Caregiver

David Hoefner is currently the caregiver for his wife of 41 years who suffers from Frontotemporal Dementia. Prior to 2002, Mr. Hoefner’s business career was comprised of numerous and varied executive roles applying his broad-based expertise in Information Technology, process engineering, risk management, organizational design, M&A, operations, and turnarounds.

Prior to 2002, Mr. Hoefner served as Executive Consultant to CAO & Board of Directors of the Ogden Corporation / Covanta Energy, New York, NY. Mr. Hoefner was recruited as strategic advisor to ensure business continuity. He served as Transition Executive conducting comprehensive assessments of the company’s aviation and entertainment divisions to position them for profitable sale, which was Instrumental in generating $500+ million revenue thru the divestiture. He consolidated technology assets and isolated major systems creating independent operating units. Mr. Hoefner served as Program Manager coordinating a 235-member multicultural team in successful 11th-hour turnaround of $2 billion company’s Information Technology strategy. He seamlessly transitioned 1,039 mission-critical systems across 343 sites in 25 countries with zero downtime.

Prior to 1999, Mr. Hoefner was consistently recruited and selected to lead complex large-scale change initiatives at PECO Energy/Exelon, Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Hoefner led multiple strategies that brought high-profile plants into regulatory compliance. As a goal-driven leader he has had a track record of bottom-line results achieved through system and process improvements. He has slashed annual expenses by $42 million while attaining world-class performance. As an adept strategist, Mr. Hoefner resolved complex problems by leveraging combined business and technology acumen. He has decreased organizational complexity, restructured, merged, and outsourced internal business units. He has evaluated emerging technologies, managed product selection, and spearheaded the integration of technology. As a Strategy Manager he led 200-member implementation team, which executed a $32 million in IT improvement and quality strategies. He has designed, deployed, and supported portfolio of 34 major systems in 24/7 operating environment, oversaw data administration, telecommunications, security, and disaster recovery functions, and created strategic plan encompassing capacity planning, infrastructure analysis, data storage projections, and client support.

Mr. Hoefner received his MBA and BSME (emphasis on MIT-based systems engineering concept) from Widener University.

Carol G. Huff

Founder and President
Real Estate Investment Strategies, Inc.

Carol Huff is the Founder and President of Real Estate Investment Strategies, Inc., a commercial real estate management firm located in Philadelphia, PA. Ms. Huff has worked in the real estate industry for over thirty years and has personally been involved in more than $2 billion of real estate transactions. She has also been the representative for a half interest in a $100 million office tower; managed a $170 million portfolio of real estate investments, and has been the representative for the recent sales of a $100 million building and the principal for a $20 million sale. Ms. Huff recently completed negotiation for a major law firm lease valued at more than $50 million, and was the tenant representative in the development of a $35 million data center. Prior to forming her own firm, Ms. Huff was the Partner-elect of a nationally known real estate firm headquartered in New York. Her expertise was in syndications and development. She also led marketing of newly developed projects, concentrating on those in which the firm's partners had substantial financial interests. Ms. Huff holds an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering, an MBA, and the prestigious C.C.I.M. designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member). Fewer than 3% of the 80,000 commercial/industrial real estate professionals in the country have attained this designation. Ms. Huff is a board member of CADE—Helping Children Make Smart Decisions and a Former President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation.

Founder and President
Huff Real Estate, Inc.

Lawrence A. Huff is the Founder and President of Huff Real Estate, Inc., a real estate consulting and tenant representation firm with national and local corporate and institutional clients, as well as a commercial office space asset management firm handling 230,000 square feet of “Class A” office space in Center City, Philadelphia. Prior to establishing Huff Real Estate over twenty five years ago, Mr. Huff formed, organized, and managed with great success the 138-man corporate real estate department at Conrail—a $4 Billion transportation company with over 255,000 acres of land, 2.5 million square feet of office space and over 4,400 heated industrial buildings. During his nine years at Conrail, Mr. Huff institutionalized the application of modern financial theory to real estate management. He further introduced the concept of asset management and put in place a facilities energy management program. Mr. Huff is a graduate of Stanford University and received a law degree from George Washington University. He is the Former President of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives.