Management Team

The success of Vornado/Charles E. Smith is a direct result of a leadership team that brings experience, capability, and creativity to real estate decisions.

Executive Leadership

Mitchell N. Schear
President
Patrick J. Tyrrell
Chief Operating Officer
Laurie Kramer
Executive Vice President
Jim Creedon
Executive Vice President,
Leasing

Leadership Team

Joan Berman
Senior Vice President,
Management Services
Mitch Bonanno
Senior Vice President
and Director of Development
Greg Cichy
Vice President,
Asset Management
Kathryn Clement
Vice President,
Management Services
Bess Di Tullio
Vice President,
Property Accounting
Eddie Dunlap
Vice President,
Engineering Services
Herb Faling
Vice President,
Development
Gordon Fraley
Vice President,
Development
Mike Kelley
Vice President,
Construction Management
Toby Millman
Senior Vice President,
Residential Development
Mara Olguin
Senior Vice President,
Marketing
Stacia O'Connor
Vice President
and Director of Operations
Sang Park
Vice President,
Residential
Adam Peters
Vice President,
Development
Greg Redding
Vice President
and Division Counsel
Deidre Schexnayder
Vice President,
Management Services
Paul Sowter
Senior Vice President,
Development
Gavin Stephenson
Vice President,
Senior Financial Officer
Ernie Wittich
Senior Vice President,
Acquisitions
photo of Deidre Schexnayder Deidre Schexnayder
Vice President, Management Services

Deidre Schexnayder, Vice President of Operations, has been with Vornado/Charles E. Smith since June 1993. She has been involved in the commercial real estate industry in a variety of capacities over the past 21 years, beginning as the Director of Research Services for Building Owners and Managers Association International.

Ms. Schexnayder currently serves as an Arlington County Board appointee on the Emergency Planning Action Commission. Her various professional affiliations have included serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce (2005 – 2009), serving as their County Board appointee on the Arlington County Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission (2007 – 2009), as well as the commercial real estate representative on the Arlington County Solid Waste Committee (2005 – 2009).

Ms. Schexnayder is active in the Institute of Real Estate Management and Building Owners and Managers Association International. She has served as President of IREM Chapter 77, and received the CPM of the Year Award in 2004. She served as the EER/Research Products Committee and Task Force Chair for BOMA International from 2004 to 2006.

Ms. Schexnayder holds a MBA from the University of New Orleans and a B.S. in Merchandising and a B.A. in French, from St. Mary’s Dominican College, New Orleans, LA.