About Me

2014-2015 Senior Advisor , Gilbane Building Company, Providence, RI. Privately owned, global leader in construction and facility management services for more than 143 years

2009-2012 Senior Advisor, Roger Development Group, Coral Gables, FL. Commercial real estate developer; luxury condominiums, commercial office buildings, retail centers, student housing, townhouses, single family homes 

2002-2015 Senior Advisor, Process Sensors Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts. World's leading supplier of NIR sensors measuring moisture in solid materials

2005-2009 Board of Directors; Chair, Audit Committee; Chair, Special Committee; Lead Director; Nominating Committee Member; Human Capital Committee Member; Chair, Independent Committee, Trustreet Properties, Inc., Orlando, Florida (NYSE:TSY). 

Trustreet was formed through the merger of the restaurant industry's largest real estate investment trusts (REITS): CNL Restaurant Properties Inc. and US Restaurant Properties Inc. (NYSE:USV) and 18 CNL Income Funds. Trustreet is now the largest self-advised restaurant REIT in the United States with more than $2.5 billion in assets. Trustreet manages financial interests in approximately 3, 000 properties in 49 states. 

2009-2010 Board of Trustees; Lead Independent Director, CNL Global Real Estate Fund. A mutual fund advised by CB Richard Ellis Global Real Estate Securities, LLC. The fund invests globally in equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) and other listed real estate companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. 

2005-2009 Advisory Board, Investec Strategies, Inc., Newport, Rhode Island; Strategic planning services 

2002-2008   Advisory Board Member, Hyde Park Capital Partners, LLC, Premier private investment banking firm providing highest quality M&A and equity capital raising services. Tampa, FL

2002-2005 Senior Advisor and Advisory Council member, Air Ambulance Network, Tarpon Springs, Florida

1995-2005 Board of Directors; Chairman, Audit Committee; Chairman, Special Committee; Compensation Committee Member; Human Capital Committee Member; Nominating Committee Member; Independent Committee Chairman, Commercial Net Lease Realty - American Restaurant Properties; Orlando, Florida; $900 million equity real estate investment trust (REIT); Investments in approximately 2800 national chain restaurants. 

2002 Senior Advisor, Blue Water Venture Capital Fund; Investment in communications technology

2002 Senior Advisor, Future Technologies Fund; Venture capital in emerging technologies 

1995-2002 Director, Gateway American Bank of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; $100 million community bank

1995-1999 Board of Directors, Commercial Net Lease - American Realty Fund; Orlando, Florida; Equity real estate investment trust (REIT); Investments in hotel chains and health services;

1993-2005   Chairman, Advisory Board, Topsider Building Systems, Clemmons, North Carolina; Manufactured commercial and residential buildings

1984-1995 Partner and Senior Vice President, G. William Miller & Co., Inc.,  Washington, D.C.; Merchant Banking, Oversee portfolios of foreign investors; Led evaluation of 21 BCBS plans  (G. William Miller was Treasury Secretary of the United States, former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve System and former Chairman of Textron Inc., a multi-billion dollar conglomerate.) 

1963-1984 Senior Vice President - Administration, Oversaw Legal, Corporate Relations, Office Services, Human Resources, Aircraft, Government Regulations, Corporate Secretary, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Assistant to the President, Textron Inc.; Diversified manufacturing company; Corporate International Headquarters

1961-1963 National Staff Director of Industry Employment Program, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity 

1960-1961 State Director, Georgia, Kennedy-Johnson Presidential Campaign

1958-1960 National Field Secretary, Phi Delta Theta National Fraternity