Mark Read, a veteran with more than 40 years in the commercial real estate industry, is the President of Brokerage for Kidder Mathews. In that capacity, Read has helped Kidder Mathews open offices in San Diego (2015), Phoenix (2015), Irvine (2016), and Carlsbad (2016). In 2018, KM opened in El Segundo, DTLA, Pasadena and WLA. In 2023 Kidder opened another LA office in the San Fernando Valley. Mark was formerly a broker and then senior managing director for CBRE in San Diego, where he managed more than 220 employees and 100 sales professionals across multiple service lines. Prior to Kidder Mathews, Mark was an executive managing director for Voit Real Estate Services, where he was responsible for the company’s Orange County, Inland Empire and Los Angeles offices.