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SIOR Inducts 2019 Board, Robert Thornburgh Named Global President

The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) installed a new Board of Directors for 2019. The new members were sworn in during SIOR’s Fall World Conference, held in Denver this month, and will remain in their roles until the end of October 2019.

Robert Thornburgh, SIOR, CCIM, CPM, (pictured) assumed the role of global president, following his year as the board’s president-elect. Thornburgh is a partner and executive vice president with Kidder Mathews in Los Angeles, where he is a member of the company’s executive leadership team and directly involved with the firm’s overall vision, growth, and strategy.

“It’s an honor to not only lead such an outstanding organization, but count myself among this group of highly- talented professionals,” says Thornburgh. “SIOR has a rich history of driving our industry through ambitious, innovative changes, while preserving the qualities that previously determined that same success.

Mark J. Duclos, SIOR, CRE, is now SIOR’s president-elect and will take over as president of the Board next fall. Duclos is currently president of Sentry Commercial in Hartford, CT.

Patrick J. Sentner, SIOR, took control as the board’s vice president. In the fall of 2019, Sentner will take on the duties of president-elect. He is an executive vice president  with CBRE in Pittsburgh.

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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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