merkle received a BS in Applied Economics from Cornell University in 1992.
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Robert D. Morgan
Senior Vice President
Robert D. Morgan serves us as a Senior Vice President, responsible for accounting and administration. Mr. Morgan joined TPG in March 2000 from Arthur Andersen LLP, where he spent 10 years in the real estate service group. At Arthur Andersen, he was a Senior Manager specializing in providing audit and transaction due diligence services to real estate developers, owners, lenders and operators. At Thomas Properties Group, Mr. Morgan serves as our Chief Accounting Officer, and he also oversees our risk management, human resources and information technology operations. Mr. Morgan earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Mr. Morgan is a certified public accountant, licensed by the State of California. Mr. Morgan sits on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Community College District Foundation.
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Dennis A. Watsabaugh
Senior Vice President
Dennis A. Watsabaugh serves us as Senior Vice President, Development Services. Mr. Watsabaugh’s background includes 35 years as a Contractor, Construction Manager and Development Manager for project types ranging from commercial office, educational healthcare, specialty retail and institutional. Mr. Watsabaugh has been involved with projects such as California Plaza Phase 1A; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Warner Center Plaza Phases I, II, III, V, VI; Pacific Design Center Phase 2; Pitzer College Master Plan Expansion; Glendale Plaza, all in Southern California. For the past ten years, Mr. Watsabaugh has been an instructor in the UCLA Extension Construction Management Certification Program. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 1972, and is a licensed general contractor in California.
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