Meet Link's
leadership team

Nicholas (“Nick”) is Link’s president and chief investment officer, responsible for portfolio management, including all capital deployment and disposition activities with a focus on ensuring the company has the best portfolio to service the needs of its customers.

Prior to the formation of Link in 2019, he served as chief investment officer at Gramercy Property Trust, an investor in and asset manager of industrial and office real estate. He played an integral role on the leadership team that grew the company from an enterprise value of approximately $200 million to over 80 million square feet of real estate before it was acquired by Blackstone for $7.6 billion in 2018.

Nick has also served as a director in the Investment Department at W. P. Carey & Co., as a director of Business Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment and as an analyst at J.P. Morgan & Co.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Nick is a National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and Urban Land Institute member, and he also serves on the board of the Newport Festivals Foundation, which produces both the Newport Folk and Newport Jazz Festivals. Nick lives in Manhattan with his wife, Annie, and their two children. He enjoys skiing, outdoor fitness and the ocean.

Matthew (“Matt”) is Link’s chief financial officer, responsible for all aspects of corporate finance, including treasury, cash management, financial planning and analysis, accounting and tax.

Prior to joining Link in 2019, Matt served as chief financial officer of various REITs, including SITE Centers, which invests in shopping centers; Retail Value Inc., among the largest owners and managers of value-oriented retail real estate in the United States; and Equity One, an owner of coastal shopping centers, which merged with Regency Centers in 2015.

Matt has also held the positions of managing director and associate director of Research at Morgan Stanley and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, a publicly traded retail REIT, from 2010 to 2015.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in American History from Tufts University and a dual Master of Science in Real Estate and City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Matt and his husband, Davor, have two children. In his free time, he enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles and visiting New York’s myriad cultural institutions.

Sonya is Link’s chief administrative officer, responsible for ensuring operational excellence across the company’s nationwide portfolio of real estate assets.

Previously, Sonya served as managing director of Operations at Gramercy Property Trust, a publicly traded REIT. She has also held the role of senior vice president of Operations at American Financial Realty Trust and began her real estate career with Rite Aid Corporation.

Sonya received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Delaware. She is also a mother of five and, when not working, spends her time promoting autism awareness, baking, exercising and enjoying her family.

Britton (“Britt”) is Link’s chief development officer, responsible for all aspects of the company’s development activities.

Prior to joining Link’s predecessor company, Gramercy Property Trust, in October 2014, he ran the development business for RREEF on the east coast. From 2000 to 2006, he developed suburban office buildings and industrial properties for Catellus Development and its subsequent company Prologis.

Britt received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Williams College and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. In his free time, he enjoys being a muse to his painter wife, Rosy, and a personal chef and alpine touring guide to his 15-year-old son.

Clark is Link’s chief technology officer, responsible for the company’s technology strategy as well as implementation and support of its employee-, partner- and customer-facing real estate digital products and services.

Prior to joining Link, he served as the chief technology officer at JLL for 10 years. During his time at JLL, Clark led several major transformation initiatives including real estate digital product development, global IT operating model design and implementation, employee and client productivity enablement, standardization of application and technology platforms, cyber security and IT risk management, and support for mergers and acquisitions. Prior to JLL, Clark was head of Technology Architecture and Strategy for CNA Insurance.

Clark received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from Kalamazoo College. He and his wife, Debi, have two children. In his spare time, Clark enjoys snowboarding, surfing, golfing, seeing live music, traveling and spending time with his family and friends.

Maria is Link’s chief people officer, responsible for all aspects of the company’s People & Culture strategy, including compensation, learning and development, and organizational structure.

Prior to joining Link, she was most recently with Walgreens Boots Alliance, where she was a director on the Global HR Strategy and Solutions team. Prior to WBA, Maria spent 10 years as the head of Human Resources at Ronin Capital, LLC. Her previous experience also includes leadership roles at UBS Global Asset Management, Abbott Laboratories and Citadel Investment Group.

Maria received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin. When she is not focused on work, Maria enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and she loves to cook, practice yoga and be outdoors.

Scott is Link’s chief accounting officer, responsible for the company’s accounting function, including property and corporate accounting, internal financial reporting and compliance, fund reporting and financial controls.

Before joining Link, Scott served as the executive vice president and chief accounting officer for HCP, Inc. Additionally, he has held various leadership roles, including senior vice president of Financial Risk Management, with Apartment Investment Management Company. He has over 25 years of financial and accounting experience, serving companies in the real estate industry with investments in hotels, multi-family and healthcare assets. His leadership roles and experience include the management of accounting, tax, financial planning and analysis, and information technology business functions.

