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tive with The Newhall Land &
Farming Co. in Valencia, Califor-
nia, where he held several posi-
tions, including vice president of
the Community Development
Department, which was respon-
sible for the entitlement of all the
company’s projects.
Crowder began his real estate
development career working for
Rancon Financial, a real estate
syndicator based in Temecula,
California, as a controller, and
later transitioned into master-
planned community develop-
ment.
He holds a Master of Business
Administration from the Uni-
versity of California Los Angeles
and an undergraduate degree
from National University, San
Diego.
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Vince Polce
joined
CBRE
Group Inc.’s
Denver office as a
vice president with Corporate
Capital Markets and as a mem-
ber of the CBRE Energy Facili-
ties Group.
With a decade of prior experi-
ence working as an independent
commodities trader at the Chi-
cago Mercantile Exchange, Polce
will apply
his financial
background
to a special-
ized role
focused on
providing
capital mar-
kets advisory
and execu-
tion expertise
for planned
and existing assets on behalf of
corporate occupiers, developers
and owners. Polce – as part of
CBRE Corporate Capital Mar-
kets – will help occupiers look
critically at their leasehold and
credit as alternative capital solu-
tions.
In addition to his role with
CBRE Corporate Capital Mar-
kets, Polce, who came from JLL,
is a member of the CBRE Energy
Facilities Group. Polce’s role
in the group is to identify and
execute balance sheet-focused
monetization strategies designed
to unlock illiquid capital for
growth, operations or debt
repayment.
Following his 10 years in
finance, Polce began his real
estate career in 2008, structur-
ing joint venture acquisition
and development opportunities
throughout metro Denver. While
leading joint venture efforts for a
private equity firm in Louisville,
he helped the commercial team
place more than $150 million
of opportunistic and value-add
equity.
Polce received a Bachelor of
Science in business adminis-
tration and finance from the
University of Colorado’s Leeds
School of Business. He is a Level
II Candidate for the Chartered
Financial Analyst designation.
Polce is also a Series 3 Com-
modity Futures and Series 7
General Securities licensee with
the Financial Industry Regula-
tory Authority and a Series 66
Unified Combined State Law
licensee with the North Ameri-
can Securities Administrators
Association.
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Kristin Bronson,
a partner
at
Lewis Roca Rothgerber
Christie LLP,
was appointed as
Denver’s new city attorney by
Mayor Michael B. Hancock. A
litigator with more than 20 years
of experience,
Bronson will
be sworn in
Oct. 17.
As city
attorney,
Bronson will
provide legal
representation
to Denver
city officials,
departments,
agencies, boards and commis-
sions, and oversee some 200
attorneys, paralegals and admin-
istrative staff.
Bronson's practice at Lewis
Roca Rothgerber Christie
focuses on complex business
litigation, including representa-
tion of individual and corporate
plaintiffs and defendants in class
and derivative actions, and rep-
resentation of local and national
corporate entities in contract,
fraud and other business and
real estate litigation. She is co-
chair of the firm’s Real Estate
Industry Team and active in firm
leadership.
She earned her law degree
from the University of Colorado
Law School in 1997.
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Chris Morton,
senior estima-
tor with Howell Construction,
was recognized as a fellow by
the
American Society of Pro-
fessional Estimators.
Morton has been an active
member of ASPE, both locally
and nationally, for the last 15
years.
Morton has been providing
preconstruction services at How-
ell for more
than 15 years
and has more
than 43 years
of industry
experience.
Morton is
responsible
for schematic
budgets,
design-
development
budgets, proposals, preconstruc-
tion system selection, value engi-
neering, preliminary schedules,
subcontractor selection and final
estimates. Morton also has been
recognized by the U.S. Green
Building Council as a LEED
Accredited Professional.
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Liz Rapp
and
Ryan Wilson
joined
PCL Construction’s
Den-
ver district’s team.
Rapp, manager of business
development, will implement
Denver’s
business
development
goals and
be involved
in market
research,
relationship
manage-
ment, market
penetration
strategies,
and proposal and presentation
development.
Wilson brings more than 21
years of expe-
rience in the
commercial
construction
industry to
his new role
as director
of the firm’s
preconstruc-
tion services.
His knowl-
edge will
assist Denver’s team in sourcing
new projects and ensuring pre-
construction efforts. His focus
will be on improving levels of
service.
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The
Society for Marketing
Professional Services’ Colorado
chapter recently announced its
newly elected 2016-2017 execu-
tive board of directors.
