People: HFF Inc (HF)

HF on New York Consolidated

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

John Pelusi

57 2006 Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Mark Gibson

53 2006 Vice Chairman of the Board

Joe Thornton

51 2006 Vice Chairman of the Board

Gregory Conley

51 Chief Financial Officer

Nancy Goodson

54 Chief Operating Officer

Deborah McAneny

53 2010 Lead Independent Director

Morgan O'Brien

52 2012 Director

Susan McGalla

47 2009 Independent Director

George Miles

71 2007 Independent Director

Lenore Sullivan

54 2007 Independent Director

Steven Wheeler

65 2010 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

John Pelusi

Mr. John H. Pelusi, Jr., is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of HFF, Inc. He is also currently an executive managing director of HFF LP, a position he has held since 2001. Mr. Pelusi is the managing member of HFF LP, a position he has held since 2003 and has served as a member of either HFF LP’s executive and/or operating committee, when each was the governing committee, from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Pelusi has served as a member of HFF LP’s newly-formed executive committee since 2010 and, in addition to his other duties, also currently leads national retail practice group. He has also been both the managing member and a member of the operating committee of HFF Holdings since 2003. Mr. Pelusi has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, including investment sales, note sales, debt placement, equity, structured finance and loan servicing. Mr. Pelusi joined HFF LP in May 1998, and prior to that he was the managing partner of PNS Realty Partners, L.P. Mr. Pelusi is currently a member of the board of trustees for the University of Pittsburgh; the board of directors for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; the board of trustees for the Holy Institute; and the board of directors for the Manchester Bidwell Corporation. He is also a member of the Real Estate Roundtable; the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC); and the Mortgage Bankers Association. He received a B.A.S. and M.P.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. As Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Company, managing member of HFF LP and a member of HFF LP’s executive committee, Mr. Pelusi brings to the Board of Directors a comprehensive knowledge of the Company, its operations and management’s strategies.

Mark Gibson

Mr. Mark D. Gibson is Vice Chairman of the Board of HFF, Inc. Mr. Gibson agreed to resign from his directorship in May 2009 to insure that the Company remained in compliance with the listing standards of the NYSE at such time, and he was re-elected to the Board as a director and Vice Chairman in October 2009. Mr. Gibson is one of founding partners having joined predecessor firm, Holliday Fenoglio & Company, in 1984. Mr. Gibson has held the position of executive managing director of HFF LP since 2003, served as a member of either HFF LP’s executive and/or operating committee, when each was the governing committee, from 2003 to 2010 and has served as a member of HFF LP’s newly-formed executive committee since 2010. Mr. Gibson also served as the co-office head of Dallas office from 2003 through 2010 and currently leads the Company’s investment sales, HFF Securities and investment banking business lines. He has also been a member of the operating committee of HFF Holdings since 2003. Mr. Gibson is a member of IOPC Gold in the Urban Land Institute; chairman of the University of Texas Real Estate Finance and Investment Center; a member of the board of visitors at UT Southwestern University Hospitals and Clinics; member of the McCombs School of Business Advisory Council at The University of Texas at Austin; board member of Baylor Health Care System Foundation; chairman of the Real Estate Council of Dallas; and a member of Young Presidents Organization/WPO. Mr. Gibson graduated in 1981 from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A. in Finance.

Joe Thornton

Mr. Joe B. Thornton, Jr., is Vice Chairman of the Board of HFF, Inc. In addition, he holds the position of executive managing director of HFF LP. Mr. Thornton has served as a member of the newly-formed executive committee of HFF LP since 2010 and currently leads note sales line of business. Previously, Mr. Thornton served as a member of either HFF LP’s executive and/or operating committee, when each was the governing committee, from 2003 to 2010 and also served as co-head of the Company’s Dallas office during that time period. Mr. Thornton has also been a member of the operating committee of HFF Holdings since 2003. Mr. Thornton joined HFF LP’s predecessor firm, Holliday Fenoglio, Inc., in March 1992. He has held several senior positions with the firm, including Board member and principal. Prior to his employment with the company, he was a senior vice president of The Joyner Mortgage Company, Inc., where he was responsible for the origination of commercial mortgage and equity transactions, and a senior accountant with the Audit Division of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mr. Thornton is a licensed Real Estate Salesman in the State of Texas. Mr. Thornton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A. in Accounting in 1982.