Scott earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife, Tracey, have three children. In his free time, Scott enjoys skiing, golfing and traveling.

Brandon is Link’s executive vice president, head of Leasing and Customer Solutions, responsible for all leasing functions for the company and driving the success of Link’s largest customers through strategic account management and enhanced relationship management.

Previously, he served as senior vice president at Blackstone-backed Gateway Industrial Properties, from its founding in 2017 until the formation of Link in 2019. At Gateway, he oversaw leasing and asset management nationwide. In 2013, Brandon joined Blackstone’s previous industrial real estate platform, IndCor Properties, where he served as senior vice president until IndCor’s eventual sale to GLP in 2015, after which he became regional director, overseeing the West Region. Prior to IndCor, he served as vice president and San Francisco Bay Area market officer for Prologis.

Brandon received his Bachelor of Arts in finance from the University of Utah, where he was a pitcher on the baseball team. He and his wife, Janna, have two children. In his free time, Brandon enjoys skiing and mountain biking, and is a mediocre golfer.

Jack is Link’s senior managing director, Central Region, responsible for operating performance, including leasing, property operations and construction for a 176 million square-foot portfolio.

Previously, Jack served as senior vice president, East Region, at Blackstone-backed Gateway Industrial Properties. At Gateway, he oversaw asset management and acquisition integration for the eastern half of the United States, as well as two operating joint ventures. In 2011, he joined Blackstone’s previous industrial real estate platform, IndCor Properties, where he served in multiple roles until IndCor’s eventual sale to GLP in 2015, after which he became senior vice president in charge of GLP’s Midwest Region. Prior to his tenure at IndCor, he held roles at Prologis and PwC.

Jack has a Bachelor of Science in Business and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He is a member of the board for the Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and serves on the Advisory Board for Indiana University’s Center for Real Estate Studies as well as the Advisory Board for Roosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate. Jack and his wife, Christine, have three children. In his free time, he enjoys getting a good night’s sleep, eating a crisp apple and spending time outdoors.

Bud is Link’s senior managing director, West Region, responsible for operating performance, including leasing, property operations and construction for 154 million square feet of logistics real estate.

He has more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience, with a focus primarily on industrial ground-up development, value-add projects and leasing. During his career, Bud has sourced nearly $4 billion in capital deployment and development deals, with an additional $2.8+ billion in regional transaction oversight throughout the western United States.

Previously, Bud held roles including senior vice president and partner with oversight of the West Region for CRG Real Estate and managing director, West Region, for DCT Industrial Trust. Bud also served as an executive team member at DCT before its merger with Prologis in 2018. Prior to joining DCT, Bud served as a senior development manager at Panattoni Development. Across these roles, Bud has held responsibility for development, capital deployment, portfolio management and operations.

Bud received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from California State University, Sacramento. He is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties’ Industrial Development Forum VII. He is also a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and serves as the Men’s Committee Chair for Childhelp. Bud loves to spend time with his wife, Pam, and their family, enjoys traveling and is an avid mountain biker.

Glenn is Link’s senior managing director, East Region, responsible for operating performance, including leasing, property operations and construction for a 207 million square-foot portfolio.

Previously, he served as Link’s managing director, Southeast Region, overseeing leasing for approximately 105 million square feet of industrial assets. Prior to joining Link, Glenn served as senior vice president for Gramercy Property Trust, an investor and asset manager of industrial and office real estate. In this position, Glenn was integral in the leasing and management of nearly 40 million square feet of real estate. Additionally, Glenn held multiple positions with Chamber Street Properties, including vice president, and before that he was vice president of leasing at CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust.

Glenn received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the College of Charleston and a Master of Business Administration from The Citadel. When not at Link, you can usually find Glenn with his wife, two kids and friends on a boat or enjoying Clemson football games in the fall.

Joseph is managing director for Link Business Parks, responsible for 14 million total square feet of infill assets as he leads the largest portfolio of its kind nationally. Overseeing operating performance including leasing, property operations and construction, he partners with the company’s overall operating platform and customer solutions teams to maximize the value of Link’s scale, access to data and in-market expertise. Previously, he was managing director for Link’s Southwest portfolio, a 70 million square-foot region spanning high-profile, high-growth markets such as Southern California, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Joseph has been with Link since 2019; he previously worked for Gateway Industrial, another Blackstone company that was merged with two others to form Link. Before joining Gateway, he was an executive director with Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment business, working for more than 10 years in the firm’s Atlanta and San Francisco offices. He held both acquisition and asset management responsibilities across several U.S. markets and real estate sectors while at Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he worked as an investment banker and was a captain in the United States Marine Corps.

