Our Team and Board

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Holly Yang

Managing Director Marketing

Leads marketing ensuring the brand keeps pace with the company investment and growth strategy. Over 25 years of marketing leadership experience, including global and regional oversight for JLL, Cushman & Wakefield and Colliers.

M.B.A., Fox School of Business, Temple University; B.B.A., University of Kentucky; INSEAD executive program

Elizabeth Cobb

Senior Vice President Human Resources

Leads the Human Resources function ensuring that Grubb Properties remains a great place to work. Over 30 years of human resources, culture development and leadership experience including Bank of America Corporation and Wells Fargo & Company.

Ed.D., Organizational Change; Leadership, University of Southern California; M.A., Industrial; Organizational Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; B.A., Economics, Wake Forest University

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

Lisa Arthur

Senior Vice President, Multifamily Operations

Oversees onsite multifamily operations, including extensive experience in dispositions, management transitions, mixed-use, stabilized, and lease-up residential property management.

B.A., English, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario Canada

Dave Stewart

Senior Vice President, Finance

Leads the efforts of procuring debt and structured finance products, closing more than $1B in commercial real estate financings since 2022. Previous expertise includes mortgage banking, covering multifamily transactions in the southeast.

B.S. Business Administration, University of South Carolina; M.B.A. University of Colorado-Boulder; Chair of Rethinking Southern Cities Product Council, ULI.