About Us

Sean is based in Los Angeles and leads the Newmark Private Capital Group, which focuses on selling small and mid-sized office, industrial and multifamily properties throughout the Western U.S.

Throughout his career, Sean has completed over 500 transactions worth more than $5 billion in total consideration.

In 2017 and 2018, he received Chairman’s Circle 100 distinction, which is awarded to the Top 100 Producers across Newmark nationally. In 2020, Sean and his team facilitated almost 30 sales transactions spanning various product types and markets despite the turbulent market conditions caused by COVID-19.

​Previously, Mr. Fulp worked at Rockwood Real Estate Advisors where he was Managing Director and Head of Western U.S. Investment Sales. In this role, he built the company’s western U.S. practice and sold assets in all product type categories throughout major western markets such as Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Denver.

Prior to joining Rockwood, Mr. Fulp was a Managing Director of Cornish & Carey Commercial (acquired by Newmark in 2014) in San Francisco where he focused on institutional office and industrial sales. Between 2010 and 2012 alone, he completed more than $1 billion in transaction volume. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Fulp was with Cornish & Carey Commercial in Sacramento, where he consistently ranked among the entire company’s Top 20 producers.

Mr. Fulp has received industry designations from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and CCIM Institute, and is a member of the NAIOP, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Mr. Fulp earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from California State University, Sacramento. He is also a graduate of the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy. During this time, he was also the starting scrumhalf for the 2000 Collegiate Division II National Rugby Champions.

Ryan Plummer serves as a Managing Director with Newmark on the NFK Private Capital Group, focusing on office and industrial properties valued between $5 and $25 million throughout the Western U.S.

Throughout his 13 year career, Mr. Plummer has been involved in the disposition of more than $3 billion of office, industrial and retail assets throughout the United States.

​Prior to joining Newmark Private Capital Group, Mr. Plummer led Ten-X’s Los Angeles office where he focused on leveraging technology to curate buyers for unique assets.

Mr. Plummer earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship and real estate finance from University of Southern California. He made the USC Dean’s List and also earned a varsity letter while playing for the USC Rugby team.

Mark Schuessler serves as a Managing Director with Newmark in the Century City office. Mr. Schuessler joined NKF in 2017 and has closed more than 80 sales transactions with total volume in excess of $1.5 billion.

Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Schuessler was part of a specialized dispositions team at CWCapital, where he facilitated the sale of more than $3.9 billion worth of real estate and non-performing CMBS loans across all major asset classes throughout the U.S.

​Mr. Schuessler has a vast pool of experience to draw from, having transacted on both stabilized and distressed assets, with a unique ability to navigate choppy waters and bring buyers and sellers together.

Mr. Schuessler holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Bucknell University.

Andrey Mindirgasov serves as Director with Newmark’s Private Capital Group and is responsible for leading Buyer Services.

Mr. Mindirgasov partners with private investors and 1031 exchange buyers to help execute acquisitions by capitalizing on the various synergies within Newmark and its financial services affiliates.

​Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Mindirgasov spent six years as a financial planner in the wealth management space where he managed 150 client households with $300M in assets.

Mr. Mindirgasov earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of the Golden Bears Varsity Golf team.

Jordan Garcia joined Newmark in August 2020 as an Analyst for the Private Capital Group.

Previously, he completed internships with CBRE’s Financial Consulting Group in Newport Beach and with the T.R. ENGEL Group in hospitality asset management just outside of Boston.

Jordan graduated from Boston University in three years, magna cum laude, with a BSBA in Finance and Real Estate, where he was designated the top real estate student in his class.

Blake Hammerstein joined the Private Capital Group as a Financial Analyst in June 2021. Prior to Newmark, Blake was an Office Leasing Intern at LA Realty Partners in Century City and an Acquisitions Intern at Lincoln Property Company in Downtown Los Angeles.

Blake is from Manhattan Beach and played competitive baseball growing up. He went on to play Division 1 baseball at Hofstra University for one year before transferring to Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he earned a BSBA in Real Estate.

