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
- Brendan Owen
- Chief Leasing 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,
Development - Greg Cichy
- Vice President,
Asset Management - Kathryn Clement
- Vice President,
Management Services - Eddie Dunlap
- Vice President,
Engineering Services - Herb Faling
- Vice President,
Development - Gordon Fraley
- Vice President,
Development - Mike Kelley
- Vice President,
Construction Management - Lisa Marier
- Senior Vice President,
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 - Joyce Williams
- Vice President,
Human Resources
and Administration - Ernie Wittich
- Senior Vice President,
Acquisitions
Patrick J. Tyrrell
Patrick J. Tyrrell is the Chief Operating Officer of Vornado/Charles E. Smith, the Washington DC division of Vornado Realty Trust, where he is responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations. Patrick joined Vornado in April 2003 from the Kaempfer Company, where he also served as Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Tyrrell has more than twenty years of experience in commercial real estate, including asset and property management, leasing and sales. Prior to joining the Kaempfer Company, Mr. Tyrrell was Director of Operations for the Mid-Atlantic Region for Insignia/ESG, where he was responsible for overseeing all operational aspects of Insignia’s three offices in the Mid-Atlantic Region. He previously served as Operations Manager for Insignia’s Property Services Group. During a prior tenure with Kaempfer, Mr. Tyrrell served as a Senior Asset Manager, where he was responsible for the management and leasing of Kaempfer’s portfolio of Class A, downtown office space in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Tyrrell graduated from Boston College in 1983 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics and Political Science and received his Masters degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1986. He is currently Chair of BOMA’s National Advisory Committee (NAC), serves on the GSA’s Green Building Advisory Committee and is on the Advisory Board of the George Mason University Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship.