President
Dan Phelan, President & CEO, Pacific Southwest Realty Services (CRI President 2016-Present)
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Mr. Phelan joined Pacific Southwest Realty Services in September 1973 after graduating from Creighton University and has been working in the mortgage banking industry ever since. He has received the Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB), Charter Realty Investor (CRI) and Certified Commercial Mortgage Servicer (CCMS) Certifications and has been very active and has held various positions in the national, state and local mortgage banking associations. Additionally, has been active in the local building industry trade groups and the CRI Society Board. Mr. Phelan has serving on, at one time or another, most of the Commercial Committees of the Mortgage Bankers Association. He has also served as President of both the California and San Diego MBA’s.
In 2008 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Mortgage Bankers Association, the highest award bestowed by the association.
Immediate Past President
John Waldeck, Managing Director, Pacific Life Insurance Co (CRI President 2011-2016)
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John Waldeck received his B.A., Management Science Information Systems from California State University, Fullerton and his MBA from the University of California, Irvine. He is a Chartered Realty Investor charter holder. He also has been recognized as a commercial CMB by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mr. Waldeck additionally serves on the Center for Real Estate Board for the University of California, Irvine School of Business.
Past Presidents
Robert Stout, President & CEO, Q10 Capital LLC (2010-2011)
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Bob has twice served as a Vice-Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America’s (MBAA) CREF Technology Initiatives Committee and is a founding director and chairman of the Marketing Committee of the Chartered Realty Investors Society. He was awarded the CRI Charter in 2005. Bob is also an active member of the Commercial Mortgage Securitization Association (CMSA). Bob was also one of the original contributing authors of the Handbook of Commercial Real Estate Finance published by the MBAA in 1995.
David Zachar, Executive Vice President, PPM Finance, Inc. (2009-2010)
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Prior to joining PPM in May of 1995, Mr. Zachar was Senior Vice President, AEGON USA Realty Advisors in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At AEGON, he led the commercial mortgage loan-underwriting group in the building of a $2.5 billion commercial mortgage loan portfolio. Mr. Zachar was also involved in AEGON’s equity real estate having helped assemble that portfolio as Vice President – Real Estate Equities from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Zachar is a graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Administration and Economics. He is a Counselor of Real Estate (CRE), and is a frequent speaker at various real estate and mortgage lending conferences.
Jack Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, Cohen Financial (2008-2009)
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Jack has earned his CRI Certification and serves as a Founding Governor and President. He was awarded his Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) where he also served as Past Member, Board of Governors, Commercial Real Estate/Multi-family Finance. He is active with the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (CMSA) where he served on the Board of Governors and Executive Committee. Jack is also involved in the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
Mark Fisher, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC (2006-2008)
Charlie Knudsen, Managing Director, QuadCapital Advisors, LLC (2005-2006)
Thomas F. Wratten (2000-2005)
Secretary
Robert Stout, President & CEO, Q10 Capital LLC (2010-2011)
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Treasurer
Wayne C. Streck, Head of Mortgage Lending, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
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Following graduation from Iowa State University (BS, Economics) and the University of Iowa (MBA, Finance), Streck spent two years as a bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and four years with the M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank Holding Company. Mr. Streck currently serves on the LOMA Investment Committee, Life Mortgage and Real Estate Officers Council (Dutch Treat Group) and the CRI Board of Governors. He is also the current treasurer for CRI Society.
Treasurer-Elect – Joe Burke, PPM Finance, Inc.
Governors
Jeff Beatty, Senior Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis
Blake Beanblosom, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC
David L. Brassard, Cornerstone Real Estate
Joe Burke, PPM finance, Inc.
Jack M. Cohen, Cohen Financial
Charles G. Dannis, President, Crosson Dannis, Inc.
Mark B. Fisher, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC
Anthony D. Frook, Senior Managing Director, Americo Life
Steven T. Holland, OneAmerica Financial Partners
Charles A. Knudsen, Managing Director, QuadCapital Advisors, LLC
Shelley M. Magoffin, President, Q10 Dwyer Curlett & Co.
Daniel J. Phelan, President and CEO, Pacific Southwest Realty Services
Charles M. Prior, Senior Vice President, Investments, Protective Life Insurance Co.
Patrick C. Sargent, Partner, Andrews Kurth, LLP
Joseph D. Shaw, Managing Director, John Hancock Financial Services
Robert M. Stout, Q10 Capital
Wayne C. Streck, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
John M. Waldeck, Pacific Life Insurance Company
Thomas F. Wratten, CRI Founder
David M. Zachar, PPM Finance, Inc.
Mitchell M. Zeemont, Managing Principal, Newmark Realty Capital, Inc.