Aside from baseball, he also enjoys the outdoors, including going to the beach, hiking, and sports.

Brian Bowis joined Newmark in 2016 as managing director for the Southern California institutional multifamily team with a focus on debt and equity placement. He is also integrally involved with investment sales of stabilized assets and development sites. Since joining NKF, Mr. Bowis has closed more than $700 million in multifamily transactions.

Prior to Newmark Knight Frank, Mr. Bowis was vice president of finance at NMS Properties, one of the largest private developers of multifamily properties in Los Angeles. In that role, he was directly responsible for the closing of more than $550 million of debt and equity transactions. His role also included acquisitions, dispositions, underwriting and asset management. Mr. Bowis oversaw the acquisition of more than $120 million of multifamily investment and development properties.

Prior to joining NMS, Mr. Bowis was a senior producer with Freddie Mac Multifamily in Los Angeles. A consistent Top Producer on a national level, Mr. Bowis closed more than 300 transactions with a combined value of $4 billion throughout all major markets in the western United States.

Professional Affiliations

Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Member, National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)
Member, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)
Licensed real estate broker, state of California

Education
Mr. Bowis holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont.

As Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Kevin leads a team of more than 35 professionals focused on the disposition and acquisition of investment properties on behalf of both domestic and offshore investors.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Shannon has sold and marketed more than $45 billion of office, industrial, self storage, retail, land and mixed-use assets. His experience includes 100% fee simple, partial interest recapitalizations and joint venture transactions.

Mr. Shannon has spent his career helping clients structure transactions to best meet their goals. Notably, he brokered the largest office sales in the Western United States in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the second-largest in 2013. The 2012 sale, in which Amazon.com headquarters traded hands for $1.6 billion, was also the largest commercial sale in the country.

Mr. Shannon joined Newmark after nearly nine years at CBRE, where he served as Vice Chairman and Managing Director for the West Coast Institutional Investment Group and leader of Western United States Office Vertical. During his tenure, Mr. Shannon was the firm’s top producing salesman on the West Coast in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2015.

Prior to CBRE, Mr. Shannon served from 1999 to 2005 as a Senior Vice President with the Institution Investment Group of Grubb & Ellis, now a part of Newmark Knight Frank. He was that firm’s top-producing broker nationally (all business lines) from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Shannon began his real estate career at Colliers Seeley in 1983, where he rose to Managing Director and partner in the Investment Division and was the company’s top aggregate producer from 1990 to 1999.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Industrial and Office Park Development Council (Silver Flight), Urban Land Institute (ULI)
• Executive committee, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
• NAIOP

PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Board of directors, Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Board of directors, USC Caruso Catholic Center

EDUCATION

University of Southern California Real Estate Finance and Development

Kevin attended the University of Southern California where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate Finance and Development. He is a long-standing Board Member on the the USC Lusk Center for Real Leadership Council and the USC Caruso Catholic Center.

Ken White joined the Newmark in December 2015 as an Executive Managing Director in the El Segundo office. A 28-year veteran of the real estate industry, Mr. White is a member of the investment sales team led by Kevin Shannon. Since joining Team Shannon as a Senior Vice President in 2006, he has been involved in the listing and sale of over $24 billion of office, industrial, retail, self-storage, land and studio product.

Mr. White joined Newmark after serving for more than nine years as an Executive Vice President with CBRE’s West Coast investment team. He previously served as a Senior Vice President at Summit Commercial, where he was responsible for the acquisition and development of commercial office, retail and multihousing properties. During his 12-year tenure with Summit, Mr. White was responsible for more than $3 billion in acquisitions. He also developed over 2 million square feet of Class A office product in various markets throughout the Western U.S., 1 million square feet of industrial product in California and five self-storage facilities.