Board members are:
Michele
Decker, CPSM,
4240 Archi-
tecture, president;
Rebecca
Lavezzary,
Barker Rinker
Seacat Architecture, president-
elect;
Maggie Bolden,
Palace
Construction, past president;
Amanda Faith,
MEP Engineer-
ing, treasurer;
Jackie Sciarra,
KTGYArchitecture + Planning,
secretary;
Amy Hopkins, CPSM,
Jacobs Engineering; director at
large; and
Michelle Ott, CPSM,
JE Dunn Construction, director
at large.
The board members’ terms
began Sept. 1 and run through
Aug. 31, 2017.
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Jake J. Tiernan
joined
Moye
White LLP
as an associate. He
will be a member of the firm’s
real estate section.
Tiernan was previously an
associate at Hatch Ray Olsen
Sandberg LLC in Denver where
he primarily
worked on
transactional
matters relat-
ed to corpo-
rate and real
estate law.
This included
drafting and
reviewing
commercial
and residen-
tial loan documents, and nego-
tiating and drafting commercial
and residential purchase and
sale agreements, lease agree-
ments, demand letters and con-
tracts.
Prior to that he was a law clerk
at Goodspeed Merrill & Benson,
where he worked on general
corporate transactional matters.
Tiernan is a 2013 graduate of
the University of Denver's Sturm
College of Law. He received a
Master of Business Administra-
tion fromMaryville University
in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Leif H. Olson
joined as an
associate attorney in
Jones &
Keller’s
litigation department.
His practice is focused on
commercial litigation. His back-
ground in corporate and com-
mercial real estate transactions
allows him
to be both a
litigator and
a deal maker.
His client
base is an
eclectic mix,
and he has
successfully
represented
his clients’
interests on a
wide range of issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Olson
was an associate attorney with
Gennaro DeSantis Law Firm.
There, his practice focused on
corporate and commercial real
estate transactions. He support-
ed his clients’ various business
and real estate development
activities, including forming cor-
porate entities, negotiating and
drafting operating agreements
and other corporate documents,
negotiating and drafting real
estate leases, and structuring
transactions to comply with IRS
regulations. Prior to that, he was
High Fives!
Volunteers with Turner
Construction teamed up with
volunteers from sister com-
pany Flatiron Construction
to participate in a Habitat for
Humanity build in Denver.
The group of 12 spent the day
at Sable Ridge Townhomes,
where they helped work on
five separate townhouse units.
Renovations to the town-
homes were extensive, and
included moving doorframes,
installing new insulation in
door and window headers,
framing, bracing and back-
ing in the walls, and install-
ing wood backing for drywall
under stairways.
Cody Stoltenberg, Turn-
er engineer, is a member of
Denver’s Community Service
committee and seized the
opportunity to involve the
team in an area of community
service that aligned with its
skills.
“It’s always great to help
out in the community when-
ever possible, but especially
so when we’re involved with
something that is our exper-
tise,” said Stoltenberg. “Turner
and Flatiron combined to pro-
vide a fun and diverse team of
professionals to lend a hand
to Habitat For Humanity, and
everyone had a great time.”
Residents of the 51-unit
Sable Ridge Townhomes
development will enjoy near-
by walking paths and outdoor
space as well as easy access to
transportation corridors and
community activities. Living
units will consist of two, three,
and four bedrooms, and by the
time they are finished, more
than 20,000 volunteers will
have contributed their time.
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The 11th annual T-Bone
MemorialClayShoothostedby
Mortenson’s Denver office July
23 raised $25,000 for American
Military Families, an organi-
zation that supports returning
servicemen and women and
their families.
The clay shoot was estab-
lished in 2005 to help build
adaptive construction for vet-
erans returning fromdutywith
disabilities, and the partnership
with AMF was established
in 2009. The annual event
involves individual and team
clay shooting competitions.
This year, more than 200
shooters attended, the largest
participation in the event’s his-
tory. The support of the shoot-
ers’ entry fees and event spon-
sors resulted in the donation.
“We are extremely appre-
ciative of Mortenson’s efforts,
along with the support of their
trade partners, for all the sup-
port that was so generously
given,” saidAmerican Military
Family founder Debbie Quack-
enbushMcElhinney.
“We’re pleased to be able
to support American Mili-
tary Families and our veter-
ans who have so selflessly
served and sacrificed,” said
John Pole, field operations
manager for Mortenson’s
Denver office. “American
Military Families helps those
veterans who, upon return
from active duty, find them-
selves struggling in one way
or another,” he added.
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Vince Polce
Kristin Bronson
Chris Morton
Jake J. Tiernan
Leif H. Olson
Liz Rapp
Ryan Wilson
Turner Construction and Flatiron Construction employees lent their
skills to construction of Sable Ridge Townhomes in Denver.
Mortenson’s Tyler Van Eeckhaut, Lane Brugman and Frank Pacheco
were among those supporting this year’s T-Bone Memorial Clay
Shoot.