Gregory Conley

Mr. Gregory R. Conley is Chief Financial Officer for HFF, Inc. Mr. Conley joined the company in October 2006 and, working out of the Pittsburgh office, is responsible for all areas of financial accounting and reporting for the firm’s 20 offices. He has served as an executive managing director of HFF LP and as a member of the operating committee of HFF Holdings since 2007. He also served as a member of the operating committee of HFF LP from 2007 to 2010 and has served as a member of the executive committee of HFF LP since 2010. Prior to joining the Company, from 1998 through 2006, Mr. Conley was an executive vice president and CFO with Precise Technology, Inc. and its successor, Rexam Consumer Plastics, Inc. Precise Technology, Inc. was a plastics packaging business and portfolio company of Code Hennessy & Simmons. Between 1986 and early 1998, Mr. Conley served as a consultant with national consulting firms that eventually became part of Navigant Consulting, Inc. Between mid-1990 and early 1998, he was a vice president of Barrington Consulting Group, Inc. Prior to that, between 1986 and mid-year 1990, he was an executive consultant at Peterson & Company. Mr. Conley began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young LLP. He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. from Duquesne University.

Nancy Goodson

Ms. Nancy O. Goodson is Chief Operating Officer of HFF, Inc. Ms. Goodson has previously held the same position at HFF LP and its predecessor companies since 1993. She has served as an executive managing director of HFF LP since 2007 and a member of the operating committee of HFF Holdings since 2003. She also served as a member of the operating committee of HFF LP from 2003 to 2010 and has served as a member of the executive committee of HFF LP since 2010. Working out of the firm’s Houston office, Ms. Goodson is responsible for the overall direction of the firm’s 20 national offices, with a specific focus on the oversight of administrative functions and loan servicing aspects of the Company. Prior to joining HFF in 1993, she spent seven years as a controller at Beeler Sanders Properties in Houston. She is a member of CREW Houston and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of First United Methodist Church in Missouri City, Texas. She received her B.B.A. from Southwest Texas State University.

Deborah McAneny

Ms. Deborah H. McAneny is Lead Independent Director of HFF, Inc. Ms. McAneny previously served as the chief operating officer of Benchmark Assisted Living, LLC from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this, Ms. McAneny was employed at John Hancock Financial Services for 20 years, including as executive vice president for Structured and Alternative Investments and a member of its policy committee from 2002 to 2004, as senior vice president for John Hancock’s Real Estate Investment Group from 2000 to 2002 and as a vice president of the Real Estate Investment Group from 1997 to 2000. Ms. McAneny is currently a member of the board of directors of KKR Financial Holdings, LLC; board of directors of RREEF America REIT II; board of directors of Benchmark Assisted Living, LLC; board of trustees of the University of Vermont; and board of trustees of The Rivers School, and was formerly president of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association. She received a B.S. from the University of Vermont. Ms. McAneny holds an Advanced Professional Director from the American College of Corporate Directors, a national public company director education and credentialing organization.

Morgan O'Brien

Mr. Morgan K. O'Brien, is appointed as the Director of HFF Inc. He has been the president and chief executive officer of Peoples Natural Gas, Inc., a natural gas company, since 2010. He is also currently a director of Matthews International Corporation, a publicly-held designer, manufacturer and marketer of memorialization products and brand solutions, and vice chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Pittsburgh. Between 2001 and 2010, Mr. O’Brien was president and chief executive officer of Duquesne Light Company, an electric energy provider. Prior to this position, he was chief operating officer, chief financial officer, vice president and controller of Duquesne Light Company from 1991 to 2001. Mr. O’Brien received a B.S. in Accounting and M.S. in Taxation from Robert Morris University.

