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Julian A. J. Anderson
President
Rider Levett Bucknall
Julian A. J. Anderson, FRICS, FAIQS, CCC, is the President and senior shareholder of Rider Levett Bucknall’s North American practice and a member of its global board. He joined the property and construction consultancy firm in 1976 in Australia and in 1992 assumed responsibility for the overall management of the practice in North America.
Mr. Anderson is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, a Certified Cost Consultant. He is heavily involved in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as an incoming member of their Americas board. Mr. Anderson also has history of service with the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, International as the founder of the Hawaii section and as the leader responsible for resurrecting the Arizona section.
As the director of the North American practice, Mr. Anderson promotes a corporate culture based around research and innovation, supporting the firm’s Quarterly Construction Cost Report publication and developing Rider Levett Bucknall’s proprietary RElifing® methodology to help owners and builders get more value and use out of existing assets.
Mr. Anderson has published many papers on construction-related issues and has spoken at numerous construction conferences and seminars. Mr. Anderson’s project experience ranges from $100,000 to several billion dollars, providing advice on construction cost, procurement, construction management and building life.
Rider Levett Bucknall is a global property and construction practice with over 2,000 people in more than 80 offices across Asia, Oceania, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Services provided include cost management, project management and advisory services.
William B. Alsup, III
Senior Vice President
Hines
Mr. Alsup is the co-manager of Hines’ Washington, D.C. office with responsibility for selected development, leasing and property management activities in the Washington metropolitan area and the mid-Atlantic region.
Mr. Alsup joined Hines in 1979 and opened the Hines Washington office in 1981. Since its inception, the Washington office has completed the development of 3.5 million square feet of office and mixed-use space and the acquisition of 5.4 million square feet of office space. Major developments include Columbia Square designed by I. M. Pei and Partners, Franklin Square designed by Philip Johnson, the Postal Square redevelopment designed by Shalom Baranes, 600 13th Street designed by Robert A. M. Stern, all in downtown Washington; and the Gannett/USA Today Headquarters designed by Kohn Pederson Fox in Northern Virginia. Currently, Mr. Alsup is the Senior Project Officer for the CityCenterDC project, the redevelopment of a 10-acre site currently under construction in downtown Washington into a mixed-use neighborhood to include retail, residential (for sale and rental), office and public open spaces.
Mr. Alsup is a recognized industry leader and has served on the board or been an active member of several prominent organizations. Mr. Alsup has served in a leadership role with the D.C. Building Industry Association (DCBIA) since 1996, first on its Board of Directors (1996-1998), then as Vice President (1998-2001) and next as President (2001-2003). Presently, he is a member of DCBIA’s Past Presidents Council and its Executive Committee. In 2011, Mr. Alsup was recognized by DCBIA with its Achievement Award for his contributions to the D.C. real estate industry and to DCBIA. From 1986 to 1996, Mr. Alsup was a Trustee of the D.C. Preservation League. He is currently a Trustee of the Federal City Council and a Trustee of the National Building Museum. He is also a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Lambda Alpha International and the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alsup has been a resident of the District of Columbia since 1991.
Mr. Alsup received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.
Kermit Baker, Ph.D., Hon. AIA
Chief Economist
The American Institute of Architects
Kermit Baker is the Chief Economist for the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he analyzes business and construction trends for the U.S. economy and examines their impact on AIA members and the architectural profession. He originated the AIA’s “Work on the Boards” Survey, a monthly assessment of business conditions at architecture firms, as well as the AIA Consensus Construction Forecast Panel, and writes a regular economics column for the AIA member electronic newspaper, AIArchitect.
Kermit also is the Project Director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. This research effort is aimed at developing an improved understanding of the dynamics of the U.S. repair and renovation industry.
Prior to joining the AIA, Kermit was Vice President and Director of the Economics Department at Reed Business Information, where he was responsible for industry forecasting. During his ten years at Reed, he developed the Top U.S. Construction Markets Report, and served as editor of Reed Business Information’s Building and Construction Market Forecast newsletter.
Kermit received his Masters degree in Urban Planning from Harvard University and holds a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the same field. In 2002, Kermit was made an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects.
