October 2020 Membership Forum

As a Senior Vice President with CBRE Advisory & Transaction Services, Alex helps companies ranging from local start-ups to global Fortune 50 corporations think intentionally about the role real estate plays in supporting their growth strategy. Part of CBRE’s Technology and Media Practice group, Alex specializes in addressing the unique needs of technology and business services occupiers. He brings a thorough understanding of how office space can be leveraged to unite an organization’s financial and cultural goals.

Alex helps his clients make strategic, informed decisions by connecting them with CBRE’s industry-leading resources, including workplace strategy, project management, econometric advisors and labor analytics. He has more than 25 years of experience representing tenants with headquarter relocations, build-to-suits, lease restructures and sale-leaseback transactions. He has negotiated more than 10 million square feet of transactions over the course of his career, including some of the Front Range’s highest-profile real estate deals.

Regardless of where a company is in its lifecycle or what real estate challenge they are up against, Alex helps his clients transform their real estate from a costly asset to a competitive advantage.

Julie Tschida Brown is the Chief People and Culture Officer at Zayo. Julie’s passion is driving organizational growth and optimizing results in dynamic business environments. Prior to joining Zayo, Julie was the Chief People Officer at Transamerica where she led the Employee Experience team to drive the realization of business objectives 
and accelerate cultural transformation. Julie has also served in various executive and leadership positions at IHS Markit, Jacobs Engineering, Microsoft, Washington Group International (now AECOM) and Hewitt Associates (now AON).

Julie currently sits on the Board of Directors for Rocky Mountain Human Resources and Strategy Association, where she also serves as Treasurer, and for Healthy Lifestars, a non-profit that aims to motivate and educate kids in underserved areas, to commit to live active, healthy lives. Additionally, she is an executive mentor for MBA students at Denver University, an Advisory Board member of Ristole, a female-owned startup, and is a volunteer for United Way. 

Julie earned a BA in finance from Iowa State University and a MBA in finance and accounting from University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business. Julie and her family live in Denver, Colorado.

Kasey Garcia is a Senior Manager and R&D Lead in CBRE’s Workplace practice based in Los Angeles. With a background in design and business consulting, her role is to identify the key challenges of a client’s existing workplace environment and develop a cohesive future occupancy strategy for single office locations and global real estate portfolios. Kasey specializes in creating a business case for innovation by demonstrating how data can better inform efficient and effective programming and workflows.

Since joining the practice, Kasey has led the development and implementation of workplace strategies for clients across North America. Kasey works with a wide range of industries that include up-and-coming technology and media companies, well-established legal, financial, and professional services firms, and everything in between. In addition to strategy development, Kasey also guides clients through the change process. Her mission is to ensure successful transitions to new ways of working and to equip her clients to better empower and engage their employees within their new environments.

Adam joined DLR Group’s workplace team in 2017 bringing amazing energy and a depth of expertise with him. He is a highly effective project manager focused on building strong relationships within the company’s client base and positive rapport with all project vendors on the team. Adam thrives on the personal connections he makes with his clients. He understands his responsibility to listen to a client’s needs and deliver to their expectations. His communication skills and passion for great design make him the ideal project manager to support his integrated design team, and to deliver a final product that exceeds the client’s expectations. Adam has successfully managed complex projects with outstanding results. His projects often have aggressive timelines, but he prides himself on maintaining a high-level attention to detail.