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Gala Celebrates CREATE Program as It Soars to New Heights KCBS’s Liam Mayclem, emceed the event, recognizing CREATE’s “significant success” since its establishment in 2012. The program “is a direct connection to the industry and affects owners, operators, vendors and managers,” he said, adding that CRE courses are usually over-subscribed. “Urban Waterproofing has been involved with CREATE for a number of years,” noted company Vice President Jeff Lewis. Asking what “soaring to new heights means,” he shared that his company has “had the opportunity to see the San Francisco

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“Soaring to New Heights” was an inspiring theme for the fourth annual CREATE Gala. Boston Properties, whose Salesforce Tower soars above and redefines the

San Francisco skyline, was the event’s honoree. And the gala’s Signature Sponsor, Urban Waterproofing, is restoring another iconic high-rise— the Transamerica Pyramid. Industry boosters gathered at the Bently Reserve for the May 16 gala, which raised funds for CREATE (Commercial Real Estate Alliance for Tomorrow’s Employees), an alliance of BOMA San Francisco, BOMA Oakland/East Bay, IREM San Francisco Bay Area and NAIOP San Francisco Chapter. Funds support the Commercial Real Estate Certificate and Fellows programs at SF State and the Fellows program to be launched next fall at Merritt College.

skyline evolve,” during its years-long work restoring the Transamerica Pyramid. “We soar to new heights and see amazing views...The Urban team is committed to the CRE industry and to protecting the value of your building.” (Continued on page 9)

Above left: Jeff Lewis, Urban Waterproofing, describes his firm’s experiences working on the Transamerica Pyramid. Above right: Steve Colvin and Pete Back, Boston Properties.

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Having just completed another Gala to raise funds for the job training programs supported by the Commercial Real Estate Alliance for Tomorrow’s Employees (CREATE), it’s worth reflecting on how we began, how far we’ve come, and where we are going. BOMA San Francisco began on this path in May 2011, as we celebrated the organization’s Centennial anniversary. At our Centennial, we did more than just celebrate our past. We looked forward, talked about our vision for training future industry leaders, and announced that we’d start a Foundation to help actualize that vision. We rapidly went to work, and the BOMA San Francisco Foundation soon partnered with San Francisco State University to offer a Commercial Real Estate Certificate Program in the fall of 2012. Our purpose: Identify, train and recruit new employees for our members’ businesses. Fast-forward to May 2018. In the last 6 ½ years, 1,152 students have learned about our industry via the CRE Certificate Program; 75 students have successfully completed all classes and earned their certificate; 63 students were hired into full-time employment by member companies; nearly 40 students were hired as paid interns; and 16 major scholarships have been awarded. Ongoing mentoring and career counselling are provided to dozens of other students. Furthermore, new training, named the Commercial Real Estate Fellows Program, was initiated in the fall of 2017, which has greatly expanded the number of SF State students we’re reaching. Not only are we expanding that training at SF State this fall, but we’re also beginning a similar Commercial Real Estate Fellows Program at Merritt College this fall. Importantly, BOMA Oakland/East Bay, NAIOP, and IREM have united with us to help raise funds to support these industry workforce (Continued on page 3)

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development efforts. Though still funded and primarily staffed through the BOMA San Francisco Foundation, we’re using CREATE as the “umbrella” brand for our efforts. Everyone benefits; everyone can pitch in.

Call to Action: Please Lend a Hand A vital component of our workforce expansion and job preparedness work is the mentoring being done by our Careers Committee. They connect with students in our college training programs, provide building tours and job shadow opportunities, help with resume-building and presentation skills, and make introductions to industry professionals that can coach them. Our latest Mentor Match Up event on March 27 was the best yet. Eighteen students participated,

along with 18 Seasoned Professionals and 18 Young Professionals. I strongly encourage you to volunteer to take part in the next Mentor Match Up. (It’s barely more than an hour of your time.) Contact Careers Committee Chair Nicole DuBee or Vice Chair Anne Hill to volunteer. Another way to assist: Volunteer to host a “CREATEx-perience”, the new Job Exposure Program for our students. Don’t miss the chance to have a motivated student from our training programs shadow you and members of your staff. Not only will you add real-world experience to their classroom learning, but you’ll be able to get a look at a potential employee or two. It’s an easy way for you to give back to our industry and help prepare for its successful future.

