Dick Anderson

Dick Anderson is a founding partner of HPI Real Estate Services and Investments and serves as its managing partner overseeing day-to-day operations.

Building on his quick success with Trammell Crow Company, Dick co-founded HPI in 1992 with two other Trammell executives. HPI has grown from a four-person development firm to a full-service real estate firm with over 150 employees with offices in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio and holds an active portfolio of over 15 million square feet of office, industrial, and retail products.

Dick began his real estate career as an intern for Trammell Crow Company while at Southern Methodist University. Upon graduation, Dick turned his college internship into a five-year marketing career with Trammell, resulting in him serving as Marketing Director for the company’s industrial division before co-founding HPI.

Nikelle Meade

Nikelle Meade is an attorney with the law firm of Husch Blackwell LLP in Austin, Texas. Meade’s practice is focused on representation of clients before state, and local governmental agencies on real estate development, procurement, and economic development matters.

During prior legal appointments, she served as Judicial Intern for Justice Jack Hightower of the Supreme Court of Texas, as a Legislative Intern for State Representative Dawnna M. Dukes and as an Associate Attorney with the law firm of Minter Joseph & Thornhill, P.C. Ms. Meade's professional affiliations include the American Bar Association State and Local Government Section and Section of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law, the State Bar of Texas, the College of the State Bar, the Texas Bar Foundation, the Austin Bar Association, the American Planning Association, the Urban Land Institute, The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, the Real Estate Council of Austin, CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women).

Ms. Meade received a BA in English Literature and Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas School of Law.

Dr. Richard Reddick

Richard J. Reddick, Ed.D. is the inaugural associate dean for equity, community engagement, and outreach for the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also an associate professor in the Program in Higher Education Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) at UT. Additionally, Dr. Reddick serves as the Assistant Director of the Plan II Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Reddick is the faculty co-chair for the Institute for Educational Management (IEM) at Harvard University, and teaches in the Institute for Management Leadership in Education. Dr. Reddick earned his B.A. in Plan II Liberal Arts Honors at UT. He then went on to teach elementary and middle school in the Fifth Ward community of Houston, Texas. He went on to work in the student affairs field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and Emory University. He earned master's and doctoral degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

Dr. Reddick's research has been highlighted on NPR, the Associated Press, PBS, the BBC, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and he regularly presents his research at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). In addition to these scholarly activities, Dr. Reddick is a Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! champion, husband to Sherry, and most importantly, dad to a 12- and 10-year old. Dr. Reddick is the board chair of Montessori For All, the first public Montessori school in East Austin, and serves on the Austin Regional Board for IDEA Public Schools. He is a proud graduate of Department of Defense Dependent Schools and the former Johnston High School in East Austin.

Nikki Graham

Nikki Graham serves as Bank of America’s Austin Market President, the company’s enterprise leader in Austin. She works with company leaders across the region to help deliver a wide range of global financial services to more individuals and businesses locally, as well as deepen relationships with existing customers. She also oversees corporate social responsibility activities including philanthropic giving, community development lending and investing, environmental initiatives, diversity efforts, arts and culture projects, and employee volunteerism.

Nikki joined the bank in 1994. Since then she has held various positions in retail banking, change management, marketing, and enterprise business and community engagement across the Bank of America franchise. In addition to her job responsibilities, she serves on the boards of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Communities in Schools of Central Texas, Capital Idea, and Barton Springs Conservancy. Nikki was recognized in 2016 with the Austin Business Journal Profiles in Power award and in 2010 as the Austin Association of Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Community Affairs Executive of the year. In 2008 she received the 40 under 40 award from the San Antonio Business Journal. She is an alumna of Leadership San Antonio and an affiliate member of Leadership Austin and is a sustaining member of the Austin Junior League

Dr. Rich Carney

Dr. Rich Carney is a man of vision whose experience spans the military, government, church, and faith-based ministries. He has earned an impeccable reputation for mobilizing the business community in cities across North America, providing him with a unique cross-cultural and organizational perspective to maximize excellence.

In 2014, Dr. Carney became the Executive Director of Austin Bridge Builders Alliance (ABBA), which is a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing and connecting all peoples to the needs and opportunities in the greater metro Austin area. ABBA acts as a neutral convener to bridge the region's local church, government, business and social sectors so that together, we can seek a better city and region.

Becky Heston

After graduating from the University of Texas, Becky’s career began in 1983 and has covered a full range of real estate services, including project management, facility management as well as retail, office and industrial property management.

