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Ryan Promotes Bret Jordan to Northwest Region President

Ryan Companies promoted Bret Jordan to Regional President for its Northwest region. Jordan joined the company in 2017 and quickly emerged as a key leader in promoting organizational growth and project success.

Since starting at Ryan Companies as SVP/Market Leader in the Northwest region, Jordan has successfully developed a talented team and has handled several noteworthy Puget Sound projects, including one of the more complex mixed-use projects Ryan has developed, Kirkland Urban, a 12-acre, 1.2-million-square-foot development in Kirkland, Kaiser Permanente, a 506,276-square-foot multi-use facility in Renton and the in-progress senior living community Wesley Tehaleh.

Ryan Companies’ Rick Collins says, “Through his exceptional leadership, Bret brings the Ryan values and culture into his mentorship, customer service and community involvement.”

Jordan brings 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry including serving as Managing Director, Market Leader at Colliers International, and as the former Mayor and Planning Commission Chair for the City of Medina.

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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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