Experience

  • Member, Board of Directors, Highwoods Properties, Inc., Raleigh NC, February 2009 – Present, member of the Investment Committee and Audit Committee
  • Member, Investment Advisory Committee, North Carolina Retirement Systems, Department of State Treasurer, May 2011 – present
  • Research Consultant, Heitman Capital Management, Chicago, IL, 1994-2010
  • Research Consultant, Salomon Brothers Inc, August 1988 – June 1991
  • Vice President, Real Estate and Bond Market Research, Salomon Brothers Inc, June 1986 – August 1988
  • Research Associate, Housing Markets Program, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 1979-1981
  • Financial Economist, Division of Bank Research and Economic Analysis, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC, 1978-1979
  • Honors and Awards
  • Named fellowship: the David and Randee Hartzell Fellowship for MBA Real Estate Students established by Kenan-Flagler real estate alumni in April, 2013
  • Invited to give the Harry Hutchinson Distinguished Lecture, “The Subprime Crisis: Causes and Implications,” University of Delaware, (April 2008),
  • Gerald Barrett Faculty Award, May 2005, “recognizing the faculty member who has made the greatest contribution to the MBA program through teaching and service. (as voted by students)
  • Outstanding MBA Professor, The Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina 1993, 1999 (as voted by students).
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Professor, The University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School, 1991 (as voted by students).
  • Outstanding Professor in the Graduate School of Business, The University of Texas, 1986 (as voted by students).