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Edward P. Roski, Jr.
President and Chairman of the Board

Jay H. Bradford
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Jakob Ackermann
Chairman of the Board, Commerce Construction Co., L.P.

John R. Burroughs
President, Commerce Construction Co., L.P.

R. Stan Conway
Senior Vice President, Director of Development

Randall C. Hertel
Senior Vice President, Director of Development

Gail Kiralla
Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations

Kevin D. McCarthy
Senior Vice President, Director of Development

Patricia Reon Roski
Managing Director

Kent R. Valley
Senior Vice President

Edward P. Roski, Jr.
President and Chairman of the Board

Edward P. Roski,Jr. is President and Chairman of the Board of one of the oldest and largest privately held real estate companies in the United States. He also is co-owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Lakers. Combining his love of sports with his passion for business, he is recognized for playing a critical role in developing the STAPLES Center, a landmark in downtown Los Angeles.

A generous philanthropist, Mr. Roski personally commits his time and resources to countless civic organizations throughout Los Angeles. In addition, in 2002, he initiated the Majestic Realty Foundation whose charitable giving and community outreach focuses on youth, family, education, health, and violence prevention. The foundation makes grants of approximately $2 million annually.

Mr. Roski takes an active role in the city’s cultural and educational development, serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Southern California as well as on the boards of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Bowers Museum, The California Science Center, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Regents at Loyola High School and has joined the board of the National Geographic Society, serving on the Executive Committee. In 2007, he co-founded the Land of the Free Foundation to help veteran families and now serves as its President.

For his efforts on behalf of the community, Mr. Roski has received numerous awards and civic honors.

Outside his civic and professional endeavors, Mr. Roski’s great love is adventure travel. A member of the famed Explorers Club, he has climbed to Base Camp at Mt. Everest, K2, and Mt. Kilimanjaro, ridden his bike across Mongolia, Russia, and Burma, made several deep-water dives throughout New Guinea, and descended in a Russian submersible to the wreck of the Titanic, 2.5 miles beneath the ocean’s surface.

Born in Oklahoma and raised in Southern California, Mr. Roski graduated from the University of Southern California in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and real estate. He served as an officer in the United States Marines from 1962 to 1966 where he was decorated for bravery with two Purple Hearts. He now resides in Los Angeles with his wife Gayle Garner Roski, with whom he has three children and five grandchildren.


Jay H. Bradford
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Jay H. Bradford joined Majestic Realty Co. in 1988, and currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. Prior to joining Majestic, Mr. Bradford had more than 18 years of public accounting experience. As a partner with Ernst & Young, he was in charge of the Real Estate and Construction Industry practice in the firm’s Long Beach, CA, office. Mr. Bradford received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and currently serves on the National Advisory Council for the Marriott School of Management.

Jakob Ackermann
Chairman of the Board, Commerce Construction Co., L.P.
Mr. Ackermann currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Commerce Construction Co., L.P., as well as a board member for Majestic Realty Co. Mr. Ackermann joined Commerce Construction in 1969, and is responsible for overseeing all functions of the full-service, multi-disciplined construction company. Commerce Construction has developed approximately 70 million square feet of industrial, office, retail and entertainment facilities. He is a graduate of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.

John R. Burroughs
President, Commerce Construction Co., L.P.
Mr. Burroughs is responsible for all operations for Commerce Construction Co., L.P., and focuses on construction activities managed out of its Los Angeles-area office. His many projects have included industrial, retail, commercial, and tenant improvements, including the 3.3 million-square-foot California Commerce Center IV industrial development in Ontario, CA; the 2.5-million-square-foot Majestic Spectrum South industrial development in Chino, CA, and the 500,000-square-foot Citrus Plaza retail development in Redlands, CA. Mr. Burroughs holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

R. Stan Conway
Senior Vice President, Director of Development
Mr. Conway currently serves as Senior Vice President for Majestic Realty Co. and is responsible for initiating and leading Majestic’s activities in the eastern U.S. Since joining Majestic in 1998, he has been busy developing in excess of 11 million square feet in Atlanta and Dallas. Recent projects include Majestic Airport Center, Golden Park, and Cherokee Village in Atlanta, and Park West in Dallas. Prior to joining Majestic, Mr. Conway was Vice President at Prologis Trust where he had overall responsibilities for the Atlanta market.

Randall C. Hertel
Senior Vice President, Director of Development
Randall C. Hertel joined Majestic Realty Co. in 1988 and currently serves as Senior Vice President and as a member of the Board of Directors. Overseeing Majestic’s Denver/Aurora-area offices, Hertel played a lead role in developing the 1,000-acre Majestic Commercenter in Aurora, CO, as well as premier industrial parks in California and Utah. Named in the Denver Business Journal’s list of “Who’s Who in Industrial Real Estate” since 1997, Hertel sits on the board of the Aurora Economic Development Council and The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, where he chairs the hospital’s Research Institute. He attended Rice University on an athletic scholarship, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in business in 1981.

Gail Kiralla
Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations
Gail Kiralla joined Majestic Realty Co. in 1977 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations and as a member of the Board of Directors. Ms. Kiralla is responsible for the overall operations, human resources and marketing for the company. A recognized leader in the community, Kiralla serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Mt. San Antonio College Foundation, and on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees for the Citrus Valley Health Foundation. She also is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Majestic Realty Foundation.

Kevin D. McCarthy
Senior Vice President, Director of Development
Kevin D. McCarthy joined Majestic Realty Co. in 1992 and currently serves as Senior Vice President and Director of Development and as a member of the Board of Directors. He is a senior development partner responsible for the development, leasing and asset management of projects in Southern California and Texas. Under Mr. McCarthy’s leadership, the company has seen tremendous growth in industrial development activities in Southern California and beyond. Prior to joining Majestic, Mr. McCarthy was an Industrial Property Specialist with Grubb & Ellis Company, where he was recognized as one of the top salesmen in the Southern California marketplace. Mr. McCarthy graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science degree and studied policy, planning and real estate development with an emphasis in real estate finance.

Patricia Reon Roski
Managing Director
Ms. Roski joined Majestic Realty Co. in March of 2007 as its Senior Counsel and in September 2007 became Managing Director. She specializes in transactional real estate law, with an emphasis on real estate leasing and acquisitions. Prior to coming in-house, she served as outside counsel to Majestic for more than 15 years. A member of Majestic’s Board of Directors since 1997, she is the granddaughter of the company’s late founder, Edward P. Roski Sr., and the daughter of its current Chairman and CEO, Edward P. Roski Jr. A recognized expert in real estate law, she teaches continuing legal education classes to other attorneys. A graduate of USC and Loyola Law School, she completed extensive studies abroad, including graduate school in China. She is active in several Los Angeles-area nonprofits, including Para Los Niños and the Westside Regional Center. She also is a member of the Leadership Council on the Board of Directors of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC.

Kent R. Valley
Senior Vice President
Mr. Valley is Senior Vice President of Majestic Realty Co. and a member of the Board of Directors. A member of the Majestic team for more than 40 years, Mr. Valley is responsible for the ownership representation and asset management of approximately 20 separate projects within the Majestic portfolio. His ownership responsibilities include development, leasing and marketing, overall project supervision and management of these projects. Mr. Valley serves on the Presidential Advisory Cabinet for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona and is the Secretary and a Founding Member of the Land of the Free Foundation. A graduate of the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree in business, Mr. Valley also served in the United States Marine Corps prior to joining Majestic Realty in 1967.
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