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Avison Young Names Johnson’s to Lead U.S. Healthcare Practice

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Avison Young named Principal Julie Johnson, based in Phoenix, and Mark Johnson, an Executive Vice President in the firm’s suburban Chicago office, as co-leaders of the company’s U.S. healthcare practice group. The newly created positions are designed to grow the firm’s healthcare business-line coverage, while offering best-in-class service to users, owners, developers and investors of healthcare real estate.

While leading the practice group’s day-to-day operations, the Johnson’s (they are not related) will focus on elevating awareness of Avison Young’s healthcare specialization within the national medical community.

Julie Johnson has been a leader in healthcare real estate for more than 25 years in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Mark Johnson specializes in the business development and delivery of healthcare real estate services. He brings more than 30 years of experience in managing and leasing real estate assets, including the last 23 years dedicated to serving the healthcare industry.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., 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, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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