Albert M. Berriz

Albert M. Berriz is President, CEO, Board Member and Co-Owner of McKinley, Inc. a $3.2 Billion real estate enterprise with over 300 projects in 25 states, consisting of over 34,000 Multi-family units and 21 million square feet of Office and Retail and supported by 1,458 full time team members.

Mr. Berriz has personally acquired over $7 Billion in assets during his career, most of which have been severely distressed assets and major rehabs, renovations and re-positionings.

Mr. Berriz earned a Bachelor of Architecture professional degree from the University of Miami School of Engineering with Honors, and holds an MBA with High Honors from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management - Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Mr. Berriz has been awarded various civic and professional recognitions including the National Fundraiser of the Year by the American Red Cross, Ann Arbor Citizen of the Year, and the Ernst and Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year.

Royal E. Caswell III

Royal Caswell is responsible for McKinley’s multifamily western expansion into Texas, Nevada and Arizona, as well as growth markets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Mr. Caswell has a proven track record in commercial and multi-family residential management and leasing, new construction, redevelopment, asset repositioning and investment strategy. He specializes in large, multi-state distressed portfolios from takeover, to repositioning, to disposition. Additionally, he spearheads our risk management and insurance efforts across McKinley’s entire operating platform.

Mr. Caswell completed his education with a BA in Government from University of Texas and a MPA in Policy Analysis from Indiana University. Mr. Caswell is also a member of the Board of Directors for Non-Profit Enterprises at Work (NEW).

Kenneth P. Polsinelli

Kenneth P. Polsinelli, Chief Real Estate Officer, shareholder and a member of the Executive Committee. During his tenure McKinley’s portfolio has increased by over 50% in its target markets. He has acquired, financed or disposed of over $750 million of real estate assets across the Midwest and Southeast. Mr. Polsinelli specializes in the acquisition and repositioning of distressed multi-family apartment communities. He has a proven track record of acquiring well-located real estate that is suffering from lack of adequate capitalization, poor management, and/or is in serious physical disrepair.

Mr. Polsinelli holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in Integrative Management from Eli Broad Graduate School of Business at Michigan State University. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from The University of Michigan.

Mary S. Williams

Mary S. Williams, Chief of Staff, is responsible for McKinley’s global relationship management and business development activities in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer. Her scope of responsibilities also include community fiduciary, community relations, media and public relations. Ms. Williams is a graduate of Jackson Community College in Nursing, Leadership Ann Arbor Class of 2004, and in addition holds multiple certifications in Business Etiquette with The American School of Protocol headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Mary is also a member of the Southeastern Regional Relocation Council. The SRRC is a forum for education, problem solving and networking for the relocation industry.

Jim Willett

Jim Willett has been appointed to the Executive Committee. Jim has over ten years of experience in real estate. Prior to McKinley, he worked at Captec, a real estate investment company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Before getting into the real estate business, Jim began his career in public accounting at Crowe Chizek, in South Bend, Indiana, in the financial institutions group, where he also received his CPA license. Jim graduated from Michigan State University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting.

Cheryl Rabbitt

Cheryl Rabbitt has been with McKinley for over six years heading up the Tax and Entity Management Departments and is a formidable tax, deal structuring and finance talent. Cheryl is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Master’s Degree in Tax from Walsh College, and a BBA in Accounting from Eastern Michigan University. Cheryl has worked side by side with Albert M. Berriz, CEO, structuring and designing the tax and deal strategies that have allowed for the repositioning of the portfolio while in the process maximizing the tax advantages. Prior to joining McKinley, Cheryl was a Senior Tax Manager with Deloitte, and prior to that she was Director of Tax for Tecumseh Products. We welcome the addition of Cheryl’s strong background and years of experience as well as her long tenure with McKinley as she begins this new role. Cheryl will continue to report to the CEO. She has also been elected to our Executive Committee.

Keith Hayward

D. Keith Hayward, Managing Director for Residential Client Services of McKinley, Inc. Keith has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate and leads our Residential Client Services Division with recent workouts for our institutional clients totaling more than 17,569 units in our fifteen state platform. Keith’s team is currently engaged in the workout of 79 properties. Keith is a member of McKinley’s Executive Committee and a shareholder. Mr. Hayward received a BA from Albion College and holds an MBA from the University of Michigan in Accounting. Keith is currently a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and is currently the President of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County.

