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2020 Next Generation Honoree: Avison Young’s Drew Sampson Makes Significant Impact Already

Drew Sampson joined Avison Young as a broker nearly two years ago, and specializes in office landlord and tenant representation working on a team with the top two producers in the Phoenix office. He has been a part of the firm’s Emerging Leaders program for a little over a year and is currently the office Ambassador to the Emerging Leaders program, serving as a mentor to the younger emerging leaders.

Though still early in his commercial real estate career, Sampson has already made a significant impact. He was the second highest producer in the office in just his 12th month on the job and he continually wins “most new prospects” or “cold call” competitions. He’s even undertaken the role of office landlord representation in the Phoenix office. He provides results for his landlords with pure hustle, hard work, out-of-the-box thinking and unique marketing campaigns.

He has been involved in CRE industry organizations like NAIOP from the start of his career. Sampson served the team leader for the NAIOP Developing Leaders project, and he also is a member of the Valley Young Professionals (VYP) group, a program of the Greater Phoenix Chamber.

Sampson captained the Avison Young Day of Giving in 2019, a day of volunteer service, and is in the process of planning 2020 with new parameters focusing on social justice. His passion for helping others not only shows in his work but within the community. He has built homes with Habitat for Humanity, served at Valley homeless shelters and worked with Special Olympics. He began as a volunteer at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix because of his passion for contributing to underprivileged youth in Phoenix. He now serves on the board of The Boys and Girls Club of Metro Phoenix.

These are just some of the reasons we chose Sampson as one of the Phoenix 2020 Next Generation Award winners. Connect Media’s fourth annual Next Generation Awards recognize young leaders in the commercial real estate industry who are likely to be influential for years to come.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Content and Public Relations for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 30 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect’s client content operations and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from content strategy, message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. In his most recent corporate communications roles, he led a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, played a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and was responsible for directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest, the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. In addition to his vast commercial real estate experience, Dennis has worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of residential projects such as Disney’s Celebration in Florida, Ritter Ranch in Palmdale California (7,200 homes, 22,000 acres), WaterColor in Florida and PremierGarage in Phoenix. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, BoyScouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and Thunderbirds Charities.