Gille is President of BOMA San Francisco and Senior Vice President of Rockhill Management.

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Michael Choung, Property Manager Boston Properties/Salesforce Tower

Symbolic of San Francisco’s innovative technology scene, the gleaming new Salesforce Tower anchors an emerging hub that encompasses the tower (described as a “vertical campus”), several new development projects, the Salesforce Transit Center and its 5.4-acre rooftop Salesforce Park. When built out, the tower’s fifth floor will open directly onto the park. Property Manager Michael Choung leads Boston Properties’ management team at Salesforce Tower. Prior to this position, he gained expertise at the company’s Embarcadero Center and at its SoMa portfolio, whose tenants include major tech companies. “The experience in SoMa helped me learn to be on 24/7 and to build relationships through frequent, informal communications — often texting at all hours,” he says. Tenants are gradually occupying the 61-story tower, which is 97% leased. “We’re in TI mode now, which is a unique, dynamic state,” explains Choung. “We have existing tenants and a normal, operating lobby, but also have multiple TI projects going on.” He Choung at the Salesforce adds: “Boston Properties has a construction kick-off meeting with each tenant. We put Tower during construction. together a plan and schedule to get them ready for day one. I’m a jack of all trades, coordinating with tenants’ construction management and real estate teams, as well as handling normal property management functions.” He remarks that tenants consider the building to be a selling tactic to recruit employees. Choung joined Boston Properties soon after earning a political science degree at UC Berkeley and became excited about commercial real estate. The company supports continued education, and he earned his real estate sales license, RPA and LEED GA. At BOMA, Choung lends his efforts to the BOMA SF Careers Committee, and helped launch a mentorship program that includes a mentor match-up event, building tours, job shadowing and informational interviewing. What’s his passion outside of work? He’s a “huge basketball nut” who closely follows college basketball and plays on Boston Properties’ Team BXP. Recently, he took up golf. “I saw that it’s big in our industry, and I like the new challenge.”

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Alisha Stanfield, Director of Business Development Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation

Many BOMA members have enjoyed being transported in style and comfort on one of Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation’s buses, which it donates for BOMA San Francisco’s annual wine tour. But the company’s services are much more extensive and are evolving to meet the needs of today’s employers and workers. “Most people associate Bauer’s with chartered bus services like our wine tours,” says Director of Business Development Alisha Stanfield. “Our core business is fixed-route daily bus and shuttle services for employers, building owners and property management companies. We operate over 200 routes per day throughout the Bay Area and create customized commuter routes based on largely populated areas and popular park & rides.” In her role, Stanfield is responsible for cultivating new business and creating solutions for customers: “We carefully analyze what our clients need and develop a program that solves their problem, whether it be single-occupancy trip reduction, parking congestion, employee/tenant recruitment and retention or carbon reduction.” Alisha Stanfield. Bauer’s also provides solutions for public transit ‘last mile’ services where it may be too far for people to walk or take too long by other public transit routes. Shuttles from BART, Caltrain and ACE are very popular and provide a great amenity to tenants. “It also helps alleviate parking issues,” Stanfield adds. Stanfield’s involvement with BOMA includes participating in golf tournaments, luncheons, galas and the Energy & Environment Committee, in addition to hosting many wine tours over the years. After hours, Stanfield stays busy with her 20-month old son, Conor. She and her husband enjoy entertaining and spending time with friends and family. “We recently moved to Livermore, so we’re exploring the area and finding new favorites,” she says.

