Company Bios

Bob Nieto Robert G. Nieto - President and CEO
Auctioneer/Broker - 31 years in the commercial real estate business and auction business. He has participated in thousands of transactions involving management, sales, leasing and auctioning of apartment buildings, office buildings and shopping centers. Mr. Nieto has also assembled numerous partnerships to acquire retail properties. In addition, he has authored real estate articles both locally and nationally and wrote a monthly column on real estate investing for Cleveland's "Properties Magazine" for over 13 years.

Thomas Jelepis Thomas L. Jelepis - Vice President of Commercial Real Estate
Real Estate Broker - has over 25 years in the commercial real estate business specializing in office management, marketing, leasing, acquisition, disposition, and development of commercial properties. Former mayor of Bay Village and past director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Denny Woods Dennis Woods - Vice President of Public Sector
Over 30 years in the public sector and educational field. Former superintendent of the Bay Village (Cuyahoga County) and Sandy Valley (Stark County) school systems. Mr. Woods has extensive experience with public facilities, including acquisition, sale and demolition, and educational consulting.

Joe Sherman - Vice President of Marketing
Has over 15 years experience in sales and marketing with Fortune 100 Companies. Bakground includes advertising and marketing communications, target audience identification and consumer reseach methodology with Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark. He has launched multiple consumer products into the US market and globally.

Mike Settonni Michael Settonni - Director of Public Relations
25 years of experience in media and marketing. Former television reporter and producer. Has earned 8 Emmy awards, 4 Golden Microphone awards and more than a dozen Press Club awards for his television work locally, nationally and internationally. Mr. Settonni has worked for NBC, CNN, The Walt Disney Company and network affiliated television stations in Boston, San Diego, Cleveland and Portland.

Kathy Luks Cathy Luks - Director of Governmental Affairs
Real Estate Agent. Former Mayor of North Royalton. Managing Director of Economic Development with the BEC Group. Background in economic development, securing government grants, and funding and creating public-private partnership for project development.