TRENDSETTERS
SAY WHAT? Some of Arizona’s most prominent commercial real estate leaders harbor little known facts about themselves that would surprise most people. Here, they share some fun details that would be great conversation starters in any situation.
ANDREA DAVIS
owner and designated broker, Andrea Davis CRE: “Coca-Cola hired me to dance-skate in Fukuoka, Japan, for three months. Four American girls performed roller-skating dance shows, eight times a day, with four Japanese girls to demonstrate that the East and the West were united. It was a smash hit for the Japanese tourists.”
MIKE GREENAWALT
DAVID KRUMWIEDE
CEO, Resendin: “I don’t golf. I’m a total motorhead — cars, boats, bikes. I can drive the heck out of a golf cart, but don’t ask me to swing a club.”
JONATHAN KEYSER founder, Keyser: “I am the son of Christian missionary parents and spent my childhood in Papua New Guinea.”
GRETCHEN KINSELLA
KARL OBERGH
KATIE HAYDON PERRY
executive vice president, Haydon Building Corp: “I’m a tree farmer. I own 1,800 acres of loblolly pines in East Texas and West Arkansas, on land that has been in my family since the Civil War. Every chance I can, I’m in the woods, running around on a ranger, checking on my trees.”
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Arizona business unit leader, DPR Construction: “I have not voluntarily watched a movie in more than 10 years. It drives my husband crazy, but I can’t sit still for that long.”
principal and CEO, Ritoch-Powell & Associates: “I am very involved with Central Arizona Shelter Services, assisting with homelessness. I grew up living in cars, tents, motels, church basements and low-income housing projects, and I attended 24 schools (K-12) throughout Arizona, which provided me a skill of survival and quick problem solving.”
MARK TISCORNIA
healthcare market leader and principal, Cuningham Group Architecture: “I’m a diehard Iron Maiden fan.”
executive vice president, Lincoln Property Company: “Early in my career, I interviewed with CBRE (then CB Commercial) for a brokerage job, but I didn’t get it. I think they thought I would take their few years of training and move over to the development side. It’s funny how they could see my future before I could.”
MICHAEL T. YOUNG principal and CEO, WOODPATEL: “I’m a descendent of Brigham Young. He is my great-great-greatgrandfather.”