Harvey Bernstein, F.ASCE, LEED AP
Vice President, Industry Insights & Alliances
McGraw-Hill Construction
As Vice President of Industry Analytics, Alliances and Strategic Initiatives, Mr. Bernstein manages McGraw-Hill Construction’s (MHC’s) Washington, DC office which is responsible for industry and government alliances and also manages the company’s Research and Analytics division in Bedford, Massachusetts which conducts market research and develops and maintains the company’s construction industry statistics, building stock information, and related databases. He has lead responsibility for MHC’s green building initiatives, including the first ever landmark studies on green residential and commercial construction trends, and was one of the team members involved in launching MHC’s new GreenSource magazine. Mr. Bernstein works with industry executives to identify industry needs and improve performance through market research, thought leadership, and the development of strategic initiatives, special studies and services. He oversees a staff of over 40 professionals including engineers, analysts, economists, market researchers, project managers, survey specialists, and industry sector experts. Mr. Bernstein previously served as the President and CEO of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. He has written numerous papers covering innovation, residential and commercial construction, energy efficiency, energy conservation and sustainability in the built environment, and he co-authored the book Solving the Innovation Puzzle: Challenges Facing the Design and Construction Industry. Mr. Bernstein is a member of the Charles Pankow Foundation’s Advisory Council, Princeton University Civil & Environmental Engineering Advisory Council, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Policy Advisory Board and a visiting Professor with the University of Reading’s School of Construction Management and Engineering in London, England, where he also serves on their Innovative Construction Research Center Advisory Board. Mr. Bernstein has an M.B.A in Corporate Marketing from Loyola College, an M.S. in Engineering from Princeton University and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Beth Ann Bovino
Senior Economist
Standard & Poor’s
Beth Ann Bovino is the U.S. senior economist at Standard & Poor’s, based in New York. In this position, she develops S&P’s U.S. economic forecasts and authors the monthly U.S. Economic Forecast, the quarterly U.S. Risks To The Forecast , the weekly Financial Notes and the Weekly Economics Call. Beth Ann has created Industry Drivers reports for analyst research. She is quoted regularly in the press and has appeared on many major television programs. Further, she has written many articles for popular and professional publications.
Prior to joining Standard and Poor’s in February 2004, Beth Ann spent over ten years doing economic and market research with Sungard Institutional Brokerage, UBS Warburg, and the Federal Reserve.
Beth Ann holds a PhD in Economics from Columbia University, a Master's in International and Development Economics from Yale University, and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Stella Dawson
U.S. Specialist Economics Editor
Thomson Reuters
Stella Dawson is an award-winning journalist who has reported on the global economy, markets and policy for over 20 years at Reuters, the world’s largest news agency. Based in Washington, D.C., she currently is U.S. Specialist Editor, Economics.
Ms. Dawson began her career in radio and television in Northern Virginia, where she won two United Press International awards. She joined the Associated Press in 1985. Her reporting on conflicts and hidden partnerships in real estate development led to the criminal conviction of a top politician in the Washington metropolitan area.
In 1987, Ms. Dawson joined Reuters as a company news reporter in Chicago. Two years later, she was assigned to its Washington bureau, where she covered the fallout from the collapse of Drexel Burnham and the savings and loans crisis, the budget battles of 1994, the Mexico peso crisis and the Federal Reserve under Alan Greenspan.
She set up Reuters Financial Television’s Washington bureau and moved to New York as editor for its Americas operations in 1996 leading the coverage of the technology boom, the Asian currency crisis and the near collapse of Long Term Capital and Management. In 1998, Ms. Dawson was named Treasury Editor, Americas, directing regional news coverage of financial markets and the economy for the news wire.
Ms Dawson returned to reporting in 2002 as Chief Correspondent based in Frankfurt, Germany, responsible for covering the European Central Bank in the early days of monetary union. In that role, she reported throughout Europe on the thrust of politics in shaping monetary and budgetary affairs, the push by Eastern European nations to embrace the new currency and the economic and fiscal policies that have contributed to the current sovereign debt crisis. She was named Reuters Treasury Reporter of the Year.
Moving to London in 2007, Ms Dawson was appointed Global Editor for economics and financial markets through the credit crisis. She has interviewed finance ministers and central bankers worldwide from Russia, China, European Union, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Argentina, Indonesia and the United States. In the past year, Ms Dawson has led Reuters news coverage of the major global stories in the Americas time zone, from the death of Osama bin Laden to the debt ceiling showdown. She took up her new roles as U.S. Economics Editor in September. Ms. Dawson has a BA in Politics from the University of Durham, England, and a MA in Journalism from American University.
Keith Fox
President
McGraw-Hill Construction
Keith Fox was named president of McGraw-Hill Construction in March 2010. Prior to assuming this role,
he served as president of BusinessWeek from May 2007 until December 2009.
Keith brings broad management and operational experience to McGraw-Hill Construction, as well as expertise in marketing and product development. Through his work in several businesses within The McGraw-Hill Companies, he has a proven track record in driving both innovation and execution. Under Keith’s leadership, BusinessWeek expanded the global audience and accelerated its digital transformation through product launches and the enhancement of digital offerings. With the launch of Business Exchange, BusinessWeek successfully entered social networking media and was awarded Best Digital Launch by MIN. Keith also spearheaded the integration of the sales and editorial organizations to evolve from the print heritage to digital technologies. In 2009 Keith was named to B-to-B Magazine’s list of "Top Innovators in Publishing," and for two consecutive years he has been recognized in the magazine’s annual list of "Who’s Who in B-to-B."