Matt Mason

Mr. Mason leads McKinley's Commercial Client Services and Joint Venture divisions. He has significant expertise in assisting institutional clients in the workout of distressed shopping centers, office buildings and industrial buildings throughout the United States. Mr. Mason has been appointed as a court-appointed Receiver for distressed assets in multiple jurisdictions throughout the country, leading a team of eight commercial portfolio and asset managers who employ a disciplined, value added business model to ensure successful results for their clients. Including the management of his team, Matt's duties include relationship management, commercial portfolio management and redevelopment, lease negotiation, and acquisition and disposition of new assets. Mr. Mason is a member of McKinley's Executive Committee. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan–Dearborn where he studied Political Science and History ('96, B.A.). After graduation from U-M, Mr. Mason attended the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan (’98, J.D.). He is a member of the Michigan State Bar, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and earned the prestigious designation of a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).

Albert L. Berriz

During his tenure with McKinley, Albert has led the Marketing, Media, and Attraction team to exceptional results including web design and development, web marketing, social media, and residential sales as well as the development and implementation of my.mckinley.com, an exceptional tool created for customers to connect with McKinley in order to provide feedback, make requests, pay rent or simply find information. Albert has a passion for bringing outstanding people together for a common purpose. During his time at McKinley, Albert has quickly built a team composed of world class individuals with diverse skill sets and a shared passion for results. Albert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Michigan.

Thomas Gritter

Thomas Gritter is Vice President and Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate. In his role, Tom leads and manages McKinley’s 7.0 million square foot commercial real estate portfolio of shopping centers, office buildings, and mixed-use properties. Tom oversees McKinley’s commercial property management, leasing and accounting functions and is responsible for commercial financings, tax appeals and achieving investment goals. Mr. Gritter has a proven track record of driving leasing results, repositioning assets and adding value for owners, stakeholders and clients. Tom is a graduate with high distinction from the BBA program of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan where he was also a 4-year standout on the Men's Varsity Soccer Team. Tom is a member of the Urban Land Institute and has over seven years of real estate development and management experience.

Alexandra S. Jackiw

Alexandra S. Jackiw, joined McKinley in May 2012 as Managing Director of Residential Client Services. She oversees portfolios in the Midwest and Southeast on behalf of McKinley’s third-party clients and is also focused on new business development. Prior to joining McKinley, Jackiw worked for a private regional full-service real estate company as its Executive Vice President and President of its affiliated property management company. She has also worked for several large publicly traded investment and management companies where she had profit and loss responsibility for portfolios as large as 25,000 units throughout the United States. Her experience includes all aspects of property management, marketing, training, consulting, receivership/REO assignments and new business development.

Active in professional organizations, Jackiw has moved through the National Apartment Association Executive Committee chairs and currently serves as Chair Elect. She also served as President of the NAA Education Institute for two years. Jackiw has chaired both the Board of Ethical Inquiry and the Ethics and Discipline Appeal Board for the Institute of Real Estate Management and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Multi Housing Council for the past two years. She is past chair of the Residential Property Management Advisory Board at Virginia Tech and was recently elected President of the Ball State University Residential Property Management Advisory Board for a three-year term. Jackiw has held an adjunct faculty appointment at Virginia Tech and is currently an Assistant Professor at Ball State University where she has continued to teach in the Residential Property Management program for the past nine years.

Jackiw is a respected industry speaker and has presented programs at to industry trade groups throughout the United States. She is a licensed real estate broker in Indiana and holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM®) designation through IREM and the Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS) designation through NAA. Jackiw received the National Apartment Association Education Institute Apartment Career and Education (ACE) Award in 2011 in recognition of her commitment to training industry professionals. Jackiw is a graduate of the University of Rochester and received her M. Ed. from Ohio University.

Dave A. Peabody, Esq.

Dave Peabody is Vice President of Human Resources.

Nate Lewis

Nate Lewis is Vice President of Real Estate Transaction Services.

Therese M. Cochran

Therese M. Cochran, CPM® joined McKinley in 2012 as the Director of Student Housing Services. She is responsible for overseeing the management of purpose-built student housing assets on behalf of our clients and building McKinley’s existing student housing platform. With more than ten years of experience in the purpose-built student housing sector, Therese brings a wealth of experience in this unique product type to the McKinley team.

