Wangard Advisors :: 1031 Exchange, NNN Lease, TIC Replacement Property Specialists

		Stewart Wangard President/CEO Stewart Wangard, as CEO/President of Wangard Advisors, brings extensive knowledge and experience in real estate investment partnerships, real estate development and brokerage. Stu has served many leading institutional, individual, and corporate owners in both investment sales and acquisition capacities. A sampling of portfolio includes Aetna Realty Advisors, Travelers Realty Investment Company, Firstar Trust of Wisconsin, TCF Bank, First Financial Realty Advisors, TOLD Development Company, Applied Power International, Protective Life, Equitable Insurance, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Illinois Teachers Pension Fund, Smith Barney, and Associated Bank. Now in his 30th year in the commercial real estate industry, Stu has sold in excess of $1 billion dollars in investment real estate and has leased several million square feet of property. Since sponsoring his first Tenant-in-Common ownership project in 1995, Stewart Wangard has been successful in obtaining consistent returns for investors. Stu is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Commercial Association of Realtors of Wisconsin (CARW). He is also an active member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and is the current Chairman of the Membership Committee. He has been active in his community serving on his Village Plan Commission, Zoning Appeals Board and Architectural Board and is currently President of the Board of Directors of the Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha (HAWS).
		Andrew Smith Chief Financial Officer As CFO of the Wangard companies, Drew is responsible for directing the organization's overall financial policies, including directing all acquisition financing initiatives. For the past 30 years, Drew has held upper management positions at several companies including Ernst and Young/Laventhol and Horwath, Sampson Investments, Heartland Properties, Comprehensive Care Corporation, and JBK Properties, Inc. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Drew is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison with degrees in both Accounting and Finance.
		John Hawkins Chief Operating Officer As Chief Operating Officer for Wangard Advisors, John Hawkins is responsible for all aspects of strategic planning, operations, marketing, acquisitions and investments. To date, John has been involved in over $1.5 billion worth of investment real estate transactions. Prior to joining Wangard Advisors, John spent two years working in both sales and acquisition roles for a leading national tenant-in-common (TIC) real estate sponsor. Before entering the TIC industry, John served as Vice President of Commercial Real Estate for First National Bank & Trust after working for over twelve years in the commercial real estate appraisal industry as an independent fee appraiser. With a recognized expertise in real estate acquisitions, valuation, and syndication, John is a frequent speaker at commercial real estate investment seminars throughout the country. John received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Indiana University - Bloomington and is a licensed real estate broker and Certified General Appraiser in the state of Indiana.
		John Thomsen Vice President As vice president of Wangard Advisors, John's responsibilities include managing the firm's sales efforts, maintaining strong investor relations, expanding the company's referral network, and overseeing independent field sales representatives. Prior to joining Wangard Advisors, John served as vice president for Wangard Partners, Inc for six years. In that capacity, John sold in excess of $75 million in investment real estate and leased well over 500,000 square feet of space for his clients. John has successfully represented a broad range of clients and has a proven investment sales record. John is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and was a scholar athlete from 1994 to 1998. John is a licensed commercial real estate broker and a member of The University of Wisconsin W-Club, Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association (WREAA), Commercial Association of Realtors (CARW), National Association of Realtors (NAR), and International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC).
		Mona Aponte Director of Investor Relations As Director of Investor Relations for Wangard Advisors, Mona Aponte has over 12 years of commercial real estate transaction experience. Prior to joining Wangard, Mona served as a Securities Broker and Operations Manager for Robert W. Baird in Milwaukee. She is knowledgeable in all facets of the real estate exchange and transfer process and has coordinated transactions totaling in excess of $240 million, with an emphasis on fractional ownership structures. Mona works hand-in-hand with investors, attorneys, lenders, CPA's and title companies to keep transactions on task and moving toward timely, successful closings. She is a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Wisconsin.
		Rahul Raj Gogna Financial Analyst As financial analyst for Wangard Advisors, Rahul is responsible for the preparation of cash flow projections, development feasibility studies as well as site and market analysis. He assists in the acquisitions underwriting process. Rahul comes to Wangard Advisors from Steve & Barry's in Long Island, New York, where as a Special Projects Analyst he developed a multi-variant regression-based real estate model taking into account the various demographic and psycho-graphic variables to project sales for potential retail store sites under consideration. He also developed a regression based New Stores Model to predict the placements of ads and marketing initiatives for a new store and allocated merchandise from the warehouse to the entire store chain. Rahul is from the city of New Delhi, the national capital of India. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Madras University in India. He went on to receive his Masters in Engineering Management from Duke University in North Carolina.

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