Tuesday, July 22, 2008

GE Real Estate's Bowman, Kelly Join REIAC Board

ATLANTA, GA-– Linda Bowman (top right) and Brian Kelly(top left) of GE Real Estate have joined the board of directors of The Southeast Chapter of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC).

Bowman, a Regional Director at GE Real Estate, is responsible for managing the Southeast Region (Atlanta and Boca Raton offices) for the North America Lending Division.

She leads the Structured Debt and Capital Market origination efforts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Bowman began her career at GE in 1997 and has served in her current position since 2003. She graduated with honors from Auburn University and received her MBA in Real Estate from Georgia State University.

Kelly is a Director at GE Real Estate, responsible for originating Structured Debt and Capital Markets transactions on behalf of the North America Lending Division. His originations efforts are concentrated on sourcing new transactions in the Southeast. He began his career at GE in 2005 and has served in his current position since 2006. Kelly graduated with honors from Georgia State University.

GE Real Estate's North America Lending division offers financing for retail, industrial, self-storage, multifamily, office, student housing, and hotels. North America Lending is also a provider of financing solutions for niche asset classes including affordable housing, golf, vacation ownership, manufactured home communities and RV resorts.

The Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC) is a national nonprofit trade association that provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, concerns and experiences between professionals who conduct commercial real estate transactions.

The organization is comprised of real estate owners and senior executives of institutions and real estate investment firms who, acting as principals, are primarily engaged in the areas of equity transactions and debt origination.

REIAC also provides opportunities for improving the knowledge and professional standards within the industry; and acts as a vehicle for community service. For more information visit http://www.reiac.org/.

Media contact for REIAC:

Terri Thornton, 404-687-8760; 404-932-4347 (Cell) http://www.territhornton.com/

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