Gary T. Kachadurian
Chairman of the Board
  

Gary Kachadurian has 30 years of real estate experience specializing in land and asset acquisition, construction, development, financing, and management. Gary is Chairman of ARA, the nation’s largest privately held multihousing investment advisory company.

Gary was formerly Senior Managing Director for Global Business Development for Deutsche Bank Real Estate where his responsibilities included raising equity in Japan, Germany, and other countries for new real estate products. Also, Gary served as a senior member of the Policy Committee at RREEF, a leading pension fund advisor, in addition to being a member of their Investment Committee for 14 years. He was in charge of RREEF’s National Acquisitions Group and Value-Added and Development lines of business from 1999 to 2002, and also had oversight in the acquisition and management of the company's 24,000 unit apartment investment portfolio. Prior to joining RREEF, Gary was the Midwest Regional Operating Partner for Lincoln Property Company, developing and managing apartment communities in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas and Pennsylvania.

Gary is a founding Board Member of the Chicago Apartment Association, was formerly Chairman of the National Multi Housing Council and serves as a Board Member of the Multifamily Council of the National Association of Home Builders. He has been a featured speaker and panelist at many apartment industry events, is on the Board of Managers and co-chair of the Real Estate Committee of the Chicago YMCA, is Chairman of the Village Foundation of Children’s Memorial Hospital, and serves as Director of Leaders Bank in Oak Brook, Illinois. Gary received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois.

 
 
Lisa Robinson
Chief Operating Officer
  

As the Chief Operating Officer, Lisa brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience to ARA. She is responsible for leading the direction and strategy for ARA’s offices around the country, as well as identifying and facilitating strategic growth opportunities for the company. Lisa acts as the company spokesperson and also oversees ARA’s marketing communications, technology and tactical business execution.

Prior to joining ARA, Lisa was a vice-president with Transwestern Commercial Services where she determined the strategic direction for all marketing, branding, public relations, advertising and all internal and external communications for the Southeast Region.

Since joining ARA in October 2005, the company has experienced double-digit sales growth within the multifamily marketplace. Most recently, the national brokerage exceeded $9 billion in multifamily sales during 2006.

Lisa received her Bachelor of Business degree in real estate and urban development from Georgia State University.

 
 
Amy Morris
National Marketing Manager
  

As National Marketing Manager, Amy brings a background of both Marketing and Real Estate experience to ARA. She is responsible for the development and coordination of national marketing initiatives for ARA’s offices across the country, as well as the monitoring of the company’s brand program. Amy manages and executes all of ARA’s internal and external events, while also providing support and management for key components of the company’s technology program.

Prior to joining ARA, Amy was a senior manager with CoreNet Global, Inc., a professional association for corporate real estate and workplace strategy executives, where she was responsible for the national partnership and growth of five of the largest key chapter relationships across the country. She oversaw the use of the company’s Global marketing and branding programs on behalf of her chapters, while helping to develop and support communications, events, technology and tactical business execution.

Amy received a Bachelor of Business degree in Marketing at North Georgia College & State University, where she also minored in Spanish.