Executive Profiles
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Evan Gladstone Executive Managing Director Evan Gladstone is the founder and Executive Managing Director of Chicago-based NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Gladstone began his real estate career in 1974 at Sheldon Good & Company, and has been a prime mover in the real estate auction and sealed bid venues since then. He began conducting residential real estate auctions in 1982 for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD, then for the FSLIC and FDIC ultimately selling over 4,000 houses by the end of the 1980s. Established in 1989 as the National Real Estate Clearinghouse, Inc., Mr. Gladstone guided NRC as one of the Resolution Trust Company's major auction and sealed bid contractors selling nearly one billion in commercial and residential real estate from 1990 to 1994. He pioneered the use of sealed bid sales for commercial real estate first for the RTC and then for major banks and corporations including Circle K, K Mart, GE Capital, and BP North America. In 2002 and 2003, he was hired to conduct two landmark bankruptcy liquidations for Swifty Serve Stores and Clark Retail. Using a ‘buy one, some or all’ sealed bid format, he was able to generate nine thousand hard-money bids for the more than 1,200 convenience stores being sold, and close the transactions in under 90 days to 420 individual buyers. Mr. Gladstone is a licensed real estate broker in multiple states and a member of many industry related organizations including National Association of Realtors, National Auctioneers Association, National Association of Convenience Stores, International Counsel of Shopping Centers, International Franchise Association and the Turnaround Management Association. |
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Dennis L. Ruben Executive Managing Director Dennis L. Ruben joined NRC with over twenty-five years of legal experience with specialization in real estate and financial
matters. Most recently Executive Vice President and General Counsel with GE Capital Franchise Finance Corporation, his
supervision of the legal department and direction of all legal matters for this $10 billion business unit included real
estate acquisition, loan origination and structuring of all major financing transactions. Mr. Ruben has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and a B.A. degree from University of Iowa. A member of several State Bars, multiple Bar Associations and the American Bankruptcy Institute, Mr. Ruben participated as a past speaker and panelist for the Strategic Research Institute. |
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Ian Walker Senior Vice President Ian Walker joined NRC Realty & Capital Advisors in 2003 as a Sales Manager and currently heads the company's Sales Team in Chicago. His primary focus is managing the structured sale of commercial real estate portfolios via NRC's sealed bid process. Over the past 6 years, Mr. Walker has been responsible for managing the divestitures of commercial real estate portfolios in excess of $1 billion for corporate clients such as GE Capital, BP North America, Sunoco and Circle K. Mr. Walker began his real estate career in 2001 at Coldwell Banker. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Marketing from Columbia College. He is also a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson and a member of the National Association of Realtors and the Chicago Association of Realtors. |
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David Levy Vice President Business Development David joined NRC Realty & Capital Advisors in 2008 as its Auction Manager. During his tenure he has sold a wide array of properties for a diverse group of clients including bank officers, attorneys, management consultants, government officials, corporations, and commercial and residential investors.
He is now responsible for business development with responsibility generating sealed bid and live auction business from banks and corporations with distressed and excess commercial real estate as well as bankruptcy situations. Prior to joining NRC he had a successful career in consumer product marketing. Working in close concert with NRC's in-house Marketing team, he applies this expertise to identify the right kinds of buyers and likely brokers for each property being sold and then executing a high impact campaign to reach them. This background served him well during his assignment as Vice President of LPS Auctions Solutions, a related company of NRC, that focused on assisting bank and loan servicing clients with the divestiture residential REO assets nationwide. David is a member of the National Auctioneers Association and has earned the industry's highest designation, Certified Auctioneer Institute (CAI). He is also an active member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. A graduate of the Missouri Auction School and a licensed Illinois Real Estate Managing Broker and Auctioneer, he frequently assists with charity auctions throughout the Chicagoland area. He received his MBA from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. |
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Avry Davidovich Consultant Specialties: Petroleum, Convenience Stores Avry Davidovich brings to NRC over 28 years of executive-level operational experience in the convenience retailing/petroleum marketing industry.
He began his career with Emro Marketing (a subsidiary of Marathon Oil), rising from a single store manager in 1978 to special assistant to the President in 1987.
In 1989, he founded Davidovich Oil Company, which he sold to FFP Operating Partners (FFP) in 1992. He subsequently served as FFP's Executive Vice President and Board Member,
overseeing the operations of the company's 400 stores. In 1997, he founded Vista Convenience Stores, serving as President and CEO. Within four years, Vista had grown to 120 stores in five states.
Mr. Davidovich left Vista in 2001 for b2b Solutions, a full-service consulting firm for retailers and their suppliers, where he served as a consulting partner. Mr. Davidovich earned a philosophy doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Tel Aviv and is a graduate of the University of Michigan's Executive Education program in Advanced Corporate Conceptual Management. |
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Samantha Steiner Vice President/Project Manager Samantha Steiner joined NRC Realty & Capital Advisors in 2005 after five years of private real estate practice. Ms. Steiner currently holds the position of Vice President/Project Manager and focuses primarily on the structured sale of commercial real estate portfolios using NRC’s sealed bid process. She has worked on more than 25 different sales during her tenure at NRC, including portfolio sales for BP, GE Franchise Finance and Circle K, among others. Ms. Steiner has a Juris Doctor degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law (2001) and a B.S. degree with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business (1992). |
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Tracey Suppo Vice President of Marketing Tracey Suppo, Vice President of Marketing, joined NRC Realty & Capital Advisors in 1999 and oversees all marketing efforts for NRC and its clients. Over the past 10 years, she has been responsible for developing marketing programs for Sunoco, Inc., BP, Fifth Third Bank and GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance amongst many others. She is also responsible for NRC’s corporate advertising programs, industry conferences and business development marketing collateral. Prior to joining NRC, Ms. Suppo was a Regional Marketing Manager for Feld Entertainment, Inc. Ms. Suppo received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing from Boston University. |
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LaTisha L. McClinic Vice President/Closing Manager LaTisha L. McClinic (Tisha) joined NRC Realty & Capital Advisors in 2003 as a Closing Coordinator and now leads the company’s Closing Department. Some of Ms. McClinic’s responsibilities and accomplishments over the past six years include: coordination of the closing of a $43 million portfolio for Clark Oil; coordination and management of a $162 million portfolio for Sunoco, Inc. since 2004; coordination and management of an $847 million portfolio for BP since 2005. She has overseen the closing of a combined total of approximately $1.5 billion in commercial and residential properties. Prior to joining NRC, Ms. McClinic gained invaluable work experience at Bank of America and McKinsey & Company. Ms. McClinic holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from DePaul University. She is also a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson. |
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