Gary A. Zdolshek

Managing Director of Investors Diversified Realty, LLC.  Mr. Zdolshek has over 30 years experience as an Investment Banker, Principal and Advisor in various real estate investments.

As an Advisor to one of the largest real estate consulting companies in the United States, Mr. Zdolshek was involved in underwriting and investment of over $8.0 billion of real estate globally. Previously, as a Managing Director and Principal of Brown, Gibbons, Lang and Company (“BGL”) he was responsible for the Real Estate and Structured Finance Group.  At BGL he represented clients in the purchase of over $1.0 billion of distressed and defaulted Japanese bank debt and other various transactions of both public and private debt and equity securities.  Prior to joining BGL, he was the Senior Managing Director of McDonald and Company Real Estate and Structured Finance Group.  There he was Chairman of the Firm’s Commitment Committee and Member of its Equity and Investment Committee. Mr. Zdolshek’s Group was responsible for providing investment banking and advisory services to 14 Companies for their Initial Public Offering, representing over $10.0 billion in real estate as a Senior Co-Manager. His group also executed over $5.0 billion in real estate capital markets transactions representing various public and private debt and equity real estate transactions. Mr. Zdolshek started his career as an Auditor with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co and has a BA in Finance from the University of Cincinnati.

Mark D. Thompson Esq.

Director of Investors Diversified Realty, LLC is a seasoned Executive, Advisor and Director with more than 23 years of experience in operations, acquisitions, financing and investment in real estate and other industries.

Mr. Thompson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of a NYSE-listed REIT, the Chief Executive Officer of a NASDAQ-listed international company with 14,000 employees, and Chief Administrative Officer of a worldwide manufacturing concern.  His real estate experience includes a successful early career in law in which he represented underwriters, issuers, borrowers and lenders in more than $2.0 billion of REMIC securities, major acquisitions and dispositions of real estate, and numerous mortgage finance transactions.  Later, as a CFO, he conceived and implemented the transformation of a $1.0 billion distressed NASDAQ small cap real estate company into a New York Stock Exchange listed apartment real estate investment trust known as Lexford Residential Trust.  His accomplishments included:  acquisitions of both apartment complexes and property management firms; a first-of-its-kind restructuring settlement of almost 200 mortgage loans with Resolution Trust Corporation; consolidation of ownership of syndicated properties with approximately 12,000 limited partners; and restructuring more than half  a billion dollars of single-asset mortgage loans, reducing portfolio WACC by more than 200 bps.  Mr. Thompson also served as an independent director for dozens of special-purpose mortgage conduit corporations for a leading Wall Street firm. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, and was Order of the Coif at Case Western Reserve University.

Jill A. Holup, CFA

Director of Investors Diversified Realty, LLC is an experienced Portfolio Manager, Advisor, and Manager with more than 21 years of experience in operations, analysis, management and product development in real estate.  Ms. Holup is currently Director of Investments with Lowenberg Wealth Management Group in Austin, Texas.

Ms. Holup was previously a Vice President at Kensington Investment Group where she was responsible for the management and development of five institutional REIT products and establishing relationships with institutional clients.  Prior to Kensington, Ms. Holup was a Portfolio Manager and Partner at John McStay Investment Counsel where she was a Co-Manager of over $750 million in REIT portfolios, responsible for monitoring over 100 companies, quarterly research, client service and relations, process and procedures development, strategic planning.  During her tenure, assets under management grew from under $50 million to over $1.0 billion.  Other prior positions include Vice President and Portfolio Manager for a REIT manager headquartered in California, a senior security analyst for a large pension REIT manager headquartered in California, and a REIT analyst for an investment bank headquartered in Ohio. Ms. Holup received her MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and her B.A. in Finance at the University of Texas.

Garret E. Zdolshek

Senior Vice President, Mr. Zdolshek has 11 years experience in real estate consulting, investment banking and fund investments.

As a Managing Director for Courtland Partners, Ltd., one of the largest real estate consulting companies in the United States, he was a founding member of the firm’s Investment Committee, responsible for managing discretionary accounts in excess of $500 million and advised non-discretionary clients on strategic initiatives, investment sourcing, and due diligence for both domestic and international allocations in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In this role, he was involved in underwriting and/or approving over $40.0 billion in real estate allocations consisting of over 300 investments on behalf of institutional investors.  He was also responsible for leading the creation of an advisory relationship with a fund of funds which raised in excess of $300 million and invested in domestic and international real estate opportunities.  He also sat on a number of pooled fund advisory boards.  Mr. Zdolshek began his career as an analyst for Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Co. and then Red Capital Group, two regional investment banks specializing in real estate transactions.  Mr. Zdolshek has spoken at a number of real estate seminars, is a member of PREA, founding member of PREA’s Rising Leaders Group and former Advisory Board Member of IREI.  He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Baldwin Wallace College.

Joshua A. Kaye

Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Mr. Kaye has over 7 years experience in real estate consulting and analytical research.  

As a Senior Analyst and Research Coordinator for Courtland Partners, Ltd., one of the largest real estate consulting companies in the United States, he was responsible for analytical research, investment selection, performance analytics and information technology.  In addition, as a fiduciary he has underwritten and participated in the evaluation of more than $5.0 billion of global real estate equity and debt investment offerings in over 40 separate investment transactions ranging from single asset acquisitions to the privatization of hospitality and healthcare companies.  In addition, Mr. Kaye completed analytical research on international real estate, timber and agriculture, and infrastructure investments to expand and diversify client’s asset allocation targets.  Mr. Kaye began his career as a Financial Analyst in the Supervision and Regulation Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Mr. Kaye holds a B.S. in Management and a B.A. in Economics with honors, magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University.

Brian T. Bowman

Senior Analyst, Mr. Bowman is responsible for monitoring private equity real estate investment offerings and conducting due diligence on potential investment opportunities. In this role, he has interviewed over 250 domestic and international real estate investment managers. In addition, he provides performance measurement reporting, research support, client services and assistance with business development. Mr. Bowman has a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.

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