Gary is Senior Executive Managing Director of Global Services at CB Richard Ellis. He joined CB Richard EllisÂ’ Los Angeles office in 1971 as an industrial and investment property specialist. After participating on teams to establish offices in the Chicago area in 1975, he served in a variety of Midwest and Eastern management positions until being elected President of Commercial Brokerage and Corporation Services in 1987. In May 1995, he was named President and General Manager of the Company. With the merger of CB Commercial and Richard Ellis in April 1998, Gary joined the newly formed Global Corporate Services unit as a Senior Executive Managing Director.
Gary was born in San Francisco in 1946. Gary and his wife, Kathy, have lived in Northbrook Illinois since 1975, and have two sons, Paul and Mark. With an interest in furthering and supporting inner city and character value education, Kathy and Gary are active with the Schools That Can (STC-Chicago) and The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. Gary is on the Board of Directors for First American Corporation, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and Hubbell Realty, Des Moines, Iowa. He is the 1967 recipient of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, 1968 recipient of the NCAA Scholar/Athlete Award and a 1988 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is former Chairman of the Economics Board of Visitors.