Commencing with the opening of the Domain in Austin, Becky and her team have become specialists in the management of vertical mixed-use projects. Becky was a Principal at Trammell Crow Company and a Managing Director at its successor, CBRE. Now as a Principal at Endeavor Real Estate Group, Becky is responsible for implementing the company’s property management services platform for projects in and around Austin. In this role, Becky oversees and coordinates management resources for property owners, asset managers and investors.

Aisha Gayle Turner

Aisha Gayle Turner is the Vice President of Advancement for IDEA Public Schools in Austin where she is responsible for developing and implementing a multi-year strategy to meet ambitious external affairs goals for the region. Prior to her current role, Aisha served as the Managing Director of National Development for OneGoal, a college access and success non-profit; and as the Managing Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for Teach For America - New York. She has held numerous positions in education, law and media, including practicing intellectual property law at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Aisha has served as adjunct faculty at New York City College of Technology and on the board of trustees of Blair Academy and Behind the Book. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University, and a JD from Duke University School of Law.

Shelia McHargue

Sheila McHargue is Managing Director of Asset Services for Cushman & Wakefield’s Austin market. With more than 28 years of experience, Sheila brings a wealth of knowledge within the commercial real estate industry to her role. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, she served at Peloton Commercial Real Estate as the Vice President and Regional Director of Property Management for the Austin and San Antonio offices.

Starting her career in 1991 with Trammell Crow/CBRE, Sheila spent 16 years delivering property management services for a two million square foot office and retail portfolio. She later moved to Pyramid Properties (Aquila Commercial) where she managed operations for a three million square foot portfolio. Sheila has extensive experience in contracting and managing performance of third party property management, as well as agency leasing brokerage firms. In addition, she has participated in various acquisition, disposition and redevelopment transactions with Reit. Shelia received her bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University.

Eric Doyal

Eric Doyal is a Director at Rock Hill Capital, a private equity firm that targets investments in small to middle-market companies primarily in the Southern U.S. He specializes in investment opportunity evaluation and portfolio management.

Before joining Rock Hill, Eric Doyal acted as director at Capital Point Partners and an analyst with BOK Financial. He earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in business administration from Rice University.

Previously, Mr. Doyal was appointed to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission by Governor Rick Perry. He also serves on the Board of the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship for Texas A&M's Mays Business School.

Demetrius McDaniel

Demetrius McDaniel is the Co-Regional Operating Shareholder of Texas and Chair of the Greenberg Traurig law firm’s Texas Government Law & Policy Practice. Demetrius counsels and provides advocacy for Fortune 500 and other large private and public sector clients on federal, state and local legal and public policy matters. Demetrius consults with clients on their strategic objectives and provides advice on important issues that may impact their business opportunities, increase their compliance with laws and regulations, and assist them in building internal systems to proactively address potential problems with all levels of government.

Prior to joining the firm, Demetrius worked in several capacities as a special assistant to a statewide official and as a legislative assistant to a member of the Texas legislature. After his work in state government for seven years, Demetrius joined a major international law firm. During his almost 20 years at that firm he rose to the level of capital partner, and he represented many of the firm's major clients on significant issues before the executive and legislative branches of federal and state government. His long tenure in working with federal and state officials has provided him with exceptional knowledge and skills to represent clients on a wide variety of issues.

Robert Gaston

Robert Gaston is Executive Vice President of Transwestern. He joined Transwestern in 2006 and has overall responsibility for Transwestern’s Central Texas team, which includes 175-plus employees and a portfolio of approximately 16 million square feet of office, industrial, medical and retail properties. Robert provides oversight for the facilities management, agency leasing, tenant advisory, investment sales, multifamily, development, financial services and marketing groups for Central Texas. He leads the development and implementation of Central Texas’ strategic plan for owner and user-oriented service lines. In this role, Robert is actively involved in creating and implementing value enhancement solutions for Transwestern’s clients in Central Texas.

Robert has over 28 years of commercial real estate experience. Prior to joining Transwestern, Robert served as general manager for Equity Office Properties Trust and served in senior property management positions for both the office and retail divisions of the Trammell Crow Company. Before entering the real estate industry, Robert enjoyed a career working on the exploration and development of oil and gas fields in the Mid-Continent United States.

Robert received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and did post-graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the State of Texas.

John Needham

John is a founding partner of Seco Ventures. With over 40 years of experience in commercial real estate, John provides overarching vision and directional leadership across all the firm’s projects. 

Prior to founding Seco Ventures, John was a founding partner of Riverside Resources, where he oversaw the acquisition, development, management, and dispositions of nearly 2700 acres, 6.7 million square feet, and $2 billion in transaction value. Before Riverside Resources, John acted as the chief financial officer for Byram Properties where he oversaw the acquisition, management, and disposition of a $120 million real estate portfolio. John completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, earning his CPA.