From 1988 to 1994, Mr. White was Director of Development and Asset Manager at Investment Development Management, Inc., where he was responsible for 2.5 million square feet of office and retail projects and more than 1,500 apartment units in California.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Executive managing director, NKF Capital Markets, January 2016 – present
• Senior vice president, Investment Group, CBRE, November 2006 – December 2015
• Senior vice president and partner, Summit Commercial Properties, 1994 to 2006
• Director of development and asset manager, Investment Development Management, 1988 to 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• Urban Land Institute

​Mr. White graduated magna cum laude from Chapman University, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

Laura Stumm is a Senior Managing Director with Newmark in Los Angeles and a lead member of its West Coast capital markets investment sales team, led by Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Kevin Shannon.

Since joining the Shannon Team in early 2011, Ms. Stumm has worked in various aspects of the investment sales process, including operations, marketing, analytics and brokerage. She has participated many of the West Coast’s highest profile dispositions, contributing to over $25 billion in brokered transactions by the team since 2011. Ms. Stumm’s dedication, professionalism, work ethic and attention to detail make her an essential member of the Shannon Team.

She holds series 7 and 66 licenses and is a member of the CFA Institute. Ms. Stumm has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame.

Bret Hardy joined Newmark Knight Frank in 2017 at the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office, where he serves as an executive managing director and member of the Western Region Capital Markets Team. Mr. Hardy focuses exclusively on managing institutional industrial investment sales in the firm’s Western Region.

A 27-year industry veteran, Mr. Hardy has served as the lead broker on eight multistate/nationwide single-tenant portfolio dispositions and has completed transactions with a combined value of $4.6 billion. He brings to his position a deep understanding of structured finance vehicles such as synthetic leases, sale/leasebacks, UPREITs, joint ventures and alternative tax-oriented lease investments. He also has extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of single-tenant net lease properties.

Mr. Hardy joined Newmark after more than 16 years in the Los Angeles office of Colliers International. He began his tenure there as an executive managing director and leader of the firm’s corporate finance practice. In this role, he provided transaction and consulting services to private and institutional clients, specializing in asset disposition, cash flow optimization, tax mitigation and GAAP/financial statement enhancement. After 2008, he concentrated on institutional industrial investment sales. Prior to Collier’s, Mr. Hardy served as director of Cushman & Wakefield’s West Coast consulting practice and as controller for The Irvine Company’s industrial and office divisions. He began his corporate real estate career in the Newport Beach office of Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Jim Linn, SIOR, joined Newmark Knight Frank in early 2019 as an executive managing director in the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office, where he focuses on industrial capital markets.

Mr. Linn partners with Executive Managing Director Bret Hardy and Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets Kevin Shannon. Mr. Linn brings to his position more than 30 years of experience investing in industrial investment. His areas of expertise include new business development, market and positioning strategy, team building, client relationship management, contract negotiations, underwriting, due diligence and closing.

Prior to Newmark, Mr. Linn was founding partner and president of the west region of Talos Capital, an industrial core plus, value add and opportunistic national investment firm specializing in tier I and tier II U.S. markets. Responsible for the Western U.S., Mr. Linn focused on industrial acquisitions and dispositions in Northern California, Southern California and Greater Seattle. Over the course of his tenure, Talos Capital closed more than $15 billion of industrial real estate across 20 states.

Mr. Linn founded Talos Capital in 2016, after eight years at Centerpoint Properties Trust, a $3.4 billion private real estate investment trust. As western regional senior vice president, he established CenterPoint’s first regional office, located in Los Angeles. In this position, Mr. Linn was responsible for hiring and supervising an investment team focused on industrial acquisitions and dispositions in port and intermodal-proximate submarkets in California and Seattle.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Linn was a senior vice president with Grubb & Ellis, now a part of Newmark Knight Frank. Based in Los Angeles, he focused on investments, sales, leasing, development and tenant representation in San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys. Mr. Linn was one of the region’s top industrial brokers and was recognized as San Fernando Valley Broker of the Year, Los Angeles Metro Broker of the Year and among the top 2% of all industrial brokers nationally.

