Select Company: Editorial Advisory Group Takes Shape, Site Selection Magazine, March 2003

he people whose pictures you see here are members of a select group. In recent weeks, I have asked these corporate real estate executives, economic developers, service providers and other industry players to serve on Site Selection’s Editorial Advisory Board, and they have graciously accepted that invitation.

       
My colleagues and I have managed so far, without a formal advisory panel, to deliver the content most required by our readers in a fashion that has won the magazine multiple awards in the past year. Our new advisory board will ensure that that remains the case in the future. Just as we will benefit from members’ strategic insights, so too will you. The composition of the panel very much reflects Site Selection‘s heritage, its status today and its mission going forward.

Patrick McKee McGough Construction Phoenix, Ariz.

Roger Beck Retired, Dow Corning Holt, Mich.

Jack Brophy Retired, USG Corp. Chicago

       
Three members – Jack Brophy, retired from USG Corp.; Roger Beck, retired from Dow Corning; and Patrick McKee, director of business at McGough Construction – are members of the Board of Directors of the International Asset Management Council (IAMC). Site Selection is the official publication of IAMC. Their input will ensure that industrial asset management issues and trends are presented clearly and effectively.

Mark Krauseneck Grand Forks (N.D.) Region Econ. Dev. Corp.

Mark Kilduff Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Dr. John Lombard Old Dominion University Norfolk, Va.

       
John Lombard, Ph.D., an IAMC academic member, is director of the Center for Real Estate and Economic Development and Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Public Administration at Old Dominion University. Among other areas, Lombard is an expert in foreign direct investment and real estate technology.

       
Recognizing the pivotal role economic developers play in the expansion of industries in locations worldwide, I have selected two of the best ED executives around to be on the panel. They are Mark Kilduff, executive director of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Mark Krauseneck, president and CEO of the Grand Forks (N.D.) Region Economic Development Corp. (Having the first name

Mark

and the second name begin with a

K

was not a requirement for serving as ED executives on the board.)

Jay Biggins Stadtmauer Bailkin Biggins Princeton, N.J.

Ed Rondeau Conway Data, Inc. Norcross, Ga.

       
Ed Rondeau is director, global operations, of the Association Management Division at Conway Data, publisher of Site Selection. He is also vice president, business development, of the World Development Federation.

       
Jay Biggins is a nationally recognized expert on incentives. He heads the national incentives practice of Stadtmauer Bailkin Biggins, a law firm based in New York City and Princeton, N.J.

       
Tom Bomba is senior director, global consulting, in Jones Lang LaSalle’s San Francisco office. Tom is behind much of the cutting-edge work that has been done in recent years in the area of portfolio management.

       
Dr. Eric Hansen is president of Economic Transformations Group, a Sausalito, Calif.-based consultancy specializing in international industry cluster development.

Dr. Eric Hansen Economic Transformations Group Sausalito, Calif.

Tom Bomba Jones Lang LaSalle San Francisco

       
Discussions are under way with several other experts in their fields, and I look forward to introducing them to you in due course.

       
In the meantime, I’ll take this opportunity to salute the states, metros and small towns that, despite a weak economy, attracted substantial investment to their areas as tracked by our proprietary New Plant database. Coverage of 2002 business expansion activity begins with The Governor’s Cup feature. Congratulations to all areas that had what it takes to make it to the top.

Till next time,