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BOMA SF’s Karen Chiles — A Welcoming Presence at Events If you’ve been to a BOMA San Francisco event lately, you most likely have been greeted warmly by Administrative Assistant Karen Chiles, who handles event check-in as part of her duties. This friendly San Francisco native joined the BOMA staff a year ago, bringing a background in HR and customer service, which prepared her for juggling the many aspects of event registration, coordination and interacting with members during events.

“I’m here to guide members through the event registration process and make it easy for them to do it either on the phone or online,” says Chiles. “I also encourage people to come to events if they seem unsure about attending.” Becoming a part of the commercial buildings industry was a natural for Chiles, whose father worked for UCSF, managing and training the custodial staff. She is delighted to be living and working in the City after spending a few years in the East Bay and Sacramento. Chiles and her husband, Ray, who live in the Lakeview neighborhood, are exploring the City’s changing neighborhoods and restaurants. She has a dining group that gets together once a month to try a new restaurant. “Mexican is my favorite,” she says. Chiles also enjoys reading and shopping for fun accessories.

9 Thanks to CREATE Gala Sponsors! Signature Sponsor Urban Waterproofing Legacy Sponsor Kilroy Realty Champion Sponsors Able Services Pacific Gas and Electric Company Paganini Electric Corporation Skyline Construction Inc. Wareham Development

Contributing Sponsors Allied Universal Bently Reserve Comcast Business Field Construction Hathaway Dinwiddie IMG Technologies

Supporting Sponsors ABM Alexandria Real Estate Equities Allen Matkins Anderson, Rowe & Buckley Baker’s Floor & Surface Bayline Mechanical, Inc. Boston Properties C.E. Toland & Son Capital Building Maintenance CBF Electric CBRE Creative Ceilings, Inc. Cupertino Electric, Inc. Cushman & Wakefield Cutting Edge Drapery Design Workshops Dome Construction GCI Georgia-Pacific Professional Golden State Contract Flooring Hanson Bridgett LLP HARBRO Emergency Services & Restoration Hoem & Associates, Inc. HOK Impark Innovative Mechanical, Inc. Jerry Thompson & Sons Painting, Inc. JLL McMillan Electric Metro Services Group Meyers+ Engineers Monticelli Painting & Decorating Next Play Consulting, LLC Prologis Revel Architecture & Design RiverRock Real Estate Group RMR Construction Rossi Builders Schindler Shorenstein Realty Services, L.P. Siemens Solomon Cordwell Buenz Stockham Construction, Inc. Syserco, Inc The Swig Company Vanbarton Group, LLC VCB Acoustics, Inc. Wilson Meany

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Boston Properties Adds Value to Property Management Introducing honoree Boston Properties, now San Francisco’s largest landlord, Lewis lauded the company’s ability to create alliances and its commitment to diversity. He said the “solid team is a pillar of the community and engaged in local communities, volunteerism and charitable activities.” Boston Properties Senior Vice President, Property Management, Steve Colvin took to the stage, giving an overview of the company’s activity and growth in the San Francisco and the Los Angeles markets. Boston Properties’ strategic focus on tenant relations, operational excellence and sustainability is designed to add value to property management. “With BOMA, we live it every day...it could never happen without people like Able, Allied Universal, Impark and BrightView.” He said that “CREATE is about getting young, smart people into the industry,” which is so important as Baby Boomers near retirement. Pete Back, Senior Vice President, Construction at Boston Properties, cited some of the company’s key projects. Salesforce Tower has 31 active floors of TI, while a new building at Fourth and Harrison is in pre-construction. A transit village just broke ground in Oakland, near the MacArthur station.

Hysinger Scholarship Given to Exemplary Student Rick Buziak, representing Legacy Sponsor Kilroy Realty, awarded this year’s David G. Hysinger Exemplary Student Scholarship to Christine Johnson, soon to graduate from the CRE program at SF State. Her CRE career has already begun, as she has been working at Cushman & Wakefield since last year. “CREATE is creating a community for students to succeed,” Johnson said. It allowed her to tie together her undergraduate career to the real world, and mentors helped prepare her for a career after college. The scholarship is named for the late David G. Hysinger, an instructor at SF State who was instrumental in the certificate program’s launch.

CREATE Fellows Program Flourishes In closing, a video celebrated the success of the CREATE Fellows Program, launched in 2017. (View the video at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1lPZvhvpAf4&feature=youtu.be.) The program is open to all 6,000 students in the College of Business at SF State, with classes held at the downtown San Francisco campus. The yearlong program focuses on both the technical and soft skills needed in CRE. A Fellows program begins in Oakland’s Merritt College in the fall.

You can help...and you can benefit! One way for employers to benefit from the CREATE program is to host an intern. Give one of our program enrollees the opportunity to get practical experience and put their training to work for you. Almost 100% of students who have interned through the program are full-time employees in CRE. Otherwise, make a tax-deductible donation to the BOMA San Francisco Foundation, tax ID is 80-0757877. Learn more at www.createworkforce.org

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Mark Buckingham, mountain biker and triathlete

Mark Buckingham, Senior Property Manager for Hines, is an avid trail runner, is about to attempt his first Sprint Triathlon, and enjoys both mountain and road biking. And, his mother walked him down the aisle for his wedding at Grace Cathedral’s Chapel of Grace — the very same room in which she received her Registered Nurse’s certification 65 years prior. Kevin Whalen, Vice President/Group Manager for Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., enjoys the outdoors and loves heading to Tahoe or out on a camping trip for the weekend. When in San Francisco, he is an avid attendee of multiple great music venues here. Ask him his favorite group, and how many times he has seen them. It’s not the Grateful Dead. And while not a Dead Head, Kevin’s enthusiasm (mania?)— for his favorite group is as impressive as that of any true Dead Head. Kevin FitzPatrick, Vice President/Regional Property Manager for Boston Properties, enjoys a good golf outing, exercising, concerts and other local events. He and his wife like to vacation in warm places like Maui and Mexico. Jeff Needs, Vice Jeff Needs, President, Portfolio flyfishing enthusiast Management for Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., likes to string a few days together to head to the mountains where a cold, clear river provides him the opportunity to cast a fly for a hungry

trout. The solitude, scenery, and no technology (!) provide the perfect formula to re-fuel his soul. (I want that!) Glenn Good, Property Manager for Tishman Speyer, is a not-so-amateur baker. He’ll bake all kinds of bread, but after taking a croissant-making Glenn Good, class in Paris, expert baker that’s now his specialty. (Okay, Glenn, you’re catering the next board meeting!) Gail Ringer, Asset Manager, Kilroy Realty, likes to hang out with her husband, Bernard, and their pet shih tzu puppies, Bear and Jester. She also enjoys travel and just returned from a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong. When not vacationing abroad you can find Gail at her home in Palm Springs. And somewhere in there she finds time to enjoy the great wines of Napa/ Sonoma. And what about Marc Gille, Senior Vice President, Rockhill Management? Well, besides President of BOMA San Francisco, you can call him “Slash.” The nickname was given to Marc while he was in high school. He was painting pipes in the central plant at 201 Spear. Jim Johnson (Able) was chief engineer at the time. Jim and assistant chief Mike Epling knew that what Marc really wanted to do was to make horror movies! Once they learned that, Jim and Mike just called Mr. Gille “Slash,” from there on out. And that, my friends, is a bit of the back story on some of your BOMA San Francisco leaders! What’s your story? Marc Intermaggio, CAE, is Executive Vice President of BOMA San Francisco and Executive Director/CEO, of the BOMA San Francisco Foundation whose mission is to recruit and train the industry’s next-generation workforce.

