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Lee Montgomery
joined The
Laramar Group
as assistant
vice president of information
technology and business intel-
ligence.
Montgomery, a senior opera-
tions, finance
and account-
ing executive,
has more
than 20 years
of experience
develop-
ing vision,
processes
and systems
in the real
estate and
hospitality industries. He will
be responsible for technical IT
support and implementing,
training and managing com-
pany business applications. He
also will partner with internal
customers to develop strategic
technology initiatives in sup-
port of the Laramar portfolio
of assets and potential acquisi-
tions.
Montgomery joins The Lara-
mar Group’s Denver regional
office from Wilkinson Asset
Management, where he was
executive vice president of
operations. Previous to Wilkin-
son, Lee spent three years as
an executive at Yardi Systems,
eight years at Apartment and
Investment Management Co.
as senior vice president of
revenue management and busi-
ness
intelligence and 12 years at
Norwegian Cruise Line as vice
president of
revenue manage-
ment and analytics.
He earned his bachelor’s
degree in operations from the
University of Texas, his Master
of Business Administration in
finance and information tech-
nology from the University of
Houston and is a licensed certi-
fied public accountant in the
state of Colorado.
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Husch Blackwell
added
associate
Seth Weiland
to its
Denver office. He will focus his
practice primarily on real estate
and development matters.
Weiland received his Juris
Doctor with honors from
Emory University School of
Law in Atlanta.
During law school, Weiland
interned with paper manu-
facturer Georgia-Pacific LLC,
where he assisted real estate
counsel with real property
audits and filings, and was a
summer associate at Weissman,
Nowack, Curry & Wilco, a bou-
tique real estate firm in Atlanta.
He also served as a judicial
intern for Geoffrey Crawford
of Chittenden County Superior
Court in Burlington, Vermont.
Weiland received his bach-
elor’s degree from the Univer-
sity of Vermont.
Also joining the Denver
office are associates
Marshall
A. Custer
and
Courtney Lee
Tawresey.
Custer joined the firm’s secu-
rities and corporate governance
group and Tawresey joined
the financial services industry
team, where she will focus on
banking and finance and tax
credit matters.
Prior to joining Husch Black-
well, Custer was an associate
with Messner Reeves. His
experience includes counseling
high-tech startups on forma-
tion, financing, intellectual
property and governance mat-
ters. He previously served as
in-house counsel for a venture-
backed digital music startup,
where he was lead adviser
for the company’s legal and
regulatory matters. Custer
received his Juris Doctor from
the University of Colorado Law
School and his Master of Busi-
ness Administration from the
University of Colorado Leeds
School of Business. He received
his bachelor’s degree from Pur-
due University.
Tawresey most recently
served as an associate in the
Seattle office of the law firm
Garvey Schubert Barer. Prior
to that, she was a senior tax
associate in the Denver office
of Grant Thornton. Tawresey
brings experience in interna-
tional tax, transactional tax,
compliance and corporate
law matters, and has assisted
national and international com-
panies with merger and acqui-
sition planning and execution.
Tawresey received her Master
of Laws in taxation from Den-
ver University Sturm College
of Law. She received her Juris
Doctor, cum laude, from the
University of Notre Dame
Law School. She received her
Bachlor of Arts, cum laude and
with distinction, from Cornell
University.
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Kimberly A. O’Hagan
joined
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff
+ Ragonetti PC
as an associate.
O’Hagan received her Juris
Doctor from the University of
Arizona’s James E. Rodgers
College of
Law, cum
laude. She
graduated
summa cum
laude with
a bachelor’s
degree in
English from
the Universi-
ty of Arizona.
She will
join the firm’s
real estate practice group.
Before law school, O’Hagan
taught high school English in
Arizona. She left teaching to
work for a national defense
contractor, where she continued
to work part time while taking
law classes.
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Workplace Resource
added
Mike Milligan, Rick Golden
and
Stephanie Jewell
to its
leadership team.
Milligan joined Workplace
Resource as vice president of
sales and
marketing. In
addition to
developing
the sales and
marketing
teams, he will
build new
programs
and growth
strategies.
Milligan
joins the company with 30
years of industry expertise,
the most recent two decades
with executive case goods and
seating manufacturer Geiger
International, where he served
as vice president of marketing.
