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
photo of Mitchell N. Schear Patrick J. Tyrrell
Chief Operating Officer

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.