CORFAC News

Falls Church, VA (November 18, 2013) – CORFAC International Executive Director Susan S. Newman today announced the 2014 leadership at U.S-based Corporate Facility Advisors (CORFAC International). Robert Tillsley, SIOR will serve as president and Scott Savacool, CCIM, SIOR will serve as vice president.

Tillsley is a principal with Paramus, NJ based McBride Corporate Real Estate/CORFAC International, a founding affiliate of CORFAC International. Savacool is a Senior Associate with Sansone Group/CORFAC International, based in St. Louis, MO.

Robert Tillsley has served in several leadership roles with CORFAC International, most recently as vice president.  As Chair of the CORFAC International Standards of Excellence Committee in 2013, Tillsley led the initiative that recognized the most actively engaged CORFAC affiliates.

Tillsley joined McBride in 1988 and started the firm’s National Services Division in 1994 as president of the business unit.  In this role, his responsibilities include the oversight of all facets of National Services, customer service, database implementation, maintaining relationships with brokers in the field, as well as the implementation of marketing services for the Division. After being a member of the board for more than 20 years, Tillsley most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Ramapo College Foundation and was inducted into Delta Mu Delta, the National Honor Society for Business School students. In October 2009, he received the Community Service Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

Scott Savacool previously served on CORFAC’s Executive Committee as treasurer and secretary. An office leasing, sales and tenant representation broker specializing in the St. Louis metropolitan market, Savacool has been recognized several times as the top-referring broker within CORFAC. Savacool has co-represented a St. Louis-based financial services firm in more than 400 completed transactions in nearly every state in the union.  He started with Sansone Group in 2003 with a background in commercial real estate research.

2014 Executive Committee

• President Robert Tillsley, SIOR, McBride Corporate Real Estate/CORFAC International (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
• Vice President: Scott Savacool, CCIM, SIOR, Sansone Group/CORFAC International (St. Louis, MO)
• Treasurer: John R. Homsher, CCIM, Podolsky|Circle CORFAC International (Chicago, IL)
• Secretary:  G. Raymond Lyons, SIOR, CCIM, MRICS, Thomas L. Johnson Realty/CORFAC International (Toronto, ON)
• Elected At-Large: W. Michael Lewis, CCIM, SIOR, The Lewis Group/CORFAC International (Raleigh, NC) and Tom Martindale, SIOR, TRI Commercial/CORFAC International (San Francisco, CA)
• Appointed At-Large: David M. Boyd , SIOR, CCIM, Boyd Commercial/CORFAC International (Houston, TX) and James E. Klements, SIOR, CPA, Weber Wood Medinger/CORFAC International (Cleveland, OH)
• Past President: Bill H. Hawkins, SIOR, Chas Hawkins Co., Inc./CORFAC International (Nashville, TN)
• International Liaison: Harvey Aronovich, Target Realty Corp./CORFAC International (Calgary, AB)

About CORFAC International
CORFAC International (Corporate Facility Advisors) is comprised of privately held entrepreneurial firms with expertise in office, industrial and retail real estate leasing and investment sales, multifamily property acquisitions and dispositions, property management and corporate services.  In association with FIABCI (the International Real Estate Federation) and global affiliates, CORFAC International offers commercial real estate services with market reach in 65 countries worldwide. In recent years, CORFAC firms have averaged over 9600 completed transactions annually totaling more than 513 million square feet worth an excess of $5.95 billion for their customers. For more information on the CORFAC network, contact 703.532.6160 or visit www.corfac.com.