Mr. Linn began his real estate career in 1986, as an associate vice president with Schneider Commercial Real Estate, a regional commercial real estate company with offices in Northern and Southern California. He leased and sold properties in the San Fernando Valley during his five years with the firm.

Andrew Briner is an Executive Managing Director and member of the National Industrial Council at Newmark Knight Frank. Based ain the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office, Mr. Briner is an integral part of the Western U.S. capital markets team, led by Kevin Shannon, Newmark Co-Head, U.S. Capital Markets.

Throughout his career, Mr. Briner has excelled in the disposition and capitalization of institutional investment properties. Over the past 14 years, he has completed transactions with an aggregate consideration exceeding $24.5 billion on behalf of REITs, pension fund advisors, private equity funds, national developers and private capital groups. Mr. Briner’s wide range of assignments include national portfolio dispositions, partial interest sales, forward take-outs, joint venture equity for development and structured land sales. Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Briner served as managing director at JLL.

Mr. Briner serves on the Board of Directors for the Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles and is an active member of the CAL Athletics Alumni Association.

Chris Benton is a Senior Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Newmark, directly associated with over $2.5 billion of multifamily transactions in his 14-year career.

Mr. Benton specializes in Institutional Multifamily Sales, ranging from ground-up development sites to stabilized assets. Chris has unique experience dealing with complex transactions and also breaking sales records in numerous submarkets throughout Southern California.

He is a Los Angeles native with an intimate knowledge of its market fundamentals.

Anthony Muhlstein joined Newmark Knight Frank in 2015 and currently serves as a Managing Director in the company’s Los Angeles office focusing on the sale of development land, existing multifamily, and mixed-use projects.

Mr. Muhlstein has an extensive background in unentitled and entitled land evaluation and execution, and has additional experience in facilitating bridge, perm, and construction financing, as well as equity joint ventures for value-add, core, development and adaptive reuse projects. Furthermore, Mr. Muhlstein has participated in numerous high-street retail, office and industrial transactions giving him a unique and creative insight on mixed-use projects.

Previously, Mr. Muhlstein was part of CBRE’s Southern California Institutional Properties Multifamily Group, where he was involved in numerous $50+ million transactions across the Western United States.

Professional affiliations include the National Multifamily Housing Council, Urban Land Institute and ICSC. Mr. Muhlstein holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from California State University, Northridge and enjoys playing piano and guitar in his spare time.

As the executive managing director of Healthcare West at Newmark, Garth Hogan teams with the company’s Private Capital Group and West Coast capital markets team led by Kevin Shannon to provide high-level execution in the sale of medical office assets. In addition, Mr. Hogan teams with Newmark offices throughout the western U.S. to provide best-in-class landlord and tenant representation. Mr. Hogan also provides expert-level guidance on real estate compliance with anti-kickback statutes, including Stark, Safe Harbor and Fraud & Abuse.

Mr. Hogan’s 30 years of experience in advising health care systems and hospitals on resolving complex real estate and compliance workouts are unmatched. He has negotiated with doctors, medical groups and hospitals on more than 1,000 lease transactions valued in excess of $2 billion. In the last 10 years, Mr. Hogan has represented national and regional health systems and investors in sales transactions totaling more than 3 million square feet with aggregate consideration of more than $3 billion. In the last five years, he has been the exclusive agent for more than 1 million square feet of some of the most prestigious on-campus medical office towers in Southern California.

Mr. Hogan joined Newmark in 2012, when the company acquired the assets of Grubb & Ellis. At the time of the acquisition, he had been national director, healthcare properties.

Bill Bauman joined Newmark’s Capital Markets team in January 2018 as a Vice Chairman in the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office, where he heads a full-service retail brokerage team specializing in retail land planning, developer consultation and investment sales. A 30-year industry veteran, Mr. Bauman has completed more than $19 billion in transactions.

Mr. Bauman has an extensive background in land acquisition and disposition programs, pre-leasing commitments, retail tenant representation, investment sales, development consulting services and overall retail market analysis. His team provides comprehensive tenant representation consultation services, including expert market and trade area analysis, competitor analysis, lease negotiation services, implementation of roll-out strategies and overall market expertise.

