Platinum Equity Members
| Peter Bell |
Pabst Farms |
| James Imhoff, Jr. |
First Weber Group |
| Dennis Klein |
CD Smith Construction |
| Barry Mandel |
Mandel Group |
| Jim McShane |
McShane Construction |
| Roger Thrun |
WHR Group |
| Bob & Jeff Weyers, Paul Klister |
Commercial Horizons |
Gold Equity Members
| Bruce Adreani |
Norwood Builders |
| First Data Corporation |
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| Opus North Corporation |
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| Steve & Rhonda Stratman |
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Silver Equity Members
| James Devine |
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| Steve & Mary Evans |
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| Tom Kuesel |
Kuesel & Co. |
| Robert Mahoney |
CBRE |
| John Pfefferle |
Pfefferle Investments |
| Mr. & Mrs. William A. Shiel |
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Bronze Equity Members
| James Barry III |
The Barry Company |
| Don & Win Biernacki |
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| Norris & Nanine Eber |
Abbell Associates |
| Joe Horning |
Shorewest Realtors |
| John Heller & Francis Brzezinski |
Interstate Partners |
| Gerber's Law, S.C. |
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| David & Bonnie Krill |
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| Patrick Mulcahy |
US Bank |
| Ogden & Company, Inc. |
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| Max Rasansky |
CBRE |
| David Shrock |
Marquette University |
| Mark Spaeth |
Schenck Business Solutions |
| Timothy Spillane |
Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Richard Spinell |
Mid-America Real Estate Group |
| Don Tolva |
The Store House Company |
| US Bancorp Foundation |
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| US Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending Division |
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| Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C. |
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Equity Members
| Margaret Bernhard |
Marquette University |
| Mark Eppli & Eliza Webb |
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| Lee Hackett |
American Appraisal Associates |
| Michael Kelly |
Blue Ribbon Management LLC |
| Patrick Knoelke |
Custom Truck & Equipment |
| Charles Ries |
Marquette University |
| Robert Schmidt |
Boulder Venture |
| Gary Stein |
CBRE |
| Nicole Truog |
UW-Madison |
| Douglas Wheaton |
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History
Marquette was the first Jesuit university in the nation with an undergraduate curriculum in commercial real estate. In 2002 the College of Business Administration, with the help of Peter and Betty Bell and their generous gift endowing a chair in real estate, initiated efforts to establish a major program in the area of commercial real estate by hiring Dr. Mark Eppli as the Bell Chair in Real Estate. Under his leadership, these efforts were highly successful, attracting students, outreach, research, and relationship building with the industry. The Center for Real Estate was established in 2008 through the efforts of Founding Members who contributed more than $600,000 in initial operating funds. Work continues on building an endowment to permanently fund and operate the Center for Real Estate. The CRE was the founding educational partner for the Associates in Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) program, a minority outreach program that provides commercial real estate training, networking and mentoring opportunities.