While at Geiger, Milligan led
product design and develop-
ment, collaborating with top
designers and architects to
triple new products’ share of
revenue.
Milligan has spent significant
time in sales, sales operations,
manufacturing, design and
marketing. He has orchestrated
complex projects for organiza-
tions including ExxonMobil,
NationsBank (Bank of America
tower in Atlanta), T. Rowe
Price, KPMG, Dean Witter and
Discover Card.
Golden was named director
of business development. He
will be responsible for major
project development as well as
broadened interaction and sup-
port of the real estate and proj-
ect management communities.
Golden brings 16 years of
interiors and furniture experi-
ence from both dealer and
manufacturer
perspectives
to the firm.
He is return-
ing to Den-
ver, where
he served
10 years in
the Herman
Miller sales
organiza-
tion, engag-
ing with the team on several
projects, including CH2M Hill,
Denver Newspaper Agency,
Teletech, Qwest Cyber Solu-
tions, Gates and Holland &
Hart. Promoted to global
account manager, he success-
fully served, among others,
Electronic Arts, Walmart,
AT&T, Chevron, Shell and
Oracle. Golden relocated to
Los Angeles to assume the role
of regional sales director and
later returned to the distribu-
tion channel as vice president
of sales for Pivot Interiors, the
Herman Miller dealer in Los
Angeles.
Jewell has joined Workplace
Resource in
the role of
customer
service man-
ager. Jewell
comes to
Denver from
Des Moines,
Iowa, where
she served
more than
a decade in
several key roles for Herman
Miller dealer Pigott Inc. These
roles included major account
management (Nationwide
Insurance) and supervision of
the project management depart-
ment, among others.
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Katie Nobel
was appointed
business development officer in
Denver for
Stewart Title Com-
mercial Services.
Nobel will be responsible for
developing new accounts and
serving existing customers in
the area. She has experience
working in the Colorado real
estate industry and is a gradu-
ate from the University of San
Diego.
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CBRE
is opening a new office
in Boulder.
Shane Bohart,
first vice
president, along with team
members
Katherine Mackin-
tosh
and
Lindsay McCabe,
will
provide buyer representation
services to investors seeking
off-market investment oppor-
tunities for various property
types with a focus on health
care, assisted living facilities
and student housing projects.
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High Fives!
Swinerton Builders will
contribute the lead gift to
start an endowment for CM
Cares, an initiative at Colora-
do State University designed
to instill students with lead-
ership abilities beyond tech-
nical and managerial skills
needed to be successful in the
construction industry.
Swinerton has supported
the program, which pairs
students with community
members with unmet needs
for construction-related proj-
ects, for the past two years.
Endowing CM Cares will
provide a dependable budget
to improve CSU’s ability to
give students opportunities
to make a difference in the
lives of others while also put-
ting into action lessons they
learn in the classroom.
Swinerton also has commit-
ted to helping CSU raise the
rest of the funds needed to
fulfill the endowment’s over-
all goal of $1 million, which
will provide approximately
$45,000 annually for students
to use on their projects and
sustain operations of the CM
Cares program.
CM Cares is delivered
primarily through the Con-
struction Leadership course.
Students must apply to and
be accepted into the course
and are then assembled into
teams to complete assigned
construction projects in the
community.
“The Swinerton Founda-
tion is particularly passion-
ate about supporting pro-
grams that build leaders in
our fast-paced, constantly
evolving industry,” said Gary
Rafferty, Swinerton president
and chief operating officer.
“Our industry is in need of
leadership and it is through
mentorship and education
programs such as CM Cares
that today’s young builders
will learn early on the crucial
elements to turn their passion
for construction into a life-
long career.”
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As part of CM Cares, a service-learning program in Colorado State University's Department of Construction
Management, volunteers from Swinerton Builders and CSU students added a wheelchair-accessible
entrance into the Grashorn home with an outdoor shade structure to allow all family members to be
together, including Gavin, who is unable to sit or walk on his own but wants to be outside with his little
brother, Jameson.
High Fives! recognizes good deeds and accomplishments by companies and individuals in
the Colorado commercial real estate industry. Please share your good news and photos with
us by emailing
. Submissions should be 200 words or less.
Lee Montgomery
Mike Milligan
Stephanie Jewell
Kimberly A.
O'Hagan
Rick Golden