Recognized nationally as one of Real Estate Forum’s top brokers, Mr. Bauman has represented a distinguished clientele of institutional and private owners in the execution of their real estate initiatives. He actively participates in the entire real estate process, tailoring strategies to meet the particular needs of his clients.

Prior to Newmark, Mr. Bauman served for eight years as a Vice Chairman of Savills Studley’s National Retail Service Group. He was the firm’s top retail producer in the country for nine consecutive years and was consistently among its top overall producers nationally.

Previously, Mr. Bauman was a Senior Vice President, partner and manager at Colliers International, where he built the firm’s full-service Retail Properties Group. He was also the top retail producer for Colliers International from 1994 to 2008, and for six of the last eight years, he was the top producer overall for Colliers International Southern California region for six of the last eight years.

Kyle Miller joined Newmark in 2018 and currently serves as an Executive Managing Director of its West Coast retail team in Los Angeles.

Mr. Miller specializes in representing institutional and private clients in capital market transactions and investment sales. He has to date completed transactions with a combined value in excess of $5 billion.

Prior to Newmark, Mr. Miller worked for nine years at Savills Studley as a Senior Managing Director. In this role, he advised clients on the acquisition and disposition of retail properties, including neighborhood, community, power center and single-tenant investments.

Prior to Savills Studley, Mr. Miller served as a Vice President at Colliers International for two years. He began his career at Grubb & Ellis, now a part of Newmark, where he served as an Associate Director for two years. Mr. Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business finance from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Matt Berres is an Executive Managing Director with Newmark’s Net Lease Capital Markets group, a select team of Capital Markets professionals who specialize in the sale, purchase and recapitalization of net leased retail, industrial and office properties throughout the United States.

Newmark’s Net Lease Practice group offers an array of core services, including net lease disposition and acquisition advisory, 1031 exchange transactions, sale-leasebacks, portfolio analysis, valuation analysis, market and demographic evaluation, build-to-suit and capital markets consultation.

Mr. Berres brings to Newmark more than 12 years of expertise in single-tenant deals. A top producer nationally, Mr. Berres has closed more than 300 sales transactions valued in excess of $2.5 billion for pension fund advisors, REITs, developers, private high net worth, 1031 exchange and foreign Investors. These transactions include the Walgreens corporate headquarters, Kroger Net Lease Grocer Portfolio, Federal Express warehouse buildings, more than 150 bank branch facilities, Top Golf locations, Veterans Affairs/GSA facilities and mission-critical office assets.

Prior to joining Newmark in 2019, Mr. Berres was a Managing Director with Jones Lang LaSalle’s Net Lease Property Group, where he assisted clients in the acquisition and disposition of single tenant investments throughout the country. From 2015 to 2018, he was JLL’s No. 1 ranked producer nationwide. Prior to his career in commercial real estate, Mr. Berres played professional golf on various professional golf mini-tours around the country, including the Gateway Tour, US Pro Golf Tour, Pepsi Tour, Dakotas Tour and Nationwide Tour.

Mr. Berres is president of Young Real Estate Professionals (YREP) and an active member of the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), ICSC Next Generation, Urban Land Institute (ULI) and ULI Young Leaders. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance, investments and banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mr. Berres is active in the Orange County community, serving in various non-profit organizations, and in his church. He also enjoys competing in amateur golf tournaments, beach volleyball, surfing, and spending time with his wife, Brittany, daughter, Olivia and son Luca.

Matthew J. Schwartz recently joined Newmark Capital Markets as an associate director in the Downtown Los Angeles office.

Mr. Schwartz advises clients on analytics for property values tied to the acquisition and disposition of retail properties, including single-tenant, community, neighborhood and power center investments. He is dedicated to providing real estate investors with extensive market knowledge and making himself available to any and all inquiries concerning market or property overviews that an investor may need. He brings to the firm expertise in real estate finance that he earned during his two years as a loan officer for private money financing.