Susan McGalla

Ms. Susan P. McGalla is Independent Director of HFF, Inc. In 2011, Ms. McGalla was named chief executive officer of The Wet Seal, Inc. From 2009 to 2011, Ms. McGalla worked as a retail consultant to corporations in the retail and financial industries. From 1994 to 2009, Ms. McGalla held various management positions with American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. In 2003, she was named president and chief merchandising officer of the AE Brand. From 2007 to 2009, she was the president and chief merchandising officer of AEO, Inc., responsible for the design, marketing, revenues, and performance for the corporation, including four brands and the e-commerce business. In addition, in this position Ms. McGalla led the development and launch of two of the company’s start-up brands, aerie and 77 kids. Prior to AEO, Ms. McGalla spent eight years in various merchandising and management positions in the department store retail sector. She serves on the board of directors of the Wet Seal, Inc., the board of trustees for the University of Pittsburgh and the council for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and was formerly on the executive committee and board of directors for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. Ms. McGalla earned her B.A. from Mount Union College.

George Miles

Mr. George L. Miles, Jr., is Independent Director of HFF, Inc. Mr. Miles is the executive chairman of Chester Engineers, a water/waste water, facility design build, scientific research and management company. Mr. Miles served as president and chief executive officer of WQED Multimedia, the public broadcaster in southwestern Pennsylvania, until his retirement in 2010. He joined WQED in 1994 after serving ten years as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of WNET/Thirteen in New York. Prior to that, he held executive positions at KDKA, Pittsburgh; WPCQ, Charlotte; the Westinghouse Television Group; and WBZ-TV, Boston. Earlier in Mr. Miles’ career he was a contract auditor at the U.S. Department of Defense and a manager at Touche Ross & Co. He serves on the board of directors of American International Group, Inc. (AIG); WESCO International, Inc.; EQT Corporation; Harley Davidson, Inc.; Chester Engineers; the University of Pittsburgh; Mt. Ararat Community Center and YWCA Nathan’s Franchise Board. He is the former Chairman of the Association for America’s Public Television Stations and the Urban League of Pittsburgh, Inc. He earned his B.A. degree from Seton Hall University and his M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Lenore Sullivan

Ms. Lenore M. Sullivan is Independent Director of HFF, Inc. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Sullivan was a partner with Perella Weinberg Partners, serving as portfolio manager for the firm’s Agility Real Return Assets Fund. Ms. Sullivan served as the associate director for the Real Estate and Finance and Investment Center at the University of Texas at Austin from 2002 through 2007. From 2000 to 2002, she was vice president of Hunt Private Equity Group, Inc., from 1992 to 2000 she was the president and co-owner of Stonegate Advisors, an investment banking firm, and previously she was a partner with the Trammell Crow Company. Ms. Sullivan served as a member of the board of directors of Parkway Properties, Inc. from 2002-2011, where she sat on the compensation and audit committees and chaired the governance and nominating committee. She currently serves as Co-Chair of Texas Women Ventures, a of mezzanine funds based in Dallas, Texas. She is a member of the University of Texas Architecture School advisory board and is a member of the Leadership Committee of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Sullivan is a partner in Republic Holdings Texas, L.P. and sits on its investment committee. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Investment Advisory Committee to the Board of Trustees of the Employee Retirement System of Texas and serves on the Investment Advisory Committee to the board of the Austin Community Foundation. Ms. Sullivan has also served as a member of the advisory board of directors of Capstone Partners and as a full member of the Urban Land Institute and the Pension Real Estate Association. Ms. Sullivan graduated cum laude from Smith College with a degree in economics and government and a minor in urban studies. She holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Steven Wheeler

Mr. Steven E. Wheeler is Independent Director of HFF Inc. He has been the president of Wheeler & Co., LLC, a private investment firm, since 1997. From 1997 to 2011, he was a principal of Hall Properties, Inc., a private real estate advisory and investment firm. He is also currently a director of Anika Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly held medical device company; Bariston Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm; and PingTone Communications, Inc. From 1996 to 2012, he served as a director of The 81 Beacon Street Corporation. Between 1993 and February 1996, he was managing director and a director of Copley Real Estate Advisors and president, chief executive officer and a director of Copley Properties, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Hancock Realty Investors, which manages an equity real estate portfolio, from 1991 to February 1993. Prior to this position, he was an executive vice president of Bank of New England Corporation from 1990 to 1991. Mr. Wheeler received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Virginia, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

John Pelusi

3,174,290

Mark Gibson

--

Joe Thornton

--

Gregory Conley

474,572

Nancy Goodson

386,930

Deborah McAneny

--

Morgan O'Brien

--

Susan McGalla

--

George Miles

--

Lenore Sullivan

--

Steven Wheeler

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011
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