General Investment & Development : Executive Committee

W. Gardner Wallace

W. Gardner Wallace is Chairman of GID. Mr. Wallace is a member of the Executive Committee. He is also responsible for overseeing residential operations, real estate development, and opportunities in GID’s other activities.

From 1986 through 1997, Mr. Wallace was in the acquisitions group of GID, most recently as Senior Vice President. He had direct acquisition responsibility for many of the properties acquired for Windsor Realty Fund-I, GID’s first co-investment joint venture. Prior to joining the acquisitions group, Mr. Wallace was involved in the Company’s property operations (serving twice as Senior Vice President), real estate development and non-real estate investment activities. Mr. Wallace graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Economics in 1982 and joined GID that same year.

Robert E. DeWitt

Robert E. DeWitt is Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. DeWitt is a member of the Executive Committee of GID. He oversees corporate strategy development, new client/equity partner sourcing and procurement, property acquisitions and dispositions, client relations and overall management of the company. As such, he is responsible for the overall administration of the activities of the Windsor Realty Funds, GID's equity co-investment programs, including directing real estate acquisitions, dispositions, portfolio management, and partner communications.

Mr. DeWitt was previously Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Chief Investment Officer. He joined GID as Vice President of Acquisitions in 1987. From 1982 through 1987, he was Vice President of Acquisitions at Winthrop Financial Associates, a major Boston-based national real estate investment banking and syndication firm. Mr. DeWitt received an MBA from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College in 1982 and a BA from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, in 1978.

Mr. DeWitt is on the Board of Directors of the National Multi-Housing Council, a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, and a council member of the Urban Land Institute.

Brian T. O’Herlihy

Brian T. O’Herlihy is Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and is a member of the Executive Committee. Brian joined GID in October 2008 and has overall responsibility for GID’s financial, investment, accounting, tax, administrative, human resources and information technology areas. Prior to joining GID, he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Colliers Meredith & Grew, a Boston-based full-service commercial real estate firm providing brokerage, mortgage finance, property & asset management, appraisal, advisory, development and project management services to real estate clients within the Greater Boston area, as well as nationally and internationally through its affiliation with Colliers International. Prior to Brian's 13-year tenure at Colliers Meredith & Grew, he served as a Managing Director at Boston-based Winthrop Financial Associates, a diversified real estate investment, management and services firm, where he worked for eleven years. He began his career as a tax manager at Price Waterhouse, the precursor firm to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brian is a 1976 graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he earned a B.B.A. in Accounting. He is currently a member of the American Institute and Connecticut Society of CPA’s.

Jeffrey A. Harris

Jeffrey A. Harris is Senior Vice President and President of Windsor Management Co., and a member of GID's Executive Committee. He directs the activities of GID’s Property Operations Group and participates in the formulation of GID’s short and long-term strategic goals and objectives. Prior to joining GID in August 2001, Mr. Harris was President and Chief Operating Officer of Post Properties, Inc., an Atlanta-based $2.5 billion, national multifamily real estate investment trust. Post is a fully integrated organization with multifamily development, acquisition, operation and asset management expertise. The company has over 2,000 employees.

From 1995 – 1999, Mr. Harris held the position of President, Post Apartment Management. In that capacity, Mr. Harris was primarily responsible for directing the company’s property management activities for Post’s 32,000-unit portfolio, inclusive of training and development, human resources, corporate suites and the landscaping companies. He also was responsible for overseeing RAM Partners, Inc., Post’s third-party fee management affiliate that manages 15,700 apartment homes owned by third parties. Mr. Harris joined Post Properties in 1984 upon graduation from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College with a Masters in Business Administration. He graduated from Davidson College in 1980 with an A.B. in Economics, Cum Laude.

William H. Roberts

William H. Roberts is Senior Vice President of Portfolio and Asset Management for GID and a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Roberts is primarily responsible for the portfolio and asset management of GID’s apartment, office and flex/industrial portfolio as well as GID’s co-investment joint ventures with CalPERS, CalSTRS and DuPont Pension Fund. He has primary responsibility for managing GID’s relationships with its pension fund partners.

From 1995 through 1997, Mr. Roberts managed the acquisition activity for Windsor Realty Fund-II L.P., GID’s suburban office property investment program through which 3.4 million square feet were acquired in fourteen transactions, over a nineteen-month period of time. From 1980-1995, Mr. Roberts was a Managing Director and Principal involved in acquisitions, asset management and capital markets activity at Winthrop Financial Associates in Boston. Prior experience includes Investment Officer at New England Life (1975-1980) and Mortgage Officer at The Rouse Company (1973-1975). Mr. Roberts graduated with an MBA from Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) in 1973 and with a BA from Lake Forest College in 1971. Mr. Roberts is a member of the Urban Land Institute and a member of its Multifamily Residential Council. He is a former Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Keewaydin Foundation.

Robert D. Fessler

Robert D. Fessler is President of the Flex Industrial Group, Senior Vice President of GID and a member of GID's Executive Committee. Mr. Fessler is principally responsible for directing the activities of the Flex Industrial Group. Prior to joining GID in May 2006, Mr. Fessler was Regional Executive Vice President of Duke Realty Corp., an Indianapolis-based $5.1 billion national industrial and office property real estate investment trust. Duke is a fully integrated organization with industrial and office development, acquisition, construction, property management and asset management expertise.

From 2003-2005, Mr. Fessler held the position of Regional Executive Vice President of Duke's Atlanta Region. In that capacity, Mr. Fessler was primarily responsible for the leasing, management, acquisition, development and disposition activities for the region's 31 million square feet of industrial and office properties with a market value of over $2.7 billion. Mr. Fessler's region contained more than 400 employees. Prior to that, Mr. Fessler opened, developed and ran Duke's Cincinnati office, which at one point grew to more than 15 million square feet of office, flex industrial and bulk warehouse space. Mr. Fessler began his career at GE Capital and was a leasing agent for Trammell Crow prior to joining Duke in 1987. Mr. Fessler graduated from Notre Dame in 1980, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting.

Robert T. Karp

Robert T. Karp is Senior Vice President of the Flex Industrial Group and a member of GID's Executive Committee. Since joining GID in 1973, Mr. Karp has been responsible for the development of a wide range of commercial and residential properties. In addition to Southport Business Park in Raleigh and Windsor Business Park in Richmond, he has directed development of historic office renovations and a mixed-use property in downtown Boston with high-rise office and specialty retail. Mr. Karp served on the Department of Defense Task Force on Military Housing in 1997. He is a full member of Urban Land Institute and is a member of NAIOP's Business Parks forum. He graduated with a BA from Harvard College in 1961 and with an MPA in Urban Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 1964.