11 BOMA San Francisco Members on the Move Able Services announced that Jeff Corvi was promoted to Vice President of Northern California for Able Engineering. He will have been with Able for 20 years this September and has been a major part of the company’s success and evolution to a world-class operation. Corvi began his career with Able in 1998, running the support services department and quickly worked his way into the role of Engineering Manager, and was named Regional Manager in 2013. Corvi has been a vital part of developing Able into the company it is today. Two TOBY (The Outstanding Buildings of the Year) winners from the 2018 BOMA Bay Area Awards competition went on to victory in their categories in the Pacific Southwest Region. Congratulations to the CIM Group team at the Central Tower in San Francisco (shown above), which won in the Historical Building category and to the Hines team (shown below) at Pleasanton Corporate Commons, winner in the 500,000– 1 million squarefoot category. These teams proceed to the International TOBY competition, with winners announced at the TOBY Awards Banquet at the BOMA International Conference & Expo on June 28.

Transwestern announced that Blake Peterson has been appointed Senior Vice President to lead Transwestern’s property management services for the Northern California region. She will focus on growing Transwestern’s Asset Services portfolio in the Greater Bay Area, elevating service delivery to clients, identifying innovative technologies, and recruiting top-performing talent. She was previously president of BOMA San Francisco and is the current chair of the Leadership Development Committee. The BOMA SF Board has taken the following actions: w Appointed Paul C. Richards (left) as a Life Member of BOMA San Francisco. He recently retired from his position as Vice President – Director of Property Management at Wilson Meany.

w Named Sarah MacIntyre (right) to the BOMA San Francisco Foundation Board of Directors. She is Director of Asset Management at Wilson Meany and a past President of BOMA San Francisco. w Appointed Bonnie Kalbrosky (lower left) and Helen Han (lower right) to the BOMA California Board of Directors. Kalbrosky is General Manager, Brookfield Property Group. Han is Marketing Director at Boston Properties.

Photo credit for team photos: Olivia Smartt Photography

Send personnel changes or news for Members on the Move to Tory Brubaker at toryb@BOMA.com.

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13 Scenes from BOMA at the BALLPARK Patio Party

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Who ARE These People, Anyway? Get to Know Your BOMA SF Board Members!

There is no question that the members of BOMA San Francisco’s board of directors are a very accomplished professional lot. I’m always impressed with their knowledge, resourcefulness, inquisitive nature, ethics, discipline, and ability to successfully resolve the never-ending challenges they face throughout their careers. But who are these people, really? Many members only know our Association’s leaders by interacting with them during the workday, via collaborating around some industry issue. We’re all so busy “taking care of business” that rarely do we get the opportunity to peel down a few layers to know who someone really is. And so, I will now reveal a few bits of personal information about members of the BOMA San Francisco Board that perhaps you did not know. Take, for example, Mark Kelly, President of Able Services. Did you know that Mark has the “Finest Home Sports Museum” in the country? Filled with sports artifacts dating back to the teens, it all started when Mark’s great uncle, George “High Pockets” Kelly, was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. And, Mark’s uncle E.M. Lester, won multiple golf tournaments in the 1920’s, culminating with becoming the Harding Park Champion—a great distinction at a time when amateur golf trumped professional golf at the national level. The “Museum” resides in Mark’s basement.

And did you know that Stacey Hart McCarthy, Associate Director, CBRE Asset Services, spends nearly all of her free time riding, showing and caring for her horse, Lyra? Stacey and her horse compete at the Olympic/ International level of the sport of dressage, which is known as the “Grand Prix.” Stacey has owned and shown horses since her early teens. Stacey McCarthy, Olympic-level competitor

Bill Whitfield, General Manager of the Russ Building for Shorenstein, is a not-so-amateur builder. He and his partner built their home from the ground up…without a contractor. It only took eight years…I wonder what the next project is! And Christine Mann, General Asset Manager for Paramount Group, used to play bass guitar in an allfemale band in college. (We always knew that Christine rocked!)

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