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Paul "PJ" Charlton joined CenterPoint as Senior Vice President, Investments, in 2015 to oversee the growth of the Company's East Coast portfolio. He is responsible for executing CenterPoint's eastern region investment strategy, sourcing and managing local acquisition transactions, and collaborating with the entire regional team to look for new investment opportunities and add value to the existing portfolio. PJ brings more than a decade of experience in industrial real estate to the Company. Before joining CenterPoint, he served as Principal and Senior Vice President of Investments for KTR Capital Partners. He led the sourcing, negotiation and execution of more than $1 Billion of industrial investment transactions in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. PJ graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Wake Forest University and earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Jim Clewlow has been CenterPoint’s Chief Investment Officer since 2005. He joined the firm in 1997 as a Vice President of Acquisitions, Development and Leasing, was promoted to Senior Vice President of Investments and joined the Executive Committee in 1999 and became head of acquisitions in 2003. Jim has led the acquisitions and sales of over $16B of industrial/logistics properties across the country for CenterPoint.

Jim worked for CBRE for eleven years as an industrial real estate broker in Chicago. He is a member of NAIOP and served as President of its Chicago chapter in 2012. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appointed Jim to the Illinois Medical District Board of Commissioners, which he served from 2012 to 2016. Jim earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Justin Gallagher is an Investment Officer responsible for helping the Central Region Investments team acquire strategic industrial properties in the Dallas, Austin and Houston markets.

Before joining CenterPoint in 2021, Justin was Vice President of Acquisitions at Holt Lunsford Commercial, Vice President at Crow Holdings, and an Associate at Goldman Sachs.

Justin earned a degree in Business Economics from Brown University, and he's a member of the North Texas chapter of NAIOP.

Evan Lippow joined CenterPoint Properties as Vice President, Investments in 2017 to oversee the growth of the Company's portfolio in Northern New Jersey and Miami to the tune of $1 billion in acquisitions. He currently leads the West Coast Team's investment strategy in Southern California, the Bay Area and Seattle. Additionally, Evan manages local acquisition transactions and collaborates with the entire regional team to identify, underwrite, investigate and present investment opportunities in these thriving industrial markets. Before joining CenterPoint, Evan focused on acquisitions and asset management for a Bay Area-based publicly traded industrial REIT where he oversaw the acquisition of $500 Million in properties in New Jersey, New York and Miami. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Communications from Point Loma Nazarene University and holds a Master of Science in Real Estate from the University of San Diego.

Rives Nolen joined CenterPoint Properties as Senior Vice President, Investments in August 2020 to oversee the growth of the Company’s Central Region portfolio. He is responsible for executing CenterPoint’s Central Region investment strategy, sourcing and managing local acquisition transactions and collaborating with the entire regional team to identify new investment opportunities and add value to the existing portfolio. Before joining CenterPoint, Rives was Senior Vice President with InSite Realty Partners, a Houston-based commercial real estate firm, where he was involved in industrial leasing, development, investment, and brokerage for nearly two decades. He’s a Developer Associate Member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and serves on NAIOP’s Development and Construction Committee. Rives earned an MBA from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Laura Petrucci, Senior Vice President, Investments, has been with CenterPoint Properties since 2005. She supervises the analytics and approval process for the Company's sale and acquisition of industrial properties nationwide. Additionally, Laura's responsibilities include identifying, vetting and underwriting CenterPoint's disposition opportunities. During her tenure at CenterPoint, Ms. she has held positions such as Investment Financial Analyst, Investment Manager, Investment Senior Manager and Investment Director. Before joining CenterPoint, Ms. Petrucci served as a senior valuation associate at Deloitte and Touche and a real estate consultant at Arthur Andersen. She holds a bachelor's in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ashley Vanacore is CenterPoint’s Investment Officer in the West Region responsible for helping the team acquire prime infill and port-proximate properties in Southern California, in the Bay Area and in Seattle/Tacoma.

Before joining CenterPoint in 2021, Ashley worked at Duke Realty Corporation as a Senior Leasing & Development Representative.

She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Economics and Psychology and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. Ashley is an active member of the NAIOP SoCal Chapter and the SIOR Los Angeles Chapter.

Bryan Won is an Investment Officer at CenterPoint, responsible for sourcing and executing acquisitions in CenterPoint's East Region. He joined CenterPoint as an Investment Analyst in 2016 to assist with the research, underwriting and execution of acquisitions in the Region.

Before joining CenterPoint, Bryan served as an analyst at the Walton Group of Companies and Advance Realty. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Binghamton University in 2012 and is an active member of the NAIOP National Forums Program. Additionally, Bryan co-founded REAL (Real Estate Ascending Leaders), a leading institutional real estate group for young professionals based in New York City, and he currently serves on its Advisory Council.