Joseph earned a bachelor’s in mathematics from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He has been active in NAIOP for most of his career, including serving on the board of the Inland Empire chapter since 2019 and as chapter president in 2021. Joseph is married and enjoys exercise, travel, amateur radio, sailing off the coast of Southern California and spending quality time with his son.

Patrick is Link’s general counsel, responsible for the company’s legal and risk departments, with oversight of all acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, litigation and insurance matters. He is focused on harnessing technology to improve, enable and automate the firm’s legal and insurance work.

Prior to joining Link, Patrick was the global chief compliance officer for the Blackstone Real Estate business, where he was responsible for the firm’s compliance with securities and investment management regulation in the United States, Europe and Asia. Previously, Patrick was general counsel and head of tax for a private equity firm founded by Sam Zell, and prior to that he practiced corporate and real estate law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Patrick graduated from Harvard Law School and Princeton University. In his free time, Patrick and his wife keep their two boys busy with soccer, ice hockey, hiking and volunteer work. Patrick also enjoys construction and has rehabilitated several houses, including the century-old house north of New York City where he and his family live.

George is Link’s senior vice president, Capital Markets, leading teams that analyze and communicate financial and operating trends to senior executives and capital partners.

He joined Link in 2020, bringing significant experience in real estate research and analysis. Prior to Link, George spent four years at Pretium Partners, an alternatives asset manager, where he led a research team covering real estate (primarily single-family rentals), mortgage finance and corporate debt. Before that, he spent more than 10 years in REIT equity research at Credit Suisse, ISI Group and Merrill Lynch with a focus on the industrial, office and data sectors.

George earned a Bachelor of Arts in American History from Washington and Lee University. He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife, children, dog and three cats. He is a big music fan and in his free time enjoys running, hiking, skiing and cycling.

Kerry is Link’s senior vice president, Customer Experience and Transactions, responsible for transaction management as well as development and execution of the firm’s strategic transformation around customer experience.

Kerry joined Link in 2021, bringing significant industrial and logistics real estate experience. Prior to Link, she was a senior vice president in Seagis Property Group’s Operations division. Before that, she spent 20 years at Liberty Property Trust and Prologis, starting in corporate finance before moving up to a vice president role in Operations, where she oversaw more than 100 million square feet of industrial real estate. She began her career in public accounting.

Kerry earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Lynchburg. In her free time, she enjoys live music and outdoor activities including tennis, golf, paddleboarding and walking the family dogs.

Joe is Link’s senior vice president of Property Operations, overseeing the national property operations and customer experience functions.

Prior to joining Link, he served as senior vice president of Operations for SITE Centers, a shopping center REIT, from March 2017 until December 2020, where he supervised property operations, specialty leasing and corporate responsibility and sustainability. Joe also served as senior vice president of Property Management for Equity One, a shopping center REIT, from November 2002 until March of 2017, where he supervised property management as well as corporate responsibility and sustainability.

Joe is a Certified Property Manager (CPM). Joe and his wife, Lori, have three children. He is also a licensed captain and avid fisherman, so much of his free time is spent on the open ocean.

Jesse is Link’s senior vice president, Strategy & Transformation, responsible for all aspects of strategy formulation and management. This includes developing Link’s corporate vision, overseeing strategic planning, leading business transformation, managing M&A integration and driving innovation.

Jesse joined Link in 2021, bringing significant experience providing real estate and financial services companies with effective business strategies, advice and guidance to help improve their market positioning, competitive advantage, performance, efficiency and profitability. He previously served as executive managing director of Cushman & Wakefield’s Strategy and Operations division, and before that was chief operating officer of the company’s Valuation and Advisory group. He has also held management and strategy consulting roles at Accenture and KPMG.

Jesse earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Business Administration from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two children, and in his free time enjoys activities including tennis, golf and running.

Chelsie is Link’s senior vice president, Marketing, responsible for brand strategy, as well as the design and execution of the firm’s marketing across media platforms.

Prior to joining Link, she spent more than 25 years working as a marketing executive in the commercial real estate space. In senior director roles at ShopCore Properties and Starwood Retail Properties, she led both tenant-focused business-to-business campaigns and traffic-generating campaigns with a deep, analytics-driven focus on integrating efforts across social, mobile, out-of-home, web, tradeshows and public relations.

Chelsie received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Communications from St. Thomas University. An avid snowboarder and Peloton user, she lives with her husband and three children in Chicago’s northern suburbs.

Matthew is Link’s senior vice president, Research & Analytics, responsible for generating actionable insights that drive investment and operational decision making. He examines supply chain and logistics trends and changes, as well as builds models that consider property features, locations and larger market forces to analyze and predict long-term growth and investment potential. 

Matthew joined Link in 2021 from Citadel Global Equities, where he managed a large U.S. REIT portfolio. He previously invested in REITs across all property types and was the global sector leader for real estate across the equities division at JPMorgan Asset Management. Before that, he was a sell-side research analyst focused on REITs at Goldman Sachs and Barclays. He started his career as a journalist. 

Matthew earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is married, lives in Brooklyn and spends most of his time outside work walking his two children back and forth between taekwondo, swimming, gymnastics and dance classes.

Jessica (“Jess”) is Link’s senior vice president, Financial Planning & Analysis, leading teams that produce, analyze and report on forecasted key financial and performance metric trends for senior executives.

Jess joined Link in 2020 after spending several years as a senior vice president of Financial Planning & Analysis at Vornado Realty Trust. Prior to that, she worked as a vice president in Brixmor Property Group’s Financial Planning & Analysis department and as a vice president in Morgan Stanley’s Strategic Planning department. She has also held roles at Fidelity, Merrill Lynch and PepsiCo.

Jess earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from State University of New York at Oswego and a Master of Business Administration from Boston University. She lives in the suburbs north of New York City with her two teenage daughters and two doodle dogs. When not working, she enjoys cycling, jogging, hiking, paddleboarding, skiing and yoga.

Melissa is Link’s senior vice president, Communications, responsible for corporate reputation, brand equity and the company’s narrative across all audiences.

Prior to joining Link, Melissa was vice president, head of Global Corporate Communications at Prologis. Melissa was responsible for the company’s reputation and visibility globally, leading strategic planning and execution of corporate, external and internal communications initiatives. Previously, Melissa was vice president, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, at DCT Industrial Trust, where she built and led corporate communications, investor relations, marketing and branding. Prior to joining DCT, Melissa was the director of communications for Western Union’s Americas region. She spent more than five years with International Flavors & Fragrances in New York, where she managed executive communications, external communications and media relations globally. Melissa also worked for several boutique PR agencies earlier in her career.

Melissa received a Bachelor of Science in Communications (Broadcast Journalism) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The University of Miami and a Master of Science in Strategic Communication from Columbia University in New York. Melissa serves on the board for Special Olympics Colorado and is a member of the Arthur Page Society and CHIEF. She lives with her husband, Dan, and their two sporty sons in Marin County, California. Melissa and Dan spend most of their time running to watch the boys play in a multitude of games and tournaments, and trying to be outside as much as possible. Melissa’s motto: work to vacation.

Sam is Link’s head of sustainability, responsible for leading the development and execution of Link’s sustainability strategy across the company’s nearly 550 million square foot portfolio. With direct oversight of functions across utility operations, energy procurement, energy data analytics, building solutions and reporting, he also leads decarbonization and net-zero initiatives.

Sam joined Link in 2020 from JPMorgan Chase, where he was vice president of global energy and sustainability. In that role, he managed a real estate portfolio of some 7,000 properties spanning 63 countries with an annual utility spend of $250 million and annual energy use of 2 terawatt hours. He was also responsible for developing JPMorgan Chase’s operational sustainability strategy; carbon strategy and procurement; led execution of one of the world’s largest energy efficiency campaigns and its associated $700 million green bond raise; and developed more than 300 megawatts in solar, fuel cell and distributed energy-generation projects. Prior to his time at JPMorgan Chase, Sam was director of portfolio operations at Tishman Speyer, where he managed a 40 million square-foot portfolio and was responsible for energy- and sustainability-related activities.

Sam earned a Master of Science in Sustainable Finance from Columbia University. He has also held several professional designations throughout his career, including LEED AP, CEM and CEP. Sam lives in Brooklyn with Hudson, his Great Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd mix, and has a side-gig building reclaimed wooden furniture from discarded materials.

Jim is Link’s senior vice president, head of Construction, responsible for all construction operations and procurement across the firm’s existing assets.

Previously, he served as the senior vice president of Construction for both Indcor and GLP, from 2013 until GLP was purchased in 2019 by Link. While at Indcor and GLP, he oversaw all construction in both existing assets and new ground-up construction. Prior to joining Indcor, Jim served as vice president of Development at Aimco, where he led the northwest redevelopment sector, and before that he was vice president at Catellus Development, where he supervised all construction operations.

Jim received a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering Management from Long Beach State University and holds a California Contractors State License. When not working, he enjoys racing karts, riding mountain bikes, surfing and camping with his family and friends.