Brad Blake is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blake Hunt Ventures, a private commercial real estate development and services company based in Danville, California. Blake Hunt Ventures has developed over $750 million of retail projects since its inception and is currently developing over $300 million of retail and mixed-use, retail-residential projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California and Utah.

Mr. Blake was the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Properties Trust from February, 1998 to November, 2000. Western was a publicly-traded real estate investment trust that merged with Pan Pacific Retail Properties in November of 2000. Western owned and operated 55 properties, mostly grocery-anchored shopping centers, encompassing 5.5 million square feet in California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada.

Mr. Blake was also formerly Managing Director of Pacific Retail Trust and President of PRT Development Corp. (1996-98), Senior Vice President of Spieker Properties (1993-96), Partner with Spieker Partners (1988-93), and a Project Director with Trammell Crow Company (1985-87). Prior to that he worked for IBM and McKinsey and Company.

Mr. Blake holds a B.A. from Stanford University (1980) and a M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1985).

Mr. Blake is a board member of Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation, a director of Bailard's REIT's, a former member of the Young Presidents Organization, a former Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Urban Land Institute.

He is the founder and president of the "College is Real" program (www.collegeisreal.com) at Richmond High School, which helps members of the school's soccer program with academic and life skills so they can qualify for college. He has coached youth soccer for fifteen years and participates in a variety of sports.

Jerry Hunt - Co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer

Jerry Hunt is the co-founder and President of Blake Hunt Ventures. Mr. Hunt was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Western Properties Trust from February 1998 to November 2000.

Prior to joining Western, from December 1996 to January 1998, Mr. Hunt was Vice President of Northern California operations for Pacific Retail Trust (subsequently acquired by Regency Realty in 1999). From January 1994 to December 1996, Mr. Hunt was a Project Director with Spieker Properties in its retail division acquiring, developing, leasing and managing shopping center projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Hunt began his real estate career in August 1988 as a retail specialist with CB Commercial Real Estate in San Jose. Mr. Hunt is a graduate of the University of Pacific (B.A. in 1988). He is the Northern California State Director of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is also an Executive Director of the Belden Real Estate Club in San Francisco. He is active in coaching girl’s softball and in contributing to other community service organizations.