Prior to Newmark, Mr. Schwartz worked for CALCAP Financial in Pasadena, where he originated over $50 million in private money loans for residential investment property deals. He led his sales team as one of the firm’s top earners, demonstrating an aptitude for acquiring new clients and generating new leads, which in turn maximized profits and facilitated a one-stop-shop experience for borrowers and mortgage brokers alike. Mr. Schwartz and the CALCAP team prided themselves on providing real estate investors with a transparent and integral experience that gave them the comfort and resources necessary to achieve their financial goals.

Mr. Schwartz is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in philosophy, politics and law with a minor in business law. He resides in Los Feliz. In his free time, he enjoys swimming and spending time with his friends and family.

Joining Matt Berres as a Director with Newmark’s Net Lease Capital Markets in 2019, Mr. Khalil focuses exclusively on the sale, purchase, and recapitalization of net leased retail, industrial, and office properties throughout the United States.

With five years of expertise in single-tenant and anchored and strip shopping center deals, Mr. Khalil has had direct involvement in transactions valued in excess of $750 million for clients including REITS, Developers, Private High Net Worth, 1031 Exchange and Foreign Investors.

Mr. Khalil is active in his church and local community. He also enjoys spending time with family (wife, Kelsey, daughters Sage, Oakley & Lennon, and son Kolsen), exploring local beaches and parks, and playing basketball.

Karick Brown is an Associate with Newmark’s Net Lease Capital Markets, a select team of Newmark Capital Markets professionals that specialize in the sale, purchase, and recapitalization of net leased retail, industrial, and office properties throughout the United States.

Newmark’s Net Lease Capital Markets services include: Net Lease Disposition & Acquisition Advisory, 1031 Exchange Transactions, Sale-Leasebacks, Portfolio Analysis, Valuation Analysis, Market & Demographic Evaluation, Build-to-Suit and Capital Markets Consultation.

Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Brown worked at Faris Lee Investments, playing a vital role in the underwriting, positioning and subsequent marketing of over $650 Million in retail assets. Mr. Brown also previously worked at HFF, focusing on capital markets financing for large institutions and high net worth individuals.

Mr. Brown obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance. Karick is an avid golfer and maintains a scratch handicap, regularly participating in U.S. Open Q School events. Mr. Brown is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Young Professionals (YPG) program, as well as regularly attends CRE Finance Council (CREFC) and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) seminars.

Paul Jones joined Newmark in December 2015 and currently serves as an executive managing director in the Newport Beach, California, office. He specializes in the representation of institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients in the acquisition and disposition of office, industrial, land and mixed-use properties throughout Southern California and Arizona.

Over the past 15 years, Mr. Jones has sold and marketed more than $15 billion of office, industrial, land and mixed-use assets. His experience includes 100% fee simple partial interest recapitalizations and joint venture transactions.

Mr. Jones joined Newmark after 14 years at CBRE, where he most recently served as a senior vice president in the Investment Properties/Institutional Group. In this role, he was continuously recognized as a top producing investment professional.

Prior to the Investment Properties/Institutional Group, Mr. Jones worked with CBRE Asset Services, overseeing a national client’s investment portfolio. His responsibilities included producing quarterly valuations for a commercial portfolio totaling more than 14 million square feet.

In addition, Mr. Jones previously worked at the Archon Group, a Goldman Sachs Company responsible for reporting and operations of a $500 million portfolio of assets. While at the Archon Group, he focused on investment property management and financial underwriting.

Brandon White joined Newmark in 2016 in the Newport Beach, California, office.

As a senior associate, Brandon specializes in the representation of both institutional and high net worth private clients in the acquisition and disposition of properties throughout California and Arizona, and-as a member of Kevin Shannon’s investment sales team-has been involved in more than $3 billion in office dispositions.

