Colorado Real Estate Journal - March 18, 2015
-Mark Jeffries joined the Denver regional office of NorthMarq Capital, a commercial real estate financial intermediary, as vice president and producer. Most recently, Jeffries was vice president of capital markets with Johnson Capital Inc., which was acquired by Walker & Dunlop in late 2014. He formerly was a director at Trinity One Group, a Denver-based boutique commercial mortgage banking firm and vice president of Essex Financial Group. In addition, he has held positions in real estate finance and investment with Aspen 11 Financial LLC. He has more than 10 years of commercial banking experience in the Denver area and has been involved with the placement of more than $500 million in real estate capital in his career. Jeffries graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in business management. -Chris Zlocki of Colliers International recently was recognized at the real estate firm’s annual awards luncheon, which recognized the company’s top achievers across the United States. The company’s annual awards are bestowed upon individuals and teams for superior leadership and achievement in production, customer service, community involvement and innovation. The 2014 Innovation Award was presented to Zlocki, head of strategy and innovation in the company’s corporate solutions group for his work in developing data-driven workplace solutions that help clients to advance their business objectives. The company’s annual Innovation Award recognizes innovative developments and new client solutions that help shape the industry and set Colliers International apart from competitors. Based in Denver, Zlocki leads three practice areas including lease administration, technology services (including Colliers 360) and consulting services that are focused on portfolio strategy, footprint optimization, operations consulting, capital expenditure management and financial forecasting. -Robert (Bob) C. Bramble joined full-service commercial real estate firm Dunton Commercial Real Estate. A 30-year veteran of commercial real estate, Bramble specializes in selling and leasing retail real estate throughout the Denver metro area from national and local retailers in large and smallscale transactions. Prior to joining Dunton Commercial, he was a managing director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. -Amber Wyatt was promoted to paralegal at Coan, Payton & Payne LLC, a Northern Colorado law firm. As paralegal, Wyatt will work alongside and assist Michael C. Payne, founding partner, and Walter A. Winslow, senior associate, in the firm’s Fort Collins office. Her practice will focus on real estate, business and creditors’ rights. Wyatt attended Colorado State University. She has prior experience working as a legal assistant in the Fort Collins area. Wyatt started as a legal assistant with Coan Payton & Payne’s Fort Collins office in May 2014 assisting attorneys and paralegals with serving client needs. -Barker Rinker Seacat Archite The Colorado Bankers Association recognized three bankers for their commitment to the community at the CBA’s annual legislative luncheon. The association, which represents more than 90 percent of the 148 banks in Colorado, presents the Banker of Distinction award to representatives of the industry who embody the importance of the community banking spirit by being involved in and dedicated to activities vital to the health of local institutions and people. The 2015 Bankers of Distinction are Don Tomoi, Bank of Colorado; Danielle Vaughan, FirstBank; and Lonnie Parsons, ANB Bank. Tomoi joined the Bank of Colorado in 1983. He currently serves as the market president at the Fort Lupton Branch, a position he has held since 1989. Tomoi is a graduate of the University of Wyoming with a degree in finance. As regional president based in Colorado Springs, Lonnie Parsons leads the growth and success of ANB Bank’s Southern Colorado branches. He heads development efforts in business and personal banking and collaborates with all bank departments to ensure smooth service delivery across product lines. A veteran banker with experience beginning in 1979, he previously served seven years as market president of a bank in Pueblo. Prior to relocating to Colorado, Lonnie was senior vice president/ regional credit officer for a bank in Salt Lake City. In his early career, he built his experience in Minnesota, working for several community banks and one interstate bank as vice president with a focus in commercial banking. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of North Dakota and pursued a Master of Business Adminstration at North Dakota State University. Vaughan is the CRA and fair lending officer for FirstBank, and she has worked for the bank since 1999. In her current role, she manages the bank’s community reinvestment, fair lending and home mortgage disclosure programs. Some functions which support these programs include regulatory impact; consumer, residential and commercial lending; as well as community development lending, services, and investments. In prior FirstBank roles, Vaughan’s responsibilities included branch management, loan origination, and the management and development of FirstBank’s commercial online banking service, Internet Cash Management. She received her bachelor’s degree in business management in 2003 from the University of Denver and her MBA from the University of Phoenix in 2006. She also received her Graduate Banking degree from the Graduate School of Banking in Boulder.