Mr. Hunden, ISHC, offers extensive experience in managing the feasibility and implementation of major real estate projects as well as organizational development. Since launching Hunden Strategic Partners, he has been a sought after consultant for dozens of hotel, convention, mixed-use entertainment and retail projects as well as other tourism and economic development projects and master plans. He also has experience moving organizations to a position of focus and action through strategic planning initiatives. Prior to starting the firm, he served as Vice President of C.H. Johnson Consulting in Chicago. There, he conducted nearly 100 destination development assignments for the firm, specializing in hotels, conference centers, sports, urban entertainment-retail districts and convention center developments. He also managed much of the firm’s work on performing arts and tourism projects during his five-year tenure. Some notable projects include the new Omni convention hotel in Fort Worth, the Erie Bayfront Convention Center and Sheraton, arena projects in Kansas City and Albuquerque, Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, the Kansas City Power & Light District, and the Nassau Coliseum redevelopment. Prior to joining CHJC, he worked for several years on real estate finance and transaction activity for a number of projects at Landauer Associates and Grubb & Ellis, which purchased Landauer in 2000. In this capacity, Mr. Hunden sought financing for hotels and other real estate projects across North America, giving him a real-world perspective on how banks and other financial players analyze various real estate developments. He also conducted transaction work involving hotel, retail, apartment and industrial assets. Mr. Hunden is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the International Downtown Association (IDA), the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the International City County Management Association (ICMA), and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). Mr. Hunden received a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana.

Bob directs economic research and planning projects at Development Strategies, based in St. Louis. He joined the Development Strategies team in 1978 after two years working for the St. Louis County Department of Planning. He was named president in 2000 and became the largest stockholder in 2007. The focus of his professional work is analyzing the market, economic, and organizational forces that influence urban planning, economic growth, and real estate development. His consulting services typically yield strategic recommendations for clients seeking to maximize economic value. Clients include private property owners, corporations, government agencies, non-profit development organizations, and institutions all around the United States. A native of Glencoe, Illinois, in the Chicago area, Bob holds a master's degree in city and regional planning from Southern Illi¬nois University at Edwardsville (1976) and a bachelor's degree in business economics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1973). Bob is a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) where he is a certified economic developer (CEcD), the American Planning Association where he is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), the American Statistical Association (ASA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He has been an adjunct senior faculty member teaching business economics for the Keller Graduate School of DeVry University since 1995.

Deborah recently joined EGS Commercial Real Estate, Inc. in Birmingham Alabama as a member of the Industrial Services Team. EGS is a Cushman & Wakefield alliance member. Having spent the past 17 years in economic development, she began her career at the Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission where she worked on grant projects and with economic development efforts. She was the first Economic Development Director in the City of Prattville, Alabama and was responsible for creating the city’s first economic development strategic plan. This plan resulted in a new industrial park and a 1,100-acre land acquisition project between Federal, State and private land owners, for construction of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Capital Hill course and a hotel and conference center. Deborah was also the first director of the Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority (JCEIDA). She was instrumental in the creation of the Jefferson Metropolitan Park System (JeffMet), which included the acquisition and development of 1,076 acres. JeffMet has produced 1,800 jobs and approximately $1 billion in capital investment to date. A few of the Companies that located within JeffMet during her tenure included Home Depot (Distribution Center), OfficeMax (Distribution Center), Plastipak Packaging, McKesson Pharmaceuticals and Wachovia Bank (Data Center). She also managed the acquisition, demolition and environmental clean-up plan of an industrial site in downtown Birmingham. It was the first jointly funded public Brownfield redevelopment project in the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County. Deborah is a certified economic developer (CEcD). She has recently been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties (NAIOP). She is also part of the faculty for the Auburn University Economic Development Course where she leads a session on Real Estate Development.