Prior to leading BusinessWeek, Keith was president of McGraw-Hill Professional, the premier professional publisher of printed and digital products and services. He is credited with repositioning, re-energizing, and substantially improving the unit’s performance. With Keith's oversight, McGraw-Hill Professional margins doubled and revenue grew in a declining market.
Keith joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2000 as senior vice president of marketing and business development for BusinessWeek. In this capacity, he was responsible for evolving BusinessWeek from a print publication to a preeminent business franchise and successfully launching new offerings and services, including BusinessWeek Investor Education products. During his tenure with the Corporation, he has been recognized for the key role he has played in its success and has received many accolades including a McGraw-Hill Leadership Award and seven Corporate Achievement Awards.
Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, Keith was vice president of new media at Reader's Digest Association, where he launched and managed gifts.com and readersdigest.com. He has also held positions at Unilever and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Keith holds a bachelor's degree in American History from Brown University and an M.B.A. in marketing from Columbia Business School.
Tom Ichniowski
Washington D.C. Bureau Chief
Engineering News-Record
Tom Ichniowski has been Washington D.C. bureau chief for Engineering News-Record since 1989. He joined the McGraw-Hill Companies in 1978 as a correspondent for Business Week in that magazine’s Philadelphia bureau and was Business Week’s Philadelphia bureau manager from 1980 to 1984. He then moved to Washington in McGraw-Hill’s bureau, covering transportation and other issues for Business Week, ENR and other publications. Tom is a native of Baltimore and has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College of Columbia University and a master’s degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Jim McTague
Washington Editor
Barron’s, the Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly
Jim McTague has been a journalist since 1972 and the Washington-editor of Barron’s since 1995. His primary assignment is to cover the White House and the Congress, and report on the nexus between Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. He writes a weekly column as well as features.
McTague has written a new book “Crapshoot Investing: How Tech Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock market into a Casino.” (March 2011: FT Press) Inspired by the Flash Crash of May 6, 2010, the book relates how regulators efforts to make the equities market friendly to long-term investors backfired and allowed short-term traders to stage a takeover, with negative consequences for capital formation in the U.S.
McTague frequently appears on radio and television, commenting primarily on the political news of the day and the implications for investors.
Over the years, McTague has served in the trenches for numerous magazines and newspapers including USA TODAY, the Philadelphia Daily News, The Dallas Times Herald, and American Banker, where he was a managing editor. He cut his teeth as a business reporter in the mid-1980s covering the S&L crisis from Texas and Washington, D.C.
McTague learned about finance on the Street. For three years in the early 1980s, he was a registered representative for Merrill Lynch, attracted there by the firm’s storied training program. He handled both institutional and retail accounts.
He is a native Philadelphian with an undergraduate degree in English literature from St. Joseph’s University, which is located there; and an M.A. in English literature from The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.
Robert Murray
Vice President, Economic Affairs
McGraw-Hill Construction
Robert Murray is Vice President of Economic Affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals.
Murray joined McGraw-Hill Construction in 1980 as an economist, with a primary focus on analyzing construction industry trends. In the mid-1980s he directed a team of economists that developed the Construction Market Forecasting Service, providing five-year projections for 22 building types by nine regions of the U.S. This product has subsequently become the pre-eminent forecast of the nation's construction industry, and it serves as the foundation for other construction and real estate forecast products offered by the McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics Group.
Murray is the author of the Construction Outlook, and also coordinates the five-year industry forecast and the Construction Market Forecasting Service, which analyzes national and regional trends for building products.
Murray received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, and holds both an M.B.A. and a Master 's degree in economics from Columbia University.
Nick Wakeman
Editor
Washington Technology
Nick Wakeman became editor of Washington Technology in June 2005 after serving as senior editor for four years. He joined Washington Technology as a staff writer in 1996.
At Washington Technology, Wakeman has written about the systems integrators, procurement trends and major contracts. He also heads the publication’s annual Top 100 project, which ranks the largest IT and systems integrators in federal market.
Prior to joining Washington Technology, Wakeman wrote a newsletter covering the Food and Drug Administration. He also has written for publications on consumer product safety regulations and physical therapy.
He began his career in journalism covering police and courts for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va.
Wakeman is a graduate of Bridgewater College in Virginia and earned a master’s degree in journalism from the American University in Washington, D.C.
He and his wife Beth reside in Alexandria, Va.
Randy Walerius
Transportation analyst team leader
Bloomberg Government
Randy Walerius has been a business and financial journalist for 25 years, beginning in the mid 1980s in the Capital District of upstate New York. He started covering financial markets in New York in the late 1980s for Dow Jones and moved to Dow Jones' Bonn bureau two weeks after German unification. From there, he transferred to London, where he covered the government, foreign exchange and commodity markets. He began covering infrastructure investment around the world more than three years ago, writing reports on countries as diverse as Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan and Hungary. Before joining Bloomberg Government in Washington, he covered public-private partnership deals in Europe, Australia and North and South America. Randy is a native of Minnesota and has a B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota.
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