Prior to joining McKinley, Therese worked as Director of Student Housing for a regionally-based, private, full-service real estate company where her portfolio consisted of Class “A” purpose built student housing assets, on-campus university housing, as well as receivership assignments. She also worked for a large, national multifamily company overseeing its purpose-built student housing assets on behalf of institutional clients that consisted of new construction lease ups, substantial rehabilitations, full renovations, and repositioned assets. The properties in Therese’s portfolios consistently exceeded economic occupancies and rent levels in each market in which she operated. Her experience also includes social media marketing, training, consulting, and new business development.

Over the course of her 25 year real estate career, Therese has also managed multifamily properties, commercial space, condominium associations and tax credit properties. Her professional credentials include the following industry-recognized designations: Certified Property Manager (CPM®) awarded by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM); Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS) awarded by the National Apartment Association; and Certified Occupancy Specialist (COS) awarded by the National Center for Housing Management. She is also a member of the National Apartment Association Student Housing Committee and previously served as a board member of the New England Chapter of the Community Association Institute.

Albert M. Berriz

Albert M. Berriz is President, CEO, Board Member and Co-Owner of McKinley, Inc. a $3.2 Billion real estate enterprise with over 300 projects in 25 states, consisting of over 34,000 Multi-family units and 21 million square feet of Office and Retail and supported by 1,458 full time team members.

Mr. Berriz has personally acquired over $7 Billion in assets during his career, most of which have been severely distressed assets and major rehabs, renovations and re-positionings.

Mr. Berriz earned a Bachelor of Architecture professional degree from the University of Miami School of Engineering with Honors, and holds an MBA with High Honors from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management - Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Mr. Berriz has been awarded various civic and professional recognitions including the National Fundraiser of the Year by the American Red Cross, Ann Arbor Citizen of the Year, and the Ernst and Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year.

Paul R. Dimond

Paul R. Dimond is Senior Counsel for Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C . He has been Chairman of McKinley's Board of Directors since December 2001 and served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President for McKinley from 1984 to 1990. Mr. Dimond was appointed by President Clinton to serve in the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director to the National Economic Council between 1993 and 1997. Mr. Dimond is on the Governor's Council of Economic Advisers and has served in that capacity from January 2004 to present. Mr. Dimond also serves as council for the following organizations: major urban real estate developments and Brownfield redevelopments; various economic development, venture capital and financial service; education reform; research; foundation; telecommunications; real estate investment and free trade initiatives; trials, appeals and review in Supreme Court for major civil rights, discrimination and education cases; corporations where major liabilities threaten their reputation and ongoing business as well as substantial damages for victims.

Mr. Dimond's area of practice includes public law, corporate and securities law, real estate finance and product litigation and torts.

Eugene A. Miller

Eugene A. Miller is the retired chairman of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank. Mr. Miller's banking career began in 1955 with The Detroit Bank, forerunner of Comerica Bank. He rose to chairman, president and chief executive officer of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank prior to the 1992 merger of Comerica Incorporated and Manufacturers National Corporation. Mr. Miller served as president and chief operating officer of Comerica Incorporated, and chairman and chief executive officer of Comerica Bank following the merger. He became chairman and chief executive officer of Comerica Incorporated in July 1993. Mr. Miller was appointed to the additional position of president in June 1999. Mr. Miller earned a bachelor of business administration degree with honors from the Detroit Institute of Technology.

C. Wendell Dunbar

C. Wendell Dunbar (Del), a resident of Ann Arbor since 1960, received his BAA and MBA from the University of Michigan. He serves as partner of Dunbar & Martel, Ann Arbor-based CPA firm, and also as as Treasurer and Trustee of the Towsley Foundation, Trustee of the Buhr Foundation, Trustee of the McKinley Foundation and serves on the Washtenaw Community College Foundation Planned Giving Committee, where he has been recently honored with a Scholarship for students in his name.

He also serves as Treasurer of the McKinley, Inc., Board of Directors, and in addition, Del sits on the Ann Arbor Hospice Foundation Board, Glacier Hills Board of Directors, Washtenaw Housing Alliance Board of Directors, Heritage Foundation Investment Committee. Previously, Del was the President of the Board of Directors of the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County from 2002-2004, a member of the finance committee, development committee and nominating committee and Board of Directors 2000-2006, and as Trustee with the Green Hills Board of Directors.