Brunson Howard serves as an executive managing director in Newmark’s San Diego office. Mr. Howard works with Kevin Shannon and his team as part of the Capital Markets division, focusing exclusively on investment sales for office, industrial and R&D property across Southern California.

Mr. Howard joined Newmark from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was a senior managing director and a member of the firm’s capital markets group.

Mr. Howard’s commercial real estate experience has been multi-disciplinary, with a concentration on both investment sales and landlord representation. Clients over the course of his career have included AEW Capital Management, Arden Realty, Clarion, Falcon Realty, Greenlaw, Hackman Capital, IVG Immobilien AG, LBA Realty, LNR Properties, Metzler Real Estate, Morgan Stanley/Glenborough, Real Estate Capital Partners, RREEF, Shea Properties, Sony, Sunroad Enterprises, TA Associates and Union Investment AG. Mr. Howard began his career at Burnham Real Estate (later acquired by Cushman & Wakefield), where he specialized in representing owners and investors of institutional real estate throughout Southern California as an agency broker.

Before commencing a career in real estate, Mr. Howard served with the U.S. Marine Corps. An aviator, he flew a variety of aircraft including AH-1W Cobra attack helicopters and F/A-18D strike fighters.

In 2008, Mr. Howard received the Deal of the Year award for Outstanding Brokerage Excellence. The following year, he was recognized as a CoStar Power Broker for leasing transaction volume.

Mr. Howard is a 2010 graduate of LEAD Impact San Diego, an organization dedicated to identifying and developing San Diego’s future leaders. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Texas State University.

Geoffrey Millerd joined Newmark in 2015 and currently serves as a Vice Chairman in the Boston office, where he specializes in the marketing and disposition of retail assets.During a career spanning 23 years, Mr. Millerd has represented many of the nation’s top institutions, and has closed more than 150 investment sales transactions. He and his team have sold more than $10 billion of retail properties in the northeast United States.

Millerd previously served as an Executive Vice President with Cushman & Wakefield’s Boston-based Capital Markets Group.

Mr. Millerd is a member of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and a six-time recipient of its Retail Investments Sales Award. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a guest lecturer at Babson College.

Mr. Millerd holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. He resides with his wife Michelle and daughters Bailey and Mackenzie in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Jon Martin serves as a Managing Director in Newmark’s Boston office, where he specializes in urban retail agency leasing and tenant representation, particularly site selection strategy and repositioning and curation of downtown mixed-use assets.

Jon has 15 years of retail and restaurant leasing experience. He is currently spearheading the leasing of more than 30 assets in downtown Boston, on behalf of landlords that include Boston Properties, Clarion, EQ Office, Gazit Horizons, Gerding Edlen, ICONIQ, Invesco, Lincoln Property Co., McWhinney, Nuveen, Oxford Properties, Pembroke, Related Beal, Rockwood, Synergy Investments and UDR.

Jon’s clients also include prominent retail brands. Most recently, he successfully represented Patagonia in a lease for a Harvard Square flagship location, which opened in January 2020. Other retail clients include digitally native brands such as Serena & Lily, Brideside and Rudsak, which opened their first Boston-area stores in 2019. Jon also represents well-known restaurant brands Barcelona Wine Bar, Bartaco, Cameron Mitchell Restaurant Group, Dig Inn, Intelligentsia, Peet’s Coffee and Quality Branded.

Over the past five years, Jon has completed some of the largest flagship retail and restaurant transactions in the Boston area, including Patina Restaurant Group’s 21,000-square-foot food hall and 14,000-square-foot Banner’s Kitchen & Tap restaurant at the Hub on Causeway; the restructuring of Niketown’s 30,000-square-foot lease at 200 Newbury Street; Capital Grille’s 13,000-square-foot restaurant at the Hynes Convention Center; Ocean Prime’s 12,000-square-foot restaurant in the Seaport District; AT&T’s 10,000-square-foot Back Bay location on Boylston Street; TD Ameritrade’s downtown flagship at 50 Post Office Square; and E*Trade’s flagship branch in Downtown Crossing.