|The team that shapes our perspective.
Our Investments Committee and Executive Team bring a wealth of professional expertise and life experience to each essential decision and every project we develop. Many have been with Grubb Properties for more than 20 years.
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Team members
Contribute expertise from identifying opportunities to developing and managing properties.
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Cities across the U.S.
Offer Grubb Properties developments in resilient and high-growth markets.
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Average years of industry expertise
Our senior team averages over 20 years of industry experience.
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EXECUTIVE & SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
W. Clay Grubb
Chief Executive Officer
Leads the company’s overall strategic vision and serves as chairman of the board of directors. Extensive experience in investments, capital raising, finance, leasing and management and serves on numerous corporate boards and organizations.
J.D., UNC School of Law; B.S.M., A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
M. Scott Brown
President
Oversees day-to-day operating activities including construction, project management, leasing, property management, human resources and information technology. Extensive expertise in construction as a general contractor.
UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School Senior Executive Institute; A.A., Business Administration and B.A., Economics, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Todd Williams
Chief Investment Officer
Oversees the company’s investment activity and capital strategy including discretionary fund programs, joint ventures and investor relations. Extensive expertise in research, entitlement, design and urban planning.
B.A. and BARCH, UNC-Charlotte College of Architecture; adjunct faculty, UNC-Charlotte Childress Klein Center for Real Estate
Megan Slocum
Chief Development Officer
Oversees and manages all aspects of the development process including rezoning, pro forma development, design, construction and stabilization. Extensive experience in development and construction management, multifamily operations and property management.
B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill
Rob Duguid
Chief Construction Officer
Specializes in development project management and construction, including developing Link Apartments. Extensive experience in construction and development as a general contractor.
Rob Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Responsible for debt financing, financial reporting and analysis, accounting, tax, audit and insurance. Served four years in the U.S. Air Force.
B.A., Finance, UNC-Charlotte
Shawn Cardner
Chief Operating Officer
Oversees strategy and operations of office and retail portfolio, and multifamily shared services including marketing, training, maintenance, and sustainability. Responsible for all aspects of information technology, including ERP, information security, data, and architecture.
Board member of Reach Kericho Kenya and President of Reach US International Inc.; B.A., Political Science, Binghamton University; M.A., Apologetics, Houston Christian University
Skip Schwartz
Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director
Leads capital formation strategies, with a focus on institutional investors and consultants globally. Responsibilities include overseeing the investment management platform and the investor relations team. Global real estate investment executive with nearly thirty years and $8 billion of transactional experience spanning three continents.
MBA, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University; B.A. and M.A., Stanford University
Sherry Long
Managing Director – Investor Relations
Manages investor relations, including reporting and relationship management. Extensive experience in commercial, retail and multifamily property management.
Licensed North Carolina Real Estate Broker
Holly Yang
Managing Director – Corporate Brand Marketing
Leads corporate marketing to ensure the brand is aligned with the company investment strategy. Extensive global and regional corporate real estate experience (Asia Pacific/U.S.) with JLL and Cushman & Wakefield.
M.B.A., Fox School of Business, Temple University; B.B.A., University of Kentucky; INSEAD executive program
Clark Spencer
Managing Director - Investments (manages the company’s Qualified Opportunity Funds)
Licensed attorney experienced in capital markets, securities, reporting and corporate compliance. Formerly an associate attorney with Clifford Chance and Womble Bond Dickinson in capital markets and corporate and securities groups.
J.D., UNC School of Law; B.A., History and Germanic Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill
Lauren Cahill
Senior Vice President – Multifamily Development
Oversees Grubb Properties’ developments in the New York market as well as developments in the Bay Area of California; Denver, CO; and Washington, DC. Previously a senior development director of a multifamily company where she oversaw $1.3 billion of development.
Master’s degree, University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Columbia University; Degree Certificate in Real Estate Design Development; Wharton School of Business
Jason Rushing
Senior Vice President - Asset Management
Responsible for asset management including reporting, informed by more than a decade of real estate experience. Previously oversaw the company’s multifamily properties in its Atlanta, GA and Greenville, SC portfolios.
B.A., Louisiana State University; MBA, University of New Orleans
BOARD MEMBERS
Jimmy Blackmon
Jimmy is an experienced leader who served a thirty-year career in the US Army, including two tours in Iraq, two tours in Afghanistan, and two tours in the Balkans. He concluded his military service on the Joint Staff in Washington D.C. where he led a select team of strategist developing Department of Defense plans and posture for some of our nation’s most complex problems. Jimmy is the author of four books and co-author of two albums.
M.S., National War College; MSE, Old Dominion University; B.A., University of North Georgia
Eugene Flood
Executive-level business leader and expert in investment management, global macroeconomics, and how finance informs business strategy. Managing director of a team that will focus on impact investing, advice, and research. Managing partner of A Cappella Partners.
Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A., Harvard University
Joseph Gleberman
Managing director of The Pritzker Organization, with extensive experience in investment banking and merchant banking. Serves on the board of trustees and investment committees of the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan Theater Club and The Nature Conservancy and a number of corporate boards on behalf of TPO.
M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business; M.A. and B.A., Yale University
W. Clay Grubb
CEO of Grubb Properties; leads the company’s overall strategic vision. Extensive experience in investments, capital raising, finance, leasing and management and serves on numerous corporate boards and organizations.
J.D., UNC School of Law; B.S.M., A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Gaye Montgomery
Vice President, US Chief Compliance Officer, Philip Morris International. Former risk and compliance executive and law department leader at Altria with 20+ years of experience.
J.D., Yale Law School; B.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Laura Schulte
Former executive at Wells Fargo & Company where she led the enterprise's largest banking divisions as a member of the CEO’s management committee. Serves on several corporate and higher education boards.
B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Completed Stonier Graduate School of Banking, University Pennsylvania
Larry Tarschis
Principal at The Pritzker Organization with experience in investment banking and private investing. Serves on the board of directors at Lithko Contracting, STV Group and TMS International.
M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; B.S., College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CAREERS
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In business since 1963, Grubb Properties today is 100% employee- and board-owned. We create, develop, operate and manage properties including commercial, multifamily and mixed-use projects. We also have three corporate offices in North Carolina — in Charlotte, Cary and Winston-Salem — one in Atlanta, Georgia, and one in Culver City, California.
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