Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation (NASDAQ:ROIC), a fully integrated real estate company qualified as a REIT, is focused on acquiring, owning leasing, repositioning and managing a diverse portfolio of necessity-based retail properties, including, primarily, well located community and neighborhood shopping centers, anchored by national or regional supermarkets and drugstores. ROIC presently owns and operates 88 shopping centers encompassing over 10,000,000 square feet.

Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and operates institutional quality office properties in the western United States and Hawaii. We currently own 5 office properties and interests in 17 joint venture properties, comprising 4.3 million rentable square feet.

American Realty Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisor and a leading provider of real estate investment management services to institutional investors. With approximately $3.3 billion in assets under management, American utilizes core and value-added commingled funds and separate accounts with investments in office, industrial, multi-family, and retail properties nationwide.

Hopkins Real Estate Group specializes in ground up development and redevelopment of retail shopping centers of all sizes ranging from strip centers to power centers and regional malls.As Chief Financial Officer, partnered with owner to establish new capital partner relationships. Strengthened existing capital partner relationships and improved operational efficiencies between the Accounting/Finance and Development Management functions.Key accomplishments included:- Drove improvement in quantity and quality of work product through re-staffing accounting and financial analyst functions reducing staff by 10% and overhead expenses by $110,000- Implemented asset management function without increasing staff- Increased project level cash flows through improved cash management- Coordinated and closed a $78M permanent financingOverall responsibilities also included:- Financial reporting to institutional and other private equity partners- Financial controls over project developments- Cash and debt management- Payroll, Human Resources, Insurance and IT functions- Relationship management with lenders, outside counsel, property management companies and tax advisors- Coordinated activities with the Acquistions, Development and Leasing personnel

Vice President, Finance 2005-2006Vice President, Corporate Accounting 1997-2004Corporate Assistant Controller 1995-1997Pan Pacific Retail Properties, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), traded on the NYSE, specialized in neighborhood and community retail shopping centers. It was acquired in October 2006 by Kimco Realty.Senior management member who played an integral role in taking a subsidiary entity through an IPO. Effectively managed the corporate accounting, finance and financial reporting functions as the company experienced tremendous growth.Joined the company as Corporate Assistant Controller. Promoted to Vice President, Corporate Accounting as a result of contributions toward the IPO completion. Subsequenlty became Vice President, Finance due to increasing responsibilities related to the finance funtions of the organization.Key accomplishments included:- Key role in enterprise software conversion reducing corporate consolidation from 2 weeks to 3 days, reducing corporate accounting staff by 50% and overhead expenses by $65,000- Key role in 2 public to public merger acquisitions/integrations totaling $1 Billion- Negotiated terms of $300 Million Unsecured Credit Facility- Managed 6 senior note offerings totaling $580 MillionOverall responsibilities included:- Corporate accounting, consolidations and financial reporting- Prepared SEC filings, 10-Q's, 10-K's, 8-K's, Proxy Statements- Directed cash and debt management- Managed property level financings/loan assumptions- Managed Operating Partnerhship transactions- Oversight of Human Resources and Payroll- Handled stock administration, stock options and restricted stock- Directed REIT qualification compliance and debt covenant compliance and reporting- Partnered with Property Accounting, Property Management, Acquisitions and Investor Relations- Managed multi-million dollar Real Estate Equity Participation Program

Director, Internal Audit 1993-1995Internal Auditor 1990-1993The Hahn Company developed, owned and operated regional mall shopping centers throughout the country.Joined The Hahn Company as an internal auditor performing departmental operational audits and partnership financial statement audits. Promoted to Director, Internal Audit.

Planned and performed audits on companies in a variety of industries. Was recruited out of public accounting for an opportunity by a client (The Hahn Company).